‘The Wild Robotic,’ ‘Arcane’ Win Large at Annie Awards: Complete Record

DreamWorks Animation’s heartwarming “The Wild Robotic” ran away with probably the most trophies on the 52nd annual Annie Awards with 9, together with easiest characteristic. Netflix’s online game adaptation “Arcane” led the TV/Media classes with seven. However Saturday’s rite didn’t move off with no hitch, as a couple of fireplace alarms went off on the venue, UCLA’s, Royce Corridor, together with one who interrupted the rite.

A fireplace alarm went off about midway during the rite, inflicting attendees to evacuate the theater and go out the development earlier than returning to their seats and resuming the demonstrate. A 2nd hearth alarm went off all over the pre-show reception, holding masses of visitors ready at the grounds and not able to go into the development for kind of 45 mins. “There used to be a sensor that used to be tripped after which needed to act and get everyone out. As soon as the fireplace marshal mentioned it used to be transparent, shall we return in. However there used to be no hearth.” ASIFA-Hollywood govt director Aubry Mintz instructed Selection.

Each “Robotic” and “Arcane” received in each class during which they had been nominated. In the meantime, the Latvian movie “Drift,” a few cat’s adventure for survival following a flood, received two Annies, together with one for easiest animated characteristic – unbiased.

The wins for “The Wild Robotic”–which additionally claimed the PGA Award for an animated characteristic on Saturday–and “Drift” cement their positions as front-runners for the animated characteristic Oscar. “Drift,” which additionally received for easiest writing (Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža), could also be up for overseas movie on the Academy Awards subsequent month, and it received the Golden Globe for animated characteristic in January.

Along with profitable easiest characteristic, “The Wild Robotic,” tailored from Peter Brown’s e book of the similar title, picked up the characteristic directing Annie for writer-director Chris Sanders and voice appearing nod for Lupita Nyong’o, who performed the name robotic Roz. Nyong’o used to be up in opposition to castmate Equipment Connor within the characteristic voice appearing class. Different Annie winners for “The Wild Robotic” are Kris Bowers for song; Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim and Steve Avoujageli for characteristic FX; Fabio Lignini for personality animation; Raymond Zibach and Ritchie Sacilioc for manufacturing design; Genevieve Tsai for personality design; and Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon and Brian Parker for editorial.

Different winners within the options classes are DreamWorks’ Animation’s “Orion and the Darkish” (easiest particular manufacturing and writing – TV/Media for Charlie Kaufman); Illumination’s “Despicable Me 4” (storyboarding); and “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (personality animation – live-action).

Netflix’s hit collection adaptation with Revolt Video games, that takes position in Revolt’s “League of Legends” video-game universe, received for path (Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue and Bart Maunoury); FX (Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, Jérôme Dupré); personality animation (Tom Gouill); song (Ryan Jillian Santiago, Alexander Seaver and Simon Wilcox); manufacturing design (Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Julien Georgel, Faustine Dumontier, Charlotte O’Neil); storyboarding (Joséphine Meis); and editorial (Nazim Meslem, Gilad Carmel and Roberto Fernandez).

Different TV winners are “The Tiny Chef Display,” from Consider Leisure, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions, for easiest TV/Media – preschool; “Surprise’s Moon Lady and Satan Dinosaur,” from Flying Bark Productions, Disney Tv Animation and Disney Branded Tv, for TV/Media – youngsters and personality design; twentieth Tv Animation’s “Bob’s Burgers” for TV/Media – Mature; and Pixar’s “Dream Productions” for TV/Media – restricted collection and voice appearing (Paula Pell).

Rounding out the winners within the fulfillment classes are “Wander to Marvel” for brief matter, “Fuzzy Emotions” for backed, “Adios” for scholar movie and “Neva” for personality animation – online game.

Along with the fulfillment classes, ASIFA-Hollywood additionally passed out juried awards for remarkable contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award for lifetime or profession fulfillment went to very long time Disney supervising animator/director and educator Aaron Blaise; Nationwide Movie Board of Canada publisher, director, manufacturer and Academy Award influencer Eunice Macaulay (posthumous); and NFB composer and sound fashion designer Normand Roger.

The June Foray Award for vital and benevolent have an effect on used to be given to the non-profit group Ladies in Animation for its paintings advocating for gender equality and inclusion within the trade. Visible results, animation and gaming pioneer Alberto Menache won the Ub Iwerks Award for technical fulfillment. And a unique fulfillment award acknowledging distinctive contributions no longer identified with the prevailing award class construction used to be given to the brand new e book by way of Pixar leader inventive officer Pete Docter and Disney historian Don Peri, “Directing at Disney: The Authentic Administrators of Walt’s Animated Movies.”

ASIFA-Hollywood identified the ““odd efforts and repair of all of the courageous women and men of the higher Southern California Hearth Division” all over the night. The rite opened with a efficiency by way of the Los Angeles Firefighters Pipes and Drums and representatives from the Division helped to provide probably the most awards on level.

ASIFA-Hollywood extensively utilized the instance of the Annie Awards to release a fundraising effort along AnimAID, a coalition of animation studios, pros and artists, to assist fortify participants of the animation neighborhood who’ve been critically impacted by way of ultimate months fires. The hassle hopes to lift no less than $5 million within the coming months thru donations and an public sale of animation memorabilia by means of Sotheby’s. All over the night, the hassle raised greater than $107,000.

A whole record of winners follows:

BEST FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation

BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT

Drift, Sacrebleu Productions, Take 5, Dream Smartly Studio

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

Orion and the Darkish, DreamWorks Animation

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

Wander to Marvel, Circe Movies, Kaap Holland Movie, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries & Pictanovo

BEST SPONSORED

Fuzzy Emotions, Hobby Footage Hungry Guy

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

The Tiny Chef Display, Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Impressive, Consider Leisure, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

Surprise’s Moon Lady and Satan Dinosaur, Episode:The Molecular Stage, Flying Bark Productions, Disney Tv Animation, Disney Branded Tv

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

Bob’s Burgers, Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They? – twentieth Tv Animation

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

Dream Productions, Episode: A Night time to Take into accout, Pixar Animation Studios

BEST STUDENT FILM

Adiós, Pupil Director: José Prats, Pupil Manufacturer: Bernardo Angeletti, Faculty: Nationwide Movie and Tv Faculty

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

Arcane. Episode: The Grime Underneath Your Nails, Manufacturing Corporate: A Revolt Video games and Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix, FX Manufacturing Corporate: Fortiche Studio, Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, Jérôme Dupré

BEST FX – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, Manufacturing Corporate: DreamWorks Animation, FX Manufacturing Corporate: DreamWorks Animation, Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

Arcane, Episodes:Killing Is a Cycle, Heavy Is the Crown, In any case Were given the Title Proper, The Message Hidden Inside the Trend, The Grime Underneath Your Nails, Fake Like It’s the First Time, Blisters and Bedrock, A Revolt Video games and Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix, Tom Gouill

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation, Fabio Lignini

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Manufacturing Corporate: twentieth Century Studios. FX Manufacturing Corporate: Wētā FX, Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, Howard Sly

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

Neva, Nomada Studio, Nomada Studio Animation Workforce

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Surprise’s Moon Lady and Satan Dinosaur, Episode: The Molecular Stage, Disney Tv Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Jose Lopez

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation, Genevieve Tsai

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

Arcane, Episode: The Grime Underneath Your Nails, A Revolt Video games and Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix, Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation, Chris Sanders

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

Arcane. Episode: The Grime Underneath Your Nails, A Revolt Video games and Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix, Ryan Jillian Santiago, Alexander Seaver, Simon Wilcox

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation, Kris Bowers

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Arcane, Episode: The Grime Underneath Your Nails, A Revolt Video games and Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix, Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Julien Georgel, Faustine Dumontier, Charlotte O’Neil

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation, Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

Arcane, Episode: Killing Is a Cycle, A Revolt Video games and Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix, Joséphine Meis

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

Despicable Me 4, Illumination, Habib Louati

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

Dream Productions Episode: Out of Frame, Pixar Animation Studios, Paula Pell (Persona: Paula)

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation, Lupita Nyong’o (Persona: Roz)

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

Orion and the Darkish, DreamWorks Animation, Charlie Kaufman

BEST WRITING – FEATURE

Drift, Take 5, Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Smartly Studio, Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

Arcane, Episode:Fake Like It’s the First Time, A Revolt Video games and Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix, Nazim Meslem, Gilad Carmel, Roberto Fernandez

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

The Wild Robotic, DreamWorks Animation, Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker