The Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Visual Effects Society starting from 2002.
Since its inception, the award's title has gone through six title changes, and one major category shift.
First awarded in 2002, the award was titled "Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture" and given to the best character animation in an animated film, with no specific character cited.
This would change in 2004, when the category was re-titled "Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture", and given to visual effects artists for work on a specified character.
The category was again re-titled in 2008, this time to "Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture".