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Ogres, Sharks and a Family of Superheroes Sweep Annie Noms
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Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob Squarepants and the host of this year's Annie Awards.
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In the Animation Industry, the Annie Awards are the oldest and considered by some as the most prestigious. They also, much like the Golden Globes, serve as an excellent tool for Oscar prognosticators.
The announcement of this year’s big contenders, however—Pixar Animation Studios with 16 nominations for “The Incredibles” and DreamWorks with 14 nominations for “Shrek 2” and “Shark Tale”—came as no surprise to those in the animated motion picture world and beyond. “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” and the tad more philosophical, critically acclaimed, “Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence” rounded out the rest of the nominations in the leading categories.
This year’s Annie Awards ceremony will be hosted by Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob Squarepants.
The following is a list of some of the commercial and television category nominations that will be decided at the 32 nd Annual Annie Awards in January. www.annieawards.com
Best Animated Television Commercial
- Looney Tunes AFLAC, Warner Bros. Animation
- Nintendo Freeboy, Asylum
- Quaker Chewy Bars Three Bears, Hornet Inc.
- Reebok, Blur Studio
- United Airlines Interview, Acme Filmworks
Best Animated Television Production
- “Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends,” Cartoon Network Studios
- “My Life As A Teenage Robot,” Frederator/Nickelodeon
- “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Nickelodeon
- “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” Cartoon Network Studios
- “The Batman,” Warner Bros. Animation
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
- Ben Balistreri, The Fairly OddParents "Crash Nebula"
- Shakeh Haghnazarian, "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi"
- Patrick Mat'e, "Father of the Pride"
- Lynn Naylor-Reccardi/Pilot "House of Bloo's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends”
- Chris Reccardi, Powerpuff Girls, "West in Pieces"
Directing in an Animated Television Production
- Keith Alcorn, "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Love Potion #976/3"
- Shaun Cashman & Phil Cummings, "Attack of the Clowns"
- Eric Pringle, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, "Who Let The Dogs In"
- Brian Sheesley, "Nursery Crimes"
- Genndy Tartakovsky, Samurai Jack, "Tale of X-49"
Music in an Animated Television Production
- Steve D'Angelo & Terry Tompkins, "Peep"
- Jeff Danna & Steve Sullivan, "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends"
- Yoko Kanno, "Wolf's Rain"
- Robert J. Kral, "Duck Dodgers"
Production Design in an Animated Television Production
- Richard Daskas,, Samurai Jack "Season of Death"
- Michael Giaimo, Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi "Episode 1"
- Alex Kirwan,, "My Life As A Teenage Robot"
- John Over, "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks"
- Mark Whiting, "Duck Dodgers"
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
- Alex Basio, Atomic Betty, "Spindly Tam Kanushu"
- Wendy Grieb, Disney's Dave the Barbarian, "The Maddening Sprite of the Stump"
- Adam Van Wyk, He Man & The Masters of the Universe, "Awaken the Serpent"
- Rossen Varbanov, Disney's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, "To The Moon, Whiskers"
- Matthew Youngberg, Teen Titans, "Haunted"
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