Annie Awards Nominations

BEST FEATURE
Nimona, Annapurna Animation for Netflix
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures Animation
Suzume, CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY Inc.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS

BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal/Distributed by GKIDS
Four Souls of Coyote, Cinemon Entertainment
Robot Dreams, Arcadia Motion Pictures
The Inventor, Curiosity Studios
White Plastic Sky, Salto Films & Artichoke

BEST SHORT SUBJECT
Carne de Dios, Ojo Raro & Fedora Productions
Daffy in Wackyland, Warner Bros. Animation
HUMO, Outik Animation, 3rd Street Video, Mindsoup Entertainment, IMCINE
PINA, Punchline Cinema/Next Days Films
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, ElectroLeague

BEST FX – FEATURE
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; Production Company: Netflix Presents An Aardman Production; FX Production Company: Aardman Production; Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann
Elemental; Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios; FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios; Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation; FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks; Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly
Suzume; Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita
The Peasants; Production Company: Breakthru Films; FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions; Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
Elemental, Pixar Animation Studios, Jessica Torres
Nimona, Annapurna Animation for Netflix, Toby Seale
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, DreamWorks Animation, Prashanth Cavale
Suzume, CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc., Kenichi Tsuchiya
The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS, Takeshi Honda

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
Ahsoka; Production Company: Lucasfilm; FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic; Rick O’Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, Wai Kit Wan
Cocaine Bear; Production Company: Wētā FX; FX Production Company: Wētā FX; Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Kane Elferink
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Production Company: Marvel Studios; FX Production Company: Framestore; Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, Chris McGaw
The Little Mermaid; Production Company: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; FX Production Company: Framestore; Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, Joseph Lewis
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts; Production Company: Wētā FX; FX Production Company: Wētā FX; Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian Toderian, Richard John Moore, Joseph C.K Leong

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
Elemental; Pixar Animation Studios; Maria Yi
Merry Little Batman; Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment; Nikolas Ilic
Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Aidan Sugano
Robot Dreams; Arcadia Motion Pictures; Daniel Fernandez Casas
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Jesús Alonso Iglesias

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Robot Dreams; Arcadia Motion Pictures; Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
The Boy and the Heron; Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Hayao Miyazaki

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
Elemental; Pixar Animation Studios; Thomas Newman, Ari “Laiv” Leff
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin
Suzume; CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Kazuma Jinnouchi, Radwimps
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
The Boy and the Heron; Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Joe Hisaishi

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
Elemental; Pixar Animation Studios; Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, Laura Meyer
Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Aidan Sugano, Jeff Turley
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Patrick O’Keefe, Dean Gordon
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Yashar Kassai, Arthur, Tiffany Lam
The Boy and the Heron; Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Yoji Takeshige

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; Netflix Presents An Aardman Production; Richard Phelan
Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Esteban Bravo
Robot Dreams; Arcadia Motion Pictures; Maca Gil
Suzume; CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Makoto Shinkai
The Boy and the Heron; Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Hayao Miyazaki

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
Merry Little Batman; Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment; David Hornsby (Character: Joker)
Migration; Illumination; Tresi Gazal (Character: Gwen)
Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Chloë Grace Moretz (Character: Nimona)
Suzume; CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Hokuto Matsumura (Character: Souta Munakata)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie; Illumination; Jack Black (Character: Bowser)

BEST WRITING – FEATURE
Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor
Robot Dreams; Arcadia Motion Pictures; Pablo Berger
Suzume; CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Makoto Shinkai
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit
The Boy and the Heron; Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Hayao Miyazaki

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
Elemental; Pixar Animation Studios; Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, Kevin Rose-Williams
Leo; Happy Madison for Netflix; Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, Brian Robinson
Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, Ashley Calle
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David Croomes, Myra Owyang

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