2000 in animation
The year 2000 in animation involved some animation-related events.
Events
January
- January 6: The film Cóndor Crux, la leyenda premiers.[1]
- January 14: The Simpsons receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2]
- January 23: In The Simpsons episode The Mansion Family Britney Spears is special guest voice.[3]
February
- February 6: The Walt Disney Company releases The Tigger Movie.[4]
- February 13: In The Simpsons episode Alone Again, Natura-Diddly Maude Flanders dies.[5]
- February 26: The first episode of The Weekenders airs.[6]
- February 29: The Walt Disney Company releases An Extremely Goofy Movie.
March
- March 9–28: The animated TV series God, the Devil and Bob is first broadcast, but cancelled after four episodes over its satirical portrayal of God and Satan.[7][8][9][10]
- March 19: In The Simpsons episode Bart to the Future a throwaway joke is made about Donald Trump being President of the United States in the future and causing a budget crisis. Sixteen years later Trump is effectively elected President and the episode therefore gains more attention than ever before.[11]
- March 26: 72nd Academy Awards:
- March 31: The Road to El Dorado premiers.[14]
April
- April 3: The first episode of Between the Lions airs.[15]
- April 5: In the South Park episode The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000 Timmy Burch makes his debut.[16]
- April 9: In The Simpsons episode Days of Wine and D'oh'ses the alcoholic character Barney Gumble becomes and stays sober.[17]
May
- May 19: The Walt Disney Company releases Dinosaur.[18]
- May 21: The Simpsons episode Behind the Laughter is first broadcast.[19]
June
- June 16: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's Titan A.E. is released, but becomes a box office flop.[20] against a $75–90 million budget, resulting in a $100 million loss for 20th Century Fox.[21][22]
- June 23: Peter Lord and Nick Park's Chicken Run premiers. It's the first feature-length film of Aardman Animation.[23][24]
July
- July 7: June Foray receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[25]
- July 10: The film Heavy Metal 2000, a sequel to the 1981 film Heavy Metal, is released.[26]
- July 22: The film The Boy Who Saw the Wind premiers.[27]
- July 25: Don Hertzfeldt's Rejected premiers.[28]
- July 29: The film Blood: The Last Vampire premiers at the 5th annual International Festival of Fantasy, Action and Genre Cinema, nicknamed Fantasia 2000, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada .[29] The film airs in Australia on August 26, 2000 at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival.[30] It makes its theatrical debut in its home country of Japan on November 16, 2000.[31]
August
- August 14: The first episode of Dora the Explorer airs.[32]
- August 18: The pilot episode of Sheep in the Big City is broadcast.[33]
- August 29: Monster Mash is first released.[34]
September
- September 3: The first episode of Playboy's Dark Justice, a computer-animated pornographic series, is broadcast.[35]
- September 4: The first episode of Clifford the Big Red Dog airs.[36]
- September 9:
- The first episode of Jackie Chan Adventures airs, an animated TV series based on martial arts actor Jackie Chan.[37][38]
- The first episode of Teacher's Pet is broadcast.[39]
- September 4: The first episode of Clifford the Big Red Dog airs.
- September 15: The film Titanic: The Legend Goes On is released.[40][41] The film gains notoriety for being quite bad and the infamous addition in the U.S. cut of a highly anachronistic scene of a rapping dog.[42][43]
- September 18: The Walt Disney Company announces they would be selling DIC Entertainment L.P. through a management buyout backed up through Bain Capital.[44]
- September 23: The first episode of Static Shock airs.[45]
October
- October 2: The first episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command airs.[46]
- October 5: The first episode of Pelswick airs, an animated TV series based on John Callahan's cartoons.[47][48]
- October 6:
- Digimon: The Movie premiers.[49]
- Help! I'm a Fish is first released.
- October 21: The film Ah! My Goddess: The Movie is released.[50]
- October 25: The first episode of As Told by Ginger airs.[51]
- October 27: Pettson och Findus - Kattonauten, based on the Pettson and Findus book series, is released.[52]
- October 31: The film Gen¹³ is released.[53]
- Specific date unknown: The film Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is released.[54]
November
- November 5: In The Simpsons episode A Tale of Two Springfields The Who is special guest voice.[55]
- November 7: The film Joseph: King of Dreams is released, a sequel to The Prince of Egypt.[56][57]
December
- December 12: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is released, which causes controversy over The Joker's death scene. The full uncut version is only released on 23 April 2002.[58]
- December 14: The film The Magic Pudding is first released.[59]
- December 15: The Walt Disney Company releases The Emperor's New Groove.[60]
- December 23: Pandavas: The Five Warriors, the first Indian computer animated film, is released.[61]
- December 27: Let's All Go to the Lobby and Porky in Wackyland are added to the National Film Registry.[62][63]
Specific date unknown
- Per Åhlin's The Dog Hotel is first released.
- Michaël Dudok de Wit's Father and Daughter is first released.[64]
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 8 | Rainbow Fish | HBO | 2000 |
| February 1 | Poochini's Yard | Syndication | 2000–03 |
| February 26 | Max Steel | Kids' WB | 2000–02 |
| The Weekenders | ABC, Toon Disney | 2000–04 | |
| March 6 | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | Cartoon Network | 2000 |
| March 9 | God, the Devil and Bob | NBC, Adult Swim | 2000; 2011 |
| April 3 | Between the Lions | PBS Kids | 2000–10 |
| April 5 | Exposure | Syfy | 2000–02 |
| April 14 | The Bob Clampett Show | Cartoon Network | 2000–01 |
| May 31 | Clerks: The Animated Series | ABC, Comedy Central | 2000–02 |
| June 5 | Maggie and the Ferocious Beast | Nick Jr. | |
| June 17 | Cardcaptors | Kids' WB | 2000–01 |
| June 26 | Spy Groove | MTV | 2000–02 |
| July 7 | Dinozaurs | Fox Kids | 2000 |
| July 28 | Baby Blues | The WB, Adult Swim | 2000–02 |
| August 5 | Action Man (2000) | Fox Kids | 2000–01 |
| August 8 | Sammy | NBC | 2000 |
| August 14 | Dora the Explorer | Nickelodeon | 2000–19 |
| August 25 | Tenchi in Tokyo | Cartoon Network | 2000 |
| August 26 | Generation O! | Kids' WB | 2000–01 |
| September 3 | Playboy's Dark Justice | Playboy TV | 2000–01 |
| September 4 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | PBS Kids | 2000–03; 2019 |
| September 9 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Kids' WB | 2000–05 |
| Teacher's Pet | ABC, Toon Disney | 2000–02 | |
| Kong: The Animated Series | Syndication | 2000–01 | |
| George Shrinks | PBS Kids | 2000–03 | |
| September 23 | Static Shock | Kids' WB | 2000–04 |
| September 30 | Corduroy | PBS Kids | 2000–03 |
| Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse | 2000–02 | ||
| Seven Little Monsters | 2000–03 | ||
| Timothy Goes to School | 2000–01 | ||
| October 2 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | ABC, UPN | |
| October 5 | Pelswick | Nickelodeon | 2000–02 |
| October 25 | As Told by Ginger | 2000–06 | |
| November 4 | X-Men: Evolution | Kids' WB | 2000–03 |
| November 6 | Blue Submarine No. 6 | Cartoon Network | 2000 |
| November 17 | Sheep in the Big City | 2000–02 | |
| December 21 | The Brak Show | Cartoon Network, Adult Swim | 2000–03 |
| Sealab 2021 | 2000–05 | ||
| December 30 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | 2000–15 | |
| Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | 2000–07 |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | The Moxy Show | Cartoon Network | 1993–00 | Ended |
| January 8 | The Brothers Flub | Nickelodeon | 1999–00 | Cancelled |
| January 22 | KaBlam! | 1996–00 | Ended | |
| Science Court | ABC | 1997–00 | Cancelled | |
| Flying Rhino Junior High | CBS | 1998–00 | ||
| January 30 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | CBS, Nickelodeon | 1995–00 | Ended |
| February 12 | Superman: The Animated Series | Kids' WB | 1996–00 | |
| The New Batman/Superman Adventures | 1997–00 | Cancelled | ||
| February 16 | Noddy | PBS Kids | 1998–00 | |
| February 22 | Archie's Weird Mysteries | PAX TV | 1999–00 | |
| February 26 | The Avengers: United They Stand | Fox Kids | ||
| February 27 | Sabrina: The Animated Series | ABC, UPN | ||
| March 2 | I Am Weasel | Cartoon Network | 1997–00 | |
| March 25 | Detention | Kids' WB | 1999–00 | |
| March 28 | God, the Devil and Bob | NBC, Adult Swim | 2000; 2011 | |
| March 31 | Histeria! | Kids' WB | 1998–00 | |
| April 3 | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Syndication | 1999–00 | |
| April 22 | Godzilla: The Series | Fox Kids | 1998–00 | |
| May 1 | George and Martha | HBO | 1999–00 | |
| May 5 | A Little Curious | |||
| May 11 | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | Cartoon Network | 2000 | |
| June 3 | Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends | Syndication | 1999–00 | |
| July 25 | Dilbert | UPN | ||
| August 15 | Sammy | NBC | 2000 | |
| September 2 | The Bugs Bunny Show | ABC, CBS | 1960–00 | Ended |
| September 29 | Tenchi in Tokyo | Cartoon Network | 2000 | Cancelled |
| October 15 | PB&J Otter | Playhouse Disney | 1998–00 | |
| November 9 | Blue Submarine No. 6 | Cartoon Network | 2000 | |
| November 16 | Sailor Moon | Syndication, Cartoon Network | 1995–00 | Ended |
| November 18 | Pepper Ann | ABC, UPN | 1997–00 | Cancelled |
| Beast Machines: Transformers | Fox Kids | 1999–00 | ||
| Rainbow Fish | HBO | 2000 | ||
| December 16 | Mickey Mouse Works | ABC | 1999–00 |
Deaths
January
- January 12: Marc Davis, American animator (Walt Disney Company) and character designer (designed Snow White, Bambi, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Maleficent and Cruella de Vil), dies at age 86.[65]
March
- March 3: Nicole Van Goethem, Belgian cartoonist, animator and film director (A Greek Tragedy), dies at the age of 58.
- March 24: Kazuo Komatsubara, Japanese animator, character designer and director (Toei Animation, Oh! Production), dies at age 59.[66]
April
- April 3: Félix Nakamura, Peruvian animator and animated film director, dies from cancer at age 59.[67]
May
- May 9: Arthur Davis, American animator and film director (Charles B. Mintz, Warner Bros. Animation, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), dies at age 94.[68][69]
June
- June 13: Yefim Gamburg, Russian animated film director (Passion of Spies, Ograblenie po..., Blue Puppy, Dog in Boots), passes away at age 75.[70]
August
- August 8: Glenn Schmitz, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears), dies at age 70.[71]
- August 24: Tatiana Riabouchinska, Russian ballerina (co-served as dance model during the Dance of the Hours segment in Fantasia and Two Silhouettes segment in Make Mine Music), dies at age 83.[72]
- August 25: Carl Barks, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 99.[73]
September
- September 3: Walt Stanchfield, American animator, writer and teacher (Walt Disney Studios), dies at age 81.[74]
- September 13: Rolf Kauka, German comics artist and animated film director (Fix and Foxi), passes away at the age of 83.[75]
October
- October 5: Rodney Dangerfield, American actor (voice of the title character in Rover Dangerfield, voice of Larry Burns in The Simpsons episode Burns, Baby Burns), animation screenwriter and producer (Rover Dangerfield), dies at age 82.[76]
- October 16: Ed Nofziger, American animator and comics artist (UPA), dies at age 87.[77]
November
- November 20: Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Russian animator and comics artist (Nu, pogodi!, aka Well, Just You Wait!), dies at age 73.[78]
- November 28: Robert Bentley, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation, Fleischer Studios, MGM, worked for Tex Avery, Walter Lantz, UPA, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation), dies at age 93.[79]
December
- December 3: Hoyt Curtin, American composer (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 78.[80]
- December 18: Nick Stewart, American actor (voice of Specks Crow in Dumbo and Br'er Bear in Song of the South), dies at age 90.[81]
Specific date unknown
- Storm de Hirsch, American poet, film director and animator (Peyote Queen), dies at age 87 or 88. [82]
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