Annie Awards Nominations

Yep, December has arrived and the numerous award ceremonies are already starting posting their nominations (Satellite Awards already covered thanks to Brian!) Here's the nominations list for the ceremony covering the Animated features of 2008. (This ceremony also rewards the best of television and TV specials, but I'll only put the ones concerning Feature films and short subjects)


Best Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
$9.99
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

Best Animated Short Subject (in case you're looking for ideas for the Oscar nominations)
Glago's Guest
Hot Dog
Presto
Sebastian's Voodoo
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death

Animated Effects
Alen Lai - Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
Li-Ming Lawrence Lee - Kung Fu Panda
Fangwei Lee - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Kevin Lee - Bolt
Enrique Vila - Wall-E

Character Animation in a Feature Production
James Baxter - Kung Fu Panda
Jeff Gabor - Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
Philippe Le Brun - Kung Fu Panda
Victor Navone - Wall-E
Dan Wagner - Kung Fu Panda

Character Design in a Feature Production
Valerie Hadida - Igor
Sang Jun Lee - Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who
Nico Marlet - Kung Fu Panda

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen - The Tale of Despereaux
Ari Folman - Waltz With Bashir
Tatia Rosenthal - $9.99
John Stevenson & Mark Osborne - Kung Fu Panda
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Music in an Animated Feature Production
Kevin Manthei - Batman: Gotham Knight
John Powell - Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who
Max Richter - Waltz With Bashir
William Ross - The Tale of Despereaux
Hans Zimmer & John Powell - Kung Fu Panda

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Ralph Eggleston - Wall-E
Paul Felix - Bolt
Tang Heng - Kung Fu Panda
Evgeni Tomov - The Tale of Despereaux
Raymond Ziback - Kung Fu Panda

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Alessandro Carloni - Kung Fu Panda
Ronnie Del Carmen - Wall-E
Joe Mateo - Bolt
Jen Yuh Nelson - Kung Fu Panda
Rob Stevenhagen - The Tale of Despereaux

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Ben Burtt - Wall-E (Wall-E)
Dustin Hoffman - Kung Fu Panda (Shifu)
James Hong - Kung Fu Panda (Mr. Ping)
Ian McShane - Kung Fu Panda (Tai Lung)
Mark Walton - Bolt (Rhino)

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger - Kung Fu Panda
Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Ari Folman - Waltz With Bashir
Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio - Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who

A couple of surprises, notably for Wall-E not nominated in the writing and the music categories. Kung Fu Panda leads the way, but we'll see come January 30th. What do you think?