The nominees for the 2006 DVD Exclusive Awards have been announced. With 44 nods, Buena Vista Home Entertainment leads the way in nominations. While a number of animated films managed to rank in many nominations not specifically associated with animation, the nominees for categories directly linked to animation include:

Overall Movie, Animated DVD Premiere
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus With 3D (Lionsgate)
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (Fox)
Kronk’s New Groove (Disney)
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Disney)
Tarzan II (Disney)

Animated Character Performance (voice and animation in a DVD premiere movie)
Stewie Griffin, voice: Seth MacFarlane, animator TBA; Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (Fox)
Kronk, voice Patrick Warburton, animator TBA; Kronk’s New Groove (Disney)
Yzma, voice Eartha Kitt, animator TBA; Kronk’s New Groove (Disney)
Lilo, voice: Dakota Fanning; animators: Kevin Peaty and Ritsuko Notani; Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Disney)
Zugor, voice: George Carlin, animator: Bernard Derriman; Tarzan II (Disney)

Visual Effects (in a DVD premiere movie)
Marvin Petilla, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Disney)
Marvin Petilla, Tarzan II (Disney)
Jamison Goei, Dracula III: Legacy (Miramax/Disney)
credit TBA, The Snow Walker (First Look)
credit TBA, Mulan II (Disney)