titanic2187 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Big setback for anyone who is expecting a Heron upset against ATSV. Heron isn't even nominated here. In the past 14 years, every eventual Oscar Best animated feature won here, except the only time a movie that didn't get to win an Oscar while it won ACE was The Lego movie. Best Edited Animated Feature Film Elemental — Stephen Schaffer, ACE Nimona — Randy Trager, ACE; Erin Crackel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Michael Andrews, ACE The Super Mario Bros. Movie — Eric Osmond Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — Greg Levitan, ACE 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 10 minutes ago, titanic2187 said: Big setback for anyone who is expecting a Heron upset against ATSV. Heron isn't even nominated here. In the past 14 years, every eventual Oscar Best animated feature won here, except the only time a movie that didn't get to win an Oscar while it won ACE was The Lego movie. Best Edited Animated Feature Film Elemental — Stephen Schaffer, ACE Nimona — Randy Trager, ACE; Erin Crackel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Michael Andrews, ACE The Super Mario Bros. Movie — Eric Osmond Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — Greg Levitan, ACE something tells me this is biased to American movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Just now, cannastop said: something tells me this is biased to American movies. Going through their list they never nominated an anime film and only once Non-english animation. There is genre bias for sure but statistically this is still a big setback for Heron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Betting odds are now available (UK) Looks like around a 65% chance for ATSV, 30% chance for Heron and 5% chance for the other three. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Strange release strategy. Wonder why take neon so long to give it a proper theatrical release. They are lucky they still got nominated for a movie that hardly anyone has seen it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 ...They should have pushed for Feb or March, the screener is already online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Issac Newton Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Issac Newton Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Annie's Award Independent - Robot Dreams Best Feature - ATSV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 ATSV is the biggest winner at Annie, wining 7 awards including Best Animated Feature and Direction. Heron takes 2 win in the category where ATSV isn't nominated. The favour again skewing ATSV heavily now. Heron takes GG but do remember GG failed to recognize Miyazaki in the past, thus making Heron win looked like a "compensation" prize. Whereas critics choice and Annie which did pick Spirited Away as winner back in 2002, both of them choose ATSV in the showdown. The surprise upset is still possible at the Oscar but I must say at this juncture it does look like ATSV is taking this one unless BAFTA and PGA mess up the race. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Yeah I’ve been thinking for a minute it’s just gonna be Spider verse winning everything from now. Spirited Away just got lucky there wasn’t really an acclaimed American animation that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, CoolioD1 said: Yeah I’ve been thinking for a minute it’s just gonna be Spider verse winning everything from now. Spirited Away just got lucky there wasn’t really an acclaimed American animation that year. Still could have easily gone to Lilo & Stitch, but I mostly agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Yeah, I fear BatH is cooked after the Annie Awards. Right now the only hope is if it can at least pick up BAFTA as a consolation prize, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I'm surprised they didn't give it to Nimona simply because of it's narrative (from humble beginnings on tumblr, to a graphic novel, to being shoved around, cancelled, rebought, finished, etc). Well I can rest easy know Robot Dreams got at least best Independent. I still think Across was too cluttered in an attempt to be ~complete and not get people too mad about a sequel hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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titanic2187 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 It is quite obvious now the international bloc are voting in favour of Heron whereas US-based voters are favouring ATSV. I suppose PGA would go with ATSV. This is some good come back after Annie awards but like I said, I am not sure if BAFTA voters are taking this opportunity to correct their snub of Spirited Away 20 years ago, or they genuinely think Heron is a better film. This is a factor to consider because Oscar voters wouldn't have that overdue pressure for Miyazaki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 2/3/2024 at 11:51 AM, IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son said: Betting odds are now available (UK) Looks like around a 65% chance for ATSV, 30% chance for Heron and 5% chance for the other three. Update after the BAFTAs Slightly closing the gap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) ATSV will be a worthy winner for the animation and realization of Spider-Punk and Gwen's world alone. 12 hours ago, cannastop said: Still could have easily gone to Lilo & Stitch, but I mostly agree. TBF Spirited Away was the biggest Japanese film at the time (and for almost 20 years afterwards) which I guess made it impossible to ignore. BatH is not at the same cultural level and Miyazaki has shown interest in making another film which takes away the 'Miyazaki's last film' card. Edited February 19 by Spidey Freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 NEON: We are going to hide Robot Dreams until nearly summer. Netflix: Just watch Nimona on YT guys its alright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Basest FYC campaign ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Robot Dreams is actually having some early access showings on March 6th, so you might have a chance to see it before the Oscars after all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
