Dec 4, 2017

Walt Disney Company picks up 13 Annie Award nominations, including 33 for "Coco"

Disney-Pixar's Coco leads all projects with 13 nominations at the 45th annual ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards.

The dominance of a Walt Disney Company animated film is reminiscent of the last two years when Inside Out and Zootopia led the pack respectively.

Among its various divisions, the Walt Disney Company also leads all animation-producing companies with 33 nominations. Dreamworks Animation was the second-most honored studio with 22 nominations.

On the tv side, Disney's Mickey Mouse and Dreamworks' Trollhunters lead the way with six nominations apiece, followed by Adult Swim's Samurai Jack which came up with four nominations.

Besides Coco, the other nominees in the animated feature category are Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, and The Boss Baby.

The Annies introduced a new category in 2015 for independent features that screen in less than 1,000 theaters, and the nominees in that category are In This Corner of the World, Loving Vincent, Napping Princess, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, and The Breadwinner. The latter film was the second-most nominated feature with 10 nominations.

The complete list of nominees is below:

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Feature-Independent

Best Animated Special Production

Best Animated Short Subject

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production

Best Student Film

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

Character Animation in a Live Action Production

Character Animation in a Video Game

Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

Winsor McCay Award – for their career contributions to the art of animation

Ub Iwerks Award – for technical advancement in the art of animation

Special Achievement Award

June Foray Award – for their significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation

Certificate of Merit