'Zootopia' and 'Kubo and the Two Strings' Top Annie Awards Nominations

Awards season is upon us and the Annie Awards just revealed the nominees for the 2016 animated films and TV shows. Disney's Zootopia leads the pack with 11 nominations, but Laika's Kubo and the Two Strings isn't that far behind with 10 nods.

Annie Nominations Revealed

The nominations have been revealed for the 38th annual Annie Awards, the nominations for Best Animated Feature are as follows:

• Despicable Me – Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
• How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation
• Tangled – Disney
• The Illusionist – Django Films
• Toy Story 3 – Disney/Pixar

Notably, Toy Story 3 is nominated, despite the fact that earlier in the year Disney and Pixar publicly withdrew support for the awards, due to the inexplicable voting and judging methods. Presumably still annoyed that WALL E (the eventual 2008 Oscar winner) lost to DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda, blaming the fact that DreamWorks buys each new employee an ASIFA-Holywood membership.

The nominations for Best Animated Short Subject are as follows:

• Coyote Falls - Warner Bros. Animation
• Day & Night – Pixar
• Enrique Wrecks the World - House of Chai
• The Cow Who Wanted To Be A Hamburger - Plymptoons Studio
• The Renter - Jason Carpenter

The awards will take place on February 5th, 2010