Annie Award: domina Nimona con 9 candidature, tutte le nomination

“Nimona” è in testa a tutti nelle nomination per la 51esima edizione degli Annie Awards, i premi riservati al miglior cinema di animazione. Seguono con sette: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony/Marvel), Il ragazzo e l’airone (Studio Ghibli/GKIDS) e Suzume (CoMix Wave/Crunchyroll), con sei Tartarughe Ninja: Caos mutante (Paramount/Nickelodeon/Point Grey), questi cinque film lottano per il titolo di miglior lungometraggio animato del 2023. Nella categoria Miglior Film – Indipendente, i nominati sono “Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia”, “Four Souls of Coyote”, “Robot Dreams”, “The Inventor” e “White Plastic Sky”. I vincitori saranno annunciati agli Annie Awards sabato 17 febbraio alla Royce Hall nel campus dell’UCLA a Los Angeles. Di seguito tutte le nomination:

Annie Award: domina Nimona con 9 candidature, tutte le nomination

Best Feature

• Nimona – Annapurna Animation – 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 Special Production

• Invincible: Atom Eve – Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Entertainment
• Shape Island: The Winter Blues – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple
• Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
• The Smeds and The Smoos – Magic Light Pictures
• The Velveteen Rabbit – Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple

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 Sponsored

• “Video Games” by Tenacious D – Pinreel Inc.
• Alzheimer’s Research UK Change the Ending – Passion Pictures
• Laugh Track – The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) – Bernard Derriman
• Up in smoke – Nomint

Best TV/Media – Preschool

• Batwheels Episode: “To the Batmobile!” – Warner Bros. Animation
• Ghee Happy Episode: “Navagraha” – Ghee Happy Studio
• Playdate with Winnie the Pooh Episode: “Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box” – Oddbot Inc.
• StoryBots: Answer Time – Episode: “Fractions” – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
• The Creature Cases Episode: “The Forest Food Bandit” – Silvergate Media/Team TO/Choice/Provisions/Netflix

Best TV/Media – Children

• CURSES! Episode: “The Baboon Temple” – DreamWorks Animation
• Hilda Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks
• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: “The Beyonder” – Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter Episode: “Bizarre Ride” – A Netflix Series
• Shape Island Episode: “105B Square’s Special Place” – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple

Best TV/Media – Mature

• Big Mouth Episode: “The International Show” – Netflix
• Blue Eye Samurai Episode: “Pilot: Hammerscale” – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
• Bob’s Burgers Episode: “Amelia” – 20th Television Animation
• Scavengers Reign Episode: “The Signal” – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
• Tomato Kitchen­ – Special Production – Bilibili / Studio Reflection

Best TV/Media – Limited Series

• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: “Enkai” – Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink
• Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: “Yellowbird” – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery
• Pokémon: Path to the Peak Episode: 1 – The Pokémon Company International

Best Student Film

• From The Top – Student Director: Rich Farris, Student Producer: Martina Buendia Silva, School: National Film and Television School
• Kolaj – Student Director: Besen Dilek, Student Producer: Besen Dilek, School: Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
• La quête de l’humain – Student Team: Mélina Ienco, Lucie Juric, Caroline Leibel, Faustine Merle, Claire Pellet, School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image
• Quem Salva – Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, Titouan Jaouen. School: Supinfocom Rubika
• The Little Poet – Student Director: Justine King, Student Producer: Justine King, School: California Institute of the Arts

Best FX – TV/Media

• Blue Eye Samurai Episode: “All Evil Dreams and Angry Words” – Production Company: A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions, FX Production Company: Blue Spirit: Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, Laurent Bretonniere
• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: “Moremi” – Production Company: Triggerfish for Disney+, FX Production Company: Lucan: Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, Emile Van Straaten
• Star Wars: Visions Episode: “Sith” – Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd.,FX Production Company: El Guiri Studios: Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro, Rubén Hinarejos
• The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday Episode: “The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday” – Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation and 88 Pictures: Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, Kevin Rumold
• What If…? Episode 206, “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?” – Episode: 206, Production Company: Marvel Studios, FX Production Company: SDFX Studios: Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, Pranil Ravindra Mahajan

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, 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 – TV/Media

• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake Episode: “The Winter King” – Cartoon Network Studios: Alex Small-Butera
• Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Episodes 101, 104 and 106 – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions: Alex Bard
• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire – Episode: “Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust” – Triggerfish Animation for Disney+: Andre DeVilliers
• Star Wars: Visions Episode: “I Am Your Mother” – Lucasfilm Ltd.: Laurie Sitzia
• The Amazing Digital Circus: Pilot – Episode: 1 – Glitch Productions: Kevin Temmer

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 Animation – Video Game

• Atomic Heart – Mundfish: Mundfish Animation Team
• Hogwarts Legacy – Avalanche Software: Tara Edward
• Let’s! Revolution! – BUCK: BUCK Animation Team
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 -Insomniac Games: Insomniac Games Animation Team
• Teslagrad 2 – Rain Games: Aslak Helgesen

Best Character Design – TV/Media

• Clone High Episode: “Let’s Try This Again” – Max in association with Lord Miller, Doozer, ShadowMachine, and MTV Entertainment: Tara Billinger
• Jessica’s Big Little World Episode: “Bedtime Routine” – Cartoon Network Studios: Nick Winn
• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: “You Give Me Heart” – Triggerfish for Disney+: Lesego Vorester
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: 515M-106 (“The Beyonder”) – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions: Jose Lopez
• Spirit Rangers Episode: “Water Protectors” – Laughing Wild / Netflix: Marie Delmas

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 – TV/Media

• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: “Moremi” -Triggerfish Animation Studio & Lucan Studio: Shofela Coker, Andrew McNally
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter: Episode: “Bizarre Ride” – A Netflix Series: Kenji Ono, Kai Akira, Patrick Harpin
• Pokémon Concierge Episode: #2 “What’s on Your Mind, Psyduck?” -dwarf studios for Netflix: Iku Ogawa
• Scavengers Reign Episode: “The Fall” -Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street: Diego Porral
• Star Wars: Visions Episode: “Screecher’s Reach” Lucasfilm Ltd.” Paul Young

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 – TV/Media

• Animaniacs Episode: “Talladega Mice” – Warner Brothers Animation/Amblin Entertainment/HULU Originals: Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein
• Babylon 5: The Road Home Special Production – Warner Bros. Animation: Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis
• Pacemaker Short Film – A Running Commentary: Christopher Lennertz
• Star Wars: Visions Episode: “Aau’s Song” – Lucasfilm Ltd.: Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, Dineo du Toit
• The Smeds and The Smoos Short Film – Magic Light Pictures: René Aubry

Best Music – Feature

• Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios: Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” 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 – TV/Media

• Blue Eye Samurai Episode: “Hammerscale” – Netflix Animation: Jason Scheier
• Blue Eye Samurai Episode: “The Great Fire of 1657” – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions: Toby Wilson, James Wilson, Emil Mitev
• Scavengers Reign Episode: “The Storm” – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street: Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Pauline Mauvière, Hugo Moreno, Jon Juarez
• Star Wars: Visions Episode: “Sith” – Lucasfilm Ltd.: Carlos Salgado
• What If…? Episode: “What if… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?” – Marvel Studios: Paul Lasaine, Kristina Vardazaryan, Cynthia Halley, Ryan Magno, Simon Dunsdon

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 – TV/Media

• Craig Before the Creek Episode: “Craig Before the Creek” – Cartoon Network Studios: Erik Fountain
• Fright Krewe Episode: “The Blood Awakening, Part 1” – DreamWorks Animation: Leah Artwick
• Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Episode: “Never Give Up” – Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television: Kristine Lee
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Episode: “Apok-ta-pokalypse Now”, Part II – DreamWorks Animation: Grace Liu
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: 515M-107 “Run the Rink” – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions: Ben Juwono

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 – TV/Media

• Archer Episode: “Keys Open Doors” – FX Productions: Aisha Tyler (Character: Lana Kane)
• Craig Before the Creek Episode: “Craig Before the Creek” – Cartoon Network Studios: Vico Ortiz (Character: Serena)
• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: “Moon Girl Landing” – Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation: Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl)
• Solar Opposites Episode: “The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse” – 20th Television Animation: Dan Stevens (Character: Korvo)
• The Velveteen Rabbit Episode: “The Velveteen Rabbit” – Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple: Alex Lawther (Character: Velveteen Rabbit)

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 – TV/Media

• Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Episode 105: “The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride” – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions: Amber Noizumi
• Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: “Yellowbird” – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery: Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North
• Rock, Paper, Scissors Episode: “Birthday Police” – Nickelodeon Animation Studios: Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott, Mike Trapp
• Rosie’s Rules Episode: “Time Trouble” – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films: Leyani Diaz, Maria Escobedo
• Scavengers Reign Episode: The Reunion – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street: Sean Buckelew

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 – TV/Media

• Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Episode 105: “The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride” – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions: Yuka Shirasuna
• Hilda Episode: Chapter 6: “The Forgotten Lake” – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc., and Mercury Filmworks: John Mckinnon, Mike Stefanelli
• I Am Groot Episode: “Groot’s Snow Day” – Marvel Studios: Dan Urrutia
• Star Wars: Visions Episode: “Screecher’s Reach” – Lucasfilm Ltd.: Richie Cody, ACE, BFE
• The Legend of Vox Machina Episode: “The Sunken Tomb” – Amazon MGM Studios, Critical Role Productions

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