Precursor: 24th Annie Awards Nominations (2015)

Once-dominant DreamWorks suffered an embarrassing defeat at the Annie Awards securing a meager 3 nominations for its sole entry this year. This may be the first time in awhile they haven’t shown up at the Oscars. Pixar is back in force with a total of 24 nominations in the feature film categories with Inside Out dominating like few of their previous films have.

The Annies have now split out independent animated features from the bigger studios, which might help them raise visibility, but when Studio Ghibli ends up at that table, but Spirit Awards nominee Anomalisa doesn’t, there’s something a tad fishy. Needless to say, the strong showing of Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur and Shaun the Sheep Movie help solidify their chances at Oscar consideration. Minions could still be a player for a nomination as are Anomalisa and The Peanuts Movie. When Marnie Was There could still sneak in, as could Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, but Home is most certainly out of the race among the major studio efforts.

Nominations Tallies

(14) Inside Out
(10) The Good Dinosaur
(7) Minions
(5) Anomalisa, The Peanuts Movie, Shaun the Sheep Movie
(3) Boy and the World, Home, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Hotel Transylvania 2, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, When Marnie Was There

The Nominations

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Good Dinosaur
The Peanuts Movie

Best Animated Feature – Independent

Boy and the World
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
The Boy and the Beast
When Marnie Was There

Best Animated Short Subject

Carface
DISSONANCE
If I Was God
On Ice
Sanjay’s Super Team
World of Tomorrow

Best Animated Special Production

Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas
He Named Me Malala
I Am A Witness
Kite
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Niko and the Sword of Light

Best Animated Effects, Animation

Home
Hotel Transylvania 2
Inside Out
Minions
The Good Dinosaur
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Best Animated Effects, Live Action

Jurassic World
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies

Best Character Animation, Animated Feature

Home – Animation Supervisor: Mark Donald, as Various
Inside Out – Animator: Allison Rutland, as All Characters
Inside Out – Animator: Travis Hathaway, as All Characters
Minions – Animator: Hichem Arfaoui, as Herb & Scarlet Overkill, Kevin, Stuart & Bob
The Good Dinosaur – Animator: Mark C. Harris, as All Characters
The Good Dinosaur – Animator: K.C. Roeyer, as All Characters
The Peanut s Movie – Lead Animator: BJ Crawford, as Multiple Characters

Best Character Animation, Live Action Feature

Jurassic World – Indominus Rex
Marvel’s Avengers : Age of Ultron – The Hulk
Marvel’s Avengers : Age of Ultron – Ultron
The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies – Azog
The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies – Smaug
The Revenant – Judy

Best Character Design

Hotel Transylvania 2
Inside Out
Minions
The Good Dinosaur

Best Directing

Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
Extaordinary Tales – Raul Garcia
Inside Out – Pete Docter
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet – Roger Allers
Shaun the Sheep The Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
The Peanut s Movie – Steve Martino
When Marnie Was There – Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Best Music

Anomalisa – Carter Burwell
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem – Kevin Riepl
Boy and the World – Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat, GEM Grupo Experimental de Música, Emicida
Inside Out – Michael Giacchino
The Good Dinosaur – Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna

Best Production Design

Boy and the World
He Named Me Malala
Home
Inside Out
Minions
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
The Good Dinosaur

Best Storyboarding

Extraordinary Tales – Antonio Santamaria
Hotel Transylvania 2 – Mike Smukavic
Inside Out – Tony Rosenast
Inside Out – Domee Shi
Minions – Habib Louati
The Good Dinosaur – Bill Presing
The Good Dinosaur – Rosana Sullivan
The Good Dinosaur – J.P. Vine, Tony Rosenast, Enrico Casarosa

Best Voice Acting

Anomalisa – Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lisa Hesselman
Inside Out – Amy Poehler as Joy
Inside Out – Phyllis Smith as Sadness
Minions – Pierre Coffin as The Minions
Minions – Jon Hamm as Herb Overkill
The Peanuts Movie – Alex Garfin as Linus
The Peanuts Movie – Hadley Belle Miller as Lucy
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – Tom Kenny as SpongeBob

Best Writing

Inside Out – Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
Shaun the Sheep The Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There – Hiromasa Yonebayashi