# 24th Annie Awards

24th Annie Awards
November 10, 1996
Best Feature Film:
Toy Story
Best Television Program:
The Simpsons
Best Home Video Production:
The Land Before Time III
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 (‡).
| Best Animated Feature Toy Story – Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar‡ Balto – Universal Pictures, Amblimation Ghost in the Shell – Shochiku, Production I.G. The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Walt Disney Pictures James and the Giant Peach – Walt Disney Pictures, Skellington Productions, Allied Filmmakers | Best Animated Television Program The Simpsons – Gracie Films, Film Roman‡ Animaniacs – Warner Bros. Television Animation Freakazoid! – Warner Bros. Television Animation, Amblin Television Rugrats – Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Klasky Csupo |
| Best Animated Video Production The Land Before Time III – Universal Cartoon Studios‡ | Best Animated Short Subject Cow and Chicken – Hanna Barbera‡ |

## Outstanding individual achievement

| Best Achievement in Directing John Lasseter – Toy Story‡ Frank Paur – Gargoyles Mamoru Oshii – Ghost in the Shell Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise – The Hunchback of Notre Dame Henry Selick – James and the Giant Peach | Best Achievement in Producing 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 |
| Best Achievement in Production Design 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 | Best Achievement in Music Randy Newman – Toy Story‡ Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein and Julie Bernstein – Animaniacs Carl Johnson – Gargoyles Alan Menken (composer) and Stephen Schwartz (lyricist) – The Hunchback of Notre Dame Randy Newman – James and the Giant Peach |
| Best Achievement in Voice Acting 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 | Best Individual Achievement in Animation Pete Docter – Toy Story‡ Rob Coleman – Dragonheart James Baxter (for the character Quasimodo) – The Hunchback of Notre Dame Russ Edmonds (for the character Captain Phoebus) – The Hunchback of Notre Dame Kathy Zielinski (for the character Judge Claude Frollo) – The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Best Achievement in Storyboarding 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 | Best Achievement in Writing 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 (story and screenplay), Irene Mecchi (screenplay), Bob Tzudiker (screenplay), Noni White (screenplay) and Jonathan Roberts (screenplay) – 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
* Mary Blair Posthumous recognition
* Burny Mattinson
* Iwao Takamoto
June Foray Award Recognition of benevolent/charitable impact on the art and industry of animation
* Bill Littlejohn
* Fini Littlejohn

## Multiple wins and nominations

| Nominations | Production |
| 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 |
| Awards | Production |
| 7 | Toy Story |