Full Feature Film Nominees List for 2008 Annie Awards

'Kung Fu Panda' leads the nominations of 36th Annual Annie Awards with 17 nods, while 'Bolt' and 'Wall-E' trail behind with 9 and 8 counts respectively.

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On Monday, December 1, the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has come out with an announcement of 2008 Annie Awards' nominations. Dominating the list is "Kung Fu Panda" with 17 nods for the animated features category as well as for video games category.

In the feature film category itself, this DreamWorks Animation comedy has collected in total 16 nods. One comes from the production category, that is Best Animated Feature, whereas the rest from the individual nominations. For the Best Voice Acting title, "Panda" has managed to put three of its voice actors, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong and Ian McShane, to compete with voice actors from "Wall-E" and "Bolt". Additionally, it also gives directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne a shot for Best Animated Film Director.

Beside "Kung Fu Panda", other movies collecting multiple nominations for Annie are "Bolt" and "Wall-E". "Bolt" has earned 9 counts and "Wall-E" has landed on 8 nods. Both of which will be up against "Panda", "$9.99" and "Waltz With Bashir" for the Best Animated Feature kudo.

The 36th Annual Annie Awards ceremony for the winners announcement will be held on Friday, January 30, 2009 at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, California. While the complete nominees list for the 27 overall categories can be seen via AnnieAwards.org, the full nominees list for the movie category can be read below.

Complete movie nominees list of 2008 Annie Awards:

Best Animated Feature:

• "Bolt"
• "Kung Fu Panda"
• "$9.99"
• "Wall-E"
• "Waltz With Bashir"

Animated Effects:

• Alen Lai, "Horton Hears a Who!"
• Li-Ming Lawrence Lee, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Fangwei Lee, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
• Kevin Lee, "Bolt"
• Enrique Vila, "Wall-E"

Character Animation in a Feature Production:

• James Baxter, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Jeff Gabor, "Horton Hears a Who!"
• Philippe Le Brun, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Victor Navone, "Wall-E"
• Dan Wagner, "Kung Fu Panda"

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production:

• Valerie Hadida, "Igor"
• Sang Jun Lee, "Horton Hears a Who!"
• Nico Marlet, "Kung Fu Panda"

Directing in an Animated Feature Production:

• Sam Fell & Rob Stevenhagen, "The Tale of Despereaux"
• Ari Folman, "Waltz With Bashir"
• Tatia Rosenthal, "$9.99"
• John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Andrew Stanton, "Wall-E"

Music in an Animated Feature Production:

• Kevin Manthei, "Batman: Gotham Knight"
• John Powell, "Horton Hears a Who!"
• Max Richter, "Waltz With Bashir"
• William Ross, "The Tale Of Despereaux"
• Hans Zimmer and John Powell, "Kung Fu Panda"

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production:

• Ralph Eggleston, "Wall-E"
• Paul Felix, "Bolt"
• Tang Heng, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Evgeni Tomov, "The Tale of Despereaux"
• Raymond Zibach, "Kung Fu Panda"

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production:

• Alessandro Carloni, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Ronnie Del Carmen, "Wall-E"
• Joe Mateo, "Bolt"
• Jen Yuh Nelson, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Rob Stevenhagen, "The Tale of Despereaux"

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production:

• Ben Burtt for Voice of Wall-E, "Wall-E"
• Dustin Hoffman for Voice of Shifu, "Kung Fu Panda"
• James Hong for Voice of Mr. Ping, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Ian McShane for Voice of Tai Lung, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Mark Walton for Voice of Rhino, "Bolt"

Writing in an Animated Feature Production:

• Jon Aibel and Glenn Berger, "Kung Fu Panda"
• Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
• Ari Folman, "Waltz With Bashir"
• Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, "Horton Hears a Who!"

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