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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Feb 27, 2014 5:26 PM UTC  Disney by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Feb 27, 2014 5:26 PM UTC **NOMINEES** _The Croods_, directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco _Despicable Me 2_, Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud _Ernest & Celestine_, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier **_Frozen_** **, Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck** _The Wind Rises_, Hayao Miyazaki Before we give a predictable one-word answer to who’s gonna win, consider how the mighty have prat-fallen. For nearly two decades, Pixar has been the most hallowed name in feature animation. In the previous dozen years of this Oscar category, John Lasseter’s Emeryville studio has won seven times: _Finding Nemo_, _The Incredibles_, _Ratatouille_, _WALL·E_, _Up_, _Toy Story 3_ and _Brave_. (In two other years, it released no feature film and couldn’t compete here. So it’s _really_ more like seven for 10.) Yet this time, Pixar did not snag a nomination — even though its 2013 entry, _Monsters University_, was a critical and popular success that earned nearly $750 million at the worldwide box office. (In this category, unlike in Best Picture, Academy voters do not discriminate against good movies that are also big hits.) **(READ: Corliss’s** [**review of** **_Monsters University_**](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/13/pixars-monsters-university-when-hairy-met-scary/)**)** Two of this year’s nominees were produced by studios that came into existence because of the Pixar model: [DreamWorks with the Stone Age comedy _The Croods_](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/03/22/the-croods-a-post-modern-stone-age-family/) and [Universal with _Despicable Me 2_](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/03/despicable-me-2-its-gru-love/). A third, the bear-loves-mouse fable _Ernest & Celestine_, is from France; that’s how far the Oscar nominating committee had to go to find a replacement for _Monsters U_. A fourth, _The Wind Rises_, is the final feature from Japanese ani-master Hayao Miyazaki, who was an Oscar finalist for [_Spirited Away_](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003345,00.html) and [_Howl’s Moving Castle_](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1069080,00.html), and a winner for _Spirited Away_. Lasseter shouldn’t mind the Miyazaki mention: he’s a huge fan, and Disney, whose animation unit he now runs (along with Pixar), released all three of Miyazaki’s Oscar-nominated movies. **(READ:** [**Is the Miyazaki magic Gone with** **_The Wind_** **?**](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/20/the-wind-rises-review-hayao-miyazaki/)**)** And now: _Frozen_! Lasseter shepherded [that double-princess musical](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/23/frozen-this-disney-princess-movie-is-thaw-some/) into theaters, where it has earned $981 million and may soon pass _Toy Story 3_ as the world’s all-time top-grossing animated feature. (Do note with pleasure that [two of last year’s three top domestic releases, _The Hunger Games: Catching Fire_ and _Frozen_](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2013&p=.htm), have female protagonists; and that _Frozen_ was written and co-directed by a woman.) This is also the first cartoon in ages whose songs have reached the top of the _Billboard_ and iTunes charts. **(SEE AND HEAR:** [**a mashup of** **_Frozen’_** **s “Let It Go” sung in 25 languages**](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/22/frozen-this-mashup-of-let-it-go-in-25-different-languages-is-the-best-thing-ever/)**)** Gold and platinum aside, _Frozen_ is a terrific movie, fully deserving its Oscar for Animated Feature. 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