BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation)

BEST ANIMATED SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Voyager Pictures)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT
Feast (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

BEST GENERAL AUDIENCE ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
The Simpsons (Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television)

BEST ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST COMMERCIAL
Flight of the Stories (Aardman Animations)

BEST ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN'S AUDIENCES
Gravity Falls (Disney Television Animation)

BEST GENERAL AUDIENCE ANIMATEC TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Tumble Leaf (Amazon Studios / Bix Pix Entertainment)

BEST STUDENT FILM
My Big Brother (Jason Rayner)

[INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES]

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, DIRECTING IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Aaron Springer (Disney Micky Mouse)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, EDITORIAL IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
John K. Carr (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, EDITORIAL IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Illya Owens (Disney Mickey Mouse)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, WRITING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (The LEGO Movie)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, WRITING IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Darrick Bachman (Disney Mickey Mouse)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
Sir Ben Kingsley (The Boxtrolls)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Bill Farmer (Disney Mickey Mouse)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, STORYBOARDING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
Truong "Tron" Son Mai (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, STORYBORADING IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Joaquim Dos Santos (The Legend of Korra)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, PRODUCTION DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall (The Boxtrolls)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, PRODUCTION DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Narina Sokolova (Mickey Shorts)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, MUSIC IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
John Powell / Jonsi (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, MUSIC IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Christopher Mills (Mickey Mouse)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION
Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez (The Boxtrolls)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Benjamin Balistreri (Wander Over Yonder)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION
Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A VIDEO GAME
Mike Mennillo (Assassin's Creed Unity)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A FEATURE PRODUCTION
Fabio Lignini (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A TV/BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Justin Nichols (Wander Over Yonder)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, ANIMATED EFFECTS IN A LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION
Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist (Edge of Tomorrow)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, ANIMATED EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED PRODUCTION
Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik (Big Hero 6)

Well, even though my favorite film DID win, the Annies are a joke since they are basically owned by DreamWorks.

It's DreamWork's first Best Picture win since 2010, though, and Disney/Pixar has basically dominated the category since 1992. Disney/Pixar films have won the category 15 out of 23 years (65%).

I think some people view the Annie Awards as anti-Disney after Wall-E lost to Kung Fu Panda, and then Toy Story 3 losing to How to Train Your Dragon two years later. Those are just 2 of DreamWork's few wins, though, and for their best films.

It's not just perception:

http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-po ... eep-25138/

WALL-E losing against Kung-Fu Panda was bullshit and everyone, EVERYONE knows it and even though I prefer Dragon over Toy Story 3, it winning at the Annies, while losing everywhere else just showed that the organization is not to be trusted.

As someone who supports Animation being recognized as a legit form of art, the Annies are disgraceful.

Wall-E is a POS and KFP is definitely better.

I am not sure you were fit to judge that at the age of eight or thereabout...

I have seen both recently and my opinion stands.

And your opinion is still fucking wrong.

Wall-E is overrated and Kung Fu Panda is underrated, sure, but it is hard to argue Kung Fu Panda advanced the medium of animation more than Wall-E. Wall E is simply the more revolutionary film and it is a crime it did not win.

I will say Wall-E had better animation and was more boundary pushing. But it pushed boundaries in a way I did not like.

Okay, I bite. Which ways did you not like?

I just find it super depressing to think of the future of humanity as being Chubby McFatfucks who stare at a holographic screen all day. i get it is supposed to be social commentary or shit, but it should have been a lot more subtle, it really just comes off as a fat joke. Sure they find hope at the end, but it is too little too late.

I know good movies make you feel, but I just don't find it enjoyable in any way shape or form. No matter how many times I watch it and try to convince myself to like it, I just can't. The first bit on Earth is charming though, if a bit slow.

Kung Fu Panda, while not as tour de force, has fun and heart and doesn't make me feel depressed as fuck after watching it. Wall-E certainly is a more powerful, thought provoking film, but not in a good way, at least for me.

So I take it you are or were very, very, very fat?

No.