The nominations were announced today for the 45th Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting features with a much smaller distribution footprint than major studio releases, include: In This Corner of the World, Loving Vincent, Napping Princess, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales and The Breadwinner.
The Annie Awards cover 36 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature-Independent, Special Productions, Commercials, Short Subjects, Student Films and Outstanding Individual Achievements, as well as the honorary Juried Awards.
The winners will be announced at a black tie ceremony on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
Best Animated Feature
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE
Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
CARS 3
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
COCO
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
DESPICABLE ME 3
Production Company: Illumination
THE BOSS BABY
Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
Best Animated Feature-Independent
IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD
Production Company: Taro Maki, GENCO, Inc. and Masao Maruyama, MAPPA Co., Ltd
LOVING VINCENT
Production Company: BreakThru Films, Production Company
Trademark Films, Co-Production Company
NAPPING PRINCESS
Production Company: Nippon TV
THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES
Production Company: Folivari / Panique! / Studiocanal
THE BREADWINNER
Production Company: Cartoon Saloon / Aircraft Pictures / Melusine Productions
Best Animated Short Subject
DEAR BASKETBALL
Production Company: Glen Keane Productions, Kobe Studios, Believe Entertainment Group
HEDGEHOG’S HOME
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada, Bonobostudio
NEGATIVE SPACE
Production Company: IKKI Films / Manuel Cam Studio
SCAVENGERS
Production Company: Titmouse, Inc. // Adult Swim
SON OF JAGUAR
Production Company: Google Spotlight Stories, Reel FX
Best Animated Special Production
IMAGINARY FRIEND SOCIETY “FEELING SAD”
Production Company: Hornet
OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE
Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
PIG: THE DAM KEEPER POEMS
Production Company: Tonko House, Inc.
REVOLTING RHYMES
Production Company: Magic Light Pictures
TANGLED BEFORE EVER AFTER
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
BISCOTTI. UNA STORIA BUONA
Production Company: Hornet
JUNE
Production Company: Broad Reach Pictures/Chromosphere/Lyft
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS ‘LEGENDS NEVER DIE’
Production Company: Passion Animation Studios
PLEASE THE CHEESE
Production Company: Psyop
SAINSBURY’S ‘THE GREATEST GIFT’
Production Company: Passion Animation Studios
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER RACERS
Episode: Goofy Gas!
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation
OCTONAUTS
Episode: Operation Deep Freeze
Production Company: Vampire Squid Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media company, in association with Brown Bag Films
PEG + CAT, THE MARIACHI PROBLEM
Episode: 220B, The Mariachi Problem
Production Company: The Fred Rogers Company/ 100 Chickens Productions
THE STINKY & DIRTY SHOW
Episode: HaHaHigher / The Waiting Game
Production Company: Amazon Studios
THROUGH THE WOODS
Episode: A Snowy Morning
Production Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, The Fred Rogers Company, PIP Animation Services
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children
BUDDY THUNDERSTRUCK
Episode: To Protect and Swerve / Robo Truck of the Future
Production Company: Stoopid Buddy and American Greetings for Netflix
LOST IN OZ
Episode: The Pearl of Pingaree
Production Company: Amazon Studios
NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT
Episode: From the Cliffs of Catastrophe to the Pools of Destiny
Production Company: Amazon Studios
TANGLED: THE SERIES –
Episode: Queen for a Day
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation
WE BARE BEARS
Episode: Panda’s Art
Production Company: Cartoon Network Animation Studios
Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
BIG MOUTH
Episode: Am I Gay?
Production Company: Netflix
BOJACK HORSEMAN
Episode: Stupid Piece of Sh*t
Production Company: Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
RICK AND MORTY
Episode: 303 – “Pickle Rick”
Production Company: Williams Street Productions
ROBOT CHICKEN
Episode: Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition
Production Company: Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
SAMURAI JACK
Episode: XCIII
Production Company: Adult Swim
Best Student Film
CRADLE
Studio Company: Devon Manney
Students: Devon Manney
ELSEWHERE
Studio Company: Junyi Xiao
Students: Junyi Xiao
GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBUDS!
Studio Company: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH
Students: Director: Benedikt Hummel, Sound Design & Mix: Lena Beck, Music: Andreas Pfeiffer, Producer: Stefan Michel
ONCE A HERO
Studio Company: XiaLi
Students: Xia Li
POLES APART
Studio Company: Paloma Baeza
Students: Director: Paloma Baeza, Producer: Ser En Low, All Student Crew