

Kung Fu Panda – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation #6A – Best Animated Television Production – Childrenįanboy and Chum Chum – Nickelodeon and Frederator #6 – Best Animated Television Production – Preschoolĭisney Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television Animationĭisney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Disney Television Animation Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation, Ltd. Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole Season 2 – Starburns Industries, Inc.
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Warner Bros.
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#5 – Best General Audience Animated TV Production McDonald’s “Suzi Van Zoom” Duck Studios/Kompost McDonald’s “Apple Tree” Duck Studios/Kompost # 4 – Best Animated Television Commercial Wild Life – National Film Board of Canada The Ballad of Nessie –Walt Disney Animation Studios Kung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters – Nickeloden and DreamWorks Animation Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas – Blue Sky Studios #2 – Annie Award for Best Animated Special ProductionĪdventure Time: Thank You – Cartoon Network Studiosīatman: Year One – Warner Bros. Tintin – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall Rango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production The complete list of Annie nominees and winners follows:Īrrugas (Wrinkles) – Perro Verde Films, S.L.Īrthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman AnimationsĬhico & Rita – Chico & Rita Distribution Limited Art Leonardi received the June Foray Award for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation and a Special Achievement Award went to Depth Analysis. Receiving the inaugural Annie Awards for editing were Craig Wood, whose work on Rango topped the feature category and Ted Machold, Jeff Adams, Doug Tiano and Bob Tomlin, who won the TV category on the strength of their work on Penguins of Madagascar.Īmerican Cinema Editors - which has been encouraging various awards programs to add editing as a category - the Editors Guild, DWA and Sony Pictures Animation had met with ASIFA-Hollywood this past year to highlight the contributions of the editor and to encourage the addition of the categories.ĭuring Saturday’s event, Winsor McCay Awards for career contributions to animation were presented to Walt Peregoy, Borge Ring and Ronald Searle. It’s like an electoral college.” He related that the second tier selects the winners of each category, and if the category has three or less nominees, then the popular votes would decide the winner.Īnother change this year, Annie Awards were handed out to editors for the first time.
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“We have a major voting tier (for which) the whole professional membership votes and a second tier, which looks at the top (three) vote getters (in each category). “We added a secondary voting tier,” he explained. “The perception was that like any other awards ceremony, it was possible to be manipulated. “I think the vote has always been equitable,” Gladstone told The Hollywood Reporter. Afterwards, animation veteran Frank Gladstone was elected president of ASIFA-Hollywood, promising to revise the voting system. Disney and Pixar returned to the Annies this year, as Silver sponsors. PHOTOS: 10 Inappropriately Sexy Cartoon CharactersĪ year ago, Disney/Pixar boycotted the Annies over its voting procedures. In television, Disney’s Prep & Landing won four Annies, Gracie Films’ The Simpsons won three trophies including best general audience TV production, and Nichelodeon and DWA’s Penguins of Madagascar earned a pair of awards. In the voice acting categories, Bill Nighy won the feature film award for his performance as Grandsanta in Arthur Christmas, and Jeff Bennett topped the television category for his voice acting as Kowalski in Penguins of Madagascar. Transformers: Dark of the Moon was honored for best animated effects, while Rise of the Planet of the Apes was recognized for best character animation. Two Oscar nominees for visual effects won Annies for use of animation in live action movies. VIDEO: THR’s Award Season Roundtable Series: Animation Gore Verbinski-directed Rango–which also collected a new “member’s favorite” award selected by the entire membership–and Kung Fu Panda 2 are both nominated for the Oscar for best animated film.Ĭomposer John Williams - who won the Annie for the music on Tintin - is a double Oscar nominee, for his music for Tintin and War Horse.

PHOTOS: It’s a Zoo This Season: 23 Awards Contenders Featuring AnimalsĪdditionally, the Annies recognized feature films Arthur Christmas, Rio, Rise of the Planet Of the Apes, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Winnie the Pooh, which each earned an Annie trophy.
