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The Annie Awards cover 36 categories including features, commercials and the newest and 36th category, Best Character Animation in a Video Game. The winners will be announced on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at UCLA's Royce Hall. As expected, Best Animated Features nominations include: big leader "The Boxtrolls" (Focus Features/Laika) followed by "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (DreamWorks Animation Skg), "Big Hero 6" (Walt Disney Animation Studios) and "The Lego Movie" (Warner Bros. Pictures), as well as "The Book of Life" (Reel FX), "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya" (Gkids/Studio Ghibli), "Song of the Sea" (Gkids/Cartoon Saloon) and "Cheatin'" (Plymptoons Studio).   The jury awards honoring career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation include three Winsor McCay recipients: animators Didier Brunner, Don Lusk and »


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