Frozen and Monsters U lead Annie Award nominations

Hard to believe it's that time once again, but the nominations for the Annie Awards have been announced. The leaders, to no surprise, are both Disney films and one of them is Pixar.

The nominees are...

Best Animated Feature:

A Letter to Momo
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
Monsters University
The Croods
The Wind Rises

Best Animated Special Feature:

Chipotle Scarecrow
Listening Is an Act of Love
Room on the Broom
Toy Story of TERROR

Best Animated Short:

Despicable Me 2 - Puppy
Get a Horse!
Gloria Victoria
My Mom is an Airplane
The Numberlys

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial:

Despicable Me 2 - Cinemark
Sound of the Woods
The Polar Bears Movie

Best General Audience TV/Broadcast Production for Preschool:

Bubble Guppies
Disney Sofia the First
Doc McStuffins
Justin Time
Peter Rabbit

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Children:

Adventure Time
Beware the Batman
Disney Gravity Falls
Kung Fu Panda - Legends of Awesomeness
Regular Show
Scaredy Squirrel
Teen Titans Go!
The Legend of Korra

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production:

Archer
Bob's Burgers
Disney Tron Uprising
Futurama
Motorcity

Wreck-It Ralph dominates Annie Awards

We knew people loved Wreck-It Ralph but I don't know if people anticipated it would practically demolish the competition at the 2013 Annie Awards. The Disney Animation film walked away with 5 awards (out of 10 nominations) including Best Animated Feature.

Best Animated Feature:
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Director:
Rich Moore - Wreck-It Ralph

Best Writing:
Phil Johnston & Jennifer Lee - Wreck-It Ralph

Best Storyboarding:
Johanne Matte - Rise of the Guardians

Best Voice Acting:
Alan Tudyk as King Candy - Wreck-It Ralph

Best Editing:
Nicholas A. Smith, Robert Graham Jones, and David Suther - Brave

Best Music:
Henry Jackman - Wreck-It Ralph

Best Character Animation:
Travis Knight - ParaNorman

The full list of winners can be seen on Gold Derby.

2012 Annie Award Nominees

The Annie Awards, which celebrates achievement in animation, announced the Best Picture nominees for 2012. Nominated this year are:

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Wreck-It Ralph
Hotel Transylvania 
Rise of the Guardians
The Rabbi's Cat
The Pirates! Band of Misfits 

As you can see, a majority of the nominees were wide release films. Movies like The Lorax and Ice Age missed out this year... bummer haha.