43rd Annie Awards

The 43rd Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2015 was held on February 6, 2016, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, presenting in 36 categories. This year, a new category called Best Animated Feature — Independent was introduced.

Production categories

On December 1, 2015, the nominations for Annie Awards were announced. Inside Out earned the most number of nominations with 14, followed by The Good Dinosaur with 10. Minions earned seven nominations while Anomalisa, Shaun the Sheep Movie, and The Peanuts Movie each received five.

Multiple awards and nominations

Films

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
14	Inside Out
10	The Good Dinosaur
7	Minions
5	Anomalisa
5	The Peanuts Movie
5	Shaun the Sheep Movie
3	Avengers: Age of Ultron
3	Boy and the World
3	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
3	Home
3	Hotel Transylvania 2
3	Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
3	When Marnie Was There
2	Extraordinary Tales
2	He Named Me Malala
2	Jurassic World
2	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

The following film received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
10	Inside Out

Television/Broadcast

The following television productions received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
7	Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
5	Dragons: Race to the Edge
5	Mickey Mouse
5	Pig Goat Banana Cricket
4	Gravity Falls
4	Wander Over Yonder
3	Bob's Burgers
3	Dawn of the Croods
3	Star vs. the Forces of Evil
3	Steven Universe
2	The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2	Adventure Time
2	Breadwinners
2	Harvey Beaks
2	The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
2	Niko and the Sword of Light
2	Peter Rabbit
2	Pickle and Peanut
2	Puffin Rock
2	Sanjay and Craig
2	Sheriff Callie's Wild West
2	The Simpsons

The following television productions received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
3	Mickey Mouse
2	Bob's Burgers