Media from 1998.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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The Rescuers Down Under |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Fantasia |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1992; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Great Mouse Detective |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Rescuers |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Beauty and the Beast |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Pinocchio |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1994; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Aladdin |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1994; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Fox and the Hound |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1995; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1995; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Dumbo Alice in Wonderland Robin Hood The Sword in the Stone Available on VHS as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection since October 28, 1994. | |||||||||||
The Lion King |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1996; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
No longer on sale; also never aired on television since September 4, 1995. | |||||||||||
Cinderella |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1996; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Pocahontas |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1997; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1997; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Aristocats |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1997; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
New version available on VHS since September 10, 1996 and on DVD since March 26, 1997. | ||||||||||
Oliver & Company |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1997; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Toy Story |
Available on VHS since October 29, 1996. | ||||||||||
Bambi |
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1997; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Available on VHS since March 4, 1997. | ||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Available on VHS since July 19, 1994; re-released in Japan on June 27, 1997. | ||||||||||
Mary Poppins |
Available on VHS since August 26, 1997. | ||||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
Available on VHS until January 31, 1998. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
Available on VHS until January 31, 1998. | ||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
Available only in Japan on VHS since September 19, 1997. | ||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||
Horton Hears a Who! (1954) |
The Cat in the Hat (1957) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) |
Green Eggs and Ham (1960) |
The Lorax (1971) | |||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Pinocchio |
Dumbo |
Bambi | ||||||||
Cinderella |
Alice in Wonderland |
Peter Pan |
Lady and the Tramp | ||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
101 Dalmatians |
The Jungle Book |
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | ||||||||
The Aristocats |
The Fox and the Hound |
Robin Hood |
The Little Mermaid | ||||||||
Beauty and the Beast |
Aladdin |
The Lion King |
Pocahontas | ||||||||
Toy Story |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Hercules | |||||||||
Only available in Japanese: | |||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |||||||||||
Castle in the Sky | |||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro | |||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service | |||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
The Little Mermaid |
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||||||
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Pocahontas |
Toy Story |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | ||||||||
Classic Disney Vol. 1 |
Classic Disney Vol. 2 |
Classic Disney Vol. 3 |
Classic Disney Vol. 4 | ||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Kiki's Delivery Service |
Hercules | |||||||||
Kidsongs New versions of three albums (A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm, Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes and We Wish You a Merry Christmas) were currently on sale. There were also 21 existing titles on video. | |||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss on the Loose The Lorax The Hoober-Bloob Highway Grinch Night Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat Available on VHS with sing-along lyrics since 1994 and 1996; re-printed in 1997. Also aired on Cartoon Network this year. | |||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on DVD since November 19, 1997. | ||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. | ||||||||||
Waiting for Santa, Campfire Sing-Along, Barney Goes to School, Barney in Concert, Rock with Barney, Barney's Magical Musical Adventure, Barney's Imagination Island and Barney Live! in New York City were currently on sale. The first six videos were all re-printed as of 1996. | |||||||||||
Barney & Friends |
Seasons 1, 2 and 3 were currently airing on PBS.
Only 48 episodes remained this year, all without the Barney Says segment. | ||||||||||
Shining Time Station |
Only Seasons 2 and 3 were currently airing on several PBS stations, with Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1, 2, 3 included. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Available on VHS from Anchor Bay Entertainment since 1995.
All Season 4 episodes released as of August 19, 1997. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World My Little Pony My Little Pony Tales |
No longer airing on television as of June 1997. | ||||||||||
The Kidsongs TV Show |
Currently airing on PBS. Comprised of 70 episodes. | ||||||||||
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
Older episodes of both shows were currently airing on Game Show Network. | ||||||||||
All That |
Season 4 was currently airing on Nickelodeon. | ||||||||||
Arthur |
Seasons 1 and 2 were currently airing on PBS. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Bros. Donkey Kong 3 Kirby's Adventure |
All NES games, including these titles, were discontinued since 1995. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Sonic Drift 2 |
All Sega Game Gear games, including these titles, were discontinued since 1997. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1989. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World |
Available for the Super NES since 1991. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1992. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Kart |
Available for the Super NES since 1992. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins |
Available for the Game Boy since 1992. | ||||||||||
Super Mario All-Stars |
Available for the Super NES since 1993. Included four games: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Pinball Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1993. | ||||||||||
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 |
Available for the Game Boy since early 1994. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Country |
Available for the Super NES since late 1994. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Course |
Available for the Super NES since 1995. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Land 2 |
Available for the Game Boy since 1995. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
Available for the Super NES since October 1995. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest |
Available for the Super NES since December 1995. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Block Ball |
Available for the Game Boy since 1996. | ||||||||||
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
Available for the Super NES since May 1996. | ||||||||||
Kirby Super Star |
Available for the Super NES since 1996. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble |
Available for the Super NES since 1996. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog CD |
Available on PC CD-ROM since September 26, 1996. | ||||||||||
Sonic Blast/Sonic 3D Blast |
Available for the Sega Saturn since 1996. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since 1996. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart 64 |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since 1996. | ||||||||||
Diddy Kong Racing |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since late 1997. | ||||||||||
Sonic Jam |
Available for the Sega Saturn since 1997. Comprised of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Star Stacker |
Available for the Game Boy since 1997. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Land 3 |
Available for the Super NES since 1997. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1998:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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File:$1-D (1996).jpeg $1 |
3,814,400,000 | All as Series 1995 notes. |
$5 |
857,600,000 | All as Series 1995 notes. |
$10 |
761,600,000 | All as Series 1995 notes. |
File:$20-D (1998).png $20 |
2,278,400,000 | 121,600,000 as Series 1995 notes 2,156,800,000 as Series 1996 notes. |
$50 |
723,200,000 | All as Series 1996 notes. |
$100 |
764,800,000 | All as Series 1996 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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File:$1-D (1996).jpeg $1 |
About 7 billion | Virtually all were Series 1995 notes. |
File:$2-B (1996).jpeg $2 |
About 600 million | Mostly Series 1976 and 1996 notes. |
$5 |
About 1.6 billion | Virtually all were Series 1995 notes. |
$10 |
About 1.43 billion | Virtually all were Series 1995 notes. |
File:$20-J (1996).png $20 |
More than 4.54 billion | Mostly Series 1993 and 1995 notes. |
$50 |
More than 1 billion | Mostly Series 1993 and 1996 notes. |
$100 |
More than 3.2 billion | Mostly Series 1993 and 1996 notes. |
Events in 1998
February 1 |
A Super NES version of Kirby's Star Stacker was released in Japan. |
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February 3 |
Hercules was released on VHS. |
February 10 |
Thomas and His Friends Get Along was released on VHS. |
February 16–20 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Giving and Receiving" (episodes #1721–1725), premiered on PBS. |
February 24 |
Kidsongs: I Can Dance! was released on CD and cassette. |
March 2 |
Wario Land II was released for use on the Game Boy. |
March 3 |
Peter Pan was re-released on VHS for its 45th anniversary. |
March 9 |
Yoshi's Story was released in North America. |
March 31 |
The Little Mermaid was re-released on VHS as a Special Edition. |
Mary Poppins was also released on DVD. | |
April 6 | All PBS stations were forced to cease broadcasting of Shining Time Station.
In addition, the network began airing 10 new Season 2 episodes of Arthur. |
April 18 | Toon Disney launched on cable television. |
April 21 | Various Walt Disney films on VHS teased a sequel film to The Lion King, titled "The Lion King: Simba's Pride". |
May 23 | A new English dub of Kiki's Delivery Service premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival. |
May 25 | Super Mario Bros. Super Show returned to syndication on most stations under license from The Program Exchange. |
June 19 |
Mulan was released in theaters, as so was its soundtrack in music stores, and books based on the film in bookstores. |
June 25 |
Microsoft released Windows 98. Despite its release, Windows 95 still remained the most popular operating system. |
June 26 |
Princess Mononoke was released on VHS in Japan. |
July 27–31 | Episodes #1726–1730 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "You and I Together", premiered on PBS. |
August 4 |
The Black Cauldron was released on VHS in North America. |
August 17 |
Seasons 2 and 3 of Shining Time Station moved to Fox Family Channel. |
August 18 |
Thomas Comes to Breakfast and A Big Day for Thomas were released on VHS. |
August 22 | Sonic Adventure was unveiled at the Tokyo International Forum. |
August 24–28 | Episodes #1731–1735 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Little and Big", premiered on PBS. |
August 25 |
Kidsongs: Meet the Biggles and Billy's Birthday were released on VHS. |
September 1 |
The English dub of Kiki's Delivery Service was released on VHS. |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was released in bookstores. | |
September 6 |
10 of the 24 Kidsongs music video shows aired weekly on PBS, through November 8. The videos that aired included A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm, Very Silly Songs, If We Could Talk to the Animals, all six "I Can" titles, and Billy's Birthday (one of the two "Adventures in Biggleland" videos). |
September 7 |
The 15th season of Jeopardy! and the 16th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
The first season of Pokémon premiered on daily syndication, replacing Sonic the Hedgehog on most stations. A total of 40 episodes aired. | |
September 8 |
Return to Pride Rock was released in music stores. |
September 12 |
Pokémon Yellow was released in Japan. |
September 15 |
Lady and the Tramp was re-released on VHS in North America. |
September 18 |
Castle in the Sky was re-released on VHS in Japan as volume 6 of the Ghibli ga Ippai Collection. A North American release was planned for early 1999, but was later considered to play in theaters first. |
September 22 |
Classic Disney Vol. 5: 60 Years of Musical Magic was released in music stores. |
September 24 | The redesigned Series 1996 $20 bills were released to circulation. |
September 30 |
Pokémon Red and Blue were released in North America. |
October 5 |
Full House began airing on TBS Superstation, while All That began airing all older seasons on weekdays on Nickelodeon. |
October 24 |
Kidsongs: Meet the Biggles was released on CD and cassette. |
October 27 |
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride was released on VHS. There were also books based on the film. By this point, Mulan and 101 Dalmatians (the animated film) were set for video releases in early 1999. |
November 6 |
A new version of The Wizard of Oz was released in theaters. |
November 11 |
Sonic R was released for use on Windows 95 and 98 PCs. |
November 16 |
A third season of Arthur premiered on PBS. |
November 17 |
The Cat in the Hat, The Hoober-Bloob Highway, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, and Grinch Night were re-released on VHS. The other three specials were temporarily put on hold. |
November 24 |
Pokémon: I Choose You! Pikachu! was released on VHS. A DVD release followed on December 13. |
November 25 |
A Bug's Life was released in theaters, as so was its soundtrack in music stores and books based on the film in bookstores. |
December 2 |
Sonic Adventure: Songs with Attitude was released three weeks before the game itself. |
December 12 | A fifth season of All That premiered in Nickelodeon, just one week after the last Season 4 episode. |
December 14 | As of this date, only eight Season 2 episodes of Barney & Friends remained, and Season 1 phased out altogether (at least outside of weekends). |
Mario Party was released in Japan for the Nintendo 64. A week later, a North American release was set for February 8, 1999. | |
December 23 |
The Dreamcast, along with its first game, Sonic Adventure, were released in Japan. |