36th Annie Awards

The 36th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2008, were held on 30 January 2009 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Below is a list of announced nominees. Kung Fu Panda received the most awards with 11, winning nearly all of its nominations.

Production nominees

Best Animated Feature

• Kung Fu Panda
  • Bolt
  • $9.99
  • WALL-E
  • Waltz with Bashir

Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment Production

• Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
  • Batman: Gotham Knight
  • Christmas Is Here Again
  • Justice League: The New Frontier
  • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject

• Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
  • Glago's Guest
  • Hot Dog
  • Presto
  • Sebastian’s Voodoo

Annie Award for Best Animated Television Commercial

• United Airlines “Heart”
  • Giant Monster
  • Long Legs Mr. Hyde
  • Rotofugi: The Collectors
  • Sarah

Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production

• Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
  • King of the Hill
  • Moral Orel
  • Phineas and Ferb
  • The Simpsons

Best Animated Television Production for Children

• Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
  • A Miser Brothers' Christmas – Warner Bros.
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network
  • Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network
  • The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon

Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game

• Kung Fu Panda
  • Dead Space
  • WALL-E

Individual Achievement

Animated Effects

• Li-Ming Lawrence Lee - Kung Fu Panda
  • Alen Lai - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who
  • Fangwei Lee - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  • Kevin Lee - Bolt
  • Enrique Vila - Wall-E

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• James Baxter – Kung Fu Panda
  • Jeff Gabor – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who
  • Philippe Le Brun – Kung Fu Panda
  • Victor Navone – Wall-E
  • Dan Wagner – Kung Fu Panda

Character Animation in a Television Production

• Pierre Perifel - Secrets of the Furious Five
  • Sandro Cleuzo - Secrets of the Furious Five
  • Joshua A. Jennings - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

• Nico Marlet - Kung Fu Panda
  • Valerie Hadida - Igor (film)
  • Sang Jun Lee - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

• Nico Marlet - Secrets of the Furious Five
  • Bryan Arnett – Mighty B! - “Bat Mitzah Crashers”
  • Ben Balistreri - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - “Mondo Coco”
  • Sean Galloway - The Spectacular Spider-Man
  • Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera - “The Good, The Bad, The Tigre”

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

• John Stevenson and Mark Osborne - Kung Fu Panda
  • Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen The Tale Of Despereaux
  • Ari Folman - Waltz with Bashir
  • Tatia Rosenthal - $9.99
  • Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

Directing in an Animated Television Production

• Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender - “Sozin’s Comet: Into the Inferno”
  • Bob Anderson - The Simpsons - “Treehouse of Horror XIX”
  • Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - “Destination Imagination”
  • Chris McKay – Moral Orel - “Passing”
  • Alan Smart - SpongeBob SquarePants - “Penny Foolish”

Music in an Animated Feature Production

• Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
  • Kevin Manthei - Batman: Gotham Knight - Warner Bros. Animation
  • John Powell - Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who - Blue Sky Studios
  • Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
  • William Ross – The Tale of Despereaux (film) – Universal Pictures

Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Carl Finch & Brave Combo - Click and Clack’s “As the Wrench Turns” – CTTV Productions
  • Kevin Kiner – “Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence” – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
  • Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard “Cowman: The Uddered Avenger” – Nickelodeon/Omation
  • Guy Michelmore – “Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie” – Taffy Entertainment LLC

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

• Tang Heng “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ralph Eggleston “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Paul Felix “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Evgeni Tomov “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures
  • Raymond Zibach “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Tang Heng “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon
  • Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios
  • Raymond Zibach “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

• Jen Yuh Nelson – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Alessandro Carloni – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ronnie Del Carmen – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
  • Joe Mateo “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Rob Stevenhagen – “The Tale Of Despereaux” – Universal Pictures

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon
  • Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
  • Andy Schuhler – “Secret of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Eddie Trigueros “The Mighty B! “Name Shame”– Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

• Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ben Burtt – Voice of Wall·E – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
  • James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine
  • Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
  • Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

• Jon Aibel & Glenn Berger – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Ari Folman – “Waltz With Bashir” – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
  • Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who” – Blue Sky Studios

Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

• Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” – ShadowMachine
  • Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons “The Debarted” – Gracie Films/Fox TV
  • Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera “Mustache Love” – Nickelodeon
  • Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
  • Chris Williams – “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Other websites

• Official Site of the Annie Awards
• 2008 Nominations