Annie Award for Best Animated Feature explained

Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
Awarded For:	Excellence in film animation
Presenter:	ASIFA-Hollywood
Country:	United States
Year:	Beauty and the Beast (1992)
Holder:	(2023)

The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature is an Annie Award introduced in 1992, awarded annually to the best animated feature film.

History

In 1998, the award was renamed Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature,^[1] only to revert to its original title again in 2001.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Film	Studios
1992 (20th) ^[2]
	Beauty and the Beast	Walt Disney Pictures
	Bebe's Kids	Hyperion, Paramount Pictures
		20th Century Fox, FAI Films, Kroyer Films
1993 (21st) ^[3]
	Aladdin	Walt Disney Pictures
		Tokyo Movie Shinsha
	Once Upon a Forest
1994 (22nd) ^[4]
	The Lion King	Walt Disney Pictures
		Warner Bros. Animation
	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Touchstone Pictures, Skellington Productions
1995 (23rd) ^[5]
	Pocahontas	Walt Disney Feature Animation
	A Goofy Movie	Walt Disney Television Animation
	The Swan Princess	Rich Entertainment
1996 (24th) ^[6]
	Toy Story	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
	Balto
	Ghost in the Shell
	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Walt Disney Pictures
	James and the Giant Peach	Walt Disney Pictures, Skellington Productions, Allied Filmmakers
1997 (25th) ^[7]
	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Feature Animation, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, David Kirschner Productions
	Hercules	Walt Disney Feature Animation
	Space Jam	Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Feature Animation
1998 (26th)
	Mulan	Walt Disney Feature Animation
	Anastasia	20th Century Fox, Fox Animation Studios
	Quest for Camelot	Warner Bros. Feature Animation
	I Married a Strange Person!	Bill Plympton
1999 (27th) ^[8]
	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros. Feature Animation
	A Bug's Life	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
	The Prince of Egypt	DreamWorks Animation
		Paramount Pictures
	Tarzan	Walt Disney Pictures

2000s

Year	Film	Studios/Distributor
2000 (28th) ^[9]
	Toy Story 2	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
	Chicken Run	Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation, Pathé
	Fantasia 2000	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
	The Road to El Dorado	DreamWorks Animation
	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios, David Kirschner Productions
2001 (29th) ^[10]
	Shrek	DreamWorks Animation, PDI
		IG Plus, IPA, Sony Computer Entertainment, SPE Visual Works
	The Emperor's New Groove	Walt Disney Feature Animation
	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Feature Animation
2002 (30th) ^[11]
	Spirited Away	Studio Ghibli
	Ice Age	20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios
	Lilo & Stitch	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
	Monsters, Inc.	Pixar Animation Studios
		DreamWorks Animation
2003 (31st) ^[12]
	Finding Nemo	Pixar Animation Studios
	Brother Bear	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
		Warner Bros. Feature Animation
	Millennium Actress	Go Fish Pictures
	The Triplets of Belleville	Les Armateurs
2004 (32nd) ^[13]
	The Incredibles	Pixar Animation Studios
		Go Fish Pictures
	Shrek 2	DreamWorks Animation, PDI
	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, United Plankton Pictures
2005 (33rd) ^[14] ^[15]
		Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation
	Chicken Little	Walt Disney Feature Animation
	Corpse Bride	Laika Entertainment Production, Warner Bros. Pictures
	Howl's Moving Castle	Walt Disney Pictures, Studio Ghibli
	Madagascar	DreamWorks Animation, PDI
2006 (34th) ^[16]
	Cars	Pixar Animation Studios
	Happy Feet	Warner Bros. Pictures, Animal Logic, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, Village Roadshow Pictures
	Monster House	Amblin Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, ImageMovers
	Open Season	Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
	Over the Hedge	DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures
2007 (35th) ^[17]
	Ratatouille	Pixar Animation Studios
	Bee Movie	DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures
	Persepolis	Sony Pictures Classics
	The Simpsons Movie	20th Century Fox Animation, 20th Century Fox
	Surf's Up	Sony Pictures Animation
2008 (36th) ^[18]
	Kung Fu Panda	DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures
	$9.99	Sherman Pictures, Lama Films
	Bolt	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	WALL-E	Pixar Animation Studios
	Waltz with Bashir	Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films, Sony Pictures Classics
2009 (37th) ^[19]
	Up	Pixar Animation Studios
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony Pictures Animation
	Coraline	Laika
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox
	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	The Secret of Kells	Cartoon Saloon

2010s

Year	Film	Studios
2010 (38th) ^[20]
	How to Train Your Dragon	DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures
	Despicable Me	Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures
	The Illusionist	Django Films
	Tangled	Walt Disney Pictures
	Toy Story 3	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
2011 (39th) ^[21] ^[22]
	Rango	Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, Blind Wink Productions, GK Films
	The Adventures of Tintin	Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, WingNut Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures
	Arthur Christmas	Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation
	Cars 2	Pixar Animation Studios
	A Cat in Paris	Folimage
	Chico & Rita	Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
	Kung Fu Panda 2	DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures
	Puss in Boots
	Rio	20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox
	Arrugas (Wrinkles)	Perro Verde Films, S.L.
2012 (40th) ^[23]
	Wreck-It Ralph	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	Brave	Pixar Animation Studios
	Frankenweenie	The Walt Disney Studios
	Hotel Transylvania	Sony Pictures Animation
	ParaNorman	Laika, Focus Features
	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation
	The Rabbi's Cat	GKIDS
	Rise of the Guardians	DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures
2013 (41st) ^[24]
	Frozen	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	The Croods	DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox
	Despicable Me 2	Illumination Entertainment
	Ernest & Celestine	Les Armateurs
	A Letter to Momo
	Monsters University	Pixar Animation Studios
	The Wind Rises	Studio Ghibli, Touchstone Pictures
2014 (42nd) ^[25]
	How to Train Your Dragon 2	DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Studio Ghibli, GKIDS
	Big Hero 6	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	The Book of Life	20th Century Fox, Reel FX Animation Studios
	The Boxtrolls	Laika, Focus Features
	Cheatin'	Plymptoons Studio
	The Lego Movie	Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Animation Group, Village Roadshow Pictures
	Song of the Sea	Cartoon Saloon, GKIDS
2015 (43rd) ^[26] ^[27]
	Inside Out	Pixar Animation Studios
	Anomalisa	Paramount Pictures
	The Good Dinosaur	Pixar Animation Studios
	The Peanuts Movie	20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox
	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Aardman Animations
2016 (44th) ^[28] ^[29]
	Zootopia	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	Finding Dory	Pixar Animation Studios
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Laika
	Kung Fu Panda 3	DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox
	Moana	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2017 (45th) ^[30] ^[31]
	Coco	Pixar Animation Studios
	The Boss Baby	DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox
	Cars 3	Pixar Animation Studios
	Despicable Me 3	Illumination Entertainment
2018 (46th) ^[32] ^[33]
		Sony Pictures Animation
	Early Man	Aardman Animations
	Incredibles 2	Pixar Animation Studios
	Isle of Dogs	Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Walt Disney Animation Studios
2019 (47th) ^[34] ^[35]
	Klaus	Netflix Animation, The Spa Studios, Atresmedia Cine
	Frozen II	Walt Disney Animation Studios
		DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures
	Missing Link	Laika
	Toy Story 4	Pixar Animation Studios

2020s

Year	Film	Studios
2020 (48th) ^[36] ^[37]
	Soul	Pixar Animation Studios
		DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures
	Onward	Pixar Animation Studios
	Trolls World Tour	DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures
	The Willoughbys	Netflix Animation, BRON Animation, Creative Wealth Media
2021 (49th) ^[38] ^[39]
	style=background:#FAEB86;"	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Sony Pictures Animation
	Encanto	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	Luca	Pixar Animation Studios
	Raya and the Last Dragon	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	Sing 2	Illumination
2022 (50th) ^[40]
	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Netflix, Double Dare You!, ShadowMachine, The Jim Henson Company
		DreamWorks Animation
	The Sea Beast	Netflix
	Turning Red	Pixar Animation Studios
	Wendell & Wild
2023 (51st) ^[41] ^[42]
		Sony Pictures Animation
	The Boy and the Heron	Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS
	Nimona	Annapurna Animation, Netflix
	Suzume	CoMix Wave Films Inc., STORY inc.
		Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins by Film franchises

Wins	Film franchises
2	How to Train Your Dragon
	Toy Story
	Spider-Verse

Nominations by Film franchises

Nominations	Film franchises
4	Shrek
	Toy Story
3	Despicable Me
	How to Train Your Dragon
	Kung Fu Panda
2	The Croods
	Frozen
	Ghost in the Shell
	The Incredibles
	Monsters, Inc.
	Spider-Verse
	Wreck-It Ralph

Wins by Studio

Wins	Studio
scope=row style="text-align:center"	11	Pixar Animation Studios
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	Walt Disney Studios
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5	DreamWorks Animation
scope=row style="text-align:center"	3	Sony Pictures Animation
2	Netflix Animation
	Warner Bros. Animation

Nominations by Studio

Nominations	Studio
scope=row style="text-align:center"	33	Walt Disney Studios
scope=row style="text-align:center"	24	Pixar Animation Studios
scope=row style="text-align:center"	23	DreamWorks Animation
9	Sony Pictures Animation
	Warner Bros.
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8	20th Century Fox
6	Aardman Animations
	Laika
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5	Netflix Animation
4	GKIDS
	Studio Ghibli
	Paramount Pictures
	Illumination Entertainment
3	Blue Sky Studios
	Columbia Pictures
	Nickelodeon Movies
	PDI/DreamWorks
2	Cartoon Saloon
	Touchstone Pictures
	Go Fish Pictures
	Les Armateurs
	Skellington Productions
	Focus Features
	Production I.G
	Universal Pictures
	Amblin Entertainment
	Fox Animation Studios

See also

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film
• Japan Media Arts Festival
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film
• Animation Kobe
• Tokyo Anime Award
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature
• Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film

External links

• Annie Awards: Legacy

Notes and References

1. Web site: 26th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
2. Web site: 20th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
3. Web site: 21st Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
4. Web site: 22nd Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
5. Web site: 23rd Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
6. Web site: 24th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
7. Web site: 25th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
8. Web site: 27th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards.org. September 11, 2021.
9. Web site: 'Toy Story 2,' 'Fantasia' top Annie winners. Variety. Greg. Reifsteck. November 12, 2000. September 11, 2021.
10. Web site: Shrek Wins Big At 2001 Annie Awards. Animation World Network. Heather. Kenyon. January 16, 2002. September 11, 2021.
11. Web site: 'Lilo' leads Annie noms with 10. Variety. Denise. Martin. January 5, 2003. September 11, 2021.
12. Web site: 'Finding Nemo' nets top animation prize. Today. February 8, 2004. September 11, 2021.
13. Web site: The Incredibles & Brad Bird Soar at Annie Awards. Animation World Network. Sarah. Balsley. January 30, 2005. September 11, 2021.
14. Web site: Wallace & Gromit Leads Annie Nominations. Animation World Network. Rick. DeMott. December 5, 2005. September 11, 2021.
15. Web site: Gromit Sweeps Annie Awards. Animation Magazine. Ryan. Ball. February 5, 2006. September 11, 2021.
16. Web site: 'Cars' best film at Annie Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kilday. February 12, 2007. September 11, 2021.
17. Web site: 'Ratatouille' nearly sweeps Annies. Variety. Peter. Debruge. February 8, 2008. September 11, 2021.
18. Web site: 'Kung Fu Panda' rules Annie Awards. Variety. Peter. Debruge. January 30, 2009. September 11, 2021.
19. Web site: Up Wins the Annie. Vulture. Adam K.. Raymond. February 7, 2010. September 11, 2021.
20. Web site: 38th Annual Annie Animation Awards: DWA's 'How To Train Your Dragon' Wins (After Disney Boycotts). Deadline Hollywood. Nikki. Finke. February 5, 2011. September 11, 2021.
21. Web site: 'Kung Fu Panda 2' Leads Annie Award Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. Rebecca. Ford. December 5, 2011. September 11, 2021.
22. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Rango' Best Feature, 'The Simpsons' Best TV Series. Deadline Hollywood. February 4, 2012. September 11, 2021.
23. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Wreck-It-Ralph' Wins 5 Including Feature, Robot Chicken 'DC Comics Special' TV, 'Paperman' Best Short. Deadline Hollywood. Dominic. Patten. February 2, 2013. September 11, 2021.
24. Web site: 'Frozen' Takes Top Prize at Annie Awards. Variety. Terry. Flores. February 1, 2014. September 11, 2021.
25. Web site: 'How To Train Your Dragon 2′ Wins Annie Awards' Top Honor. Deadline Hollywood. Erik. Pedersen. January 31, 2015. September 11, 2021.
26. Web site: Annie Awards Noms: 'Inside Out', 'Anomalisa', 'Shaun The Sheep', 'Good Dinosaur' & 'Peanuts ' Up For Best Feature. Deadline Hollywood. Anthony. D'Alessandro. December 1, 2015. September 11, 2021.
27. Annie Awards 2016 winners list: Inside Out takes top prizes. Entertainment Weekly. Devan. Coggan. February 7, 2016. September 11, 2021.
28. Web site: 'Zootopia' Leads Annie Awards Nominations. Deadline Hollywood. Patrick. Hipes. November 28, 2016. September 11, 2021.
29. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Zootopia' Takes Best Animated Feature & 5 Others: Complete Winners List. Deadline Hollywood. Dominic. Patten. Erik. Pedersen. February 4, 2017. September 11, 2021.
30. Web site: 'Coco' Tops 2018 Annie Awards Nominations With 13. Variety. Terry. Flores. December 4, 2017. September 11, 2021.
31. Web site: 'Coco' Takes Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. TheWrap. Matt. Donnelly. Steve. Pond. February 3, 2018. September 11, 2021.
32. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Incredibles 2,' 'Ralph' Lead Feature Nominees; 'Mary Poppins Returns' Also Nominated. The Hollywood Reporter. Carolyn. Giardina. December 3, 2018. September 11, 2021.
33. Web site: 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Sweeps With Seven Wins at Annie Awards. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. Jeremy. Fuster. February 2, 2019. September 11, 2021.
34. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Frozen 2,' 'Missing Link' Lead Year of Surprises and Snubs. The Hollywood Reporter. Carolyn. Giardina. December 2, 2019. September 11, 2021.
35. Web site: 'Klaus' and Netflix Dominate at the Annie Awards. TheWrap. Steve. Pond. January 25, 2020. September 11, 2021.
36. Web site: 'Soul' and 'Wolfwalkers' Lead 48th Annie Awards with 10 Nominations. IndieWire. Bill. Desowitz. March 3, 2021. September 11, 2021.
37. Web site: 'Soul' Edges 'Wolfwalkers' For Most Trophies At Annie Awards; Three For TV's 'Hilda' Leads Field – Winners List. Deadline Hollywood. Erik. Pedersen. April 16, 2021. September 11, 2021.
38. Web site: Annie Awards Nominations: 'Raya And The Last Dragon' & 'Encanto' Lead Field For Animation Prizes. Deadline Hollywood. Erik. Pedersen. December 21, 2021. December 21, 2021.
39. Web site: Netflix's 'Mitchells vs. the Machines' and 'Arcane' Dominate the 49th Annie Awards. Variety. Terry. Flores. March 12, 2022. March 12, 2022.
40. Web site: Annie Awards Nominations: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' & 'Marcel The Shell' Lead Field. Deadline. Erik. Pedersen. January 17, 2023. January 17, 2023.
41. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nimona-2024-annie-awards-animated-feature-nominations-1235785110/ 'Nimona' Leads Annie Awards Animated Feature Competition' 'Wish' Snubbed - The Hollywood Reporter
42. Web site: Annie Awards: 'Spider-Man: Across the ‘Spider Verse' Leads With 7 Wins, Including Best Feature. The Hollywood Reporter. Hilary. Lewis. February 17, 2024. February 18, 2024.