NEW YORK — The sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 topped the 42nd Annie Awards, taking best feature at the annual honors for animation.
In the Saturday night ceremony hosted at the Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, How to Train Your Dragon won five awards in all. It also took best director for Ontario native Dean DeBlois, as well as prizes for feature character design, storyboarding and music.
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Dragon bested Disney’s top contender, the superhero tale Big Hero 6. But the film that preceded Hero in theatres, Feast, won best short film.
The acclaimed but Oscar-snubbed The Lego Movie won for the Annie best feature writing.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 will head to the Feb. 22 Oscars as the best-animation favorite.
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