Yes, there are awards for everything in entertainment, including awards specifically for animation. The Annie Awards have been going on for over 30 years now but I imagine they've only become truly competitive in the last decade.
Their choices for this year's best animated films are obvious, but difficult to fault:
Best Animated Feature
Chicken Little – Walt Disney Feature Animation
Corpse Bride – Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Howl’s Moving Castle – Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Madagascar – DreamWorks Animation
Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Aardman Features
Even better though are their picks in the directing category:
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Mike Johnson, Tim Burton “Corpse Bride” – Warner Bros. Presents A Tim Burton/Laika Entertainment Production
Hayao Miyazaki “Howl’s Moving Castle” – Walt Disney Studios/Studio Ghibli
Nick Park, Steve Box – “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Since only three films will be nominated for this year's Animated Feature Oscar it would be nice, though unlikely, for the Oscar finalists to match the above list.
One more category worth singling out:
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Helena Bonham Carter – Voice of Lady Campanula Tottington “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Ralph Fiennes – Voice of Victor Quartermaine “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Peter Sallis – Voice of Wallace “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – Aardman Features
Nicholas Smith – Voice of Reverend Clement Hedges “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” - Aardman Features
I think we have our winner.
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