2016 Awards -- Annie Awards

As expected, Kubo (10), Zootopia (11) and Moana (6) lead the charge at the Annie Awards, honoring the best in the year's animation...A crowded list this year with 27 films in the submission race, the largest # we've had since the category was created in 2001. Also, nice to see a good showing for Kung Fu Panda 3. I loved the film, but it hasn't been in the conversation much since it was released so long ago.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Finding Dory
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• Moana
• Zootopia

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - INDEPENDENT

• Long Way North
• Miss Hokusai
• My Life As A Zucchini
• The Red Turtle
• Your Name

BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT

• Blind Vaysha
• Deer Flower
• Path Title Sequence
• Pearl
• Piper

BEST ANIMATED EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• Moana
• The Red Turtle
• Zootopia

BEST ANIMATED EFFECTS IN A LIVE-ACTION PRODUCTION

• The BFG
• Deepwater Horizon -- The Rig
• Dr. Strange -- Mirror Dimension
• Ghostbusters -- Iloura
• Warcraft -- Magic

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Finding Dory -- Erick Oh -- All Characters
• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Jan Maas -- Multiple Characters
• Kung Fu Panda 3 -- Ludovic Bouancheau -- Various Characters
• Zootopia -- David Hardin -- Judy Hopps, Stu Hopps, Bonnie Hopps, Chief Bogo & Nick Wilde
• Zootopia -- Chad Sellers -- Mr. Big, Koslov, Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Flash

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A LIVE-ACTION PRODUCTION

• Captain America: Civil War -- Spider-Man
• Game of Thrones, Battle of the Bastards
• The Jungle Book
• The Jungle Book
• Warcraft -- Orcs

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Multiple
• Moana -- Moana, Maui, Gramma Tala, Sina, Ancestor, Wayfinders, Lalotai
• The Secret Life of Pets -- All
• Trolls -- Bergens
• Zootopia -- Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, Flash, Chief Bogo, Clawhauser, Mr. Big, Fru Fru, Koslov, Bellwether, Yax, Finnick, Doug, Mr. & Mrs. Otterton, Duke Weaselton, Misc.

BEST DIRECTING OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Travis Knight
• My Life As A Zucchini -- Claude Barras
• The Red Turle -- Michael Dudok De Wit
• Your Name -- Makoto Shinkai
• Zootopia -- Byron Howard & Rich Moore

BEST MUSIC IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
• The Little Prince
• The Red Turtle
• The Secret Life of Pets
• Sing

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN ON AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• The Little Prince
• Trolls
• Zootopia

BEST STORYBOARDING OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Finding Dory
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• Trolls
• Zootopia

BEST VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Art Parkinson -- Kubo
• Moana -- Auli'i Cravalho -- Moana
• Storks -- Katie Crown -- Tulip
• Trolls -- Zooey Deschanel -- Bridget
• Zootopia -- Jason Bateman -- Nick Wilde

BEST WRITING OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Marc Haimes & Chris Butler
• My Life As A Zucchini -- Celine Sciamma
• The Red Turtle -- Michael Dudok de Wit & Pascale Ferran
• Zootopia -- Jared Bush & Phil Johnston

BEST EDITORIAL OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• April and the Extraordinary World -- Nazim Meslem
• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Christopher Murrie
• Moana -- Jeff Draheim
• Sausage Party -- Kevin Pavlovic
• Zootopia -- Fabienne Rawley & Jeremy Milton