The Annie Awards for this past year have come and gone, and the many artistic and technical awards that the animation community hands out to its many, deserving recipients have made their way to their respective owners. Taking place at UCLA's Royce Hall, the 36th Annual Annie Awards resumed their critical acknowledgement of key individuals (and teams of individuals) responsible for the development or production of the past year's best animation for film and television.
Taking the ceremony by storm this year was the DreamWorks Animation movie Kung Fu Panda, which registered an astounding 15 combined awards. Most notably drawing applause for Best Animated Feature, Best Directing (in a Feature), and Production Design (in a Feature); Kung Fu Panda, or one of its individual contributors, won every single category for which it was originally nominated. Suddenly, the widespread professional acknowledgement of the artistic merits of feature animation feels within reach.
In front of an audience of a reported 1800 or more last week, the masters of the cartoon world honored their own, regardless of the media type--claymation, traditional animation, or computer animation. Nickelodeon's fantasy-adventure epic Avatar: the Last Airbender, which finished its TV run last fall, took home two high profile awards: Best Directing (for TV) and Best Animated TV Production (for Children)
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Monday, February 9, 2009
36th Annual Annie Award Winners
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