The Annie Awards have always been highly suspect do to the strong membership bias towards Dreamworks, even prompting Disney to remove itself from the organization.
This year's nominations reflect that state of affairs rather acutely, given the heaps of nominations for How to Train Your Dragon and Megamind. The Disney studio's gems Toy Story 3 and Tangled were still written in to the three main categories, but it looks like How to Train Your Dragon will be the big winner this year.
Best Animated Feature
* Despicable Me – Illumination Entertainment
* How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation
* Tangled – Disney
* The Illusionist – Django Films
* Toy Story 3 – Disney/Pixar
Best Animated Short Subject
* Coyote Falls - Warner Bros. Animation
* Day & Night – Pixar
* Enrique Wrecks the World - House of Chai
* The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger - Plymptoons Studio
* The Renter - Jason Carpenter
Animated Effects in an Animated Production
* Andrew Young Kim "Shrek Forever After" - DreamWorks Animation
* Jason Mayer "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Brett Miller "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Sebastian Quessy "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" - Warner Bros. Pictures
* Kryzstof Rost "Megamind" - DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Feature Production
* Mark Donald "Megamind" - DreamWorks Animation
* Anthony Hodgson "Megamind" - DreamWorks Animation
* Gabe Hordos "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Jakob Hjort Jensen "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* David Torres "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
Character Design in a Feature Production
* Sylvain Chomet "The Illusionist" - Django Films
* Carter Goodrich "Despicable Me" - Illumination Entertainment
* Timothy Lamb "Megamind" - DreamWorks Animation
* Nico Marlet "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
Directing in a Feature Production
* Sylvain Chomet "The Illusionist" - Django Films
* Pierre Coffin “Despicable Me” – Illumination Entertainment
* Mamoru Hosoda “Summer Wars” – Madhouse/Funimation
* Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois “How To Train Your Dragon” - DreamWorks Animation
* Lee Unkrich “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar
Music in a Feature Production
* Sylvain Chomet "The Illusionist" - Django Films
* David Hirschfelder "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" - Warner Bros. Pictures
* John Powell "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Harry Gregson Williams "Shrek Forever After" - DreamWorks Animation
* Pharrell Williams, Heitor Pereira "Despicable Me" - Illumination Entertainment
Production Design in a Feature Production
* Yarrow Cheney "Despicable Me" - Illumination Entertainment
* Eric Guillon "Despicable Me" - Illumination Entertainment
* Dan Hee Ryu "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" - Warner Bros. Pictures
* Pierre Olivier Vincent "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Peter Zaslav "Shrek Forever After" - DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in a Feature Production
* Alessandro Carloni "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Paul Fisher "Shrek Forever After" - DreamWorks Animation
* Tom Owens "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Catherine Yuh Rader "Megamind" - DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Feature Production
* Jay Baruchel as Hiccup "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Gerard Butler as Stoick "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation
* Steve Carrell as Gru "Despicable Me" - Illumination Entertainment
* Cameron Diaz as Fiona "Shrek Forever After" - DreamWorks Animation
* Geoffrey Rush as Ezylryb "Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" - Warner Bros. Pictures
Writing in a Feature Production
* Michael Arndt “Toy Story 3” – Disney/Pixar
* Sylvain Chomet “The Illusionist” – Django Films
* William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders “How to Train Your Dragon” – DreamWorks Animation
* Dan Fogelman “Tangled” - Disney
* Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons “Megamind” – DreamWorks Animation
