Annie Awards 2009

2009 Annie Awards
2009 International Animated Film Society’s Annie Award nominations: December 1, 2008
2009 Annie Award winners: January 30, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Kung Fu Panda was the surprising — shocking? — big winner at the 2009 Annie Awards. The animated feature won 10 Annies — in every single feature category — including best animated feature, best direction (John Stevenson and Mark Osborne), best screenplay (Jon Aibel and Glenn Berger), and best voice acting (Dustin Hoffman). Odds-on favorite WALL-E failed to win a single award. It should be noted that since 2001, when the Academy instituted the best animated feature category, only once has the Annie winner failed to nab the Academy Award. (Cars won the Annie; Happy Feet [...]