Will "Klaus" get the ultimate delivery -- an Oscar! -- in February?by Nathaniel R
Netflix had a very good night at the Annie Awards via their international outreach to animators. The TV awards were dominated by their anthology series "Love Death, and Robots" and the feature film prizes were hogged by Spain's Klaus (with 6 awards) and France's I Lost My Body (with 3). That's a surprising outcome for an awards night usually dominated by American blockbusters.
Curiously Frozen II, which is not nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, was the only one of the high profile American films to win a prize. Toy Story 4, HTTYD: Hidden World, and Missing Link all came up entirely empty-handed despite plentiful Annie nominations. Best Animated Feature might just prove to be the only true nail-biter on Oscar night.
The full list of Annie Award winners is after the jump...
MOVIES
Feature - Klaus
Director - Sergio Pablos, Klaus
Indie Feature - I Lost My Body
FX - Frozen II
Production Design - Klaus
Character Animation - Klaus, Character: Alva
Character Animation, Live Action - Avengers Endgame
Character Design - Klaus, (all characters)
Music - Dan Levy for I Lost My Body
Storyboarding - Klaus
Voice Acting - Josh Gad as Olaf for Frozen II
Writing - Jeremy Clapin & Guillaume Laurant for I Lost My Body
Editorial - Klaus
TV/MEDIA/OTHER
the animators loved "Iroek" in His Dark Materials
Student Film - The Fox and the Pigeon
Special Production - How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming
Short Subject - Uncle Thomas: Accounting for Days
VR - Bonfire
TV FX - Love Death and Robots "The Secret War"
TV Commercial - The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page's '59 Telecaster
TV Preschool - Ask the Storybots "Why Do We Have to Recycle?"
TV General Audience - Bojack Horseman "The Client"
TV Character Animation - His Dark Materials "Episode: 8" Character: Iroek
VideoGame Character Animation - Unruly Heroes, Character: Wukong, Kihong, Sandmonk, Sanzang (and all enemies except Underworld levels)
TV Character Design - Carmen Sandiego "The Chasing Paper Caper" Characters: multiple
TV Direction - Disney Mickey Mouse "For Whom the Booth Tolls"
TV Music - Rob Cairns for Love Death and Robots "Sonnie's Edge"
TV Production Design - Love Death and Robots "The Witness"
TV Storyboarding - Carmen Sandiego "Becoming Carmen Sandiego Part 1"
TV Voice Acting - Sarah Stiles for Spinel on Bob's Burgers "Roamin' Bob-iday"
TV Writing - Tuca & Bertie "The Jelly Lakes"
TV Editorial - Love Death and Robots "Alternate Histories"