# 36th Annie Awards

The 36th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2008, were held on January 30, 2009, at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Below is a list of announced nominees. Kung Fu Panda received the most awards with 10, winning nearly all of its nominations, albeit amid controversy.

## Production nominees

Nominations announced on December 1, 2008.

### Best Animated Feature

* Kung Fu Panda
** Bolt
** $9.99
** WALL-E
** Waltz with Bashir

### Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment Production

* Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
** Batman: Gotham Knight
** Christmas Is Here Again
** Justice League: The New Frontier
** The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

### Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject

* Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
** Glago's Guest
** Hot Dog
** Presto
** Sebastian's Voodoo

### Annie Award for Best Animated Television Commercial

* United Airlines "Heart"
** Giant Monster
** Long Legs Mr. Hyde
** Rotofugi: The Collectors
** Sarah

### Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production

* Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
** King of the Hill
** Moral Orel
** Phineas and Ferb
** The Simpsons

### Best Animated Television Production for Children

* Avatar: The Last Airbender – Nickelodeon
** A Miser Brothers' Christmas – Warner Bros.
** Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends – Cartoon Network
** Underfist: Halloween Bash – Cartoon Network
** The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon

### Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game

* Kung Fu Panda
** Dead Space
** WALL-E

## Individual Achievement
### Animated Effects

* Li-Ming Lawrence Lee – Kung Fu Panda
** Alen Lai – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who
** Fangwei Lee – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
** Kevin Lee – Bolt
** Enrique Vila – WALL-E

### Character Animation in a Feature Production

* James Baxter – Kung Fu Panda
** Jeff Gabor – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who
** Philippe Le Brun – Kung Fu Panda
** Victor Navone – WALL-E
** Dan Wagner – Kung Fu Panda

### Character Animation in a Television Production

* Pierre Perifel – Secrets of the Furious Five
** Sandro Cleuzo – Secrets of the Furious Five
** Joshua A. Jennings – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

### Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

* Nico Marlet – Kung Fu Panda
** Valerie Hadida – Igor
** Sang Jun Lee – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who

### Character Design in an Animated Television Production

* Nico Marlet – Secrets of the Furious Five
** Bryan Arnett – Mighty B!: "Bat Mitzah Crashers"
** Ben Balistreri – Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "Mondo Coco"
** Sean Galloway – The Spectacular Spider-Man
** Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera: "The Good, The Bad, The Tigre"

### Directing in an Animated Feature Production

* John Stevenson and Mark Osborne – Kung Fu Panda
** Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen – The Tale Of Despereaux
** Ari Folman – Waltz with Bashir
** Tatia Rosenthal – $9.99
** Andrew Stanton – WALL-E

### Directing in an Animated Television Production

* Joaquim Dos Santos – Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Sozin’s Comet: Into the Inferno"
** Bob Anderson – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
** Craig McCracken and Rob Renzetti – Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "Destination Imagination"
** Chris McKay – Moral Orel: "Passing"
** Alan Smart – SpongeBob SquarePants: "Penny Foolish"

### Music in an Animated Feature Production

* Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Kevin Manthei – Batman: Gotham Knight – Warner Bros. Animation
** John Powell – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios
** Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
** William Ross – The Tale of Despereaux (film) – Universal Pictures

### Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

* Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
** Carl Finch & Brave Combo – Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns – CTTV Productions
** Kevin Kiner – Star Wars The Clone Wars: Rising Malevolence – Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
** Guy Moon – Back at the Barnyard Cowman: The Uddered Avenger – Nickelodeon/Omation
** Guy Michelmore – Growing Up Creepie: Rockabye Freakie – Taffy Entertainment LLC

### Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

* Tang Heng Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Ralph Eggleston WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
** Paul Felix Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Evgeni Tomov The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures
** Raymond Zibach Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation

### Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

* Tang Heng Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
** Andy Harkness Glago's Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! "Bee Patients" – Nickelodeon
** Dan Krall – Chowder "The Heavy Sleeper" – Cartoon Network Studios
** Raymond Zibach Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation

### Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

* Jennifer Yuh Nelson – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Alessandro Carloni – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Ronnie Del Carmen – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
** Joe Mateo Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Rob Stevenhagen – The Tale Of Despereaux – Universal Pictures

### Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

* Chris Williams Glago's Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios
** Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents "Mission: Responsible" – Nickelodeon
** Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan "Twirly Whirly Flyers" – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
** Andy Schuhler – Secret of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
** Eddie Trigueros The Mighty B! "Name Shame"– Nickelodeon

### Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

* Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Ben Burtt – Voice of WALL-E – WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios
** James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios

### Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

* Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
** Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy "I Dream of Jesus" – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
** Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder "Apprentice Games" – Cartoon Network Studios

### Writing in an Animated Feature Production

* Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation
** Etan Cohen and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa – DreamWorks Animation
** Ari Folman – Waltz With Bashir – Sony Pictures Classics, Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films
** Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who – Blue Sky Studios

### Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form

* Tom Root, Douglas Goldstein, Hugh Davidson, Mike Fasolo, Seth Green, Dan Milano, Matthew Senreich, Kevin Shinick, Zeb Wells, Breckin Meyer – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – ShadowMachine
** Joel H. Cohen – The Simpsons "The Debarted" – Gracie Films/Fox TV
** Scott Kreamer – El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera "Mustache Love" – Nickelodeon
** Paul McEvoy and Todd Berger – Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation
** Chris Williams – Glago's Guest – Walt Disney Animation Studios

## Juried award winners

* Winsor McCay Award — Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park
* June Foray Award — Bill Turner
* Certificate of Merit — Amir Avni, Mike Fontanelli, Kathy Turner and Alex Vassilev