Awards -- Annie Awards (Animated Film Society)

The Annie nominees have been announced for this year. How to Train Your Dragon leads the nominations, and Toy Story 3 still gathers 3 nods, including Best Animated Feature, even though Disney didn't even submit the film for consideration. Same goes for Tangled. The fact these films were nominated, even though they were "write-ins" and not officially submitted, shows how good they are. In case you're unaware, Disney is protesting the way the Annie voting process and membership works. But anyway, here are the nominees. I'm including only the categories that pertain to film. They have seperate categories for television, commercials, video, and games.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT
The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger
Coyole Falls
Day & Night
Enrique Wrecks th World
The Renter

ANIMATED EFFECTS IN A FEATURE
Andrew Young Kim -- Shrek Forever Ever
Jason Mayer -- How to Train Your Dragon
Brett Miller -- How to Train Your Dragon
Sebastian Quessy -- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Krzysztof Rost -- Megamind

CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A FEATURE
Mark Donald -- Megamind
Anthony Hodgson -- Megamind
Gabe Hordos -- How to Train Your Dragon
Jakob Hjort Jensen -- How to Train Your Dragon
David Torres -- How to Train Your Dragon

CHARACTER DESIGN IN A FEATURE
Sylvain Chomet -- The Illusionist
Carter Goodrich -- Despicable Me
Timothy Lamb -- Megamind
Nico Marlet -- How to Train Your Dragon

DIRECTING OF A FEATURE
Sylvain Chomet -- The Illusionst
Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud -- Despicable Me
Mamoru Hosoda -- Summer Wars
Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois -- How to Train Your Dragon
Lee Unkrich -- Toy Story 3

MUSIC IN A FEATURE
Sylvain Chomet -- The Illusionst
David Hirschfelder -- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
John Powell -- How to Train Your Dragon
Harry Gregson-Williams -- Shrek Forever After
Pharrell Williams & Heitor Pereira -- Despicable Me

PRODUCION DESIGN OF A FEATURE
Yarrow Cheney -- Despicable Me
Eric Guillon -- Despicable Me
Dan Hee Ryu -- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Pierre Olivier Vincent -- How to Train Your Dragon
Peter Zaslav -- Shrek Forever After

STORYBOARDING OF A FEATURE
Alessandro Carloni -- How to Train Your Dragon
Paul Fisher -- Shrek Forever After
Tom Owens -- How to Train Your Dragon
Catherine Yuh Rader -- Megamind

VOICE ACTING IN A FEATURE
Jay Baruchel -- Hiccup -- How to Train Your Dragon
Gerard Butler -- Stoick -- How to Train Your Dragon
Steve Carell -- Gru -- Despicable Me
Cameron Diaz -- Fiona -- Shrek Forever After
Geoffrey Rush -- Ezylryb -- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

WRITING OF A FEATURE
Michael Arndt -- Toy Story 3
Sylvain Chomet -- The Illusionist
Williams Davis, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders -- How to Train Your Dragon
Dan Fogelman -- Tangled
Alan J. Schoolcraft & Brent Simons -- Megamind