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It's not that much about animate vs. inanimate things here; it's exactly the case when it's about some "close events in the future". Here's a couple of examples with inanimate things, in the same...

It's accusative. Try to say "Я жду папы". Should be "папу"; it's accusative.

I don't see anything unusual in that sentence. When it's "There is something before someone in the future", it's always the accusative.

Меня ждут дела.
Ничего хорошего его не ждёт.
Его соседку...