{"id":3586,"date":"2014-02-02T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/monsters-university-and-toy-story-of-terror-earn-annie-nominations"},"modified":"2014-02-02T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T08:29:00","slug":"monsters-university-and-toy-story-of-terror-earn-annie-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/monsters-university-and-toy-story-of-terror-earn-annie-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Monsters University&#039; &amp; &#039;Toy Story of Terror&#039; Earn Annie Nominations [UPDATE: Winners Announced]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"115\" width=\"202\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1745.jpg\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s that time of the year again. The International Animated Film Society has just announced the nominees for the 41st annual <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/annieawards.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annie Awards<\/a> &ndash; the first of many award shows to come. <em>Monsters University<\/em> and Disney&#8217;s <em>Frozen<\/em> led the pack with ten nominations; both are contenders for Best Animated Feature alongside <em>A Letter to Momo<\/em>, <em>Despicable Me 2<\/em>, <em>Ernest &amp; Celestine<\/em>, <em>The Croods<\/em>, and <em>The Wind Rises<\/em>. <em>Monsters U <\/em>also received nominations in the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Animated Effects in an Animated Production<\/strong> (Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling, Enrique Vila)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Character Animation in a Feature Production <\/strong>(John Chun Chiu Lee)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Character Design in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Chris Sasaki)\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Music in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Randy Newman)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Production Design in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Ricky Nierva, Robert Kondo, Daisuke &quot;Dice&quot; Tsutsumi)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Dean Kelly)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Billy Crystal as Mike)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writing in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editorial in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<em>Toy Story of Terror <\/em>also garnered quite a bit of attention, earning seven nominations among five categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Animated Special Production<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Character Animation in an Animated Television\/Broadcast Production <\/strong>(3 individual nominations: JC Tran Quang Thieu, David DeVan, and Kureha Yokoo)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Directing in an Animated TV\/Broadcast Production <\/strong>(Angus MacLane)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storyboarding in an Animated TV\/Broadcast Production <\/strong>(Daniel Chong)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editorial in an Animated TV\/Broadcast Production <\/strong>(Axel Geddes, Kathy Graves, Chloe Kloezeman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a complete list of nominees, head over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/annieawards.org\/nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annie Awards website<\/a>. Check back on <strong>February 1, 2014<\/strong> for the winners. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1750.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"154\" width=\"141\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/1750.png\" \/><\/a><span class=\"caps\">UPDATE<\/span>:<\/strong> The winners have been revealed. Pixarians took home a total of five awards; three for <em>Toy Story of Terror<\/em> and two for <em>Monsters University<\/em>. Those were:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Dean Kelly, <em>Monsters University<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editorial in an Animated Feature Production <\/strong>(Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom, <em>Monsters University<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Character Animation in an Animated Television\/Broadcast Production <\/strong>(Kureha Yokoo, <em>Toy Story of Terror<\/em>) <\/li>\n<li><strong>Directing in an Animated TV\/Broadcast Production <\/strong>(Angus MacLane, <em>Toy Story of Terror<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storyboarding in an Animated TV\/Broadcast Production <\/strong>(Daniel Chong, <em>Toy Story of Terror<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to all of the winners!\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s that time of the year again. The International Animated Film Society has just announced the nominees for the 41st annual Annie Awards &ndash; the first of many award shows to come. Monsters University and Disney&#8217;s Frozen led the pack with ten nominations; both are contenders for Best Animated Feature alongside A Letter to Momo, &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,47,20,2,133],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Monsters University&#039; &amp; &#039;Toy Story of Terror&#039; Earn Annie Nominations [UPDATE: Winners Announced] - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/monsters-university-and-toy-story-of-terror-earn-annie-nominations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Monsters University&#039; &amp; &#039;Toy Story of Terror&#039; Earn Annie Nominations [UPDATE: Winners Announced] - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s that time of the year again. 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