The 45th Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2017 took place on February 3, 2018, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, and presented awards in 35 categories.
Production categories
On December 4, 2017, the nominations were announced. Coco earned the most number of nominations with 13, followed by The Breadwinner with 10.
Best Animated FeatureBest Animated Feature — Independent Coco – Pixar Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – DreamWorks Animation Cars 3 – Pixar Despicable Me 3 – Illumination Entertainment The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions In This Corner of the World – Genco, MAPPA Loving Vincent – BreakThru Films Napping Princess – Nippon TV, Signal.MD The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... – Folivari, Panique, StudioCanalBest Animated Special ProductionBest Animated Short Subject Revolting Rhymes – Magic Light Pictures Imaginary Friend Society "Feeling Sad" – Hornet Olaf's Frozen Adventure – Walt Disney Animation Studios Pig: The Dam Keeper Poems – Tonko House, Inc. Tangled Before Ever After – Disney Television Animation Dear Basketball – Glen Keane Productions, Kobe Studios, Believe Entertainment Group Hedgehog's Home – National Film Board of Canada, Bonobostudio Negative Space – IKKI Films, Manuel Cam Studio Scavengers – Titmouse, Inc., Adult Swim Son of Jaguar – Google Spotlight Stories, Reel FX Creative StudiosBest Animated Television/Broadcast CommercialBest Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children June – Broad Reach Pictures, Chromosphere, Lyft Biscotti. Una Storia Buona – Hornet League of Legends "Legends Never Die" – Passion Animation Studios Please the Cheese – Psyop Sainsbury's "The Greatest Gift" – Passion Animation Studios The Octonauts – Episode: Operation Deep Freeze – Vampire Squid Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media company, in association with Brown Bag Films Mickey and the Roadster Racers – Episode: Goofy Gas! – Walt Disney Animation Studios Peg + Cat – Episode: The Mariachi Problem – The Fred Rogers Company, 100 Chickens Productions The Stinky & Dirty Show – Episode: HaHaHigher / The Waiting Game – Amazon Studios Through the Woods – Episode: A Snowy Morning – Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, The Fred Rogers Company, PIP Animation ServicesBest Animated Television/Broadcast Production for ChildrenBest General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production We Bare Bears – Episode: Panda's Art – Cartoon Network Studios Buddy Thunderstruck – Episode: Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production – Stoopid Buddy Studios, Netflix, American Greetings Lost In Oz – Episode: The Pearl of Pinagree – Amazon Studios Niko and the Sword of Light – Episode: From the Cliffs of Catastrophe to the Pools of Destiny – Titmouse, Inc., Amazon Studios Tangled: The Series – Episode: Queen for a Day – Disney Television Animation Rick and Morty – Episode: Pickle Rick – Williams Street Big Mouth – Episode: Am I Gay? – Titmouse, Inc., Netflix BoJack Horseman – Episode: Stupid Piece of Sh*t – Tornante Productions, LLC., Netflix Robot Chicken – Episode: Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition – Stoopid Buddy Studios, Williams Street Samurai Jack – Episode: XCIII – Williams Street, Cartoon Network StudiosBest Student Film Poles Apart – Paloma Baeza Cradle – Devon Manney Elsewhere – Junyi Xiao Good Night, Everybuds – Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH Once a Hero – Xia Li
Individual achievement categories Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Shaun Galinak, Dave Hale, Jason Johnston, Carl Kaphan, Keith Daniel Klohn – Coco – Pixar Richard Baneham, Thrain Shadbolt, Sam Cole, Pavani Rao Boddapati, Daniele Tosti – Avatar Flight of Passage – Walt Disney Imagineering, Weta Digital, Lightstorm Entertainment Amit Baadkar, Greg Gladstone, Stephen Marshall, Jon Reisch, Tim Speltz – Cars 3 – Pixar Bruno Chauffard, Frank Baradat, Nicolas Brack, Milo Riccarand – Despicable Me 3 – Illumination Entertainment Christopher Hendryx, Dan Lund, Mike Navarro, Hiroaki Narita, Steven Chitwood – Olaf's Frozen Adventure – Walt Disney Animation Studios Chris Su, Bruno Chiou, Yi-Fan Cho, Kevin Jong, Chun-Jung Chu – Trollhunters – DreamWorks Animation Television Ben Willis – DreamWorks Trolls Holiday – DreamWorks Animation Kevan Shorey – DreamWorks Trolls Holiday – DreamWorks Animation Onur Yeldan – DreamWorks Trolls Holiday – DreamWorks Animation Michael Granberry, Joe Heinen, Rachel Larsen, Hilary Lile, Dan McKenzie – Tumble Leaf – Amazon Studios, Bix Pix EntertainmentOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production John Chun Chiu Lee – Coco – Pixar Allison Rutland – Coco – Pixar Marco Nguyen, Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert – The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... Folivari, Panique!, StudioCanal Bryce McGovern – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation Rani Naamani – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation Daniel Barrett, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Emile Ghorayeb, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Alessandro Bonora – War for the Planet of the Apes – Chernin Entertainment, River Road Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Paul Story, Todd Labonte, Matthew Muntean, Cajun Hylton, Georgy Arevshatov – Game of Thrones – Beyond the Wall – Season 7 Episode 6 – HBO Arslan Elver, Liam Russell, Alvise Avati, Alessandro Cuicci – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures Jance Rubinchik, Adrian Millington, Alberto Martinez Arce, Kyle Winkelman – Kong: Skull Island – Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Tencent Pictures Andrei Coval, Paul Story, Eric Reynolds, Olivier Lesaint, Artur Vill – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets – EuropaCorp, Fundamental Films, Gulf Film, River Road EntertainmentOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video GameOutstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Hanna Abi-Hanna – Cuphead – StudioMDHR Tina Nawrocki – Cuphead – StudioMDHR Chris Goodall, Jitaik Lim, Kirill Spiridonov – Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Richard Oud, Kevin Quaid, Niek Neervens, Jonathan Colin, Peer Lemmers – Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games Almundena Soria, Keith Paciello, Paul Augustus Davies – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Naughty Dog Craig Kellman – Samurai Jack – Episode: XCVI – Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Ryan Wiesbrock, Becky van Cleve, Rob Ronning, Nikki Rice Malki, Felicia Bleu Rose – Buddy Thunderstruck – Episode: Buddy Double / Beaver Dam Fast Pizza – Stoopid Buddy Studios, American Greetings for Netflix Mike Owens – Danger & Eggs – Episode: Tube of Pain/Broccoli – Amazon Studios Shane Prigmore, Bobby Pontillas, Taylor Krahenbuhl, Mayumi Nose – Tangled: The Series – Episode: Tangled Before Ever After – Disney Television Animation Jules Rigolle, Alfredo Torres, Linda Chen, Rustam Hasanov, Alfonso Blaas – Trollhunters – Episode: Escape from the Darklands – DreamWorks Animation TelevisionOutstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Daniel Arriaga, Daniela Strijleva, Greg Dykstra, Alonso Martinez, Zaruhi Galstyan – Coco – Pixar Eric Guillon – Despicable Me 3 – Illumination Entertainment Patrick Mate – Smurfs: The Lost Village – Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures Joe Moshier – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation Reza Riahi, Louise Bagnall, Alice Dieudonné – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions Dave Wasson, Eddie Trigueros, Alonso Ramirez-Ramos – Mickey Mouse – Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney Television Animation T. 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Sullivan – Dragons: Race to the Edge – Episode: Sandbusted – DreamWorks Animation Television Tom Caulfield, Stephen Sandoval – Tangled: The Series – Tangled Before Ever After – Disney Television Animation Timothy Bailey – The Simpsons – Episode: Treehouse of Horror XXVIII – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Andrew Schmidt – Trollhunters – Episode: Unbecoming – DreamWorks Animation TelevisionOutstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina – Coco – Pixar Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert – The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales... – Folivari, Panique!, StudioCanal Tom McGrath – The Boss Baby – DreamWorks Animation Nora Twomey – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions Chris McKay – The Lego Batman Movie – Warner Animation Group Christopher Willis – Mickey Mouse – Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney Television Animation Alex Geringas – Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh – Episode: Chercphonie – DreamWorks Animation Television Michael Kramer – Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – Episode: Trouble on Tibalt – The Lego Group, Lucasfilm, Wil Film Mike Reagan, Bob Boyle – The Powerpuff Girls – Episode: Home, Sweet Homesick – Cartoon Network Studios Lisbeth Scott – Tumble Leaf – Episode: The Nature Of Friendship / The Ship Shop – Amazon Studios, Bix Pix EntertainmentOutstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Michael Giacchino, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina – Coco – Pixar Theodore Shapiro – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – DreamWorks Animation Clint Mansell – Loving Vincent – BreakThru Films Christophe Beck, Kate Anderson, Elyssa Samsel – Olaf's Frozen Adventure – Walt Disney Animation Studios Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions Scott Wills – Samurai Jack – Episode: XCIII – Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street Mark Taihei, Ben Plouffe, Chris Whittier, Sylvia Filcak, Amy Chen – Big Hero 6: The Series – Episode: Baymax Returns – Disney Television Animation Jenny Gase-Baker, Justin Martin – Mickey Mouse – Episode: The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney Television Animation Jasmin Lai, Théo Guignard, Arthur Chaumay, Tiffany Ford, Sylvia Liu – June – Broad Reach Pictures, Chromosphere, Lyft Amanda Rynda, Larry Murphy, Edgar Duncan, Hallie Wilson, Jared Morgan – The Loud House – Episode: "Tricked!" – NickelodeonOutstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Harley Jessup, Danielle Feinberg, Bryn Imagire, Nathaniel McLaughlin, Ernesto Nemesio – Coco – Pixar Tom Cardone, Arden Chan, Andrew Hickson, Mike Lee, Jason Sadler – Ferdinand – Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation Florent Masurel, Pierre-Antoine Moelo, Julien Meillard, Jean-Jacques Cournoyer – Leap! – Main Journey Tomotaka Kubo, Tomoya Imai, Satoko Nakamura – Mary and the Witch's Flower – Studio Ponoc Ciaran Duffy, Julien Regnard, Daby Zainab Faidhi – The Breadwinner – Cartoon Saloon, Aircraft Pictures, Melusine Productions Eddie Trigueros – Mickey Mouse – Episode: Bee Inspired – Disney Television Animation Ben Bury – Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh – Episode: Home for the Holidays – DreamWorks Animation Television Kim Arndt, Alexandria Kwan – Niko and the Sword of Light – Episode: From the Phantom Woods to the Mountains of Misery – Amazon Studios, Titmouse, Inc. David Woo – Trollhunters – Episode: "Hero with a Thousand Faces" – DreamWorks Animation Television