36th Annie Awards

The **36th Annual Annie Awards**, honoring the best in animation for 2008, were held on 30 January 2009 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Below is a list of announced nominees. _Kung Fu Panda_ received the most awards with 11, winning nearly all of its nominations.

### 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_

### 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 (film)_
    - 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

- **Jen 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

- **Jon 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

## Other websites

- Official Site of the Annie Awards
- 2008 Nominations