The International Animated Film Society announced nominations recently for its 36th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year's best animated features, television productions, commercials, video games and short subjects. DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda leads the field with 17 nominations out of 27 overall for the studio, including Best Animated Feature, and individual nominations for character animation, character design, directing, music, production design, storyboarding, voice acting and writing. Walt Disney Animation Studios and its Best Animated Feature Bolt received 9 nominations and Pixar Animation Studios and its Best Animated Feature Wall-E received 8 nominations.
Winners will be announced at the 36th Annual Annie Awards ceremony on January 30, 2009, at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA. For a complete listing of Annie Award nominations, visit www.annieawards.org.
