Although Grandma and Her Ghosts was nominated for a Golden Horse for best cartoon, it was not given the award because it was deemed "too superstitious." Instead, no film was honored in that category. Happily, it did go on to win best film award at the Taipei Film Awards-showing that justice eventually prevails.
令人難以理解的是，《魔法阿媽》被提名入圍當年金馬獎最佳動畫，最後竟以「迷信」為由而「從缺」；幸而終於獲得一九九八年台北電影節最佳影片，算是遲來的正義。