Winning only one award, The Lego Movie proved it wasn’t nearly as popular as many thought. That DreamWorks has an advantage with ASIFA’s Annie Awards only helped How to Train Your Dragon 2 capture 6 trophies, including Best Animated Feature. It gives those voting for the Oscar some guidance without Lego Movie in the competition. Another film could win still, but this might be the best indicator (after it also won the Golden Globe) of what could be coming up from the Oscars.

Award Tallies

(6) How to Train Your Dragon 2
(2) The Boxtrolls
(1) Big Hero 6, The Book of Life, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Edge of Tomorrow, Feast, The Lego Movie

The Awards

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas)

Best Animated Short Subject

Feast (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas)

Best Animated Effects, Animation

Big Hero 6

Best Animated Effects, Live Action

Edge of Tomorrow (RU:Thomas)

Best Character Animation, Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Fabio Lignini (Thomas)

Best Character Animation, Live Action Feature

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic (Wesley, Thomas)

Best Character Design

The Book of Life – Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez

Best Directing

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois (Wesley, Thomas)

Best Music

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – John Powell, Jónsi (Wesley, Thomas)

Best Production Design

The Boxtrolls – Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall (Wesley)

Best Storyboarding

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Truong “Tron” Son Mai (Wesley, Thomas)

Best Voice Acting

The Boxtrolls – Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher (Wesley, Thomas)

Best Writing

The Lego Movie – Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas)

Best Editing

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – John K. Carr (RU:Thomas)

Annie Awards Data

Year Founded: 1972
First Awards: 1992 (23)