ANNIE NOMINATIONS 2023 (Complete List) – Animation Scoop

ANNIE NOMINATIONS 2023 (Complete List)

ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 50th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, please visit www.annieawards.org/nominations. This year’s ceremony is scheduled to return Live on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Pre-reception and Red Carpet at 4:30 p.m., followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m., and after party immediately following the ceremony.

This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red (Pixar Animation Studios), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix presents A Double Dare You! Film/A Shadowmachine production in association with The Jim Henson Company), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks Animation), The Sea Beast (Netflix) and Wendell & Wild (Netflix presents A Monkeypaw Production/A Gotham Group Production).

Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting features with a much smaller distribution footprint than major studio releases include: Charlotte (January Films, Ltd., Balthazar Productions, and Walking The Dog), Inu-Oh (Science SARU). Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be (On Classics (Mediawan) / Bidibul Productions), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Marcel the Movie LLC), and My Father’s Dragon (Cartoon Saloon for Netflix).

“After two years of virtual awards, as much fun as they were, everyone is so eager to get back to a live, in-person event,” remarked Frank Gladstone, Annies executive producer. “This is doubly true since this is the Annie Awards 50th year, our Golden Anniversary! We are returning to UCLA’s Royce Hall for an Annies with all the trimmings, and a few surprises. It is important for all of us to be together again, celebrating our community, our accomplishments, and our love for animation and the people who create it.”

Juried Awards will be presented during the ceremony, honoring unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award in recognition of lifetime or career contributions are being presented to three recipients – Pete Docter, animated feature writer/director and Pixar CEO; Evelyn Lambart (posthumously), early National Film Board of Canada collaborator, including her significant series of short films; and Craig McCracken, prolific, influential television series creator. The June Foray Award for significant and benevolent or charitable impact will be awarded to Mindy Johnson, author, historian and educator.

The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement affecting the animation industry will be presented to Visual Effects Reference Platform, initially developed by Nick Cannon and Francois Chardavoine to eliminate incompatibilities between digital content creation software. The Certificate of Merit Award for service to the art and industry will be presented to John Omohundro.

Many thanks to the generous support from this year’s sponsors and advertisers: Platinum Level – DreamWorks Animation, Netflix, Nickelodeon, and Walt Disney Animation Studios/Pixar Animation Studios; Gold Level – Disney TV Animation, Illumination Entertainment and Riot Games; Silver Level – Pixar Animation Studios, and Walt Disney Animation Studios; Bronze Level – Epic Games, GKIDS, LightBox Expo, Skydance Animation and The Gotham Group; and Education/Nonprofit Level – The Animation Guild LATSE Local 839 and Sheridan College.

ASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s first and foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA, supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, animated film preservation, animation open source support, special events, classes and screenings.

Created in 1972 by veteran voice talent June Foray, the Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for five decades. For more information on the Annie Awards, please visit www.annieawards.org. For ticket information, please visit www.annieawards.org/tickets.

Nominations – 50th Annie Awards

#1 BEST FEATURE

●  Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios
●  Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
– Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
●  Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – DreamWorks Animation
●  The Sea Beast – Netflix
Wendell & Wild – Netflix Presents A Monkeypaw Production / A Gotham Group Production

#2 BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT

Charlotte – January Films, Ltd., Balthazar Productions, and Walking the Dog
Inu-Oh – Science SARU
Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be – On Classics (Mediawan) / Bidibul Productions
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Marcel the Movie LLC
My Father’s Dragon – Cartoon Saloon for Netflix

Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be

#3 BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

Prehistoric Planet – BBC Studios in association with Apple
Superworm – Magic Light Pictures
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
The House – Nexus Studios for Netflix
The Sandman – A Netflix Original Series / A Warner Bros. Television Production

#4 BEST SHORT SUBJECT

Amok – Boddah
Black Slide – The Hive Studio, in co-production with FlipBook Studio
Ice Merchants – COLA Animation production & Wild Stream
Love, Dad – 13ka, in co-production with FAMU & nutprodukcia
The Flying Sailor – National Film Board of Canada

#5 BEST SPONSORED

Can’t Negotiate the Melting Point of Ice – NOMINT
Minions: The Rise of Gru / The Office – Illumination
Save Ralph – Arch Model Studio
Ted Lasso: The Missing Christmas Mustache – Apple presents a Doozer Production in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television
Today’s Holiday Moments are Tomorrow’s Memories – Hornet

#6 BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

Elinor Wonders Why Episode: [Rest is Best] – SHOE Ink. LLC
Gabby’s Dollhouse – Episode: [Cakey’s Cupcake Cousins] – DreamWorks Animation
Rise Up, Sing Out Episode: [Name Tag] – Disney TV Animation
Spirit Rangers Episode: [Thunder Mountain] – Laughing Wild / Netflix
The Tiny Chef Show – Episode: [Pancakes] – Tiny Chef Productions LLC / Imagine Entertainment

#7 BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

Abominable and the Invisible City Episode: [Everest Returns] DreamWorks Animation
Big Nate – Episode: [The Legend of the Gunting] – Nickelodeon Animation
Moominvalley – Episode: [Lonely Mountain] – Gutsy Animations
The Owl House Episode: [King’s Tide] – Disney TV Animation
We Baby Bears – Episode: [The Real Crayon] – Cartoon Network Studios

Big Nate

#8 BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

Bob’s Burgers Episode: [Some Like it Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner] – 20th Television/Bento Box Entertainment
Harley Quinn – Episode: [Batman Begins Forever] – Warner Bros. Animation
Rick and Morty Episode: [Night Family] – Rick and Morty LLC
The Simpsons – Treehouse of Horror XXXIII – Episode: [Treehouse of Horror XXXIII] – A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation
Tuca & Bertie – Episode: [The Pain Garden] – The Tornante Company

#9 BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

BAYMAX! – Episode: [Sofia]– Walt Disney Animation Studios
El Deafo – Episode: [Everybody Sounds So Weird] – Lighthouse Studios in association with Apple
HouseBroken – Episode: [Who’s Having A Merry Trashmas?] – Kapital Entertainment and FOX Entertainment
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale – Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises] – A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
Undone – Episode: [Rectify] – Tornante Company and Amazon Studios

#10 BEST STUDENT FILM

Au revoir Jérôme!
Student director: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet & Chloé Farr
School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image
Birdsong
○ Student director: Michelle Cheng
○ Student producer: Michelle Cheng
○ School: California Institute of the Arts
Synchronie Passagère
○ Student director: Julia Le Bras-Juarez
○ School: Supinfocom Rubika
The Most Boring Granny in the Whole World
○ Student director: Damaris Zielke
○ Student producer: Jiayan Chen
○ School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
The Soloists
○ Student director: Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk
Issaka, Celeste Jamneck & Yi Liu
○ School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image

#11 BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

Cars on the Road Episode: [Road Rumblers] – Pixar Animation Studios
○ Christopher Foreman, Elana Lederman, John Lockwood, Jae Jun Yi, Justin Ritter
Love Death + Robots Episode: [Bad Traveling] – Blur Studio for Netflix
○ FX Production Company: Blur Studio
○ Kirby Miller, Igor Zanic, Joseph H. Coleman, Steven Dupuy, Josh Schwartz
Prehistoric Planet Episode: [Coasts] – BBC Studios in association with Apple
○ FX Production Company: MPC
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Episode: [special production] – NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
○ FX Production Company: NoneMore Productions
○ Peter Baynton, Raymond Pang, Martial Coulon
The House Episode: [special production] – Nexus Studios for Netflix
● FX Production Company: Nexus Studios
● Germán Díez, Álvaro Alonso Lomba, Hugo Vieites Caamaño

#12 BEST FX – FEATURE

Avatar: The Way of Water – 20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear – Pixar Animation Studios
○ FX Production Company: Pixar
○ Carl Kaphan, Cody Harrington, Hope Schroers, Jon Barry, Nate Skeen
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
– Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company ○ FX Production Company: MPC
Minions: The Rise of Gru – Illumination
○ Frank Baradat, Simon Pate, Milan Voukassovitch, Milo Riccarand
The Sea Beast – Netflix
○ FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks ○

GDT’s Pinocchio

#13 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

Entergalactic
Episode: [special production] – Netflix / Mad Solar / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang
○ Aziz Kocanagullari
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale Episode: [The Mighty Storm Gods] – A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
○ Toshihiro Nakamura
StoryBots: Answer Time Episode: [Taste] – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
○ Henrique Baron
FX Production Company: Wētā FX
Johnathan M. Nixon, David Moraton, Nicholas Illingworth, David Caeiro Cebrian,
Alex Nowotny
Aaron Weintraub, Warren Lawtey, Alireza Malmiri, Baptiste Malbranque, Mikhail
Donchenko
Spencer Lueders, Dmitriy Kolesnik, Kiel Gnebba, Oleksandr (Alex) Loboda,
Jeremy Hoey
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Episode: [special production]
– NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
○ Tim Watts
The House
Episode: [special production] – Nexus Studios for Netflix
○ Kecy Salangad

#14 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios – Teresa Falcone
Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios – Eric Anderson
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company – Tucker Barrie
The Bad Guys – DreamWorks Animation – Jorge Capote
The Bad Guys – DreamWorks Animation – Min Hong

#15 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

Avatar: The Way of Water – Daniel Barrett, Stuart Adcock, Todd Labonte, Douglas McHale, Stephen Cullingford
Beast Production Company: Universal Pictures, RVK Studios, Will Packer Productions
○ FX Production Company: Framestore
○ Alvise Avati, Chris McGaw, Bora Şahin, Krzysztof Boyoko, Laurent Benhamo
Production Company: 20th Century Studios / Disney Studios
FX Production Company: Wētā FX
Finch
Production Company: Amblin Partners Apple Original Films
○ FX Production Company: MPC
○ Simon Allen, Harinarayan Rajeev, Paul Nelson, Matthias Schoenegger
Jurassic World Dominion Production Company: Amblin Entertainment & Universal Pictures
○ FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic
○ Jance Rubinchik, Alexander Lee, Rich Bentley, Antoine Verney Carron, Sally
Wilson
Peacemaker Production Company: HBO Max
○ FX Production Company: Wētā FX
○ Michael Cozens, Mark Smith, Kai-Hua Lan, Selene McLean, Richard John Moore

#16 BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

Cuphead – The Delicious Last Course – Studio MDHR
○ Chad Moldenhauer, Hanna Abi-Hanna
God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio
Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla
○ Richard Oud, Jan-Erik Sjovall, Guerrilla Animation Team
Moss: Book II – Polyarc
○ Richard Lico
Potionomics
– Voracious Games – Emily Lattanavong , Anguel Bogoev

The Cuphead Show

#17 BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Amphibia Episode: [The Hardest Thing] – Disney TV Animation
○ Joe Sparrow
Entergalactic Episode: [special production]
– Netflix / Mad Solar / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang – Meybis Ruiz Cruz
Love Death + Robots Episode: [Jibaro] – Blur Studio for Netflix
○ Alberto Mielgo
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises] – A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
○ Rebecca Chan
Spirit Rangers Episode: [Belly of the Beast] – Laughing Wild / Netflix – Marie Delmas

#18 BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

Luck – Skydance LLC
○ Massimiliano Narciso
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – DreamWorks Animation
○ Jesús Alonso Iglesias
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie – Nickelodeon Animation Studio
○ Ida Hem
The Bad Guys – DreamWorks Animation
○ Taylor Krahenbuhl
Wendell & Wild
– Netflix Presents A Monkey Paw Production / A Gotham Group Production – Pablo Lobato

#19 BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

BAYMAX!
Episode: [Sofia] – Walt Disney Animation Studios
○ Lissa Treiman
exception / エクセプション – Episode: [Misprint] – Studio 5 / Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. for Netflix Yûzô Satô | サトウユーゾー
More Than I Want To Remember Episode: [short subject]
– Mugeni Film LLC, MTV Entertainment Studios
○ Amy Bench , Maya Edelman
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises]
– A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
○ Daisuke ” Dice” Tsutsumi
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: [special production]
– NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions – Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy

#20 BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios ○ Domee Shi
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
○ Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Marcel the Movie LLC
○ Dean Fleischer Camp, Kirsten Lepore, Stephen Chiodo
My Father’s Dragon – Cartoon Saloon for Netflix – Nora Twomey
● Wendell & Wild – Netflix Presents A Monkey Paw Production / A Gotham Group Production
○ Henry Selick

#21 BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

Love Death + Robots
Episode: [The Very Pulse of the Machine] – Blur Studio for Netflix
○ Rob Cairns
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale
Episode: [Onari’s Kushi Power] – A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
○ Zach Johnston, Matteo Roberts
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Episode: [special production] – NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
○ Isobel Waller-Bridge, Charlie Mackesy
The Cuphead Show! Episode: [Carn-Evil] – Netflix Animation
○ Ego Plum
The House Episode: [special production] – Nexus Studios for Netflix
○ Gustavo Santaolalla

#22 BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios
○ Ludwig Göransson, Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
– Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
○ Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
Mad God
– Tippett Studio
○ Dan Wool
The Bad Guys
– DreamWorks Animation
○ Daniel Pemberton
The Sea Beast – Netflix
○ Mark Mancia, Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe

#23 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal Episode: [Echoes of Eternity] – Adult Swim
○ Scott Wills
Mall Stories – Atilla the Grilla Episode: [short subject] – Chromosphere / Kikutowne
○ Jasmin Lai, Lauren Zurcher, Junyi Wu
Oni: Thunder God’s Tale – Episode: [The Demon Moon Rises] – A Netflix Series / A Tonko House Production
○ Robert Kondo, Rachel Tiep-Daniels, Lia Tin, Yohei Hashizume, Masa Inada
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Episode: [special production] – NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
○ Mike McCain
The House Episode: [special production] – Nexus Studios for Netflix
○ Niklas Nilsson, Alexandra Walker

#24 BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
– Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
○ Curt Enderle, Guy Davis
Mad God
– Tippett Studio
○ Phil Tippett
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – DreamWorks Animation
○ Nate Wragg, Joseph Feinsilver, Claire Keane, Wayne Tsay, Naveen Selvanathan
The Bad Guys
– DreamWorks Animation
○ Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix
The Sea Beast – Netflix
○ Matthias Lechner, Jung Woonyoung

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

#25 BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Episode: [Let You Down]
– CD Projekt Red in association with Netflix
○ Kaneko Yoshiyuk
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Episode: [The Knight’s Code] – DreamWorks Animation
○ Grace Liu
Looney Tunes Cartoons Episode: [Hex Appeal] – Warner Bros. Animation
○ Mike Ruocco
Love Death + Robots Episode: [The Very Pulse of the Machine] – Blur Studio for Netflix
○ Emily Dean
The Cuphead Show! Episode: [A Very Devil Christmas] – Netflix Animation
○ Karl Hadrika

#26 BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

Minions: The Rise of Gru – Illumination
○ Nima Azarba
Minions: The Rise of Gru – Illumination
○ Dave Feiss
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – DreamWorks Animation
○ Anthony Holden
Strange World – Walt Disney Animation Studios
○ Jeff Snow
Strange World – Walt Disney Animation Studios
○ Javier Ledesma Barboll

#27 BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

Looney Tunes Cartoons Episode: [Hex Appeal]
– Warner Bros. Animation
○ Candi Milo (character: Witch Hazel)
StoryBots: Answer Time Episode: [Glue]
– JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
○ Fred Tatsciore (character: Bang)
Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls Mayhem in the Multiverse Episode: [special production]
– Warner Bros Animation
○ Tara Strong (character: Harley Quinn)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Episode: [New Kids On The Block]
– Disney TV Animation
○ Karen Malina White (character: Dijonay Jones)
Zootopia+ Episode: [The Godfather of the Bride] – Walt Disney Animation Studios
○ Maurice LaMarche (Character: Mr.Big)

#28 BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
– Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
○ David Bradley (character: Geppetto)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
– Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
○ Gregory Mann (character: Pinocchio)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Marcel the Movie LLC
○ Jenny Slate (character: Marcel)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – DreamWorks Animation
○ Wagner Moura (character: Wolf)
The Sea Beast – Netflix
○ Zaris-Angel Hator (character: Maisie Brumble)

#29 BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

BAYMAX! Episode: [Sofia] – Walt Disney Animation Studios
○ Cirocco Dunlap
Big Nate Episode: [The Legend of the Gunting] – Nickelodeon Animation Studio
○ Mitch Watson, Emily Brundige, Ben Lapides, Sarah Allan
Love Death + Robots Episode: [Bad Traveling] – Blur Studio for Netflix
○ Andrew Kevin Walker
The House – Episode: [special production] – Nexus Studios for Netflix
○ Enda Walsh
Tuca & Bertie Episode: [The Pain Garden] – The Tornante Company
○ Lisa Hanawalt

Turning Red

#30 BEST WRITING – FEATURE

Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios
○ Domee Shi, Julia Cho
ETERNAL SPRING (⻑⾧長春) – Lofty Sky Entertainment Inc.
○ Jason Loftus
Inu-Oh – Science SARU
○ Akiko Nogi
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Marcel the Movie LLC
○ Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm

#31 BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

Amphibia Episode: [All In] – Disney TV Animation
○ Andrew Sorcini, Yoonah Yim, Jennifer Calbi, Julie Anne Lau, Louis Russell
Green Eggs and Ham – Episode: [The Sam Who Came In From The Cold]
– Gulfstream Pictures/ A Stern Talking To/ A Very Good Production in association with Warner Bros. Animation for Netflix
○ Margaret Hou
Karma’s World – Episode: [Keys, The Inventor] – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films and Karma’s World Entertainment for Netflix
○ Damien Dunne, Ultan Murphy, Emma O’Brien, Fred O’Connor, Aiden McKenna
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Episode: [The Stars At Night]
– CBS’s Eye Animation Productions, Titmouse; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment
○ Andy Maxwell, Zach Lamplugh, Brandon Brocker, Paul Mazzotta
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Episode: [special production] – NoneMore Productions and Bad Robot Productions
○ Daniel Budin

#32 BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

Lightyear – Pixar
○ Tony Greenberg, Katie Bishop, Chloe Kloezeman, Axel Geddes, Tim Fox
Turning Red – Pixar Animation Studios
○ Nicholas Smith, Steve Bloom, David Suther, Anna Wolitzky, Christopher Zuber
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Presents A Double Dare You! Film / A Shadowmachine Production in association with The Jim Henson Company
○ Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein, Emily Chiu, Hamilton Barrett
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Dreamworks Animation
○ James Ryan, ACE, Jacquelyn Karambelas, Natalla Cronembold, Joe Butler, Katie Parody
The Sea Beast – Netflix
○ Joyce Arrastica, ACE, Will Erokan, Vivek Sharma, Michael Hugh O’Donnell, Daniel Ortiz

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