Die Gewinner der 45. Annie Awards wurden bekannt gegeben.
Im Rahmen dieser Veranstaltung werden die besten Leistungen im Bereich Animation geehrt.
Das musikalische Familien-Abenteuer Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben ging mit insgesamt elf Awards als großer Sieger hervor. Disney Mickey Mouse und Samurai Jack erhielten jeweils drei Awards.
Der Preis für den besten animierten Independent-Film ging an das von Angelina Jolie produzierte Familien-Drama The Breadwinner.
Als beste animierte Serie wurde das Comedy-Abenteuer Rick and Morty geehrt.
Hier die komplette Liste der Gewinner:
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
- Best Animated Feature = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Best Animated Feature – Independent = The Breadwinner
- Best Animated Special Production = Revolting Rhymes
- Best Animated Short Subject = Dear Basketball
- Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial = June
- Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children = Octonauts – „Operation Deep Freeze“
- Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children = We Bare Bears – „Panda’s Art“
- Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production = Rick and Morty – „Pickle Rick“
- Best Student Film = Poles Apart / Director: Paloma Baeza ; Producer: Ser En Low
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
- Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Effects Artist: Shaun Galinak, Jason Johnston & Carl Kaphan
- Effects Lead: Dave Hale & Keith Daniel Klohn
- Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Trollhunters – „Homecoming“
- Character Animator: Bruno Chiou & Yi-Fan Cho / Character: Blinky, Dictatious, Aaarrrgghh!!
- Lead Animator: Kevin Jong & Chun-Jung Chu / Character: Blinky, Dictatious, Aaarrrgghh!!
- Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Animator: John Chun Chiu Lee / Character: All Characters
- Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production = Planet der Affen: Survival (Originaltitel -> War for the Planet of the Apes)
- Animation Supervisor: Daniel Barrett, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo & Emile Ghorayeb
- Lead Motion Editor: Luisma Lavin Peredo
- Lead Facial Modeller: Alessandro Bonora
- Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game = Cuphead
- Lead Animator: Hanna Abi-Hanna / Character: The Devil, Grim Matchstick, Beppi The Clown, Werner Werman
- Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Samurai Jack – „XCVI“
- Character Design: Craig Kellman / Character: Various
- Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Character Art Director: Daniel Arriaga / Character: All characters
- Additional Character Art Direction: Daniela Strijleva / Character: All characters
- Character Design/ Sculptor: Greg Dykstra / Character: All characters
- Character Modeller: Alonso Martinez / Character: All characters
- Character Designer: Zaruhi Galstyan / Character: All characters
- Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Disney Mickey Mouse – „The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!“
- Director: Dave Wasson, Eddie Trigueros & Alonso Ramirez-Ramos
- Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Director: Lee Unkrich
- Co-Director: Adrian Molina
- Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Disney Mickey Mouse – „The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!“
- Composer: Christopher Willis
- Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Composer: Michael Giacchino & Germaine Franco
- Composer/Lyricist: Kristin Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Lyricist: Adrian Molina
- Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Samurai Jack – „XCIII“
- Production Design: Scott Wills
- Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Production Design: Harley Jessup, Danielle Feinberg, Bryn Imagire, Nathaniel McLaughlin & Ernesto Nemesio
- Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Disney Mickey Mouse – „Bee Inspired“
- Storyboard Artist: Eddie Trigueros
- Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Storyboard Artist: Dean Kelly
- Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = SpongeBob Schwammkopf
- Voice Actor: Tom Kenny / Character: SpongeBob SquarePants
- Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Voice Actor: Anthony Gonzalez / Character: Miguel
- Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Rick and Morty – „The Ricklantis Mixup“
- Writer: Ryan Ridley & Dan Guterman
- Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Writer: Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich
- Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production = Samurai Jack – „XCIII, XCIV, XCIX“
- Editor: Paul Douglas
- Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production = Coco – Lebendiger als das Leben (Originaltitel -> Coco)
- Editors: Steve Bloom, Lee Unkrich, Greg Snyder & Tim Fox
Quelle: annieawards.org