40th Annie Awards


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.

Production nominees

Nominations announced on December 3, 2012
Best Animated FeatureBest Animated Special Production

  • Wreck-It Ralph—Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • * Brave—Pixar
  • * Frankenweenie—Walt Disney Pictures
  • * Hotel Transylvania—Sony Pictures Animation
  • * ParaNorman—Focus Features
  • * Rise of the Guardians—DreamWorks Animation
  • * The Pirates! Band of Misfits—Aardman Animations
  • * The Rabbi's Cat—GKIDS
  • Despicable Me Minion Mayhem—Illumination Entertainment
  • * '—Warner Bros. Animation
  • * Beforel Orel: Trust—Starburns Industries, Inc.
  • * Disney —Beck’s Beginning—Disney Television Animation
  • * Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury—DreamWorks Animation
  • * '—Warner Bros. Animation
  • Best Animated Short SubjectBest Animated Television Production For Preschool Children
  • 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
  • Bubble Guppies—"A Tooth on the Looth"—Nickelodeon Animation Studio
  • * Chuggington—"Magnetic Wilson"—Ludorum
  • * Jake and the Never Land Pirates—"Peter Pan Returns"—Disney Television Animation
  • * Doc McStuffins—"The Right Stuff"—Brown Bag Films
  • * Justin Time—"Marcello’s Meatballs"—Guru Studio
  • Best Animated Television Production For ChildrenBest General Audience Animated Television Production
  • —"How to Pick Your Dragon"—DreamWorks Animation
  • * Adventure Time—"Princess Cookie"—Cartoon Network Studios
  • * '—Threshold Animation Studios
  • * The Penguins of Madagascar—"Action Reaction"—Nickelodeon Animation Studio
  • * SpongeBob SquarePants—"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"—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
  • 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 GameBest Student Film
  • Journey—Sony Computer Entertainment America
  • * Borderlands 2—Gearbox Software
  • * '—Heavy Iron Studios
  • * Skullgirls—Lab Zero Games
  • 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