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This is a list of events in animation in 2020.
Events
January
- January 10: The first episode of The Owl House is broadcast.[1][2]
- January 18: Voice actor Hank Azaria announces he will no longer voice Indian character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons.[3]
- January 31: The final episode of Bojack Horseman is broadcast.[4]
February
- February 9: 92nd Academy Awards:
- Toy Story 4, directed by Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen, produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[5]
- Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[5]
March
- March 8: In The Simpsons episode Screenless film director Werner Herzog is special guest voice again.[6]
- March 22: In The Simpsons episode Highway to Well film director Kevin Smith is special guest voice.[7]
May
- May 10: In The Simpsons episode The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds the band Weezer is special guest voice.[8]
- May 17: In The Simpsons episode The Way of the Dog Cate Blanchett is special guest voice.[9]
- May 27: Looney Tunes Cartoons premieres on HBO Max.
June
- June 25:
- Voice actress Kristen Bell announces she will no longer voice the multiracial character Molly on Central Park.[10]
- Voice actress Jenny Slate announces she will no longer voice African-American character Missy Foreman-Greenwald on Big Mouth.[11]
- June 27:
- It is announced that all non-white characters in The Simpsons will no longer be voiced by white voice actors, as the entertainment industry and others take action in response to rekindled calls for racial equality sparked by George Floyd’s killing.[12][13]
- Voice actor Mike Henry announces he will no longer voice African-American character Cleveland Brown on the TV show Family Guy, because he feels an actual African-American actor would be more qualified to do so.[14]
- Actress Alison Brie expresses public regret of having voiced Asian character Diane Nguyen on the TV series Bojack Horseman.[15]
August
- August 14: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is released in theatres in Canada.
- August 29: The first-season finale of The Owl House titled "Young Blood, Old Souls" is broadcast.[16]
September
- September 5: We Bare Bears: The Movie premieres on Cartoon Network, this also serves as a series finale.
- September 9: Nickelodeon Pulls ‘Made By Maddie’ Premiere After ‘Hair Love’ Controversy[17]
- September 14:: The 300th episode of American Dad! is broadcast.[18]
- September 24: Alex Désert replaces Hank Azaria as the voice of The Simpsons character Carl Carlson.[19]
- September 25: YouTube star, Arif Zahir is the new voice for Cleveland Brown in Family Guy.[20]
- September 30: An hour-long special of South Park titled "The Pandemic Special" is broadcast, which satirized the COVID-19 pandemic, among other current events in 2020. It is also broadcast on MTV and MTV2.[21]
October
- October 4: In The Simpsons episode I, Carumbus comedian and actor Michael Palin is special guest voice.[22]
- October 10: The Ben 10 movie, "Ben 10 vs. The Universe: The Movie" premieres on Cartoon Network.
- October 19: Apple TV+ will be its new home for Peanuts specials instead of airing it on TV.[23]
- October 23: The Frozen short, Once Upon a Snowman, premiered on Disney+, which follows Olaf's origin story during the first film.
November
- November 5: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run releases on Netflix internationally, except for the U.S., Canada, and China.
- November 7: The first episode of Pikwik Pack is broadcast on Disney Junior.[24]
- November 17: The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special premiered on Disney+.
- November 20: The first season of the Animaniacs revival was released on Hulu. It is the first time an episode of Animaniacs premiered on television since 1998 with the last episode in the original series airing on The WB Television Network.[25]
December
- December 11: Wolfwakers premieres on Apple TV+.
- December 14: Shrek is added to the National Film Registry for its cultural, historical and aesthetical relevance and will be preserved for all time.[26][27][28]
- December 25: Pixar's Soul premieres on Disney+ instead of releasing it theatrically.
- December 27: After more than 20 years on the air, PBS airs Caillou for the last time on the PBS Kids block. The show has been on the network since September 4, 2000.
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Hair Love
- American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: TBD
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: TBD
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Klaus
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent: I Lost My Body
- Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Weathering with You
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Klaus
- César Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
- Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film: TBD
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
- Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Missing Link
- Golden Reel Awards: TBD
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
- Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: Weathering with You
- Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie: Frozen II
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film: TBD
- National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: Toy Story 4
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: TBD
- Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature: TBD
- Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
- St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
- Tokyo Anime Award: TBD
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Missing Link
- Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: Missing Link
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: TBD
Films released
Television series debuts
Date | Title | Channel | Year |
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January 4 | Go! Go! Cory Carson | Netflix | 2020–present |
January 6 | Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons | CW Seed | 2020 |
January 10 | The Owl House | Disney Channel | 2020–present |
January 14 | Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Netflix | 2020 |
January 18 | It’s Pony | Nickelodeon | 2020–present |
January 19 | Powerbirds | Universal Kids | 2020–present |
February 16 | Duncanville | Fox | 2020–present |
February 21 | Glitch Techs | Netflix | 2020–present |
February 22 | ThunderCats Roar | Cartoon Network | 2020 |
February 28 | 101 Dalmatian Street | Disney+ | 2020 |
March 13 | Jessy & Nessy | Amazon Video | 2020–present |
March 20 | Mira, Royal Detective | Disney Junior | 2020–present |
Buddi | Netflix | 2020–present | |
April 3 | Starbeam | 2020–present | |
Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy | 2020–present | ||
April 6 | Ollie's Pack | Nickelodeon | 2020–present |
April 7 | Tooning Out the News | CBS All Access | 2020–present |
April 15 | Cleopatra in Space | Peacock | 2020–present |
April 20 | The Midnight Gospel | Netflix | 2020–present |
May 1 | Remy & Boo | Universal Kids | 2020–present |
May 8 | Solar Opposites | Hulu | 2020–present |
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt | Netflix | 2020–present | |
May 10 | JJ Villard's Fairy Tales | Adult Swim | 2020–present |
May 27 | Looney Tunes Cartoons | HBO Max | 2020–present |
May 29 | Central Park | Apple TV+ | 2020–present |
June 1 | Hero Elementary | PBS Kids | 2020–present |
June 12 | Crossing Swords | Hulu | 2020–present |
June 19 | Rhyme Time Town | Netflix | 2020–present |
June 25 | Adventure Time: Distant Lands | HBO Max | 2020–present |
July 9 | Close Enough | 2020–present | |
Dicktown | FXX | 2020–present | |
July 23 | Tig 'N' Seek | HBO Max | 2020–present |
July 30 | Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy | Netflix | 2020–present |
August 7 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Netflix | 2020 |
August 9 | YOLO: Crystal Fantasy | Adult Swim | 2020–present |
August 20 | The Fungies | HBO Max | 2020–present |
August 21 | Hoops | Netflix | 2020 |
September 7 | Elinor Wonders Why | PBS Kids | 2020–present |
Madagascar: A Little Wild | Hulu & Peacock | 2020–present | |
September 18 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Netflix | 2020–present |
September 22 | Mighty Express | 2020–present | |
September 26 | Magical Girl Friendship Squad | Syfy | 2020–present |
September 27 | Wild Life | 2020–present | |
October 9 | Santiago of the Seas | Nickelodeon | 2020–present |
October 27 | Blood of Zeus | Netflix | 2020–present |
November 7 | My Little Pony: Pony Life | Discovery Family | 2020–present |
Pikwik Pack | Disney Junior | 2020–present | |
November 9 | The Mighty Ones | Hulu & Peacock | 2020–present |
November 10 | Trash Truck | Netflix | 2020–present |
November 11 | The Liberator | 2020–present | |
November 13 | Doug Unplugs | Apple TV+ | 2020–present |
November 18 | The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse | Disney+ | 2020–present |
November 19 | Trolls: TrollsTopia | Hulu & Peacock | 2020–present |
November 20 | Animaniacs | Hulu | 2020–present |
November 21 | Onyx Equinox | Crunchyroll | 2020–present |
December 3 | Kinderwood | Noggin | 2020–present |
December 4 | Stillwater | Apple TV+ | 2020–present |
December 11 | Baby Shark's Big Show | Nickelodeon | 2020–present |
Television series endings
Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 6 | Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons | CW Seed | 2020 | Cancelled |
January 10 | Harvey Girls Forever! | Netflix | 2018–20 | Ended |
January 26 | Star Wars Resistance | Disney Channel | ||
January 30 | New Looney Tunes | Cartoon Network, Boomerang | 2015–20 | Cancelled |
January 31 | BoJack Horseman | Netflix | 2014–20 | Ended |
February 9 | Shimmer and Shine | Nickelodeon | 2015-20 | |
February 16 | Mike Tyson Mysteries | Adult Swim | 2014-20 | Cancelled |
February 28 | 101 Dalmatian Street | Disney+ | 2020 | |
March 1 | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Disney Channel | 2017–20 | Ended |
March 23 | Ballmastrz: 9009 | Adult Swim | 2018–20 | Cancelled |
March 27 | Steven Universe Future | Cartoon Network | 2019–20 | Ended |
April 18 | Doc McStuffins | Disney Junior | 2012–20 | |
May 4 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Cartoon Network, Disney+ | 2008–20 | |
May 8 | The Hollow | Netflix | 2018–20 | Cancelled |
May 15 | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Ended | ||
Nature Cat | PBS Kids | 2015–20 | ||
June 7 | Transformers: Cyberverse | Cartoon Network | 2018–20 | |
August 7 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Netflix | 2020 | Ended |
August 21 | Hoops | Netflix | Cancelled | |
August 23 | Elena of Avalor | Disney Channel, Disney Junior | 2016-20 | Ended |
August 27 | Unikitty! | Cartoon Network | 2017–20 | |
October 2 | Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz | Boomerang | ||
October 12 | Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Netflix | 2020 | |
October 29 | Hotel Transylvania: The Series | Disney Channel | 2017–20 | Cancelled |
November 8 | Our Cartoon President | Showtime | 2018–20 | |
December 4 | The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Netflix | ||
December 5 | ThunderCats Roar | Cartoon Network | 2020 |
Deaths
January
- January 9: Yūji Yamaguchi, Japanese animator (Fate/stay night), dies at an unknown age.[29]
- January 14: Jacques Toll, French animator and comics artist, dies at an unknown age.[30]
- January 21: Terry Jones, Welsh-British actor, comedian, writer and film director (occasional voices in Terry Gilliam's animated shorts in Monty Python's Flying Circus and the film spin-offs), dies at age 77.[31][32]
- January 25: Horst Alisch, German illustrator, comics artist and animator, dies at age 94.[33]
February
- February 3: Philippe Adamov, French illustrator, animator and comics artist (worked for René Laloux on the film Gandahar), dies at age 63.[34]
- February 5: Kirk Douglas, American actor (voice of Chester J. Lampwick in The Simpsons episode The Day the Violence Died), dies at age 103.[35][36]
- February 8: Ron McLarty, American dramatist, playwright and actor (did voices for several episodes of Courage the Cowardly Dog, voice of the narrator and Papa Bear in The Berenstain Bears animated TV specials), dies at age 72.[37]
- February 13: Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Japanese voice actor (Philip II of Macedon in Reign, Muijika in Mushishi, Hachiroh Tohbe in Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Tonpetty in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood), dies at age 80.[38]
- February 16:
- Zoe Caldwell, Australian-American actress (voice of the Grand Councilwoman in Lilo & Stitch), dies at age 86.[39]
- Jason Davis, American actor (voice of Mikey Blumberg in Recess), dies at age 35.[40]
- Maureen Mlynarczyk, American animator (Steven Universe, The Cleveland Show, Camp Lazlo), dies at age 47 from colon cancer.[41]
- February 17: Ja'Net DuBois, American actress (voice of Ms. Avery in The PJs), passes away at age 74.[42]
- February 21:
- Nick Cuti, American comics writer, editor, animator and artist (Ralph Bakshi, Walt Disney Animation), passes away at age 75.[43]
- Hisashi Katsuta, Japanese voice actor (Professor Ochanomizu in Astro Boy, Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger, Professor Tobishima in Groizer X, Shin'ichirō Izumi in Tōshō Daimos, passes away at age 92.[44][45]
- February 22: Kazuhiko Kishino, Japanese voice actor (voice of Mayumi Kinniku in Kinnikuman), dies at age 86.[46]
- February 29: Luis Alfonso Mendoza, Mexican voice dub actor (Latin American voice dub of teenage and adult Gohan in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), is murdered at age 55.[47]
March
- March 3: David Wise, American TV scriptwriter (Star Trek: The Animated Series, The Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Batman: The Animated Series), dies at age 65.[48]
- March 8: Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (voiced an art forger in The Simpsons episode The Art of War), dies at age 90.[49]
- March 19: Roman Arámbula, Mexican comics artist, animator and lay-out artist (Hanna-Barbera, worked on Pinky and the Brain), dies at age 83.[50]
- March 20: Giovanni Romanini, Italian animator and comics artist, dies at age 75 from a heart attack.[51]
- March 24:
- Juan Padrón, Cuban comics artist and animator (Vampires in Havana), dies at age 73.[52]
- Albert Uderzo, French comics artist (creative advisor and designer for the Astérix animated films Asterix and Cleopatra and The 12 Tasks of Asterix), passes away at age 92 from a heart attack.[53]
- March 31:
- Julie Bennett, American voice actress (voice of Penelope Pussycat in the Pepe LePew cartoon Louvre Come Back to Me!, Cindy Bear in Yogi Bear, Aunt May Parker in Spider-Man), dies at age 88 from COVID-19.[54]
- Vincent Marzello, American voice actor (American dub voice of Bob the Builder in Bob the Builder), passes away at age 68.[55][56][57]
April
- April 12: Danny Goldman, American voice actor (voice of Brainy Smurf in The Smurfs), passes away at age 80.[58]
- April 13: Ann Sullivan, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 91 from COVID-19.[59][60]
- April 16: Gene Deitch, American comics artist, animator and animated film director (Munro, Tom Terrific, Nudnik, continued the Popeye and Tom & Jerry franchises), passes away at age 95.[61]
May
- May 9:
- Little Richard, American rock musician (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Special Edna), dies at age 87.[62]
- Richard Sala, American comics artist, illustrator and animator (made animation for Liquid Television), dies at age 61.[63]
- May 10: Martin Pasko, Canadian-American comics writer and animation writer (Thundarr the Barbarian, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman: The Animated Series), dies at age 61.[64]
- May 11: Jerry Stiller, American actor and comedian (Voice of Uncle Max in The Lion King 1½, Pretty Boy in Teacher's Pet (TV series), Murray Weiner in How Murray Saved Christmas, and Principal Stickler in Fish Hooks) dies at age 92.
- May 15: Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (voice of Wally Kogen in The Simpsons episode Sunday Cruddy Sunday, Officer Brown in King of the Hill, Dave Campbell in the Family Guy episode From Method to Madness, Sammy Raymond in Hey Arnold!, Dad in Monster House, F.R.E.D. in Dexter's Laboratory, Jack Hench in Kim Possible, Boogie Man in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Melvin in Chicken Little), dies at age 86.[65]
June
- June 6: Dan Danglo, American animator (Terrytoons, Famous Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.[66][67]
- June 7: Hubert Gagnon, Canadian voice actor (dub voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers), dub voice of Homer Simpson and Grampa Simpson in the Canadian-French version of The Simpsons), passes away at age 73.[68]
- June 11: Mel Winkler, American voice actor (Commissioner Henderson in Superman: The Animated Series, Lucius Fox in The New Batman Adventures), dies at age 78.[69]
- June 26: Kelly Asbury, American storyboard artist, lay-out man (Walt Disney Animation Studios), screenwriter, voice actor (Master of Ceremonies and Fiddlesworth in Shrek the Third, Red Goon Gnomes in Gnomeo & Juliet), author/illustrator and animated film director (Shrek 2, Gnomeo & Juliet), dies at age 60.[70]
- June 29: Carl Reiner, American actor, comedian, film director, screenwriter and voice actor (Interviewer in The 2000 Year Old Man animated TV special, Santa Claus in Merry Madagascar, Irv/Mailbox #1 on American Dad, Murray on The Cleveland Show, Henry in the Bob's Burgers episode Father of the Bob, Old Man Fantasy Baseball Coach in the Family Guy episodes Peter's Lost Youth and An App a Day, Carl Reinoceros in Toy Story 4), passes away at age 98.[71]
July
- July 1: Marc Alberich Lluís, Spanish comics artist and animator, dies at age 49.[72]
- July 6: Ennio Morricone, Italian composer (wrote music for the animated features Around the World with Peynet's Lovers and Aida of the Trees), dies at age 91.[73][74]
- July 8: Naya Rivera, American actress (voice of Sparkle in The Naughty List), dies at age 33 in a drowning accident.[75]
- July 12: Nurhasanah Iskandar, Indonesian voice actress (Indonesian dub voice of Doraemon in Doraemon), dies at age 62.[76]
- July 24: Regis Philbin, American TV presenter (voice of Typhon on an episode of Disney's Hercules, Mabel in Shrek the Third), dies at age 88.[77]
August
- August 26: Joe Ruby, American animator, animation writer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng) and animation producer (co-founder of Ruby-Spears Productions), passes away at age 87.[78][79]
- August 30: Anatoliy Prokhorov, Russian animation producer (co-founder of the studio Pilot), dies at age 72.[80]
- August 31: Norm Spencer, Canadian voice actor (Cyclops in the animated series X-Men), dies at age 62.[81][82][83]
September
- September 4: Annie Cordy, Belgian singer, comedian and actress (French dub voice of Mother Willow Tree in Pocahontas), dies at age 92.[84]
- September 11: Roger Carel, French voice actor (voice of Asterix and Dogmatix in the animated feature films, Maestro in Once Upon a Time..., French dub voice of Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit in Winnie-the-Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Yogi Bear, Foghorn Leghorn, Fritz the Cat in Fritz the Cat, Flintheart Glomgold in DuckTales), dies at age 93.[85]
- September 21: Ron Cobb, American cartoonist, animator, film set designer, TV director and scriptwriter (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 83.[86]
- September 29: Helen Reddy, Australian-American pop singer and actress (Nora in Pete's Dragon, played herself in the Family Guy episode Blue Harvest), dies at age 78.[87]
October
- October 12: Conchata Ferrell, American actress (voice of Roxanne in Duckman, Bob’s Mom in Frankenweenie), dies at age 77.[88]
- October 21: Marge Champion, American dancer and actress (dance model for Snow White in Disney's Snow White, the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, Hyacinth Hippo in Fantasia and Mr. Stork in Dumbo), dies at age 101.[89]
- October 31: Sean Connery, Scottish actor (voice of Draco in Dragonheart, Sir Billi in Sir Billi), dies at age 90.[90][91][92]
November
- November 2: Elsa Raven, American actress (voice of Hannele in American Pop), dies at age 91.[93][94]
- November 4: Sergio Matteucci, Italian voice actor and radio presenter (Italian dub voice of Saiyan B in Dragon Ball Z, narrator in Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines), dies at age 89.[95][96]
- November 6: Ken Spears, American animation writer, sound editor and producer (Hanna-Barbera, co-creator of Scooby-Doo, co-founder of Ruby-Spears Productions), dies at age 82.
- November 7: Norm Crosby, American actor and comedian (The Judge in Eight Crazy Nights), dies at age 93.[97]
- November 8: Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host (voiced himself in the Rugrats episode Game Show Didi, the The Simpsons episodes Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and Penny-Wiseguys, two Pepper Ann episodes and the Family Guy episode I Take Thee Quagmire), dies at age 80.[98]
- November 9: Ro Marcenaro, Italian animator and comics artist, dies at age 83.[99]
- November 15: Hikari Yoko, Japanese voice actress (Sailor Moon Crystal, Naruto: Shippuden), dies at age 46.[100]
- November 18:
- Jonas Rodrigues de Mello, Brazilian actor (voice of Shadowseat in Cassiopeia, Montanha in The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs, Brazilian dub of various villains in Dragonball Z, Brazilian dub voice of Rataxes in The Adventures of Babar), dies at age 83.[101]
- Kirby Morrow, Canadian voice actor, writer and comedian (voice of Cyclops from X-Men: Evolution, Jay from Class of the Titans, Hot Shot from Transformers: Cybertron, American dub voice of Miroku from InuYasha, Van Fanel from the Ocean dub of Escaflowne, Teru Mikami from Death Note, Trowa Barton from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Ryo Takatsuki from Project ARMS, Goku from Ocean's dub of Dragon Ball Z (from Episode 160 onwards), Cole from Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu), dies at age 47.[102]
- Michel Robin, French actor (voice of Champion in Les Triplettes de Belleville), dies at age 90 from corona.[103]
- November 21: Malcolm Marmorstein, American film director and screenwriter (wrote the script for Pete's Dragon), dies at age 92 from cancer.[104]
- November 22: Changiz Jalilvand, Iranian voice actor (Iranian dub voice of Bert in Mary Poppins), dies at age 80 from COVID-19.[105]
- November 30: Enrico Bertorelli, Italian actor and voice actor (Italian dub voice of Cell and Commander Red in Dragon Ball Z, Commissioner James Gordon in Batman: The Animated Series), dies at age 78.[106]
December
- December 2: Richard Corben, American animator, illustrator, comics writer, comics artist (Neverwhere, wrote the script for the Den segment in Heavy Metal) and colorist, dies at age 80.[107]
- December 4: David Lander, American actor and comedian (voice of Smart Ass the Weasel in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Sewer King in Hey Arnold!, Squiggy in The Simpsons episode Helter Shelter), dies at age 73.[108][109]
- December 17: Doug Crane, American comics artist and animator (Terrytoons, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, worked on Spider-Man, Heavy Metal, Beavis and Butt-Head), dies at age 85.[110][111]
- December 21: Aleksandr Kurlyandsky, Russian animation screenwriter (Well, Just You Wait!) and author, dies at age 82.[112]
- December 22: Tuck Tucker, American animator, animation director, storyboard and lay-out artist (worked on The Simpsons, Rugrats, The Ren and Stimpy Show, 2 Stupid Dogs, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Duckman, Hey Arnold!, Jimmy Neutron, Family Guy, Drawn Together, The Fairly OddParents), dies at age 59.[113]
- December 29: Claude Bolling, French composer (composed the soundtrack to the Lucky Luke animated films Daisy Town and The Ballad of the Daltons), passes away at age 90.[114]
- December 30: Brenda Banks, African-American animator (Series like Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Heathcliff, The Smurfs, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Paw Paws, Rick Moranis’ Gravedale High, The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures and Tom & Jerry Kids and Movies like Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island, Jetsons: The Movie, Once Upon a Forest, The Pagemaster, and Ralph Bakshi films) dies at age 72.[115]
See also
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- ^ "Simpsons actor Hank Azaria says he'll no longer voice Apu: 'We all agreed on it'". January 18, 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
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External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb