2003 in animation
The year 2003 in animation involved some animation-related events.
| Years in animation: | 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 |
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s |
| Years: | 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 |
Events
January
- January 5: In The Simpsons episode Special Edna, Little Richard is a special guest voice.[1]
February
- February 2: The Simpsons reaches its 300th episode.
- February 8: The first episode of the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is broadcast.[2]
- February 9: The first episode of Monkey Dust, a controversial TV series full of black comedy, airs.[3]
- February 16: The first episode of The Venture Bros. is broadcast.[4]
- February 20: Anime producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki is sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for the illegal possession of firearms, a case which happened in 1999.[5] He is released on 9 December 2007.
March
- March 5: The first episode of Odd Job Jack airs.[6]
- March 9: In The Simpsons episode Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington, Krusty the Clown becomes a Republican. The episode satirizes Fox News's news ticker, which causes controversy.[7]
- March 18: Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure is released, but it was panned by critics by its animation and plot.[8]
- March 21: The Walt Disney Company releases Piglet's Big Movie, directed by Francis Glebas.[9]
- March 23: 75th Academy Awards:
- Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[10] Miyazaki boycots the event because of the U.S. involvement in the Iraq War and stays at home. .[11]
- The ChubbChubbs! by Eric Armstrong wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[10]
April
- April 7:
- The first episode of the stop-motion version of Miffy and Friends airs.
- The first episode of Moose and Zee airs.[12]
- April 12: The first episode of All Grown Up! is broadcast,[13] before its regular run began on November 9, 2003.[14]
May
- May 7: Ray Harryhausen receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[15]
- May 18: During the Cannes Film Festival Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, a Japanese-French animated feature film directed by Daisuke Nishio, Hirotoshi Rissen, Kazuhisa Takenouchi and Leiji Matsumoto, set to a soundtrack by Daft Punk, is released.[16]
- May 30: The Walt Disney Company releases Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton.[17]
June
- June 6: The earliest known Eddsworld animation goes online.[18]
- June 11: Sylvain Chomet's The Triplettes of Belleville premiers.[19]
- June 13: The first episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is broadcast.[20]
- June 25: Philippe Leclerc's The Rain Children premiers.[21]
- June 26 – July 24: Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" airs. It's a comeback of John Kricfalusi's original 1991–1995 Ren & Stimpy series, but with a more mature and darker tone. Both producers, advertisers and viewers dislike it, which leads to its cancellation after only a few episodes.[22]
July
- July 2: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, the final DreamWorks in traditional animation, premiers but becomes a flop.[23]
- July 11: The first episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series airs, but only lasts a season.[24]
- July 19: The first episode of Teen Titans airs.[25]
August
- August 1: The first episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot is broadcast.[26]
September
- September 1: The first episode of Kid Paddle, an animated series based on the Belgian comics series of the same name, airs.[27]
- September 2: The first episode of Rubbadubbers is broadcast.[28]
- September 3:
- The first episode of Chilly Beach is broadcast.[29]
- The first episode of Code Lyoko airs.
- September 7: The first episode of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks airs.[30][31]
- September 8: The first episode of Connie the Cow is broadcast.[32]
- September 16: The first episode of Auld Ones airs.[33]
- September 28: The first episode of JoJo's Circus is broadcast.[34]
October
- October 10: Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1 is released, which features an anime sequence, directed by Kazuto Nakazawa and produced by Production I.G..[35]
November
- November 1:
- The Walt Disney Company releases Brother Bear, directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker.[36]
- The first episode of Xiaolin Showdown, Tutenstein airs.[37]
- November 2: In The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror XIV Jerry Lewis is special guest voice.[38]
- November 7: The first episode of Star Wars: Clone Wars airs.[39]
- November 9: Joe Dante's Looney Tunes: Back in Action is released.[40]
- November 16: In The Simpsons episode The President Wore Pearls Michael Moore is special guest voice.[41]
- November 23: In The Simpsons episode The Regina Monologues the family travels to The United Kingdom. J.K. Rowling, Ian McKellen and Prime Minister Tony Blair are special guest voices.[42]
- November 27: The first episode of Pororo the Little Penguin airs.[43]
December
- December 3: Jacques-Rémy Girerd's Prophétie des Grenouilles (Raining Cats and Frogs) premiers.[44]
- December 7: In The Simpsons episode Today I Am a Clown Mr. T is special guest voice.[45]
- December 16: One Froggy Evening and Tin Toy are added to the National Film Registry.[46][47]
Specific date unknown
- The first episode of Pat & Mat airs.
- The first episode of The Secret World of Benjamin Bear airs.
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
- Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Millennium Actress[48]
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: My Life as McDull
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: El Cid: The Legend
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Award: Winter Days
- Mainichi Film Awards – Animation Grand Award: Tokyo Godfathers
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | The Berenstain Bears (2003) | PBS Kids | 2003–04 |
| January 13 | Lupin the Third Part II | Adult Swim | 2003 |
| February 1 | .hack//Sign | Cartoon Network | |
| February 8 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) | Fox Box, The CW4Kids | 2003–10 |
| February 10 | Reign: The Conqueror | Adult Swim | 2003–04 |
| February 16 | The Venture Bros. | 2003–present | |
| March 1 | Stuart Little: The Animated Series | HBO | 2003 |
| March 4 | Hey Monie! | BET | |
| March 11 | The Save-Ums! | Discovery Kids | 2003–06 |
| Strawberry Shortcake | Direct-to-Video | 2003-08 | |
| March 31 | Trigun | Adult Swim | 2003 |
| April 7 | Miffy and Friends | Noggin | 2003–07 |
| Moose and Zee | 2003–12 | ||
| April 12 | All Grown Up! | Nickelodeon | 2003–08 |
| May 17 | MegaMan NT Warrior | Kids' WB | 2003–05 |
| June 3 | Hey Joel | VH1 | 2003 |
| June 9 | Android Kikaider: The Animation | Adult Swim | |
| June 13 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Cartoon Network | 2003–08 |
| June 26 | Gary the Rat | The New TNN | 2003 |
| Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" | |||
| Stripperella | 2003–04 | ||
| June 30 | Cyborg 009 | Cartoon Network | 2003 |
| July 8 | Franny's Feet | PBS Kids | 2003–10 |
| July 11 | Evil Con Carne | Cartoon Network | 2003–04 |
| Free for All | Showtime | 2003 | |
| Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | MTV | ||
| July 19 | Teen Titans | Cartoon Network | 2003–06 |
| August 1 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Nickelodeon | 2003–09 |
| August 4 | Blue Gender | Adult Swim | 2003–04 |
| August 5 | FLCL | 2003–18 | |
| August 23 | Funky Cops | Fox Box | 2003–04 |
| Duck Dodgers | Cartoon Network | 2003–05 | |
| August 30 | Shaman King | Fox Box | |
| September 1 | Clifford's Puppy Days | PBS Kids | 2003–06 |
| September 2 | Rubbadubbers | Nick Jr. | 2003–05 |
| September 7 | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | PBS Kids | 2003–07 |
| September 8 | Connie the Cow | Nick Jr. | 2003–05 |
| September 20 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Disney Channel | 2003–06 |
| September 28 | JoJo's Circus | Playhouse Disney | 2003–07 |
| October 1 | The Koala Brothers | ||
| October 17 | VH1 ILL-ustrated | VH1 | 2003–04 |
| October 22 | Kid Notorious | Comedy Central | 2003 |
| November 1 | Kenny the Shark | Discovery Kids | 2003–05 |
| Tutenstein | 2003–08 | ||
| Xiaolin Showdown | Kids' WB | 2003–06 | |
| November 7 | Star Wars: Clone Wars | Cartoon Network | 2003–05 |
| November 14 | Dragon Ball GT | Cartoon Network, Nicktoons | 2003–12 |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 16 | 3 South | MTV | 2002–03 | Cancelled |
| February 5 | The Legend of Tarzan | UPN | 2001–03 | Ended |
| February 25 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | PBS Kids | 2000–03 | |
| April 4 | Liberty's Kids | 2002–03 | Cancelled | |
| April 13 | Clone High | MTV | ||
| April 15 | Hey Monie! | BET | 2003 | |
| May 24 | Stuart Little: The Animated Series | HBO | ||
| June 17 | Hey Joel | VH1 | ||
| July 24 | Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" | TNN | ||
| September 12 | Free for All | Showtime | ||
| Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | MTV | |||
| October 24 | Disney's House of Mouse | Toon Disney | 2001–03 | Ended |
| October 25 | X-Men: Evolution | Kids' WB | 2000–03 | |
| November 14 | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | Cartoon Network | 2002–03 | Cancelled |
| November 20 | Dexter's Laboratory | 1996–03 | Ended | |
| November 26 | Time Squad | 2001–03 | Cancelled | |
| December 12 | Transformers: Armada | 2002–03 | ||
| December 17 | Kid Notorious | Comedy Central | 2003 | |
| December 31 | The Brak Show | Adult Swim | 2000–03 |
Deaths
February
- February 24: Imogene Lynn, American singer (singing voice of Red in Tex Avery's cartoons), dies at age 80.[49][50]
March
- March 9: Stan Brakhage, American film director and animator (Mothlight), dies at age 70.[51]
- March 12: Branco Karabajic, Croatian comics artist and animator (worked on Veliki Mitting), dies at age 77.[52]
- March 28: Bob Matz, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Peanuts specials), dies at age 90.[53]
April
- April 30: Lionel Wilson, American voice actor (voiced all characters in Tom Terrific, Vincent van Gopher and Possible Possum in Deputy Dawg, Eustace Bagge in Courage the Cowardly Dog), dies at age 79.[54]
June
- June 30: Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (voice of Pardon-Me-Pete in Jack Frost, Skittle in The Little Mermaid), dies at age 78.[55]
July
- July 4: Barry White, American soul singer and voice actor (voice of Brother Bear in Coonskin, played himself in The Simpsons episodes Whacking Day and Bart's Inner Child), dies at age 58.[56]
- July 31: Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist and animator, dies at age 70.[57]
September
- September 6: Jules Engel, American sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, animated film director (Walt Disney Studios, Charles Mintz Studios, UPA) and founder of the Experimental Animation Program at the California Institute of Arts) , dies at age 94.[58]
- September 12: Johnny Cash, American country singer (voice of the Coyote in The Simpsons episode El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer), dies at age 71.[59][60]
- September 30: Edwin Gillette, American inventor, cameraman and animator (Cambria Studios, inventor of the Syncro-Vox technique), dies at age 94.[61]
October
- October 16: Carl Urbano, American animator and director (A Is for Atom, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 92.
November
- November 30: Kin Platt, American caricaturist, radio writer, TV writer, comics artist and animation writer (Walt Disney Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Terrytoons, Milton the Monster), dies at age 91.[62]
December
- December 22: Wah Chang, Chinese-American designer, sculptor, animator and animation producer (made maquettes and models for Walt Disney's Pinocchio and Bambi), dies at age 86.[63]
- December 27: Pete Alvarado, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Republic Pictures, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears Productions, Filmation), dies at age 83.[64]
Specific date unknown
- Specific date in December unknown: Oliver Passingham, British comics artist and animator, dies at age 78.[65]
- Claude Smith, American animator (Walt Disney Company, MGM (worked in Tex Avery's unit)), dies at age 90.
See also
References
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- "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
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- Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 2008-10-24. ISBN 9780786452088.
- https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Lionel-Wilson/
- Severo, Richard (July 1, 2003). "Buddy Hackett, Irrepressible Clown of Stage, Screen and Nightclubs, Is Dead at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
Mr. Hackett's career spanned more than half a century in nightclubs, movies, the stage and television. His rubbery face was a familiar one on America's home screens in the 1950s and 1960s when he was a frequent guest on talk shows hosted by Jack Paar and Arthur Godfrey.
- "Singer Barry White dies", BBC, July 5, 2003.
- "Guido Crepax". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- http://www.webofstories.com/gl/jules.engel Jules Engel's Life Story
- "Death from a Broken Heart". Medicine net. November 24, 2003. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- "Johnny Cash Dead at Age 71". Folsomlocalnews.com. September 12, 2003. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 2008-10-24. ISBN 9780786452088.
- "Kin Platt". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Wah Ming Chang, 86; Special-Effects Master Worked on 'Time Machine'". Los Angeles Times. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- "Pete Alvarado". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/passingham_oliver.htm
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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