The 42nd Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2014 was held on January 31, 2015, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, presenting in 36 categories.
[2] This year, a new category called Best Character Animation in a Video Game was added.
[2] On December 1, 2014, the nominations for Annie Awards were announced.
Big Hero 6 and Song of the Sea received 7 nominations each.
[5][6] How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – Voyager Pictures LLC Feast – Walt Disney Animation Studios Flight of the Stories – Aardman Animations Tumble Leaf – Amazon Studios / Bix Pix Entertainment Gravity Falls – Disney Television Animation The Simpsons – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Ubisoft Montpellier My Big Brother – Jason Rayner Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik – Big Hero 6 – Walt Disney Animation Studios Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist – Edge of Tomorrow – Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures Justin Nichols – Wander Over Yonder – Disney Television Animation Fabio Lignini – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Chernin Entertainment/Ingenious Media/TSG Entertainment Mike Mennillo – Assassin's Creed Unity – Ubisoft Montreal Benjamin Balistreri – Wander Over Yonder – Disney Television Animation Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez – The Book of Life – Reel FX Creative Studios/20th Century Fox Aaron Springer – Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Dean DeBlois – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG Christopher Willis – Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation John Powell, Jónsi – How to Train Your Dragon 2 – DreamWorks Animation SKG Narina Sokolova – Mickey Shorts – Disney Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall – The Boxtrolls – Focus Features/Laika Joaquim Dos Santos - The Legend of Korra - Nickelodeon Truong "Tron" Son Mai - How to Train Your Dragon 2 - DreamWorks Animation SKG Bill Farmer as the voices of Goofy and Grandma - Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher - The Boxtrolls – Focus Features/Laika Darrick Bachman - Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Phil Lord & Christopher Miller – The Lego Movie – Warner Bros. Pictures Illya Owens - Disney Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation John K. Carr - How to Train Your Dragon 2 - DreamWorks Animation SKG