Just as the Oscar race for the Best Animated Feature prize looked all sewn up in favour of Disney's Encanto, it's gotten thoroughly pummelled by a major contender at the 2021 Annie Awards. Sony/Netflix's The Mitchells vs the Machines beats the Oscar frontrunner to the Best Feature prize from the prestigious animation industry group, winning six further awards to easily dominate the field here. Indeed, Encanto's only wins - a still-respectable three - come in categories where The Mitchells wasn't even nominated. Mitchells remains the outsider in that Oscar race, though, since Disney holds a strong upper hand where that category is concerned, and since the popular favourite usually wins there. Check out all this year's Annie Award nominations here, and the winners below.
Best Feature
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Best Indie Feature
FLEE
Best Direction
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES (Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe)
Best Voice Acting
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES (Abbi Jacobson)
Best Writing
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES (Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe)
Best Storyboarding
ENCANTO
Best Editorial
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Best Production Design
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Best FX
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Best Music
ENCANTO (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Germaine Franco)
Best Character Design
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Best Character Animation - Animated Feature
ENCANTO
Best Character Animation - Live Action Feature
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