The ASIFA has announced the nominees for this year’s Annie Awards, honoring the best in the world of animation. The Incredibles led all films with 16 nominations, followed by Shrek 2 and Shark Tale with 7 each. Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends led all TV shows with 4 nominations. The winners of the 32nd Annual Annie Awards will be annouced in a ceremony hosted by Tom Kenny on January 30, 2005.

The nominees are:

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence – Go Fish Pictures
The Incredibles – Pixar Animation Studios
Shrek 2 – DreamWorks Animation
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Peanut Worm Productions

Best Home Entertainment Production

The Lion King 1 1/2 – DisneyToon Studios
Mickey, Donald & Goofy “The Three Musketeers” – DisneyToon Studios
Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster – Warner Bros. Animation

Best Animated Short Subject

Agricultural Report – Barley Films
It’s The Cat – Mark Kausler
Lorenzo – Walt Disney Pictures
Rockfish – Blur Studio
Ryan – Copper Heart Entertainment/Nat’l Film Board of Canada

Best Animated Television Commercial

Looney Tunes AFLCA – Warner Bros. Animation
Nintendo Freeboy – Asylum
Quaker Chewy Bars Three Bears – Hornet Inc.
Reebok – Blur Studio
United Airlines Interview – Acme Filmworks

Best Animated Television Production

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network Studios
My Life As A Teenage – Frederator/Nickelodeon
SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon
Star Wars: Clone Wars – Cartoon Network Studios
The Batman – Warner Bros. Animation

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

Scott Cegielski – Shark Tale
Hisashi Ezura – Ghost In The Shell 2
Matt Hausman – The Polar Express
Martin Nguyen – The Incredibles
Jonathon Gibbs – Shrek 2

Character Animation

Ken Duncan – Shark Tale
John Kahrs – The Incredibles
Angus MacLane – The Incredibles
Peter Sohn – The Incredibles
Kureha Yokoo – The Incredibles

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Tony Fucile – The Incredibles
Carlos Grangel – Shark Tale
Joe Moshier – Home on the Range
Teddy Newton – The Incredibles

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

Ben Balistreri – The Fairly OddParents “Crash Nebula”
Shakeh Haghnazarian – Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi
Patrick Mat’e – “Father of the Pride”
Lynn Naylor-Reccardi/Pilot “House of Bloo’s” Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
Chris Reccardi – Powerpuff Girls – “West in Pieces”

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

Andrew Adamson, Conrad Vernon & Kelly Ashbury – Shrek 2
Brad Bird – The Incredibles
Will Finn & John Sanford – Home on the Range
Stephen Hillenburg – The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Mamoru Oshi – Ghost in the Shell 2

Directing in an Animated Television Production

Keith Alcorn – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius – Love Potion #976/3
Shaun Cashman & Phil Cummings – Attack of the Clowns
Eric Pringle – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – “Who Let The Dogs In”
Brian Sheesley – Nursery Crimes
Genndy Tartakovsky – Samurai Jack – “Tale of X-49”

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles
Harry Gregson-Williams – Shrek 2
Don Harper, Martin Erskine & Seth J. Friedman – The Lion King 1 1/2
Kenji Kawai – Ghost in the Shell 2
Gregor Narholz – The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Music in an Animated Television Production

Steve D’Angelo & Terry Tompkins – Peep
Jeff Danna & Steve Sullivan – Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends
Yoko Kanno – Wolf’s Rain
Robert J. Kral – Duck Dodgers

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Lou Romano – The Incredibles
Pierre-Olivier Vincent – Shark Tale
Sam Michlap – Shark Tale
Armand Balthazar – Shark Tale
Scott Fassett – Winnie the Pooh, Springtime with Roo

Production Design in an Animated Television Production

RIchard Daskas, – Samurai Jack “Season of Death”
Michael Giaimo – Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi “Episode 1”
Alex Kirwan, – My Life As A Teenage Robot
John Over – Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Mark Whiting – Duck Dodgers

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Chen-Yi Chang – Home on the Range
Ted Mathot – The Incredibles
Kevin O’Brien – The Incredibles
Chris Otsuki – Winnie The Pooh: Springtime with Roo
Conrad Vernon – Shrek 2

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

Alex Basio – Atomic Betty – “Spindly Tam Kanushu”
Wendy Grieb – Disney’s Dave the Barbarian – “The Maddening Sprite of the Stump”
Adam Van Wyk – He Man & The Masters of the Universe – “Awaken the Serpent”
Rossen Varbanov – Disney’s Brandy and Mr. Whiskers – “To The Moon, Whiskers”
Matthew Youngberg – Teen Titans – “Haunted”

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Tony Anselmo – Voice of Donald Duck – Mickey, Donald & Goofy “The Three Musketeers”
Antonio Banderas – Voice of Puss in Boots Shrek 2
Brad Bird – Voice of Edna Mode The Incredibles
Samuel L. Jackson – Voice of Lucius Best/Frozone The Incredibles
Rob Paulsen – Voice of The Troubadour – Mickey, Donald & Goofy “The Three Musketeers”

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

Maile Flanagan – Voice of Piggley Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Carolyn Lawrence – Voice of Cindy Vortex The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
Candi Milo – Voice of Mrs. Wakeman My Life As A Teenage Robot
Brittany Murphy – Voice of Luane Platter – King of the Hill – “Girl, You’ll Be A Giant Soon”
Russi Taylor – Voice of Ferny Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, David J. Stern and David N. Weiss – Shrek 2
Brad Bird – The Incredibles
Michael J. Wilson & Rob Letterman – Shark Tale

Writing in an Animated Television Production

Etan Cohen, – King of the Hill “Ceci N’est Pas Line”
Lauren Faust, – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends “World Wide Wabbit”
Evan Gore & Heather Gore – Disney’s Dave the Barbarian – “Ned Frischman: Man of Tomorrow”
Butch Hartman & Steve Marmel – The FairlyOddParents “Channel Chasers”
Brandon Sawyer – Disney’s Brandy and Mr. Whiskers “Cyranosaurus Rex”

JURIED AWARDS

June Foray Award – Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.
Bill Moritz

Winsor McCay Award – Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the
art of animation.
Don Bluth, Virginia Davis and Arnold Stang

Ub Iwerks Award
Dr. Ed Catmull

Special Achievement
Disney’s On the Front Lines DVD

Certificate of Merit
DreamWorks Animation SKG
Sivert Glarum

Nomination Totals:
(film, TV, and home video only)

The Incredibles – 16
Shark Tale – 7
Shrek 2 – 7
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends – 4
Ghost In The Shell 2 – 4
Home on the Range – 3
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks – 3
My Life As A Teenage Robot – 3
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – 3
The Three Musketeers – 3
Disney’s Brandy and Mr. Whiskers – 2
Disney’s Dave the Barbarian – 2
Duck Dodgers – 2
Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi – 2
King of the Hill – 2
Samurai Jack – 2
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius – 2
The Fairly OddParents – 2
The Lion King 1 1/2 – 2
Winnie the Pooh, Springtime with Roo – 2
Atomic Betty – 1
Attack of the Clowns – 1
Father of the Pride – 1
He Man & The Masters of the Universe – 1
Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends – 1
Nursery Crimes – 1
Peep – 1
Powerpuff Girls – 1
Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster – 1
SpongeBob SquarePants – 1
Star Wars: Clone Wars – 1
Teen Titans – 1
The Batman – 1
The Polar Express – 1
Wolf’s Rain – 1

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