Somewhat surprisingly, The Boxtrolls leads this year's Annie Award nominees with 12 nods, while How to Train Your Dragon 2 follows with 10 and Big Hero 6 with 7. The Boxtrolls was not the best reviewed movie of this year's animated features, but the technical achievement seemed to be highly appreciated by the animation community. The Annie Awards are announced on January 31st (my prediction here is How to Train Your Dragon 2 for the win). There are a lot of technical categories for these awards, so here are the nominees for the big feature prize:
Best Animated Feature:
- Big Hero 6
- Cheatin'
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Song of the Sea
- The Book of Life
- The Boxtrolls
- The Lego Movie
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya
