The 36th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2008, were held on 30 January 2009 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Below is a list of announced nominees. Kung Fu Panda received the most awards with 11, winning nearly all of its nominations.
Production nominees
Best Animated Feature
Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment Production
Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject
Annie Award for Best Animated Television Commercial
- United Airlines “Heart”
- Giant Monster
- Long Legs Mr. Hyde
- Rotofugi: The Collectors
- Sarah
Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production
Best Animated Television Production for Children
Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game
Individual Achievement
Animated Effects
Character Animation in a Feature Production
Character Animation in a Television Production
Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Character Design in an Animated Television Production
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Directing in an Animated Television Production
Music in an Animated Feature Production
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Tang Heng “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
- Tang Heng “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
- Andy Harkness “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Seonna Hong – The Mighty B! “Bee Patients” – Nickelodeon
- Dan Krall – Chowder “The Heavy Sleeper” – Cartoon Network Studios
- Raymond Zibach “Secrets of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Form
- Chris Williams “Glago’s Guest” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Butch Hartman – Fairly OddParents “Mission: Responsible” – Nickelodeon
- Andy Kelly – Ni Hao, Kai-Lan “Twirly Whirly Flyers” – Nickelodeon Productions/Nelvana
- Andy Schuhler – “Secret of the Furious Five” – DreamWorks Animation
- Eddie Trigueros “The Mighty B! “Name Shame”– Nickelodeon
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
- Dustin Hoffman – Voice of Shifu – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
- Ben Burtt – Voice of Wall·E – “Wall·E” – Pixar Animation Studios
- James Hong – Voice of Mr. Ping – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
- Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – “Kung Fu Panda” – DreamWorks Animation
- Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – “Bolt” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Ahmed Best – Voice of Jar Jar Binks – “Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II” - ShadowMachine
- Seth MacFarlane – Voice of Peter Griffin – Family Guy “I Dream of Jesus” – Fox TV Animation/Fuzzy Door Productions
- Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder “Apprentice Games” – Cartoon Network Studios
Writing in an Animated Feature Production
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