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The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film was first introduced on the 2nd of January 2007. This new category marked the first time the organization attempted to recognize animated films separately from traditional drama or comedy categories in its 64-year history.
English-language animated films are restricted to the Best Animated Feature Film category and cannot be nominated for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy or Best Motion Picture, Drama. The rules were amended in 2023 by Dick Clark Productions to allow animated films to be eligible in Comedy or Drama as well as Animated.
Pixar Animation Studios has won the most Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature Film with nine wins and nineteen nominations since the category's inception. The studio's wins include Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Brave, Inside Out, Coco, and Soul.
Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2024. The film was directed by Hayao Miyazaki and marked a significant moment for Japanese animation on the global stage.
The initial category for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film included only three films nominated. This early limitation reflected the cautious optimism of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association before fully committing to the genre.