| -The
cel animation process is abandoned in favor of Digital Coloring,
which utilizes hand-drawn artwork that is scanned into computers
and inked and painted digitally.
 -Wakko’s
Wish, the first feature length Animaniacs film,
is released directly to video.
 -Detention
debuts on Kids’ WB. The series revolves around the students
of Benedict Arnold Junior High and their relationships with each
other.
 -Steven
Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain wins Daytime Emmy
Award for Outstanding Special Class - Animated Program.
-Steven
Spielberg Presents Animaniacs wins Daytime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition.
-Steven
Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain wins Daytime Emmy
Award: Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program: Rob Paulsen
as Pinky.
 -The
New Batman/Superman Adventures wins Daytime Emmy for Outstanding
Achievement In Sound Mixing - Special Class.
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 -Cartoon
Network ties Kids’ WB for largest collection of Looney
Tunes shorts when the it gains 214 Looney Tunes
and Merry Melodies shorts previously licensed to Nickelodean.
Cartoon Network will later become the exclusive home to Looney
Tunes in September, 2000.
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 -Feature
length film The Iron Giant, directed by Brad Bird, is released
in theatres on August 4, 1999. Adapted from the story by poet Ted
Hughes, The Iron Giant is set in the cold war era and tells
the story of a young boy who befriends a mysterious robot. The film
grosses only $23,159,305 in the United States, costing $50,000,000
to produce. However, the film generates overwhelming praise from
film critics and preforms fairly well in video sales. |
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