01/30/2006 Archives: "Nominees for 2006 DVD Exclusive Awards announced"

The nominees for the 2006 DVD Exclusive Awards have been announced. With 44 nods, Buena Vista Home Entertainment leads the way in nominations. While a number of animated films managed to rank in many nominations not specifically associated with animation, the nominees for categories directly linked to animation include:

Overall Movie, Animated DVD Premiere
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus With 3D (Lionsgate)
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (Fox)
Kronk's New Groove (Disney)
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Disney)
Tarzan II (Disney)

Animated Character Performance (voice and animation in a DVD premiere movie)
Stewie Griffin, voice: Seth MacFarlane, animator TBA; Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (Fox)
Kronk, voice Patrick Warburton, animator TBA; Kronk's New Groove (Disney)
Yzma, voice Eartha Kitt, animator TBA; Kronk's New Groove (Disney)
Lilo, voice: Dakota Fanning; animators: Kevin Peaty and Ritsuko Notani; Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Disney)
Zugor, voice: George Carlin, animator: Bernard Derriman; Tarzan II (Disney)

Visual Effects (in a DVD premiere movie)
Marvin Petilla, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (Disney)
Marvin Petilla, Tarzan II (Disney)
Jamison Goei, Dracula III: Legacy (Miramax/Disney)
credit TBA, The Snow Walker (First Look)
credit TBA, Mulan II (Disney)

Posted by Mickey at 1:16 am ET