40th Annie Awards

40th Annie Awards
Date	February 2, 2013
Site	Royce Hall Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host	Leonard Maltin, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche and Seth Green[1]
Organizer	ASIFA-Hollywood
Highlights
Best Animated Feature	Wreck-It Ralph
Best Direction	Rich Moore Wreck-It Ralph
Most awards	Wreck-It Ralph (5)
Most nominations	Brave, Wreck-It Ralph, and Rise of the Guardians (10)[2]

The 40th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2012 were held on February 2, 2013 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Production nominees

Best Animated Feature

Wreck-It Ralph - Walt Disney Animation Studios

• Brave – Pixar Animation Studios
• Frankenweenie – Walt Disney Pictures
• Hotel Transylvania – Sony Pictures Animation
• ParaNorman – Focus Features
• Rise of the Guardians – DreamWorks Animation
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - DreamWorks Animation
• The Rabbi's Cat - GKIDS

Best Animated Special Production

Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem - Illumination Entertainment

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 - Warner Bros. Animation
• Beforel Orel: Trust - Starburns Industries, Inc.
• Disney Tron: Uprising – Beck’s Beginning - Disney Television Animation
• Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury - DreamWorks Animation
• Justice League: Doom - Warner Bros. Animation

Best Animated Short Subject

Paperman – Walt Disney Animation Studios

• Brad and Gary – Illumination Entertainment
• Bydlo – National Film Board of Canada
• Eyes on the Stars – StoryCorps
• Goodnight Mr. Foot – Sony Pictures Animation
• Kali the Little Vampire – National Film Board of Canada
• The Longest Daycare – Gracie Films,20th Century Fox Television
• Bill Plympton Couch Gag – Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television

Best Animated Television Commercial

No nominations

Best Animated Television Production For Preschool Children

Bubble Guppies — "A Tooth on the Looth" — Nickelodeon Animation Studio

• Chuggington — "Magnetic Wilson" — Ludorum
• VeggieTales — "Little Guys Can Do Bigs Things Too" — Big Idea
• Doc McStuffins — "The Right Stuff" — Brown Bag Films
• Justin Time — "Marcello’s Meatballs" — Guru Studio

Best Animated Television Production For Children

Dragons: Riders of Berk — "How to Pick Your Dragon" — DreamWorks Animation

• Adventure Time — "Princess Cookie" — Cartoon Network Studios
• Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out — Threshold Animation Studios
• The Penguins of Madagascar — "Action Reaction" — Nickelodeon Animation Studio
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — " Follow The Leader" — Nickelodeon Animation Studios
• The Amazing World of Gumball — "The Job" — Cartoon Network Studio Europe
• The Fairly OddParents — "Farm Pit" — Nickelodeon Animation Studios
• The Legend of Korra — "Welcome to Republic City"/"A Leaf in the Wind" — Nickelodeon Animation Studios

Best General Audience Animated Television Production

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special - Stoopid Buddy Studios

• Archer: Space Race, Part 1 - Weissman Markovitz Communications for FX
• Bob's Burgers: Ear-sy Rider - 20th Century Fox TV
• Motorcity: Blonde Thunder - Disney Television Animation
• Mad: FrankenWinnie/ParaMorgan - Warner Bros. Animation
• South Park: Raising the Bar - Central Productions

Best Animated Video Game

Journey — Sony Computer Entertainment America

• Borderlands 2 — Gearbox Software
• Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse – Heavy Iron Studios
• Skullgirls — Lab Zero Games

Best Student Film

Head Over Heels — Timothy Reckart

• Can We Be Happy Now — Tahnee Gehm
• Defective Detective — Avner Geller & Stevie Lewis
• I Am Tom Moody — Ainslie Henderson
• Ladies Knight — Joseph Rothenberg
• Origin — Jessica Poon
• The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete — Adam Campbell, Elizabeth McMahill, Uri Lotan
• Tule Lake — Michelle Ikemoto

References

1. Wolfe, Jennifer (January 29, 2013). "Hosts Announced for 40th Annual Annie Awards". Animation World Network. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
2. Tapley, Kristopher (December 3, 2012). "'Brave,' 'Guardians' and 'Wreck-It Ralph' lead 40th annual Annie Awards nominees". Hitfix. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

External links

• Complete list of 40th Annual Annie Awards nominees and winners