29th Annie Awards

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The 29th annual Annie Awards honoring animation excellence in 2001. [1] Shrek became the big winner of 2001, taking eight of its twelve nominations, including the Best Animated Feature.

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Best Animated Feature

Winner:

Nominees:

Best Animated Short Subject

Winner:

Nominees:

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Other awards

The Emperor's New Groove nabbed three awards: one for Voice Acting in a Feature Production (female category) with Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Character Animation for Dale Baer on said character and best song. [5]

Other winners included Eddie Murphy for the role of Donkey in Shrek , The Simpsons , Futurama , Invader Zim , Kathy Najimy for her role as Peggy Hill in King of the Hill , Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and The Powerpuff Girls . [3]

June Foray Award

Winsor McCay Award

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