Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production

Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
Awarded forExcellence in direct-to-video productions
CountryUnited States
Presented byASIFA-Hollywood
First awarded1995
Last awarded2008
Websiteannieawards.org
Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche were voice actors in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, a nominee for the 2004 Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production.

The Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production is awarded annually by ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization that honors contributions to animation, to the best animated direct-to-video film of the year. It is one of the Annie Awards, which honor contributions to animation, including producers, directors, and voice actors. The Annie Awards were created in 1972 by June Foray to honor individual lifetime contributions to animation.

History

In 1992, the scope of the awards was expanded to honor animation as a whole; the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature was created as a result of this move, and subsequent awards have been created to recognize different contributions to animation.[1] The Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production was created in 1995, and has been awarded yearly since. It was originally known as the Annie Award for Best Animated Video Production;[2] the name of the award was changed in 1997 to the Annie Award for Best Home Video Production,[3] was changed again in 1998 to the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Home Video Production,[4] and was changed in 2002 to the current name. To be eligible for the award, the film must have been released in the year before the next Annie Awards ceremony, and the developers of the game must send a five-minute sample DVD of the film to a committee appointed by the Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood.[5]

As of 2008, the Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production has been awarded to thirteen direct-to-video films. The Gate to the Mind’s Eye, a film in the Mind's Eye series, was the first film to win the award.[2] Macross Plus, an original video animation, was the first film to feature Japanese anime to be nominated for the award; the only other film featuring anime to be nominated is the Wachowskis' The Animatrix, a series of animated videos set in the fictional universe of The Matrix series.[6][7] The film production company Walt Disney Television Animation has had nine of its films nominated for the award, more than any other company, and DisneyToon Studios, a division of Walt Disney Television Animation, has had eight of its films nominated for the award.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Film Studios Director
1995
(23rd)
[2]
The Gate to the Mind’s Eye Miramar Michael Boydstun
Macross Plus - Part One Macross Plus Project, Hero Co. Shoji Kawamori, Shinichiro Watanabe
Macross Plus - Part Two
Opéra Imaginaire Miramar José Abel, Hilary Audus
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure Universal Cartoon Studios Roy Allen Smith
1996
(24th)
[8]
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving Universal Cartoon Studios Roy Allen Smith
1997
(25th)
[3] 		Aladdin and the King of Thieves Walt Disney Television Animation Tad Stones
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists Universal Cartoon Studios Roy Allen Smith
A Rugrats Vacation Klasky Csupo, Nickelodeon Anthony Bell
This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie Artisan Entertainment Tom Burton
1998
(26th)
[4] 		Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Warner Bros. Animation Boyd Kirkland
Belle's Magical World Walt Disney Television Animation Cullen Blaine, Daniel de la Vega, Barbara Dourmashkin, Dale Kase, Bob Kline, Burt Medall, Mitch Rochon
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue Wild Brain Phil Robinson
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin Walt Disney Television Animation Karl Geurs
Spunky's Camping Adventure Global Television Syndication, Christian Broadcasting Network Jannete Oke
1999
(27th)
[9] 		The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Walt Disney Television Animation Darrell Rooney
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Hanna-Barbera, Warner Home Video Hiroshi Aoyama, Kazumi Fukushima, Jim Stenstrum
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World Walt Disney Television Animation Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock Universal Cartoon Studios Charles Grosvenor

2000s

Year Film Studios Director
2000
(28th)
[10] 		An Extremely Goofy Movie Walt Disney Television Animation Ian Harrowell, Douglas McCarthy
Bartok the Magnificent Fox Animation Studios Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Walt Disney Television Animation Alex Mann
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. Animation Jim Stenstrum
Wakko's Wish Warner Bros. Animation Liz Holzman, Rusty Mills, Tom Ruegger
2001
(29th)
[11] 		Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Warner Bros. Animation Curt Geda
Joseph: King of Dreams DreamWorks Rob LaDuca, Robert C. Ramirez
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Walt Disney Television Animation Darrell Rooney, Jeannine Roussel
2002
(30th)
[12] 		Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun Nelvana, Sparkling Ron Pitts
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water Universal Cartoon Studios Charles Grosvenor
The Star of Christmas Big Idea Productions Tim Hodge
2003
(31st)
[13] 		The Animatrix Silver Pictures, Warner Home Video Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure DisneyToon Studios Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith
Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase Nelvana, Sparkling Ron Pitts
Stitch! The Movie Walt Disney Television Animation Tony Craig
2004
(32nd)
[14] 		The Lion King 1½ DisneyToon Studios Bradley Raymond
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers DisneyToon Studios Donovan Cook
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster Warner Bros. Animation Scott Jeralds
2005
(33rd)
[15]
[16] 		Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch DisneyToon Studios Michael LaBash, Anthony Leondis
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows Creative Capers Entertainment David Molina, Terry Shakespeare
Kronk's New Groove DisneyToon Studios Elliot M. Bour, Saul Andrew Blinkoff
Tarzan II DisneyToon Studios Brian Smith
The Batman vs. Dracula Warner Bros. Animation Michael Goguen
2006
(34th)
[17] 		Bambi II DisneyToon Studios Brian Pimental
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit Universal Animation Studios Byron Vaughns
Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes DisneyToon Studios Dave Bossert
2007
(35th)
[18] 		Futurama: Bender's Big Score The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox Television Dwayne Carey-Hill
Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme MLG Productions Frank Paur
2008
(36th)
[19] 		Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox Television Peter Avanzino
Batman: Gotham Knight Warner Bros. Animation Toshi Hiruma, Bruce Timm
Christmas Is Here Again Easy To Dream Entertainment, Renegade Animation Robert Zappia
Justice League: The New Frontier Warner Bros. Animation Dave Bullock
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning DisneyToon Studios Peggy Holmes

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