2005 in animation
The year 2005 in animation involved some animation-related events.
| Years in animation: | 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 |
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s |
| Years: | 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 |
Events
February
- February 6: The pilot episode of American Dad! airs, launching the TV series.[1][2]
- February 13: The The Simpsons episode Pranksta Rap aired. Rapper 50 Cent appeared as special guest voice.[3]
- February 20:
- The first episode of Robot Chicken airs.[4]
- In The Simpsons episode There's Something About Marrying, Patty Bouvier outs herself as a lesbian.[5]
- February 21: The first episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender airs.[6]
- February 27: 77th Academy Awards:
- The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird and produced by the Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[7]
- Ryan by Chris Landreth wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[7]
- In their 100 Greatest series the British TV channel Channel 4 broadcasts the 100 Greatest Cartoons!, a list of the 100 greatest animated cartoons, as voted by viewers.[8]
March
- March 11: The first episode of Wonder Showzen airs, an adult parody of children's educational shows, complete with animated sequences too.[9]
- March 13: In The Simpsons episode Goo Goo Gai Pan the family travels to China. Lucy Liu and Robert Wagner are special guest voices.[10]
- March 28: Turner Broadcasting splits Adult Swim off from Cartoon Network after the block debuted in 2001, as the Nielsen Media Research could treat it as a separate channel for ratings purposes.
- March 31: Don Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow premiers.[11]
May
- May 1: Family Guy returns on Fox after a three-year cancellation, sparking popularity and strong DVD sales.
- May 9: Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures is founded.
- May 10: Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas and Rémi Zaarour's Le Building premiers.[12]
- May 13: Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup's Kirikou and the Wild Beasts premiers.[13]
- May 25: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath's Madagascar premiers.[14]
July
- July 9: Disneyland receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first and only theme park to receive this honour.[15]
September
- September 4: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit premiers.[16]
- September 6: The first episode of Go, Diego, Go! premieres.
- September 7: Tim Burton and Mike Johnson's Corpse Bride is released.[17]
- September 23: Nicktoons rebranded itself as Nicktoons Network. It remains rebranded for 4 years, before Nicktoons returned to its former name.
October
- October 10: A fire destroys most of Aardman Animations' archive warehouse.[18] The fire results in the loss of most of Nick Park's creations, including the models and sets used in the film Chicken Run. Some of the original Wallace and Gromit models and sets, as well as the master prints of the finished films, were elsewhere and survived.
- October 30: The Walt Disney Company’s Chicken Little premiers, it marks the first Disney CGI Film Until Dinosaurs.
November
- November 6: The first episode of The Boondocks airs.[19]
December
- December 6: Run Wrake's award-winning animated short Rabbit premiers.[20]
- December 11: In The Simpsons episode The Italian Bob the family travels to Italy.[21]
- December 20: Toy Story is added to the National Film Registry.[22][23]
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Midsummer Dream
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Award: Flow
- Mainichi Film Awards – Animation Grand Award: Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Disney Channel | 2005–07 |
| January 23 | Pet Alien | Cartoon Network | 2005 |
| February 6 | American Dad! | Fox, TBS | 2005–present |
| February 20 | Robot Chicken | Adult Swim | |
| February 21 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Nickelodeon | 2005–08 |
| March 25 | Krypto the Superdog | Cartoon Network | 2005–06 |
| May 30 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | 2005–07 | |
| June 17 | The Buzz on Maggie | Disney Channel | 2005–06 |
| June 19 | 12 oz. Mouse | Adult Swim | 2005–07 |
| July 8 | Camp Lazlo | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 |
| July 9 | Catscratch | Nickelodeon | 2005–07 |
| Time Warp Trio | Discovery Kids | 2005–06 | |
| August 22 | Firehouse Tales | Cartoon Network | 2005–07 |
| Gerald McBoing-Boing | |||
| September 5 | The Zula Patrol | PBS Kids | 2005–08 |
| September 6 | Go, Diego, Go! | Nick Jr. | 2005–11 |
| September 10 | G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 | 4 Kids TV | 2005–06 |
| Bratz | |||
| September 17 | Loonatics Unleashed | Kids' WB | 2005–07 |
| Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island | 2005–06 | ||
| Johnny Test | Kids' WB, The CW, Cartoon Network | 2005–14 | |
| September 19 | Get Ed | Toon Disney | 2005–06 |
| October 2 | Sunday Pants | Cartoon Network | 2005 |
| October 9 | Little Einsteins | Playhouse Disney | 2005–09 |
| Squidbillies | Adult Swim | 2005–present | |
| November 6 | The Boondocks | 2005–14 | |
| Minoriteam | 2005–06 | ||
| November 25 | The X's | Nickelodeon | |
| December 13 | Moral Orel | Adult Swim | 2005–09 |
| December 26 | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 |
| December 27 | Ben 10 (2005) |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 15 | Megas XLR | Cartoon Network | 2004–05 | Cancelled |
| January 22 | Dave the Barbarian | Disney Channel | Cancelled | |
| February 19 | Kenny the Shark | Discovery Kids | 2003–05 | |
| February 26 | ¡Mucha Lucha! | Kids' WB | 2002–05 | |
| March 25 | The Powerpuff Girls (1998) | Cartoon Network | 1998–2005 | Ended |
| Star Wars: Clone Wars | 2003–05 | |||
| April 24 | Sealab 2021 | Adult Swim | 2001–05 | |
| May 26 | Pet Alien | Cartoon Network | 2005 | Cancelled |
| May 27 | Father of the Pride | NBC | 2004–05 | |
| June 15 | CatDog | Nickelodeon | 1998–2005 | Ended |
| July 8 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Kids' WB | 2000–05 | Ended |
| July 22 | Video Mods | MTV2 | 2004–05 | Cancelled |
| August 19 | The Proud Family | Disney Channel | 2001–05 | Ended |
| October 30 | Sunday Pants | Cartoon Network | 2005 | Cancelled |
| November 11 | Duck Dodgers | 2003–05 | Ended | |
| November 25 | Jay Jay the Jet Plane | PBS Kids | 1998–2005 | Ended |
| Dragon Tales | 1999–2005 | Ended | ||
| November 27 | Fatherhood | Nick at Nite | 2004–05 | Cancelled |
| December 25 | Stroker & Hoop | Adult Swim |
Deaths
January
- January 15: Dan Lee, Canadian animator and character designer (Walt Disney Company, designer of Nemo in Finding Nemo), dies at age 35 from lung cancer.[24]
- January 25: Chad Grothkopf, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng, Chuck Jones, Jay Ward, Terrytoons, Tiny Toon Adventures), dies at age 90 or 91.[25]
March
- March 10: Debbi Besserglick, Israeli actress (Hebrew dub voice of Arthur Read), dies at age 49.[26]
- March 13: Hal Seeger, American animator, comics writer and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Batfink, Milton the Monster), dies at age 87.[27]
April
- April 11: John Bennett, British actor (Captain Holly in Watership Down, Don in The Plague Dogs), dies at age 76.[28]
- April 21: Bob Gardiner, American animator (co-director of Closed Mondays) and inventor (Claymation), dies at age 54.[29][30]
- April 23: Romano Scarpa, Italian comics artist, writer and animator (La piccola fiammiferaia), dies at age 77.[31]
May
- May 6: Joe Grant, American animator, character designer and screenwriter (Walt Disney Company, designed the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 96.[32]
- May 19: Henry Corden, American voice actor (voice of Fred Flintstone), dies at 85.[33]
- May 21: Howard Morris, American actor (voice of Gopher in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Atom Ant in Atom Ant, Mr. Peebles in Magilla Gorilla, Jughead Jones in The Archies, Munro in Munro, Professor Icenstein and Luigi La Bounci in Galaxy High, Flem in Cow & Chicken), dies at age 85.[34]
- May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (voice of Monstro the Whale in Pinocchio, the alligator in Lady and the Tramp, Tony the Tiger in the animated ads, Paul Bunyan in Paul Bunyan, Captain the Horse in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, singer of You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Billy Bass in The Aristocats, Kirby in The Brave Little Toaster), dies at age 91.[35]
June
- June 24: Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist and voice actor (voice of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines, Shun Gon in The Aristocats, Gargamel in The Smurfs, Boomer in The Fox and the Hound, Zummi Gummi in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears), dies at age 82.[36]
- June 25: John Fiedler, American voice actor (Piglet in Winnie the Pooh, Father Sexton in Robin Hood, Porcupine in The Fox and the Hound, Rudy in The Emperor's New Groove), dies at age 80.[37]
July
- July 2: Norm Prescott, American animation producer (co-founder of Filmation), dies at age 78.[38]
- July 11: Frances Langford, American singer (sang the Once Upon a Wintertime segment in Melody Time), dies at age 92.[39]
- July 20: James Doohan, Canadian actor (voiced Scotty in Star Trek: The Animated Series), dies at age 83.[40]
- July 21: Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and voice actor (voice of Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog), dies at age 64.[41]
- July 27: Marten Toonder, Dutch comics artist and animator (Toonder Animation, Als Je Begrijpt Wat Ik Bedoel (The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)), dies at age 93.[42]
August
- August 1: Wim Boost, aka Wibo, Dutch comics artist, cartoonist and animator, passes away at age 87.[43]
- August 16: Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, comedian, storyboard artist, magician, animator animation director (Walt Disney Company, Pixar) and voice actor (voice of Igor in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Heimlich the caterpillar in A Bug's Life, Lenny the Binoculars in Toy Story, Wheezy the penguin in Toy Story 2, Pete "Claws" Ward in Monsters, Inc., Jacques the Shrimp in Finding Nemo, Red and Peterbilt in Cars), dies at age 45.[44]
October
- October 20: Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter, ceramist, poet, animator, designer, director and producer (wife, co-producer, co-designer, co-director of Jan Švankmajer), dies at age 65.[45][46]
November
- November 5: Derek Lamb, British animator and animated film producer (Special Delivery, the opening credits of Mystery!, co-produced the Sports Cartoons series, played himself in Ryan, made animated shorts for Sesame Street), dies at age 69.[47][48]
- November 7: Harry Thompson, British radio and TV producer, comedy writer, novelist and TV writer (co-creator of Monkey Dust), dies at age 45 from cancer.[49]
- November 28: Miroslav Štěpánek, Czech animator, animated film director, sculptor, screenwriter, illustrator and graphic designer (Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát, aka Hey Mister, Let's Play!), passes away at age 81.[50]
December
- December 22: Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and actress (sang and danced with Donald Duck in The Three Caballeros), dies at age 90.
See also
References
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- Goodman, Tim (February 4, 2005). "American Dad is a wannabe". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
- "Pranksta Rap" – via www.imdb.com.
- "Simpsons' gay character is Patty". BBC News. February 21, 2005. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
- "The Boy in the Iceberg". Avatar: The Last Airbender. IGN. February 21, 2005. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
- "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- "The UK's 100 Greatest Cartoons! – Animated Views".
- 2005 in animation at IMDb
- "Goo Goo Gai Pan" – via www.imdb.com.
- hertzfeldt, don (February 11, 2016). "Watch WORLD OF TOMORROW Online | Vimeo On Demand" – via Vimeo.
- Marco Nguyen; Pierre Perifel; Xavier Ramonède; Olivier Staphylas & Rémi Zaarour. "Le Building – News, pg. 2". le-buildilng.com. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- "Kirikou and the Wild Beasts" – via www.imdb.com.
- "Madagascar" – via www.imdb.com.
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- The Curse of the Were-Rabbit at IMDb
- "Corpse Bride" – via www.imdb.com.
- "Animation archive up in smoke". BBC News. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
- "Aaron McGruder interview: Complete transcript". The News Tribune. Interviewed by Interview with Bill Hutchens. Tacoma News, Inc. November 6, 2005. Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- "Rabbit" – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Italian Bob" – via www.imdb.com.
- "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 20, 2005. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- Harris M. Lentz III (9 May 2006). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2489-4.
- "Chad Grothkopf". lambiek.net.
- דבי בסרגליק (in Hebrew)
- "Hal Seeger". lambiek.net.
- "John Bennett". IMDb.
- "James Gardiner - Obituary".
- Hamlin, Jesse; Writer, Chronicle Staff (April 27, 2005). "James Robbins 'Bob' Gardiner -- Oscar winner". SFGate.
- "Romano Scarpa". lambiek.net.
- "Joe Grant". IMDb.
- "Henry Corden". Tampa Bay Times. 2005-05-21. p. 20. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- Fox, Margalit (May 25, 2005). "Howard Morris, an Actor in Television Comedies, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- "Thurl Ravenscroft, Voice of Tony the Tiger, Dies at 91". The New York Times. May 25, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- Salamon, Julie (2005-06-27). "Paul Winchell, 82, TV Host and Film Voice of Pooh's Tigger, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- O'Donnell, Michelle. "John Fiedler, 80, Stage Actor and Film Voice of Pooh's Piglet, Dies", The New York Times, June 27, 2005; accessed December 15, 2007. "He graduated from Shorewood High School in 1943 and enlisted in the United States Navy, serving stateside until World War II's end."
- "Norm Prescott, 78; Producer Co-Founded Filmation Studios". Los Angeles Times. July 7, 2005. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- "Frances Langford". IMDb.
- "James Doohan - IMDb". IMDb.
- Laing, Dave (2005-07-22). "Obituary: Long John Baldry". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- "Marten Toonder". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Wibo". lambiek.net.
- "Pixar exec dies in car accident". Variety. August 18, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eva-svankmajerova-324020.html Obituary] in The Independent (UK) by Marcus Williamson
- https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,1642576,00.html Obituary] in The Guardian (UK) by Christopher Masters
- "OSCAR WINNER LAMB LOSES CANCER FIGHT". Contact Music. 6 November 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- "Tribute to Derek Lamb". Animation World Network. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- Brown, Maggie (9 November 2005). "Harry Thompson". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group.
- Miroslav Štěpánek in ČSFD
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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