ALBAWABA - DreamWorks Animation's 'The Wild Robot' recently made headlines after receiving a whopping nine trophies at the Annie Awards including "Best Feature," for its spectacular art direction and production.
Excluding the best feature, it also copped several awards including best FX, music, feature, editorial, direction, voice acting, character design, production design, and character animation. The Wild Robot was nominated for 10 awards and cleared almost all of them with one loss where voice actor Kit Connor, lost to Lupita Nyong’o.
Illumination's "Despicable Me 4" came in second place with just one award for "Best Storyboarding" which was the only category that "The Wild Robot" wasn't nominated for.
DreamWorks' The Wild Robot clears the Annie Awards with 9 trophies
DreamWorks' "The Wild Robot" almost made history but fell short against Pixar's "Coco" which received 11 Annies in 2018.
The Annie Awards is known for hosting one of the animation industry's top events, where it celebrates the hard work put into producing beautifully crafted films by industry veterans and indie studios alike.
Take for example, "Flow" by Dream Well Studio which received two awards including "Best Feature – Independent" and "Best Writing – Feature," with a minimal budget of €3.5 million ($3.6 million) compared to its $14.9 million in Box Office revenue.
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Pixar's "Inside Out 2" and BBC's "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl" were both nominated but left with no wins, despite their prequels receiving 10 Annies in the past.
On the contrary, Netflix's Arcane came on top and has continued its streak by copping seven Annies in TV/Media. It received best FX, character animation, direction, music, production design, storyboarding, and editorial.
