The 2018 Annie Awards nominations have arrived. To the surprise of no one, Disney and Pixar dominate this round as Pixar’sIncredibles 2scored 11 nods in total andRalph Breaks the Internetpulled in 10 nominations. EvenMary Poppins Returnsscored a nomination for Best Animated Special Production owing to the film’s 2D-animated sequence, and all told the Walt Disney Company rounded up a total of 42 nominations.
Best Animated Feature is a contest betweenIncredibles 2,Ralph Breaks the Internet, Aardman Animatinos’Early Man,Wes Anderson’s stop-motionIsle of Dogs, and Sony Pictures Animation’sSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The latter film is a bit of a late entry into the awards race, but it’s riding a way of critical acclaim (it still holds a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes) and could prove a spoiler in the Oscar race for Best Animated Feature.
Check out the full list of 2018 Annie Awards nominations below, which also covers TV, video games and, for the first time ever, VR. The ceremony will be held on February 2nd.
Best Animated Feature
Aardman Animations
Incredibles 2
Pixar Animation Studios
Isle Of Dogs
Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation
Best Animated Independent Feature
Ce Magnifique Gâteau!
Beast Animation, Vivement Lundi !, Pedri Animation
Ankama / Studio 4ºC
Studio Chizu
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Hungarian National Film Fund
Tito and the Birds
Bits Productions, Split Studio
Best Animated Special Production
Back to the Moon
Google Spotlight Stories, Google Doodles, Nexus Studios
Mary Poppins Returns
Walt Disney Studios
The Emperor’s Newest Clothes
HBO / Starburns Industries
The Highway Rat
Magic Light Pictures
Best Animated Short Subject
Grandpa Walrus
Caïmans Productions
Lost & Found
Wabi Sabi Studios
SOLAR WALK
Production: Film House Baš Čelik, Serbia Co- production: BFilm, Bratislava / Your Dreams Factory, Bratislava
past lives productions
Best Virtual Reality Production
Age of Sail
Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures
Battlescar
Crow: The Legend
Baobab Studios
Mind Palace
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
Goldfish at the Fair
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
Greenpeace ‘There’s a Rang-Tan In My Bedroom’
Passion Animation Studios
Grinch/ 40 / Olympics Spot
Illumination
JD.com, ‘Joy and Heron’
Passion Pictures
The Fearless Are Here
Nexus Studios
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Ask the StoryBots
Episode: How Do Computers Work?
JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
Dinotrux: Supercharged
Episode: Crabcavator
DreamWorks Animation Television
Hey Duggee
Episode: The Singing Badge
Studio AKA
Episode: Wacky Floats
Frog Box Entertainment One
Tumble Leaf
Episode: Moonlight Mermaid/Hedge’s Hatchlings
Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children
Episode: Chapter 1: The Hidden People
Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny
Episode: Enter the Dragon Master
Little Big Awesome
Episode: Puppy Shower
Amazon Studios
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Episode: Mystic Mayhem
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters
Episode: The Eternal Knight Pt. 2
Episode: The Planned Parenthood Show
Bob’s Burgers
Episode: The Bleakening, Parts 1 and 2
20th Century FOX Television/Bento Box Entertainment
BoJack Horseman
Episode: The Dog Days are Over
Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix
Human Kind Of
Episode: Desperately Seeking Social Skills
Cartuna, Facebook Watch
The Venture Bros.
Episode: The Saphrax Protocol
Adult Swim / Titmouse, Inc.
Best Student Film
A Blink of An Eye
Kiana Naghshineh
Best Friend
Nicholas OLIVIERI, Yi SHEN, Juliana DE LUCCA, Varun NAIR, David FELIU
Sam Gainsborough
Hors Piste
Léo BRUNEL, Loris CAVALIER, Camille JALABERT, Oscar MALLET
Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
DreamWorks Theatre PresentsKung Fu Panda
DreamWorks Animation
FX Artist: Zach Glynn
FX Artist: Chyuan Huang FX Artist: Michael Losure FX Artist: K.C. Ong
FX Artist: Alex Timchenko
FX Animator: Jeffrey Lai
SuperMansion
Episode: Debbie Does Devizo
VFX Supervisor: Mike Spitzmiller VFX Lead Artist: Steve Gallant VFX Artist: Iain Collins
VFX Artist: Daniel Craven
VFX Artist: Lynda Rollins
Visual Effects Supervisor: David M.V. Jones
Overseas FX Supervisor: Vincent Chou
Overseas Lead FX Artist: Clare Yang
Watership Down
Episode: The Journey
42 / Biscuit Entertainment with Netflix
VFX Supervisor: Philip Child
CG Supervisor: Nilesh Sardesai
Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production
VFX Supervisor: Howard Jones
Director of Photography: Dave Alex Riddett
Head of 3D: Grant Hewlett
Crowd Lead: Pat Andrew
3D Artist: Elena Vitanza Chiarani
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
FX Supervisor: Patrick Witting
FX Lead: Kiel Gnebba
FX Animator : Spencer Lueders
FX Animator: Joe Pepper
FX Animator: Sam Rickles
Effects Sequence Lead: Greg Gladstone
Effects Artist: Tolga Göktekin Effects Artist: Jason Johnston Effects Artist: Eric Lacroix
Effects Sequence Lead: Krzysztof Rost
Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix
Visual Effects Lead: So Ishigaki
Senior Visual Effects Lead: Graham Wiebe
Head of Effects Animation: Cesar Velazquez
Effects Lead: Marie Tollec
Effects Lead: Alexander Moaveni Effects Lead: Peter DeMund Foundation Effects Lead: Ian J. Coony
Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Episode: n/a
Character Animator: Sikand Srinivas
Character: All
Lead Animator: Lucas Vigroux Character: All
Episode: (Various Episodes)
Character Animator: Scott Lewis Character: The King, Hilda, Arfur
Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure
Episode: King Pascal
Walt Disney Television Animation
Character Animator: Juliane Martin
Character: Eugene, Rapunzel, Cassandra
Episode: Maple’s Sand Stand/Fig’s New Clothes
Character Animator: Dan MacKenzie
Character: Multiple
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Lead Character Animator: Laurie Sitzia Character: Goona, Dug, Chief Bobnar, the Tribe, the rabbit and Lord Nooth
Pixar Animation Studio
Animator: Lance Fite Character: All Characters
Isle of Dogs
Lead Animator: Jason Stalman Character: Chief and Nutmeg
Animator: Vitor Vilela Character: Wreck-It Ralph, Fix-It Felix, Double Dan, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Ralphzilla, Yesss, Root Beer Tapper Patrons, Pancake Bunny, Milkshake Kitty, Baby Mo, Mo’s Mom
Animator: David Han Character: Multiple
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Avengers: Infinity War
Animation Supervisor: Paul Story Animation Supervisor: Sidney Kombo- Kintombo
Lead Facial Motion Editor: Eteuati Tema Facial Motion Editor: Jacob Luamanuvae- Su’a
Lead Modeller: Sam Sharplin
Christopher Robin
Walt Disney Pictures
Animation Supervisor: Arslan Elver Animation Supervisor: Laurent Laban Lead Animator: Kayn Garcia Modeller: Claire Blustin
Rigger: Marc-André Coulombe
Chris Sauve: Chris Sauve James Baxter: James Baxter Sandro Cleuzo: Sandro Cleuzo
Paddington 2
StudioCanal, Heyday Films, Marmalade Films Ltd
Animation Director: Pablo Grillo Animation Supervisor: Laurent Laban Animation Supervisor: Kyle Dunlevy Lead Animator: Stuart Ellis
Lead Animator: Liam Russell
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Animation Supervisor: Richard Oey Animation Lead: Adrien Annesley Animation Lead: Allison Orr
Key Animation Artist: Wei Liang Yap
Key Animation Artist: Shan Hao
Character Animation in a Video Game
God of War
Santa Monica Studio
Lead Animator: Erica Pinto Character: All characters in cinematics
Lead Animator: Mehdi Yssef Character: All characters in gameplay
Lead Animator: Bruno Velazquez Character: All characters
Nomada Studio
Lead Animator: Adrian Miguel Character: Gris (Cinematics and In-Game)
Lead Animator: Adrian Garcia Character: Gris (Cinematics)
Lead Animator: Adrian Miguel Character: Sombra
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Insomniac Games
Lead Animator: Bobby Coddington
Character: Spider-Man
Lead Animator: Richard Lico Character: Quill
Shadow of The Tomb Raider
Square Enix
Lead Animator: David Hubert Character: All cinematic characters
Character Animator: Jacob Gardner Character: All cinematic characters Character Animator: Giovanni Spinelli Character: All cinematic characters
Character Animator: Marco Foglia Character: All cinematic characters
Character Animator: Jean-Philippe Chaurette
Character: All gameplay characters
Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Character Designer: Bruno Mangyoku
Character: various characters
Niko and the Sword of Light
Episode: The Forest of Fangs
Character Designer: Jim Bryson Character: Niko, Lyra, Nar Est, Breadtroll, Cutie Pootie, Combo Plate Vendor, Windcrag
Episode: Freebird
Character Designer: Amanda Jolly Character: Rapunzel Bird, Cassandra Bird, Father Parrot, Special Birds
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Episode: The Stink of Fear: Chapter One
Art Director: Chris Mitchell
Character: Rocky, Bullwinkle, Fearless Leader, Boris, Natasha, Director Peachfuzz
Character Designer: Keiko Murayama
Character: Baby Natasha, Baby Boris, Grandwinkle, Mayor Grundstrom, Boris’ Gang, Gang
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Character Art Director: Matt Nolte
Character: All Characters
Lead Character Designer: James Woods
Character: Animated Cast
Character Designer: Marceline Tanguay
Art Director – Characters: Ami Thompson Character: Wreck-It Ralph, Vanellope Von Schweetz, Yesss, Maybe, Shank, Spamley, Gord, The eboy, ebay Elaine, Netuser, Netizens, Internet Troll, Slaughter Race Crew, Disney Princesses, Ralphzilla, Jimmy, Tiffany, Baby Calhoun, Pancake Bunny, Milkshake Kitty, KnowsMo
Shiyoon Kim : Shiyoon Kim Character: Uncle Aaron, Rio, Peter, Miles, King Pin, Gwen, Aunt May, Goblin, Jefferson
Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Episode: What Is Electricity?
Director: Evan Spiridellis
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: Feed the Birds Disney Television Animation
Director: Eddie Trigueros
Episode: The Thorn of Contention
Director: Sung Jin Ahn
Episode: Sympathy For Black Saturn
Director: Nick Simotas
Tales of Arcadia: 3Below
Episode: Terra Incognita Part One
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Director: Rodrigo Blaas
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Director: Nick Park
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Director: Brad Bird
Director: Rich Moore
Director: Phil Johnston
Director: Bob Persichetti Director: Rodney Rothman Director: Peter Ramsey
Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Composer: Mathieu Alvado
Episode: Springtime
Disney Television Animation
Composer: Christopher Willis
Elena of Avalor
Episode: Song of the Sirenas
Composer: Tony Morales
Composer/Lyricist: John Kavanaugh
Lyricist: Craig Gerber
Lyricist: Silvia Olivas
Lyricist: Rachel Ruderman
Tangled: The Series
Episode: Secret of the Sun Drop
Composer: Alan Menken
Lyricist: Glenn Slater
Composer: Kevin Kliesch
The Tom and Jerry Show
Episode: Kitten Grifters
Warner Bros. Animation
Composer: Vivek Maddala
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
Composer: Danny Elfman
Lyricist: Tyler, The Creator
Composer/Lyricist: Harry Gregson-Williams
Composer/Lyricist: Tom Howe
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Composer: Tom Howe
Composer: Michael Giacchino
Composer: Henry Jackman
Lyricist: Phil Johnston
Lyricist: Tom MacDougall
Composer/Lyricist: Dan Reynolds
Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Animation Group
Composer: Heitor Pereira
Composer/Lyricist: Karey Kirkpatrick
Composer/Lyricist: Wayne Kirkpatrick
Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Production Design: Céline Desrumaux
Production Design: Jasmin Lai
Episode: Amore Motore
Production Design: Justin Martin
Episode: Let’s Get to That Thing!
Production Design: Antonio Canobbio, Art Director
Production Design: Howard Chen, Background Layout
Production Design: Ivan Louey, Background Layout Supervisor
Production Design: Crystal Yoori Son, Background Paint
Episode: The Thorn of Contention Amazon Studios
Production Design: Bobby Walker, Background Paint
Production Design: Michelle Rhee, Background Layout
Production Design: Richard Chang, Background Paint
Production Design: Joseph Martinez, Background Layout
Production Design: Chris Mitchell
Production Design: Chris Turnham
Production Design: Tor Anut
Production Design: DanBob Thompson
Production Design: Aaron Spurgeon
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Production Design: Matt Perry
Production Design: Richard Edmunds
Production Design: Scott Wills
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen
Production Design: Paul Harrod
Production Design: jeff turley
Production Design: Justin K. Thompson
Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Episode: King Koil
Cartoon Network Studios
Storyboard Artist: Will Patrick
Big Hero 6: The Series
Episode: Countdown to Catastrophe
Storyboard Artist: Trey Buongiorno
Episode: Carnaval
Storyboard Artist: Ramirez Ramos Alonso
Storyboard Artist: Kevin Molina-Ortiz
Star vs. The Forces of Evil
Episode: Conquer
Storyboard Artist: Sabrina Cotugno
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Storyboard Artist: Habib Louati
Storyboard Artist: Dean Kelly
Storyboard Artist: Bobby Alcid Rubio
Storyboard Artist: Ovi Nedelcu
Storyboard Artist: Michael Herrera
Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Episode: Free Churro
Voice Actor: Will Arnett
Character: BoJack
F is for Family
Episode: various
Wild West Television in association with Gaumont Television for Netflix
Voice Actor: Debi Derryberry
Character: Maureen, Bridget, Phillip, Nurse Beatrice, Scott, Ken
Pete the Cat
Episode: Magic Sunglasses & Sandcastles
Amazon Studios, Alcon Television Group, LLC
Actor: Juliette Donenfeld
Character: Sally Squirrel
Skylanders Academy
Episode: Raiders of the Lost Arkus, Part 1
Activision Blizzard Studios
Patrick Warburton: Patrick Warburton
Character: Captain Flynn
Episode: Scary Tales, Tasty Heist, Unikitty News, Hide N Seek, Kitty Court
Starring the voice of: Tara Strong
Character: Princess Unikitty
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Dug: Eddie Redmayne
Character: Dug
Cast: Holly Hunter
Character: Helen Parr / Elastigirl
Chief: Bryan Cranston Character: Chief
Voice Actress: Charlyne Yi
Character: Mai
Cast: Sarah Silverman
Character: Vanellope Von Schweet
Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Writer: Emily Altman
Craig of the Creek
