'Frozen 2,' Toy Story 4' and 'Missing Link' Among Annie Award Nominees

The Annie Award nominations are here! Looks like there’s not one dominant movie among the bunch this year, like there usually is. That could mean that the winner of this might not match the Oscar winner this time. It’s been a while since that happened, but it’s not unprecedented. Toy Story 4 got much better reviews that Frozen 2 did, but it looks like the latter is the only movie (along with the French film I Lost My Body) to get writing, directing and feature nominations from the Annies. And both Frozen 2 and Toy Story 4 are sequels, which don’t tend to do as well with awards in general- but I’m sure the winner will be one of them. I’d also like to note that How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, while also a sequel, is part of a franchise that hasn’t won the Oscar yet, but is there any hope for it?

2019 ANNIE AWARD NOMINEES

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 Short Subject

• Acid Rain

• Don’t Know What

• Je sors acheter des cigarettes

• Purpleboy

• Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days

Best VR

• Bonfire

• GLOOMY EYES

• Kaiju Confidential

Best FX for Feature

• Abominable

• Frozen 2

• Missing Link

• Toy Story 4

• Weathering With You

Best Character Animation – Animated Feature

• Frozen 2

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• Klaus

• Missing Link

Best Character Animation – Live Action

• Alita: Battle Angel

• Avengers: Endgame

• Game of Thrones – Season 8 Episode 3 “The Long Night”

• Pokémon Detective Pikachu

• Spider-Man: Far From Home

Always the bridesmaid: both previous entries in the HTTYD series were overlooked in the Oscar race for other winners- can the last film finally take the prize?

Best Character Design – Feature

• Abominable

• Frozen 2

• Klaus

• Spies in Disguise

• The Addams Family

Best Direction – Feature

• Frozen 2

• I Lost My Body

• Klaus

• Missing Link

• Weathering With You

Best Music – Feature

• Away

• Frozen 2

• I Lost My Body

• Spies in Disguise

• Toy Story 4

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

• I Lost My Body

• Klaus

• Missing Link

• Missing Link

Best Voice Acting – Feature

• Abominable

• Frozen 2

• Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

• The Secret Life of Pets 2

• Toy Story 4

Best Writing – Feature

• Frozen 2

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• I Lost My Body

• Toy Story 4

• Weathering With You

Best Editorial – Feature

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

• Klaus

• Missing Link

• The Secret Life of Pets 2

• Toy Story 4

I loved Toy Story 4, but do awards voters think this series has been honored enough?