The Annies!

The creative team for Moonbot Studios (TAG President-emeritus Kevin Koch and studio topkick William Joyce in center) with their Annie for "Chipotle Scarecrow."

From a fine trade paper:

Disney Animation's Frozen topped the feature competition at the 41st Annie Awards, collecting five trophies, including best animated feature, direction for helmers Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, music, production design and voice acting.

Also Saturday at UCLA’s Royce Hall, the International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood) awarded DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods three trophies, in the categories for animated effects, character animation and character design. Pixar Animation Studio’s Monsters University was honored for storyboarding and editing; and Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki won the award for best writing for his final film, The Wind Rises
.

And here's a list of the happy winners:

Best Animated Feature
Frozen (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Best Animated Special Production
Chipotle Scarecrow
 (Chipotle Creative Department, Moonbot Studios)

Best Animated Short Subject
Get A Horse!
 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial
Despicable Me 2 (Cinemark
- Universal Pictures)

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Disney Sofia the First
 (Disney Television Animation)

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience
Adventure Time (Cartoon Network Studios)

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Futurama
 (20th Century Fox Television)

Best Animated Video Game
The Last of Us (
Naughty Dog)

Best Student Film
Wedding Cake (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg - Viola Baier, Iris Frisch)

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer The Croods (DreamWorks Animation)

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
Michael Balog, Ryan Hopkins, Patrick Conran, Florian Witzel Pacific Rim
 (Industrial Light & Magic)

Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Kureha Yokoo Toy Story of Terror! (Pixar Animation Studios)

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Jakob Jensen The Croods

Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Jeff Capogreco, Jedrzej Wojtowicz, Kevin Estey, Alessandro Bonora, Gino Acevedo - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Gollum
 (Weta Digital)

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Paul Rudish Disney Mickey Mouse
 (Disney Television Animation)

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Carter Goodrich, Takao Noguchi, Shane Prigmore The Croods

Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Angus MacLane Toy Story of Terror!


Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Chris Buck, Jennifer LeeFrozen
 (Walt Disney Animation Studios)

Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Christopher Willis - Disney Mickey Mouse
 (Disney Television Animation)

Music in an Animated Feature Production
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck Frozen

Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Angela Sung, William Niu, Christine Bian, Emily Tetri, Frederic Stewart The Legend of Korra
 (Nickelodeon Animation Studio)

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Michael Giaimo, Lisa Keene, David Womersley Frozen


Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Daniel Chong Toy Story of Terror!

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Dean Kelly Monsters University


Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Tom Kenny as the voice of Ice King - Adventure Time (Cartoon Network Studios)

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Josh Gad as the voice of Olaf - Frozen


Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Lewis Morton Futurama (20th Century Fox Television)

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Hayao Miyazaki The Wind Rises
 (Studio Ghibli/Touchstone Pictures/The Walt Disney Studios)

Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
Illya Owens Disney Mickey Mouse (Disney Television Animation)

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Greg Snyder, Gregory Amundson, Steve Bloom Monsters University


Winsor McCay Award
Katsuhiro Otomo, Steven Spielberg & Phil Tippett

June Foray Award
Alice Davis

Ub Iwerks Award
Dragonframe

Special Achievement
Creative Talent Network (CTN) Animation eXpo

Certificate of Merit
I Know That Voice

Anybody care to guess the odds-on favorite to win the "Best Animated Feature" Oscar? Do I see any hands?