20 Animated Films Submitted for Oscars

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A record 20 films have been submitted for best animated feature at the Academy Awards. But, there will be only five nominees in the feature-length animation category. Usually the category has had three nominations most of the years. This year can be considered a fruitful year for animations. There were five nominees in 2002, when 17 animated films were submitted.

Reportedly, submissions include a wide variety of styles, including hits like "Up," ‘'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and "Monsters vs. Aliens". The stop-motion animation of "Coraline," ‘'Fantastic Mr. Fox" and "Mary and Max"; and the hand-drawn animation of "The Princess and the Frog" and "Ponyo" have also been submitted.

Other submitted films are, "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," ‘'Astro Boy," ‘'Battle for Terra," ‘'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," ‘'Disney's A Christmas Carol," ‘'The Dolphin — Story of a Dreamer," ‘'The Missing Lynx," ‘'9," ‘'Planet 51," ‘'The Secret of Kells," ‘'Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" and "A Town Called Panic".

According to the source, there are some films which are yet to complete a weeklong theatrical run in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. Academy rules for the category also state that a "significant number of the major characters must be animated, and animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture's running time".