The Annie Awards were born in 1972 and began as a career achievement award. In 1992, the awards began to honor animation in general, including the birth of the "Best Animated Feature" award. ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles, California branch of the International Animated Film Association, gives out the Annies.
Before I list this year's winners, I guess I should mention the controversy. Disney/Pixar boycotted the awards this year and apparently did not officially submit or campaign for their films. They claim that the way in which the Annies are judged favors DreamWorks Animation. This all goes back to the awards handed out in 2009 for the 2008 films, which saw Kung Fu Panda beat Wall-E for best animated feature.
So, this year, DreamWorks Animation won 15 of the 24 competitive awards and the studio's How to Train Your Dragon sweept the feature animation categories, where it won 10 trophies, including best animated feature. Toy Story 3 did not win any awards, but Pixar did win one award for the animated short, Day & Night.
If I feel like commenting about the children squabbling over awards sometime in the future, I will, but for now, I imagine that you want to know who won.
THE COMPLETE LIST OF 38TH ANNIE AWARD WINNERS:
Best Animated Feature: "How to Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation
Best Animated Short Subject: "Day & Night" – Pixar
Best Animated Television Commercial: "Children's Medical Center" - DUCK Studios
Best Animated Television Production: "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks Animation
Best Animated Television Production for Children: "SpongeBob SquarePants" – Nickelodeon
Best Animated Video Game: Limbo – Playdead
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Directing in a Feature Production: "How to Train Your Dragon," Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois - DreamWorks Animation
Writing in a Feature Production: “How to Train Your Dragon,” William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders – DreamWorks Animation
Animated Effects in an Animated Production: "How To Train Your Dragon," Brett Miller - DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Feature Production: "How To Train Your Dragon," Gabe Hordos - DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Live Action Production: "Alice in Wonderland," Ryan Page
Character Design in a Feature Production: "How To Train Your Dragon," Nico Marlet - DreamWorks Animation
Music in a Feature Production: "How To Train Your Dragon," John Powell - DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in a Feature Production: "How To Train Your Dragon," Pierre Olivier Vincent - DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in a Feature Production: "How To Train Your Dragon," Tom Owens - DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Feature Production: "How To Train Your Dragonn" Jay Baruchel as Hiccup - DreamWorks Animation
Directing in a Television Production: "Kung Fu Panda Holiday," Tim Johnson - DreamWorks Animation
Writing in a Television Production: "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III": Geoff Johns, Matthew Beans, Zeb Wells, Hugh Sterbakov, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick & Hugh Davidson – ShadowMachine
Character Animation in a Television Production: David Pate, "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in a Television Production: Ernie Gilbert, "T.U.F.F. Puppy" – Nickelodeon
Music in a Television Production: Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker, "SpongeBob SquarePants" – Nickelodeon
Production Design in a Television Production: Richie Sacilioc, "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in a Television Production: Fred Gonzales, "T.U.F.F. Puppy" – Nickelodeon
Voice Acting in a Television Production: James Hong as Mr. Ping, "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks Animation
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay Award – Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening
June Foray – Ross Iwamoto.
Ub Iwerks Award – Autodesk
Special Achievement – “Waking Sleeping Beauty”
http://www.annieawards.org/index.html
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