The 2012 Annie Awards were held last night, and critical favorite Rango ended up deservedly taking home the Best Animated Feature award. Gore Verbinski’s quirky western also took home the award for Best Writing in a Feature Production, Best Editing, and the Members Favorite Award, but lost Best Directing to Kung Fu Panda 2’s Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Bill Nighy won Best Voice Acting for Arthur Christmas, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes took home the Character Animation in a Live Action Feature Production award.On the television side of things, The Simpsons was awarded the top prize as well as Best Directing and Best Writing. Heading into the Academy Awards, Rango is our clear frontrunner. The Adventures of Tintin was pegged as the film’s biggest competition at the Oscar ceremony, but the Steven Spielberg film was ultimately left out of the nominations. Hit the jump to see the full list of Annie Awards Winners.rango-movie-poster-hi-res-01Animated FeatureRango – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films ProductionDirecting in a Television ProductionMatthew Nastuk “The Simpsons” – Gracie FilmsDirecting in a Feature ProductionJennifer Yuh Nelson “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks AnimationGeneral Audience Animated TV ProductionThe Simpsons – Gracie FilmsVoice Acting in a Television ProductionJeff Bennett as Kowalski “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks AnimationVoice Acting in a Feature ProductionBill Nighy as Grandsanta “Arthur Christmas” – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman AnimationsWriting in a Television ProductionCarolyn Omine “The Simpsons -Treehouse of Horror XXII” – Gracie FilmsWriting in a Feature ProductionJohn Logan, Gore Verbinski and James Byrkit “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films ProductionsEditing in Television ProductionTed Machold, Jeff Adams, Doug Tiano, Bob Tomlin “Penguins of Madagascar” – Nickelodeon and DreamWorks AnimationEditing in a Feature ProductionCraig Wood, A.C.E. “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films ProductionAnimated Television Production – PreschoolDisney Jake and the Never Land Pirates – Disney Television AnimationAnimated Television Production – ChildrenThe Amazing World of Gumball – Cartoon Network in Association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio SoiAnimated Special ProductionKung Fu Panda – Secrets of the Masters – DreamWorks AnimationAnimated Short SubjectAdam and Dog – Minkyu LeeAnimated Television CommercialTwinings “Sea” – PsyopAnimated Video GameInsanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcelladventures-of-tintin-movie-poster-01Music in a Television ProductionGrace Potter, Michael Giacchino “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosMusic in a Feature ProductionJohn Williams “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/MarshallProduction Design in a Television ProductionMark Bodnar, Chris Tsirgiotis, Sue Mondt and Daniel Elson “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” – Cartoon Network StudiosProduction Design in a Feature ProductionRaymond Zibach “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks AnimationStoryboarding in a Television ProductionBarry W. Johnson “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosStoryboarding in a Feature ProductionJeremy Spears “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosAnimated Effects in an Animated ProductionKevin Romond “Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/MarshallAnimated Effects in a Live Action ProductionFlorent Andorra “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Industrial Light & MagicCharacter Animation in a Television ProductionChad Sellers “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation Studiosrise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-movie-poster-uk-01Character Animation in a Feature ProductionJeff Gabor “Rio” – Blue Sky StudiosCharacter Animation in a Live Action ProductionEric Reynolds “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” – 20th Century FoxCharacter Design in a Television ProductionBill Schwab “Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice” – Walt Disney Animation StudiosCharacter Design in a Feature ProductionMark “Crash” McCreery “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films ProductionMembers Favorite AwardRangoJune Foray AwardArt LeonardiWinsor McCay AwardWalt PeregoyRonald SearleBørge Ring