2008 in animation
The year 2008 involved animation-related events.
Events
February
- February 11: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues premieres at the Berlin International Film Festiva.[1][2]
- February 18: Nickelodeon celebrates the revival of the show The Fairly OddParents with the television film Fairly OddBaby. This has been the first new episode since 2006.
- February 24: 80th Academy Awards:
- Ratatouille, directed by Brad Bird and produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[3]
- Peter & the Wolf by Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[4]
- February 26: The Bratz television series airs its final episode
March
- March 14: Horton Hears a Who!, directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, produced by Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox, is first released.
- March 23: Futurama returns to the air on Comedy Central after being cancelled in 2003.
May
- May 15: During the Cannes Film Festival Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir premiers.[5][6]
June
- June 6: Kung Fu Panda, directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by DreamWorks Animation, is first released.
July
- July 19: Ponyo, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, is first released in Japan.
- July 23: DIC Entertainment Corporation is purchased by Canadian animation studio Cookie Jar Entertainment.
September
- September 20: After 11 years, the Toonami block is officially cancelled by Cartoon Network.
November
- November 13: 3-2-1 Penguins! airs its final episode on Qubo.
- November 21: The Walt Disney Company releases Bolt.
- November 28: The Penguins of Madagascar premieres on Nickelodeon.
December
- December 22: The first episode of The Garfield Show airs.
- December 30: Free Radicals is added to the National Film Registry.[7][8]
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
- Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone[9]
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: Sita Sings the Blues
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Kung Fu Panda
- Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Waltz with Bashir
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: WALL-E
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: The Missing Lynx
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: Ponyo
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: La Maison en Petits Cubes
- Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: The Sky Crawlers
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 4 | The Mr. Men Show | Cartoon Network | 2008–09 |
| March 8 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | The CW, Disney XD | |
| April 18 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Cartoon Network | 2008–10 |
| April 26 | The Mighty B! | Nickelodeon | 2008–11 |
| April 27 | Speed Racer: The Next Generation | Nicktoons Network | 2008–13 |
| June 5 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Cartoon Network | 2008–10 |
| Total Drama Island | 2008–14 | ||
| June 27 | Three Delivery | Nicktoons Network | 2008–09 |
| September 1 | Martha Speaks | PBS Kids | 2008–14 |
| Sid the Science Kid | 2008–13 | ||
| September 28 | The Life & Times of Tim | HBO | 2008–12 |
| October 3 | The Secret Saturdays | Cartoon Network | 2008–10 |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 2008–14 | ||
| October 4 | Making Fiends | Nicktoons Network | 2008 |
| November 14 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Cartoon Network | 2008–11 |
| November 28 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Nickelodeon | 2008–15 |
| December 6 | Random! Cartoons | Nicktoons Network | 2008–09 |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Higglytown Heroes | Playhouse Disney | 2004–08 | Ended |
| January 21 | Codename: Kids Next Door | Cartoon Network | 2002–08 | |
| March 8 | The Batman | Kids' WB | 2004–08 | |
| March 15 | Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! | 2006–08 | ||
| March 22 | Tom and Jerry Tales | |||
| March 27 | Camp Lazlo | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 | |
| April 5 | Legion of Super Heroes | Kids' WB | 2006–08 | |
| April 12 | Ben 10 (2005) | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 | |
| May 25 | Class of 3000 | 2006–08 | ||
| May 31 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | GameTap | ||
| June 10 | ToddWorld | Discovery Kids | 2004–08 | |
| June 21 | Growing Up Creepie | 2006–08 | ||
| July 19 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Nickelodeon | 2005–08 | |
| August 17 | All Grown Up! | 2003–08 | Cancelled | |
| August 23 | ChalkZone | 2002–08 | Ended | |
| September 11 | Strawberry Shortcake | Direct-to-Video | 2003–08 | |
| September 13 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Nickelodeon | 2007–08 | Cancelled |
| September 20 | Kappa Mikey | Nicktoons Network | 2006–08 | Ended |
| October 11 | Tutenstein | Discovery Kids | 2003–08 | |
| October 12 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Cartoon Network | 2001-08 | |
| November 1 | Making Fiends | Nicktoons Network | 2008 | Cancelled |
| November 13 | 3-2-1 Penguins! | Qubo | 2000-08 | |
| November 20 | The Emperor's New School | Disney Channel | 2006–08 | |
| November 27 | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 | |
| December 6 | DinoSquad | CBS | 2007–08 | |
| Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot | ||||
| Horseland | 2006–08 |
Births
July
- July 15: Iain Armitage, American child actor (voice of young Shaggy Rogers in Scoob! and Chase in PAW Patrol: The Movie).
November
- November 23: Asher Blinkoff, American actor (voice of Dennisovitch "Dennis" Dracula-Loughran in the Hotel Transylvania franchise).
Deaths
January
- January 2:
- Brice Mack, American film director and painter (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 90.[10]
- Joyce Carlson, American artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 84.
- January 17: Allen Melvin, American actor (voice of Magilla Gorilla), dies at age 84.
- January 18: Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (voice of Zira in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Yubaba and Zeniba in the English dub of Spirited Away), dies at age 70.
February
- February 2: Gus Arriola, Mexican-American comics artist and animator (Screen Gems, MGM), dies at age 90.[11]
- February 6: Phyllis Barnhart, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Bandolier Films, Chuck Jones Productions, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, DePatie-Freleng, Don Bluth Productions) dies at age 85.[12]
- February 10: Steve Gerber, American writer, (Thundarr the Barbarian, G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero, The Transformers, Superman: The Animated Series), dies at age 60.
- February 13: Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director and animator (J.O. Studio), dies at age 92.[13]
March
- March 3: Taichirō Hirokawa, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 68.
- March 4: Gary Gygax, American author and game designer (co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, voiced himself in the Futurama episode "Anthology of Interest I"), dies from abdominal aortic aneurysm at age 69.[14]
- March 11: Dave Stevens, American illustrator and comics artist (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 52.
- March 18: Justin Wright, American animator (Pixar), dies from a heart attack at age 27.[15][16]
- March 21: Raymond Leblanc, Belgian comics publisher, film producer (founder of Belvision) and film director (Tintin and the Lake of Sharks), dies at age 92.[17]
April
- April 5: Charlton Heston, American actor (narrated Energy: A National Issue, Noel, Hercules, voice of Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur), dies at age 84.
- April 11: Andy Knight, Canadian animator and film and television director (Ned's Newt, Get Ed), dies at age 46.[18]
- April 14: Ollie Johnston, American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 95.[19][20][21][22]
May
- May 3: Ted Key, American animator/screenwriter (Peabody's Improbable History in Rocky & Bullwinkle) and comics artist, dies at age 95.[23]
- May 11: Dick Sutcliffe, American animator (co-creator of Davey and Goliath), dies at age 90.[24]
- May 13: Len Maxwell, American voice actor (voice of Karate in Batfink, the judge in Hugo the Hippo, Nick Diamond in Celebrity Deathmatch), dies at 77.
- May 16: David Mitton, British television and film director and producer, model maker and special effects technician (Thomas and Friends), dies at age 69.[25]
- May 29: Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (voice of The Great Gazoo in The Flintstones), dies at age 81.[26]
June
- June 8: Vladimiro Missaglia, aka Miro, Italian comics artist and animator, passes away at age 75.[27]
- June 12: Leah Ryan, American television writer (Arthur), dies from leukemia at age 44.[28]
- June 22: Dody Goodman, American actress (voice of Miss Miller in Alvin and the Chipmunks), dies at age 93.
July
- July 3: Larry Harmon, American clown (played himself in Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown, voice of Stan Laurel in Laurel and Hardy), dies at age 83.[29]
- July 22: Greg Burson, American voice actor (voice of Mr. DNA in Jurassic Park, voice replacement for all characters performed by Mel Blanc and Daws Butler), dies at age 59 from diabetes complications.[30]
- July 25: Bruce Adler, American actor and singer (singing voice of the Peddler in Aladdin and Aladdin & the King of Thieves), dies at age 63.
August
- August 5: Gary Mooney, Canadian-American animator (Walt Disney Company, Hubley Studios, Gene Deitch, Jay Ward Productions, animated sequence in Jurassic Park), dies at age 78 from cancer.[31]
- August 10:
- Terence Rigby, British actor (voice of Silver in Watership Down), dies at age 71 [32]
- Isaac Hayes, American singer and actor (voice of Chef in South Park), dies at age 65.
- August 15: Carlos Meglia, Argentine animator and comics artist (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 50.[33]
September
- September 1: Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (voice of the Narrator in Santa vs. the Snowman 3D, the Announcer in Fillmore!, FOX Announcer in the Family Guy episode "Screwed the Pooch", Narrator in the Family Guy episode "Brian Sings and Swings", Movie Trailer Announcer in the American Dad! episode "Tearjerker", Movie VO Voice in the Phineas and Ferb episode "The Chronicles of Meap"), dies from complications from a pneumothorax at age 68.[34][35]
- September 2: Bill Melendez, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA), film director (Peanuts) and voice actor (voice of Snoopy and Woodstock), dies at age 91.[36]
- September 26: Paul Newman, American actor (voice of Doc Hudson in Cars, himself in The Simpsons episode The Blunder Years), dies at age 83.[37]
December
- December 8: Oliver Postgate, British animator, puppeteer and TV writer (narrator and additional voices in Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog, co-creator of Bagpuss), co-founder of Smallfilms, dies at age 83.[38]
- December 11: Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (voice of Meowth in the 4Kids dub of Pokemon), dies at age 48.
- December 18: Majel Barrett, American actress (voice of Christine Chapel and Lt. M'Ress in Star Trek: The Animated Series, Anna Watson in Spider-Man), dies at age 76.
- December 25: Eartha Kitt, American actress (voice of Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove and The Emperor's New School, Queen Vexus in My Life as a Teenage Robot, herself in The Simpsons episode Once Upon a Time in Springfield),[39] dies at age 81.
See also
References
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- "Nina Paley".
- "The 80th Academy Awards | 2008".
- "The 80th Academy Awards | 2008".
- Dargis, Manohla (May 16, 2008). "Shaking up the Crowd at Cannes". The New York Times.
- https://www.cinefondation.com/en/festival/films/waltz-with-bashir
- "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs | Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
- "2008 Entries to National Film Registry Announced" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 30, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- これまでの記録（第11回～15回）. Anime Kobe (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- "Disney Background Painter Mack Dies at 90". January 16, 2008.
- "Gus Arriola". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- "In Memoriam | Animation Guild".
- Obituary in The Times, March 11, 2008
- "Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69". Wired. March 4, 2008.
- Justin Wright's obituary in the Napa Valley Register
- Justin Wright, Pixar artist, passes away Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine at theanimationblog.com
- "'Tintin' Publisher Raymond Leblanc Dies at 92 - ComicMix". www.comicmix.com. March 22, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. April 17, 2009. ISBN 9780786434824.
- "Legendary Disney animator dies at 95". CNN. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
- "'Golden age' Disney animator dies". BBC. April 16, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
- "Ollie Johnston, last of Disney's elite animators, died on April 14th, aged 95". The Economist. April 24, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
- "Disney Animator Ollie Johnston Dies at 95". ARTINFO. April 18, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
- "Ted Key". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- Weber, Bruce (May 25, 2008). "Dick Sutcliffe, 90, Dies; Began 'Davey and Goliath'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- "David Mitton". The Daily Telegraph. June 7, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- "Harvey Korman, 81: Carol Burnett sidekick". thestar.com. May 30, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- "Vladimiro Missaglia". lambiek.net. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- http://leahryan-writer.com/
- "Larry Harmon". IMDb.
- Evanier, Mark (August 1, 2008). "Greg Burson, R.I.P." NewsFromMe.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. April 17, 2009. ISBN 9780786434824.
- "Terence Rigby". IMDb.
- "Wynne W. Davies". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- "Don LaFontaine, who voiced trailers, dies". The Hollywood Reporter. September 2, 2008.
- "Don LaFontaine Dies At 68". CNN.com. September 1, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- Fox, Margalit (September 4, 2008). "Bill Melendez, 91, 'Peanuts' Animator, Dies". The New York Times.
- Harmetz, Aljean (September 27, 2008). "Paul Newman, a Magnetic Titan of Hollywood, Is Dead at 83 (Published 2008)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- "Bagpuss and Clangers creator dies". BBC News. December 9, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- Hoerburger, Rob (December 25, 2008). "Eartha Kitt, a Seducer of Audiences, Dies at 81". The New York Times.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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