Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series

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The Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series has been awarded since 2001. It is awarded to filmic series, whether animated or live-action of furry and anthropomorphic interest, and was, in 2004 and from 2006 to 2019, awarded to one-off short works. Since 2020, filmic shorts are awarded the Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work.

List

2000

Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic TV Series". Awarded to series from prior years.

  • The Muppet Show (1976 – 1981)
  • ALF (1986 – 1990)
  • The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968 – 1970)
  • Beauty and the Beast (1987 – 1990)
  • Between the Lions (2000 – Present)
  • Dinosaurs (1991 – 1994)
  • H.R. Puffnstuff (1969 – 1971)
  • Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970 – 1972)
  • Lassie (1954 – 1971)
  • Mister Ed (1961 – 1966)

2001

  1. "Between the Lions" (WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. for PBS syndication; 2001 new episodes, 2nd season, #31 - #55)
  2. "Disney's The Legend of Tarzan" (Walt Disney Television Animation for UPN and syndication; 36 episodes, September 3, 2001 to October 14, 2001 [episodes #37-#39 produced but unaired])
  3. "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (Hartbreak Films, in association with Viacom, Inc.; 2001 new episodes January 12, 2001 [#108] through December 7, 2001 [#127])
  4. "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat" (CineGroupe, in association with Children's Television Workshop and IF/X Productions for PBS syndication; 20 episodes, September 3, 2001 to September 28, 2001)
  5. . "Wolf Lake" (Big Ticket Television, in association with CBS Productions; 5 episodes, September 19, 2001 to October 24, 2001 [episodes #6-8 produced but unaired])

2002

  1. Between the Lions (WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. for PBS syndication; 2002 new episodes, 3rd season, #56 - #65, September 16 - November 18)
  2. Dinotopia (Hallmark Entertainment and MAT I Production for ABC; 3 episode mini-series, May 12 - May 14). Dinotopia: The Series (Hallmark Entertainment and MAT I Production for ABC; 2002 new episodes, 1st season, #1 - #6, November 28 - December 26)
  3. Greg the Bunny (Steven Levitan Productions for 20th Century Fox Television; 13 episodes, March 27 - August 25, 2002)
  4. Redwall; a.k.a. Brian Jacques' Martin the Warrior: A Tale of Redwall (Nelvana Ltd. for Teletoon in Canada, December 2001 and PBS syndication in the U.S., 2002; 2002 U.S. new episodes, Redwall 3rd season #27 - #39; a.k.a. Martin the Warrior 1st season #1 - #13, April 14 - July 28))
  5. Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (CineGroupe, in association with Children's Television Workshop and IF/X Productions for PBS syndication; 2002 new episodes, #21 (February 13) to #40 (October 5))

Other works listed in the ARR/VL for TV Series

  • Digimon: Digital Monsters (Saban Entertainment/Toei Animation Company for the FoxKids/UPN network; 2002 new episodes, last part of Season 3 through first part of Series 4, #130 - ? [latest is #173], February 9 - [November 22])
  • Inuyasha (The Ocean Group, in association with Viz Communications, for The Cartoon Network/Adult Swim; 2002 new episodes, Season 1, #1 (August 31) through #10 (November 2))
  • Tokyo Pig (Miramax Television, in association with SME Visual Works, Inc., for ABC Family Channel; 2002 new episodes, Season 1, #1 (September 14) through #8 (November 2))
  • The Wild Thornberrys (Klasky Csupo, Inc., for Nickelodeon; 2002 new episodes, Season 4, #82 (February 16) to #91 (postponed to just before movie's release))

2003

Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series"

  1. Between the Lions (WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd. for PBS syndication; 2003 new episodes, 4th season, #66 - #70, September 15 - September 19)
  2. Gary the Rat (Grammnet Productions for TNN/Spike TV; 2003 episodes, Season One, #1 (June 26) through #13 (Dec. 11)
  3. Lilo & Stitch: The Series (Walt Disney Television Animation for ABC Kids TV, 2003 episodes, 1st season, #1 (September 20) - #27 (December 29) [#28 shown out of sequence on December 12])
  4. Silverwing (Bardel Entertainment for Teletoon; 2003 episodes, Season One, #1 (September 6) through #13 (December 14)
  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2003] (4Kids Entertainment Inc./Dong Woo Animation Co., Ltd. for 4Kids' FoxBox Saturday morning block on the FoxKids network; 2003 episodes, Season One, #1 (February 8) - #26 (November 1), Season Two, #27 (November 8) - #31 (December 6)

2004

Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series"

  • Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me (Music video performed by TISM, animation by Bernard Derriman, October 2004)
  • Father of the Pride (DreamWorks SKG & Imagi International Holdings for NBC; 2004 episodes, #1 [August 31] through #11 [December 28])
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Cartoon Network Studios for The Cartoon Network; 2004 episodes, #1 [August 20] through #10 [October 22])
  • Kaze, Ghost Warrior (Timothy Albee Animation for direct-to-DVD release, June 25, 2004)
  • Wolf's Rain [English-language release] (BONES, Inc. for Fuji Television; 2003 episodes, #1 [January 7] through #26 [July 28]; [English-language release] (The Cartoon Network; 2004 episodes, #1 [April 24] through #30 [October 16])

2005

Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series"

  • Cake Dance a.k.a. "There She Is!! Step 2" [Music video of the song "Happy Birthday to Me" by Bulldog Mansion] (SamBakZa, March)
  • American Dragon: Jake Long (Walt Disney Television Animation for Disney Channel; episodes #1 [January 21] to #19 [December 15])
  • Camp Lazlo (Cartoon Network; Episodes July 28 t0 November 25)
  • Krypto The Superdog (Warner Brothers Animation for Cartoon Network; episodes #1 [April 4] to #52 [December 5])

2006

Awarded as "Dramatic Short Work or Series"

2007

2008

2009

Awarded as "Best Short Subject or Series"

  • The Penguins of Madagascar (produced by Dreamworks Animation for Nickelodeon)
  • The Cat Piano (from the People’s Republic of Animation, directed by Eddie White and Ari Gibson)
  • Partly Cloudy (from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation, directed by Peter Sohn)
  • Prep and Landing (from Walt Disney Pictures Animation, directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers)
  • The Secret Saturdays (produced by Cartoon Network)

2010

Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series"

TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.

2011

TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos. Awarded as "Best Dramatic Series or Short Work"

2012

TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.

Also nominated were:

2013

TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos. Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short or Series"

winner: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (directed by James Thiessen & James Wooton; Season 3, episode 10 to Season 4, episode 7)

Also nominated were:

  • Adventure Time (created by Pendleton Ward and produced by Larry Lechliter, Adam Muto, Nate Cash, David OReilly [a.k.a. O’Reilly], and Elizabeth Ito for Cartoon Network, Season 5 episodes 6 to 43)
  • Bee and PuppyCat (directed by Natasha Allegri; episodes 1 and 2)
  • Bravest Warriors (directed by Breehan Burns; Season 1, episode 7 to Season 2, episode 5)
  • What Does the Fox Say? (original) (directed by Ylvis; September 3)

2014

TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.
  • winner: Furry Force (CollegeHumor and Smiley Guy Studios, parts 1 and 2)

The runners-up were:

  1. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by James Thiessen and Jim Miller for Hasbro, Season 4 Episode 8 to Season 4 Episode 26)
  2. Bojack Horseman (Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg for Netflix, Aug 22)
  3. Littlest Pet Shop (Supervising Director Dallas Parker and Directed by Joel Dickie, Season 2 Episode 11 to Season 3 Episode 16)
  4. The Beach Bears (by MaxGoof, "The Trip to Alberta" Chapter 137 - 170)

2015

Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series"

2016

Awarded as "Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Work or Short Series"

  • Winner: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, season 6 episodes 1-143, directed by James Thiessen, Jim Miller, Tim Stuby, and Denny Lu.
  • Runners up:
    • The Lion Guard, season 1 episodes 1-22, directed by Howy Parkins.
    • Bunnicula, season 1 episodes 1-8, directed by Jessica Borutski, Maxwell Atoms, Robert F. Hughes, Matthew Whitlock, and Ian Wasseluk.
    • Littlest Pet Shop, season 4 episodes 10-26, directed by Joel Dickie, Steven Garcia & Mike Myhre.
    • Petals, directed by Andrea Gallo and Alvaro Dominguez.

2017

2018

Awarded as "Best Dramatic Series or Short Work"

2019

Awarded as "Best Dramatic or Short Work"

  • Winner: Beastars (Directed by Shinichi Matsumi)(Japan)
  • Runners Up:
    • Aggretsuko, Season 2 (Directed by Rarecho)
    • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Season 9 (Directed by Denny Lu, Mike Myhre, and Gillian Comerford)
    • Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart (Written and Storyboarded by Phil Ahn, Allison Craig, Nathanael H. Jones, Griffith Kimmins, Alexandria Kwan, Nora Meek, Michael Moloney, Emily Oetzell, Parker Simmons, and Chris Ybarra)
    • Amphibia (Directed by Bert Youn and Derek Kirk Kim)

2020

Awarded as "Best Dramatic Series"

  • Winner: Beastars (US Release) (Directed by Shinichi Matsumi)
  • Runners up:
    • Helluva Boss (Directed by Vivienne Medrano; Episodes "Murder Family" and "Loo Loo Land",)
    • Aggretsuko (Directed by Rarecho)
    • BNA: Brand New Animal (Directed by Yoh Yoshinari)
    • Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Created by Radford Sechrist)

2021

  • Winner: Helluva Boss (Created by Vivienne Medrano; Season 1 episode 3 to episode 6)
  • Runner up:
    • Beastars, Season 2 (Directed by Shinichi Matsumi; January 7 to March 25)
    • Centaurworld (Created by Megan Nicole Dong; July 30 to December 7)
    • Chikn Nuggit (by Chikn Nuggit; videos January 1 to December 31)
    • Odd Taxi (Directed by Mugi Kinoshita; episode 1 to 13, April 6 to June 29)

2022

  • Winner: Bluey (Created by Joe Brumm; Season 3 (Part 2))
  • Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
    • The Owl House (Created by Dana Terrace; season 2 episode 11 to season 3 episode 1)
    • Helluva Boss (Directed by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano; Season 2, "The Circus" and "Seeing Stars")
    • Zootopia+ (Directed by Trent Correy and Josie Trinidad, Season 1)
    • Tuca & Bertie (Created by Lisa Hanawalt; Season 3)

2023

  • Winner: Helluva Boss (Created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano - Season 2 Episode 3 to Midseason Special)
  • Runners-Up:
    • The Owl House (Created by Dana Terrace; "For the Future" & "Watching and Dreaming")
    • Bluey (Created by Joe Brumm - Season 3)
    • Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Developed by Adam Muto - August 31 to September 28)
    • Sonic Prime (Created by Man of Action - Season 2)


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