2005 in animation

The year 2005 in animation involved some animation-related events.

Events

• February 6 – American Dad!, a pilot episode airs on FOX following a new episode of The Simpsons after Super Bowl XXXIX.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 23 – Nicktoons rebranded itself as Nicktoons Network. It rebranded for 4 years before Nicktoons returned the same name again.

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

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films: 2005

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2005

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 and 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 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
October 2	Sunday Pants	Cartoon Network	2005
October 9	Little Einsteins	Playhouse Disney	2005–09
	Squidbillies	Adult Swim	2005–17
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		Ended
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
	Star Wars: Clone Wars		2003–05
April 24	Sealab 2021	Adult Swim	2001–05
May 26	Pet Alien	Cartoon Network	2005
May 27	Father of the Pride	NBC	2004–05
June 15	CatDog	Nickelodeon	1998–2005
July 8	Jackie Chan Adventures	Kids' WB	2000–05
August 19	The Proud Family	Disney Channel	2001–05
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
	Dragon Tales		1999–2005
November 27	Fatherhood	Nick at Nite	2004–05	Cancelled