The 40th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2012 were held on February 2, 2013 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

Production nominees Nominations announced on December 3, 2012

Best Animated FeatureBest Animated Special Production Wreck-It Ralph—Walt Disney Animation Studios Brave—Pixar Frankenweenie—Walt Disney Pictures Hotel Transylvania—Sony Pictures Animation ParaNorman—Focus Features Rise of the Guardians—DreamWorks Animation The Pirates! Band of Misfits—Aardman Animations The Rabbi's Cat—GKIDS Despicable Me Minion Mayhem—Illumination Entertainment Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1—Warner Bros. Animation Beforel Orel: Trust—Starburns Industries, Inc. Disney Tron: Uprising—Beck’s Beginning—Disney Television Animation Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury—DreamWorks Animation Justice League: Doom—Warner Bros. AnimationBest Animated Short SubjectBest Animated Television Production For Preschool Children Paperman—Walt Disney Animation Studios Brad and Gary—Illumination Entertainment Bydlo—National Film Board of Canada Eyes on the Stars—StoryCorps Goodnight Mr. Foot—Sony Pictures Animation Kali the Little Vampire—National Film Board of Canada The Longest Daycare—Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television Bill Plympton Couch Gag—Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television Bubble Guppies—"A Tooth on the Looth"—Nickelodeon Animation Studio Little Einsteins—"The Great Schubert's Guessing Game"—Disney Channel Chuggington—"Magnetic Wilson"—Ludorum Jake and the Never Land Pirates—"Peter Pan Returns"—Disney Television Animation Mickey Mouse Clubhouse—"Minnie's Pajama Party"—Disney Junior Doc McStuffins—"The Right Stuff"—Brown Bag Films Justin Time—"Marcello’s Meatballs"—Guru StudioBest Animated Television Production For ChildrenBest General Audience Animated Television Production Dragons: Riders of Berk—"How to Pick Your Dragon"—DreamWorks Animation Adventure Time—"Princess Cookie"—Cartoon Network Studios Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out—Threshold Animation Studios The Penguins of Madagascar—"Action Reaction"—Nickelodeon Animation Studio SpongeBob SquarePants—"It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"—Nickelodeon Animation Studios The Amazing World of Gumball—"The Job"—Cartoon Network Studio Europe The Fairly OddParents—"Farm Pit"—Nickelodeon Animation Studios The Legend of Korra—"Welcome to Republic City"/"A Leaf in the Wind"—Nickelodeon Animation Studios Robot Chicken DC Comics Special—Stoopid Buddy Studios Archer: Space Race, Part 1—Weissman Markovitz Communications for FX Bob's Burgers: Ear-sy Rider—20th Century Fox TV Motorcity: Blonde Thunder—Disney Television Animation Mad: FrankenWinnie/ParaMorgan—Warner Bros. Animation South Park: Raising the Bar—Central ProductionsBest Animated Video GameBest Student Film Journey—Sony Computer Entertainment America Borderlands 2—Gearbox Software Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse—Heavy Iron Studios Skullgirls—Lab Zero Games Head Over Heels—Timothy Reckart Can We Be Happy Now—Tahnee Gehm Defective Detective—Avner Geller & Stevie Lewis I Am Tom Moody—Ainslie Henderson Ladies Knight—Joseph Rothenberg Origin—Jessica Poon The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete—Adam Campbell, Elizabeth McMahill, Uri Lotan Tule Lake—Michelle Ikemoto

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