2013 in animation


2013 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

Events

February

February 4: Japanese animation studio Science SARU is founded by director Masaaki Yuasa and producer Eunyoung Choi.February 10: Family Guy's 200th episode "Valentine's Day in Quahog" premieres on Fox. It was seen by just over 4.7 million viewers that night.February 24: The 85th Academy Awards premiere, hosted by Seth MacFarlane.

March

March 22: The Croods, a film by DreamWorks Animation is released.

April

April 7: The first episode of Attack on Titan is broadcast.April 15: The first episode of Doki airs.April 23:

May

May 7: 40th Annie AwardsMay 12:

June

June 1: The Hub renamed to Hub Network.June 16: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls is released.June 21: Pixar's Monsters University is released.

July

July 3: Illumination's Despicable Me 2 was released.July 17: Turbo, a comedy film about the Indianapolis 500, was released by DreamWorks.July 18: RWBY premieres on Rooster Teeth.July 21: The Animation Domination High-Def block launches in the Fox Broadcasting Company.

August

August 2: The Gravity Falls Season one finale, "Gideon Rises" premiered on Disney Channel, it was seen by over 3 million viewers.August 12:

September

September 2:

October

October 7: PBS Kids rebrands with new promos and bumpers, shutting down PBS Kids Preschool Block and PBS Kids Go!. The same day, Peg + Cat premieres to positive reviews.

November

November 4: Steven Universe airs its first episodes on Cartoon Network.November 11: The SpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob, You're Fired" premieres on Nickelodeon, originally broadcast in Greece four months earlier. It was condemned for "slamming the benefits of Unemployment".November 13: PBS Kids Sprout renamed to Sprout.November 22: Walt Disney Pictures releases Frozen, which becomes a global phenomenon, also released is the Mickey Mouse cartoon Get a Horse!.November 24: The Family Guy episode "Life of Brian" premieres on Fox, in which Brian Griffin dies.

December

December 2: Rick and Morty debuts on Adult Swim.December 3: The Amazing World of Gumball concludes its second season on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the episode "The Finale".December 11: South Park concludes its 17th season on Comedy Central with the episode "The Hobbit". It was seen by over 2.1 million viewers that night.December 15: Brian Griffin is revived in the Family Guy episode "Christmas Guy".December 18: The Hole is added to the National Film Registry.

Awards

Television series debuts

DateTitleChannelYear
January 10Rocket MonkeysTeletoon2013–2016
January 16Legends of ChimaCartoon Network2013–2014
February 2Pokémon: BW: Adventures in UnovaCartoon Network2013
February 11LalaloopsyNick Jr.2013–2015
February 18Sarah & DuckCBeebies2013–2017
March 17Angry Birds ToonsToons.tv2013–2016
March 23Monsters vs. AliensNickelodeon2013–2014
March 25Max Steel Disney XD, Teletoon2013–2015
April 15Henry HugglemonsterDisney Junior2013–2015
April 19Creative GalaxyAmazon Video2013–2019
April 23Teen Titans Go!Cartoon Network2013–present
May 25Sanjay and CraigNickelodeon2013–2016
May 26Avengers AssembleDisney XD2013–2019
June 10GrojbandTeletoon2013–2015
June 15Pac-Man and the Ghostly AdventuresDisney XD2013–2015
June 28Mickey MouseDisney Channel2013–2019
July 4Camp LakebottomTeletoon2013–2017
July 11Bee and PuppyCatCartoon Hangover2013–2020
July 13Beware the BatmanCartoon Network, Adult Swim2013–2014
July 13Packages from Planet XDisney XD, Teletoon2013–2014
July 13Bounty HuntersCMT2013
July 21Axe CopFox2013–2015
July 21High School USA!Fox2013–2015
July 27Pokémon: BW: Adventures in Unova and BeyondCartoon Network2013
August 1The AwesomesHulu2013–2015
August 3Rabbids InvasionFrance 3, Nickelodeon2013–2017
August 3Oh No! It's an Alien InvasionYTV2013–2015
August 11Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.Disney XD2013–2015
August 12PAW PatrolNickelodeon, Nick Jr., TVO Kids2013–present
August 16Wander Over YonderDisney Channel, Disney XD2013–2016
August 26Xiaolin ChroniclesDisney XD, Gulli2013–2015
September 2Uncle GrandpaCartoon Network2013–2017
September 21The Day My Butt Went Psycho!Teletoon, Nine Network2013–2015
September 29Julius Jr.Nick Jr.2013–2015
October 7Peg + CatPBS Kids2013–2018
October 12Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage WitchHub Network2013–2014
November 4Steven UniverseCartoon Network2013–2019
November 6Mother Up!Hulu, City2013–2014
November 10Barry TalesYouTube2013–present
November 23Lucas Bros. Moving Co.Fox, FXX2013–2014
November 23Golan the InsatiableFox, FXX2013–2015
December 2Rick and MortyAdult Swim2013–present
December 24Turbo FASTNetflix2013–2016

Births

August

August 5: Pyper Braun, American actress.

Deaths

January

January 7: Huell Howser, American television personality, actor, producer, writer and singer, dies from prostate cancer at age 67.January 30: Patty Andrews, American singer, dies at age 94.

February

February 1: Robin Sachs, English actor, dies from a heart attack at age 61.February 10: W. Watts Biggers, American writer, dies at age 85.February 16: Harald Siepermann, German comics artist and animator, dies at age 50.February 17: Richard Briers, British actor, dies at age 79.February 21:
  • * Bob Godfrey, British animator, dies at age 91.
  • * Armen Mirzaian, Iranian-born American animator, storyboard artist and writer, dies from a car accident at age 35.

March

March 5: Goro Naya, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 83.March 7: Max Ferguson, Canadian radio personality and actor, dies at age 89.March 13: Malachi Throne, American actor, dies at age 84.March 20: Jack Stokes, British animator and film director, dies at age 92.March 26: Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer, dies at age 48.March 28: Manuel García Ferré, Argentine cartoonist and animator, dies at age 83.

April

April 3: Jean Sincere, American actress, dies at age 93.April 8: Greg Kramer, British-Canadian author, actor, director and magician, dies at age 52.April 11: Jonathan Winters, American actor and comedian, dies at age 87.April 13: József Gémes, Hungarian animator and film director, dies at age 73.April 14: Mike Road, American actor, dies at age 95.April 16: Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster, dies from cardiac arrest at age 82.April 23: Philip L. Clarke, American voice actor, dies at age 74.April 27: Kathleen Fleming, American producer, dies at age 39.

May

May 7: Ray Harryhausen, American animator and special effects creator, dies at age 92.May 13: Dr. Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist and writer, dies from respiratory failure at age 85.May 16: Mike Stuart, British animator and director, dies at an unknown age.May 18: Arthur Malet, English actor, dies at age 85.May 31: Jean Stapleton, American actress, dies at age 90.

June

June 11: Babi Floyd, American actor and singer, dies at age 59.June 19: James Gandolfini, American actor and producer, dies from a heart attack at age 51.June 20: John David Wilson, British animator and animation producer, dies at age 93.June 21: Jerry Dexter, American actor, dies at age 78.June 29: Ryūtarō Nakamura, Japanese film director and animator, dies at age 58.

July

July 8: Eunice Macaulay, British animator and film producer, dies at age 90.July 13: Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician, dies from an alcohol and heroin overdose at age 31.July 14: Tonino Accolla, Italian actor, dies at age 64.July 22: Dennis Farina, American actor, dies at age 69.July 30: Ron Dias, American animator and painter, dies at age 76.July 31: Michael Ansara, American actor, dies at age 91.

August

August 5: Louis Scarborough Jr., American animator and storyboard artist, dies at age 60.August 7: Hiroshi Ogawa, Japanese animator and film director, dies from colon infection at age 62.August 11: Henry Polic II, American voice actor, dies at age 68.August 19: Lee Thompson Young, American actor, dies at age 29.

September

September 16: Hiram Titus, American composer and orchestrator, dies at age 66.September 19: Tom McLaughlin, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, director and producer, dies at age 56.

October

October 1: Tom Clancy, American novelist, dies from heart failure at age 66.October 11: Stu Gilliam, American actor, dies at age 80.October 14: Ginger Dinning, American singer, dies at age 89.October 17: Lou Scheimer, American animation producer, voice actor and composer, dies at age 84. October 18: Felix Dexter, English actor, comedian and writer, dies from multiple myeloma at age 52.October 21: José Luis Beltrán Coscojuela, Spanish comic artist and animator, dies at age 82.October 25: Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian, dies from pneumonia and sepsis at age 70.October 31: Toby Bluth, American illustrator, theatrical director, animator and background artist and brother of Don Bluth, dies at age 73.

November

November 28: Danny Wells, Canadian actor, dies from cancer at age 72.

December

December 3: Avo Paistik, Estonian film director, animator and illustrator, dies at age 77.December 14: Peter O'Toole, English actor, dies at age 81.December 24: Frédéric Back, Canadian animator and film director, dies at age 89.December 26: Harold Whitaker, English animator and comics artist, dies at age 93.December 31: James Avery, American actor, dies at age 68.

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