Disney's Zootopia cleaned up at the Annies tonight, garnering Best Feature, Director, Writing, Voice Acting, Character Design and Storyboarding. I'd say that about wraps up the Oscar race in this category, if it wasn't already. I do think that Kubo and the Two Strings could have had a shot if not for the incredible timeliness of Zootopia's message in this apocalyptic Trump era.
ANNIE AWARD WINNERS
- Best Animated Feature: ZOOTOPIA
- Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, ZOOTOPIA
- Best Animated Feature-Independent: THE RED TURTLE
- Writing in an Animated Feature Production: Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, ZOOTOPIA
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production: (tie) Auli’i Cravalho as Moana, MOANA & Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde, ZOOTOPIA
- Production Design in an Animated Feature Production: Nelson Lowry, Trevor Dalmer, August Hall, Ean McNamara, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
- Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production: Jan Maas, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
- Character Animation in a Live Action Production: Andrew R. Jones, Peta Bayley, Gabriele Zucchelli, Benjamin Jones, THE JUNGLE BOOK
- Character Design in an Animated Feature Production: Cory Loftis, ZOOTOPIA
- Music in an Animated Feature Production: Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, Camille, THE LITTLE PRINCE
- Animated Effects in a Live Action Production: Georg Kaltenbrunner, Michael Marcuzzi, Thomas Bevan, Andrew Graham, Jihyun Yoon, DOCTOR STRANGE – MIRROR DIMENSION
- Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production: Marlon West, Erin V. Ramos, Blair Pierpont, Ian J. Coony, John M. Kosnik, MOANA
- Best Animated Short Subject: PIPER
- Editorial in an Animated Feature Production: Christopher Murrie, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
- Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production: Dean Wellins, ZOOTOPIA
