These nominations mostly confirm our thoughts. Super Mario Bros. looked like it wasn’t going to get a nomination at the Oscars and these nominations bare that out with the film earning a single nomination for voice acting. That’s a pretty abysmal result. Not too surprisingly, Nimona came out on top of the nominations. Netflix has been doing very well with this group lately and with Disney’s Elemental doing ok and Wish being shut out, Disney/Pixar’s ascendancy with the group was short-lived. Both Oscar contenders received solid nomination counts but missed out in key categories as well.
Nominations Tallies
(9) Nimona
(7) The Boy and the Heron, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Suzume
(6) Elemental, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
(5) Robot Dreams
(2) Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Merry Little Batman
(1) Ahsoka, Carne de Dios, Cocaine Bear, Daffy in Wackyland, Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, Four Souls of Coyote, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Humo, The Inventor, Invincible: Atom Eve, Leo, The Little Mermaid, Migration, The Peasants, Pina, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Shape Island: The Winter Blues, The Smeds and the Smoos, Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, The Velveteen Rabbit, War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, White Plastic Sky
The Nominations
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Animated Feature – Independent
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia
Four Souls of Coyote
The Inventor
Robot Dreams
White Plastic Sky
Best Animated Short Subject
Carne de Dios
Daffy in Wackyland
Humo
Pina
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best Animated Special Production
Invincible: Atom Eve
Shape Island: The Winter Blues
The Smeds and the Smoos
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
The Velveteen Rabbit
Best Character Animation
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Suzume
Best Character Animation – Live Action
Ahsoka
Cocaine Bear
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Little Mermaid
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Best Character Design
Elemental
Merry Little Batman
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Storyboarding
The Boy and the Heron
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Suzume
Best Direction
Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont – Robot Dreams
Nick Bruno, Troy Quane – Nimona
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Hayao Miyazaki – The Boy and the Heron
Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Voice Acting
Jack Black – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Tresi Gazal – Migration
David Hornsby – Merry Little Batman
Hokuto Matsumura – Suzume
Chloë Grace Moretz – Nimona
Best Writing
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Music
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Editorial
Elemental
Leo
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Production Design
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best FX – Feature
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Elemental
The Peasants
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Annie Awards Data
First Awards: 1992 (32*)
*Note: Although they say it’s Annie 51, those earlier years were only for honoraria, not competitive films. This is why I have it listed as 32.
