As we do every year, it’s time to take a look at the five Animated Shorts in this year’s Oscar race. Picking this obscure category is a key to winning your pool. Anyone can pick the best Movie or Actor (although this year Oscar may finally have reached parity in the Best Picture race as it’s almost anyone’s guess what will win.) But it’s those pesky, unknown short subject films that really separate the knowledgeable from the guessers.