Oct 24, 2018

2019 Academy Awards 25 animated films, including a record 8 from Japan

Twenty-five animated features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category of the 91st Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

It's a particularly diverse year for international animation, including entries from Mexico (Ana y Bruno), China (Have a Nice Day), Taiwan (On Happiness Road), Hungary (Ruben Brandt, Collector), Brazil (Tito and the Birds), and a record eight animated features produced in Japan.

This year's submitted films, in alphabetical order, are:

In ten out of the last eleven years, a Walt Disney Company-produced animated feature has won the category, an unprecedented streak for a single company's domination of an Oscar category.

The Academy points out that even though the films have been submitted doesn't mean they've all qualified yet:

The nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, and the Oscars will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California.