24th Annie Awards



24th
Annie Awards

November 10, 1996

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Best Feature Film:
Toy Story
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Best Television Program:
The Simpsons
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Best Home Video Production:

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Best Short Subject:
Cow and Chicken

The 24th Annie Awards were given by the International Animated Film Association to honor outstanding achievements in animation in 1996. The Hunchback of Notre Dame led the nominations with 13. Toy Story won 7 awards out of its 8 nominations. The Simpsons won Best Animated Television Program for the fifth time in a row.

Production Categories

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.

  • The Simpsons – Gracie Films, Film Roman
  • * Animaniacs – Warner Bros. Television Animation
  • * Freakazoid! – Warner Bros. Television Animation, Amblin Television
  • * Rugrats – Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Klasky Csupo
  • – Universal Cartoon Studios
  • Cow and Chicken – Hanna Barbera

    • Outstanding individual achievement


  • Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim – Toy Story
  • * Steve Hickner – Balto
  • * Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Ken Iyadomi, Ken Matsumoto, Yoshimasa Mizuo and Shigeru Watanabe – Ghost in the Shell
  • * Don Hahn – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi – James and the Giant Peach
  • Ralph Eggleston – Toy Story
  • * Hans Bacher – Balto
  • * Hiroshi Ohno – Gargoyles
  • * Takashi Watabe and Hiromasa Ogura – Ghost in the Shell
  • * David Goetz – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Randy Newman – Toy Story
  • * Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein and Julie Bernstein – Animaniacs
  • * Carl Johnson – Gargoyles
  • * Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Randy Newman – James and the Giant Peach
  • Rob Paulsen as Pinky – Pinky and the Brain
  • * Sean Connery as Draco – Dragonheart
  • * Richard Dreyfuss as Mr. Centipede – James and the Giant Peach
  • * Jonathan Frakes as David Xanatos – Gargoyles
  • * Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody – Toy Story
  • * Tom Hulce as Quasimodo – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Tony Jay as Judge Claude Frollo – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Demi Moore as Esmeralda – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Pete Docter – Toy Story
  • * Rob Coleman – Dragonheart
  • * James Baxter – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Russ Edmonds – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Kathy Zielinski – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Rusty Mills – Pinky and the Brain for the episode "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
  • * Barry Caldwell – Animaniacs
  • * Rodolphe Guenoden – Balto
  • * Hiroshi Ohno – Gargoyles
  • * Brenda Chapman and Will Finn – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Joe Ranft – James and the Giant Peach
  • Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow – Toy Story
  • * Lydia Marano – Gargoyles for the episode "Avalon"
  • * Kazunori Itô – Ghost in the Shell
  • * Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White and Jonathan Roberts – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • * Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts and Steve Bloom – James and the Giant Peach

    • 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
    The following eightproductions received multiple nominations:
    NominationsProduction
    13
    		The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    8
    		Toy Story
    7
    		James and the Giant Peach
    6
    		Gargoyles
    5
    		Ghost in the Shell
    4
    		Balto
    3
    		Animaniacs
    2
    		Dragonheart

    Only one production received multiple awards:
    AwardsProduction
    7
    		Toy Story