38th Annual Annie Awards - winners led by How to Train Your Dragon

On Saturday, the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced their nominees for their 38th Annual Annie Awards. The film How to Train Your Dragon swept the awards, taking Best Animated Feature and nine individual awards.

Unfortunately, the awards don't carry much weight since Disney and Pixar pulled out of ASIFA this past summer since the society is known to be dominated by employees of rival studio Dreamworks. This resulted in the lopsided victories two years ago for Kung Fu Panda which won ten awards, while the critically acclaimed WALL-E went home empty-handed.

How to Train Your Dragon won the same 10 awards that Kung Fu Panda won that time. The only victory tonight for Disney/Pixar was for the short film Day & Night. They had not submitted any films for nomination, but ASIFA allows nominating committees to add titles they consider worthy.
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Complete list of winners for the 38th Annual Annie Awards

Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Short Subject

Day & Night – Pixar

Best Animated Television Commercial
Children's Medical Center - DUCK Studios

Best Animated Television Production
Kung Fu Panda Holiday - DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Television Production for Children
SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon

Best Animated Video Game
Limbo – Playdead

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Directing in a Feature Production
How to Train Your Dragon, Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois - DreamWorks Animation

Writing in a Feature Production
How to Train Your Dragon, William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders  – DreamWorks Animation

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
How To Train Your Dragon, Brett Miller - DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Feature Production
How To Train Your Dragon, Gabe Hordos - DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Alice in Wonderland, Ryan Page

Character Design in a Feature Production
How To Train Your Dragon, Nico Marlet - DreamWorks Animation

Music in a Feature Production
How To Train Your Dragon, John Powell - DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in a Feature Production
How To Train Your Dragon, Pierre Olivier Vincent - DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in a Feature Production
How To Train Your Dragon, Tom Owens - DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in a Feature Production
How To Train Your Dragon, Jay Baruchel as Hiccup - DreamWorks Animation

Directing in a Television Production
Kung Fu Panda Holiday, Tim Johnson - DreamWorks Animation

Writing in a Television Production
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III: Geoff Johns, Matthew Beans, Zeb Wells, Hugh Sterbakov, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick & Hugh Davidson – ShadowMachine

Character Animation in a Television Production
David Pate, Kung Fu Panda Holiday - DreamWorks Animation

Character Design in a Television Production
Ernie Gilbert, T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon

Music in a Television Production
Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker, SpongeBob SquarePants – Nickelodeon

Production Design in a Television Production
Richie Sacilioc, Kung Fu Panda Holiday - DreamWorks Animation

Storyboarding in a Television Production
Fred Gonzales, T.U.F.F. Puppy – Nickelodeon

Voice Acting in a Television Production
James Hong as Mr. Ping, Kung Fu Panda Holiday - DreamWorks Animation

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award – Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Matt Groening

June Foray – Ross Iwamoto.

Ub Iwerks Award – Autodesk

Special Achievement – Waking Sleeping Beauty