“Zootopia” wins the 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
A look at the animation-related winners of this year’s Academy Awards, including the winner of this year’s Best Animated Feature, Disney’s “Zootopia.”
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The 2017 Oscar animation nominees
The 2017 Oscars nominees have been announced. I’ll look at the animation related categories, which this year include “Moana” and “Zootopia.”
“Inside Out” wins 2016 Best Animated Feature Oscar
The Academy Awards were held on Sunday evening. The big animation news was the much acclaimed Pixar film “Inside Out” winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. The winners for the various categories that saw animation nominees: Best Animated Feature Inside Out (winner) Anomalisa Boy and the World Shaun the Sheep Movie When Marnie Was … Read more
The 2016 Oscar nominees in animation (and diversity issues *again*)
It’s time once again to look at the 2016 Academy Award nominees for animation. Best Animated Feature Anomalisa Boy and the World Inside Out Shaun the Sheep Movie When Marnie Was There Best Animated Short Film Bear Story Prologue Sanjay’s Super Team We Can’t Live Without Cosmos World of Tomorrow Best Original Screenplay Bridge of … Read more
Disney sweeps the 2015 animation Oscars, “Birdman” flies off with Best Picture
This year’s Oscars are over, and Disney’s swept this year’s animation categories. The winners are in bold type below. Animated Feature Film Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 Song of the Sea The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Animated Short Film The Bigger Picture The Dam Keeper Feast Me and My … Read more
The 2015 Oscar animation nominees, plus the least diverse Oscars in 20 years
This year’s Oscar nominees have been announced. Here’s the nominees for Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 Song of the Sea The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Should win (based on Rotten Tomatoes): “Princess Kaguya” (100% RT) or “Song of the Sea” (98% RT) Will win: Not … Read more
Thoughts on the 2014 Oscars
Another Academy Awards ceremony has come and gone…and with it, another batch of winners. As highly expected, “Frozen” won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Meanwhile, the Best Animated Short winner is “Mr. Hublot.” Apparently “Hublot” was deemed a surprise win, at least according to Cartoon Brew. Meanwhile, “Frozen”‘s signature song “Let It Go” also … Read more
The 2014 Oscar animation nominees
This year’s Academy Award nominees have been announced. As usual, I’ll note which ones should win and (in my opinion) are likely to win, plus thoughts on the Oscar nominees. A full list of nominees in all Oscar categories are available here. The ceremony will air on Sunday, March 2 at 7 PM Eastern/6 PM … Read more
“Brave,” “Paperman” win the 2013 animation Oscars
A bit late, but thought I’d note that this year’s Academy Award animation winners are: Animated Feature Film: “Brave” by Pixar. Animated Short Film: “Paperman” by Disney. Looks like I guessed right (as vague as my guesses were), and it’s a sweep for Disney this year. This year also marks a strong showing for women … Read more
The 2013 Oscar animation nominations
This year’s Academy Award nominations were announced yesterday. For animation, the nominees (and my guesses who’ll win) are below: Animated Feature Film Brave Frankenweenie ParaNorman The Pirates! Band of Misfits Wreck-It Ralph Will win: A tough one. I’ll go with “Brave” (it’s Pixar), “Ralph” (it’s Pixar-like), or “Frankenweenie” (by a well-known-to-Hollywood-types live-action director). Going against … Read more