Annie Awards announced

Nominees for the 34th annual Annie Awards, which honor excellence in animation, were recently announced. Here's who and what was nominated in the world of television:

Commercials:

Candy Factory: Ka-chew!/Screen Novelties

ESPN "Billieve": Laika/house

Hilton "Dancing Couple": Acme Filmworks

St. Louis Zoo "Giraffe": Z Animation

United Airlines "Dragon": DUCK Studios

Television series:

Charlie and Lola

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

King of the Hill

The Fairly OddParents

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Character animation:

Joshua Jennings: Moral Orel

Eileen Kohlhepp: Family Guy

Sihanouk Mariona: Robot Chicken

Yu Jae Myung: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Character design:

Ben Balistreri: Danny Phantom

Mike Kunkel: The Life & Times of Juniper Lee

Carlos Ramos: The X's

Eric Robles: The X's

Directing:

Shaun Cashman: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Craig McCracken: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Guy Vasilovich: Growing Up Creepie

Giancarlo Volpe: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Music:

Brad Benedict, Mark Fontana & Erik Godal: Squirrel Boy

John King: Shorty McShorts' Shorts

Steve Marston: Jakers!

James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Production design:

Martin Ansolabehere: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Alan Bodner: The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

Bob Boyle: Wow! Wow! Wubbzy

Dan Krall: My Gym Partner's A Monkey

Sue Mondt: Camp Lazlo

Storyboards:

Troy Adomitis: American Dragon: Jake Long

Ben Balistreri: Danny Phantom

Li Hong: The X's

Shaut Nigoghossian: Danny Phantom

Adam Van Wyk: Hellboy: Sword of Storms

Voice acting:

Keith Ferguson: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Eartha Kitt: The Emperor's New School

Mila Kunis: Family Guy

Russi Taylor: Jakers!

Patrick Warburton: The Emperor's New School

Writing:

Kirker Butler: Family Guy

Ian Maxtone-Graham: The Simpsons

Tom Sheppard: My Gym Partner's a Monkey

Dan Veber: American Dad

John Viener: Family Guy

On a personal note, I'm happy to see both King of the Hill and Craig McCracken on this list, though seeing KOTH nominated along with preschool programs like Charlie and Lola and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is a little odd. It almost seems they should have another category for cartoons geared toward adult audiences. Speaking of adult audiences, I also notice a paucity of Adult Swim shows. Huh.

Stephen Worth was also selected for the June Foray Award for his work as curator of the ever-growing ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project, a place worth checking out if you're an animation buff.

[via Toon Zone]