fiftieth Annual Annie Award Nominations Introduced

ASIFA-Hollywood has simply launched nominations for its fiftieth Annual Annie Awards recognizing the yr’s finest within the area of animation. This yr, the ceremony is scheduled to be held dwell, in-person on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Corridor.

Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson (Pixar Animation Studios); Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm); Puss in Boots: The Final Want (DreamWorks Animation); The Sea Beast (Netflix); and Wendell & Wild (Netflix Presents A Monkeypaw Manufacturing / A Gotham Group Manufacturing) lead the pack as nominees for Finest Animated Function.

Finest Animated Function-Impartial, spotlighting options with a a lot smaller distribution footprint than main studio releases, embrace Charlotte (January Movies, Ltd., Balthazar Productions, and Strolling the Canine); Inu-Oh (Science SARU); Little Nicholas, Comfortable As Can Be (On Classics (Mediawan) / Bidibul Productions); Marcel the Shell with Sneakers On (Marcel the Film LLC); and My Father’s Dragon (Cartoon Saloon for Netflix).

Total, Netflix leads all studios / producers with a whopping 50 nominations, adopted by Disney (throughout the corporate) with 21, DreamWorks Animation with 14, and Pixar with 10. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio leads all nominees with 11, adopted by Puss in Boots: The Final Want and The Sea Beast with 8 every, and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse with 7.

“After two years of digital awards, as a lot enjoyable as they have been, everyone seems to be so desperate to get again to a dwell, in-person occasion,” remarked Frank Gladstone, Annies govt producer. “That is doubly true since that is the Annie Awards fiftieth yr, our Golden Anniversary! We’re returning to UCLA’s Royce Corridor for an Annies with all of the trimmings, and some surprises. It can be crucial for all of us to be collectively once more, celebrating our neighborhood, our accomplishments, and our love for animation and the individuals who create it.”

Juried Awards will probably be offered in the course of the ceremony, honoring unparalleled achievement and distinctive contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award in recognition of lifetime or profession contributions are being offered to 3 recipients – Pete Docter, animated characteristic author/director and Pixar CEO; Evelyn Lambart (posthumously), early Nationwide Movie Board of Canada collaborator, together with her vital collection of brief movies; and Craig McCracken, prolific, influential tv collection creator. The June Foray Award for vital and benevolent or charitable influence will probably be awarded to Mindy Johnson, creator, historian and educator.

The Ub Iwerks Award for technical development affecting the animation trade will probably be offered to Visible Results Reference Platform, initially developed by Nick Cannon and Francois Chardavoine to get rid of incompatibilities between digital content material creation software program. The Certificates of Advantage Award for service to the artwork and trade will probably be offered to John Omohundro.

This yr’s sponsors and advertisers embrace: Platinum Degree – DreamWorks Animation, Netflix, Nickelodeon, and Walt Disney Animation Studios/Pixar Animation Studios; Gold Degree – Disney TV Animation, Illumination Leisure and Riot Video games; Silver Degree – Pixar Animation Studios, and Walt Disney Animation Studios; Bronze Degree – Epic Video games, GKIDS, LightBox Expo, Skydance Animation and The Gotham Group; and Training/Nonprofit Degree – The Animation Guild LATSE Native 839 and Sheridan School.

ASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s at the beginning skilled group devoted to selling the Artwork of Animation and celebrating the individuals who create it. At this time, ASIFA-Hollywood, the most important chapter of the worldwide group ASIFA, helps a spread of animation actions and preservation efforts via its membership. Present initiatives embrace the Animation Archive, Animation Help Basis, animated movie preservation, animation open supply assist, particular occasions, lessons and screenings.  Created in 1972 by veteran voice expertise June Foray, the Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for the previous 4 many years. For info concerning the Annie Awards, please go to https://annieawards.org/.

The complete listing of nominations in all classes is proven beneath:

Finest Function

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson – Pixar Animation Studios
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm
• Puss in Boots: The Final Want – DreamWorks Animation
• The Sea Beast – Netflix
• Wendell & Wild – Netflix Presents A Monkeypaw Manufacturing / A Gotham Group Manufacturing

Finest Indie Function

• Charlotte – January Movies, Ltd., Balthazar Productions, and Strolling the Canine
• Inu-Oh – Science SARU
• Little Nicholas, Comfortable As Can Be – On Classics (Mediawan) / Bidibul Productions
• Marcel the Shell with Sneakers On – Marcel the Film LLC
• My Father’s Dragon – Cartoon Saloon for Netflix

Finest Particular Manufacturing

• Prehistoric Planet – BBC Studios in affiliation with Apple
• Superworm – Magic Gentle Photos
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – NoneMore Productions and Dangerous Robotic Productions
• The Home – Nexus Studios for Netflix
• The Sandman – A Netflix Authentic Collection / A Warner Bros. Tv Manufacturing

Finest Brief Topic

• Amok – Boddah
• Black Slide – The Hive Studio, in co-production with FlipBook Studio
• Ice Retailers – COLA Animation manufacturing & Wild Stream
• Love, Dad – 13ka, in co-production with FAMU & nutprodukcia
• The Flying Sailor – Nationwide Movie Board of Canada

Finest Sponsored

• Cannot Negotiate the Melting Level of Ice – NOMINT
• Minions: The Rise of Gru / The Workplace – Illumination
• Save Ralph – Arch Mannequin Studio
• Ted Lasso: The Lacking Christmas Mustache – Apple presents a Doozer Manufacturing in affiliation with Warner Bros. Tv and Common Tv
• At this time’s Vacation Moments are Tomorrow’s Reminiscences – Hornet

Finest TV/Media – Preschool

• Elinor Wonders Why – Episode: 136B – Relaxation is Finest – SHOE Ink. LLC
• Gabby’s Dollhouse – Episode: Cakey’s Cupcake Cousins – DreamWorks Animation
• Rise Up, Sing Out – Episode: Identify Tag – Disney TV Animation
• Spirit Rangers – Episode: Thunder Mountain – Laughing Wild / Netflix
• The Tiny Chef Present – Episode: Pancakes – Tiny Chef Productions LLC / Think about Leisure

Finest TV/Media – Youngsters

• Abominable and the Invisible Metropolis – Episode: Everest Returns – DreamWorks Animation
• Large Nate – Episode: The Legend of the Gunting – Nickelodeon Animation
• Moominvalley – Episode: Lonely Mountain – Gutsy Animations
• The Owl Home – Episode: King’s Tide – Disney TV Animation
• We Child Bears – Episode: The Actual Crayon – Cartoon Community Studios

Finest TV/Media – Mature

• Bob’s Burgers – Episode: Some Prefer it Bot Half 1: Eighth Grade Runner – twentieth Tv/Bento Field Leisure
• Harley Quinn – Episode: Batman Begins Eternally – Warner Bros. Animation
• Rick and Morty – Episode: Evening Household – Rick and Morty LLC
• The Simpsons – Treehouse of Horror XXXIII – Episode: Treehouse of Horror XXXIII – A Gracie Movies Manufacturing in Affiliation with twentieth Tv Animation
• Tuca & Bertie – Episode: The Ache Backyard – The Tornante Firm

Finest TV/Media – Restricted Collection

• BAYMAX! – Episode: Sofia – Walt Disney Animation Studios
• El Deafo – Episode: Everyone Sounds So Bizarre – Lighthouse Studios in affiliation with Apple
• HouseBroken – Episode: Who’s Having A Merry Trashmas? – Kapital Leisure and FOX Leisure
• Oni: Thunder God’s Story – Episode: The Demon Moon Rises – A Netflix Collection / A Tonko Home Manufacturing
• Undone – Episode: Rectify – Tornante Firm and Amazon Studios

Finest Scholar Movie

• Au revoir Jérôme ! – Scholar Director: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet & Chloé Farr – Faculty: Gobelins, l’école de l’picture
• Birdsong – Scholar Director: Michelle Cheng – Scholar Producer: Michelle Cheng – Faculty: California Institute of the Arts
• Synchronie Passagère – Scholar Director: Julia Le Bras-Juarez – Faculty: Supinfocom Rubika
• The Most Boring Granny within the Complete World – Scholar Director: Damaris Zielke – Scholar Producer: Jiayan Chen – Faculty: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
• The Soloists – Scholar Director: Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck & Yi Liu – Faculty: Gobelins, l’école de l’picture

Finest FX – TV/Media

• Vehicles on the Street – Episode: Street Rumblers – Manufacturing Firm: Pixar Animation Studios – FX Manufacturing Firm: Pixar Animation Studios – Christopher Foreman, Elana Lederman, John Lockwood, Jae Jun Yi, Justin Ritter
• Love Loss of life + Robots – Episode: Dangerous Touring – Manufacturing Firm: Blur Studio for Netflix – FX Manufacturing Firm: Blur Studio – Kirby Miller, Igor Zanic, Joseph H. Coleman, Steven Dupuy, Josh Schwartz
• Prehistoric Planet – Episode: Coasts – Manufacturing Firm: BBC Studios in affiliation with Apple – FX Manufacturing Firm: MPC – MPC
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: particular manufacturing – Manufacturing Firm: NoneMore Productions and Dangerous Robotic Productions – FX Manufacturing Firm: NoneMore Productions – Peter Baynton, Raymond Pang, Martial Coulon
• The Home – Episode: particular manufacturing – Manufacturing Firm: Nexus Studios for Netflix – FX Manufacturing Firm: Nexus Studios – Germán Díez, Álvaro Alonso Lomba, Hugo Vieites Caamaño

Finest FX – Function

• Avatar: The Approach of Water – Manufacturing Firm: twentieth Century Studios / Disney Studios – FX Manufacturing Firm: Wētā FX – Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian, Alex Nowotny
• Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear – Manufacturing Firm: Pixar Animation Studios – FX Manufacturing Firm: Pixar – Carl Kaphan, Cody Harrington, Hope Schroers, Jon Barry, Nate Skeen
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Manufacturing Firm: Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm – FX Manufacturing Firm: MPC – Aaron Weintraub, Warren Lawtey, Alireza Malmiri, Baptiste Malbranque, Mikhail Donchenko
• Minions: The Rise of Gru – Manufacturing Firm: Illumination – FX Manufacturing Firm: Illumination – Frank Baradat, Simon Pate, Milan Voukassovitch, Milo Riccarand
• The Sea Beast – Manufacturing Firm: Netflix – FX Manufacturing Firm: Sony Photos Imageworks – Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Kiel Gnebba, Oleksandr (Alex) Loboda , Jeremy Hoey

Finest Character Animation – TV/Media

• Entergalactic – Episode: particular manufacturing – Netflix / Mad Photo voltaic / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang – Aziz Kocanagullari
• Oni: Thunder God’s Story – Episode: The Mighty Storm Gods – A Netflix Collection / A Tonko Home Manufacturing – Toshihiro Nakamura
• StoryBots: Reply Time – Episode: Style – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix – Henrique Baron
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: particular manufacturing – NoneMore Productions and Dangerous Robotic Productions – Tim Watts
• The Home – Episode: particular manufacturing – Nexus Studios for Netflix – Kecy Salangad

Finest Character Animation – Function

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson – Pixar Animation Studios – Teresa Falcone
• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson – Pixar Animation Studios – Eric Anderson
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm – Tucker Barrie
• The Dangerous Guys – DreamWorks Animation – Jorge Capote
• The Dangerous Guys – DreamWorks Animation – Min Hong

Finest Character Animation – Stay Motion

• Avatar: The Approach of Water – Wētā FX – Daniel Barrett, Stuart Adcock, Todd Labonte, Douglas McHale, Stephen Cullingford
• Beast – Framestore – Alvise Avati, Chris McGaw, Bora Şahin, Krzysztof Boyoko, Laurent Benhamo
• Finch – MPC – Simon Allen, Harinarayan Rajeev, Paul Nelson, Matthias Schoenegger
• Jurassic World Dominion – Industrial Gentle & Magic – Jance Rubinchik, Alexander Lee, Wealthy Bentley, Antoine Verney Carron, Sally Wilson
• Peacemaker – Wētā FX -Michael Cozens, Mark Smith, Kai-Hua Lan, Selene McLean, Richard John Moore

Finest Character Animation – Video Recreation

• Cuphead – The Scrumptious Final Course – Studio MDHR – Chad Moldenhauer, Hanna Abi-Hanna
• God of Conflict Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio – NA NA
• Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla -Richard Oud, Jan-Erik Sjovall, Guerrilla Animation Crew
• Moss: E book II – Episode: A single sport – Polyarc – Richard Lico
• Potionomics – Voracious Video games – Emily Lattanavong , Anguel Bogoev

Finest Character Design – TV/Media

• Amphibia – Episode: The Hardest Factor – Disney TV Animation – Joe Sparrow
• Entergalactic – Episode: particular manufacturing – Netflix / Mad Photo voltaic / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang – Meybis Ruiz Cruz
• Love Loss of life + Robots – Episode: Jibaro – Blur Studio for Netflix – Alberto Mielgo
• Oni: Thunder God’s Story – Episode: The Demon Moon Rises – A Netflix Collection / A Tonko Home Manufacturing – Rebecca Chan
• Spirit Rangers – Episode: Stomach of the Beast – Laughing Wild / Netflix – Marie Delmas

Finest Character Design – Function

• Luck – Skydance LLC – Massimiliano Narciso
• Puss in Boots: The Final Want – DreamWorks Animation – Jesús Alonso Iglesias
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Film – Nickelodeon Animation Studio – Ida Hem
• The Dangerous Guys – DreamWorks Animation – Taylor Krahenbuhl
• Wendell & Wild – Netflix Presents A Monkeypaw Manufacturing / A Gotham Group Manufacturing – Pablo Lobato

Finest Path – TV/Media

• BAYMAX! – Episode: Sofia – Walt Disney Animation Studios – Lissa Treiman
• exception / エクセプション – Episode: Misprint – Studio 5 / Tatsunoko Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for Netflix- Yûzô Satô | サトウユーゾー
• Extra Than I Need To Keep in mind – Episode: brief topic – Mugeni Movie LLC, MTV Leisure Studios – Amy Bench , Maya Edelman
• Oni: Thunder God’s Story – Episode: The Demon Moon Rises – A Netflix Collection / A Tonko Home Manufacturing – Daisuke ” Cube” Tsutsumi
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: particular manufacturing – NoneMore Productions and Dangerous Robotic Productions – Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy

Finest Path – Function

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson – Pixar Animation Studios – Domee Shi
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm – Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson
• Marcel the Shell with Sneakers On – Marcel the Film LLC – Dean Fleischer Camp, Kirsten Lepore, Stephen Chiodo 
• My Father’s Dragon – Cartoon Saloon for Netflix – Nora Twomey
• Wendell & Wild – Netflix Presents A Monkeypaw Manufacturing / A Gotham Group Manufacturing – Henry Selick

Finest Music – TV/Media

• Love Loss of life + Robots – Episode: The Very Pulse of the Machine – Blur Studio for Netflix – Rob Cairns
• Oni: Thunder God’s Story – Episode: Onari’s Kushi Energy – A Netflix Collection / A Tonko Home Manufacturing – Zach Johnston, Matteo Roberts
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: particular manufacturing – NoneMore Productions and Dangerous Robotic Productions – Isobel Waller-Bridge, Charlie Mackesy
• The Cuphead Present! – Episode: Carn-Evil – Netflix Animation – Ego Plum
• The Home – Episode: particular manufacturing – Nexus Studios for Netflix – Gustavo Santaolalla

Finest Music – Function

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson – Pixar Animation Studios – Ludwig Göransson, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm – Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
• Mad God – Tippett Studio – Dan Wool
• The Dangerous Guys – DreamWorks Animation – Daniel Pemberton
• The Sea Beast – Netflix – Mark Mancia, Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe

Finest Manufacturing Design – TV/Media

• Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal – Episode: Echoes of Eternity – Grownup Swim – Scott Wills
• Mall Tales – Atilla the Grilla – Episode: brief topic – Chromosphere / Kikutowne – Jasmin Lai, Lauren Zurcher, Junyi Wu
• Oni: Thunder God’s Story – Episode: The Demon Moon Rises – A Netflix Collection / A Tonko Home Manufacturing – Robert Kondo, Rachel Tiep-Daniels, Lia Tin, Yohei Hashizume, Masa Inada
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: particular manufacturing – NoneMore Productions and Dangerous Robotic Productions – Mike McCain
• The Home – Episode: particular manufacturing – Nexus Studios for Netflix – Niklas Nilsson, Alexandra Walker

Finest Manufacturing Design – Function

• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm – Curt Enderle, Man Davis
• Mad God – Tippett Studio – Phil Tippett
• Puss in Boots: The Final Want – DreamWorks Animation – Nate Wragg, Joseph Feinsilver, Claire Keane, Wayne Tsay, Naveen Selvanathan
• The Dangerous Guys – DreamWorks Animation – Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix
• The Sea Beast – Netflix – Matthias Lechner, Jung Woonyoung

Finest Storyboarding – TV/Media

• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners – Episode: Let You Down – CD Projekt Crimson in affiliation with Netflix – Kaneko Yoshiyuk
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight – Episode: The Knight’s Code – DreamWorks Animation – Grace Liu
• Looney Tunes Cartoons – Episode: Hex Attraction – Warner Bros. Animation – Mike Ruocco
• Love Loss of life + Robots – Episode: The Very Pulse of the Machine – Blur Studio for Netflix – Emily Dean
• The Cuphead Present! – Episode: A Very Satan Christmas – Netflix Animation – Karl Hadrika

Finest Storyboarding – Function

• Minions: The Rise of Gru – Illumination – Nima Azarba (null)
• Minions: The Rise of Gru – Illumination – Dave Feiss (null)
• Puss in Boots: The Final Want – DreamWorks Animation – Anthony Holden (null)
• Unusual World – Walt Disney Animation Studios – Jeff Snow (null)
• Unusual World – Walt Disney Animation Studios – Javier Ledesma Barbolla (null)

Finest Voice Appearing – TV/Media

• Looney Tunes Cartoons – Episode: Hex Attraction – Warner Bros. Animation – Candi Milo (Witch Hazel)
• StoryBots: Reply Time – Episode: Glue – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix – Fred Tatsciore (Bang)
• Teen Titans Go! & DC Tremendous Hero Ladies Mayhem within the Multiverse – Episode: Full Film – Warner Bros Animation – Tara Sturdy (Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Raven)
• The Proud Household: Louder and Prouder – Episode: New Youngsters On The Block – Disney TV Animation – Karen Malina White (Dijonay Jones)
• Zootopia+ – Episode: The Godfather of the Bride – Walt Disney Animation Studios – Maurice LaMarche (Mr. Large)

Finest Voice Appearing – Function

• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm – David Bradley
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm – Gregory Mann
• Marcel the Shell with Sneakers On – Marcel the Film LLC – Jenny Slate
• Puss in Boots: The Final Want – DreamWorks Animation – Wagner Moura
• The Sea Beast – Netflix – Zaris-Angel Hator

Finest Writing – TV/Media

• BAYMAX! – Episode: Sofia – Walt Disney Animation Studios – Cirocco Dunlap
• Large Nate – Episode: The Legend of the Gunting – Nickelodeon Animation Studio – Mitch Watson, Emily Brundige, Ben Lapides, Sarah Allan
• Love Loss of life + Robots – Episode: Dangerous Touring – Blur Studio for Netflix – Andrew Kevin Walker
• The Home – Episode: particular manufacturing – Nexus Studios for Netflix – Enda Walsh
• Tuca & Bertie – Episode: The Ache Backyard – The Tornante Firm – Lisa Hanawalt

Finest Writing – Function

• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson – Pixar Animation Studios – Domee Shi, Julia Cho
• ETERNAL SPRING (長春) – Lofty Sky Leisure Inc. – Jason Loftus
• Inu-Oh – Science SARU – AKIKO NOGI
• Marcel the Shell with Sneakers On – Marcel the Film LLC – Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm

Finest Editorial – TV/Media

• Amphibia – Episode: All In – Disney TV Animation – Andrew Sorcini, Yoonah Yim, Jennifer Calbi, Julie Anne Lau, Louis Russell
• Inexperienced Eggs and Ham – Episode: The Sam Who Got here In From The Chilly – Gulfstream Photos/ A Stern Speaking To/ A Very Good Manufacturing in affiliation with Warner Bros. Animation for Netflix – Margaret Hou
• Karma’s World – Episode: Keys, The Inventor – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Movies and Karma’s World Leisure for Netflix – Damien Dunne, Ultan Murphy, Emma O’Brien, Fred O’Connor, Aiden McKenna
• Star Trek: Decrease Decks – Episode: The Stars At Evening – CBS’s Eye Animation Productions, Titmouse; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Leisure – Andy Maxwell, Zach Lamplugh, Brandon Brocker, Paul Mazzotta
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: particular manufacturing – NoneMore Productions and Dangerous Robotic Productions – Daniel Budin

Finest Editorial – Function

• Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear – Pixar Animation Studios
• Disney and Pixar’s Turning Crimson – Pixar Animation Studios
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Movie / A Shadowmachine Manufacturing in affiliation with The Jim Henson Firm
• Puss in Boots: The Final Want – Dreamworks Animation
• The Sea Beast – Netflix

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Dan Sarto is Writer and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Community.