“Green Lantern: First Flight” Direct-To-Video Animated Feature Nominated For Annie Award
Click on the images below to view complete coverage of the recent Green Lantern: First Flight direct-to-video animated feature, released to home video in July 2009.
Announced earlier this week, the Green Lantern: First Flight direct-to-video animated feature received a nomination in the 37th Annual Annie Awards, awards recognizing the years best animated features, television productions, commercials, short subjects and more. The nomination is as follows.
Green Lantern: First Flight
-Best Animated Home Entertainment Production
The Annie Awards honor overall excellence in the field of animation as well as individual achievement in a total of 24 categories ranging from production design, character animation, and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music and voice acting.
Batman: Gotham Knight and Justice League: The New Frontier, two previous titles from the popular DC Universe Animated Original Movie line, were also nominated in the Best Animated Home Entertainment Production in 2008, but neither title took home the honors.
Additionally, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced Bruce Timm, along with Tim Burton and Jeffrey Katzenberg, as recipients of the Winsor McCay Award for 2009. The Winsor McCay Award may be awarded to a maximum of three individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical work, music, professional teaching, or for other endeavors which exhibit outstanding contributions to excellence in animation.
More details can be found at the official website for the 37th Annual Annie Awards. Award recipients will claim their trophies at the 37th Annual Annie Awards scheduled for Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. Stay tuned for further updates.
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