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.
