The Annie Awards presented their 42nd annual awards Saturday night in a ceremony that honored the best in both TV and film animation. FOX’s The Simpsons won only one award, but it was in the top television category of Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Program – an event made even more remarkable given that the series was recently ignored in a similar category at the Emmys last fall.
The big winner on the TV side was Disney Television Animation, winning 9 awards for its various TV work including Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, and its updated series of Mickey Mouse shorts.
Winners included below in both Production and Individual Achievement Categories for TV and Film.
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Television
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- The Simpsons – Gracie Films in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience
- Gravity Falls – Disney Television Animation
Best Animated Special Production
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – Voyager Pictures LLC
Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial
- Flight of the Stories – Aardman Animations
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
- Tumble Leaf – Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment
Best Animated Video Game
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft Montpellier
Film
Best Animated Feature
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG
Best Animated Short Subject
- Feast – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Best Student Film
- My Big Brother – Jason Rayner
Individual Achievement Categories
Television
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
- Justin Nichols – Wander Over Yonder – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Benjamin Balistreri – Wander Over Yonder – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Aaron Springer – Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Christopher Willis – Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Narina Sokolova – Mickey Shorts – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Joaquim Dos Santos – Legend of Korra – Nickelodeon
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Bill Farmer as the voices of Goofy and Grandma – Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Darrick Bachman – Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- Illya Owens – Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Video Game
- Mike Mennillo – Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft Montreal
Film
Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production
- Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik – Big Hero 6 – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
- Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist – Edge of Tomorrow – Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production
- Fabio Lignini – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production
- Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Chernin Entertainment/Ingenious Media/TSG Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez – The Book of Life – Reel FX Animation Studios/Twentieth Century Fox
Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production
- Dean DeBlois – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG
Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production
- John Powell, Jónsi – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall – The Boxtrolls – Focus Features/Laika
Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
- Truong “Tron” Son Mai – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
- Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher – The Boxtrolls – Focus Features/Laika
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production
- Phil Lord & Christopher Miller – The LEGO Movie – Warner Bros. Pictures
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
- John K. Carr – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG