You know what that means? My losing pick for Flixist’s Best Animated Film–ironically, bested by our second runner-up for Most Overrated Film–conquered all, and that isn’t an overstatement.
How to Train Your Dragon
was the unprecedented winner at Saturday’s Annie Awards, which honours the year’s best in television and film animation.
The DreamWorks picture took top prize, as well as awards for directing, writing, animation, production design, music, and voice acting. Toothless was even recognized as the best character design of the year. Some of our editors thought Toy Story 3 was overrated, and you tended to agree, but the Annies seem to have comfirmed it. The Pixar hit and Best Picture contender at the Academy Awards lost in every category it was nominated, in each case, to my new favourite animated franchise.
Can you tell I’m just a little bit pleased? Check out the full list of winners after the jump.
You know what that means? My losing pick for Flixist's Best Animated Film–ironically, bested by our second runner-up for Most Overrated Film–conquered all, and that isn't an overstatement. How to Train Your Dragon was the unprecedented winner at Saturday's Annie Awards, which honours the year's best in television and film animation.
The DreamWorks picture took top prize, as well as awards for directing, writing, animation, production design, music, and voice acting. Toothless was even recognized as the best character design of the year. Some of our editors thought Toy Story 3 was overrated, and you tended to agree, but the Annies seem to have comfirmed it. The Pixar hit and Best Picture contender at the Academy Awards lost in every category it was nominated, in each case, to my new favourite animated franchise.
Can you tell I'm just a little bit pleased? Check out the full list of winners after the jump.
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Feature: "How to Train Your Dragon" — DreamWorks Animation
Short subject: "Day & Night" — Pixar
Television commercial: "Children's Medical Center" — DUCK Studios
Television production: "Kung Fu Panda Holiay" — DreamWorks Animation
Television production for children: "SpongeBob SquarePants" — Nickelodeon
Videogame: "Limbo" — Playdead
Animated effects in a feature: Brett Miller, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Character animation in a TV production: David Pate, "Kung Fu Panda Holiday"
Character animation in a feature: Gabe Hordos, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Character animation in a live-action production: Ryan Page, "Alice in Wonderland" — Disney
Character design in a TV production: Ernie Gilbert, "T.U.F.F. Puppy" — Nickelodeon
Character design in a feature: Nico Marlet, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Directing in a TV production: Tim Johnson, "Kung Fu Panda Holiday"
Directing in a feature: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Music in a TV production: Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr and Tuck Tucker, "SpongeBob SquarePant"
Music in a feature: John Powell, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Production design in a TV production: "Richie Sacilioc, "Kung Fu Panda Holiday"
Production design in a feature: Pierre Olivier Vincent, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Storyboarding in a TV production: Fred Gonzales, "T.U.F.F. Puppy"
Storyboarding in a feature: Tom Owens, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Voice acting in a TV production: James Hong, "Kung Fu Panda Holiday"
Voice acting in a feature: Jay Baruchel, "How to Train Your Dragon"
Writing in a TV production: Geoff Johns, Matthew Beans, Zeb Wells, Hugh Sterbakov, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick & Hugh Davidson, "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III," Shadow Machine
Writing in a feature: William Davies, Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, "How to Train Your Dragon"
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay Award: Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening
June Foray Award: Ross Iwamoto
Ub Iwerks Award: Autodesk
Special Achievement: "Waking Sleeping Beauty"
