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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation) earned Best Animated Feature distinction at the 42nd annual Annie Awards recognizing the best in the field of animation in 2014. Held last night at UCLA’s Royce Hall, the Annie Awards cover varied categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Special Production, Commercials, Short Subjects and Outstanding Individual Achievements.

For the animated feature honor, How to Train Your Dragon 2 topped a field of nominated films that also consisted of Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Animation Studios), Cheatin’ (Plymptoons Studio), Song of the Sea (GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon), The Book of Life (Reel FX), The Boxtrolls (Focus Features/Laika), The Lego Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures), and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (GKIDS/Studio Ghibli).

How to Train Your Dragon 2 also topped four other Annie categories: Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production; Editorial in an Animated Feature Production; Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production; and Music in an Animated Feature Production.

Here’s a rundown of Annie Award winners:

Best Animated Feature
___ ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
 – DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Special Production
___ ‘Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey’ – Voyager Pictures LLC

Best Animated Short Subject
___ ‘Feast’ – 
Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
___ ‘Flight of the Stories’ – Aardman Animations

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
___ ‘Tumble Leaf’ – Amazon Studios

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For a Children’s Audience
___ ‘Gravity Falls’
 – Disney Television Animation

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
___ ‘The Simpsons’ – 
Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television

Best Video Game
___ ‘Valiant Hearts: The Great War’ – Ubisoft

Best Student Film
___ Jason Rayner – ‘My Big Brother’ – Savannah College of Art and Design

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
___ Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik – ‘Big Hero 6’
- Walt Disney Animation Studios

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
___ Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist – ‘Edge of Tomorrow’
- Sony Pictures Imageworks

Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
___ Justin Nichols – ‘Wander Over Yonder’ – Disney Television Animation

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
___ Fabio Lignini – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

Character Animation in a Live Action Production
___ Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ – Weta Digital

Character Animation in a Video Game
___ Mike Mennillo – ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’
- Ubisoft

Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Benjamin Balistreri – ‘Wander Over Yonder’
- Disney Television Animation

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
___ Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez – ‘The Book of Life’ – 
Reel FX

Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Aaron Springer – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’
 – Disney Television Animation 


Directing in an Animated Feature Production
___ Dean DeBlois – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
 – DreamWorks Animation

Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Christopher Willis – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’
 – Disney Television Animation

Music in an Animated Feature Production
___ John Powell, Jónsi – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Narina Sokolova – ‘Mickey Shorts’
 – Disney

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
___ Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure, August Hall – ‘The Boxtrolls’
 – Focus Features/Laika

Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Joaquim Dos Santos – ‘Legend of Korra, Venom of the Red Lotus’
 – Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
___ Truong “Tron” Son Mai – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
 – DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Bill Farmer as the voice of Goofy and Grandma – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – 
Disney Television Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
___ Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher – ‘The Boxtrolls’ – Focus Features/Laika

Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Darrick Bachman – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – Disney Television Animation 

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
___ Phil Lord, Christopher Miller – ‘The LEGO Movie’ – Warner Bros. Pictures

Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
___ Illya Owens – ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ – 
Disney Television Animation

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
___John K. Carr – ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ – DreamWorks Animation

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