26th

Annie Awards The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in cinema and television. Originally des ...

November 13, 1998

---- Best Feature Film:
'' Mulan'' ---- Best Primetime Television Program:
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The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, ...

'' ---- Best Daytime Television Program:
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The New Batman/Superman Adventures ''The New Batman/Superman Adventures'' is a name given to a package series that combined '' Superman: The Animated Series'' with '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and ''The New Batman Adventures'' produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It aired from ...

'' ---- Best Home Video Production:
''Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero'' ---- Best Short Subject:
''Geri's Game''

The 26th Annie Awards were given by the

International Animated Film Association The International Animated Film Association (French: ''Association Internationale du Film d'Animation'', ASIFA) is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, by the best known animation artists of the time such as ...

ASIFA-Hollywood ASIFA-Hollywood, an American non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, United States, is a branch member of the "Association Internationale du Film d'Animation" or "ASIFA" (the International Animated Film Association). Its purpose is to ...

to honor outstanding achievements in the field of animation in 1998. '' Mulan'' almost swept all film awards, winning 10 awards from its 12 nominations, including Outstanding Animated Theatrical Feature. ''

'' won its sixth consecutive award on Outstanding Animated Television Program.

Production categories

The Outstanding Animated Television Program was split into two competitive categories: ''Outstanding Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program'' and ''Outstanding Animated Daytime Television Program''. The award ''Outstanding Animated Television Commercial'' was awarded for the first time since 21st Annie Awards ceremony. Winners are listed first, highlighted in bold.

Outstanding individual achievements in Film

Outstanding individual achievements in Television

Juried Awards

Winsor McCay Award The Winsor McCay Award is given to individuals in recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical work, music, profession ...

Recognition for career contributions to the art of animation * Eyvind Earle
Known today for his fine art paintings, Earle worked for the Walt Disney Studios as background artist, color stylist and production designer for such classic films as ''

Lady and the Tramp ''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American animated musical romance film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and ...

'' and ''

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

'' and later created art films of his own. *

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widel ...

One of the world's most influential animation filmmakers, Miyazaki is the director of many Japanese features, including ''

My Neighbor Totoro is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. The film—which stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi—tells the story o ...

'', ''

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transpor ...

'', and ''

Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida ...

'', the highest-grossing film ever released in Japan. * Ernie Pintoff
A veteran animation teacher, director and producer of both theatrical shorts (including the Oscar-winning '' The Critic)'' and commercials, Pintoff helped to define a new look for animation in the 1950s through his work at UPA and Terrytoons. June Foray Award
Recognition of benevolent/charitable impact on the art and industry of animation * Antran Manoogian Certificate of Merit
Recognition for service to the art, craft and industry of animation * Max Howard * B. Paul Husband * Media City Center * Jean Ann Wright

Multiple wins and nominations

The following twenty productions received multiple nominations: The following three productions received multiple awards:

External links

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