Even though this will be the 34th Annual Annie Awards Ceremony, the event has mostly remained in the background of entertainment awards events. However, with animation becoming the new entertainment industry cash cow, newer CGI technologies that make many animation features near life-like, and big named actors lining up to do the behind-the-microphone gigs; the Annie Awards Ceremony is becoming a major competition, anticipated not only by industry insiders, but by fans of the genre as well.
This year’s event boasts of box office blockbusters like, “Cars,” “Over the Hedge,” “Ice Age: The Meltdown” and “Happy Feet,” just to name a few. Even Weird Al Yankovic gets a nod from the nominating committee.
DreamWorks Animation, the lone survivor of the DreamWorks sell-off has walked away with more nominations than Disney, Pixar or any other studio – 17 in all.
Winners will be announced February 11 at a ceremony in Glendale, California.
Congratulations to all those nominated. Listed below are the full slate of nominees for the 2006 Annie Awards:
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Best Animated Feature
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Best Home Entertainment Production
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Best Animated Short Subject
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Best Animated Television Commercial
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Best Animated Television Production
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Best Animated Video Game
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Animated Effects
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Character Animation in a Feature Production
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Character Animation in a Television Production
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Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
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Character Design in an Animated Television Production
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Directing in an Animated Feature Production
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Directing in an Animated Television Production
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Music in an Animated Feature Production
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Music in an Animated Television Production
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Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
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Production Design in an Animated Television Production
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Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
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Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
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Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
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Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
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Writing in an Animated Feature Production
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Writing in an Animated Television Production
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June Foray Award – Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
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Winsor McCay Award – Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.
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Certificate of Merit
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