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This is a list of events in animation in 2020 .
Events
January
February
March
May
June
June 25 :
June 27 :
It is announced that all non-white characters in The Simpsons [ 10]
Voice actor Mike Henry announces he will no longer voice African-American character Cleveland Brown on the TV show Family Guy [ 11]
Voice actress expresses public regret of having voiced Asian character Diane Nguyen on the TV series Bojack Horseman [ 12]
Awards
Films released
Television series debuts
Television series endings
Deaths
January
February
February 3 : Philippe Adamov , French illustrator, animator and comics artist (worked for René Laloux on the film Gandahar [ 17] February 5 : Kirk Douglas , American actor (voice of Chester J. Lampwick in The Simpsons The Day the Violence Died [ 18] [ 19] February 8 : Ron McLarty , American dramatist, playwright and actor (did voices for several episodes of Courage the Cowardly Dog The Berenstain Bears [ 20] February 13 : Yoshisada Sakaguchi , Japanese voice actor (Philip II of Macedon in Reign Mushishi Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood [ 21] February 16 :
February 17 : Ja'Net DuBois , American actress (voice of Ms. Avery in The PJs [ 25] February 21 :
Nick Cuti , American comics writer, editor, animator and artist (Ralph Bakshi , Walt Disney Animation ), passes away at age 75.[ 26] Hisashi Katsuta , Japanese voice actor (Professor Ochanomizu in Astro Boy Astroganger Groizer X Tōshō Daimos [ 27] [ 28] February 22 : Kazuhiko Kishino , Japanese voice actor (voice of Mayumi Kinniku in Kinnikuman [ 29] February 29 : Luis Alfonso Mendoza , Mexican voice dub actor (Latin American voice dub of teenage and adult Gohan in Dragon Ball Z Dragon Ball GT Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [ 30]
March
March 3 : David Wise , American TV scriptwriter (Star Trek: The Animated Series The Transformers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Batman: The Animated Series [ 31] March 8 : Max von Sydow , Swedish actor (voiced an art forger in The Simpsons The Art of War [ 32] March 19 : Roman Arámbula, Mexican comics artist, animator and lay-out artist (Hanna-Barbera , worked on Pinky and the Brain [ 33] March 20 : Giovanni Romanini , Italian animator and comics artist, dies at age 75 from a heart attack.[ 34] March 24 :
March 31 :
April
April 12 : Danny Goldman , American voice actor (voice of Brainy Smurf in The Smurfs [ 41] April 13 : Ann Sullivan , American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios ), dies at age 91 from COVID-19 .[ 42] [ 43] April 16 : Gene Deitch , American comics artist, animator and animated film director (Munro Tom Terrific Nudnik Popeye Tom & Jerry [ 44]
May
May 9 :
May 10 : Martin Pasko , Canadian-American comics writer and animation writer (Thundarr the Barbarian Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Batman: The Animated Series [ 47] May 15 : Fred Willard , American actor and comedian (voice of Wally Kogen in The Simpsons Sunday Cruddy Sunday King of the Hill Family Guy From Method to Madness Hey Arnold! Monster House Dexter's Laboratory Kim Possible The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Chicken Little [ 48]
June
June 6 : Dan Danglo , American animator (Terrytoons , Famous Studios , Warner Bros. Animation , Hanna-Barbera ), dies at age 95.[ 49] [ 50] June 7 : Hubert Gagnon , Canadian voice actor (dub voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers Homer Simpson and Grampa Simpson in the Canadian-French version of The Simpsons [ 51] June 11 : Mel Winkler , American voice actor (Commissioner Henderson in Superman: The Animated Series Lucius Fox in The New Batman Adventures [ 52] June 26 : Kelly Asbury , American storyboard artist, lay-out man (Walt Disney Animation Studios Shrek the Third Gnomeo & Juliet Shrek 2 Gnomeo & Juliet [ 53] June 29 : Carl Reiner , American actor, comedian, film director, screenwriter and voice actor (Interviewer in The 2000 Year Old Man animated TV specialMerry Madagascar American Dad The Cleveland Show Bob's Burgers Father of the Bob , Old Man Fantasy Baseball Coach in the Family Guy Peter's Lost Youth and An App a Day , Carl Reinoceros in Toy Story 4 [ 54]
July
See also
References
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