Annie Award

All you want to know about Annie Award

For a partial list of people who have won Annie Awards, see :Category:Annie Award winners.

Animated Effects
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Character Animation in a Television Production
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Directing in an Animated Television Production
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Music in an Animated Television Production
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Production Design in an Animated Television Production
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Writing in an Animated Television Production

Juried Awards

June Foray Award
Ub Iwerks Award
Winsor McCay Award
Special Achievement in Animation
Certificate of Merit

Balloting controversies

Official rules for the Annie Awards state that voting members must view all nominated achievements in their entirety before casting their ballot for a winner. Members are directed to view the nominated films on a secure website. In 2008, the Annie Award nominees for "Best Short Subject" included two Walt Disney cartoons, a Pixar short, and two independent films: Picnic Pictures' "Chestnut Tree", and Don Hertzfeldt's popular short, Everything Will Be OK.

When the online ballot launched on January 15, the two independent films were not included for voters to judge. ASIFA acknowledged this error over a week later, at which point all the votes were reportedly thrown out and the balloting system was reset. Voters were instructed to return and re-vote the category. "The Chestnut Tree" was now uploaded properly to the ballot, however Everything Will Be OK was again not included: this time, the online ballot only played a portion of this film's 17 minute running time to voters, abruptly cutting out in the middle of a scene. ASIFA again took several days to repair the ballot, but this time allowed voting to continue. By the time the ballot officially closed on February 1, Everything Will Be OK was only available to voters for less than 24 hours of the entire 18 day voting period. ^[1]

Though ASIFA publicly apologized to Don Hertzfeldt, they took no action to remedy (or further address) the admittedly unfair voting procedures and carried on with the event, awarding the prize to the Pixar short, "Your Friend the Rat". Reaction from animation fans and bloggers ranged from disappointment to outrage. ^[2]