2019 in animation

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This is a list of events in animation in 2019.

Events

January

• January 13: The Family Guy episode Trump Guy first airs, in which the Griffin family meet U.S. President Donald Trump. The episode is controversial because it satirizes Trump and his administration.

February

• February 24:
  • 91st Academy Awards:
    • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
    • Bao by Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
  • Urbanus, De Vuilnisheld, an animated film based on the Flemish comic strip Urbanus, premiers.

March

• March 3: In The Simpsons episode 101 Mitigations Guillermo del Toro is special guest voice.
• March 8: Following the release of the controversial 2019 documentary film Leaving Neverland, which details allegations against the late pop singer Michael Jackson of child sexual assault, The Simpsons producer James L. Brooks announces that the 1991 The Simpsons episode Stark Raving Dad (which had Jackson as a special guest voice) will be pulled from circulation. He explains to The Wall Street Journal: "This was a treasured episode. There are a lot of great memories we have wrapped up in that one, and this certainly doesn't allow them to remain. I'm against book-burning of any kind. But this is our book, and we're allowed to take out a chapter." Simpsons writer Al Jean says he believed Jackson had used the episode to groom boys for sexual abuse.
• March 20: The soundtrack of Schoolhouse Rock! is added to the National Film Registry.

April

• April 28: In The Simpsons episode D'oh Canada the family travels to Canada. However, the episode causes controversy among New Yorkers because of a satirical song parody mocking the city.

May

• May 12: In The Simpsons episode Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion Werner Herzog is special guest voice.

July

• July 17: An arson attack at Kyoto Animation Studio leaves several deaths and wounded victims. Animator Yoshiji Kigami goes missing. On 24 July, his mother declares that he has been uncontactable since the fire. Naomi Ishida and Yasuhiro Takemoto die in the fire.

October

• October 4: South Park is banned in China, after the episode Band in China mocked the country and its government. Parker and Stone issue a sarcastic apology in response.
• October 13: In The Simpsons episode The Fat Blue Line actor Jason Momoa is special guest voice.

November

• November 3: In The Simpsons episode Gorillas on the Mast biologist Jane Goodall appears as special guest voice.
• November 17: In The Simpsons episode Livin La Pura Vida the family travels to Costa Rica.

December

• December 11: Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty is added to the National Film Registry for its "historical, cultural and aesthetical signficance."
• December 15: In The Simpsons episode Bobby, It's Cold Outside businessman Steve Ballmer is special guest voice.

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Bao
• American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: I Lost My Body
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Klaus
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent: I Lost My Body
• Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: TBD
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
• César Award for Best Animated Film: Dilili in Paris
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: TBD
• Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
• European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film: I Lost My Body
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: TBD
• Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Missing Link
• Golden Reel Awards: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
• Hollywood Animation Award: Toy Story 4
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: Mirai
• Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie: Incredibles 2
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film: Children of the Sea
• National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: TBD
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: I Lost My Body
• Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature: TBD
• Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
• Tokyo Anime Award: Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer and Zombieland Saga
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Missing Link
• Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: Missing Link
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: TBD

Film released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2019

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2019

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 1	Pinky Malinky	Netflix	2019–present
	Abby Hatcher	Nickelodeon	2019–present
January 5	Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy	Discovery Family	2019–present
January 13	Tigtone	Adult Swim	2019–present
January 18	Carmen Sandiego	Netflix	2019–present
	Gigantosaurus	Disney Junior	2019–present
January 26	Gen:Lock	Rooster Teeth	2019–present
January 27	Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty	Nickelodeon	2019–present
February 1	Care Bears: Unlock the Magic	Boomerang	2019–present
February 22	Corn & Peg	Nickelodeon	2019–present
February 27	Alien News Desk	Syfy	2019
March 8	DC Super Hero Girls	Cartoon Network	2019–present
	Costume Quest	Amazon Video	2019–present
March 15	Love, Death & Robots	Netflix	2019–present
	YooHoo to the Rescue		2019–present
March 22	Charlie's Colorforms City		2019
March 30	Victor and Valentino	Cartoon Network	2019–present
March 31	Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series	Netflix	2019–present
April 1	Gēmusetto Machu Picchu	Adult Swim	2019
April 7	Lazor Wulf		2019–present
April 12	Mighty Little Bheem	Netflix	2019–present
	The Bug Diaries	Amazon Video	2019–present
April 19	Rilakkuma and Kaoru	Netflix	2019–present
May 3	Tuca & Bertie		2019
May 25	44 Cats	Nickelodeon	2019–present
June 9	Sugar and Toys	Fuse	2019–present
June 10	Ollie & Scoops	YouTube	2019–present
June 14	T.O.T.S.	Disney Junior	2019–present
June 17	Amphibia	Disney Channel	2019–present
June 21	The Bravest Knight	Hulu	2019–present
June 22	Lego City Adventures	Nickelodeon	2019–present
June 27	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?	Boomerang	2019–present
July 1	Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart	Cartoon Network	2019–present
July 6	The Polos	Discovery Family	2019–present
July 15	Molly of Denali	PBS Kids	2019–present
July 16	Human Discoveries	Facebook Watch	2019–present
July 20	Where's Waldo?	Universal Kids	2019–present
July 27	Norman Picklestripes	Universal Kids	2019–present
July 29	Twelve Forever	Netflix	2019
August 5	Infinity Train	Cartoon Network	2019–present
September 2	Middle School Moguls	Nickelodeon	2019
September 6	Archibald's Next Big Thing	Netflix	2019–present
September 9	Bluey	Disney Junior	2019–present
	Ricky Zoom	Nickelodeon	2019–present
September 13	Undone	Amazon Video	2019–present
September 14	Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar	Nickelodeon	2019–20
September 17	The Last Kids on Earth	Netflix	2019–present
September 21	Power Players	Cartoon Network	2019–present
September 27	DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders	Netflix	2019–present
September 29	Bless the Harts	Fox	2019–present
October 3	Seis Manos	Netflix	2019–present
October 7	Primal	Adult Swim	2019–present
October 10	You're Not a Monster	IMDb	2019–present
October 14	The Casagrandes	Nickelodeon	2019–present
October 22	The VeggieTales Show	TBN	2019–present
October 28	Hazbin Hotel	YouTube	2019–present
November 1	Snoopy in Space	Apple TV+	2019–present
	Hello Ninja	Netflix	2019–present
November 8	Green Eggs and Ham		2019–present
	The Rocketeer	Disney Channel	2019–present
November 11	Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum	PBS Kids	2019–present
	Blue's Clues & You!	Nickelodeon	2019–present
November 12	Legend of the Three Caballeros	Disney+	2019–present
November 17	Momma Named Me Sheriff	Adult Swim	2019–present
November 22	Dino Girl Gauko	Netflix	2019–present
November 25	Helluva Boss	YouTube	2019–present
November 29	Harley Quinn	DC Universe	2019–present
December 7	Steven Universe Future	Cartoon Network	2019–20
	Clifford the Big Red Dog	PBS Kids, Amazon Video	2019–present
December 26	Fast & Furious: Spy Racers	Netflix	2019–present

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 11	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Amazon Video	2018–19	Cancelled
January 19	Constantine: City of Demons	CW Seed
January 21	Steven Universe	Cartoon Network	2013–19	Ended
January 26	Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own	Discovery Family	2018–19	Cancelled
February 7	Supernoobs	Cartoon Network, Hulu	2015–19
February 24	Avengers Assemble	Disney XD	2013–19	Ended
February 25	Tumble Leaf	Amazon Video	2014–19
March 24	Hot Streets	Adult Swim	2018–19	Cancelled
April 1	Gēmusetto Machu Picchu		2019
May 3	Tuca & Bertie	Netflix
May 4	Alien News Desk	Syfy
May 8	Ready Jet Go!	PBS Kids	2016–19
May 17	Mighty Magiswords	Cartoon Network	2016–19
May 19	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Disney Channel, Disney XD	2015–19	Ended
May 23	Mega Man: Fully Charged	Cartoon Network	2018–19	Cancelled
May 27	We Bare Bears		2015–19	Ended
May 31	Welcome to the Wayne	Nicktoons	2017−19	Cancelled
June 9	Guardians of the Galaxy	Disney XD	2015–19	Ended
June 16	The Powerpuff Girls (2016)	Cartoon Network	2016–19	Cancelled
June 20	Job at Nighttime	YouTube	2018–19	Ended
June 24	The Amazing World of Gumball	Cartoon Network	2011–19
July 12	3Below: Tales of Arcadia	Netflix	2018–19
July 29	Twelve Forever		2019	Cancelled
August 9	Dora the Explorer	Nickelodeon	2000–19	Ended
September 6	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Cartoon Network	2017–19	Cancelled
	Niko and the Sword of Light	Amazon Video		Ended
September 29	Middle School Moguls	Nickelodeon	2019
October 12	My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic	Discovery Family	2010–19
November 3	The Lion Guard	Disney Channel, Disney Junior	2016–19
November 17	Mr. Pickles	Adult Swim	2014–19	Cancelled
November 22	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	Netflix	2018–19
November 24	Wacky Races	Boomerang	2017–19

Deaths

January

• January 15: Bradley Bolke, American voice actor (voice of Chumley the Walrus on Underdog), dies at the age of 93.
• January 26: Michel Legrand, French composer (composed the soundtrack for The Smurfs and the Magic Flute), dies at age 86.

February

• February 7: Ted Stearn, American comics, storyboard artist and animator (worked on Beavis and Butt-head, Daria, Drawn Together, King of the Hill, Futurama, Rick and Morty), dies at age 58 from AIDS.
• February 9:
  • Ron W. Miller, American businessman, animation film producer, football player and president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company (1978-1984), dies at age 85.
  • Tomi Ungerer, French novelist, illustrator, cartoonist and poster designer (provided the narration to the animated adaptations of his own novels The Three Robbers and The Moon Man), passes away at age 87.
• February 15:
  • Werner Hierl, German comics artist (Rolf Kauka), and animator (Bavaria Film), dies at age 88 or 89.
  • Dave Smith, American archivist (founder of the Walt Disney Archives) and author (Disney A to Z), dies at age 78. After retirement, he worked for Disney as a consultant until his death.

March

• March 4: Luke Perry, American actor (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Krusty Gets Kancelled, an episode of Johnny Bravo and the Family Guy episode The Story on Page One) dies at age 52.
• March 7: Rosto, Dutch animator and film director (The Monster of Nix, No Place Like Home, Lonely Bones, Splintertime), dies at age 50.
• March 16:
  • Tom Hatten, American cartoonist, TV presenter (host of The Popeye Show) and actor (voice of Farmer Fitzgibbons in The Secret of NIMH), dies at age 92.
  • Larry DiTillio, American film and TV screenwriter (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Beast Wars), dies at age 79.
• March 31: Don Morgan, American animator (UPA, Chuck Jones, Walt Disney Animation, Ralph Bakshi, Hanna-Barbera) and comics artist, dies at age 80.

April

• April 23: Edward Kelsey, British voice actor (voice of Colonel K. and Baron Silas Greenback in Danger Mouse, Mr. Grow bag in Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit), passes away at age 88.
• April 28: Bruce Bickford, American animator (made the surreal clay-animated sequences in Frank Zappa's concert films The Dub Room Special, Baby Snakes and The Amazing Mr. Bickford), dies at age 72.
• April 30: Peter Mayhew, British-American actor (voiced Chewbacca in Star Wars: The Clone Wars), dies at age 74.

May

• May 2: Chris Reccardi, American animation designer, animator, storyboard artist and animation director (worked on Tiny Toon Adventures, The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, SpongeBob SquarePants, the Shrek sequels, The Lego Movie films), passes away from a heart attack at age 54.
• May 13: Hu Jinqing, Chinese animator and director (The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam, Calabash Brothers), dies at age 83.
• May 14: Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (played himself in The Simpsons episode The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase, voice of Barnacle Boy in SpongeBob SquarePants), passes away at age 85.
• May 22: Flaminia Jandolo, Italian voice actress (dub voice of Lady in Lady and the Tramp, Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty and Perdita in One Hundred and One Dalmatians), dies at age 89.
• May 30: Milan Blažeković, Croatian animator (The Elm-Chanted Forest, The Magician's Hat, Lapitch the Little Shoemaker), dies at age 78.

June

• June 28: Kaj Pindal, Danish-Canadian comics artist and animator (What on Earth!, Peep and the Big Wide World), passes away at age 91.
• June 30: Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist and animator (Estudios Galas, produced animated shorts based on his cartoons), dies at age 86.

July

• July 11: Pepita Pardell, Spanish animator, cartoonist, illustrator and painter (worked for Balet y Blay), dies at age 91.
• July 18:
  • Naomi Ishida, Japanese animator (Kyoto Animation), dies at age 49 in an arson attack.
  • Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and animated film director (Kyoto Animation), dies at age 47 in an arson attack.
• July 19: Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor and voice actor (voice of Master Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts III), dies at age 75.
• July 26: Russi Taylor, American voice actress (voice of Strawberry Shortcake, Gonzo the Great, Camilla and Robin in Muppet Babies, Huey, Dewey and Louie and Webby Vanderquack in DuckTales, Martin Prince, Üter Zorker, Sherri and Terri in The Simpsons, Widget in Widget the World Watcher, continued voice of Minnie Mouse and Pebbles Flintstone), dies at age 75.

August

• August 4: Stu Rosen, American voice director and actor (Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, The Legend of Prince Valiant, Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series), dies at age 80 from cancer.
• August 16: Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator and director (The Thief and the Cobbler, directed the animated scenes in What's New Pussycat?, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Casino Royale, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Who Framed Roger Rabbit), dies at age 86 from cancer.
• August 22: Dwi Koendoro, Indonesian comics artist, animator (made an animated series based on his comics series Legenda Sawung Kampret) and animated film producer (head of Indonesian Animation Association), dies at age 78.
• August 27: Pedro Bell, American illustrator, animator and comics artist (once made an animated short starring his character Larry Lazer), dies at age 69.
• August 30: Gordon Bressack, American animation writer (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain), dies at age 68.

September

• September 4: Dai Tielang, Singaporean Chinese animator and animated film director (Black Cat Detective, A Deer of Nine Colors, Where is Mama), dies at age 88.
• September 22: J. Michael Mendel, American TV producer (The Simpsons, The PJs, Drawn Together Lil' Bush, Rick and Morty), dies at age 54.

October

• October 2: Alan Zaslove, American animator and animation producer (UPA, Hanna-Barbera, Walt Disney Animation), dies at age 91.
• October 11: Ram Mohan, Indian animator (You Said It, Fire Games), director (co-director of Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, Meena) and animation producer (Ram Mohan Biographics), dies at age 88.
• October 21: Bengt Feldreich, Swedish television presentator, journalist and voice actor (the narrator in From All of Us to All of You), dies at age 94.

December

• December 8:
  • René Auberjonois, American voice actor, (Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid, The Skull in The Last Unicorn, Desaad in Super Friends, Mark Desmond in Young Justice), dies at age 79.
  • Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer, voice actor, comics artist and animator (Crazy Crayons), dies at age 85.
• December 25: Lee Mendelson, American animation producer (A Charlie Brown Christmas, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show), dies at age 86 from lung cancer.

See also

• 2019 in anime