29th Annie Awards


The 29th annual Annie Awards honoring animation excellence in 2001. Shrek became the big winner of 2001, taking eight of its twelve nominations, including the Best Animated Feature.

Best Animated Feature

Winner:Shrek-DreamWorks
Nominees:Osmosis Jones-Warner Bros.Blood: The Last Vampire-Production I.GThe Emperor's New Groove-Walt Disney Pictures

Best Animated Short Subject

Winner:Hubert's Brain-WildBrain Inc.
Nominees:Mr. Digital Tokoro #1542-Nippon TVRejected-Don HertzfeldtStubble Trouble-Calabash Animation

Best Animated Home Video Production

Winner:Batman Beyond: return of the Joker-Warner Bros Animation
Nominees:Joseph: King of dreams-DreamWorks SKGLady & the Tramp II: Scamp's adventure-Walt Disney Television Animation

Other awards

The Emperor's New Groove nabbed three awards: one for Voice Acting in a Feature Production with Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Character Animation for Dale Baer on said character and best song.
Other winners included Eddie Murphy for the role of Donkey in Shrek, The Simpsons, Futurama, Invader Zim, Kathy Najimy for her role as Peggy Hill in King of the Hill, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and The Powerpuff Girls.

June Foray Award

Winsor McCay Award