1998 in anime

The events of 1998 in anime.

Events

 * May 20, 1998 - Animax, a Japanese anime satellite television network, is created

Accolades
At the Mainichi Film Awards, Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas won the Animation Film Award and Mizu no Sei Kappa Hyakuzu won the Ōfuji Noburō Award.

Deaths

 * Yoshifumi Kondō
 * Kazuo Harada
 * Shigezō Sasaoka