'Inside Out' leads the pack with 14 nods and is followed by 'The Good Dinnosaur', which scores 10 nominations.
- Dec 2, 2015
AceShowbiz - The nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards have been announced. Pixar dominated the list as "Inside Out (2015)" led the pack with 14 nods. It was followed by another Pixar animation, "The Good Dinosaur", which scored 10 nominations.
"Inside Out" competed against "Anomalisa", "Shaun the Sheep", "The Good Dinosaur" and the "Peanuts" movie for Best Animated Feature. If one of the Pixar movies ends up winning the award, it will be the first time that Pixar wins the category since 2009, when "Up" took home the gong.
"Inside Out" was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production. In this category, "Inside Out" faced other acclaimed animated films like "Home", "Hotel Transylvania 2", "Minions", "The Good Dinosaur" and "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water". Additionally, "Inside Out" was up against other animations for best character design, character animation and production design.
Although "Inside Out" garnered rave reviews and was successful at the box office, there is another animation that may be a strong opponent for the movie. Although it only has five nominations, stop-motion animation "Anomalisa", which is dark, complex and made for adult audiences, may be a big rival for "Inside Out".
In TV categories, Disney Television Animation got the most nominations with 21, followed by Nickelodeon with 16 and DreamWorks TV Animation with 14. "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas", with seven nods, dominated the list and was followed by "Dragons: Race to the Edge" and "Pig Goat Banana Cricket", which scored five each.
The 43rd annual Annie Awards is slated to commence on February 6 at UCLA's Royce Hall. Below are the partial list of nominees. The full list can be seen on the official site.
Best Animated Feature
- "Anomalisa" - Paramount Pictures
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios
- "Shaun the Sheep" The Movie - Aardman Animations
- "The Good Dinosaur" - Pixar Animation Studios
- The "Peanuts" Movie - Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
- "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas" - Warner Bros. Animation
- "He Named Me Malala" - Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door
- "I Am A Witness" - Moonbot Studios
- "Kite" - Epic Games
- "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" - End of Movie, LLC
- "Niko and the Sword of Light" - Titmouse, Inc. / Amazon Studios
- "Bob's Burgers" - Episode: Can't Buy Me Math - Twentieth Century Fox Television Bento Box Entertainment
- "BoJack Horseman" - Episode: Brand New Couch - The Tornante Company
- "Moonbeam City" - Episode: Quest for Aquatica - Titmouse, Inc. / Comedy Central
- "The Simpsons" - Episode: Halloween of Horror - Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television
- "Home" - DreamWorks Animation - Effects Lead: Greg Gladstone, Effects Lead: Tim Hoff, Effects Lead: Mark Newport, Effects Lead: Jason Rickwald, Effects Lead: Stephen Wood
- "Hotel Transylvania 2" - Sony Pictures Animation - Character Effects Supervisor: Chris Logan, Character Effects Supervisor: Brian Casper, Character Effects Lead: Gavin Baxter, Character Effects Lead: William Eckroat
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Effects Artist: Amit Baadkar, Effects Artist: Dave Hale, Effects Artist: Vincent Serritella, Second Unit & Crowds Animation, Supervisor: Paul Mendoza
- "Minions" - Illumination Entertainment - Computer Graphic Supervisor: Frank Baradat, Computer Graphic Supervisor: Antonin Seydoux, Effects Supervisor: Milo Riccarand, Lighting & Composite Supervisor: Nicolas Brack
- "The Good Dinosaur" - Pixar Animation Studios - Effects Supervisor: Jon Reisch, Effects Lead: Stephen Marshall Volumetric Clouds Architect: Magnus Wrenninge, Development & Effects Artist: Michael Hall, Effects Technical Lead: Michael K. O'Brien
- "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" - Paramount Animation - Effects Animation Supervisor: Brice Mallier, FX Animation Supervisor: Paul Buckley, FX Animator: Brent Droog, FX Animator: Alex Whyte, Lead FX Animator: Jonothan Freisler
- "Jurassic World" - Animated Effects - Universal Studios / Legendary Pictures - Effects TD Supervisor: Raul Essig, Digital Artist: Roman Schmidt, Digital Artist: Mark Chataway, Digital Artist: Ryan Hopkins
- Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" - Sokovia Destruction - Marvel Studios - Creature Sim Supervisor: Michael Balog, Creature Simulation Lead: Jim Van Allen, Effects Simulation Supervisor: Florent Andorra, Effects Lead: Georg Kaltenbrunner
- "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" - Gotham Group 20th Century Fox - FX Supervisor: Ronnie Menahem, CG Supervisor: Pavani Rao Boddapati, Lighting TD: Francois Sugny, Models: Leslie Chan, FX TD: Nicolas Petit
- "The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies" - New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) - WingNut Films 3Foot7, FX Supervisor: Ronnie Menahem, Lead FX TD: Brian Goodwin, FX Supervisor: Jason Lazaroff, Senior Environment Artist: Paul Harris, Lead Modeller: James Ogle
- "Home" - DreamWorks Animation - Animation Supervisor: Mark Donald, Character: Various
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Animator: Allison Rutland, Character: All Characters
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Animator: Travis Hathaway, Character: All Characters
- "Minions" - Illumination Entertainment - Animator: Hichem Arfaoui, Character: Herb & Scarlet Overkill, Kevin, Stuart & Bob
- "The Good Dinosaur" - Pixar Animation Studios - Animator: Mark C. Harris, Character: All Characters
- "The Good Dinosaur" - Pixar Animation Studios - Animator: K.C. Roeyer, Character: All Characters
- "The Peanuts Movie" - Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation - Lead Animator: BJ Crawford, Character: Multiple Characters
- "Jurassic World" - Indominus Rex - Universal Studios / Legendary Pictures - VFX Animation Supervisor: Glen McIntosh, Associate Animation Supervisor: Kevin Martel, Lead Animator: Kyle Winkelman, Digital Artist: Rodrick Fransham, Creature Supervisor: Kaori Ogino
- Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" - The Hulk - Marvel Studios - Assoc. Animation Supervisor: Jakub Pistecky, Animator: Gang Trinh, Animator: Craig Penn, Lead Animator: Mickael Coedel, Lead Animator : Yair Gutierrez
- Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" - Marvel Studios - Lead Animator: Peter Tan, Animator: Boonyiki Lim, Animator: Sachio Nishiyama, Animator: Byounghee Cho, Animator: Roy Tan
- "The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies" - AZOG - New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) - WingNut Films 3Foot7, Animation Supervisor: Aaron Gilman, Senior Facial Modeller: Howard Sly, Lead Animator: Matthew Riordan, Creature TD: Kevin Kelm, Lead Shader TD: Guillaume Francois
- "The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies" - SMAUG - New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) - WingNut Films 3Foot7, Animation Supervisor: David Clayton, Creature Supervisor: Gios Johnston, Senior Modeller: Andreja Vuckovic, Lead Shader TD: Guillaume Francois, Senior Animator: Daniel Zettl
- "The Revenant" - The Bear - Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Anonymous Content, M Productions, Appian Way, RatPac-Dune Entertainment - Animation Supervisor: Matthew Shumway, Lead Digital Artist: Adrian Millington, Digital Artist: Blaine Toderian, Digital Artist: Alexander Poei, Digital Artist: Kevin Lan
- "Hotel Transylvania 2" - Sony Pictures Animation - Character Designer: Craig Kellman, Character: Dennis, Dennis Bat, Vlad, Wuzzlelumplebum, Brandon, Linda, Mike, Johnny's sister, Character Design: Stephen DeStefano, Character: Kelsey, Cronies
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Character Art Director: Albert Lozano, Character: All Characters, Character Artist: Chris Sasaki Character: All Characters
- "Minions" - Illumination Entertainment - Character Designer: Eric Guillon Character: Herb Overkill, Scarlet Overkill, Minions, Yeti
- "The Good Dinosaur" - Pixar Animation Studios - Character Art Director: Matt Nolte Character: All Characters
- "Anomalisa" - Paramount Pictures - Director: Charlie Kaufman, Director: Duke Johnson
- "Extaordinary Tales" - Melusine Productions and R&R Communications - Director: Raul Garcia
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Director: Pete Docter
- "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet" - Ventanarosa - Director: Roger Allers
- "Shaun the Sheep" - Aardman Animations - Director: Mark Burton, Director: Richard Starzak
- "The Peanuts Movie" - Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation - Director: Steve Martino
- "When Marnie Was There" - Studio Ghibli - Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- "Anomalisa" - Paramount Pictures - Composer: Carter Burwell
- "Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem" - Warner Bros. Animation - Composer: Kevin Riepl
- "Boy and the World" - Filme de Papel - Composer: Ruben Feffer, Composer: Gustavo Kurlat, Composer: GEM Grupo Experimental de Musica, Composer/Lyricist: Emicida (No last name)
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Composer: Michael Giacchino
- "The Good Dinosaur" - Pixar Animation Studios - Composer: Mychael Danna, Composer: Jeff Danna
- "Boy and the World" - Filme de Papel - Production Design: Ale Abreu
- "He Named Me Malala" - Parkes-MacDonald / Little Room - Production Design: Jason Carpenter
- "Home" - DreamWorks Animation - Production Design: Emil Mitev
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Production Design: Ralph Eggleston
- "Minions" - Illumination Entertainment - Production Design: Eric Guillon
- "Shaun the Sheep" - Aardman Animations - Production Design: Matt Perry, Production Design: Gavin Lines
- "The Good Dinosaur" - Pixar Animation Studios - Production Design: Harley Jessup, Production Design: Sharon Calahan, Production Design: Bryn Imagire, Production Design: Noah Klocek, Production Design: Huy Nguyen
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Writer: Pete Docter, Writer: Meg LeFauve, Writer: Josh Cooley
- "Shaun the Sheep" - Aardman Animations - Writer: Mark Burton, Writer: Richard Starzak
- "When Marnie Was There" - Studio Ghibli - Writer: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- "Anomalisa" - Paramount Pictures - Nominee: Garret Elkins
- "Inside Out (2015)" - Pixar Animation Studios - Nominee: Kevin Nolting
- "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet" - Ventanarosa - Nominee: Jennifer Dolce
- "Shaun the Sheep" - Aardman Animations - Nominee: Sim Evan-Jones
