2022 in animation


2022 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 1:

February

February 1: The fourth season of Gabby's Dollhouse premiered on Netflix.February 2: Season 25 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the premiere of the episode "Pajama Day".February 8: Liden Films' Child of Kamiari Month started streaming on Netflix worldwide.February 9:

March

March 4:

April

April 1: Adult Swim's April Fool's Day prank features Pibby and Bun-Bun from the pitch trailer for an animated series, Learning with Pibby, created by Dodge Greenley, with Nikki Castillo reprising the role of Pibby. The characters and antagonistic glitching force are transported into the night's lineup of shows and make appearances throughout, depicting the events of the pilot from the perspective of the television series the characters would be passing through. The live broadcast received universal critical acclaim and positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.April 3: Season 16 of Upin & Ipin premiered on MNCTV.April 6: Episodes 11-15 from Season 1 of The Ghost and Molly McGee released on Disney+.April 8:

May

May 1: The 3rd & final season of Duncanville begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Gamer vs. Gamer". The season's premiere was watched by only 565 thousand viewers that night.May 6: Marmaduke, based on Brad Anderson's comic strip, premiered on Netflix to critical disdain.May 14: The series finale of Amphibia, "The Hardest Thing", premiered.May 15: The Bob's Burgers episode "Eighth Grade Runner" premieres on Fox, this is the first part of the two-part special "Some Like It Bot".May 16: The second half of the third series of Bluey premieres to universal acclaim.May 18: Pokémon: Hisuian Snow premiered on the Pokémon YouTube channel and Pokémon TV.May 20: Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, based on the animated series of the same name, premiered on Disney+.May 22:
  • * The Simpsons concludes its 33rd season on Fox with the episode "Poorhouse Rock", featuring the guest stars Hugh Jackman, Megan Mullally, and Robert Reich. The season's finale was watched by only 927 thousand viewers that night, marking a new low in the show's viewership.
  • * The Great North concludes its second season on Fox with the episode "Papa Don't Fiend Adventure". The season's finale was watched by only 691 thousand viewers that night.
  • * Bob's Burgers concludes its 12th season on Fox with the episode "Judge-bot Day", which is the second and final part of the two-part special "Some Like It Bot". The season's finale was watched by only 926 thousand viewers that night, marking a new low in the show's viewership.
  • * Family Guy concludes its 20th season on Fox with the episode "Jersey Bore". The season's finale was seen by over 1.1 million viewers.May 26: My Little Pony: Make Your Mark, the TV series sequel to My Little Pony: A New Generation, premiered on Netflix to mixed-to-negative reviews.May 27: The Bob's Burgers Movie, based on the animated series Bob's Burgers, was theatrically released.May 28: The second-season finale of The Owl House titled King's Tide is broadcast.May 31: Wil Film announced that the company is in the process of shutting down.

June

June 1: South Park The Streaming Wars was released on Paramount+.June 16:

July

July 1: Minions: The Rise of Gru premiered in theaters after two years of delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.July 2: A new season of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt was announced by Studio Trigger.July 8: The Sea Beast premiered on Netflix.July 9: The Ghost and Molly McGee concludes its first season on Disney Channel with the premiere of its two-part episode finale "The Jig is Up/Molly Vs. The Ghost World".July 13: South Park The Streaming Wars Part 2 was released on Paramount+.July 14: Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, a TV series based on the Kung Fu Panda franchise, premiered on Netflix.July 19: Netflix acquires animation studio Animal Logic.July 22: The 3rd and final season of Meta Runner premiered on YouTube on the channel, with the release of the episode "Power Down".July 25:

August

August 2: Alongside the high-profile news of the cancellation of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah's Batgirl film, The Hollywood Reporter also reported that Warner Brothers Discovery also decided to shelve Scoob!: Holiday Haunt, a sequel to the 2020 film, as part of cost-cutting measures.August 3: The final 5 episodes from Season 1 of The Ghost and Molly McGee released on Disney+, just a month after the season concluded.August 4:

September

September 1: Season 2 of Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles premiered on Netflix.September 4: The sixth season of Rick and Morty premiered on Adult Swim.September 8: Cars on the Road, a series based on the Cars franchise, premiered on Disney+ as part of Disney+ Day.September 9:

October

October 1: Ninjago ends after eleven years; the show released its final batch of Season 15 episodes on Netflix.October 3: Rosie's Rules premiered on PBS Kids to critical acclaim.October 6:

November

November 1: The sixth season of Gabby's Dollhouse was released on Netflix.November 8: Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm, a feature film based on Aqua Teen Hunger Force, was released on home media before linear and streaming debuts.November 9: Zootopia+ was released on Disney+.November 11:

December

December 3: The animated film version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules premiered on Disney+.December 9:

Awards

Television series debuts

DateTitleChannel, StreamingYear
January 1We Baby BearsCartoon Network2022–present
January 4Action PackNetflix2022
January 7El DeafoApple TV+2022
January 10Smiling FriendsAdult Swim2022–present
January 20Supernatural AcademyPeacock2022
January 28Angry Birds: Summer MadnessNetflix2022
January 28DoomlandsRoku2022–present
January 28The Legend of Vox MachinaAmazon Prime Video2022–present
February 9Alice's Wonderland BakeryDisney Junior2022–2024
February 9FairviewComedy Central2022
February 11Pretzel and the PuppiesApple TV+2022–2023
February 15Alabama JacksonYouTube2022
February 17Big NateParamount+2022–2024
February 18The Cuphead Show!Netflix2022
February 23The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderDisney+2022–present
March 1The Guardians of JusticeNetflix2022
March 4The Boys Presents: DiabolicalAmazon Prime Video2022
March 15Team Zenko GoNetflix2022
March 18Human ResourcesNetflix2022–2023
March 25Transformers: BotBotsNetflix2022
March 31The Fairly OddParents: Fairly OdderParamount+2022
April 1Trivia QuestNetflix2022
April 8Pinecone & PonyApple TV+2022–present
April 12The Creature CasesNetflix2022–present
April 13Ice Age: Scrat TalesDisney+2022
April 15Lightning WolvesComedy Central2022
April 19Battle KittyNetflix2022
April 28DoDoCartoon Network, HBO Max2022
April 28Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi ChroniclesNetflix2022
April 30Mecha BuildersCartoonito, HBO Max2022–2023
May 19The Boss Baby: Back in the CribNetflix2022–2023
May 23Sea of LoveNetflix2022
May 23Slippin' JimmyAMC+2022
May 26My Little Pony: Make Your MarkNetflix2022–2023
June 3Face's Music PartyNickelodeon2022–2023
June 16Dead End: Paranormal ParkNetflix2022–2023
June 22Eureka!Disney Junior2022–2023
June 29Baymax!Disney+2022
July 8Duck & GooseApple TV+2022–2023
July 14Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon KnightNetflix2022–2023
July 15FarzarNetflix2022
July 25Bugs Bunny BuildersCartoonito, HBO Max2022–present
July 28Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next GenerationNetflix2022
July 30ChibiverseDisney Channel2022–present
August 1Big Tree CityNetflix2022
August 4Beavis and Butt-Head Paramount+2022–present
August 4Super Giant Robot BrothersNetflix2022
August 10I Am GrootDisney+2022–2023
August 12Hamster & GretelDisney Channel2022–2025
August 15Deepa & AnoopNetflix2022
August 25Little DemonFXX2022
September 1PantheonAMC+2022–2023
September 6Bee and PuppyCatNetflix2022
September 8Cars on the RoadDisney+2022
September 9The Tiny Chef ShowNickelodeon2022–2025
September 16Sago Mini FriendsApple TV+2022–2024
September 17BatwheelsCartoonito, HBO Max2022–present
September 21FirebudsDisney+, Disney Junior2022–2025
October 1Saving MeBYUtv2022–present
October 3Rosie's RulesPBS Kids2022–2024
October 5Abominable and the Invisible CityHulu, Peacock2022–2023
October 6Monster HighNickelodeon2022–2024
October 7OddballsNetflix2022–2023
October 10Spirit RangersNetflix2022–2024
October 21Oni: Thunder God's TaleNetflix2022
October 21Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The SeriesNetflix2022–2023
October 26Tales of the JediDisney+2022–present
October 27Daniel SpellboundNetflix2022–2023
November 9Zootopia+Disney+2022
November 11Transformers: EarthSparkParamount+2022–present
November 18Interrupting ChickenApple TV+2022–2023
November 21StoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix2022–2023
December 9Dragon Age: AbsolutionNetflix2022
December 15Sonic PrimeNetflix2022–2024

Deaths

January

January 4: Joan Copeland, American actress, dies at age 99.January 6: Peter Bogdanovich, American director, writer, actor, producer, critic and film historian, dies at age 82.January 9
  • * Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, television host and director, dies from head trauma at age 65.
  • * Dwayne Hickman, American actor, television executive, producer and director, dies from Parkinson's disease at age 87.
  • * KJ Schrock, American actor, dies at age 55.January 10:
  • * Ian Greenberg, Canadian businessman and media pioneer, dies at age 79.
  • * Shinji Mizushima, Japanese manga artist, dies from pneumonia at age 82.January 15: Michael Jackson, British-American talk radio host and actor, dies from Parkinson's disease at age 87.January 18: Peter Robbins, American former child actor, commits suicide at age 65.January 19: Gaspard Ulliel, French actor, dies in a skiing accident at age 37.January 20: Meat Loaf, American rock singer and actor, dies from COVID-19 at age 74.January 21: Louie Anderson, American actor, comedian, author and game show host, dies from cancer at age 68.January 23:
  • * Renato Cecchetto, Italian actor, dies from complications from a moped accident at age 70.
  • * Sandy Wogatzke, American animation checker, dies at age 95.January 25: Jonathan Finn-Gamiño, American character designer and storyboard artist, dies at age 32.January 26: Myrna Bushman, American animation checker, storyboard artist, sheet timer, production assistant, production coordinator and director, dies at age 85.January 30:
  • * Maya Buzinova, Russian animator, dies at age 92.
  • * Calvin Remsberg, American actor and stage director, dies at age 72.January 31: Flemming Quist Møller, Danish director, animator, author, drummer, screenwriter and actor, dies from a heart attack at age 79.

February

February 1:
  • * Isaac Bardavid, Brazilian actor, dies at age 90.
  • * Staci Maniskas, American ink & paint artist and final checker, dies at age 87.February 2: Robert Blalack, Panamanian-born American visual effects artist, dies from cancer at age 73.February 4: Lina Gagnon, Canadian animator, dies at age 75.February 6:
  • * Dylan Hoffman, American technical director and rigging artist, dies from a motorbike accident at age 33.
  • * Saki Nitta, Japanese actress, dies at age 31.February 8:
  • * Borivoj Dovniković, Croatian film director, animator and caricaturist, dies at age 91.
  • * Toshiya Ueda, Japanese actor, dies at age 88.
  • * Anne D. Bernstein, American television writer, dies from Parkinson's disease at age 60.February 12:
  • * Ivan Reitman, Slovak-born Canadian film and television director, screenwriter and producer, dies at age 75.
  • * Manabu Ôhashi, Japanese animator, art director, writer and director, dies at age 73.February 19: Maggy Reno Hurchalla, American environmental activist, dies from cardiac arrest at age 81.February 24: Sally Kellerman, American actress, singer and author, dies from heart failure at age 84.February 25: Farrah Forke, American actress, dies from cancer at age 54.February 27: Charles Csuri, American artist and computer art pioneer, dies at age 99.February 28:
  • * Kirk Baily, American actor, dies at age 59.
  • * Norihiro Inoue, Japanese actor, dies from colon infection at 63.

March

March 1: Conrad Janis, American jazz trombonist and actor, dies at age 94.March 2: Johnny Brown, American actor and singer, dies at age 84.March 4: Mitchell Ryan, American actor, dies from heart failure at age 88.March 7: Mia Ikumi, Japanese manga artist, dies from heart failure caused by subarachnoid hemorrhage at age 42.March 9: John Korty, American film director and animator, dies at age 85.March 10: Emilio Delgado, Mexican-American actor, dies from multiple myeloma at age 81.March 13: William Hurt, American actor, dies from prostate cancer at age 71.March 14: Akira Takarada, Japanese actor, dies at age 87.March 22: Maxie Santillan Jr., American actor, dies at age 66.March 26: Violetta Kolesnikova, Russian animator, dies at age 83.March 28: Carl Angus Bell, Canadian-American animator, dies from heart failure at age 91.

April

April 2: Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian, dies at age 93.April 5: Nehemiah Persoff, American actor and painter, dies from heart failure at age 102.April 6: Jan Rogowski, British technical director and producer, dies at age 41.April 7: Motoo Abiko, Japanese manga artist, dies at age 88.April 8: Minori Matsushima, Japanese actress, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 81.April 12: Gilbert Gottfried, American actor and comedian, dies from ventricular tachycardia at age 67.April 15:
  • * Liz Sheridan, American actress and dancer, dies at age 93.
  • * Vlasta Pospíšilová, Czech animator, screenwriter and director, dies at age 87.April 20: Robert Morse, American actor and singer, dies at age 90.April 28: Neal Adams, American comic book artist and writer, dies from complications of sepsis at age 80.April 30:
  • * Ian Wilcox, American background artist, dies from cancer at age 66.
  • * Evelyn Gabai, American color stylist and television writer, dies at an unknown age.Specific date unknown: Norma Swank-Haviland, American ink and paint artist and actor, dies at age 97.

May

May 5: Mike Hagerty, American actor dies at age 67.May 6: George Pérez, American comic book artist and writer, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 67.May 7: Robin Parkinson, English actor, dies at age 92.May 8: Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer, dies at age 74.May 18: Fernando Laverde, Colombian animator and film director, dies at age 88.May 24: Burt Medall, American animator, sheet timer and director, dies at age 76.May 26:
  • * Ray Liotta, American actor and producer, dies at age 67.
  • * Dyfrig Wyn Evans, Welsh actor and musician, dies at age 43.May 28: Bo Hopkins, American actor, dies from a heart attack at age 84.

June

June 4: Jim White, American voice actor, dies from lung cancer at age 73.June 5: Olga Orlova, Russian animator, dies at age 89.June 8: Kousuke Takeuchi, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 45.June 9:
  • * Billy Kametz, American voice actor, dies at age 35.
  • * Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor, dies at age 87.June 11: Kumiko Takizawa, Japanese voice actress, dies from a heart attack at age 69.June 12: Philip Baker Hall, American actor, dies at age 90.June 14: Everett Peck, American animator, character designer, art director and writer, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 71.June 15: Gordon Peters, English actor and comedian, dies at age 95.June 16: Ken Knowlton, American computer graphics pioneer, artist, mosaicist and portraitist, dies at age 91.June 23:
  • * Michiaki "Chumei" Watanabe, Japanese composer, dies from heart failure at age 96.
  • * Tommy Morgan, American harmonicist and session musician, dies at age 89.
  • * Steven Wilzbach, American animator, camera operator, cinematographer and producer, dies at age 69.June 27: Yuki Katsuragi, Japanese singer, dies from peritoneal cancer at age 73.

July

July 2:
  • * Mike Reynolds, American television writer and voice actor, dies at age 92.
  • * Leonid Shvartsman, Russian animator and visual artist, dies at age 101.July 4: Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese manga artist, drowns at age 60.July 6: James Caan, American actor, dies at age 82.July 8:
  • * Larry Storch, American actor and comedian, dies at age 99.
  • * Tony Sirico, American actor, dies at age 79.
  • * Gregory Itzin, American actor, dies at age 74.
  • * Wendell Washer, American storyboard artist, animator voice actor, character designer, writer and comic artist, dies at age 75.July 9: Tony Mines, English animator, writer, director and producer, dies at age 44.July 14: Jak Knight, American television writer, producer, actor and comedian, commits suicide at age 28.July 18: Vincent DeRosa, American hornist, dies at age 101.July 21: Taurean Blacque, American actor, dies at age 82.July 22: Trixie Flynn, American production assistant, dies from respiratory failure at age 74.July 23:
  • * Paul Coker Jr., American illustrator, character designer and production designer, dies at age 93.
  • * Jered Barclay, American actor, dies from MDS leukemia at age 91.July 24:
  • * David Warner, English actor, dies from cancer at age 80.
  • * Franco Zucca, Italian voice actor, dies at age 69.July 25: Paul Sorvino, American actor, dies at age 83.July 27: Bernard Cribbins, English actor and singer, dies at age 93.July 28: Ron Zimmerman, American comic book writer, television producer and writer, dies at age 64.July 30:
  • * Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer, dies from heart failure at age 89.
  • * Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian, dies from pneumonia at age 95.
  • * Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Japanese voice actor, dies from pneumonia at age 89.

August

August 1: Hiroshi Ōtake, Japanese voice actor, dies from acute heart failure at age 90.August 2: Laurie Hanson, American animation checker, dies at age 90.August 5: Clu Gulager, American actor and director, dies at age 93.August 6: Carlo Bonomi, Italian voice actor and clown, dies at age 85.August 7: Yoshifumi Ushima, Japanese singer-songwriter, dies from chronic liver cirrhosis at age 55.August 9: Raymond Briggs, English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author, dies from pneumonia at age 88.August 11: Anne Heche, American actress, dies from injuries from a car accident at age 53.August 13: Denise Dowse, American actress and director, dies from meningitis at age 64.August 17: Motomu Kiyokawa, Japanese voice actor, dies from pneumonia at age 87.August 19: Dan Ferro, American actor, dies at age 61.August 20: Maurice Kanbar, American producer, dies at age 93.August 23: Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer and director, dies at age 91.August 25:
  • * Jeffrey Leigh Howard, American animator, storyboard artist, prop designer and sheet timer, dies at age 69.
  • * Shichirō Kobayashi, Japanese background artist, storyboard artist and art director, dies from heart failure at age 89.August 28: Ralph Eggleston, American animator, storyboard artist, art director, production designer, writer and film director, dies from colon infection at age 56.

September

September 5: Sizzle Ohtaka, Japanese singer, dies at age 69.September 9: Vladimir Vyshegorodtsev, Russian animator, dies at age 72.September 12: Ryuji Mizuno, Japanese voice actor, dies from sepsis at age 70.September 14: Henry Silva, American actor, dies at age 95.September 15: Gil Alkabetz, Israeli animator, writer, producer and director, commits suicide at age 64.September 16: Marva Hicks, American singer and actress, dies at age 66.September 18: Marcello Magni, Italian actor, dies at age 63.September 19: Amber Rudolph, American animator, dies at age 43.September 21: J. Garett Sheldrew, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, writer and director, dies at age 57.September 23: Elena Prorokova, Russian animator, art director and director, dies at age 74.September 25: Rita Gardner, American singer and actress, dies at age 87.September 26: Eugene Troubetzkoy, French-born American nuclear physicist, scientist and software supporter, dies at age 91.September 28: Coolio, American rapper, record producer and actor, dies from a heart attack at age 59.

October

October 4: Loretta Lynn, American singer and songwriter, dies at age 90.October 5: Shinsuke Chikaishi, Japanese voice actor, dies from dementia at age 91.October 6: Judy Tenuta, American actress, comedian and musician, dies from ovarian cancer at age 72.October 7: Austin Stoker, Trinidadian-American actor, dies from renal failure at age 92.October 9: Susan Tolsky, American actress, dies at age 79.October 11:
  • * Angela Lansbury, Irish-English-American actress and singer, dies at age 96.
  • * Peter Siragusa, American actor, dies at age 67.October 13: Mike Schank, American actor and musician, dies from cancer at age 56.October 14:
  • * Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian, dies at age 72.
  • * Jan Rabson, American actor, dies at age 68.October 16: Claudio Biern Boyd, Spanish television writer, director and producer, dies at age 81.October 23: Michael Kopsa, Canadian actor, dies at age 66.October 24: Leslie Jordan, American actor, dies in a car crash at age 67.October 25: Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, lyricist and author, dies at age 87.

November

November 5: Aaron Carter, American singer and songwriter, dies at age 34.November 8: William Frederick Knight, American voice actor, dies at age 88.November 10: Kevin Conroy, American actor, dies at age 66.November 14: Kiyoyuki Yanada, Japanese voice actor and animation director, dies at age 57.November 19:
  • * Jonathan Gales, English animator and creative director, dies at age 36.
  • * Jason David Frank, American actor and martial artist, dies at age 49.November 25: Irene Cara, American singer, songwriter and actress, dies at age 63.November 30: George Newall, American writer, producer, and director, dies at age 88.

December

December 1: Thilo Kuther, German film producer, dies at age 58.December 6:
  • * Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and voice actor, dies at age 74 from lung cancer.
  • * Mills Lane, American boxing referee, dies at age 85.December 9: Ruth Madoc, English actress, dies at age 79.December 14: Han Peekel, Dutch comics scholar, singer and TV presenter, dies at age 75.December 15: Calpurnio, Spanish poster artist, animator, illustrator, veejay and comics artist, dies at age 63.December 16: Chris Ledesma, American music editor, dies at age 64.December 19: Andrei Svislotski, Russian animator and director, dies at age 62.December 25: Yuji Nunokawa, Japanese film director, dies at age 75.