The 42nd Annual Annie Award Winners

How to Train Your Dragon 2 just took the lead in the Oscar race with huge wins here, and animators prove why they did not go for The LEGO Movie (It didn't go home empty handed by the way). It is still a tight race as every other precursor awards is still going Lego.

Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon 2

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Dean DeBlois "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller "The LEGO Movie"

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

Ben Kingsley "The Boxtrolls"

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Tumble Leaf

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For a Children’s Audience
Gravity Falls

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
The Simpsons

Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Aaron Springer "Disney Mickey Mouse"

Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Darrick Bachman "Disney Mickey Mouse"

Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Bill Farmer "Disney Mickey Mouse’

Best Animated Special Production

COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial

Flight of the Stories

Best Animated Short Subject

Feast

Best Animated Video Game

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Best Student Film

Jason Rayner "My Big Brother" (SCAD)

Best Character Animation in a Live Action Production

Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, and Dejan Momcilovic "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"

Character Animation in a Video Game

Mike Mennillo "Assassin’s Creed Unity"

Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

Justin Nichols "Wander Over Yonder"

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production

Fabio Lignini "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Narina Sokolova "Mickey Shorts"

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure, August Hall "The Boxtrolls"

Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Joaquim Dos Santos "Legend of Korra, Venom of the Red Lotus"

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

Truong “Tron” Son Mai "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Illya Owens "Disney Mickey Mouse"

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

John K. Carr "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Benjamin Balistreri "Wander Over Yonder"

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez "The Book of Life"

Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

Christopher Willis "Disney Mickey Mouse"

Music in an Animated Feature Production

John Powell "How to Train Your Dragon 2"

Animated Effects in an Animated Production

Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, and John Kosnik "Big Hero 6"

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner and Viktor Lundqvist "Edge of Tomorrow"