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
