Dec 1, 2014

42nd Annie Award Nominations Announced: List Creator：

ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Society, has announced the nominations for its 42nd annual Annie Awards. Eight films were nominated in the Best Animated Feature category. Laika's The Boxtrolls leads the pack with 13 nominations, followed by 10 nods for DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2, and seven apiece for Cartoon Saloon's Song of the Sea and Disney's Big Hero 6.

The animated short category also eight nominees, including five films that are currently shortlisted for an Oscar: Alan Holly's Coda, Glen Keane's Duet, Patrick Osborne's Feast, Torill Kove's Me and My Moulton?, and Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi's The Dam Keeper.

Online balloting opens on January 2, 2015, and January 19 is the deadline for ballot submissions. The Annie winners will be announced at the 42nd Annual Annie Awards ceremony on January 31, 2015, at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus.

A complete list of nominees is below:

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Special Production

Best Animated Short Subject

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children's Audience

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Best Animated Video Game

Best Student Film

Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

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

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Video Game

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

Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production

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

Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

Winsor McCay Award (for Lifetime Achievement)Didier Brunner, Don Lusk and Lee Mendelson

June Foray Award (for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation)Charles Solomon

Ub Iwerks (for technical advancement that has made a significant impact on the art or industry of animation)DreamWorks Animation's Apollo Software

Special Achievement Award (recognizing the unique and significant impact on the art and industry of animation)The Walt Disney Family Museum