By Matt Neglia
The Annie Award Nominations have been announced representing the best in animation for 2019. The awards will be handed out January 25th 2020.
Click below to take a look at the film nominations.
Best Feature
Frozen 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Best Indie Feature
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
I Lost My Body
Okko’s Inn
Promare
Weathering With You
Best FX for Feature
Abominable
Frozen 2
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Weathering With You
Best Character Animation – Animated Feature
Frozen 2 – Characters: Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Characters: Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Deathgrippers
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Characters: Grimmel, Ruffnutt, Toothless, Light Fury, Hiccup, Baby Furies
Klaus – Character: Alva
Missing Link – Characters: Multiple
Best Character Animation – Live Action
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Game of Thrones – Season 8
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Best Character Design – Feature
Abominable
Frozen 2
Klaus
Spies in Disguise
The Addams Family
Best Direction – Feature
Frozen 2 – Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck
I Lost My Body – Jérémy Clapin
Klaus – Sergio Pablos
Missing Link – Chris Butler
Weathering With You – Makoto Shinkai
Best Music – Feature
AWAY – Gints Zilbalodis
Frozen 2 – Christophe Beck, Frode Fjellheim, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
I Lost My Body – Dan Levy
Spies in Disguise – Mark Ronson & Theodore Shapiro
Toy Story 4 – Randy Newman
Best Production Design – Feature
Abominable
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Klaus
Missing Link
The Addams Family
Best Storyboarding – Feature
I Lost My Body – Storyboard Artist: Julien Bisaro
I Lost My Body – Storyboard Artist: Jérémy Clapin
Klaus – Storyboard Artist: Sergio Pablos
Missing Link – Storyboard Artist: Julián Nariño
Missing Link – Storyboard Artist: Oliver Thomas
Best Voice Acting – Feature
Abominable – Cast: Tenzing Norgay Trainor Character: Jin
Frozen 2 – Josh Gad: Josh Gad Character: Olaf
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus – Richard Horvitz Character: Invader Zim
The Secret Life of Pets 2 – Cast: Jenny Slate Character: Gidget
Toy Story 4 – Cast: Tony Hale Character: Forky
Best Writing – Feature
Frozen 2 – Jennifer Lee
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois
I Lost My Body – Guillaume Laurant
Toy Story 4 – Andrew Stanton & Stephany Folsom
Weathering With You – Makoto Shinkai
Best Editorial – Feature
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Klaus
Missing Link
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Toy Story 4
Full list including Television Nominations can be found here.
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