The whole awards and prizes topic may rise lots of questions and discussions, so I gGuess someone has to start this topic. Let it be me =]
Any questions? Fire away! In the meantime...
Spine Pro license has been added to the prize pool. And I hear more nice things are in the pipeline. Esoteric Software people will pick a game where they'd love animation work (e.g. exceptional rigging/artwork, etc.). If you're using something else than Spine today, well, that is fine and should not affect the Best Animation award in any way.