Come ogni anno l’eccellenza dell’animazione si riunirà nella sera del 16 aprile per i 48esimi Annie Awards , una delle premiazioni più importanti e prestigiose di tutta l’industria. La cerimonia (ovviamente virtuale ) si terrà nella stupenda cornice del Royce Hall nel campus della University of California.
Per prepararci nella maniera migliore a questo attesissimo evento, andiamo insieme a scoprire tutte le categorie e tutti i candidati per l’edizione di quest’anno.
Tutte le Nomination degli Annie Awards 2021 Best Feature
Onward – Pixar Animation Studio
Soul , Pixar – Animation Studio
The Croods: Una nuova era – DreamWorks Animation
The Willoughbys – Netflix, BRON Animation
Trolls World Tour – DreamWorks Animation
Best Indie Feature
Shaun, vita da pecora: Farmageddon – Studiocanal
Calamity Jane – Maybe Movies
On-Gaku: Our Sound – Rock’n Roll Mountain, Tip Top
Ride Your Wave – Science SARU
Wolfwalkers , Il popolo dei lupi –
Best Special Production
Baba Yaga – Baobab Studios
Libresse / Bodyform #WombStories – Chelsea Pictures
Nixie & Nimbo – Hornet
Shooom’s Odyssey – Picolo Pictures
The Snail and the Whale – Magic Light Pictures
Best Short Subject
Filles Bleues, Peur Blanche – Miyu Productions
KKUM – open the portal
Souvenir Souvenir – Blast Production
The Places Where We Live (Cake) – FX Productions
World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime – Don Hertzfeldt
Best Sponsored
Erste Group ‘Edgar’s Christmas’ – Passion Animation Studios
Max & Maxine – Hornet
The Last Mile – Nexus Studios
There’s a Monster in my Kitchen – Cartoon Saloon, Mother
Travel the Vote – Hornet
Best TV/Media – Preschool
Buddi – Episodio “Snow” , Unanico Group, Shanghai Motion Magic Digital Entertainment, GCI Film
Muppet Babies – Episodio “Wock-a-bye-Fozzie” , Oddbot, Disney Junior
Stillwater – Episodio “The Impossible Dream / Stuck in the Rain” , Apple, Gaumont, Scholastic, Polygon Pictures
Le Avventure di Paddington – Episodio “Paddington Digs a Tunnel to Peru” , Blue-Zoo Animation Studio, Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I am Madam President – Episodio “I am Madam President” , 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
Best TV/Media – Children
Hilda – Episodio “Chapter 9: The Deerfox” , Netflix, Mercury Filmworks
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Il destino delle Tartarughe Ninja – Episodio “Finale Part 4: Rise” , Nickelodeon Animation Studio
She-Ra e le principesse guerriere – Episodio “Heart Part 2” , DreamWorks Animation
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Episodio “Shattered” , Lucasfilm Animation
Victor And Valentino – Episodio “The Lonely Haunts Club 3: La Llorona” , Cartoon Network Studios
Best TV/Media – General Audience
Close Enough – Episodio “Logan’s Run’d/Room Parents” , Cartoon Network Studios
Primal “Coven Of The Damned” , Cartoon Network Studio
Harley Quinn – Episodio “Something Borrowed, Something Green” , Eshugadee Productions
Rick and Morty – Episodio “The Vat of Acid Episode “ , Rick and Morty LLC
The Midnight Gospel – Episodio “Mouse of Silver” , Titmouse Animation, Netflix
Best Student Film
100,000 Acres of Pine – Jennifer Alice Wright, The Animation Workshop
Coffin – Yuanqing Cai, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon, Théo Tran Ngoc, Gobelins, l’école de l’image
La Bestia – Marlijn Van Nuenen, Ram Tamez, Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt, Gobelins, l’école de l’image
Latitude du printemps – Sylvain Cuvillier, Chloé Bourdic, Théophile Coursimault, Noémie Halberstam, Maŷlis Mosny, Zijing Ye, Rubika
O Black Hole! – Renee Zhan, Jesse Romain, National Film and Television School, UK
Best FX for TV/Media
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers – Episodio “Sirocco Fire Explosion” , DreamWorks Animation
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous – Episodio “Welcome to Jurassic World” , DreamWorks Animation
Lamp Life – Episodio “Lamp Life” , Pixar Animation Studios
Tales of Arcadia: Wizards – Episodio “Killahead, Part Two” , DreamWorks Animation
Transformers – La battaglia per Cybertron: La trilogia (l’Assedio) – Episodio “Episode 6” , Rooster Teeth Productions, Netflix
Best FX for Feature
Over the moon – Netflix, Pearl Studio, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Soul – Pixar Animation Studios
The Croods: Una nuova era – DreamWorks Animation
Trolls World Tour – DreamWorks Animation
Wolfwalkers, Il popolo dei lupi – Cartoon Saloon
Best Character Animation TV/Media
Alien Xmas – Kim Blanchette
BoJack Horseman – Episodio “Good Damage” , James Bowman
Cosmos: Possible Worlds – Episodio “Vavilov” , Dan MacKenzie
Hilda – David Laliberté
Lamp Life – Episodio “Lamp Life” , Lucas Fraga Pacheco
Best Character Animation Feature
Onward – Shaun Chacko
Soul – Michal Makarewicz
Trolls World Tour – Rani Naamani
The Willoughbys – Andrés Bedate Martin
Wolfwalkers – Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart
Best Character Animation Live Action
The Christmas Chronicles 2 – Nick Stein, Caroline Ting, Sebastian Trujillo, David Yabu, Paul Ramsden
The Mandalorian
The Umbrella Academy 2
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made – Anders Beer, Marianne Morency, Hennadii Prykhodko, Sophie Burie, Cedric Le Poullennec
Best Character Animation Video Game
League of Legends – Jose “Sho” Hernandez, Jason Hendrich, Drew Morgan
Marvels Spider-Man Miles Morales
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Last of Us Part II
Best Character Design TV/Media
Amphibia – Episodio “The Shut-In!” , Joe Sparrow
BNA “Ranway Raccoon” , Yusuke Yoshigaki
Craig of the Creek – Danny Hynes
Looney Tunes Cartoons – Jim Soper
The Owl House “Young Blood, Old Souls” , Marina Gardner
Best Character Design Feature
Soul – Daniel López Muñoz
The Croods: Una nuova era – Joe Pitt
The Willoughbys – Craig Kellman
Trolls World Tour – Timothy Lamb
Wolfwalkers – Federico Pirovano
Best Direction TV/Media
Primal – Episodio “Plague Of Madness” , Genndy Tartakovsky
Great Pretender – Episodio “Case 1_1: Los Angeles Connection” , Hiro Kaburagi
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart – Episodio “Mao Mao’s Nakey” , Michael Moloney
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Il destino delle Tartarughe Ninja – Episodio “Battle Nexus NYC” , Alan Wan
Il meraviglioso mondo di Topolino – Episodio “Hard to Swallow” , Eddie Trigueros
Best Direction Feature
Calamity Jane – Rémi Chayé
Over the Moon – Glen Keane
Ride Your Wave – Masaaki Yuasa
Soul – Pete Docter, Kemp Powers
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Best Music TV/Media
Blood of Zeus – Episodio “Escape or Die” , Paul Edward-Francis
Mira Royal Detective – Episodio “The Great Diwali Mystery” , Amritha Vaz, Matthew Tishler, Jeannie Lurie
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Episodio “Crisis Point” , Chris Westlake
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Episodio “Victory and Death” , Kevin Kiner
The Tiger Who Came to Tea – David Arnold, Don Black
Best Music Feature
Onward – Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna
Over the Moon – Steven Price, Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield, Helen Park
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
The Willoughbys – Mark Mothersbaugh, Alessia Cara, Jon Levine, Colton Fisher
Wolfwalkers – Bruno Coulais, Kíla
Best Production Design TV/Media
Baba Yaga – Glenn Hernandez, Matthieu Saghezchi
Shooom’s Odyssey – Julien Bisaro
Le Avventure di Paddington – Negar Bagheri
To: Gerard – Raymond Zibach
Trash Truck – Eastwood Wong, Sylvia Liu, Elaine Lee, Tor Aunet, Lauren Zurcher
Best Production Design – Feature
Onward – Noah Klocek, Sharon Calahan, Huy Nguyen, Bert Berry, Paul Conrad
Trolls World Tour – Kendal Cronkhite Shaindlin, Timothy Lamb
Soul – Steve Pilcher, Albert Lozano, Paul Abadilla, Bryn Imagire
The Willoughbys – Kyle McQueen
Wolfwalkers – María Pareja, Ross Stewart, Tomm Moore
Best Storyboarding TV/Media
Archibald’s Next Big Thing – Episodio “Baritone Tea Part 1” , Ben McLaughlin
Big City Greens – Episodio “Cheap Show” , Kiana Khansmith
Looney Tunes Cartoons – Andrew Dickman
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge – Milo Neuman
Shooom’s Odyssey – Julien Bisaro
Best Storyboarding Feature
Earwig e la strega – Goro Miyazaki
Over the Moon – Glen Keane
Soul – Trevor Jimenez
The Croods: Una nuova era – Evon Freeman
Wolfwalkers – Guillaume Lorin
Best Voice Acting TV/Media
Dragons Rescue Riders: Hunt for the Golden Dragon – Jeff Bennett (Erik the Wretched)
It’s Pony – Episodio “Episode 107” , Jessica DiCicco (Annie)
Phineas and Ferb the Movie – Episodio “Candace Against the Universe” , Ashley Tisdale (Candace)
Tales of Arcadia: Wizards – Episodio “Our Final Act” , David Bradley (Merlin)
ThunderCats ROAR! – Episodio “ThunderSlobs” , Patrick Seitz (Mumm-Ra, Tygra)
Best Voice Acting Feature
Earwig e la strega – Vanessa Marshall (Bella Yaga)
Onward – Tom Holland (Ian Lightfoot)
Over the Moon – Robert G. Chiu (Chin)
The Croods: Una nuova era – Nicolas Cage (Grug)
Wolfwalkers – Eva Whittaker (Mebh Óg MacTíre)
Best Writing TV/Media
Big Mouth – Episodio “The New Me” , Andrew Goldberg, Patti Harrison, Andrew Goldberg
Craig – Jeff Trammell, Tiffany Ford, Dashawn Mahone, Najja Porter
Fancy Nancy – Episodio “Nancy’s New Friend” , Krista Tucker, Andy Guerdat, Matt Hoverman, Laurie Israel, Marisa Evans-Sanden
Harley Quinn – Episodio “Something Borrowed, Something Green” , Sarah Peters
She-Ra e le principesse guerriere “Heart Part 2” , Noelle Stevenson
Best Writing Feature
Shaun, vita da pecora: Farmageddon Il film – Mark Burton, Jon Brown
Onward – Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley, Keith Bunin
Over the Moon – Audrey Wells
Soul – Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers
Wolfwalkers – Will Collins
Best Editorial TV/Media
Cops and Robbers – Brandon Terry, Ezra Dweck, Terilyn A. Shropshire, Del Spiva, Greg Hedgepath
Hilda – Episodio “Chapter 9: The Deerfox” , John McKinnon
Se Succede Qualcosa, Vi Voglio Bene – Peter Ettinger, Michael Babcock
Lamp Life – Episodio “Lamp Life” , Serena Warner
To: Gerard – James Ryan
Best Editorial Feature
Shaun, vita da pecora: Farmageddon Il film – Sim Evan-Jones, ACE, Adrian Rhodes
Calamity Jane – Benjamin Massoubre, ACE
Onward – Catherine Apple, Anna Wolitzky, David Suther
Soul – Kevin Nolting, Gregory Amundson, Robert Grahamjones, Amera Rizk
The Willoughbys – Fiona Toth, Ken Schretzmann, ACE
Oltre a queste corpose nomination la giuria anche deciso di dedicare alcuni premi per meriti nel campo dell’animazione . L’ASIFA ha voluto dedicare il Winsor McCay Award alla carriera per Willie Ito, Sue Nichols e Bruce Smith, il June Foray Award a Daisuke Tsutsumi, l’Ub lwerks Award all’Unreal Engine di Epic Games ed infine un riconoscimento speciale verrà dedicato a Howard , un documentario del 2018 sulla vita di Howard Ashman .
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