Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project

The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society, starting from 2002. Since its inception, the award's title has gone through several title changes, and one major category shift. First awarded in 2002, the award was titled "Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial" and given to the best character animation in a televised program, with no specific character cited. This would change in 2004, when the category was re-titled "Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program", and given to visual effects artists for work on a specified character. The category was again re-titled the following year, this time to "Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video". In 2008, it was titled "Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial", but changed in 2014 to "Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game" and once again the next year to "Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project". In the title changed to "Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode or Real-Time Project" and, finally, in 2017 to "Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project"

2000s
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Televised Program, Music Video, or Commercial Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program or Commercial Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial

2010s
Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Commercial, Broadcast Program, or Video Game Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode or Real-Time Project Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project

Programs with multiple awards

 * 3 awards
 * Game of Thrones (HBO)

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 11 nominations
 * Game of Thrones (HBO)


 * 4 nominations
 * Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)


 * 2 nominations
 * Doctor Who (BBC)
 * The Witcher (Netflix)