23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1995)

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

• “Pocahontas” Walt Disney Feature Animation
• “A Goofy Movie” Walt Disney Television Animation
• “The Swan Princess” Rich Entertainment

Best Animated Video Production

• “Gates of the Mind’s Eye” Miramar
• “Opera Imagineria” Miramar
• “The Land Before Time, Part II” Universal Cartoon Studios
• “Macross Plus, Volume One” Big West, Macross Plus Project, Hero Co., Ltd.
• “Macross Plus, Volume Two” Big West, Macross Plus Project, Hero Co., Ltd.

Best Animated Interactive Production

• “Cadillacs and Dinosaurs” Duck Soup Productions
• “Crayon Factory” Sidewalk Studio, a division of Philips Media, Inc.
• “Full Throttle” LucasArts Entertainment Co.
• “The Adventures of Hyperman” IBM Illumina Productions, Inc. and Bull Dolphin, Inc., MGM Animation
• “KIA Interactive” Digital Evolution

Best Animated Promotional Production

• “John Dough” Citibank, Optimus, Inc.
• “Wile E. Coyote – Helicopter” Eveready Batteries, Warner Bros. Animation
• “Canary Boom” Felix the Cat, Film Roman
• “Chicago Blues” Shell Oil, R/Greenberg Associates
• “Unforgettable Classics” The Simpsons, Film Roman, Fox

Best Animated Short Subject

• “Dexter’s Laboratory” Hanna-Barbera
• “Driving Mr. Pink” MGM Animation
• “George and Junior’s Christmas Spectacular!” Hanna-Barbera
• “Interview with Tallulah, Queen of the Universe” Queen of the Universe Productions
• “Johnny Bravo” Hanna-Barbera

Best Animated Television Program

• “Batman: the Animated Series” Warner Bros. Animation
• “Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs” Warner Bros. Animation
• “The Maxx” MTV Animation, Rough Draft Studios
• “The Simpsons" Gracie Films, Film Roman
• “The Tick” Sunbow Productions, Graz Entertainment

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation

• Ben Edlund, Co-Producer, The Tick
• John Eng, Director, Duckman
• Al Jean, Mike Reisee, Executive Producers, The Critic
• Frank Paur, Greg Weisman, Producers, Gargoyles
• Greg Vanzo, Supervising Director, The Maxx

Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in the Field of Animation

• Rasoul Azadani, Layout Artistic Supervisor, Pocahontas
• Michael Giaimo, Art Director, Pocahontas
• Adrian Penn, Art Director, Weiss Energy Hall: The Origin of Energy
• Kazuyoshi Takeuchi,Production Designer, Gargoyles
• Fred Warter, Production Designer, A Goofy Movie

Best Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in the Field of Animation

• Warwick Gilbert, Storyboard Artist, Disney’s Aladdin: The Lost Ones
• Denise Koyama, Storyboard Artist, Disney’s Aladdin: The Secret of Dagger Rock
• Brian Pimental, Story Supervisor, A Goofy Movie
• Genndy Tartakovsky, Storyboard Artist, Dexter’s Laboratory
• Kazuo Terada, Storyboard Artist, Gargoyles: Reawakening

Voice Acting in the Field of Animation

• Jeff Bennett as the voice of Johnny Bravo, “Johnny Bravo”
• Nancy Cartwright as the voice of Bart Simpson, “The Simpsons”
• Jim Cummings as the voice of Mr Bumpy, “Bump in the Night”
• Tress MacNeille as the voice of Dot Warner, “Animaniacs”
• Rob Paulsen as the voice of Yakko Warner, “Animaniacs”

Best Individual Achievement for Music in the Field of Animation

• Phillip Appleby, Composer, Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Lyricist - Dr. Seuss’ Daisy may Mayzie
• Partick DeRemer, Roy Freeland, Songwriters - “121” and “Stand Out” A Goofy Movie
• Alan Menken, Composer, Stephen Schwartz, Lyricist – Pocahontas
• Richard Stone, Supervising Composer – Animaniacs
• Shirley Walker, Supervising Composer – Batman: the Animated Series

Best Individual Achievement for Animation

• Chris Buck, Supervising Animator, “Grandmother Willow” – Pocahontas
• Dominique Monfrey, Animation Supervisor – A Goofy Movie
• David Pruiksma, Supervising Animator, “Flit” – Pocahontas
• Nik Ranieri, Supervising Animator, “Meeko” – Pocahontas
• Cynthia Wells, Animator – Interview with Tallulah, Wueen of the Universe

Best Individual Achievement for Writing in the Field of Animation

• Ben Edlund, Richard Liebmann-Smith, The Tick “The Tick vs. Arthur’s Band Account”
• Peter Gaffney, Paul Germain, Jon Greenberg, Rachael Lipman, The Rugrats: A Rugrats Passover
• Doug Langdale, Disney’s Aladdin: Do the Rat Thing
• Michael Reaves, Gargoyles: Deadly Forcce
• John Semper, Spider-Man: Day of the Chameleon

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award

• Jules Engel
• Vance Gerry
• Dan McLaughlin

June Foray Award

• June Foray

Certificate of Merit

• King Features
• Sarah Baisley
• Dave Brain
• Gary Lah
• Amanda Haas
• Ginny Swift