2019 Annie Awards Nominations show Breadth of Excellence

It was the time for the International Animated Film Society announce its nominations for what they call the annual Annie Awards. With the likes of Frozen 2, Toy Story 4, Missing Link, Klaus and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, this is one of the most open races in years.

The Annie Awards don’t just cover feature films, with many of their 32 categories covering shorts, commercials and TV. The winners will be announced on 25th January 2020. Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Feature

Frozen 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best Indie Feature

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
I Lost My Body
Promare
Weathering With You

Best Special Production

Guava Island – “Titles and Prologue”
How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming
Infinity Train – “The Perennial Child”
SpongeBob SquarePants – “SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout”
Zog

Best Short Subject

Acid Rain
DONT KNOW WHAT
Je sors acheter des cigarettes
Purpleboy
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

Best VR

Bonfire
GLOOMY EYES
Kaiju Confidential

Best Commercial

Dove Self-Esteem Project x Steven Universe: “Social Media”
Fortnite Season 7 Launch Spot
The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 Telecaster

Best TV/Media — Preschool

Ask the Storybots – “Why Do We Have To Recycle?”
Elena of Avalor – “Changing of the Guard”
Let’s Go Luna! – “Dorsay Day/Honey in Paris”
Norman Picklestripes – “Pizza Pickle/The Forest Next Door”
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – “I Am Amelia Earhart”

Best TV/Media — Children

Disney Mickey Mouse – “Carried Away”
Niko and the Sword of Light – “The Caterpillar Train”
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – “Evil League of Mutants”
Tales of Arcadia: 3Below – “A Glorious End Part 1”
The Tom and Jerry Show – “Calamari Jerry”

Best TV/Media — General Audience

Big Mouth – “Disclosure The Movie: The Musical!”
BoJack Horseman – “The Client”
Harley Quinn – “So You Need a Crew”
Tuca & Bertie – “The Jelly Lakes”
Undone – “The Hospital”

Best Student Film

Con Fuerza – Nichole Tate
Gravedad – Anke Kletsch
The Fox & the Pigeon – Michelle Chua
Un diable dans la poche – Antoine Bonnet & Mathilde Loubes

Best FX for TV/Media

How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming – “How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming”
Love, Death & Robots – “The Secret War” My Moon – “My Moon”
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – “Stormtroopers vs. Rebels – Soldiers of the Galactic Empire”
Tales of Arcadia: 3Below – “A Glorious End Part 1”

Best FX for Feature

Abominable
Frozen 2
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Weathering With You

Best Character Animation — TV/Media

Ask the Storybots – “Where Do Planets Come From?”
Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – “Rapunzel and The Great Tree”
His Dark Materials – “8”
How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming “How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming”
Robot Chicken “Ginger Hill in: Bursting Pipes”

Best Character Animation — Animated Feature

Frozen 2 – Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Deathgrippers
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Grimmel, Ruffnutt, Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Baby Furies
Klaus – Alva
Missing Link – multiple characters

Best Character Animation — Live Action

Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Game of Thrones – “The Long Night”
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Spider-Man: Far From Home

Best Character Animation — Video Game

Gears 5 – Cinematic Animation
Kingdom Hearts III
Sinclair Snake: Museum Mischief
Unruly Heroes

Best Character Design — TV/Media

Carmen Sandiego – “The Chasing Paper Caper”
DC Super Hero Girls – “#SweetJustice Pt. 1-4”
T.O.T.S. – “You’ve Gotta Be Kitten Me”/”Whale, Hello There!”
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle – “Amazamoose and Squirrel Wonder: Chapter Five”
Victor and Valentino – “Know It All”

Best Character Design — Feature

Abominable
Frozen 2
Klaus
Spies in Disguise
The Addams Family

Best Direction — TV/Media

Ask the Storybots – “How Do You Make Music?” – Jeff Gill
DC Super Hero Girls – “#DCSuperHeroBoys” – Natalie Wetzig
Disney Mickey Mouse – “For Whom the Booth Tolls” – Alonso Ramirez Ramos
Rilakkuma & Kaoru – “Snowman” – Masahito Kobayashi
Ultraman – “Episode 1” – Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki

Best Direction — Feature

Frozen 2 – Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck
I Lost My Body – Jérémy Clapin
Klaus – Sergio Pablos
Missing Link – Chris Butler
Weathering With You – Makoto Shinkai

Best Music — TV/Media

Carmen Sandiego – Jared Lee Gosselin, Steve D’Angelo, Lorenzo Castelli
Love, Death & Robots, Episode – Rob Cairns
Seis Manos – Carl Thiel
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power – Sunna Wehrmeijer
The Tom and Jerry Show – Vivek Maddala

Best Music — Feature

Away – Gints Zilbalodis
Frozen 2 – Christophe Beck, Frode Fjellheim, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
I Lost My Body – Dan Levy
Spies in Disguise – Theodore Shapiro
Toy Story 4 – Randy Newman

Best Production Design — TV/Media

Carmen Sandiego
Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure
Love, Death & Robots
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

Best Production Design — Feature

Abominable
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Klaus
Missing Link
The Addams Family

Best Storyboarding — TV/Media

Carmen Sandiego
Carole & Tuesday
Love, Death & Robots
Snoopy in Space
Zog

Best Storyboarding — Feature

I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link

Best Voice Acting — TV/Media

Big City Greens – Marieve Herington – Tilly
Bob’s Burgers – H. Jon Benjamin – Bob
Steven Universe – Sarah Stiles – Spinel
Tigtone – Debi Derryberry – Helpy
Tuca & Bertie – Ali Wong – Bertie

Best Voice Acting — Feature

Abominable – Tenzing Norgay Trainor – Jin
Frozen 2 – Josh Gad – Olaf
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus – Richard Horvitz – Invader Zim
The Secret Life of Pets 2 – Jenny Slate – Gidget
Toy Story 4 – Tony Hale – Forky

Best Writing — TV/Media

Apple & Onion – George Gendi, Michael Gendi, Deepak Sethi, Eric Acosta, Sean Szeles
BoJack Horseman – Alison Tafel
Pinky Malinky – Sheela Shrinivas, Aminder Dhaliwal, Rikke Asbjoern
Tuca & Bertie – Shauna McGarry
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – Meghan Read