The Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production is awarded annually by ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization that honors contributions to animation, to the best animated direct-to-video film of the year. It is one of the Annie Awards, which honor contributions to animation, including producers, directors, and voice actors. The Annie Awards were created in 1972 by June Foray to honor individual lifetime contributions to animation.
| Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in direct-to-video productions |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | ASIFA-Hollywood |
| First awarded | 1995 |
| Last awarded | 2008 |
| Website | annieawards |
History
editIn 1992, the scope of the awards was expanded to honor animation as a whole; the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature was created as a result of this move, and subsequent awards have been created to recognize different contributions to animation.[1] The Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production was created in 1995, and has been awarded yearly since. It was originally known as the Annie Award for Best Animated Video Production;[2] the name of the award was changed in 1997 to the Annie Award for Best Home Video Production,[3] was changed again in 1998 to the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Home Video Production,[4] and was changed in 2002 to the current name. To be eligible for the award, the film must have been released in the year before the next Annie Awards ceremony, and the developers of the game must send a five-minute sample DVD of the film to a committee appointed by the Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood.[5]
As of 2008, the Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production has been awarded to thirteen direct-to-video films. The Gate to the Mind’s Eye, a film in the Mind's Eye series, was the first film to win the award.[2] Macross Plus, an original video animation, was the first film to feature Japanese anime to be nominated for the award; the only other film featuring anime to be nominated is the Wachowskis' The Animatrix, a series of animated videos set in the fictional universe of The Matrix series.[6][7] The film production company Walt Disney Television Animation has had nine of its films nominated for the award, more than any other company, and DisneyToon Studios, a division of Walt Disney Television Animation, has had eight of its films nominated for the award.
Winners and nominees
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editReferences
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- ^ Bertschy, Zac (2003-06-04). "The Animatrix – Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ "24th Annual Annie Awards". Annie Awards.org. Archived from the original on December 13, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
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- ^ Kenyon, Heather (January 16, 2002). "Shrek Wins Big At 2001 Annie Awards". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ Martin, Denise (January 5, 2003). "'Lilo' leads Annie noms with 10". Variety. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "'Finding Nemo' nets top animation prize". Today. February 8, 2004. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ Balsley, Sarah (January 30, 2005). "The Incredibles & Brad Bird Soar at Annie Awards". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ DeMott, Rick (December 5, 2005). "Wallace & Gromit Leads Annie Nominations". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
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- ^ Debruge, Peter (January 30, 2009). "'Kung Fu Panda' rules Annie Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
External links
edit- Official website of the Annie Awards Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine