List of 19 films submitted for Animated Feature

The list of submissions for the Animated Feature category is in, and the magic number is 19, which means there will be five nominees in the category this year. This submissions are...

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
• The Croods
• Despicable Me 2
• Epic
• Ernest and Celestine
• The Fake
• Free Birds
• Frozen
• Khumba
• The Legend of Sarila
• A Letter to Momo
• Monsters University
• O Apostolo
• Planes
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Rebellion
• Rio: 2096 A Story of Love and Fury
• The Smurfs 2
• Turbo
• The Wind Rises

I would say several of these are locks, particularly Frozen, Monsters and Wind. After that, it becomes a little fuzzier. But it wouldn't surprise me at all to see the sequels shut out. If I was picking 2 more to fill out the five, I would say The Croods is pretty secure, with the final spot a big toss up between Epic, Ernest and Celestine, and the 2 sequels, Cloudy and Despicable. Time will tell.