Awards -- ANNIE AWARD Nominees

One of my personal favorite categories is Animated Feature, because I've loved and been obsessed with animated for most of my life. That said, this group is always interesting to, even when they get it completely wrong (2008: Kung Fu Panda over Wall-E???? no.). This year, the pack is led up Coraline, Princess and the Frog, and of course Up. But here are this year's feature-production nominees:

Best Animated Feature
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Best Directing in a Feature
Wes Anderson "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Pete Docter "Up"
Christopher Miller & Phil Lord "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"
Hayao Miyazaki "Ponyo"
Henry Selick "Coraline"

Best Writing in a Feature
Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson & Tom McCarthy "Up"
Timothy Hyde Harris & Davis Bowers "Astro Boy"
Christopher Miller & Phil Lord "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"

Animated Effects
Scott Cegielski "Monsters vs. Aliens"
Alexander Feigin "9"
Eric Froemlin "Up"
Tom Kluyskens "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"
James Mansfield "The Princess and the Frog"

Character Animation
Andreas Deja "The Princess and the Frog"
Eric Goldberg "The Princess and the Frog"
Travis Knight "Coraline"
Daniel Nguyen "Up"
Bruce Smith "The Princess and the Frog"

Character Design
Daniel Lopez Munoz "Up"
Shane Prigmore "Coraline"
Shannon Tindle "Coraline"

Music
Bruno Coulais "Coraline"
Michael Giacchino "Up"
Joe Hisaishi "Ponyo"
John Powell "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs"

Production Design
Christopher Appelhans "Coraline"
Ian Gooding "The Princess and the Frog"
Tadahiro Uesugi "Coraline"
Christopher Vacher "9"

Storyboarding
Sharon Bridgeman "Astro Boy"
Chris Butler "Coraline"
Ronnie Del Carmen "Up"
Tom Owens "Monsters vs. Aliens"
Peter Sohn "Up"

Voice Acting
Jen Cody - Charlotte - The Princess and the Frog
Dawn French - Miss Forcible - Coraline
Hugh Laurie - Dr. Cockroad Ph.D. - Monsters vs. Aliens
John Leguizamo - Sid - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Jennifer Lewis - Mama Odie - The Princess and the Frog