A second rule change announced by the Academy (via Dark Horizons) could have big implications for the Best Animated Film category.
The Academy also will now use a preferential system rather than numerical voting for the award, the same way they do for Best Picture.
But there were enough people on the other side of the argument to sway the Academy into making sure voters never have another chance to award Oscar gold to a documentary that technically qualifies as a series and not a feature.
Some argue this change will lead to more big-studio animated films scoring nominations, and fewer smaller movies getting a chance to wedge their way in.