2007 in animation


2007 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 4: American activist and animator Helen Hill is murdered by an unidentified intruder in her home.January 8: Qubo launches as a 24/7 channel.January 28: Season 11 of King of the Hill begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "The Peggy Horror Picture Show". The season's premiere was seen by over 7.2 million viewers that night.January 31: The Boston bomb scare occurs and the U.S. Coast Guard and Boston Police shut down parts of Interstate 93, two bridges, and a section of the Charles River after the discovery of suspicious devices placed around the city. However, said devices turned out to be not bombs but rather marketing tools for ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.''

February

February 10: The final episode of Catscratch airs. Nickelodeon ceased reruns of the show without public explanation, putting it in obscurity ever since.February 19: Season 5 of SpongeBob SquarePants begins on Nickelodeon with the premiere of the episodes "Rise and Shine/Waiting" and "Sing a Song of Patrick". The season's premiere brought in a total of over 5 million viewers that night.February 23: After 8 years, Cartoon Network officially ends the Fridays block.February 25: 79th Academy Awards:

March

March 5: The first episode of Shaun the Sheep airs.March 7: Season 11 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the premiere of the episode "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson", where Randy Marsh says the "N-word" uncensored.March 15: Alan Becker releases "Animator vs Animation II" on NewgroundsMarch 30:

April

April 20: The second season of Shorty McShorts' Shorts airs on Disney Channel. It only had a limited run before its conclusion.April 28: Ed, Edd n Eddy concludes its fifth season on Cartoon Network with the half-hour special "A Fistful of Ed". This episode was falsely advertised as the final episode of the series.

May

May 4: Season 5 of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "Cheese a Go-Go". It is the first part of the Cartoon Network crossover event titled Invaded.May 5: Tom and Jerry Tales concludes its first season on the Kids' WB block on The CW with the episodes "Piranha Be Loved by You/Spook House Mouse/Abracadumb".May 6: Shrek the Third is released by DreamWorks. It was deemed controversial for some of its adult situations inserted in a children's film and plagiarism regarding a joke used from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.May 20:

June

June 8: Ash Brannon and Chris Buck's Surf's Up is first released.June 22: Ratatouille, produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company, is first released.

July

July 8: The Total Drama series premiered on Teletoon with its first season series Total Drama Island.July 21: The Simpsons Movie is first released. It gained much notoriety during the release owing to Bart Simpson's depicted nudity.July 24: The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Squid Wood" premiered on Nickelodeon, thus concluding the fourth season of the show.

August

August 13: American-Canadian animator Paul Boyd was shot and killed after wielding a bicycle chain at officers who came to respond to a disturbance involving him.August 17: The first episode of Phineas and Ferb airs as a sneak peek, following after the world premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical 2. They both hold the record for being the most watched programs on Disney Channel, with the Phineas and Ferb episode being watched by over 10 million viewers.

September

September 7: The Kim Possible series finale "Graduation" premiered on Disney Channel.September 14:

October

October 2: Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale releases on DVD. This was the final installment in the Tom and Jerry franchise to be produced by the cartoon's co-creator Joseph Barbera, due to his death from the previous year.October 18: The Three Robbers, based on a children's book by Tomi Ungerer, is released by Hayo Freitag.October 20: The live-action film with animated sequences Enchanted premiers.October 21: The horror anthology film Fear(s) of the Dark is first released, featured animated sequences by several well-known comics artists.

November

November 2:

December

December 4: Animation studio Studio B Productions was acquired by DHX Media.December 27: Three Little Pigs is added to the National Film Registry.

Awards

Films released

Television series debuts

DateTitleChannelYear
January 5StarveillanceE!2007
January 8Ellen's AcresCartoon Network2007
January 12Hidamari SketchTBS2007
March 3El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny RiveraNickelodeon2007–2008
March 5The Land Before TimeCartoon Network2007–2008
April 16WilburDiscovery Kids2007–2008
April 20Pokémon: Diamond and PearlCartoon Network2007–2008
April 25The NutshackMyx TV2007–2011
May 12My Friends Tigger & PoohPlayhouse Disney2007–2010
June 4Creature Comforts AmericaCBS2007
June 13Lil' BushComedy Central2007–2008
June 24Friday: The Animated SeriesMTV22007
July 10Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the WorldLogo2007–2009
July 11Code MonkeysG42007–2008
August 13Slacker CatsABC Family2007
August 17Phineas and FerbDisney Channel2007–2015; 2025–present
August 20Yo Gabba Gabba!Nickelodeon2007–2015
August 31Tak and the Power of JujuNickelodeon2007–2009
September 3Super Why!PBS Kids2007–2016
September 3WordWorldPBS Kids2007–2011
September 3WordGirlPBS Kids Go!2007–2015
September 8Mama Mirabelle's Home MoviesPBS Kids2007–2008
September 9Lucy, the Daughter of the DevilAdult Swim2007
September 15Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lotCBS2007–2008
September 23Shorts in a BunchNicktoons Network2007
September 29Back at the BarnyardNickelodeon2007–2011
October 1Happy Monster BandPlayhouse Disney2007–2008
October 7Edgar & EllenNicktoons Network2007–2008
October 13The Future Is WildDiscovery Kids2007–2008
November 2ChowderCartoon Network2007–2010
November 3DinoSquadCBS2007–2008
November 3Sushi PackCBS2007–2009
November 4Xavier: Renegade AngelAdult Swim2007–2009
December 21George of the JungleCartoon Network2007–2008
December 26Transformers AnimatedCartoon Network2007–2009
Specific date unknownPet AlienKabillion2007

Births

January

January 31: Tex Hammond, American artist, former actor and son of Grey DeLisle.

February

February 23: Leah Mei Gold, American actress.

April

April 8: Hadley Gannaway, American actress.April 20: Terrence Little Gardenhigh, American actor.April 26: Presley Williams, American actress.

May

May 9: Lily Sanfelippo, American actress.

August

August 16: Seth Carr, American actor.August 27: Ariana Greenblatt, American actress.August 29: Jaiden Klein, American actress.August 31: Jason Maybaum, American actor.

October

October 22: Izaac Wang, American actor.

November

November 8: Micah Abbey, American actor.

December

December 4: Scarlett Estevez, American actress.

Deaths

January

January 4:
  • * Helen Hill, American activist, writer, teacher, film director and animator, is murdered at age 36.
  • * Steve Krantz, American film producer and writer, dies at age 83.January 8: Iwao Takamoto, American animator, film director, television producer and character designer, dies at age 81 from a heart attack.January 14: Harvey Cohen, American composer and orchestrator, dies at age 55.January 26: Emanuele Luzzati, Italian painter, illustrator, animator and film director, dies at age 85.

February

February 12: Warren Batchelder, American animator, dies at age 89.February 14:
  • * Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator dies at age 63 from lung cancer.
  • * Willy Moese, German comics artist and animator, dies at age 79.February 15: Walker Edmiston, American voice actor, dies at age 81.

March

March 3: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist, dies at age 87.March 10: Richard Jeni, American comedian and actor, commits suicide at age 49.March 15: Natatcha Estébanez, Puerto Rican-born American television producer, dies from sarcoma at age 45.March 20: John P. Ryan, American actor, dies at age 70.March 22: Elbert Tuganov, Estonian animator and film director, dies at age 87.March 27: Maxwell Becraft, Canadian animator, dies at age 62.

April

April 11: Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor, dies at age 84.April 14: Jim Thurman, American actor, writer, director, cartoonist, and producer, dies at age 72.April 30: Tom Poston, American actor, dies from respiratory failure at age 85.

May

May 6:
  • * Oscar Blotta, Argentine comics artist and animator, dies at age 88.
  • * Reiko Okuyama, Japanese animator, dies at age 70.May 22: Art Stevens, American animator and film director, dies at age 92.
  • May 25: Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher, dies from pneumonia at age 76.

June

June 4: Ray Erlenborn, American actor, and sound effects artist, dies at age 92.

July

July 4: James Street, American child actor, dies at age 13.July 5: David Hilberman, American animator, film director and producer, dies at age 95.July 9: Charles Lane, American actor, dies at age 102.July 22: Alexander Tatarsky, Russian film director, animator, and producer, dies at age 56.

August

August 11: Roberto Gavioli, Italian animator, dies at age 81.August 13: Paul Boyd, American-Canadian animator, dies at age 39.

September

September 5: Jack Valenti, American political advisor, lobbyist and president of the Motion Picture Association, dies from a stroke at age 85.September 6:
  • * George Crenshaw, American comics artist and animator, dies at age 89.September 7: Lee Ae-jung, Korean voice actress, dies from brain cancer at age 20.September 21: Alice Ghostley, American actress, dies at age 84.September 24: Hiroshi Ōsaka, Japanese animator, film director and producer, character designer and illustrator, dies at age 44.

October

October 5: John Rice, American animator and overseas supervisor, dies at an unknown age.October 12: Noel Coleman, English actor, dies at age 87.October 30: Robert Goulet, American singer and actor, dies from pulmonary fibrosis at age 73.

November

November 8: Motosuke Takahashi, Japanese film director, animator, character designer and storyboard artist, dies at age 66.November 25: Roberto Del Giudice, Italian voice actor, dies at age 67.November 28: Donyo Donev, Bulgarian cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist, Chetirmata Glupaci, Umno Selo, dies at age 78.

December

December 5: Peter Orton, English media entrepreneur and television producer, dies from cancer at age 64.December 6: Ken Southworth, English animator, dies at age 89.December 17:
  • * Jack Zander, American animator, dies at age 99.
  • * Mel Leven, American composer and lyricist, dies at age 93.

Specific date unknown

  • Juraj Korda, Australian animator, dies at age 46.