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Annie Awards Announced: DreamWorks and Ubisoft Big Winners

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This weekend was the 42nd Annual Annie Awards, and both Disney and DreamWorks came away big winners. Disney dominated the majority of the categories both in their feature and television productions. However, DreamWorks's followed up its Golden Globe win with a Best Animated Feature win for "How to Train Your Dragon 2". Disney's short about a dog's complex culinary relationship with its owner, "Feast" also won Best Animated Short. The short's win bodes well for it's Oscar chances as does "How To Train Your Dragon 2". Best Character design went to Reel FX studio's Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez for "The Book of Life". In the video game' category, both Ubisoft's Assassin’s Creed Unity  and Valiant Hearts: The Great War took home Best Animation and Best Video Game respectively. Below is the full list of Annie Award winners ordered by category. Let us know which animated productions were your favorites by commenting below.

Annie Award Winners

Best Animated Feature

  • ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ - DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Special Production

  • ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ – Voyager Pictures LLC

Best Animated Short Subject

  • ‘Feast’ - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial

  • ‘Flight of the Stories’ – Aardman Animations

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

  • ‘Tumble Leaf’ – Amazon Studios

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For a Children’s Audience

  • ‘Gravity Falls’ - Disney Television Animation

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production

  • ‘The Simpsons’ - Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television

Best Video Game

  • ‘Valiant Hearts: The Great War’ – Ubisoft

Best Student Film

  • Jason Rayner - ‘My Big Brother’ - Savannah College of Art and Design

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

  • Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik - ‘Big Hero 6’- Walt Disney Animation Studios

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

  • Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist – ‘Edge of Tomorrow’- Sony Pictures Imageworks

Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

  • Justin Nichols – ‘Wander Over Yonder’ – Disney Television Animation

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

  • Fabio Lignini – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Live Action Production

  • Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ - Weta Digital

Character Animation in a Video Game

  • Mike Mennillo – ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’- Ubisoft

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Benjamin Balistreri – ‘Wander Over Yonder’- Disney Television Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

  • Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez – ‘The Book of Life’ - Reel FX

Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Aaron Springer – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ - Disney Television Animation

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

  • Dean DeBlois – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ - DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Christopher Willis – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ - Disney Television Animation

Music in an Animated Feature Production

  • John Powell, Jónsi – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Narina Sokolova – ‘Mickey Shorts’ - Disney

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

  • Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure, August Hall – ‘The Boxtrolls’ - Focus Features/Laika

Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Joaquim Dos Santos – ‘Legend of Korra, Venom of the Red Lotus’ - Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

  • Truong “Tron” Son Mai – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ - DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Bill Farmer as the voice of Goofy and Grandma – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ - Disney Television Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

  • Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher – ‘The Boxtrolls’ – Focus Features/Laika

Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Darrick Bachman – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – Disney Television Animation

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

  • Phil Lord, Christopher Miller – ‘The LEGO Movie’ – Warner Bros. Pictures

Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

  • Illya Owens – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ - Disney Television Animation

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

  • John K. Carr – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation