1998 in animation

Events in 1998 in animation.

Events

• April 26 – The Fox animated television series The Simpsons reaches its 200th episode.
• October – Japanese animation studio Bones is founded.

Films released

• January 6 – Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (Universal Studios, United States)
• June 19 – Mulan (Walt Disney Pictures, United States)
• October 2 – Antz (DreamWorks Pictures, United States)
• November 20 – The Rugrats Movie (Paramount Pictures, United States)
• November 25 – A Bug's Life (Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, United States)

Shorts

• Bunny (Blue Sky Studios, United States)

Television series

Debuts

• January 1 – Oh Yeah! Cartoons premieres on Nickelodeon (United States, 1998-2001).
• February 7 – Silver Surfer premieres on Fox Kids (United States, 1998).
• March 15 – PB&J Otter premieres on Disney Channel (1998-2000).
• April 4 – Yu-Gi-Oh! premieres on TV Asahi (Japan, 1998).
• May 14 – Celebrity Deathmatch premieres on MTV (United States, 1998-2002, 2006-2007).
• June 8 – Invasion America premieres on The WB (United States, 1998).
• June 22 – Bob and Margaret premieres on Channel 4 (Canada, United Kingdom, 1998-2001).
• August 31 – Hercules premieres on ABC (United States, 1998-1999).

September 7 – RoboCop: Alpha Commando premieres in syndication (United States, 1998-1999).

• October 4 – CatDog premieres on Nickelodeon (United States, 1998-2005).
• November 18 – The Powerpuff Girls premieres on Cartoon Network (United States, 1998-2005).

Endings

• Cartoon Sushi on MTV (United States, 1997-1998).

Deaths

• December 10 – Ray Goossens, Flemish artist, animator
• Unknown – Dušan Vukotić, Croatian animator