Annie Awards - Surprises for the 2024 nominations

Annie Awards - Surprises for the 2024 nominations. The nominations for all the categories of the upcoming Annie Awards awards have been announced, and there is certainly no shortage of surprises.All those animated productions created last year anywhere in the world and screened/broadcast in American territory, will be awarded next February 17.An edition in which, in the main category, the big American studios such as Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks Animation and Illumination are absent. A message that perfectly reflects the historical moment that these realities are experiencing.Here are the nominations for all categories:1. Best Feature- Nimona (Annapurna Animation for Netflix)- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation)- Suzume (CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.)- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies)- The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli)2. Best Feature-Independent- Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal / Distributed by GKIDS)- Four Souls of Coyote (Cinemon Entertainment)- Robot Dreams (Arcadia Motion Pictures)- The Inventor (Curiosity Studios)- White Plastic Sky (SALTO Films & Artichoke)3. Best Special Production- Invincible: Atom Eve (Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Entertainment)- Shape Island: The Winter Blues (Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple)- Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie (WildBrain Studios in association with Apple)- The Smeds and The Smoos (Magic Light Pictures)- The Velveteen Rabbit (Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple)4. Best Short Subject- Carne de Dios- Daffy in Wackyland- HUMO- PINA- WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko5. Best Sponsored- "Video Games" by Tenacious D- Alzheimer’s Research UK 'Change The Ending'- Laugh Track - The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)- Up in smoke6. Best TV/Media - Preschool- Batwheels Episode: To the Batmobile!- Ghee Happy Episode: Navagraha- Playdate with Winnie the Pooh Episode: Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box- StoryBots: Answer Time Episode: Fractions- The Creature Cases Episode: The Forest Food Bandit7. Best TV/Media - Children- CURSES! Episode: The Baboon Temple- Hilda Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: The Beyonder- My Dad the Bounty Hunter Episode: Bizarre Ride- Shape Island Episode: 105B Square's Special Place8. Best TV/Media - Mature- Big Mouth Episode: The International Show- Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale- Bob's Burgers Episode: Amelia- Scavengers Reign Episode: The Signal- Tomato Kitchen Special Production9. Best TV/Media – Limited Series- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Enkai- Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: Yellowbird- Pokémon: Path to the Peak Episode: 110. Best Student Film- From The Top Student Director: Rich Farris- Kolaj Student Director: Besen Dilek- La quête de l'humain Student Team: Mélina IENCO, Lucie JURIC, Caroline LEIBEL, Faustine MERLE, Claire PELLET- Quem Salva Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, Titouan Jaouen- The Little Poet Student Director: Justine King11. Best FX - TV/Media- Blue Eye Samurai Episode: All Evil Dreams and Angry Words- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Moremi- Star Wars: Visions Episode: Sith- The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday Episode: The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday- What If...? Episode 206, "What If...Kahhori Reshaped the World?" Episode: 20612. Best FX - Feature- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget- Elemental- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse- Suzume- The Peasants13. Best Character Animation - TV/Media- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake- Blue Eye Samurai- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire- Star Wars: Visions- THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: PILOT14. Best Character Animation - Feature- Elemental- Nimona- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken- Suzume- The Boy and the Heron15. Best Character Animation - Live Action- Ahsoka- Cocaine Bear- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3- The Little Mermaid- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts16. Best Character Animation - Video Game- Atomic Heart- Hogwarts Legacy- Let's! Revolution!- Marvel's Spider-Man 2- Teslagrad 217. Best Character Design - TV/Media- Clone High- Jessica's Big Little World- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur- Spirit Rangers18. Best Character Design - Feature- Elemental- Merry Little Batman- Nimona- Robot Dreams- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse19. Best Direction - TV/Media- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire- My Dad the Bounty Hunter- Pokémon Concierge- Scavengers Reign- Star Wars: Visions20. Best Direction - Feature- Nimona (Annapurna Animation for Netflix) Nick Bruno, Troy Quane- Robot Dreams (Arcadia Motion Pictures) Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Animation) Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies) Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears- The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli) Hayao Miyazaki21. Best Music - TV/Media- Animaniacs- Babylon 5: The Road Home- Pacemaker- Star Wars: Visions- The Smeds and The Smoos22. Best Music - Feature- Elemental- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse- Suzume- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem- The Boy and the Heron23. Best Production Design - TV/Media- Blue Eye Samurai- Blue Eye Samurai- Scavengers Reign- Star Wars: Visions- What If...?24. Best Production Design - Feature- Elemental- Nimona- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem- The Boy and the Heron25. Best Storyboarding - TV/Media- Craig Before The Creek- Fright Krewe- Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur26. Best Storyboarding - Feature- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget- Nimona- Robot Dreams- Suzume- The Boy and the Heron27. Best Voice Acting - TV/Media- Archer- Craig Before The Creek- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur- Solar Opposites- The Velveteen Rabbit28. Best Voice Acting - Feature- Merry Little Batman- Migration- Nimona- Suzume- The Super Mario Bros. Movie29. Best Writing - TV/Media- Blue Eye Samurai- Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection- Rock, Paper, Scissors- Rosie's Rules- Scavengers Reign30. Best Writing - Feature- Nimona- Robot Dreams- Suzume- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem- The Boy and the Heron31. Best Editorial - TV/Media- Blue Eye Samurai- Hilda- I Am Groot- Star Wars: Visions- The Legend of Vox Machina32. Best Editorial - Feature- Elemental- Leo- Nimona- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem[ Fra ]. End of the article.