2008 Annie Awards Full List of Winners.

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PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

“Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Home Entertainment Production

“Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs,” The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best Animated Short Subject

“Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death,” Aardman Animations Ltd.

Best Animated Television Commercial

United Airlines “Heart,” Duck Studios

Best Animated Television Production

“Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II,” ShadowMachine

Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children

Animated Television Production Produced for Children “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game

“Kung Fu Panda,” Activision

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

Li-Ming Lawrence Lee “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production

James Baxter “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form

Pierre Perifel “Secrets of the Furious Five,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Nico Marlet, “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Nico Marlet, “Secrets of the Furious Five,” DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

John Stevenson & Mark Osborne, “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Joaquim Dos Santos, “Avatar: The Last Airbender: Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3,” Nickelodeon

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Hans Zimmer & John Powell, “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

 Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell, “Secrets of the Furious Five,” DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Tang Heng, “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Tang Heng, “Secrets of the Furious Five”  - DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Jen Yuh Nelson, “Kung Fu Panda”  - DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Chris Williams, “Glago’s Guest”  - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Dustin Hoffman, Voice of Shifu, “Kung Fu Panda”  - DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Ahmed Best, Voice of Jar Jar Binks, “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II”  - ShadowMachine

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, “Kung Fu Panda”  - DreamWorks Animation

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer, “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II”  - ShadowMachine

PIXAR goes home empty-handed at the 36th Annual Annie Awards, DreamWorks Animation SKG takes home the top prize for Kung Fu Panda, sweeping the awards

Results from Variety.com’s Awards Central.

Well, the results are in and while I am surprised at the fact that WALL•E did not take home the Best Feature, and Best Feature Director, the majority of the production awards I had guessed would be going to Kung Fu Panda/Secrets Of The Furious Five. The one in particular that I missed and kind of knew all along was that Dustin Hoffman was going to be taking home the prize for voice acting. I chose Ian McShane, also for Kung Fu Panda, fully aware that it would probably be his co-star as mentioned above. Admittedly, when there were more than one animator/production designer/etc. nominated for Kung Fu Panda, I guessed and picked one. And on these, I only picked the wrong one once, in the Storyboarding Feature category.

I am quite pleased that I was able to sucessfully call both of the music awards, and several of the others as well. My feeling all along was that, while this may sound unusual, Kung Fu Panda has a more animated feel to it that WALL•E, and seemed more like an Annie Award contender. But, that’s just my take. Who knows how close these races were? This does beg the question though. Does WALL•E have serious competition at the Oscars? The Annie Awards do not always pick the same winner as the Oscars, as many may recall that Cars took home the Annie Award in 2006 at the 34th Annual Annie Awards, while the Oscar that year went to Happy Feet.

So WALL•E does not take home any awards, nor does Bolt. All of the movie awards this year went to Kung Fu Panda, I believe. It all comes down to the vote, I guess, and I am willing to bet that some of these races were very close indeed.

- Erin V.

2008 Annie Awards Predictions

Here are John C. and Erin V.’s predictions for the 36th Annual Annie Awards. We will post a list of winners later in the night. EDIT: Winners now included in bold-italic. Our correct guesses are also in bold type.

John C. had 8/24 correct guesses and Erin V. had 13/24. Needless to say, we call the movie categories quite a bit better it seems...

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

Wall·E – Pixar Animation Studios - John C.

Wall·E – Pixar Animation Studios - Erin V.

Winner - “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Home Entertainment Production

Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation - John C.

Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation - Erin V.

Winner - “Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs,” The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Best Animated Short Subject

Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Aardman Animations Ltd. - John C.

Presto – Pixar Animation Studios - Erin V.

Winner - “Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death,” Aardman Animations Ltd.

Best Animated Television Commercial

Sarah – Z Animation - John C.

United Airlines “Heart” – Duck Studios - Erin V.

Winner - United Airlines “Heart,” Duck Studios

Best Animated Television Production

The Simpsons – Gracie Films/Fox TV - John C.

The Simpsons – Gracie Films/Fox TV - Erin V.

Winner - “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II,” ShadowMachine

Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children

A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation in association with ABC Family & Cuppa Coffee Studios - John C.

A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation in association with ABC Family & Cuppa Coffee Studios - Erin V.

Winner - Animated Television Production Produced for Children “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game

Kung Fu Panda – Activision - John C.

Kung Fu Panda – Activision - Erin V.

Winner - “Kung Fu Panda,” Activision

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

Li-Ming Lawrence Lee “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - John C.

Li-Ming Lawrence Lee “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Li-Ming Lawrence Lee “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production

Jeff Gabor “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios - John C.

James Baxter “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - James Baxter “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form

Pierre Perifel “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - John C.

Pierre Perifel “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Pierre Perifel “Secrets of the Furious Five,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Sang Jun Lee “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios - John C.

Nico Marlet “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Nico Marlet, “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Nico Marlet “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - John C.

Nico Marlet “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Nico Marlet, “Secrets of the Furious Five,” DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Andrew Stanton “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios - John C.

Andrew Stanton “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios - Erin V.

Winner - John Stevenson & Mark Osborne, “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish” – Nickelodeon - John C.

Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish” – Nickelodeon - Erin V.

Winner - Joaquim Dos Santos, “Avatar: The Last Airbender: Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3,” Nickelodeon

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - John C.

Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Hans Zimmer & John Powell, “Kung Fu Panda,” DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. - John C.

Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell, “Secrets of the Furious Five,” DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Ralph Eggleston “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios - John C.

Ralph Eggleston “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios - Erin V.

Winner - Tang Heng, “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios - John C.

Tang Heng “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Tang Heng, “Secrets of the Furious Five” - DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Ronnie Del Carmen – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios - John C.

Alessandro Carloni – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Jen Yuh Nelson, “Kung Fu Panda” - DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios - John C.

Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios - Erin V.

Winner - Chris Williams, “Glago’s Guest” - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios - John C.

Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Dustin Hoffman, Voice of Shifu, “Kung Fu Panda” - DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine - John C.

Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine - Erin V.

Winner - Ahmed Best, Voice of Jar Jar Binks, “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Ari Folman – “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films - John C.

Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, “Kung Fu Panda” - DreamWorks Animation

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - John C.

Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation - Erin V.

Winner - Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer, “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine

Updated at 4:00am on Saturday, January 31st, 2009.

The Annie Awards - Animation's Highest Honour

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The 36th Annual Annie Awards will take place on Friday, January 30, 2009, at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

The pre-reception begins at 6 p.m., followed by the Annie Awards ceremony at 8 p.m. and post-award party at 10 p.m.  All events are held at Royce Hall.  Winners now in Bold type.  

2008 Annie Award Nominations by Category

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation

$9.99 – Sherman Pictures/Lama Films

Wall·E – Pixar Animation Studios

Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films 

Best Animated Home Entertainment Production

Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation

Christmas Is Here Again – Easy To Dream Entertainment in association with Renegade Animation

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs – The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Justice League: The New Frontier – Warner Bros. Animation

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning – DisneyToon Studios

Best Animated Short Subject

Glago’s Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Hot Dog – Bill Plympton Studio

Presto – Pixar Animation Studios

Sebastian’s Voodoo – Joaquin Baldwin

Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death – Aardman Animations Ltd.

Best Animated Television Commercial

Giant Monster – Curious Pictures

Long Legs Mr. Hyde – Curious Pictures

Rotofugi: The Collectors – Screen Novelties/RSA Films

Sarah – Z Animation

United Airlines “Heart” – Duck Studios

Best Animated Television Production

King of the Hill – 20th Century Fox TV

Moral Orel – ShadowMachine

Phineas and Ferb – Disney Television Animation

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II - ShadowMachine

The Simpsons – Gracie Films/Fox TV

Best Animated Television Production Produced for Children

A Miser Brothers Christmas – Warner Bros. Animation in association with ABC Family & Cuppa Coffee Studios

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios

The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon

Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network Studios

Best Animated Video Game

Dead Space – Electronic Arts

Kung Fu Panda – Activision

Wall·E – Heavy Iron Studios, a division of THQ, Inc.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

Alen Lai “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

Li-Ming Lawrence Lee “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Fangwei Lee “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” – DreamWorks Animation

Kevin Lee “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Enrique Vila “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production

James Baxter “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Jeff Gabor “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

Philippe Le Brun “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Victor Navone “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Dan Wagner “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form

Sandro Cleuzo “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Joshua A. Jennings “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine 

Pierre Perifel “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Valerie Hadida “Igor” – Exodus Film Group

Sang Jun Lee “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

Nico Marlet “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! “Bat Mitzah Crashers” – Nickelodeon

Ben Balistreri - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Mondo Coco” – Cartoon Network Studios

Sean Galloway “The Spectacular Spider-Man” – Sony Pictures Television

Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre” – Nickelodeon

Nico Marlet “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures

Ari Folman “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films 

Tatia Rosenthal “9.99” – Sherman Pictures/ Lama Films

John Stevenson & Mark Osborne “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Andrew Stanton “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Bob Anderson - The Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror XIX” – Gracie Films/Fox TV

Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender “Sozin’s Comet Pt. 3” – Nickelodeon

Craig McCracken, Rob Renzetti - Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “Destination Imagination” – Cartoon Network Studios

Chris McKay – Moral Orel “Passing” – ShadowMachine

Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants “Penny Foolish” – Nickelodeon

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Kevin Manthei – “Batman: Gotham Knight” – Warner Bros. Animation

John Powell – “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

Max Richter – “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films 

William Ross – “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures

Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Carl Finch & Brave Combo - Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions

Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.

Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation

Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Ralph Eggleston “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Paul Felix “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Tang Heng “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Evgeni Tomov “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures

Raymond Zibach “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Tang Heng “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon

Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios

Raymond Zibach “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Alessandro Carloni – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Ronnie Del Carmen – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Joe Mateo “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Jen Yuh Nelson – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Rob Stevenhagen – “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon

Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana

Andy Schuhler – “Secret of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Eddie Trigueros “The Mighty B! “Name Shame”– Nickelodeon

Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Ben Burtt – Voice of Wall·E – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios

Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine

Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions

Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation 

Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” – DreamWorks Animation

Ari Folman – “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films 

Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV

Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon

Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” – ShadowMachine

Chris Williams – “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay recipients - Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park for career contributions to the art of animation

June Foray award - Bill Turner for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation

Certificate of Merit award - Amir Avni, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner, Alex Vassilev