O Annie Awards é considerado o Oscar da animação, e no ano que vem vai para a sua 35º edição, premiando os melhores trabalhos tanto para cinema quanto para televisão.

Os indicados da premiação que acontecerá no dia 8 de fevereiro de 2008 foram revelados essa semana, e são divididos por obras e individualmente, que premia os profissionais envolvidos em cada aspecto do trabalho.

Para variar, a Pixar lidera com 13 indicações para o seu “Ratatouille”, incluindo Melhor Animação, além das indicações individuais para direção, roteiro, animação de personagem, música e dublagem. “Tá Dando Onda” da Sony Pictures vem em segundo, com 10 indicações.

Na categoria Melhor Animação, além de “Ratatouille” e “Tá Dando Onda”, concorrem “Bee Movie”, “Persepolis” e “Simpsons: O Filme”.

Para televisão, a série “El Tigre” da Nickelodeon lidera com 4 indicações. A produção concorre na categoria Melhor Animação para Televisão junto com “Creative Comforts” da Aardman Animations, “Jane and the Dragon” da Weta Productions, “Kim Possible” da Disney, “Moral Orel” e “Robot Chicken Star Wars” da ShadowMachine.

Confira abaixo a extensa lista de todos os filmes, curtas e profissionais indicados ao 35º Annie Awards.

Categorias de produções:

Best Animated Feature
• Bee Movie DreamWorks Animation)
• Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• The Simpsons Movie (Twentieth Century Fox)

Best Home Entertainment Production
• Doctor Strange (MLG Productions)
• Futurama - Bender’s Big Score (The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television)

Best Animated Short Subject
• Everything Will Be OK (Bitter Films)
• How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
• Shorty McShorts’ Shorts - Mascot Prep (Walt Disney Television Animation)
• The Chestnut Tree (Picnic Pictures)
• Your Friend the Rat (Pixar Animation Studios)

Best Animated Television Commercial
• CVS Watering Can (Acme Filmworks)
• Esurance Homeowners (Wild Brain)
• Idaho Lottery: Twister (Acme Filmworks)
• Oregon Lottery Alaska (Laika/house)
• Power Shares Escape Average (Acme Filmworks)

Best Animated Television Production
• Jane and the Dragon (Weta Productions Limited & Nelvana Limited)
• Creative Comforts America (Aardman Animations)
• Moral Orel (ShadowMachine)
• Robot Chicken Star Wars (ShadowMachine)
• Kim Possible (Walt Disney Television Animation)

Best Animated Television Production for Children
• Chowder (Cartoon Network Studios)
• El Tigre (Nickelodeon)
• Little Einsteins (Disney Channel)
• Peep and the Big Wide World (Discovery Kids)
• The Backyardigans (Nickelodeon)

Best Animated Video Game
• Avatar: The Last Airbender The Burning Earth (THQ, Inc.)
• Bee Movie Game (Activision)
• Ratatouille (THQ, Inc.)
• Transformers: The Game (Blur Studios)

Categorias Individuais

Animated Effects
• Gary Bruins, Ratatouille, Pixar Animation Studios)
• Deborah Carlson, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Ryan Laney, Spider-Man 3 (Sony Pictures Imageworks )
• James Mansfield, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
• Jon Reisch, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)

Animation Production Artist
• John Clark, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Michael Isaak, Bee Movie (DreamWorks Animation)
• Hyun-Min Lee, The Chestnut Tree (Picnic Pictures)
• Natasha Liberman, Growing Up Creepie - Creepie & The Candy Factory (Taffy Entertainment LLC, Telegrael Teoranta, Discovery Communications Inc., SunWoo Entertainment, Peach Blossom Media)
• Jim Worthy, My Gym Partner’s A Monkey - Meet the Spidermonkeys (Cartoon Network Studios)

Character Animation in a Feature Production
• Dave Hardin, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Alan Hawkins, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Michal Makarewicz, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)

Character Animation in a Television Production
• Elizabeth Harvatine - Moral Orel - Nature 2 (ShadowMachine)
• Monica Kennedy, El Tigre (Nickelodeon)
• Eric Towner, Robot Chicken (ShadowMachine)

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
• Sylvain Deboissy, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Carter Goodrich, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)

Character Design in an Animated Television Production
• Jorge R. Gutierrez, El Tigre - Fistful of Collars (Nickelodeon)

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
• Brad Bird, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Ash Brannon & Chris Buck, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Chris Miller & Raman Hui, Shrek The Third (DreamWorks Animation)
• Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
• David Silverman, The Simpsons Movie (Twentieth Century Fox)

Directing in an Animated Television Production
• Seth Green, Robot Chicken Star Wars, ShadowMachine)
• David Hartman, Tigger & Pooh -Turtles Need for Speed (Walt Disney Television Animation)
• Raymie Muzquiz, Squirrel Boy - Gumfight at the S’Okay Corral (Cartoon Network Studios)
• Howy Parkins, The Emperor’s New School - Emperor’s New Musical (Walt Disney Television Animation)
• Gary Trousdale, Shrek The Halls (DreamWorks Animation)

Music in an Animated Feature Production
• Olivier Bernet, Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright & Rob Thomas, Meet The Robinsons (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
• Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Rupert Gregson-Williams, Bee Movie, DreamWorks Animation)
• Amy Powers, Russ DeSalvo & Jeff Danna, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Video/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)

Music in an Animated Television Production
• Alf Clausen & Michael Price, The Simpsons - Yokel Chords (Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox)
• Evan Lurie, Robert Scull & Steven Bernstein, The Backyardigans - International Super Spy (Nickelodeon)
• Drew Neumann & Gregory Hinde, Billy & Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure (Cartoon Network Studios)
• Shawn Patterson, El Tigre - Yellow Pantera (Nickelodeon)
• James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington, Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends - The Bloo Superdude and the Magic Potato Power (Cartoon Network Studios)

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
• Doug Chiang, Beowulf (Paramount Pictures)
• Harley Jessup, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Marcelo Vignali, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)

Production Design in an Animated Television Production
• NONE

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
• Don Hall, Meet The Robinsons (Walt Disney Feature Animation)
• Denise Koyama, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Ted Mathot, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Sean Song, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IMAGI Animation Studios)
• Nassos Vakalis, Bee Movie (DreamWorks Animation)

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
• Ben Balistreri, Danny Phantom - Torrent of Terror (Nickelodeon)
• Aldin Baroza, The Replacements - London Calling (Walt Disney Television Animation)
• Dave Bennett, Tom and Jerry Tales (Warner Bros. Animation)
• Steve Fonti, Family Guy - No Chris Left Behind (Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions)
• Roy Meurin, My Friends Tigger and Pooh - Good Night to Pooh (Walt Disney Television Animation)

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
• Janeane Garofalo, Voice of Collette, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Ian Holm, Voice of Skinner, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Julie Kavner, Voice of Marge Simpson, The Simpsons Movie (Twentieth Century Fox)
• Patton Oswalt, Voice of Remy, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• Patrick Warburton, Voice of Ken, Bee Movie (DreamWorks Animation)

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
• Scott Adsit, Voice of Clay Puppington, Moral Orel (ShadowMachine)
• Madison Davenport, Voice of Sophianna, Christmas is Here Again! (Easy To Dream Entertainment)
• Tom Kenny, Voice of SpongeBob, SpongeBob SquarePants - Spy Buddies (Nickelodeon)
• Eartha Kitt, Voice of Yzma, The Emperor’s New School - Emperor’s New Musical (Walt Disney Television Animation)
• Eddie Murphy, Voice of Donkey, Shrek The Halls (DreamWorks Animation)

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
• Brad Bird, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios)
• James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David, Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti, The Simpsons Movie (Twentieth Century Fox)
• Don Rhymer and Ash Brannon & Chris Buck & Christopher Jenkins, Surf’s Up (Sony Pictures Animation)
• Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)

Writing in an Animated Television Production
• C.H. Greenblatt & William Reiss, Chowder - Burple Nurples (Cartoon Network Studios)
• Gene Grillo, Back at the Barnyard - Cowman and Ratboy (Nickelodeon)
• Ian Maxtone-Graham & Billy Kimball, The Simpsons - 24 Minutes (Gracie Films)
• Christopher Painter, Squirrel Boy - I Only Have Eye For You (Cartoon Network Studios)
• Tom Sheppard, My Gym Partner’s A Monkey - The Butt of the Jake (Cartoon Network Studios)