| Saturn Award for Best Animated Film | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Bestanimated motion picture of the year |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| First award | 1978 (awarded toWatership Down) |
| Currently held by | The Wild Robot (2023/2024) |
| Website | www |
TheSaturn Award for Best Animated Film (formerlySaturn Award for Best Animation) is one of the annual awards given by the American professionnel organization, theAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. TheSaturn Awards, which are the oldestfilm-specialized awards to rewardscience fiction,fantasy, andhorror achievements (theHugo Award forBest Dramatic Presentation, awarded by theWorld 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 only in 1978, was revived in 1982, and still currently reactivated since 2002.
It is one of the oldest awards to reward animated films. This award has been achieved sixteen times, including ten times toPixar films.
| Year | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
1978 (6th) | Watership Down | |
1982 (10th) | The Secret of NIMH | |
| The Last Unicorn | ||
| Les Maîtres du temps | ||
| Phoenix 2772 | ||
| Tron |
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