Sadly, while the Annie Awards may be one of the industry’s highest honors for animated features, they aren’t particularly useful for predicting the ultimate winner of Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards.
While not as big as some of the more notable award shows, the Annie Awards are no less storied.
The Annie Awards were first established by the Hollywood branch of the International Animated Film Association back in 1972, the same year that animation icon Max Fleischer (Popeye, Betty Boop) died.
As reported by Variety, Zootopia beat out Moana and Kubo and the Two Strings to take home the prize for Best Animated Feature.