"Kung Fu Panda" pulled out all its martial arts moves Friday night at the 36th annual Annie Awards, where it was named best animated feature.
The DreamWorks Animation feature dominated the awards ceremony, held at UCLA's Royce Hall in Westwood and presented by ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles chapter of the International Animated Film Society.
Winning the top prize over such other nominees as the critical favorites "WALL-E" and "Waltz With Bashir," "Panda" swept the feature film categories as it picked up 10 trophies, bettering Pixar's "Ratatouille" run last year when it earned nine Annies, including best feature.
Additionally, DWA's "Secrets of the Furious Five," a 24-minute short that appears on the "Panda" DVD -- took four awards in the TV production/shortform categories, and Activision's "Kung Fu Panda" game won the award for best video game.
yeaaa dreamworks!! i'm so proud. it's good to know despite all the (in my opinion) unfounded praise for wall-e from the critics, the industry itself took more pride in KFP. like i've said before the first 40 minutes of wall-e are pure genius, but it goes downhill from there and as a whole just isn't near as good/strong as other animated movies this year like kung fu panda and bolt.
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