"Incredibles 2" Earns its Title with 11 Annie Nominations
Monday, December 3, 2018 at 7:00PM
NATHANIEL R in Annie Awards, Best Animated Feature, Disney, Early Man, Incredibles 2, Into the Spider-Verse, Isle of Dogs, Mirai, Pixar, Ralph Breaks the Internet, animated films, precursor awards

by Nathaniel R

The Annie Award nominations have been released with Disney totally and utterly dominant: Incredibles 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet lead with 11 and 10 nominations respectively and even when the prizes don't involve animated films (such as with animated effects or animation work in live-action features) the nominations still lean heavily toward a Disney majority.

But all is not lost for non-Disney contenders hoping to win something at the Annies or to score one of those five coveted Animated Feature nomination at the Oscars. Into the Spider-Verse, Isle of Dogs, and Early Man have to be taken seriously as Oscar threats and though foreign animated productions never fare all that well at the very American-centric Annie Awards, Oscar is a different story and both Japan's Mirai and Hungary's Ruben Brandt Collector, scored two nominations with the animation guild. They were already looking like the two most likely foreign players to spoil the Oscar dreams of some big studio CG effort and this confirms it. The complete list of nominees is after the jump along with a few comments...

 

Best Animated Feature

This could very easily be the Oscar lineup given the critical and box office reception of the four American pictures and the Oscar-darling status of Aardman animations who made Early Man which Tim just dove into.

Best Animated Independent Feature

Ruben Brandt Collector

 

We reviewed Ruben Brandt Collector for you recently. It's definitely one to catch once Sony Pictures Classics releases it into the wild. Ce Magnifique Gâuteau! is the only one of these productions that's not eligible for the Oscar this year. 

Best Animated Special Production

Best Animated Short Subject

 

Best Virtual Reality Production

 

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial

 

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

 

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children

So sad that the wondrous "Trollhunters" series has ended

 

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production

Bobs Burgers forever, yknow, but I have to root for Big Mouth this year.

 

Best Student Film

 

Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

 

Animated Effects in an an Animated Feature Production

 

Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

So many Spider-Mans

 

Character Animation in a Live Action Production

 

Character Animation in a Video Game

 

Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

 

Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

 

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

 

Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

Music in an Animated Feature Production

 

Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

 

Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

 

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

 

Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

 

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

 

Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

 

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

 

Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production

 

 

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

 

 

 

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