2007 in animation
The year 2007 in animation involved some animation-related events.
Events
- January 4: American activist and animator Helen Hill is murdered by an unidentified intruder in her home.
- January 31: The Boston bomb scare occurs and the U.S. Coast Guard and Boston Police shut down parts of Interstate 93, two bridges, and a section of the Charles River after the discovery of suspicious devices placed around the city. Turner Broadcasting released a statement that the items were marketing tools placed within ten U.S. cities for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
February
- February 23: After 8 years, Cartoon Network officially ends Fridays block.
- February 25: 79th Academy Awards:
March
- March 5: The first episode of Shaun the Sheep is broadcast.[2]
- March 23: The film Meet the Robinsons, co-produced by Walt Disney Company, is released.[3]
- March 25: In The Simpsons episode Homerazzi the opening sequence feature Homer going through evolution, which is one of the longest opening scenes in the history of the show.[4]
May
- May 6: Shrek the Third is released by DreamWorks.[5]
- May 20: The Simpsons 400th episode You Kent Always Say What You Want is broadcast, which satirizes FOX News.[6]
- May 23: Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis, based on Marjane Satrapi's eponymous graphic novel, is first released.[7]
June
- June 8: Ash Brannon and Chris Buck's Surf's Up is first released.[8]
- June 22: Ratatouille, produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[9]
July
- July 21: The Simpsons Movie is first released.[10]
August
- August 17: The first episode of Phineas and Ferb is broadcast.[11]
October
- October 18: The Three Robbers, based on children's book by Tomi Ungerer, is released by Hayo Freitag.[12]
- October 20: The live-action film with animated sequences Enchanted premiers.[13]
- October 21: The horror anthology film Fear(s) of the Dark is first released, featured animated sequences by several well known comics artists.[14]
November
- November 2: Bee Movie by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner is first released.[15]
- November 12: Nickelodeon promotes its very first SpongeBob SquarePants television film, Atlantis SquarePantis, attracting 8.8. million viewers.[16]
- November 27: The film Futurama: Bender's Big Score is released.[17]
December
- December 27: Three Little Pigs is added to the National Film Registry.[18][19]
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
- Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Paprika[20]
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
- Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: 5 Centimeters Per Second
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
- César Award for Best Foreign Film: Waltz with Bashir
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Nocturna
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: Tekkonkinkreet
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: Summer Days with Coo
- Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: Summer Days with Coo
Films released
- April 13 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
- May 18 - Shrek the Third
- July 27 - The Simpsons Movie
- November 2 - Bee Movie
- November 12 - Atlantis SquarePantis
- November 27 - Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Nickelodeon | 2007–08 |
| May 12 | My Friends Tigger & Pooh | Playhouse Disney | 2007–10 |
| June 24 | Friday: The Animated Series | MTV2 | 2007 |
| August 13 | Slacker Cats | ABC Family | |
| August 17 | Phineas and Ferb | Disney Channel | 2007–15 |
| August 31 | Tak and the Power of Juju | Nickelodeon | 2007–09 |
| September 3 | Super Why! | PBS Kids | 2007–16 |
| WordWorld | 2007–11 | ||
| WordGirl | PBS Kids Go! | 2007–15 | |
| September 9 | Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil | Adult Swim | 2007 |
| September 15 | Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot | CBS | 2007–08 |
| September 23 | Shorts in a Bunch | Nicktoons Network | 2007 |
| September 29 | Back at the Barnyard | Nickelodeon | 2007–11 |
| November 2 | Chowder | Cartoon Network | 2007–10 |
| November 3 | DinoSquad | CBS | 2007–08 |
| Sushi Pack | 2007–09 | ||
| November 4 | Xavier: Renegade Angel | Adult Swim | |
| November 5 | Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | Nick Jr. | 2007–11 |
| December 26 | Transformers Animated | Cartoon Network | 2007-09 |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Stanley | Playhouse Disney | 2001–07 | Cancelled |
| January 5 | Firehouse Tales | Cartoon Network | 2005–07 | |
| January 23 | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | PBS Kids | 2003–07 | |
| February 5 | Ellen's Acres | Cartoon Network | 2006–07 | |
| February 10 | Catscratch | Nickelodeon | 2005–07 | |
| February 14 | JoJo's Circus | Playhouse Disney | 2003–07 | |
| March 4 | What's with Andy? | ABC Family | 2001–07 | Ended |
| March 30 | Celebrity Deathmatch | MTV2 | 1998–2007 | |
| April 9 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Cartoon Network | 2005–07 | Cancelled |
| May 5 | Loonatics Unleashed | Kids' WB | ||
| May 16 | 12 oz. Mouse | Adult Swim | Ended | |
| May 25 | Shorty McShorts' Shorts | Disney Channel | 2006–07 | Cancelled |
| July 8 | Friday: The Animated Series | MTV2 | 2007 | |
| July 22 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Adult Swim | 2001–07 | Ended |
| August 24 | Danny Phantom | Nickelodeon | 2004–07 | |
| September 1 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Disney Channel | 2005–07 | |
| September 7 | Kim Possible | 2002–07 | ||
| September 17 | Slacker Cats | ABC Family | 2007 | Cancelled |
| September 27 | Squirrel Boy | Cartoon Network | 2006–07 | |
| October 10 | Maya & Miguel | PBS Kids Go! | 2004–07 | Ended |
| October 20 | Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes | Cartoon Network | 2006–07 | Cancelled |
| November 11 | Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil | Adult Swim | 2007 | |
| November 14 | Drawn Together | Comedy Central | 2004–07 | |
| November 28 | Gerald McBoing-Boing | Cartoon Network | 2005–07 | |
| December 30 | Shorts in a Bunch | Nicktoons Network | 2007 |
Deaths
January
- January 4:
- Helen Hill, American activist, writer, teacher, film director and animator (Scratch and Crow, The Florestine Collection), is murdered at age 36.[21]
- Steve Krantz, American film producer and writer (produced Spider-Man, Fritz the Cat, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic), dies at age 83.[22]
- January 8: Iwao Takamoto, American animator, animated film director, TV producer and character designer (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera, designed Scooby-Doo and Astro Jetson), dies at age 81 from a heart attack.[23]
- January 26: Emanuele Luzzati, Italian painter, illustrator, animator and animated film director (La Gazza Ladra, Pulcinella, Il Flauto Magico, I paladini di Francia), dies at age 85.[24]
February
- February 12: Warren Batchelder, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Peanuts special), dies at age 89.[25]
- February 14:
- Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator (Walking, Street Musique) dies at age 63 from lung cancer which had spread to his brain.[26]
- Willy Moese, German comics artist and animator (Zauberlehrling, Blaff und Biene, Rolle und Robby), dies at age 79.[27]
March
- March 3: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian animator and comics artist (La Linea), dies at age 87.[28]
May
- May 6: Reiko Okuyama, Japanese animator (Nippon Animation), dies at age 71.[29]
- May 22: Art Stevens, American animator (Walt Disney Company) and director (The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound), dies at age 92.[30]
July
- July 5: David Hilberman, American animator, animated film director and producer (Walt Disney Company, co-founder of UPA, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.[31]
- July 9: Charles Lane, American actor (voice of Georges Hautecourt in The Aristocats), dies at age 102.[32]
- July 22: Alexander Tatarsky, Russian animated film director, animator, producer (Plasticine Cow, Good Night, Little Ones!, Investigation Held by Kolobki, Turn off the Light!), passes away at age 56.[33] He was buried at the Miusskoe cemetery in Moscow.[34]
August
- August 11: Roberto Gavioli, Italian animator (Once Upon a Time, The Night the Animals Talked), dies at age 81.[35]
- August 13: Paul Boyd, American-Canadian animator (worked on Ed, Edd n' Eddy), is shot by a police officer at age 39.[36]
September
- September 24: Hiroshi Ōsaka, Japanese animator, animated film director & producer, character designer and illustrator (Bones Animation Studio), dies from cancer at age 44.[37]
October
- October 12: Noel Coleman, British actor (narrator of Captain Pugwash), dies at age 87.[38]
November
- November 8: Motosuke Takahashi, Japanese animated film director, animator, character designer and storyboard artist (Tatsunoko Productions, Studio Pierrot), dies at age 66.[39]
- November 28: Donyo Donev, Bulgarian cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (The Three Fools (Trimata Glupaci), Chetirmata Glupaci, Umno Selo), dies at age 81.[40]
December
- December 6: Ken Southworth, British animator (Walt Disney Company, MGM, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Clokey Productions, Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 89.[41]
- December 17: Jack Zander, American animator and animation producer (MGM, Zander's Animation Parlour), passes away at age 99.[42]
See also
References
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