36th Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced
Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 36th Annual
Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best animated features, television
productions, commercials, video games and short subjects. DreamWorks
Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda” leads the field with 17 nominations out of 27
overall for the studio, including Best Animated Feature, and individual
nominations for character animation, character design, directing, music,
production design, storyboarding, voice acting and writing. Walt Disney
Animation Studios and its Best Animated Feature “Bolt” received 9 nominations
and Pixar Animation Studios and its Best Animated Feature “Wall-E” received 8
nominations. Completing the Best Animated Feature category is Sony Pictures
Classics “Waltz With Bashir” and Sherman Pictures/Lama Films “
Nickelodeon leads the pack in television with 12 nominations, including
two for Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children: “Avatar:
The Last Airbender” and “The Mighty B!” Other nominees in this category
include: “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” and “Underfist:
Bash,” Cartoon Network Studios and “A Miser Brothers Christmas,” Warner Bros.
Animation. Nominees for the Best Animated Television Production are “Phineas
and Ferb,” Disney Television Animation, “The Simpsons,” Gracie Films/Fox TV,
“King of the Hill,” 20th Century Fox TV and “Moral Orel” and “Robot Chicken:
Star Wars Episode II,” both from ShadowMachine.
Winners will be announced at the 36th Annual Annie Awards ceremony on
complete listing of Annie Award nominations and event information, please go
to http://www.annieawards.org.
Special juried awards honoring career achievement and exceptional
contributions to animation will also be awarded:
animation; June Foray award —
charitable impact on the art and industry of animation; and Certificate of
Merit award —
“On behalf of ASIFA-Hollywood, I would like to congratulate all of the
nominees and award recipients for their outstanding work and look forward to a
very exciting ceremony in January,” said ASIFA-Hollywood President, Antran
Manoogian.
The Annie Awards’ black-tie ceremony will feature a lively mix of
animation luminaries, celebrity presenters and comedic talent to celebrate
this year’s best of the best. A pre-reception begins at
awards ceremony following
at the Royce Hall. More than 1,500 entertainment industry insiders are
expected to attend the annual Annie Awards. For tickets, advertising,
sponsorship opportunities and up-to-the minute information on the 36th Annual
Annie Awards, visit http://www.annieawards.org. Media inquiries, please
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The industry’s oldest and most prestigious award, The Annie Award is
considered an important industry benchmark and an annual predictor of the
Academy Award for Animation. The winner of the most coveted and high profile
Best Animated Feature, Annie has gone on to claim the Oscar for animation
every year but one since its inception.
The Annie Awards honor overall excellence as well as individual
achievement in a total of 24 categories ranging from production design,
character animation, and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music
and voice acting. Entries submitted for consideration were from productions
that originally aired, were exhibited in an animation festival or commercially
released between
Founded in 1972 by ASIFA member and veteran voice talent June Foray, the
Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for the past three decades.
Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest of an international network of chapters,
supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its
membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation
preservation, special events, classes and screenings.
SOURCE The International Animated Film Society