Saturn Award for Best Animated Film
The Saturn Award for Best Animated Film (formerly Saturn Award for Best Animation) is one of the annual awards given by the American professionnel organization, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, awarded by the World Science Fiction Society who reward science fiction and fantasy in various media, is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the Best Animated Film category for the first time for the 1978 film year only, was revived for the 1982 film year, and still currently reactivated since the 2002 film year.[1]
It is one of the older awards to reward Animated films. The award has been awarded eleven times, including six times to Pixar films.
Notes:
"†" indicates an Academy Award-winning movie on the same category.
"‡" indicates an Academy Award-nominated movie on the same category.
Winners and nominees
Early years
| Year | Film[2] |
|---|---|
| 1978 (6th) |
Watership Down |
| 1982 (10th) |
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| The Secret of NIMH | |
| Phoenix 2772 | |
| The Last Unicorn | |
| Les Maîtres du temps | |
| Tron |
