2024 in animation

Events

January

• * The first Mickey Mouse short film, Steamboat Willie, entered the public domain in the United States.
• * Among the twenty-one titles, Abby Hatcher, Butterbean's Café, Nella the Princess Knight, Sunny Day and T.U.F.F. Puppy were removed from Paramount+.January 4: The series premiere of Studio Trigger's anime adaptation of Delicious in Dungeon was released on Netflix.January 7:
• * Grimsburg premiered on Fox as a sneak preview.
• * Season 4 of The Great North premiered on Fox with the episode "Bad Speecher Adventure".January 11: The third and final season of Sonic Prime premiered on Netflix.January 12: [Walt Walt Disney Pictures|Disney Pictures|Disney] and Pixar's Soul was released in theaters, after being a stream-exclusive on Disney+ on December 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.January 13:
• * The Ghost and Molly McGee ended on Disney Channel, with the episodes "Jinx vs. the Human World" and "The End".
• * Craig Before the Creek makes its television premiere on Cartoon Network after being released exclusively for Digital services last month.January 15: Mari Okada's original anime film Maboroshi, by Studio Mappa, premiered on Netflix internationally four months after having a theatrical premiere in Japan in September 2023.January 16: The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj premiered on Nicktoons in the United States.January 18: The first four episodes of Vivienne Medrano's independent adult animated series Hazbin Hotel premiered on Prime Video.January 21: Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation, a 25-minute prequel/one-off special of One Piece, premiered on Netflix.January 25:
• * Masters of the Universe: Revolution premiered on Netflix.
• * Episodes 5 and 6 of Hazbin Hotel was released on Amazon Prime Video.January 31: Anime series Four Knights of the Apocalypse premiered on Netflix.

February

• * Episodes 7 and 8 of Hazbin Hotel was released on Prime Video.
• * Season 3 of Clone High premiered on Max.February 2:
• * DreamWorks Animation's Orion and the Dark film was released as a Netflix-exclusive.
• * Paramount Animation's The Tiger's Apprentice premiered on Paramount+.
• * The second season of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur premiered on Disney Channel.
• * First of six half-hour Care Bears: Unlock the Magic specials, "The Quest for the Rainbow Stone", premiered on Max, which was followed by its American broadcast on Boomerang in the United States the next day on February 3.February 5: Lyla in the Loop premiered on PBS Kids.February 7: Disney's Bob Iger announced in a CNBC interview before the studio's Q1 earnings that the studio was turning a planned Moana television series into a feature sequel for theatrical release in November.February 9: Disney and Pixar's Turning Red was released in theaters, after being a stream-exclusive on Disney+ on March 11, 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.February 12:
• * The SpongeBob SquarePants, special episode, titled "Squidiot Box", premiered on Nickelodeon, it was the first of a series of special episodes released to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary.
• * Rock Paper Scissors premiered on Nickelodeon.February 14: The first episode of MechWest, "Where the West Begins, Part 1", was released on YouTube.February 17: The 51st Annie Awards were held.February 21: The final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiered on Disney+.February 23: The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy premiered on Prime Video.February 28: Streaming television series Iwájú, which is a collaboration between Walt Disney Animation Studios and Kugali Media, premiered on Disney+.

March

• * Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony, the 43rd film in the Doraemon franchise, was released in Japanese cinemas by Toho. It serves as a special project to honor deceased manga artists Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko of Fujiko Fujio.
• * Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate premiered on Peacock.March 4: Mattel Television's Hot Wheels Let's Race premiered on Netflix.March 7: The first batch of English-dubbed episodes of Pokémon Horizons: The Series premiered on Netflix in the United States, almost eleven months after its Japanese television release on April 14, 2023.March 8:
• * DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 4 was released.
• * The second of six half-hour Care Bears: Unlock the Magic specials, "Grumpy's Ginormous Adventure", premiered on Max, which was followed by its American broadcast on Boomerang in the United States the next day on March 9.
• * Season 2 of Tiny Toons Looniversity premiered on Max.March 10:
• * 96th Academy Awards:
• ** Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron directed by Hayao Miyazaki wins Best Animated Feature, making it the first 2-D animated film to win since Miyazaki's own Spirited Away in 2003.
• ** War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko directed by Dave Mullins wins Best Animated Short Film.
• * Nintendo and Illumination announced that a sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie is in production as part of Mario Day celebrations.March 15: The season 17 finale episode of Upin & Ipin premiered on TV2, Astro Ceria, Astro Prima and MNCTV.March 20: X-Men '97 premiered on Disney+.March 22:
• * The Casagrandes Movie premiered on Netflix.
• * Disney and Pixar's Luca was released in theaters, after being a stream-exclusive on Disney+ on June 18, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.March 25: The ninth season of Gabby's Dollhouse premiered on Netflix.March 28: Among ten titles, Blue's Clues & You!, Big Nate and Rugrats were removed from Paramount+.March 29: The seventh and penultimate episode of Murder Drones, titled "Mass Destruction", was released on YouTube on the channel.

April

• * The second season of SuperKitties premiered on Disney Channel in the United States.
• * The second season of Monsters at Work premiered on Disney Channel in the United States, followed by its Disney+ premiere a month later on May 5.April 12:
• * The live-action/animated Woody Woodpecker sequel film Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp premiered on Netflix.
• * Dora, a reboot series of Dora the Explorer, premiered on Paramount+.April 17:
• * Wit Studio's dark fantasy anthology anime series The Grimm Variations premiered as a Netflix exclusive.
• * The eighteen season of Upin & Ipin, titled "Ramadan Diberkati", premiered on Astro Prima and MNCTV on This Season Finale Before replaced on RCTI.
• * Family Guy 22nd season finale, titled "Faith No More", premiered on Fox.April 21: The third-season finale of Bluey, titled "Surprise!", premiered on both ABC Kids and Disney+.April 25: Season 2 of Velma premiered on Max.April 26:
• * The live-action/animated Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off television series, Knuckles, premiered on Paramount+.
• * The first Helluva Boss short, titled "Hell's Belles", was released on YouTube.
• * DreamWorks announced a feature-length adaptation of the Netflix series Gabby's Dollhouse to be released in 2025, as one of their first live action hybrid flims.

May

• * The season finale of X-Men '97 premiered on Disney+.
• * Episodes 6–9 from Season 4 of Big City Greens were released on Disney+.May 17:
• * Tom Kenny reveals that his well-known character SpongeBob SquarePants is canonically Autistic.
• * Jared Hess and Lynn Wang's musical film adaptation of Aaron Blabey's children's book series Thelma the Unicorn premiered on Netflix.May 18: Hailey's On It! airs its final episode on Disney Channel.May 19: The 35th season finale of The Simpsons, titled "Bart's Brain", premiered on Fox.May 20: The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, the sequel series to The Fairly OddParents, premiered on Nickelodeon.May 21:
• * Angry Birds Mystery Island premiered on Prime Video.
• * It was reported that 175 members of Pixar's workforce were laid off by The Walt Disney Company as part of the company's reconstruction.May 24:
• * Studio Colorido's second Netflix-exclusive feature film, titled My Oni Girl, premiered simultaneously in Japanese theaters and on Netflix internationally.
• * Columbia Pictures and Alcon Entertainment's The Garfield Movie was released.
• * South Park: The End of Obesity premiered on Paramount+.May 26: The second season of My Adventures with Superman premiered on Adult Swim.May 29: Japanese anime studio Gainax, files for bankruptcy.May 31:
• * The second part of the first season of the Max original series Scavengers Reign premiered on Netflix in the United States, following its cancellation at Max.
• * The eighth episode in Season 2 of Helluva Boss, titled "The Full Moon", premiered on YouTube.

June

• * Feature film Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation premiered on Disney Channel in the United States, followed by its Disney+ release the next day on June 7.
• * The Loud House concludes its seventh season on Nickelodeon with the episode "Love Me Tenor".
• June 10: Season 8 of The Loud House begins on Nickelodeon with the premiere of the episode "Homeward Bound".June 14:
• * Pixar's Inside Out 2 was released.
• * Camp Snoopy premiered on Apple TV+.
• * Ultraman: Rising premiered on Netflix.June 21: No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie premiered on both Nickelodeon and Paramount+ in the United States.
• June 22:
• *Lay-duce's anime series adaptation of Nakaba Suzuki's Rising Impact premiered on Netflix.
• *The ninth episode in Season 2 of Helluva Boss, titled "Apology Tour", premiered on YouTube.June 25: MeTV Toons, a new 24-hour network devoted to classic cartoons was launched.June 27:
• * The first three episodes of Suicide Squad Isekai premiered simultaneously on Hulu and Max in the United States.
• * Ariel premiered on Disney Junior.June 28:
• * Skydance Animation's WondLa premiered on Apple TV+.
• * Zombies: The Re-Animated Series premiered on Disney Channel.

July

• July 3: Illumination's Despicable Me 4 was released.July 5:
• * Yoshiyuki Momose's anime film The Imaginary premiered on Netflix globally.
• *The third of six half-hour Care Bears: Unlock the Magic specials, "The Star of a Thousand Wishes", premiered on Max.
• July 10: The second and final season of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years premiered on Paramount+, before airing on Nickelodeon the next year.
• July 11: Sausage Party: Foodtopia premiered on Amazon Prime Video.
• July 12: Television series adaptation of The Oatmeal's Exploding Kittens tabletop card game premiered on Netflix.July 15: The second season of Hit-Monkey premiered on Hulu.
• July 16: The 300th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, titled "In the Mood to Feud", premiered on Nickelodeon as part of a series of special episodes to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary.July 17:
• *Season 2 of T・P Bon premiered on Netflix.
• *SpongeBob SquarePants celebrated its 25th anniversary with an episode titled "Mooned!", which premiered on Nickelodeon. It aired exactly 25 years after the official series premiere in 1999.
• July 18: SpongeBob SquarePants celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special episode titled "Hysterical History", premiered on Nickelodeon as part of a series of special episodes to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary.
• July 24: The fifteenth season of SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon.July 25: Primos premiered on Disney Channel, followed by its Disney+ release the next day on July 26.July 29: Season 9 of Futurama premiered on Hulu.July 31: The second Helluva Boss short, titled "Mission: Antarctica", was released on YouTube.

August

• * Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered on Paramount+.
• * At Disney's D23 exposition, Pixar announced a new original film Hoppers for 2026, and announced that a third The Incredibles film was in the works with Brad Bird directing. On the television side, Pixar also formally announced an Inside Out spin-off, Dream Productions for Disney+ for 2025.
• * Warner Bros. Pictures leaves production of Sony Pictures Animation's Fixed.August 22:
• * Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie premiered on Netflix.
• * Iginio Straffi's Mermaid Magic series premiered on Netflix.August 23: The eighth and final episode of Murder Drones, titled "Absolute End", was released on YouTube on the channel.August 29: Skydance and Production I.G's anime series, Terminator Zero, premiered on Netflix.August 31: The third Helluva Boss short, "Mission: Weeaboo-Boo", was released on YouTube.

September

• * The fourth Helluva Boss short, titled "Mission: Chupacabras", was released on YouTube.
• * Season 36 of The Simpsons premiered on Fox with the episode "Bart's Birthday", guest starring the following actors: John Cena, Joel McHale, Mark Proksch, Seth Rogen, and Amy Sedaris; also featuring returning guest stars such as Danny DeVito and Tom Hanks.
• * Season 15 of Bob's Burgers premiered on Fox with the episode "The Tina Table: The Tables Have Tina-ed".September 30:
• * Boomerang shuts down its streaming service with its programming being moved to Max.
• * Futurama concludes its ninth season on Hulu.

October

• * DreamWorks Animation Television's The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist premiered on Netflix.
• * Season 2 of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai premiered on Max.
• * The final episode of Velma premieres on Max.October 4:
• * The final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks premieres on Paramount+.
• * Science Saru's anime series adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu's "Dan Da Dan" premiered on Netflix globally.
• * The fifth of six half-hour Care Bears: Unlock the Magic specials, "The Mystery of the Snickering Ghost", premiered on Max.
• * The third episode of The Amazing Digital Circus, titled "The Mystery of Mildenhall Manor", was released on YouTube and Netflix along with the second and first episodes.October 5: The second Halloween special of Kiff, titled "The Haunting of Miss McGravy's House", premiered on Disney Channel.October 10:
• * Legendary Television's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft premiered on Netflix.
• * The SpongeBob SquarePants hour-long Halloween special, titled "Kreepaway Kamp", premiered on both Nickelodeon and Paramount+.October 11:
• * Dragon Ball Daima premiered.
• * Focus Features and Universal Pictures animated documentary Piece by Piece, a biography-film about Pharrell Williams told through Lego, was released.October 14:
• * The second season of Pupstruction premiered on Disney Jr. in the United States.
• * The Family Guy Halloween special, titled "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater", was released as a Hulu exclusive.
• * DreamWorks Animation Television's Mighty MonsterWheelies premiered on Netflix.October 16: Sing: Thriller, a Halloween short film based on Illumination's Sing franchise, was released on Netflix.October 28: Season 21 of American Dad! lremiered on TBS with the episode "The Grocery Store Bank". The season's premiere watched by only 230,000 viewers that night, marking another low in the show's viewership.October 30: Max & the Midknights premiered on Nickelodeon.October 31: The tenth episode in Season 2 of Helluva Boss, titled "Ghostf**kers", premiered on YouTube.

November

• November 9: Episodes 1-3 of the second and final season of Arcane premiered on Netflix as part of Act I.
• November 11: The SpongeBob SquarePants half-hour special episode, titled "Snow Yellow", premiered on Nickelodeon. It is a parody of the 1937 Disney fairytale feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
• November 14: Carl the Collector premiered on PBS Kids.November 16: Episodes 4-6 of the final season of Arcane premiered on Netflix as part of Act II.November 20:
• * Pamela Hayden, American actress who voiced Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones and more, retired from The Simpsons after 35 years.November 22: Skydance Animation's second feature film Spellbound premiered on Netflix.November 23: Episodes 7-9 of the final season of Arcane premiered on Netflix as part of Act III, concluding the series.
• November 25: Season 4 of The Creature Cases was released on Netflix.
• November 27: Walt Disney Animation Studios' Moana 2 was released.
• November 29: The eleventh episode in Season 2 of Helluva Boss, titled "Mastermind", premiered on YouTube.
• November 30: The 400th episode and eighth-season finale of Teen Titans Go! premiered on Cartoon Network.

December

• December 1: Almost all of Netflix's interactive titles were removed.
• December 2: The SpongeBob SquarePants half-hour stop motion Christmas special titled "Sandy's Country Christmas", premiered on both Nickelodeon and Paramount+, it also served as the fourteenth season finale of the series.
• December 4: Locksmith Animation's second feature film That Christmas premiered on Netflix.December 5:
• *Titmouse's Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld premiered on Netflix.
• * DC Studios's Creature Commandos premiered on Max.
• * Part 1 of the third and final season of Beastars premiered on Netflix.December 10: Secret Level premiered on Amazon Prime Video.December 11: Pixar's Dream Productions, a series spin-off of the Inside Out film franchise, premiered on Disney+.December 13:
• * The animated feature-length Lord of the Rings film, The War of the Rohirrim, from Warner Bros. Pictures, was released.
• * The fourth episode of The Amazing Digital Circus, titled "Fast Food Masquerade", was released on YouTube and Netflix.
• December 17:
• * Fleischer Studios' KoKo's Earth Control is added to the National Film Registry.
• * It was reported that a character's storyline in a then-upcoming Pixar series Win or Lose had been altered so that the character in question would no longer be transgender, even though Pixar had originally described the character as transgender, and cast a transgender girl to voice the role. Subsequent follow-up by The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the episode had already originally been finished with the transgender storyline, requiring added expense to alter the episode, and that Pixar had also been asked to downplay the environmentalism themes of their upcoming film Hoppers.December 19:
• * The final episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks premiered on Paramount+.
• * Several Nickelodeon shows including Doug, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Penguins of Madagascar, Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks and many others were removed from Paramount+.December 20:
• * The live-action/animated film Sonic the Hedgehog 3 from Paramount Pictures was released.
• * Mufasa: The Lion King from Walt Disney Studios was released.December 21: Season 2 finale of Vivienne Medrano's independent webseries Helluva Boss, titled "Sinsmas", was released on YouTube.December 22:
• * The final season of What If...? premiered on Disney+.
• * The 5th & final season of The Great North begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "The Lies Aquatic Adventure".December 25: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl premiered on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom before its premiere on Netflix internationally on January 3, 2025.

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
• Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: War Is Over!
• American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: Memoir of a Snail
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent: Robot Dreams
• Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production: Blue Eye Samurai
• Astra Film Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation: Crab Day
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Feature: Nimona
• César Award for Best Animated Film: Chicken for Linda!
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
• Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Robot Dreams
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: The Boy and the Heron
• Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Robot Dreams
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: The Boy and the Heron
• Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film: Maboroshi
• Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Award for Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: The Boy and the Heron
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
• Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Tokyo Anime Award: The First Slam Dunk
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Robot Dreams
• Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse''

Television series debuts

Deaths

January

• * Chita Rivera, American actress, dies at age 91.
• * Hinton Battle, American actor, dies at age 67.

February

• * Greg Finley, American voice actor, dies at age 76.
• * Mark Gustafson, American animator, dies from a heart attack at age 64.
• * Carl Weathers, American actor, director and former football linebacker, dies at age 76.February 2: Claudio Rissi, Argentine actor, dies at age 67.February 6: Tommy Karlsen Sandum, Norwegian actor, dies at age 48.February 8: Bon Ishihara, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 68.February 12: Tamas Deak, Hungarian composer and conductor, dies at age 95.February 13: Alain Dorval, French voice actor, dies at age 77.February 15: Anne Whitfield, American actress, dies at age 85.February 16: Ben Lanzarone, American composer, dies at age 85.February 20: Vladimir Samsonov, Russian director, dies at age 87.February 21: Pamela Salem, British actress, dies at age 80.February 22:
• * Kent Melton, American animation sculptor, dies at age 68.
• * Paila Pavese, Italian actress, dies at age 81.February 23: Chris Gauthier, English-born Canadian actor, dies at age 48.February 24: Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor, dies at age 49.February 27:
• * Richard Lewis, American actor and comedian, dies at age 76.
• * Masaaki Maeda, Japanese actor, dies at age 91.

March

• * Mark Dodson, American voice actor, dies at age 64.
• * Janice Burgess, American television writer, producer and executive, dies at age 72.March 4: Tarako, Japanese voice actress, dies at age 63.March 5: Debra Byrd, American singer and vocal coach, dies at age 72.March 8: Angelo Nicotra, Italian voice actor, dies at age 75.March 10: Mutsumi Inomata, Japanese animator, dies at age 63.March 13: György Gát, Hungarian director and producer, dies at age 77.March 14: Minori Terada, Japanese actor, dies at age 81.March 16: David Seidler, British-American screenwriter, dies at age 86.March 18: James M. Ward, American game designer and screenwriter, dies at age 72.March 19: M. Emmet Walsh, American actor, dies at age 88.March 21: Christian Rodska, English actor, dies at age 78.March 22: Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and writer, dies at age 98.March 23:
• * Daniel Beretta, French actor, dies at age 77.
• * Eli Noyes, American animator, dies at age 81.March 24:
• * Zoila Quiñones, Mexican actress, dies at age 83.
• * Kay Benbow, British television executive, dies at age 62.March 25:
• * Paula Weinstein, American producer, dies at age 78.
• * Alejandro Fried, Uruguayan-Argentine animator and comic artist, dies at age 58.March 29: Louis Gossett Jr., American actor, dies at age 87.March 30: Chance Perdomo, American actor, dies at age 27.

April

May

• * Dabney Coleman, American actor and voice actor dies at age 92.
• * Verónica Toussaint, Mexican actress and television presenter, dies at age 48.May 17:
• * Peter Bennett, American art director, dies at age 56.
• * Hideyuki Umezu, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 68.May 20: Eiko Masuyama, Japanese voice actress, dies at age 88.May 22: Darryl Hickman, American actor, dies at age 92.May 25:
• * Richard M. Sherman, American songwriter, dies at age 95.
• * Albert S. Ruddy, American producer, dies at age 94.May 27:
• * Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster, dies at age 71.
• * Elizabeth MacRae, American actress, dies at age 88.May 30: Akira Shigino, Japanese animator, dies at age 70.May 31: Martin Starger, American producer, dies at age 92.

June

• * Luc Mazel, Belgian comic artist and animator, dies at age 92.
• * Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor, dies at age 88.
• * Alessandra Valeri Manera, Italian screenwriter and songwriter, dies at age 67.June 25: Bill Cobbs, American actor, dies at age 90.June 26: Taiki Matsuno, Japanese actor, dies at age 56.June 27: Martin Mull, American actor, comedian and musician, dies at age 80.June 29: Sigifredo Vega, Colombian actor, dies at age 77.

July

• * Richard Simmons, American fitness personality, dies at age 76.
• * Shannen Doherty, American actress, dies at age 53.
• * James B. Sikking, American actor, dies at age 90.July 15: Whitney Rydbeck, American actor, dies at age 79.July 18: Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian, dies at age 94.July 29: Erica Ash, American actress, dies from breast cancer at age 46.

August

• August 14: Gena Rowlands, American actress, dies at age 94.August 18: Boris Bystrov, Russian actor, dies at age 79.August 20: Atsuko Tanaka, Japanese actress, dies at age 61.August 23:
• * Wojciech Paszkowski, Polish actor, dies at age 64.
• * István Pathó, Hungarian actor, dies at age 89.August 24: Karel Heřmánek, Czech actor, dies at age 76.August 30: Fatman Scoop, American rapper, dies at age 53.

September

• * Brian Trueman, English screenwriter and actor, dies at age 92.
• * Eric Gilliland, American screenwriter and actor. dies at age 62.September 2: James Darren, American actor and singer, dies at age 88.September 4: Bernie Mireault, Canadian comic book artist and animator, dies at age 63.September 5:
• * Manuel Antín, Argentinian director, dies at age 98.
• * Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian musician, dies at age 83.September 6: Will Jennings, American lyricist, dies at age 80.September 8:
• * Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress, dies at age 61.
• * Peter Renaday, American actor, dies at age 89.
• * Philip Williams, Canadian actor, dies at age 70.September 9: James Earl Jones, American actor, dies at age 93.September 11: Nigel Lambert, English voice actor, dies at age 80.September 16: Barbara Leigh-Hunt, English actress, dies at age 88.September 17: Florence Warner, American singer, dies at age 77.September 19: Daniel Fanego, Argentine actor, dies at age 69.September 20:
• * David Graham, English actor, dies at age 99.
• * Kathryn Crosby, American actress and singer, dies at age 90.September 23: Gary Reineke, American-Canadian actor, dies at age 84.September 26: John Ashton, American actor, dies at age 76.September 27: Maggie Smith, English actress, dies at age 89.September 28: Kris Kristofferson, American actor and musician, dies at age 88.September 29: Nobuyo Ōyama, Japanese actress, dies at age 90.September 30:
• * Gavin Creel, American actor, dies at age 48.
• * Bob Foster, American animator, storyboard artist, comic writer, editor and president of The Animation Guild, dies at age 81.
• * Ken Page, American actor and singer, dies at age 70.
• * Frank Fritz, American antique picker and reality television host, dies at age 58.
• * Robert Watts, British producer and actor, dies at age 86.

October

• * Liam Payne, British singer, dies at 31.
• * Danny Mandia, Filipino dubbing director, dies at age 70.October 17: Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor, dies at age 76.October 23: Jack Jones, American singer, dies at age 86.October 28: Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor, dies at age 83.October 29: Teri Garr, American actress, dies at age 79.October 31:
• * Candy Devine, Australian radio broadcaster and singer, dies at age 85.
• * Greg Hildebrandt, American poster artist and character designer, dies at age 85.

November

• * Alan Rachins, American actor, dies at age 82.
• * Jonathan Haze, American actor, dies at age 95.November 3: Quincy Jones, American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer, dies at age 91.November 5: Elwood Edwards, American voice actor, dies at age 74.November 6:
• * Tony Todd, American actor, dies at age 69.
• * Michie Kita, Japanese voice actress, dies at age 89.November 9: George Wilkins, American composer, dies at age 90.November 12:
• * Timothy West, English actor, dies at age 90.
• * Eiji Yanagisawa, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 57.November 13: Dan Hennessey, Canadian voice actor, dies at age 82.November 15: Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor, dies at age 66.November 20:
• * Andy Paley, American songwriter, composer, and record producer, dies at age 72.
• * Peter Maddocks, English editorial cartoonist, comic artist and animator, dies at age 96.November 23:
• * Julio Medina, Colombian actor, dies at age 91.
• * Chuck Woolery, American game show host and musician, dies at age 83.November 24: Yōji Kuri, Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker dies at age 96.November 25: Earl Holliman, American actor, dies at age 96.November 27:
• * Adam Somner, American producer and assistant director, dies at age 57.
• * Morgan Lofting, American actress, dies at age 84.

December

• * Márcia Gomes, Brazilian voice actress, dies at age 77.
• * David Weatherley, British-born New Zealand actor, dies at age 85.December 13: Diane Delano, American actress, dies at age 67.December 20: John Erwin, American actor, dies at age 88.December 21: Art Evans, American actor, dies at age 82.December 22: Roze Stiebra, Latvian animator, dies at age 82.December 25: Britt Allcroft, English writer, producer, director and voice actress, dies at age 81.December 27: Olivia Hussey, British-Argentine actress, dies at age 73.December 29:
• * Linda Lavin, American actress and singer, dies at age 87.
• * Mike Toth, American animator, dies at an unknown age.December 30: John Capodice, American actor, dies at age 83.