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Annual Annie Awards ceremony held in 1996

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

The following eightproductions received multiple 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

Only one production received multiple awards:

Awards	Production
7	Toy Story

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Production awards	Best Animated Feature Best Animated Feature — Independent Best Animated Television Production for General Audience Best Animated Television Production for Children Best Animated Television Production for Preschool Children Best Animated Short Subject Best Animated Television Commercial Best Animated Special Production Best Limited Series Best Virtual Reality Production Best Student Film
Individual Achievement in Film	Outstanding Animated Effects - Animation Outstanding Animated Effects - Live Action Outstanding Character Animation in a Feature Production Outstanding Character Animation - Live Action Outstanding Character Design Outstanding Directing Outstanding Editorial Outstanding Music Outstanding Production Design Outstanding Storyboarding Outstanding Voice Acting Outstanding Writing
Individual Achievement in Television/ Broadcasting and Video Game	Outstanding Animated Effects Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game Outstanding Character Design Outstanding Directing Outstanding Editorial Outstanding Music Outstanding Production Design Outstanding Storyboarding Outstanding Voice Acting Outstanding Writing
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