23rd Annie Awards



23rd
Annie Awards

November 11, 1995

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Best Feature Film:
Pocahontas
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Best Television Program:
The Simpsons
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Best Video Production:
The Gate to the Mind's Eye
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Best Short Subject:
Dexter's Laboratory

The 23rd Annie Awards were given by the International Animated Film Association to honor outstanding achievements in animation in 1995. Pocahontas led the nominations with 7 and won 4 awards, including Best Animated Feature. The Simpsons won its fourth consecutive award for Best Animated Television Program.
The June Foray Award is first given this year. The award is given to individuals who have made significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation. The award was first given to the lady herself, June Foray.

Production categories

There were six competitive production categories in the 23rd Annie Awards. Outstanding achievements in animated interactive production and in animated promotional production were categories added during that year.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.

  • The Simpsons – Gracie Films, Film Roman
  • *' – Warner Bros. Television Animation
  • *Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs – Warner Bros. Television Animation
  • *The Maxx – MTV Animation, Rough Draft Studios
  • *The Tick – Sunbow Productions, Graz Entertainment
  • The Gate to the Mind's Eye – Miramar
  • *Opéra imaginaire – Miramar
  • *' – Universal Cartoon Studios
  • *Macross Plus, Volume One – Big West, Macross Plus Project, Hero Co., Ltd.
  • *Macross Plus, Volume Two – Big West, Macross Plus Project, Hero Co., Ltd.
  • Dexter's Laboratory – Hanna-Barbera
  • *Driving Mr. Pink – MGM Animation
  • *George and Junior’s Christmas Spectacular! – Hanna-Barbera
  • *Interview with Tallulah, Queen of the Universe – Queen of the Universe Productions
  • *Johnny Bravo – Hanna-Barbera
  • Cadillacs and Dinosaurs – Duck Soup Productions
  • *Crayon Factory – Sidewalk Studio
  • *Full Throttle – LucasArts Entertainment Co.
  • *The Adventures of Hyperman – IBM Illumina Productions, Inc. and Bull Dolphin, Inc., MGM Animation
  • *KIA Interactive – Digital Evolution
  • Wile E. Coyote – Helicopter – Eveready Batteries, Warner Bros. Animation
  • *John Dough – Citibank, Optimus, Inc.
  • *Canary Boom – Felix the Cat, Film Roman
  • *Chicago Blues – Shell Oil, R/Greenberg Associates
  • *Unforgettable Classics – The Simpsons, Film Roman, Fox

    • Outstanding individual achievement

    Outstanding achievement in production design, storyboarding and character animation were added, totaling seven competitive categories in individual achievements in that year.

    • Ben Edlund – The Tick
    • *John Eng – Duckman
    • *Al Jean and Mike Reisee – The Critic
    • *Frank Paur and Greg Weisman – Gargoyles
    • *Gregg Vanzo – The Maxx
  • Michael Giaimo – Pocahontas
  • *Rasoul Azadani – Pocahontas
  • *Adrian Penn – Weiss Energy Hall: The Origin of Energy
  • *Kazuyoshi Takeuchi – Gargoyles
  • *Fred Warter – A Goofy Movie
  • Kazuo Terada – Gargoyles
  • *Warwick Gilbert – Disney's Aladdin for the episode "The Lost One"
  • *Denise Koyama – Disney's Aladdin for the episode "The Secret of Dagger Rock"
  • *Brian Pimental – A Goofy Movie
  • *Genndy Tartakovsky – Dexter's Laboratory
  • Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz – Pocahontas
  • *Phillip Appleby and Theodor Geisel – Dr. Seuss' Daisy-Head Mayzie
  • *Partick DeRemer and Roy Freeland – A Goofy Movie for the songs "I2I" and "Stand Out"
  • *Richard Stone – Animaniacs
  • *Shirley Walker – '
  • Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson – The Simpsons
  • *Jeff Bennett as Johnny Bravo – Johnny Bravo
  • *Jim Cummings as Mr. Bump and other various characters – Bump in the Night
  • *Tress MacNeille as Dot Warner – Animaniacs
  • *Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner – Animaniacs
  • Nik Ranieri – Pocahontas
  • *Chris Buck – A Goofy Movie
  • *David Pruiksma – Pocahontas
  • *Cynthia Wells – Interview with Tallulah, Queen of the Universe
  • Ben Edlund and Richard Liebmann-Smith – The Tick for the episode "The Tick vs. Arthur’s Bank Account"'
  • *Peter Gaffney, Paul Germain, Jon Greenberg and Rachael Lipman – Rugrats for the episode "A Rugrats Passover"
  • *Doug Langdale – Disney's Aladdin for the episode "Do the Rat Thing"
  • *Michael Reaves – Gargoyles for the episode "Deadly Force"
  • *John Semper – Spider-Man'' for the episode "Day of the Chameleon"
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    Juried awards

    Winsor McCay Award
    Recognition for career contributions to the art of animation
    June Foray Award
    Recognition of benevolent/charitable impact on the art and industry of animation
    Certificate of Merit
    Recognition for service to the art, craft and industry of animation
    The following twelve productions received multiple nominations:
    NominationsProduction
    7
    		Pocahontas
    5
    		A Goofy Movie
    4Animaniacs
    4Gargoyles
    3The Simpsons
    3The Tick
    3Disney's Aladdin
    2
    2Dexter's Laboratory
    2Interview with Tallulah, Queen of the Universe
    2Johnny Bravo

    The following three productions received multiple awards:
    AwardsProduction
    4
    		Pocahontas
    2The Simpsons
    2The Tick