Frozen aws Hearts, Freezes Out the Annies Competition

At the 41st Annie Awards, Disneys Frozen garnered the top prize for Best Animated Feature, beating out some tough competition, including Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazakis The Wind Rises, Disney/Pixars Monsters University, the entertaining The Croods from DreamWorks, box-office earner Despicable Me 2 from Illumination/Universal, and others.

The list of winners and the nominees from the awards presentation are(winners are bold and underlined):

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES Best Animated Feature

A Letter to Momo - GKIDS

Despicable Me 2 - Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures

Ernest & Celestine - GKIDS

Frozen - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Monsters University - Pixar Animation Studios

The Croods - DreamWorks Animation

The Wind Rises - Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures

Best Animated Special Production

Chipotle Scarecrow- Chipotle Creative Department, Moonbot Studios, CAA Marketing

Listening Is an Act of Love - StoryCorps

Room on the Broom - Magic Light Pictures

Toy Story OF TERROR! - Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Short Subject

Despicable Me 2 - Puppy - Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures

Get A Horse! - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Gloria Victoria - National Film Board of Canada

My Mom is an Airplane - Acme Filmworks

The Numberlys - Moonbot Studios

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial

Despicable Me 2 - Cinemark - Illumination Entertainment/Universal

Sound of the Woods - Acme Filmworks

The Polar Bears Movie - Scott Free Productions/RSA Films, Animal Logic, CAA Marketing

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

Bubble Guppies - Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana

Disney Sofia the First - Disney Television Animation

Doc McStuffins - Brown Bag Films

Justin Time - Guru Studio

Peter Rabbit - Nickelodeon Productions/Silvergate Media

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Childrens Audience

Adventure Time - Cartoon Network Studios

Beware the Batman - Warner Bros. Animation

Disney Gravity Falls - Disney Television Animation

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Regular Show - Cartoon Network Studios

Scaredy Squirrel - Nelvana Ltd.

Teen Titans Go! - Warner Bros. Animation

The Legend of Korra - Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Archer - FX Networks

Bobs Burgers - Bento Box Entertainment

Disney Tron Uprising - Disney Television Animation

Futurama - 20th Century Fox Television

Motorcity - Titmouse Inc.

Best Animated Video Game

Diggs Nightcrawler - Moonbot Studios, Sony London Studio, Exient

Tiny Thief - 5 ANTS

The Last of Us - Naughty Dog

Best Student Film

Chicken or the Egg - Ringling College of Art and Design

Kellerkind - Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Miss Todd - Kristina Yee

Move Mountain - Kirsten Lepore

SEM FORO - University of Southern California

The Final Straw - Ringling College of Art and Design

Trusts & Estates - CalArts

Wedding Cake - Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Alen Lai, David Quirus, Diego Garzon Sanchez, Ilan Gabai - Epic - Blue Sky Studios

David Jones - Dragons: Defenders of Berk - DreamWorks Animation

Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling, Enrique Vila - Monsters University- Pixar Animation Studios

Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer - The Croods - DreamWorks Animation

Greg Gladstone, Nikita Pavlov, Allen Ruilova, Matt Titus, Can Yuksel - Turbo - DreamWorks Animation

Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

Jonathan Paquin, Brian Goodwin, Gray Horsfield, Mathieu Chardonnet, Adrien Toupet - Man Of Steel - Weta Digital

Ben OBrien, Karin Cooper, Lee Uren, Chris Root - Star Trek: Into Darkness - Industrial Light & Magic

Dan Pearson, Jay Cooper, Jeff Grebe, Amelia Chenoweth - Star Trek: Into Darkness - Industrial Light & Magic

Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel - Pacific Rim - Industrial Light & Magic

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

Brad Schaffer - Friendship All-Stars of Friendship: Wrong Number - Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

Eric Urban - Ubermansion - Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

JC Tran Quang Thieu - Toy Story OF TERROR! - Pixar Animation Studios

David DeVan - Toy Story OF TERROR! - Pixar Animation Studios

Kureha Yokoo - Toy Story OF TERROR! - Pixar Animation Studios

Keith Kellogg - Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lucasfilm Animation

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production

Thom Roberts - Epic - Blue Sky Studios

Jonathan Del Val - Despicable Me 2 - Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures

Jakob Jensen - The Croods - DreamWorks Animation

John Chun Chiu Lee - Monsters University - Pixar Animation Studios

Kitaro Kosaka - The Wind Rises - Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures

Tony Smeed - Frozen - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Patrick Imbert - Ernest & Celestine - GKIDS

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

Jeff Capogreco, Jedrzej Wojtowicz, Kevin Estey, Alessandro Bonora, Gino Acevedo - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Gollum - Weta Digital

Dave Clayton, Simeon Duncombe, Jung Min Chang, Matthew Cioffi, Guillame Francois - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Goblin King - Weta Digital

Hal Hickel, Chris Lentz, Derrick Carlin, Steve Rawlins, Kyle Winkelman - Pacific Rim - Industrial Light & Magic

Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Craig McCracken - Disney Wander Over Yonder - Disney Television Animation

Paul Rudish - Disney Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation

Andy Bialk - The Awesomes - Bento Box Entertainment

Ben Adams - Regular Show - Cartoon Network Studios

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