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Maybe they just liked those ten other shorts better. We don't know, since I assume we haven't seen them. Maybe being animators who typically vote in that category, they were put off by the hyper-realism of The Blue Umbrella.

Or Disney has better faith with GAH than TBU

The Annie Award nominations have been announced and Disney did very well this year. Here are all of the nominations Disney received this year:

Frozen

Best Animated Feature
Character Animation in a Feature Production - Tony Smeed
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production - Bill Schwarb
Directing in an Animated Feature Production - Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Music in an Animated Feature Production - Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Christophe Beck
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Michael Giaimo, Lisa Keene and David Womersley
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production - John Ripa
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production - Josh Gad as Olaf
Writing in an Animated Feature Production - Jennifer Lee
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production - Jeff Draheim

Monsters University

Best Animated Feature
Animated Effects in an Animated Production - Joshua Jenny, Jason Johnston, Matthew Wong, Eric Froemling and Enrique Vila
Character Animation in a Feature Production - John Chun Chiu Lee
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production - Chris Sasaki
Music in an Animated Feature Production - Randy Newman
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Ricky Nierva, Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production - Dean Kelly
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production - Billy Crystal as Mike
Writing in an Animated Feature Production - Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird and Dan Scanlon
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production - Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson and Steve Bloom

The Wind Rises

Best Animated Feature
Character Animation in a Feature Production - Kitaro Kosaka
Writing in an Animated Feature Production - Hayao Miyazaki

Toy Story of Terror!

Best Animated Special Production
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production - JC Tran Quang Thieu
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production - David DeVan
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production - Kureha Yokoo
Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Angus MacLane
Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Daniel Chong
Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Axel Geddes, Kathy Graves and Chloe Kloezeman

Get a Horse!

Best Animated Short Subject

Planes

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production - Jason Hand

Sofia the First

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Kevin Kliesch, Craig Gerber and John Kavanaugh

Doc McStuffins

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

Gravity Falls

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience
Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - John Aoshima
Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Alonso Ramos-Ramirez

Tron Uprising

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Wander Over Yonder

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Craig McCracken
Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Andy Bean

Mickey Mouse

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Paul Rudish
Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Aaron Springer
Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Christopher Willis
Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Alonso Ramos-Ramirez
Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Bill Farmer as Goofy
Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Chris Diamantopoulos as Mickey Mouse
Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production - Illya Owens

Disney Imagineer Alice Davis (who designed the costumes for it's a small world and Pirates of the Caribbean) will also receive a June Foray Award, given for charitable impact on animation.

frankf3 wrote:

Linden wrote: But I really do think The Secret World of Arrietty is a work of art. It deserved, at the very least, a nomination, and it's not a stretch for me to say it deserved the win. I understand that's not a widespread opinion, but it did get great critical reviews (94% on rottentomatoes). I would think that would at least garner it a nomination, but no.

Arrietty wasn't eligible for last year's Oscar actually because it was released in Japan in July 2010.

But it was never nominated in any year. It had to have been eligible at some point.

I wasn't impressed with Get a Horse at all. Blue Umbrella, on the other hand, is this year's Paperman. Or should be, at least.

The Annie noms seem pretty fair this year. Josh Gad getting nominated for voice acting out of everyone in Frozen though isn't right. I'd think Idina Menzel would get nominated, and Kristen Bell deserved it too.

I just found out the Annie's are open to the general public. I'm in driving distance and thinking about it. Has anyone here ever gone?

Well The Blue Umbrella is already out of the running. Fucking ridiculous if you ask me!!! There's no way it shouldn't be on that short list. That was the most realistic animation I've EVER seen. I like that Get a Horse seems to be favored though.

Realism isn't the goal of animation though...

I'm not too surprised by it being left out. The story felt too much like a retread of Paperman, and not a very inspired one. The animation itself wasn't particularly impressive, and photorealism isn't anything new or innovative (just look at any of the current generation games).

The Wind Rises took home the Best Animated Feature award from the National Board of Review and The New York Film Critics Circle. It looks like it's the favorite at the moment to win the Oscar, but of course anything can happen like last year.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/award-season ... 91843.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/n ... ced-661763

Dang it. Mikayzaki can't really let WDAS have ONE year, can he?

disneyprincess11 wrote:Dang it. Mikayzaki can't really let WDAS have ONE year, can he?

Well this is going to be his last film.

But why take it out on Miyazaki? I haven't seen The Wind Rises, but I'm sure it's a fine film too. Besides, it's usually Pixar who wins the award over most else, anyway.

Avaitor wrote:

disneyprincess11 wrote:Dang it. Mikayzaki can't really let WDAS have ONE year, can he?

Well this is going to be his last film.

But why take it out on Miyazaki? I haven't seen The Wind Rises, but I'm sure it's a fine film too. Besides, it's usually Pixar who wins the award over most else, anyway.

I mean, it's coming out next year in the US. Why not wait until the 2015 year?

Victurtle wrote:Realism isn't the goal of animation though...

I'm not too surprised by it being left out. The story felt too much like a retread of Paperman, and not a very inspired one. The animation itself wasn't particularly impressive, and photorealism isn't anything new or innovative (just look at any of the current generation games).

Did I SAY it was the goal? That doesn't change the fact that it was a VERY impressive achievement in animation and should have been honored with a nomination. But it's not that it wasn't even nominated. It didn't make the short list for the chance to even BE nominated.

It's not my favorite short of the year either and I agree with your other points, but it was at least in the top 10

I wouldn't say video game animation is there yet either.

It doesn't really excite me anymore to see the winner of the animated feature Oscar, as if there is a Pixar release, it WILL be Pixar. Just a bit waring after a while.

Victurtle wrote:Realism isn't the goal of animation though...

I'm not too surprised by it being left out. The story felt too much like a retread of Paperman, and not a very inspired one. The animation itself wasn't particularly impressive, and photorealism isn't anything new or innovative (just look at any of the current generation games).

To me it felt like a retreat of "Johnny Fedaro and Alice Blue bonnet" from Make mine Music, only this time with umbrellas instead of hats.

BelleGirl wrote:

Victurtle wrote:Realism isn't the goal of animation though...

I'm not too surprised by it being left out. The story felt too much like a retread of Paperman, and not a very inspired one. The animation itself wasn't particularly impressive, and photorealism isn't anything new or innovative (just look at any of the current generation games).

To me it felt like a retreat of "Johnny Fedaro and Alice Blue bonnet" from Make mine Music, only this time with umbrellas instead of hats.

Agreed. And it was also too similar to last year's MUCH better Paperman.

It was just 'cute', but uninspired. Certainly among PIXAR's least interesting short.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Animated Film: The Wind Rises
Runners-up: Frozen and Monsters University

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Animation: Ernest and Celestine
Runner-up: The Wind Rises

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Animation: The Wind Rises
Runner-up: Frozen


For what it's worth, Frankenweenie, which didn't win the Oscar, won all 3 of those last year and Rango won the year before, which did go on to win.

This doesn't look good for Frozen

It should be noted that critics are not part of the Academy and unlike Oscar voters, they usually watch every movie that opens.

well Frozen get its first critics award win for Best Animated Feature from the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.

https://twitter.com/WAFCA/status/410032931454083072

As far as getting worried, honestly I can see the same situation happening from last year. Frozen will barley any of the critics awards, but wins the "major" ones near the end.

Brave did not win any of the critic awards last year, but won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA before winning the Oscar.

Interesting nominees from the San Diego Film Critics Awards:

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Get A Horse
The Croods
The Wind Rises

Yeah, that's so winning Best Short