Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is a 2002 Universal Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies with O Entertainment and DNA Productions. It was produced using off-the-shelf software (messiah:studio and LightWave 6) by DNA Productions. The film was released December 21, 2001.[2Later, the film spun off into two television series. The first series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, premiered on July 20, 2002 and ended on November 25, 2006. The second, Planet Sheen premiered on October 2, 2010 and ended on February 15, 2013.
It was nominated for the very first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, along with Monsters, Inc., but lost to Shrek. It was the only animated Nickelodeon film to ever be nominated in that category until Rango was nominated in 2011 and won.
Appearences in EDP projects[]
- Animation Lookback: DreamWorks Animation in part 2 AniMat mentions it, alongside Monsters, Inc. as one of the two films that Shrek beat for the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature. At the mention, the film's poster slides on and off screen.
- Animation Lookback: Pixar Animation Studios in part 2 AniMat mentions it, alongside Shrek (the winner) as two of three films that got nominated for the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature alongside Monsters, Inc.. The poster for it and Shrek then appear on screen side-by-side.