It’s that time of the year again. The International Animated Film Society has just announced the nominees for the 41st annual Annie Awards – the first of many award shows to come. Monsters University and Disney’s Frozen led the pack with ten nominations; both are contenders for Best Animated Feature alongside A Letter to Momo, Despicable Me 2, Ernest & Celestine, The Croods, and The Wind Rises. Monsters U also received nominations in the following categories:
- Animated Effects in an Animated Production (Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling, Enrique Vila)
- Character Animation in a Feature Production (John Chun Chiu Lee)
- Character Design in an Animated Feature Production (Chris Sasaki)
- Music in an Animated Feature Production (Randy Newman)
- Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (Ricky Nierva, Robert Kondo, Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi)
- Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Dean Kelly)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Billy Crystal as Mike)
- Writing in an Animated Feature Production (Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon)
- Editorial in an Animated Feature Production (Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom)
Toy Story of Terror also garnered quite a bit of attention, earning seven nominations among five categories:
- Best Animated Special Production
- Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (3 individual nominations: JC Tran Quang Thieu, David DeVan, and Kureha Yokoo)
- Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Angus MacLane)
- Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Daniel Chong)
- Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Axel Geddes, Kathy Graves, Chloe Kloezeman)
For a complete list of nominees, head over to the Annie Awards website. Check back on February 1, 2014 for the winners.
UPDATE: The winners have been revealed. Pixarians took home a total of five awards; three for Toy Story of Terror and two for Monsters University. Those were:
- Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Dean Kelly, Monsters University)
- Editorial in an Animated Feature Production (Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom, Monsters University)
- Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Kureha Yokoo, Toy Story of Terror)
- Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Angus MacLane, Toy Story of Terror)
- Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Daniel Chong, Toy Story of Terror)
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Last modified: February 2, 2014
No nominations for the Blue Umbrella? Have they just completely forgotten about it?
No one forgot about blue umbrella. It’s just not very good.
Yeah, it’s not on the Oscar shortlist either. Critics weren’t too fond of it.