Precursor: 20th Annie Awards Nominations (2011)

As the original did, Kung Fu Panda 2 dominated the nominations with 12. DreamWorks dominated the nominations with its Puss in Boots also scoring 9 nominations. Disney/Pixar did better than expected with Winnie the Pooh picking up 8 nominations and Cars 2 coming home with 7. Of note is that Happy Feet Two is nowhere to be seen.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Nomination Tallies

(12) Kung Fu Panda 2
(9) Puss in Boots / Rango
(8) Rio / Winnie the Pooh
(7) Cars 2
(6) Arthur Christmas
(5) The Adventures of Tintin
(4) Gnomeo & Juliet

The Nominations

Best Animated Feature

The Adventures of Tintin
A Cat in Paris
Arrugas (Wrinkles)
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio

Best Animated Short Subject

Adam and Dog
The Ballad of Nessie
The Girl and the Fox
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
La Luna
(Notes on) Biology
Paths of Hate
Sunday
Wild Life

Best Animated Effects, Animation

The Adventures of Tintin – Kevin Romond
Cars 2 – Eric Froemling
Cars 2 – Jon Reisch
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jason Mayer
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Dave Tidgewell
Puss in Boots – Can Yuksel
Rango – Chase Cooper
Rango – Willi Geiger
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Joel Aron
Winnie the Pooh – Dan Lund

Best Animated Effects, Live Action

Cowboys & Aliens – Lee Uren
Cowboys & Aliens – Gary Wu
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Branko Grujcic
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – FLorent Andarra

Best Character Animation, Animated Feature

Kung Fu Panda 2 – Pierre Perifel
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Dan Wagner
Puss in Boots – Olivier Staphylas
Rio – Jeff Gabor
Rio – Patrik Puhala
Winnie the Pooh – Andreas Deja
Winnie the Pooh – Mark Henn

Best Character Animation, Live Action Feature

HOP – Andy Arnett
Paul – Mike Hull
Paul – David Lowry
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Eric Reynolds

Best Character Design

Arthur Christmas – Peter de Seve
Cars 2 – Jay Shuster
Puss in Boots – Patrick Mate
Rango – Mark “Crash” McCreery
Rio – Sergio Pablos

Best Directing

Gnomeo & Juliet – Kelly Asbury
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
Rango – Gore Verbinski
Rio – Carlos Saldahna
Winnie the Pooh – Don Hall & Stephen Anderson

Best Music

The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
Puss in Boots – Henry Jackman
Rio – Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell
Winnie the Pooh – Zooey Deschannel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez

Best Production Design

Cars 2 – Harley Jessup
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Raymond Zilbach
Rio – Tom Cardone, Kyle MacNaughton & Peter Chan
Winnie the Pooh – Paul Felix

Best Storyboarding

Arthur Christmas – Kris Pearn
Cars 2 – Scott Morse
Gnomeo & Juliet – Nelson Yokota
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Gary Graham
Puss in Boots – Bob Logan
Rango – David Gosman
Rango – Josh Hayes
Winnie the Pooh – Jeremy Spears
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Philip Craven

Best Voice Acting

Arthur Christmas – Ashley Jensen as Bryony
Arthur Christmas – Bill Nighy as Grandsanta
Gnomeo & Juliet – Jim Cummings as Featherstone
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Gary Oldman as Shen
Kung Fu Panda 2 – James Hong
Puss in Boots – Zach Galifianakis
Rio – Jemaine Clement as Nigel

Best Writing

The Adventures of Tintin – Steve Moffat, Edgar Wright, Joe Cronish
Arthur Christmas – Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham
Gnomeo & Juliet – Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Mark Burton, Kathy Greenburg, Emily Cook, Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton
Rango – John Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit
Winnie the Pooh – Brian Kesinger, Kendelle Hoyer, Don Dougherty, Clio Chang, Don Hall, Stephen Anderson