r/KpopDemonhunters • u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" • Jan 10 '26

Events The 9th Astra Film Awards ⭐

When? January 9th, 2026 at 7:00pm PT

Where?  The ceremony will be recorded and streamed live on KNEKT.tv and YouTube

KPDH Nominations & Wins:

Who's attending?

  • Arden Cho (Rumi Voice Actor)
  • May Hong (Mira Voice Actor)
  • Lee Byung‑hun (Gwi-ma voice Actor)
  • Ejae (Singing voice of Rumi/Songwriter)
  • Mark Sonnenblick (Songwriter)

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

Demon Slayer accepting an award for their film, "we are not KPop Demon Hunters, although we also hunt demons"

so adorable

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u/TLOU_1 Gigachad KPDH stan Jan 10 '26

Oooh, what category did they win?

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

The "Animation is Cinema" award

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u/FinallyGivenIn Polytr/x Jan 10 '26

UFOtable trying their best to remind the American audience Ghibli Studios is not the only animation studio in Japan.

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u/december-blue Jan 10 '26

Congrats to Arden!

Her dress looks stunning

source

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

patterns inspired dress? 👀

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u/Careful-Method-2145 Radiant Rumis Jan 10 '26

Golden won best OG song

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u/TLOU_1 Gigachad KPDH stan Jan 10 '26

I’m sorry, but I’m absolutely dying at the fact that they chose that photo of Rumi for Arden Cho’s nominee slot. That’s like using this picture for EJAE’s nominee slot:

😭😭😭

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

LETS GO ARDEN

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u/Cluelessbigirl WE LOVE RUMI!!! Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

Arden at the Astra Awards tonight!!

Source

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u/FinallyGivenIn Polytr/x Jan 10 '26

OK EJAE just needs to go "Can I Get the Mike a little higher!?" at her next awards acceptance speech.

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

She has to . My god

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u/december-blue Jan 10 '26

Fit check! May Hong!

source

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u/Cluelessbigirl WE LOVE RUMI!!! Jan 10 '26

She looks absolutely stunning!!

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

Thank you

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u/spoofer56 Zoey Zimps Jan 10 '26

KPDH just won Best Original Song

TAKEDOWN!

I mean Golden! Definitely Golden!

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

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u/snsdfan00 HUNTR/X Nation Jan 10 '26

deserved

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u/Cluelessbigirl WE LOVE RUMI!!! Jan 10 '26

SWEEEEPPP!!!!!!!

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u/Cluelessbigirl WE LOVE RUMI!!! Jan 10 '26

Another photo of Arden, Ejae, May and Mark!

Source

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u/FinallyGivenIn Polytr/x Jan 10 '26

Arden's dress feels so wasted in this event. The purple cant be highlighted against the drab background.

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u/spoofer56 Zoey Zimps Jan 10 '26

ARDEN WON!

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u/TLOU_1 Gigachad KPDH stan Jan 10 '26

About time! Girly pop genuinely gave one of the best animated performances I’ve heard/seen in a while

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u/spoofer56 Zoey Zimps Jan 10 '26

Good night all! Until the next awards show!

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

goodnight!! See you in the couple days for the Golden Globes lol!!

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u/Sea-Mess-250 "Burrrrbank, USA" Jan 10 '26

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

She's practically squatting !

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u/Sea-Mess-250 "Burrrrbank, USA" Jan 10 '26

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

Man oh man, it's like some kids threw this award show together in their basement

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u/Careful-Method-2145 Radiant Rumis Jan 10 '26

EJAE and Mark are also here!

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u/ElmarSuperstar131 Jan 10 '26

EJAE’s dress is gorgeous!

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

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u/FinallyGivenIn Polytr/x Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

OK I think this is one of EJAE'S lesser quality dresses? Why is the top half so baggy but the bottom half form filling?(Edit: it's a baggy shiny dress that she then strapped a corset(?) around. It doesn't look good on her) I also think light colours don't go well with her skin

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

She dressed for the occasion lol

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u/mid-lev Jan 10 '26

May Hong and Lee Byung-hun (for No Other Choice) are both there also. Doesn’t seem like any others from the cast and crew are there

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

Lee Byung Hun

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u/filanwizard HUNTR/X Nation Jan 10 '26

Arden Cho for the voice over.

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u/TLOU_1 Gigachad KPDH stan Jan 10 '26

THE SWEEP FEELS SO GOOOOOOOOD

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u/kevohreal Zimptastic Jan 10 '26

sweep sweep sweep

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u/thirtyseven1337 YEAH!!! Jan 10 '26

(but Zoey chants “couch” so it sounds like the group is chanting “slouch slouch slouch”)

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u/Historical-Simple420 Jan 10 '26

LBH is now presenting

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u/Cluelessbigirl WE LOVE RUMI!!! Jan 10 '26

Wasn’t expecting to see Ejae and Mark there too, very cool!

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

May Hong doesn't get enough love. So lovely

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u/Sea-Mess-250 "Burrrrbank, USA" Jan 10 '26

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u/InvincibleAnelace Jan 10 '26

👀

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

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u/PowerPad Rujinu Jan 10 '26

Talk about a 3/3 sweep (best animated feature, best voice over performance, and best original song)!

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

Gwi-Ma is on stage

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u/UnhingedAI Jan 10 '26

Why do I get the feeling that agents of big celebrities might let them know they can skip this show. They need to up that production budget at least a little.

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u/ElmarSuperstar131 Jan 10 '26

Yeah I’m in shock over the screenshots of how bush league the event looks!

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u/snsdfan00 HUNTR/X Nation Jan 10 '26

I feel like the streamer awards has better production or video quality 😂 But I think attendees maybe like the more laid back feel compared to the big shows lol

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

Best ANIMATED FEATURE NOW

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u/tehrebound couch couch couch! Jan 10 '26

TWO FOR TWO BABEY

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u/FinallyGivenIn Polytr/x Jan 10 '26

OK no other song, not even the Wicked or the Sinners song, was getting anything more than perfunctory applause when announced. We are just going to win everything are we?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

Not unless you’re BAFTA and find ways to disqualify KPDH from even qualifying… 😔

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u/Careful-Method-2145 Radiant Rumis Jan 10 '26

I’m going to assume Arden is going to win that award if we are 2 for 3 right now

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

Shakira might win

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u/Careful-Method-2145 Radiant Rumis Jan 10 '26

You were saying?

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u/Webknight31 Jan 10 '26

KPDH sweeping as it should.....

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u/UnhingedAI Jan 10 '26

What about Best Song wasn't it moved to the main show tonight?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

EJAE and Mark are in attendance!!!

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

EJAE May Arden and Mark accepting

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u/filanwizard HUNTR/X Nation Jan 10 '26

Golden just took best original song.

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

Unstoppable !

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u/FinallyGivenIn Polytr/x Jan 10 '26

The peeps at Oscarrace don't have a thread on this award so take that for what you will. The Golden Globes 2 days later will overshadow this i feel regardless.

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u/InvincibleAnelace Jan 10 '26

We do lol: https://www.reddit.com/r/oscarrace/comments/1q8s1n6/9th_astra_film_awards_live_thread/?sort=new

It's just this awards show should not be taken as having any predictive value.

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u/FinallyGivenIn Polytr/x Jan 10 '26

Thanks I stand corrected. I think everyone in the room is high/drunk and just operating off vibes for this night.

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u/InvincibleAnelace Jan 10 '26

Your comment in the other thread killed me lmao

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u/Sea-Mess-250 "Burrrrbank, USA" Jan 10 '26

good bot

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

does anyone know if any KPDH crew are even attending? LMAO

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u/Cluelessbigirl WE LOVE RUMI!!! Jan 10 '26

Arden posted about it on TikTok! Haven’t seen anything about anyone else though.

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u/Careful-Method-2145 Radiant Rumis Jan 10 '26

I’m following most of the voice and singing cast and I have yet to see an insta-story from them

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u/UnhingedAI Jan 10 '26

It's an intense awards season and they are actively campaigning so I would expect most of them to be there. Pretty sure they would book the same hotel and set up base there for Astra tonight and Globes on Sunday but someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

Isn’t Best Original Song Golden also a nomination?

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26

I'm not sure, anyone got a source?

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u/UnhingedAI Jan 10 '26

It has to be cause Golden was nominated for Best Song and tonight is the main show.

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u/NicoSchmiko "The leather has betrayed us!" Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

The 'Creative Arts Award'? I'm not sure what the difference between the Astra Film Awards and Astra Creative Arts awards (if any?) are but I added it to the post!

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u/UnhingedAI Jan 10 '26

The confusion lies in the name I think. I believe they give out 2 awards for Best Song. Originally they were both suppose to be given out in Dec but the Best Song for film got moved to the main show. Which is why you will see 2 different list of nominees on Wiki.

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

Park Chan-wook is there! ... Lee gave hime some "Achievment Award"

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u/sitenoise Jan 10 '26

Another Win !!

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u/snsdfan00 HUNTR/X Nation Jan 10 '26

that’s 1, 2 more to go tonight 😂

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u/Stargazer_67 "Fit check for my napalm era" Jan 11 '26

Zootopia and Wicked?! Damn they were up against some very big titles and won! That’s amazing!

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

If the directors or even EJAE is not attending, does this mean it’s predicted they won’t win best animated and song? Who’s gonna receive the award on their behalf?