The 36th annual Annie Awards nominations have been announced. Leading the pack is Kung Fu Panda with 17 nominations, followed by Bolt with 9 and WALL-E with 8.
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Animated Feature
* Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* $9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
* WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
* Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
* Christmas Is Here Again – Easy To Dream Entertainment
* Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
* Justice League: The New Frontier – Warner Bros. Animation
* The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning – DisneyToon Studios
Best Animated Short Subject
* Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Hot Dog – Bill Plympton Studio
* Presto – Pixar Animation Studios
* Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin
* Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Aardman Animations Ltd.
Best Animated Television Commercial
* Giant Monster – Curious Pictures
* Long Legs Mr. Hyde – Curious Pictures
* Rotofugi: The Collectors – Screen Novelties
* Sarah – Z Animation
* United Airlines ‘Heart’ – Duck Studios
Best Animated Television Production
* King of the Hill – 20th Century Fox TV
* Moral Orel – ShadowMachine
* Phineas and Ferb – Disney Television Animation
* Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* The Simpsons – Gracie Films/Fox TV
Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children
* A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation
* Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
* Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
* The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon
* Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network Studios
Best Animated Video Game
* Dead Space – Electronic Arts
* Kung Fu Panda – Activision
* WALL-E – Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
* Alen Lai Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Li-Ming Lawrence Lee Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Fangwei Lee Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
* Kevin Lee Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Enrique Vila WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Feature Production
* James Baxter Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Jeff Gabor Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Philippe Le Brun Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Victor Navone WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Dan Wagner Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form
* Sandro Cleuzo Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Joshua A. Jennings Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Pierre Perifel Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Valerie Hadida Igor – Exodus Film Group
* Sang Jun Lee Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Nico Marlet Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! “Bat Mitzah Crashers” – Nickelodeon
* Ben Balistreri – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Mondo Coco” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Sean Galloway The Spectacular Spider-Man – Sony Pictures Television
* Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” – Nickelodeon
* Nico Marlet Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
* Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Ari Folman Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* Tatia Rosenthal 9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films
* John Stevenson & Mark Osborne Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Andrew Stanton WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Bob Anderson – The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XIX” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
* Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender “Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3” – Nickelodeon
* Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Chris McKay – Moral Orel “Passing” – ShadowMachine
* Alan Smart – SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish” – Nickelodeon
Music in an Animated Feature Production
* Kevin Manthei – Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
* John Powell – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
* Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* William Ross – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Carl Finch & Brave Combo – Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions
* Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
* Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation
* Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
* Ralph Eggleston WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Paul Felix Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tang Heng Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Evgeni Tomov The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
* Raymond Zibach Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Andy Harkness Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Tang Heng Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon
* Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios
* Raymond Zibach Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
* Alessandro Carloni – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Ronnie Del Carmen – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Joe Mateo Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Jen Yuh Nelson – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Rob Stevenhagen – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon
* Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
* Andy Schuler – Secret of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Eddie Trigueros The Mighty B! “Name Shame” – Nickelodeon
* Chris Williams Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
* Ben Burtt – Voice of WALL-E – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
* Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
* Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
* Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
* Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
* Ari Folman – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics/Bridgit Folman, Les Films D’ici, Razor Films
* Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
* Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
* Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon
* Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
* Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
* Chris Williams – Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay recipients – Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park for career contributions to the art of animation.
June Foray award – Bill Turner for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
Certificate of Merit award – Amir Avini, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, Alex Vassilev.
