Precursor: 21st Annie Awards Nominations (2012)

After several years of Disney/Pixar being poorly treated by the Annie Awards, they’ve come back with a vengeance picking up 20 nominations between their two top-nominated films, tying for first place with Rise of the Guardians. With Brave and Wreck-It Ralph, it will be an interesting competition. Typically, the most nominated film picks up the prize from this group, but we don’t have any idea for sure which it will be. Wreck-It Ralph is probably the best bet considering it’s the only one of the three films nominated for Best Director.

Nomination Tallies

(10) Brave, Rise of the Guardians, Wreck-It Ralph
(8) Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman
(5) Frankenweenie, The Pirates! Band of Misfits
(4) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
(3) Ice Age: Continental Drift

The Nominations

Best Animated Feature

Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
The Rabbi’s Cat
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Animated Special Production

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
Before Orel – Trust
Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem
Disney Tron: Uprising – Beck’s Beginning
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Justice League: Doom

Best Animated Short Subject

Brad and Gary
Bydlo
Eyes on the Stars – StoryCorps
Goodnight Mr. Foot
Kali the Little Vampire
Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’
Paperman
The Simpsons – ‘Bill Plympton Couch Gag’

Best Animated Effects, Animation

ParaNorman
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Rise of the Guardians
Brave
Wreck-It Ralph
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Best Animated Effects, Live Action

The Amazing Spider-Man
Battleship
The Avengers
John Carter

Best Character Animation, Animated Feature

Brave – Travis Hathaway
Brave – Jaime Landes
Brave – Dan Nguyen
ParaNorman – Travis Knight
The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Will Becher
Rise of the Guardians – Phillppe LeBrun
Rise of the Guardians – David Pate
Rise of the Guardians – Pierre Perifel

Best Character Animation, Live Action Feature

The Amazing Spider-Man – Mike Beaulieu, Roger Vizard, Atushi Sato, Jackie Kochler, Derek Esparza, Richard Smith, Mac Tyrie
The Avengers – Jakub Pistecky, Maia Kayser, Scott Benzu, Steve King, Kiran Bhat
Life of Pi – Orangutan – Erik de Boer, Amanda Dague, Matt Brown, Mary Lynn Machado, Aaron Grey
Life of Pi – Tiger – Erik de Boer, Matt Shumway, Brian Wells, Vinayak Pawar, Michael Holzl

Best Character Design

Wreck-It Ralph – Bill Schwab, Lorelay Bove, Cory Loftis, Minkyu Lee
Hotel Transylvania – Carlos Grangel
Hotel Transylvania – Carter Goodrich
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – Craig Kellman
ParaNorman – Heidi Smith
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – Yarrow Cheney, Eric Guillon, Colin Stimpson

Best Directing

Genndy Tartakovsky – Hotel Transylvania
Johan Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux – The Rabbi’s Cat
Remi Bezancon, Jean-Christophe Lie – Zarafa
Rick Moore – Wreck-It Ralph
Sam Fell, Chris Butler – ParaNorman

Best Music

Alexandre Desplat – Rise of the Guardians
Bruce Retief – Adventures in Zambezia
Henry Jackman – Wreck-It Ralph
Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda – Secret of the Wings
John Powell, Adam Schlesinger, Ester Dean – Ice Age: Continental Drift
John Powell, Cinco Paul – Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Mark Mothersbaugh – Hotel Transylvania
Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel – Brave

Best Production Design

Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin, Shannon Jeffries, Lindsey Olivares, Kenard Pak – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Marcello Vignali – Hotel Transylvania
Nash Dunnigan, Arden Chen, Jon Townley, Kyle McNaughton – Ice Age: Continental Drift
Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara, Trevor Dalmer – ParaNorman
Norman Garwood, Matt Berry – The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Patrick Hanenberger, Max Boas, Jayee Borcar, Woonyoung Jung, Perry Maple, Peter Maynez, Stan Seo, Felix Yoon – Rise of the Guardians
Rick Heintzich – Frankenweenie
Steve Pilcher – Brave

Best Storyboarding

Emmanuela Cozzi – ParaNorman
Rob Koo – Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Johanne Matte – Rise of the Guardians
Leo Matsuda – Wreck-It Ralph
Lissa Treiman – Wreck-It Ralph

Best Voice Acting

Jim Cummings as Budzo – Adventures in Zambezia
Jude Law as Pitch – Rise of the Guardians
Kelly MacDonald as Merida – Brave
Catherine O’Hara as Weird Girl – Frankenweenie
Adam Sandler as Dracula – Hotel Transylvania
Atticus Shaffer as “E”Gore – Frankenweenie
Imelda Staunton as Queen Victoria – The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Alan Tudyk as King Candy – Wreck-It Ralph

Best Writing

Chris Butler – ParaNorman
Gideon Defoe – The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Karey Kirkpatrick – From Up on Poppy Hill
John August – Frankenweenie
Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi – Brave
Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee – Wreck-It Ralph

Best Editing

Catherine Apple – Hotel Transylvania
Joyce Arrastia – Rise of the Guardians
Mark Rosenbaum – Secret of the Wings
Nicholas A. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE, David Suther – Brave
Tim Mertens – Wreck-It Ralph