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Congrats To LAIKA’s “Kubo And The Two Strings” On Three Annie Award Wins

Congratulations to LAIKA on their three Annie Award wins for “Kubo And The Two Strings“:

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Nelson Lowry, Trevor Dalmer, August Hall, Ean McNamara
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Jan Maas
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Laika
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Christopher Murrie
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

We will all be watching the 2017 Academy Awards later this month as “Kubo” garnered two nominations for, Animated Feature, and Visual Effects. Continue reading... “Congrats To LAIKA’s “Kubo And The Two Strings” On Three Annie Award Wins”

Nominations For “Kubo” (Annie Awards) and “Certain Women” (Spirit Awards)

44th Annie Awards have nominated “Kubo and the Two Strings” for ten nominations this year:

Best Animated Feature
Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

The winners will be announced February 4, 2017. Continue reading... “Nominations For “Kubo” (Annie Awards) and “Certain Women” (Spirit Awards)”

LAIKA Scoops Two Annie Awards

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Two Oregon companies, LAIKA and Bent Image Lab picked up nominations for the 42nd Annual Annie Awards. (Bent Image Lab garnered a nomination for “Polariffic” (Hallmark) in the Best Animated Special Production category, and Laika’s “The Boxtrolls” picked up 13 nominations, including Best Animated Feature.) Laika was awarded two Annies for Best Production Design and Best Voice Acting (Ben Kingsley as Archibald Snatcher). “The Boxtrolls” is also nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscar’s next month. Continue reading... “LAIKA Scoops Two Annie Awards”

ParaNorman Nominated For 8 Annie Awards

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It’s gratifying to see ParaNorman (Focus features + Laika) nominated eight times for an Annie Award, including Best Picture.

In Individual Achievement nominations there are seven categories in which ParaNorman talent gets a nod:

Animated Effects; Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski, Grant Laker, Character Animation; Travis Knight, Directing; Sam Fell, Chris Butler, Character Design; Heidi Smith, Production Design; Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald Ean McNamara, Trevor Dalmer, Storyboarding; Emmanuela Cozzi and Writing; Chris Butler.

The 40th annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation, will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2013. Continue reading... “ParaNorman Nominated For 8 Annie Awards”