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The Boy and the Heron, Suzume Nominated for Best Feature at Annual Annie Awards

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Pokémon Concierge, more also receive nominations

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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced the nominees of its 51st Annual Annie Awards on Thursday. film were nominated for Best Feature.

The Boy and the Heron also received nominations in the Feature categories for Best Character Animation, Best Direction, Best Music, Best Production Design, Best Storyboarding, and Best Writing. Suzume was also nominated in the Feature categories for Best FX, Best Character Animation, Best Music, Best Storyboarding, Best Voice Acting (Hokuto Matsumura as Sōta Munakata), and Best Writing.

series received a nomination for Best Direction - TV/Media.

The Triggerfish from South Africa.

The live-action Transformers: Rise of the Beasts movie was nominated in the Best Character Animation - Live Action category.

In addiiton, Winsor McCay Award in recognition of lifetime or career contributions.

The awards ceremony will take place on February 17 at UCLA's Royce Hall.

The Annie Awards recognize outstanding achievement in animation. ASIFA-Hollywood won the award in 2019.

California-based studio received awards last year for Best TV/Media – Limited Series and Best Production Design - TV/Media.

No anime won awards in Satoshi Kon with the prestigious Winsor McCay Award.

Sources: Annie Awards' website, Deadline (Erik Pedersen)


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