ASIFA-Hollywood has released the list of the 44th annual Annie Award nominees, recognizing the year’s best animated work in the eyes of the industry. Highlights of this year’s nominees include:
Best Animated Feature
Finding Dory – Pixar Animation Studios
Kubo and the Two Strings – LAIKA
Kung Fu Panda 3 – DreamWorks Animation
Moana – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Zootopia – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Best Animated Feature – Independent
Long Way North – Produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Maybe Movies, Norlum Studios, France 3 Cinéma and 2 Minutes
Miss Hokusai – Production I.G
My Life As A Zucchini – Rita Productions, Blue Spirit Productions, Gebeka Films, KNM
The Red Turtle – Studio Ghibli – Wild Bunch – Why Not Productions
Your Name. – CoMix Wave Films
Best Animated Special Production
Audrie & Daisy – A production of AfterImage Public Media in association with Actual Films for Netflix
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll – DreamWorks Animation
Little Big Awesome – Titmouse, Inc. / Amazon Studios
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life – CBS Films/J.P. Entertainment/Participant Media
Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Massive Swerve Studios and Passion Pictures Animation
Best Animated Short Subject
“Blind Vaysha” – National Film Board of Canada
“Deer Flower” – Studio ZAZAC
“Path Title Sequence” – Acme Filmworks
“Pearl” – Google Spotlight Stories/Evil Eye Pictures
“Piper” – Pixar Animation Studios
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Ask the StoryBots – Episode: “Why Do I Have to Brush My Teeth?” – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
Peg + Cat – Episode: “The Disappearing Art – Problem” – The Fred Rogers Company/ 9ate7 Productions
Puffin Rock – The First Snow – Episode: 59 – Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears, Penguin Random House
The Stinky & Dirty Show – Episode: “Squeak” – Amazon Studios and Brown Bag Films
Tumble Leaf – Episode: “Mighty Mud Movers / Having a Ball” – Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children
Adventure TIme – Episode: “Bad Jubies” – Bix Pix Entertainment Cartoon Network Frederator Studios
DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender – Episode: “Return of the Gladiator” – DreamWorks Animation Television
Elena of Avalor – Episode: “A Day to Remember” – Disney Television Animation
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Episode: “Trans-Dimensional Turtles” – Nickelodeon
Wander Over Yonder – Episode: “My Fair Hatey” – Disney Television Animation
Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Bob’s Burgers – Episode: “Glued, Where’s My Bob?” – Bento Box Entertainment
BoJack Horseman – Episode: “Fish Out Of Water” – Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Long Live the Royals – Episode: “Punk Show” – Cartoon Network Studios
The Simpsons – Episode: “Barthood” – Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox Television
The Venture Bros – Episode: “Hostile Makeover” – Titmouse, Inc.
The full list of nominees is available at the Annie Awards website.
The Annie Awards ceremony will be held on February 4, 2017, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA.
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