The nominations for the47th annual Annie Awardswere announced today. In what has become a perennial foregone conclusion, Disney leads the pack once again. ItsFrozen 2andToy Story 4are among the most decorated films this year. The former grabbed eight nominations, the latter six.
Both of those films will be vying for Best Feature along with LAIKA Studios’Missing Link, which also pulled in eight nominations,How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and Netflix’sKlaus—perhaps the dark horse (and certainly the strangest) in this most coveted category.Klauspicked up seven nominations in all.
In terms of volume, it was Netflix’s 39 total nominations that led all others. DreamWorks Animation nabbed 18, and Disney 16.
Also worth noting are the live action contenders for Best Character Animation.Spider-Man: Far From Home,Avengers: Endgame, andGame of Thronesare all competing in that department.
You can check out the full list of nominees below. The ceremony will be held on January 25 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
Best Feature
Walt Disney Animation Studios
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
DreamWorks Animation
Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine
Missing Link
LAIKA, LLC
Toy Story 4
Pixar Animation Studios
Best Indie Feature
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Sygnatia, Glow, Submarine, Hampa Animation Studio
I Lost My Body
Xilam for Netflix
Okko’s Inn
TRIGGER, XFLAG
Weathering With You
Toho Co., LTD. / STORY Inc. / CoMix Wave Films
Best Special Production
Guava Island “Titles and Prologue”
Six Point Harness / Amazon
How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming
Infinity Train “The Perennial Child”
Cartoon Network Studios
SpongeBob SquarePants “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout”
Nickelodeon and Jonas & Co.
Magic Light Pictures
Best Short Subject
DONT KNOW WHAT
Thomas Renoldner
Je sors acheter des cigarettes
Miyu Productions
Bando à Parte, Rainbox Productions, Ambiances… asbl, Luna Blue Film
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days
Ciclope Filmes, National Film Board of Canada, Les Armateurs
Baobab Studios
GLOOMY EYES
Kaiju Confidential
ShadowMachine
Best Commercial
Dove Self-Esteem Project x Steven Universe: “Social Media”
Cartoon Network / Dove / Chromosphere
Fortnite Season 7 Launch Spot
Epic Games / Screen Novelties / iam8bit
The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 Telecaster
Nexus Studios
Best TV/Media – Preschool
Ask the StorybotsEpisode: Why Do We Have To Recycle?
JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
Elena of AvalorEpisode: Changing of the Guard
Disney Television Animation
Let’s Go Luna!Episode: Dorsay Day/Honey in Paris
Brown Bag Films / 9 Story Media Group
Norman PicklestripesEpisode: “Pizza Pickle/The Forest Next Door”
Xavier Riddle and the Secret MuseumEpisode: I am Amelia Earhart
Best TV/Media – Children
Disney Mickey MouseEpisode: Carried Away
Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel
Niko and the Sword of LightEpisode: 206: The Caterpillar Train
Titmouse, Amazon Studios
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesEpisode: “Evil League of Mutants”
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Tales of Arcadia: 3BelowEpisode: A Glorious End Part 1
The Tom and Jerry ShowEpisode: Calamari Jerry
Warner Bros. Animation
Best TV/Media – General Audience
Big MouthEpisode: Disclosure The Movie: The Musical!
BoJack HorsemanEpisode: The Client
Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Harley QuinnEpisode: So You Need a Crew
Tuca & BertieEpisode: The Jelly Lakes
UndoneEpisode: 2. The Hospital
Tornante Company and Amazon Studios
Best Student Film
Con Fuerza
Nichole Tate
Anke Kletsch
The Fox & The Pigeon
Michelle Chua
Un diable dans la poche
Luce Grosjean
Best FX for TV/Media
How to Train Your Dragon HomecomingEpisode: How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming
VFX Supervisor: Manuel Reyes Halaby
FX Artist: Cristiana Covone
FX Artist: Koya Masubuchi
FX Artist: Jean Claude Nouchy
Compositing Lead: Dustin Henning
Love, Death & RobotsEpisode: The Secret War Blur for Netflix
FX Artist: Viktor Németh FX Artist: Szabolcs Illés FX Artist: Ádám Sipos
FX Artist: Vladimir Zhovna
My MoonEpisode: My Moon
Eusong Lee, Co-produced with Chromosphere
Compositing Director: Stéphane Coëdel Animation Director, Compositor: Natan Moura
Star Wars Galaxy of AdventuresEpisode: Episode 115: “Stormtroopers vs. Rebels – Soldiers of the Galactic Empire”
Lucasfilm, Titmouse, Inc.
FX Animator: Araiza Tokumasu Naoki
Tales of Arcadia: 3BelowEpisode: A Glorious End Part 1 DreamWorks Animation
Visual Effects Supervisor: Greg Lev
Visual Effects Supervisor: Igor Lodeiro
Overseas FX Supervisor: Chen Ling
Compositing Supervisor: Brandon Tyra
Best FX for Feature
Abominable
FX Supervisor: Amaury Aubel FX Supervisor: James Jackson FX Lead: Domin Lee
FX Supervisor: Michael Losure
FX Lead: Alex Timchenko
Benjamin Fiske: Benjamin Fiske Alex Moaveni: Alex Moaveni Jesse Erickson: Jesse Erickson
Dimitre Berberov: Dimitre Berberov
Kee Nam Suong: Kee Nam Suong
CG Look Development Lead: Eric Wachtman
Lead CG Effects Artist: David Horsley Senior Technical Director: Peter Stuart Lead Technical Compositor: Timu Khodzhaev
Lead CG Lighter: Joe Strasser
Effects Lead: Alexis Angelidis
Effects Artist: Amit Ganapati Baadkar
Effects Artist: Greg Gladstone
Effects Artist: Kylie Wijsmuller
Effects Artist: Matthew Kiyoshi Wong
Key Animation: Hidetsugu Ito VFX Artist: Yuko Nakajima VFX Artist: Jumi Lee
Chief Photography: Ryosuke Tsuda
Best Character Animation – TV/Media
Ask the StorybotsEpisode: Where Do Planets Come From?
Character Animator: Chris O’Hara Character: Multiple Characters
Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled AdventureEpisode: Rapunzel and The Great Tree
Character Animator: Juliane Martin
Character: various
His Dark MaterialsEpisode: 8
BBC Studios
Lead Animator: Aulo Licinio Character: Iroek
Character Animator: Andrew Muir
Character: All
Robot ChickenEpisode: Ginger Hill in: Bursting Pipes
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Character Animator: Scott DaRos
Character: All Characters
Best Character Animation – Animated Feature
Andrew Ford: Andrew Ford
Character: Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven
Animation Supervisor: Dane Stogner
Character: Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Deathgrippers
Animation Supervisor: Rani Naamani
Character: Grimmel, Ruffnutt, Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Baby Furies
Animation Supervisor: Sergio Martins
Character: Alva
Animator: Rachelle Lambden
Character: Multiple
Best Character Animation – Live Action
Alita: Battle Angel
Weta Digital
Animation Supervisor: Michael Cozens
Avengers: Endgame
Animation Supervisor: Sidney Kombo- Kintombo
Game of Thrones– Season 8 Episode 3 “The Long Night” – Dance of the Dragons
Image Engine
Animation Supervisor: Jason Snyman
Character Rigger: Sheik Ghafoor
Creature FX Technical Director: Maia Neubig
Lookdev Artist: Michael Siegel
Texture Lead: Cheri Fojtik
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Framestore
Animation Supervisor: Dale Newton
Rigging TD: Waiyin Mendoza
Groom Technical Director: Rochelle Flynn
Lookdev: Leila Gaed
Creature FX TD: Paul Jones
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
Steven Argula
Character Animator : Joakim Riedinger
Best Character Animation – Video Game
Gears 5 – Cinematic Animation
The Coalition/ Microsoft
Lead Animator: Brian Whitmire
Character: JD, Del, Marcus, Fahz, Reyna, Kait
KINGDOM HEARTS III
SQUARE ENIX
Character Animator: Munenori Shinagawa
Character: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, Jiminy, Yen Sid, Chip, Dale, Kairi, Riku, Xehanort, Ansem, Xemnas, Woody, Buzz, Hamm, Rex, Mike, Sulley, Boo, Jack, Gibbs, Elizabeth, Barbarossa, Will, Tia, Heartless
Character Animator: Kayoko Yajima Character: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, Jiminy, Yen Sid, Chip, Dale, Kairi, Riku, Xehanort, Ansem, Xemnas, Woody, Buzz, Hamm, Rex, Mike, Sulley, Boo, Jack, Gibbs, Elizabeth, Barbarossa, Will, Tia, Heartless
Character Animator: Koji Hamada Character: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Sulley, Mike, Marshmallow, Baymax, Buzz, Woody, Ariel, Heartless
Character Animator: Koji Inoue Character: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Sulley, Mike, Marshmallow, Baymax, Buzz, Woody, Ariel, Heartless
Sinclair Snake: Museum Mischief
Chromosphere / Within
Character Animator: Tommy Rodricks
Character: Sgt. Salamander, Sinclair Snake
Character Animator: Natan Moura
Character: Sinclair Snake
Character Animator: Nelson Boles
Character: Various
Unruly Heroes
Magic Design Studios
Character Animator: Sebastien Parodi
Character: Heroes Kid version, Underworld NPC
Lead Animator: Nicolas Leger
Character: Heroes (Wukong, Kihong, Sandmonk, Sanzang), All enemies (except Underworld levels) and cinematics
Best Character Design – TV/Media
Carmen SandiegoEpisode: The Chasing Paper Caper
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media for Netflix
Character Designer: Keiko Murayama
Character: Carmen Sandiego, Paper Star, Player, Shadowsan, Chief, Julia Argent, Chase Devineaux
DC Super Hero GirlsEpisode: #SweetJustice Pt. 1-4
Executive Producer: Lauren Faust Character: N/A
T.O.T.S.Episode: 101AB: “You’ve Gotta Be Kitten Me”/”Whale, Hello There!”
Titmouse / Disney Junior
Lead Character Designer: John Jagusak
Character: tbd
The Adventures of Rocky and BullwinkleEpisode: Amazamoose and Squirrel Wonder: Chapter Five
Art Director: Chris Mitchell
Character: Rocky, Bullwinkle, Fearless Leader, Boris, Natasha, Director Peachfuzz
Victor and ValentinoEpisode: Know It All Cartoon Network Studios
CHARACTER DESIGNER: FABIEN MENSE
Character: BIG CAMAZOTZ BAT, BABY CAMAZOTZ BAT, REGULAR CAMATOTZ BAT, DON JALAPENO, VICTOR, BAT SWARMS, CODEX HEIROGLYPHS
Best Character Design – Feature
DreamWorks Animation / Pearl Studio
Character Designer: Nico Marlet Character: ALL
Character Designer: Bill Schwab
Character: Earth Giants, Mattias, King Runeard, Young Agnarr, Young Iduna, Gale, Ryder, Honeymaren, Soldier
Character Designer: Torsten Schrank
Spies in Disguise
Blue Sky Studios
Character Designer: José Manuel Fernández Oli
Character: Killian, Katsu Kimura, Lance Pigeon,
The Addams Family
MGM and BRON Creative
Character Designer: Craig Kellman
Character: Multiple characters
Best Direction – TV/Media
Ask the StorybotsEpisode: How Do You Make Music?
Director: Jeff Gill
DC Super Hero GirlsEpisode: #DCSuperHeroBoys
Director: Natalie Wetzig
Disney Mickey MouseEpisode: For Whom the Booth Tolls
Director: Alonso Ramirez Ramos
Rilakkuma & KaoruEpisode: Snowman Dwarf for Netflix
Director: Masahito Kobayashi
UltramanEpisode: Episode 1
Production IG, SOLA Digital Arts for Netflix
Co-Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Co-Director: Shinji Aramaki
Best Direction – Feature
Director: Jennifer Lee
Director: Chris Buck
Director: Jérémy Clapin
Director: Sergio Pablos
Director: Chris Butler
Toho Co., Ltd. / STORY Inc. / CoMix Wave Films
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Best Music – TV/Media
Composer/Lyricist: Jared Lee Gosselin
Composer: Steve D’Angelo
Composer: Lorenzo Castelli
Love, Death & RobotsEpisode: Sonnie’s Edge Blur for Netflix
Composer/Lyricist: Rob Cairns
Seis ManosEpisode: The Empty Place
VIZ Media / Powerhouse Animation Studios
Composer: Carl Thiel
She-Ra and the Princesses of PowerEpisode: Beast Island
Composer: Sunna Wehrmeijer
The Tom and Jerry ShowEpisode: Eagle Eye Jerry Warner Bros. Animation
Composer: Vivek Maddala
Best Music – Feature
Dream Well Studios
Composer: Gints Zilbalodis
Composer: Christophe Beck
Composer: Frode Fjellheim
Composer/Lyricist: Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Composer/Lyricist: Robert Lopez
Composer: Dan Levy
Composer/Lyricist: Mark Ronson
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Composer: Randy Newman
Best Production Design – TV/Media
Carmen SandiegoEpisode: Becoming Carmen Sandiego: Part 1 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media for Netflix
Production Design: Eastwood Wong
Production Design: Sylvia Liu
Production Design: Elaine Lee
Production Design: Linda Fong
Production Design: Emily Paik
Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled AdventureEpisode: Rapunzel and The Great Tree Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel
Production Design: Alan Bodner
Production Design: Brian Woods
Production Design: Steven Nicodemus
Production Design: Laura Price
Production Design: Leonard Robledo
Love, Death & RobotsEpisode: The Witness Blur for Netflix
Production Design: Alberto Mielgo
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure HeartEpisode: EPISODE 106 “Ultraclops”
Cartoon Network, Titmouse, Inc.
Production Design: Khang Le
Production Design: Chris Fisher
Production Design: Gael Bertrand
Production Design: Deodato Pangandoyon
Production Design: Howard Chen
The Adventures of Rocky and BullwinkleEpisode: The Legend of the Power Gems: Chapter One
Production Design: Chris Mitchell
Production Design: Chris Turnham
Production Design: Tor Aunet
Production Design: DanBob Thompson
Production Design: Aaron Spurgeon
Best Production Design – Feature
Production Design: Max Boas
Production Design: Paul Duncan
Production Design: Christopher Brock
Production Design: Cecline Da Hyeu Kim
Production Design: Jane Li
Production Design: Pierre-Olivier Vincent
Production Design: Kirsten Kawamura
Production Design: Woonyoung Jung
Production Design: Iuri Lioi
Production Design: Szymon Biernaki
Production Design: Marcin Jakubowski
Production Design: Nelson Lowry
Production Design: Santiago Montiel
Production Design: Trevor Dalmer
MGM and Bron Creative
Production Design: Patricia Atchison
Production Design: Maisha Moore
Production Design: Chris Souza
Production Design: Jack Yu
Best Storyboarding – TV/Media
Storyboard Artist: Kenny Park
Carole & TuesdayEpisode: True Colors Bones for Netflix
Storyboard Artist: Shinichiro Watanabe
Love, Death & RobotsEpisode: Sucker of Souls Blur for Netflix
Storyboard Artist: Owen Sullivan
Snoopy in SpaceEpisode: Mission 6: Space Sleepwalking
Storyboard Artist: Riccardo Durante
ZogEpisode: N/A
Storyboard Artist: Max Lang
Best Storyboarding – Feature
Storyboard Artist: Julien Bisaro
Storyboard Artist: Jérémy Clapin
Storyboard Artist: Sergio Pablos
Storyboard Artist: Julián Nariño
Storyboard Artist: Oliver Thomas
Best Voice Acting – TV/Media
Big City GreensEpisode: Green Christmas
Voice Talent: Marieve Herington Character: Tilly
Bob’s BurgersEpisode: Roamin’ Bob-iday
20th Century FOX / Bento Box Entertainment
Cast: H. Jon Benjamin
Character: Bob
Steven UniverseEpisode: Steven Universe: The Movie
Cast: Sarah Stiles
Character: Spinel
TigtoneEpisode: Episode 108 “Tigtone and the Cemetery of the Dead”
Titmouse, Inc., Babyhemyth Productions, Williams Street
Voice Actor: Debi Derryberry
Character: Helpy
Voice Actress: Ali Wong
Character: Bertie
Best Voice Acting – Feature
Cast: Tenzing Norgay Trainor
Character: Jin
Cast: Josh Gad
Character: Olaf
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
CJ Entertainment and Nickelodeon Animation Studios for Netflix
Performer: Richard Horvitz
Character: InvaderZim
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Illumination
Cast: Jenny Slate
Character: Gidget
Cast: Tony Hale
Character: Forky
Best Writing – TV/Media
Apple & OnionEpisode: Apple’s Short
Writer: George Gendi
Writer: Michael Gendi
Writer: Deepak Sethi
Writer: Eric Acosta
Writer: Sean Szeles
BoJack HorsemanEpisode: Feel-Good Story
Writer: Alison Tafel
Pinky MalinkyEpisode: Secret
Nickelodeon Animation Studios for Netflix
Writer: Sheela Shrinivas
Writer: Aminder Dhaliwal
Writer: Rikke Asbjoern
Writer: Shauna McGarry
Xavier Riddle and the Secret MuseumEpisode: I am Helen Keller
Brown Bag Film / 9 Story Media Group
Writer: Meghan Read
Best Writing – Feature
Writer: Jennifer Lee
Writer: Dean DeBlois
Writer: Jérémy Clapin
Writer: Guillaume Laurant
Writer: Andrew Stanton
Writer: Stephany Folsom
Story By: Makoto Shinkai
Writer: Makoto Shinkai
Best Editorial – TV/Media
Big Hero 6: The SeriesEpisode: Prey Date
Nominee: Dao Le
Nominee: Joe Molinari
Nominee: Charles T. Jones
Nominee: David Vasquez
DC Super Hero GirlsEpisode: #AdventuresInBunnysitting
Nominee: Torien Blackwolf
Nominee: Tony Molina
Green Eggs and HamEpisode: Mouse
