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Disney-Pixar’s Coco dominates the 2018 Annie Awards

February 4, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Disney-Pixar’s latest animated masterpiece Coco warmed up for the Oscars last night by dominating proceedings at the 45 annual Annie Awards, which celebrating the very best in animation over the past twelve months.

Coco was successful in 11 of the 13 categories it found itself nominated in, including the top prize, Best Animated Feature – an award it will contest at the Oscars with The Boss Baby, Ferdinand, Loving Vincent and The Breadwinner, the latter of which was also named Best Independent Animated Feature.

Other winners on the night included War for the Planet of the Apes, Rick and Morty, Samurai Jack, SpongeBob SquarePants, Trollhunters and Disney Micky Mouse. Check out a full list of the winners here, courtesy of Variety…

Best Animated Feature
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Feature — Independent
“The Breadwinner”
Cartoon Saloon/Aircraft Pictures/Melusine Productions

Best Animated Special Production
“Revolting Rhymes”
Magic Light Pictures

Best Animated Short Subject
“Dear Basketball”
Glen Keane Productions, Kobe Studios, Believe Entertainment Group

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
“June”
Broad Reach Pictures/Chromosphere/Lyft

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Television Production for Preschool Children
“Octonauts”
Episode: Operation Deep Freeze
Vampire Squid Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, in association with Brown Bag Films

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children
“We Bare Bears”
Episode: Panda’s Art
Cartoon Network Animation Studios

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Rick and Morty”
Episode 303: “Pickle Rick”
Williams Street Productions

Best Student Film
“Poles Apart”
Paloma Baeza

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios
Shaun Galinak, Dave Hale, Jason Johnston, Carl Kaphan, Keith Daniel Klohn

Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Trollhunters”
Episode: 205 – “Homecoming”
DreamWorks Animation Television
Bruno Chiou, Yi-Fan Cho, Kevin Jong , Chun-Jung Chu

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios
John Chun Chiu Lee

Character Animation in a Live Action Production
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, River Road Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Daniel Barrett, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Emile Ghorayeb, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Alessandro Bonora

Character Animation in a Video Game
“Cuphead”
StudioMDHR
Hanna Abi-Hanna

Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Samurai Jack”
Episode: XCVI
Adult Swim
Craig Kellman

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios
Daniel Arriaga, Daniela Strijleva, Greg Dykstra, Alonso Martinez, Zaruhi Galstyan

Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Disney Mickey Mouse”
Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!
Walt Disney Television Animation
Dave Wasson, Eddie Trigueros, Alonso Ramirez-Ramo

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios
Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina

Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Disney Mickey Mouse”
Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!
Walt Disney Television Animation
Christopher Willis

Music in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios
Michael Giacchino, Kristin Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina

Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Samurai Jack”
Episode: XCIII
Adult Swim
Scott Wills

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studio
Harley Jessup, Danielle Feinberg, Bryn Imagire, Nathaniel McLaughlin, Ernesto Nemesio

Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Disney Mickey Mouse”
Episode: Bee Inspired
Walt Disney Television Animation
Eddie Trigueros

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios
Dean Kelly

Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Tom Kenny as SpongeBob Square Pants
“SpongeBob SquarePants
Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios

Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Rick and Morty”
Ryan Ridley, Dan Guterman
Episode: 307 – “The Ricklantis Mixup”
Williams Street Productions

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich
Pixar Animation Studios

Editorial in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Samurai Jack”
Episode: XCIII, XCIV, XCIX
Adult Swim
Paul Douglas

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
“Coco”
Pixar Animation Studios
Steve Bloom, Lee Unkrich, Greg Snyder, Tim Fox

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Filed Under: Awards Season, Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television, Video Games Tagged With: Annie Awards, Coco, disney mickey mouse, Rick and Morty, Samurai Jack, Spongebob Squarepants, The Breadwinner, War for the Planet of the Apes

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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