Billed as “the biggest party of the summer,” the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 show is scheduled to take place live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, June 21. Kicking off at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), the KCAs will celebrate fan-favorites across film, television, music, sports and more in a surprise-filled event hosted by Grammy-winning multiplatinum superstar Tyla.
Ahead of the full nominations announcement this morning, Nickelodeon gave Animation Magazine a sneak peek at this year’s nominees in its Animation categories!
FAVORITE CARTOON
- Dragon Ball DAIMA (Toei Animation)
- Monster High (Nickelodeon)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
- Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network)
- The Loud House (Nickelodeon)
- The Simpsons (Fox)
FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE
- Despicable Me 4 (Illumination/Universal)
- Dog Man (DreamWorks/Universal)
- Inside Out 2 (Pixar/Disney)
- Moana 2 (Disney)
- Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney)
- Plankton: The Movie (Nickelodeon/Netflix)
- The Wild Robot (DreamWorks/Universal)
- Transformers One (Paramount Animation/Hasbro)
FAVORITE MALE ANIMATED VOICE FROM A MOVIE
- Ben Schwartz (Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 3)
- Chris Hemsworth (Orion Pax, Transformers One)
- Dwayne Johnson (Maui, Moana 2)
- Keanu Reeves (Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 3)
- Steve Carell (Gru, Despicable Me 4)
- Will Ferrell (Maxime Le Mal, Despicable Me 4)
FAVORITE FEMALE ANIMATED VOICE FROM A MOVIE
- Amy Poehler (Joy, Inside Out 2)
- Auli’i Cravalho (Moana, Moana 2)
- Kristen Wiig (Lucy, Despicable Me 4)
- Lupita Nyong’o (Roz, The Wild Robot)
- Maya Hawke (Anxiety, Inside Out 2)
- Scarlett Johansson (Elita-1, Transformers One)
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 will simulcast across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons the Nick Jr. channel, MTV2 and CMT, and also air on Nickelodeon channels around the world.
Beginning today, fans can cast their votes across 35 categories on the official Kids’ Choice Awards website, KidsChoiceAwards.com.
