With its virtuoso tomfoolery, "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is like a homegrown Wallace and Gromit caper.
Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park believes the UK provides a special environment for animators.
"I've followed the work of Ray Harryhausen all my life, " said Park, Oscar-winning creator of Wallace and Gromit.
The aim is to raise funds for the Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal.
They will be brought to life by Wallace and Gromit producers Aardman Animations.
Lord Mayor Peter Abraham suggested the honour as Aardman won its fourth Academy Award for the film Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
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The cuddly bear from darkest Peru beat a shortlist of other distinguished characters including Super Ted, Aleksandr Meerkat and Wallace and Gromit to the title.
Brian Cosgrove said that if he could have voted he would have gone for Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit because of their "wonderful sense of humour".
His own attention to detail and pain-staking approach to making his films has gained him plaudits from contemporaries like Pixar's John Lasseter and "Wallace and Gromit" animator Nick Park.
The British animators, Peter Lord and Nick Park, were trusted to deliver something that would be as recognisably British as Wallace and Gromit, but with international appeal as well.
Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal was formed 17 years ago after a public charity appeal to build a new children's hospital that enlisted the help of Bristol-based animation studio Aardman Animations.
Highlights of this year's BBC Proms - which feature two months of music at London's Royal Albert Hall - have included a Wallace and Gromit prom and the event's first Brazilian orchestra, who flew in from Sao Paulo.
Chicken Run featured the voices of Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks, Julia Sawalha and was the first full-length film to be made by Bristol-based Aardman Animations - best known for its Wallace and Gromit films - with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks company.
The film featuring balding cheese-lover Wallace and his canine companion Gromit came out on top in the Academy Awards best animated feature film category.
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This time, Gromit, the smart dog, and Wallace, his well-meaning, slightly slow owner, set out to catch a sheep rustler.
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