2005 in animation

2005 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

Events

January

January 7: The first episode of Pocoyo airs.January 21:

* American Dragon: Jake Long premieres on Disney Channel.
* Season 2 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree".

February

February 4: The Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episodes "Where There's a Wilt, There's a Way/Everyone Knows It's Bendy" premiere on Cartoon Network, the latter episode was very negatively received by fans due to the new one-time character Bendy constantly blaming Bloo & the gang for his own wrong-doings, and with Mr. Herriman & Frankie actually believing Bendy, leading to them punishing Bloo & the others for no reason. Craig McCracken & Lauren Faust even ended up apologizing to fans of the show for having this episode made in the first place. February 6: The pilot episode of American Dad! airs on Fox as a sneak peek. February 20:

* The first episode of Robot Chicken airs.
* The Simpsons episode "There's Something About Marrying" premieres, in which the character Patty Bouvier outs herself as a lesbian. February 21: The first episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender airs. February 27: 77th Academy Awards:
* The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird and produced by the Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
* Ryan by Chris Landreth wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
* In their 100 Greatest series, the British TV channel Channel 4 broadcasts the "100 Greatest Cartoons!", a list of the 100 greatest animated cartoons, as voted by viewers.

March

March 9: Season 9 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the premiere of the episode "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina". The character Mr. Garrison gets a surgical sex change in this episode & becomes "Ms. Garrison" for the next 3 years/seasons.March 11:

* The first episode of Wonder Showzen airs, an adult parody of children's educational shows.
* Blue Sky Studios releases Robots, directed by Chris Wedge.March 25:
* The first episode of Krypto the Superdog is broadcast.
* The final episode of The Powerpuff Girls airs. While the series itself gained generally positive attention, it was cancelled following the poor critical reception of The Powerpuff Girls Movie as Cartoon Network ceased production of the series in 2003.March 28: Turner Broadcasting splits Adult Swim off from Cartoon Network after the block debuted in 2001, as the Nielsen Media Research could treat it as a separate channel for ratings purposes.

April

April 1: Season 4 of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episodes "He's Not Dead, He's My Mascot/Hog Wild".April 14: Noitamina, a programing block created for Fuji TV, premieres with its first program Honey and Clover.April 17: The Simpsons 350th episode "Future-Drama" premieres on Fox, guest starring Amy Poehler as Bart's future girlfriend Jenda & John DiMaggio as Futurama's Bender. The episode was seen by just over 8.3 million viewers that night.

May

May 1:

* The Animation Domination programming block launches on Fox.
* Family Guy returns to Fox after a three-year cancellation with the premiere of its fourth season, the episode being "North by North Quahog".
* American Dad! makes its official premiere on Fox with the episode "Threat Levels". May 6: SpongeBob SquarePants returns to Nickelodeon after a seven-month hiatus with the premiere of its fourth season, the episodes being "Fear of a Krabby Patty/Shell of a Man".May 9: Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures is founded.May 10:
* Marco Nguyen, Pierre Perifel, Xavier Ramonède, Olivier Staphylas and Rémi Zaarour's Le Building premieres.
* The Fairly OddParents episode "It's a Wishful Life" premiered on Nickelodeon. This episode was negatively received by fans due to Jorgen showing Timmy that everyone lives would be so much better if the latter was never born, which is the exact opposite message that It's a Wonderful Life taught us.May 13: Michel Ocelot and Bénédicte Galup's Kirikou and the Wild Beasts premieres.May 15:
* King of the Hill concludes its ninth season on Fox with the episode "It Ain't Over 'til the Fat Neighbor Sings". The episode was watched just over 4.5 million viewers that night.
* The Simpsons concludes its 16th season on Fox with the following episodes:
** "Home Away from Homer", which guest stars Jason Bateman as himself. The episode watched by over 8.1 million viewers that night.
** "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star", which guest stars Liam Neeson. The episode watched by nearly 9.7 million viewers that night.May 27: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath's Madagascar premieres.May 30: The first episode of The Life and Times of Juniper Lee premieres.

June

June 10: The Fairly OddParents concludes its fourth season on Nickelodeon with the premiere of its third TV-movie "School's Out: The Musical!", which reeled in a total of just nearly 4 million viewers that night.June 17: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy concludes its third season on Cartoon Network with the episodes "Dream Mutt/Scythe For Sale".June 18: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius half-hour special "The League of Villains" premieres on Nickelodeon. This is the show's series finale by production order, but a bunch of unaired episodes would still continue to premiere on the network.June 19: American Dad! concludes its first season on Fox with the episode "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man". The season's finale was seen by over 6.5 million viewers that night.June 22: Happy Tree Friends Volume 3 - Third Strike renews its theatrical release by adding episodes of 19 to 21 of the Internet Season 2, as well as Dino-Sore Days, a Buddhist Monkey episode.

July

July 8: The first episode of Camp Lazlo premieres on Cartoon Network.July 9:

* Disneyland receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first and only theme park to receive this honor.
* The first episode of Catscratch and Time Warp Trio airs.
July 15: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends concludes its second season on Cartoon Network with the episode "My So Called Wife".
July 22: Season 3 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "Eddie Monster".

August

August 12: The Proud Family episode "Who You Callin' a Sissy?" airs only once on Disney Channel due to allegations with the LGBT-related content in the episode before reinstating it 15 years later prior to the reboot in 2022. August 19: Disney Channel's The Proud Family Movie premieres. This film is later confirmed non-canon regarding the inconsistent aging of Penny Proud.

September

Unknown date in September: Happy Tree Friends and Friends premieres, adding episodes of 25 to 26 of the Internet Season 2 on G4.September 4: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit premieres.September 6: The first episode of Go, Diego, Go! airs.September 7: Tim Burton and Mike Johnson's Corpse Bride is released.September 11:

* Season 17 of The Simpsons begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "The Bonfire of the Manatees". The episode watched by exactly 11.1 million viewers that night.
* Season 2 of American Dad! begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Bullocks to Stan". The episode watched by over 7.8 million viewers that night.September 17: The first episodes of Johnny Test, Loonatics Unleashed, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!, and Pokémon: Advanced Battle airs.September 18: Season 10 of King of the Hill begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Hank's on Board". The episode watched by over 7.1 million viewers that night.September 23: Nicktoons rebranded itself as Nicktoons Network. It remains rebranded for four years before returning to its former name. Happy Tree Friends - Mole in the city was theatrically debuted same day.September 26: Sprout Network is launched by a joint venture between PBS, Comcast, HIT Entertainment, and Sesame Workshop when the new network replaces PBS Kids.September 27: The Tom and Jerry short The Karate Guard premieres in theaters all across Los Angeles. This was the first Tom and Jerry-related piece of media to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

October

October 10: A fire destroys most of Aardman Animations' archive warehouse, including most of Nick Park's creations and the models and sets used in the film Chicken Run. Some of the original Wallace & Gromit models and sets, as well as the master prints of the finished films, were stored elsewhere and were not destroyed.October 21: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy concludes its fourth season on Cartoon Network with the half-hour special "Prank Call of Cthulhu".October 23: Bratz Rock Angelz premieres.October 28: The stand-alone Ed, Edd n Eddy Halloween special "Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw" premieres on Cartoon Network.October 30: Disney's Chicken Little premieres in theaters, it receives mixed to negative reception by fans & critics.

November

November 4: Ed, Edd n Eddy returns to Cartoon Network from its original series finale in 2004 with the premiere of its fifth season, with the episodes being "Mission Ed-Possible/Every Which Way but Ed".November 6:

* The first episode of The Boondocks airs.
* The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XVI" premieres on Fox.
November 25: The first episode of The X's airs.

December

December 2: Avatar: The Last Airbender concludes its first season on Nickelodeon with the half-hour special "The Siege of the North". The season's finale was seen by 3.6 million viewers that night.December 6: Run Wrake's award-winning animated short Rabbit premieres.December 7: South Park concludes its ninth season on Comedy Central with the episode "Bloody Mary".December 16: The Happy Tree Friends - Ski Patrol film makes its first television debut.December 20: Toy Story is added to the National Film Registry in honor of the film's 10th anniversary.December 22: The animated music video for Lemon Demon's The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny is released.December 26: The first episode of My Gym Partner's a Monkey airs as a sneak peek before the series' official premiere on February 24, 2006. December 27: The first episode of the original Ben 10 series airs.

Awards

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Ryan
Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars
Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Midsummer Dream
Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Award: Flow
Mainichi Film Awards – Animation Grand Award: ''Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa''

Films released

January 6 - DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang
January 10 - Among the Thorns
January 11:
* The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
* Lil' Pimp
January 18 - Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
January 29 - Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai
February 1 - Mulan II
February 2 - The Magic Roundabout
February 3 - Felix – A Rabbit on a World Tour
February 5 - Air
February 8 - Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
February 11 - Pooh's Heffalump Movie
February 24 - Pirates in the Pacific
March 4 - Gisaku
March 5 - One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
March 6 - Barbie: Fairytopia
March 8:
* Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure
* VeggieTales: Duke and the Great Pie War
March 11 - Robots
March 15 - Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
March 25 - Valiant
April 6 - My Little Pony: Friends are Never Far Away
April 8 - Kim Possible: So the Drama
April 9 - Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
April 16:
* Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge
* Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart the Movie
April 29 - The Golden Blaze
May 8 - Fire Ball
May 17 - Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
May 27 - Madagascar
May 28 - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I – Heirs to the Stars
May 30 - The King: The Story of King David
June 2 - Ark
June 14 - Tarzan II
June 25 - VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush
July 1 - Midsummer Dream
July 8 - The Book of the Dead
July 16 - Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
July 23 - Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
August 6 - Naruto the Movie 2: Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth
August 12:
* Empress Chung
* Escape from Cluster Prime
* Renart the Fox
August 19:
* Imaginum
* The Proud Family Movie
August 20 - xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream
August 30:
* Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
* My Scene Goes Hollywood
September - Little Soldier Zhang Ga
September 6 - Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever
September 13 - Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
September 14 - Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
September 17 - Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
September 18 - Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3-D
September 20 - LeapFrog: Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory
September 23 - Corpse Bride
September 26 - Heidi
September 27 - Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
September 29 - The Little Polar Bear 2 – The Mysterious Island
October 4 - Bratz – Rock Angelz
October 7 - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
October 11:
* Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows
* Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
* Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
October 16 - Negadon: The Monster from Mars
October 18:
* The Batman vs Dracula: The Animated Movie
* Care Bears: Big Wish Movie
* The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
October 21 - Hanuman
October 25:
* My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas
* Street Fighter Alpha: Generations
October 28 - The Three Musketeers
October 29:
* Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II – Lovers
* VeggieTales: Lord of the Beans
November 4:
* Chicken Little
* Disaster!
* The Nameless Warrior: The Mercenary
November 22 - Kong: King of Atlantis
November 25:
* Olentzero and the Magic Log
* Pettson and Findus: Pettson's Promise
December 2 - The Happy Elf
December 7 - Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
December 10:
* Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky
* On a Stormy Night
December 13:
* Kronk's New Groove
* Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
December 16 - Hoodwinked!
December 23 - Gulliver's Travel
December 25 - Xuxinha and Guto against the Space Monsters
December 30 - Thru the Moebius Strip
Specific date unknown:
* Action Man: X Missions – The Movie
* Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
* Christmas in New York
* Klay World: Off the Table
* Mother Teresa
* Muttabar
* Rest On Your Shoulder
* The Toy Warrior
* ''Txirri, Mirri y Txiribiton''

Television series debuts

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 3	Toopy and Binoo	Treehouse TV	2005–2006
January 7	Pocoyo	YouTube, Clan, Channel 5, Nick Jr	2005–present
January 17	Auto-B-Good	Syndication	2005–2006
January 21	American Dragon: Jake Long	Disney Channel	2005–2007
January 23	Pet Alien	Cartoon Network	2005
February 6	American Dad!	Fox, TBS	2005–present
February 20	Robot Chicken	Adult Swim	2005–present
February 21	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Nickelodeon	2005–2008
March 11	Wonder Showzen	MTV2	2005–2006
March 25	Krypto the Superdog	Cartoon Network	2005–2006
May 2	Fifi and the Flowertots	Channel 5, Sprout	2005–2010
May 30	The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	Cartoon Network	2005–2007
June 17	The Buzz on Maggie	Disney Channel	2005–2006
June 19	12 oz. Mouse	Adult Swim	2005–2007
July 8	Camp Lazlo	Cartoon Network	2005–2008
July 9	Catscratch	Nickelodeon	2005–2007
July 9	Time Warp Trio	Discovery Kids	2005–2006
August 19	Hopeless Pictures	IFC	2005
August 19	Greg the Bunny	IFC	2005–2006
August 19	SuperNews!	Current TV	2005–2010
August 22	Firehouse Tales	Cartoon Network	2005–2007
August 22	Gerald McBoing-Boing	Cartoon Network	2005–2007
September 4	Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld	Syndicated through PBS Kids	2005–2008
September 5	Danger Rangers	Syndicated through PBS Kids	2005–2006
September 5	The Zula Patrol	Syndicated through PBS Kids	2005–2008
September 6	Go, Diego, Go!	Nick Jr.	2005–2011
September 10	Bratz	4Kids	2005–2008
September 17	Loonatics Unleashed	Kids' WB	2005–2007
September 17	Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island	Kids' WB	2005–2006
September 17	Pokémon: Advanced Battle	Kids' WB	2005–2006
September 17	Johnny Test	Kids' WB	2005–2008
September 19	Get Ed	Jetix	2005–2006
October 2	Sunday Pants	Cartoon Network	2005
October 3	Trollz	Syndication	2005
October 9	Little Einsteins	Playhouse Disney	2005–2009
October 9	Squidbillies	Adult Swim	2005–2021
November 6	The Boondocks	Adult Swim	2005–2014
November 6	Minoriteam	Adult Swim	2005–2006
November 25	The X's	Nickelodeon	2005–2006
December 13	Moral Orel	Adult Swim	2005–2009
December 26	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	Cartoon Network	2005–2008
December 27	Ben 10	Cartoon Network	2005–2008

Births

January

January 8: Collin Dean, American actor.January 25: Avantika Vandanapu, American actress.

February

February 25: Noah Jupe, British actor.

May

May 5: Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, American actress.May 19: Jack Gore, American actor.

June

June 14: Tamara Smart, English actress.June 25: Kylie Cantrall, American actress, singer, songwriter and YouTuber.

July

July 12: Issac Ryan Brown, American actor.July 25: Pierce Gagnon, American actor.

August

August 8: Kitana Turnbull, American actress.

September

September 7: Ruth Righi, American actress.

October

October 1: Rosalie Chiang, American actress.

November

November 16: Ava Morse, American actress.

December

December 14: Mia Sinclair Jenness, American actress.December 30: Brady Noon, American actor.

Deaths

January

January 15: Dan Lee, Canadian animator and character designer, dies at age 35.January 24: Steve Susskind, American actor, dies in an automobile accident at age 62.January 23: Johnny Carson, American television host, comedian writer and producer, dies from respiratory failure at age 79.January 25: Chad Grothkopf, American comics artist and animator, dies at age 90 or 91.January 28: Daniel Branca, Argentine animator and comic artist, dies at age 53.January 29: Ron Feinberg, American actor, dies at age 72.

February

February 1: John Vernon, Canadian actor, dies at age 72.February 4: Ossie Davis, American actor, director, writer, and activist, dies at age 87.February 17: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor, dies at age 85.February 28: Pam Carter, American voice actor and voice director, dies at age 50.

March

March 5: Vance Gerry, American storyboard artist, concept artist, and character designer, dies at age 75.March 10: Debbi Besserglick, Israeli actress, dies at age 49.March 13: Hal Seeger, American animator, comics writer and comics artist, dies at age 87.

April

April 11: John Bennett, English actor, dies at age 76.April 21: Bob Gardiner, American animator and inventor, dies at age 54. April 22: Paul Beard, American animator, dies at age 27.April 23: Romano Scarpa, Italian comics artist, writer and animator, dies at age 77.

May

May 6: Joe Grant, American animator, character designer and screenwriter, dies at age 96.May 9: Chris Kreski, American writer, biographer and screenwriter, dies at age 42.

May 19: Henry Corden, American actor, dies at 85.May 17: Frank Gorshin, American actor, impressionist, and comedian, dies at age 72.May 21: Howard Morris, American actor, dies at age 85.
May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft, American actor and singer, dies at age 91.

June

June 6: Anne Bancroft, American actress, dies from uterine cancer at age 73.June 14:

* Robie Lester, American actress, dies at age 80.
* Barrington Bunce, English-born American animator, storyboard artist, character designer and art director, dies at age 60.June 19: Selby Kelly, American comic artist and animator, dies at age 87.June 24: Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist and actor, dies at age 82.June 25: John Fiedler, American actor, dies at age 80.

July

July 2: Norm Prescott, American animation producer, dies at age 78.July 11: Frances Langford, American singer, dies at age 92.July 20: James Doohan, Canadian actor, dies at age 85.July 21: Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor, dies at age 64.July 26: James O'Brien, American animator, dies at age 33.July 27: Marten Toonder, Dutch comics artist and animator, dies at age 93.

August

August 1: Wim Boost, aka Wibo, Dutch comics artist, cartoonist and animator, dies at age 87.August 2: Loulie Jean Norman, American coloratura soprano singer, dies at age 92.August 9: Nikolay Serebryakov, Soviet and Russian director of animated films dies at age 76.August 16: Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator, and voice actor, dies at age 45.
August 23: Brock Peters, American actor, dies at age 78.

September

September 2: Bob Denver, American actor, dies from pneumonia at age 70.September 10: Carlos Costantini, Argentine comic artist and animator, dies at age 69.September 24: Tommy Bond, American actor, dies at age 79.September 25: Don Adams, American actor and comedian, dies from lymphoma at age 82.

October

October 2: Hamilton Camp, English actor, dies at age 70.October 7: Charles Rocket, American actor, comedian, musician and television news reporter, commits suicide at age 56.October 16: Elmer Dresslar Jr., American actor, dies at age 80.October 20: Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter, ceramist, poet, animator, designer, director and producer, and wife of Jan Švankmajer, dies at age 65.October 29: Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor, dies at age 81.

November

November 5: Derek Lamb, English animator and film producer, dies at age 69.November 7: Harry Thompson, English radio and TV producer, comedy writer, novelist and TV writer, dies at age 45 from cancer.November 11: Keith Andes, American actor, dies at age 85.November 24: Pat Morita, Japanese-American actor and comedian, dies from kidney failure at age 73.November 26: Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, dies from cancer at age 82.November 28: Miroslav Štěpánek, Czech animator, film director, sculptor, screenwriter, illustrator and graphic designer, dies at age 81.

December

December 22: Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and actress, dies at age 90.December 26: Vincent Schiavelli, American actor, dies from lung cancer at age 57.