40th Annie Awards

The 40th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2012 were held on February 2, 2013 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

WWW annieawards.org

Production nominees

Nominations announced on December 3, 2012

Best Animated Feature	Best Animated Special Production
Wreck-It Ralph—Walt Disney Animation Studios * Brave—Pixar * Frankenweenie—Walt Disney Pictures * Hotel Transylvania—Sony Pictures Animation * ParaNorman—Focus Features * Rise of the Guardians—DreamWorks Animation * The Pirates! Band of Misfits—Aardman Animations * The Rabbi's Cat—GKIDS	Despicable Me Minion Mayhem—Illumination Entertainment * Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1—Warner Bros. Animation * Beforel Orel: Trust—Starburns Industries, Inc. * Disney Tron: Uprising—Beck’s Beginning—Disney Television Animation * Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury—DreamWorks Animation * Justice League: Doom—Warner Bros. Animation
Best Animated Short Subject	Best Animated Television Production For Preschool Children
Paperman—Walt Disney Animation Studios * Brad and Gary—Illumination Entertainment * Bydlo—National Film Board of Canada * Eyes on the Stars—StoryCorps * Goodnight Mr. Foot—Sony Pictures Animation * Kali the Little Vampire—National Film Board of Canada * The Longest Daycare—Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television * Bill Plympton Couch Gag—Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television	Bubble Guppies—"A Tooth on the Looth"—Nickelodeon Animation Studio * Little Einsteins—"The Great Schubert's Guessing Game"—Disney Channel * Chuggington—"Magnetic Wilson"—Ludorum * Jake and the Never Land Pirates—"Peter Pan Returns"—Disney Television Animation * Mickey Mouse Clubhouse—"Minnie's Pajama Party"—Disney Junior * Doc McStuffins—"The Right Stuff"—Brown Bag Films * Justin Time—"Marcello’s Meatballs"—Guru Studio
Best Animated Television Production For Children	Best General Audience Animated Television Production
Dragons: Riders of Berk—"How to Pick Your Dragon"—DreamWorks Animation * Adventure Time—"Princess Cookie"—Cartoon Network Studios * Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out—Threshold Animation Studios * The Penguins of Madagascar—"Action Reaction"—Nickelodeon Animation Studio * SpongeBob SquarePants—"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"—Nickelodeon Animation Studios * The Amazing World of Gumball—"The Job"—Cartoon Network Studio Europe * The Fairly OddParents—"Farm Pit"—Nickelodeon Animation Studios * The Legend of Korra—"Welcome to Republic City"/"A Leaf in the Wind"—Nickelodeon Animation Studios	Robot Chicken DC Comics Special—Stoopid Buddy Studios * Archer: Space Race, Part 1—Weissman Markovitz Communications for FX * Bob's Burgers: Ear-sy Rider—20th Century Fox TV * Motorcity: Blonde Thunder—Disney Television Animation * Mad: FrankenWinnie/ParaMorgan—Warner Bros. Animation * South Park: Raising the Bar—Central Productions
Best Animated Video Game	Best Student Film
Journey—Sony Computer Entertainment America * Borderlands 2—Gearbox Software * Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse—Heavy Iron Studios * Skullgirls—Lab Zero Games	Head Over Heels—Timothy Reckart * Can We Be Happy Now—Tahnee Gehm * Defective Detective—Avner Geller & Stevie Lewis * I Am Tom Moody—Ainslie Henderson * Ladies Knight—Joseph Rothenberg * Origin—Jessica Poon * The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete—Adam Campbell, Elizabeth McMahill, Uri Lotan * Tule Lake—Michelle Ikemoto