2018 in animation
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This is a list of events in 2018 in animation.
Contents
Events
January
- January 22: Minnie Mouse receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[1]
March
- March 4: 90th Academy Awards:
- Dear Basketball by Glen Keane wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[2]
- Coco by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3]
- March 25: The couch gag of The Simpsons episode 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage is animated by Bill Plympton. This is the sixth time he receives this honour.[4]
- March 29: John Kricfalusi is accused by animators Robyn Byrd and Katie Rice of having sexually harassed and groomed them when they were underage.[5]
May
- May 11: John Kricfalusi issues a personal explanation and apology about the allegations by animators Robin Byrd and Katie Rice, though he denies some of the claims.[6]
- May 13: In The Simpsons episode Throw Grampa from the Dane the family travels to Denmark.[7]
August
- August 17: Matt Groening's new animated TV series, Disenchantment airs on Netflix.[8][9]
October
- October 26: Adi Shankar states in an interview with IndieWire that the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon will leave The Simpsons following controversy that he is a negative and racially offensive stereotype.[10]
- October 29: Simpsons executive producer Al Jean states that "Adi Shankar does not speak for our show".[11]
December
- December 12: Cinderella and Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People are added to the National Film Registry.[12][13]
Film released
Television series debuts
Date | Title | Channel | Year |
---|---|---|---|
January 14 | Hot Streets | Adult Swim | 2018–19 |
January 15 | The Adventures of Kid Danger | Nickelodeon | 2018 |
January 19 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | Netflix | 2018–present |
Constantine: City of Demons | CW Seed | 2018–19 | |
January 26 | Llama Llama | Netflix | 2018–present |
February 11 | Our Cartoon President | Showtime | 2018–present |
February 19 | Pinkalicious & Peterrific | PBS Kids | 2018–present |
February 23 | Apple & Onion | Cartoon Network | 2018–present |
February 26 | Final Space | TBS | 2018–present |
March 23 | Muppet Babies (2018) | Disney Junior | 2018–present |
March 30 | Craig of the Creek | Cartoon Network | 2018–present |
April 6 | The Boss Baby: Back in Business | Netflix | 2018–present |
April 8 | Ballmastrz: 9009 | Adult Swim | 2018–present |
April 14 | Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own | Discovery Family | 2018–present |
April 20 | Spy Kids: Mission Critical | Netflix | 2018–present |
April 26 | Little Big Awesome | Amazon Video | 2018–present |
May 11 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | 2018–present | |
June 8 | The Hollow | Netflix | 2018–present |
June 18 | Big City Greens | Disney Channel | 2018–present |
June 28 | Job at Nighttime | YouTube | 2018-19 |
June 29 | Harvey Street Kids | Netflix | 2018–present |
July 7 | Summer Camp Island | Cartoon Network | 2018–present |
July 13 | Fancy Nancy | Disney Junior | 2018–present |
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Netflix | 2018–present | |
July 20 | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Nickelodeon | 2018–present |
July 27 | Cupcake & Dino: General Services | Netflix | 2018–present |
August 5 | Mega Man: Fully Charged | Cartoon Network | 2018–19 |
August 17 | Disenchantment | Netflix | 2018–present |
August 31 | Paradise PD | 2018–present | |
September 1 | Total DramaRama | Cartoon Network | 2018–present |
Transformers: Cyberverse | 2018–present | ||
September 14 | The Dragon Prince | Netflix | 2018–present |
September 16 | Human Kind Of | Facebook Watch | 2018–present |
September 21 | Hilda | Netflix | 2018–present |
Pete the Cat | Amazon Video | 2018–present | |
October 7 | Star Wars Resistance | Disney Channel | 2018–present |
October 18 | Robozuna | Netflix | 2018–present |
Liverspots and Astronots | Facebook Watch | 2018–present | |
November 5 | Rainbow Rangers | Nick Jr. | 2018–present |
November 9 | Super Drags | Netflix | 2018 |
November 12 | Butterbean's Cafe | Nickelodeon | 2018–present |
November 13 | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Netflix | 2018–present |
November 16 | Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny | Amazon Video | 2018–present |
November 20 | Motown Magic | Netflix | 2018–present |
November 21 | Let's Go Luna! | PBS Kids | 2018–present |
December 21 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Netflix | 2018–19 |
December 22 | Watership Down | 2018 | |
December 23 | Bakugan: Battle Planet | Cartoon Network | 2018–present |
Television series endings
Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 20 | Pickle and Peanut | Disney XD | 2015–18 | Cancelled |
January 26 | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Netflix | Ended | |
February 10 | Bunsen Is a Beast | Nicktoons | 2017–18 | Cancelled |
February 16 | DreamWorks Dragons | Netflix | 2012–18 | Ended |
March 5 | Star Wars Rebels | Disney XD | 2014–18 | |
March 18 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Boomerang SVOD | 2015–18 | Cancelled |
April 13 | The Magic School Bus Rides Again | Netflix | 2017–18 | |
April 23 | Peg + Cat | PBS Kids | 2013–18 | Ended |
May 4 | Kong: King of the Apes | Netflix | 2016–18 | Cancelled |
May 19 | Future-Worm! | Disney XD | ||
May 25 | Trollhunters | Netflix | Ended | |
June 3 | Justice League Action | Cartoon Network | Cancelled | |
June 8 | Lost in Oz | Amazon Video | 2017–18 | |
June 14 | The Adventures of Kid Danger | Nickelodeon | 2018 | |
June 24 | Clarence | Cartoon Network | 2014–18 | Ended |
July 20 | Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh | Netflix | 2016–18 | Cancelled |
August 3 | Dinotrux | 2015–18 | ||
August 6 | Splash and Bubbles | PBS Kids | 2016–18 | |
August 11 | Pig Goat Banana Cricket | Nicktoons | 2015–18 | |
September 3 | Adventure Time | Cartoon Network | 2010–18 | Ended |
September 7 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Netflix | 2017–18 | Cancelled |
September 8 | Sofia the First | Disney Junior | 2012–18 | Ended |
September 10 | Miles from Tomorrowland | 2015–18 | Canceled | |
September 15 | Mysticons | Nicktoons | 2017–18 | |
September 28 | Skylanders Academy | Netflix | 2016–18 | |
October 1 | Goldie & Bear | Disney Junior | 2015–18 | |
October 5 | Animals | HBO | 2016–18 | |
October 12 | Tarzan and Jane | Netflix | 2017–18 | |
November 9 | Super Drags | 2018 | ||
December 7 | Neo Yokio | 2017–18 | ||
December 14 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | 2016–18 | ||
December 23 | Watership Down | 2018 | ||
December 30 | Bunnicula | Boomerang | 2016–18 |
Deaths
January
- January 31:
- Cav Bøgelund, Danish animator and comics artist (Våbenbrødre), drowns at age 39 in mysterious circumstances.[14]
- Ann Gillis, American actress (voice of Faline in Bambi), dies at age 90.[15]
February
- February 24: Bud Luckey, American animator and composer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Sesame Street), dies at age 83.[16]
- February 27: Bill Lignante, American comics artist, courtroom sketch artist and animator (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 91.[17]
March
- March 14: Stephen Hawking, British mathematician and physicist (voiced himself in The Simpsons episodes They Saved Lisa's Brain, Don't Fear the Roofer, Stop! Or My Dog Will Shoot, Elementary School Musical and the Futurama episodes Anthology of Interest I and The Beast with a Billion Backs), dies at age 76.[18][19]
- March 15: Robert Grossman, American painter, caricaturist, sculptor, filmmaker, poster designer, comics artist, cartoonist and animator (Jimmy The C), dies at age 78. [20][21]
May
- May 11: Zlatko Bourek, Croatian animated film director, screenwriter, production designer and cartoonist, passes away at age 88.[22][23]
- May 18: Fred Peters, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 95.[24][25]
April
- April 5: Isao Takahata, Japanese animator, film director and producer (director of Grave of the Fireflies , The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), dies at age 82.[26]
- April 12: Giuliano Cenci, Italian animated film director (The Adventures of Pinocchio), dies at age 86.[27]
June
- June 1: William Edward Phipps, American actor (voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella), dies at age 96.[28]
- June 2: Nick Meglin, American comics writer, theatre lyricist and animation scriptwriter (wrote Batfink, The Pink Panther cartoons), passes away from a heart attack at age 82.[29]
- June 11: Rumen Petkov, Bulgarian animator and comics artist (Choko & Boko), passes away at age 70.[30]
July
- July 1: Peter Firmin, British animator, puppeteer and illustrator (co-creator of Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine and Bagpuss), co-founder of Smallfilms, dies at age 89.[31]
- July 4: Darrell McNeil, American animator, writer, editor, publisher, producer and actor (Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Ralph Bakshi, Ruby-Spears, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation, Don Bluth), dies at age 60.[32]
August
- August 15: Kunihiro Abe, Japanese animator (Gundam), dies at age 59 or 60.[33]
- August 23: Russ Heath, American comic book artist and animator (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), dies at age 91 from cancer.[34][35]
- August 31: Carole Shelley, British actress (voice of Amelia Gabble the goose in The Aristocats, Lady Kluck in Robin Hood), dies at age 79.[36]
September
- September 6: Burt Reynolds, American actor (voice of Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go To Heaven, Judge Keaton in the Duckman episode Das Sub, M.F. Thatherton in the King of the Hill episode The Company Man, Senator Buckingham in the American Dad! episode School Lies), dies at age 82.[37]
October
- October 4: Will Vinton, American animator and film director (The Adventures of Mark Twain, The California Raisins), dies at age 70.[38][39]
- October 7: Gibba, Italian animator and comics artist, dies at age 93.[40]
November
- November 4: Jacques Muller, French animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin, ILM), dies at age 62.[41]
- November 5: Rick Reinert, American animator, animated film director and producer (MGM, Walt Disney Studios, Rick Reinert Productions), dies at age 93.[42][43]
- November 26: Stephen Hillenburg, American comics artist and animator (SpongeBob SquarePants), dies at age 57.[44]
December
- December 17: Penny Marshall, American actress, film director and producer (voiced herself in Laverne & Shirley in the Army, voice of Ms. Botz the babysitter-bandit in The Simpsons episode Some Enchanted Evening), dies at age 75.[45]
- December 27: Børge Ring, Danish animator, jazz musician and comics artist (Oh My Darling, Anna & Bella, Run of the Mill), dies at age 97.[46]
- December 30: Don Lusk, American animator and director (Walt Disney Company, Peanuts TV specials, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 105.[47]
See also
References
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- ^ "90th Academy Award Animated Short Film Nominees". The Oscars 2018. Disney Enterprises, Inc. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "The 2018 Oscar Winners: Full List". The New York Times. March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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- ^ Lange, Ariane (March 29, 2018). "Creator Of "Ren & Stimpy" Accused Of Preying On Underage Girls Who Wanted Animation Careers". BuzzFeed. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kricfalusi_john.htm
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8259932/
- ^ "Netflix Announces DISENCHANTMENT, a New Epic Fantasy Animated Series from Matt Groening" (Press release). Hollywood, CA. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ Goldberg, Leslie (July 25, 2017). "Abbi Jacobson to Lead Voice Cast for Netflix's Animated Matt Groening Comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ O'Falt, Chris (26 October 2018). "'The Simpsons' Is Eliminating Apu, But Producer Adi Shankar Found the Perfect Script to Solve the Apu Problem". IndieWire. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ France, Lisa Respers (29 October 2018). "'The Simpsons' producer responds to claim Apu is leaving". CNN. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/
- ^ "See the 25 Movies Just Added to the National Film Registry". Time. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bogelund_cav.htm
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- ^ "Bud Luckey, Oscar-Nominated Animator Who Designed Woody for 'Toy Story,' Dies at 83". The Hollywood Reporter. February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lignante_bill.htm
- ^ Henry, David (14 March 2018). "Stephen Hawking, physicist who reshaped cosmology, passes away at 76". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/grossman_robert.htm
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- ^ "Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata dies at 82". BBC. April 6, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ E' morto Giuliano Cenci, uno dei papà di Carosello
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- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/petkov_rumen.htm
- ^ "Clangers co-creator Peter Firmin dies aged 89". BBC News. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/07/07/andy-mangels-remembers-darrell-mcneil-1957-2018/
- ^ Mecha Animator Kunihiro Abe Passes Away at 50
- ^ Russ Heath Passes Away at 91
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/heath_russ.htm
- ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (4 September 2018). "Carole Shelley, a Tony Winner and a Pigeon Sister, Dies at 79". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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