PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

* “Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence” - Go Fish Pictures
* “The Incredibles” - Pixar Animation Studios
* “Shrek 2” - DreamWorks Animation
* “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” - Peanut Worm Productions

Best Home Entertainment Production

* “The Lion King 1 ½” - DisneyToon Studios
* “Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three Musketeers" - DisneyToon Studios
* “Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster” - Warner Bros. Animation

Best Animated Short Subject

* “Agricultural Report” - Barley Films
* “It's The Cat” - Mark Kausler
* “Lorenzo” - Walt Disney Pictures
* “Rockfish “- Blur Studio
* Ryan/Copper Heart Entertainment - Nat'l Film Board of Canada

Best Animated Television Commercial

* Looney Tunes AFLCA - Warner Bros. Animation
* Nintendo Freeboy - Asylum
* Quaker Chewy Bars Three Bears - Hornet Inc.
* Reebok - Blur Studio
* United Airlines Interview - Acme Filmworks

Best Animated Television Production

* “Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends” - Cartoon Network Studios
* “My Life As A Teenage Robot” - Frederator/Nickelodeon
* “SpongeBob SquarePants” - Nickelodeon
* “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” - Cartoon Network Studios
* “Batman” - Warner Bros. Animation



INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

* Scott Cegielski - "Shark Tale"
* Hisashi Ezura - "Ghost In The Shell 2"
* Matt Hausman - "The Polar Express"
* Martin Nguyen - "The Incredibles"
* Jonathon Gibbs - Shrek 2

Character Animation

* Ken Duncan - "Shark Tale"
* John Kahrs - "The Incredibles"
* Angus MacLane - "The Incredibles"
* Peter Sohn - "The Incredibles"
* Kureha Yokoo - "The Incredibles"

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

* Tony Fucile - "The Incredibles"
* Carlos Grangel - "Shark Tale"
* Joe Moshier - "Home on the Range"
* Teddy Newton - "The Incredibles"

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

* Ben Balistreri - The Fairly OddParents "Crash Nebula"
* Shakeh Haghnazarian - "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi"
* Patrick Mat'e - "Father of the Pride"
* Lynn Naylor-Reccardi/Pilot "House of Bloo's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends”
* Chris Reccardi - Powerpuff Girls - "West in Pieces"

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

* Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon & Kelly Ashbury - "Shrek 2"
* Brad Bird - "The Incredibles"
* Will Finn & John Sanford - "Home on the Range"
* Stephen Hillenburg - "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
* Mamoru Oshi - "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence"

Directing in an Animated Television Production

* Keith Alcorn - "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius - Love Potion #976/3"
* Shaun Cashman & Phil Cummings - "Attack of the Clowns"
* Eric Pringle - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - "Who Let The Dogs In"
* Brian Sheesley - "Nursery Crimes"
* Genndy Tartakovsky - Samurai Jack - "Tale of X-49"

Music in an Animated Feature Production

* Michael Giacchino - "The Incredibles"
* Harry Gregson-Williams - "Shrek 2"
* Don Harper, Martin Erskine & Seth J. Friedman - "The Lion King 1 1/2"
* Kenji Kawai - "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence"
* Gregor Narholz - "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"

Music in an Animated Television Production

* Steve D'Angelo & Terry Tompkins - "Peep"
* Jeff Danna & Steve Sullivan - "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends"
* Yoko Kanno - "Wolf's Rain"
* Robert J. Kral - "Duck Dodgers"

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

* Lou Romano – “The Incredibles”
* Pierre-Olivier Vincent – “Shark Tale”
* Sam Michlap – “Shark Tale”
* Armand Balthazar – “Shark Tale”
* Scott Fassett – “Winnie the Pooh, Springtime with Roo”

Production Design in an Animated Television Production

* Richard Daskas, - Samurai Jack "Season of Death"
* Michael Giaimo - Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi "Episode 1"
* Alex Kirwan, - "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
* John Over - "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
* Mark Whiting - "Duck Dodgers"

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

* Chen-Yi Chang - "Home on the Range"
* Ted Mathot - "The Incredibles"
* Kevin O'Brien - "The Incredibles"
* Chris Otsuki - "Winnie The Pooh: Springtime with Roo"
* Conrad Vernon - "Shrek 2"

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

* Alex Basio - Atomic Betty - "Spindly Tam Kanushu"
* Wendy Grieb - Disney's Dave the Barbarian - "The Maddening Sprite of the Stump"
* Adam Van Wyk - He Man & The Masters of the Universe - "Awaken the Serpent"
* Rossen Varbanov - Disney's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - "To The Moon, Whiskers"
* Matthew Youngberg - Teen Titans - "Haunted"

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

* Tony Anselmo - Voice of Donald Duck - Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three Musketeers"
* Antonio Banderas - Voice of Puss in Boots "Shrek 2"
* Brad Bird - Voice of Edna Mode "The Incredibles"
* Samuel L. Jackson - Voice of Lucius Best/Frozone "The Incredibles"
* Rob Paulsen - Voice of The Troubadour - Mickey, Donald & Goofy "The Three Musketeers"

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

* Maile Flanagan - Voice of Piggley Jakers “The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
* Carolyn Lawrence - Voice of Cindy Vortex "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius".
* Candi Milo - Voice of Mrs. Wakeman "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
* Brittany Murphy - Voice of Luane Platter - King of the Hill - "Girl, You'll Be A Giant Soon"
* Russi Taylor - Voice of Ferny Jakers “The Adventures of Piggley Winks"

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

* Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, David J. Stern and David N. Weiss - "Shrek 2"
* Brad Bird - "The Incredibles"
* Michael J. Wilson & Rob Letterman - "Shark Tale"

Writing in an Animated Television Production

* Ethan Cohen, - King of the Hill "Ceci N'est Pas Line"
* Lauren Faust, - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends "World Wide Wabbit"
* Evan Gore & Heather Gore - Disney's Dave the Barbarian - "Ned Frischman: Man Of Tomorrow"
* Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel - The FairlyOddParents "Channel Chasers"
* Brandon Sawyer - Disney's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers "Cyranosaurus Rex"

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Since Oscar has the Best Animated Feature category, the winner of Annie award has always matched the Oscar winner: Shrek, Spirited Away, and Finding Nemo.

The Incredibles leads the nominations far and away with 16, while Shrek 2 and Shark Tale both have 7. The strong showing of Shark Tale is kind of surprising, and they almost completely snubbed Polar Express, which only gathered 1 nomination.

I am surprised at TPE's omission...and it looks like Ghost in the Shell 2 is still in the oscar race!

The nominations in the T.V catagories suck!

*crosses fingers* hoping The Oscars, too, nominate Spongebob for best animated film instead of Polar Express

*crosses fingers too*

Way to go "The Incredibles," which is an awesome movie!!