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Something interested I've noticed is that since 2006 the Oscars and Annies seem to go back and forth between agreeing on the Best Animated Feature.

2006: Annie - Cars, Oscar - Happy Feet
2007: both went to Ratatouille
2008: Annie - Kung Fu Panda, Oscar - Wall-E
2009: both went to Up
2010: Annie - How to Train Your Dragon, Oscar - Toy Story 3
2011: both went to Rango
2012: Annie - Wreck-It Ralph, Oscar - Brave
2013: both went to Frozen
2014: Annie - How to Train Your Dragon 2, Oscar - Big Hero 6

So I guess whatever wins the Annie next year is taking the Oscar. I still think it's going to be between Inside Out and Peanuts. Though if both Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur are similarly acclaimed and both nominated, I can see them splitting their votes among the Academy's Pixar fans.

Okay, call me dumb, but what the heck is ANNIE???? And who awards it?

The Annie Awards are given by ASIFA-Hollywood, an animation organisation that gives awards annually for animation (so, they're basically the Oscars and Emmys for Animation). You can visit their official website here: http://annieawards.org/

If you're curious, their winners for Best Animated Feature since they started handing out that award are:

1992: Beauty and the Beast
1993: Aladdin
1994: The Lion King
1995: Pocahontas
1996: Toy Story
1997: Cats Don't Dance
1998: Mulan
1999: The Iron Giant
2000: Toy Story 2
2001: Shrek
2002: Spirited Away (this was the year when they switched to honouring films released from January to December, rather than from October to September).
2003: Finding Nemo
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006: Cars
2007: Ratatouille
2008: Kung Fu Panda
2009: Up
2010: How to Train Your Dragon
2011: Rango
2012: Wreck-It Ralph
2013: Frozen
2014: How to Train Your Dragon 2