2009 in animation
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The year 2009 involved animation-related events.
Events[]
January[]
- January 15: 's Mary and Max premiers.[1]
- January 16: Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Super Snail Adventure is released, the first film based on the Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf TV series.[2]
- January 18: The first episode of Masha and the Bear is broadcast.[citation needed]
- January 30: During the Gérardmer Film Festival Tomm Moore's The Secret of Kells premiers.[3]
February[]
- February 5: Henry Selick's Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's eponymous novel, is first released.[4]
- February 6: Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder, based on the TV series Futurama, is first shown to the public at the New York Comic Con and premiers to the public on August 30.[5][6]
- February 12: 's Alice's Birthday is released.[7]
- February 22: 81st Academy Awards:
- Wall-E wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[8]
- La Maison en Petits Cubes by Kunio Kato wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[8]
- February 23: Eddie White's The Cat Piano premiers, which features narration by Nick Cave.[9]
March[]
- March 3: Lauren Montgomery's Wonder Woman is released direct-to-dvd to positive reviews.[10]
- March 5: Jiří Barta's Toys in the Attic is released.[11]
- March 17: In The Simpsons episode In the Name of the Grandfather the family travels to Ireland.[12]
- March 24: Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman's Monsters vs. Aliens premiers.[13]
April[]
- April 1: The first episode of The Amazing Spiez! is broadcast, though it had aired on 15 March on Disney Channel (Asia) before.[14]
- April 20: The first episode of Fishtronaut is broadcast.[15]
May[]
- May 13–24: 2009 Cannes Film Festival: Both Up, produced by the Walt Disney Company, and Panique au Village (A Town Called Panic), the first film based on the eponymous TV series, premier during the festival. In the case of Up it's the first time an animated film opens the festival. In Panique au Village 's case it's the first stop-motion film to be played during the festival.[16][17]
- May 17: In The Simpsons episode Four Great Women and a Manicure Jodie Foster is special guest voice.[18]
- May 31: After more than 10 years on the air, PBS pulls Jay Jay the Jet Plane off the PBS Kids schedule.
June[]
August[]
- August 31: The first episode of Kabouter Wesley is broadcast. [21]
July[]
- July 2: Andrei Khrzhanovsky's Room and a Half is released.[22]
- July 21: Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers is released, the first CGI-animated feature film made in Belgium. It's also the first animated film based on the Belgian comics series Suske en Wiske.[23] It's also the most expensive Flemish movie of that moment.[24]
- July 22: Totally Spies! The Movie premiers, the first film based on the eponymous TV series.[25]
September[]
- September 3: 66th Venice International Film Festival: Tarik Saleh's Metropia premiers.[26]
- September 7:
- The first episode of Dinosaur Train airs.[27]
- The first episode of Wibbly Pig is broadcast.[28]
- September 9: Shane Acker's 9 premiers.[29]
- September 15: The first episode of Geronimo Stilton airs.[30]
- September 17: The first episode of Archer is broadcast.[31][32]
- September 22:
- Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is first released.[33]
- Rob Zombie releases The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, which is directly based on his comic book of the same name.[34]
- September 27: The first episode of The Cleveland Show airs, a spin-off of Family Guy revolving around Cleveland Brown.[35]
- September 29: The King of Milu Deer is released, the first Chinese CGI-animated film.[36]
October[]
- October 2: The first episode of Kung Fu Dino Posse airs.
- October 5: The first episode of Les Mistigris (Lulu's Islands) is broadcast.[37]
- October 12: The first episode of Fanboy & Chum Chum is broadcast as a preview, then has its official first broadcast on November 6, 2009 after SpongeBob's Truth or Square.[38]
- October 14: Wes Anderson's stop-motion film Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on Roald Dahl's eponymous children's book, is first shown to the public during the London Film Festival.[39]
- October 26: The first episode of Have a Laugh! airs.
November[]
- November 3: Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol, with the voice of Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge, premiers.[40][41]
- November 8: The final episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy is broadcast, after a decade run.[42][43]
- November 14: 's Planet 51 premiers.[44]
- Specific date unknown: The first episode of The Samsonadzes is broadcast.[45]
December[]
- December 11: The Princess and the Frog is released, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the first Walt Disney Company production with an African-American lead character.[46][47]
- December 30: Little Nemo, Quasi at the Quackadero, The Red Book and Scratch and Crow are added to the National Film Registry.[48][49]
Specific date unknown[]
- Michael P. Heneghan's The Romantic is released.[50][51]
Awards[]
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Up
- Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: WALL-E[52]
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: Coraline and Mary and Max
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Up
- Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Mary and Max
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Up
- European Film Award for Best Animated Film: Mia and the Migoo
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Planet 51
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: Summer Wars
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: Summer Wars
- Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: Summer Wars
Films released[]
Television series debuts[]
Date | Title | Channel | Year |
---|---|---|---|
January 3 | Huntik: Secrets & Seekers | TheCW4Kids, Nicktoons | 2009–15 |
January 23 | Wolverine and the X-Men | Nicktoons | 2009 |
January 26 | Olivia | Nick Jr. | 2009–13 |
February 13 | Jimmy Two-Shoes | Disney XD | 2009–11 |
March 5 | League of Super Evil | Cartoon Network | 2009–12 |
April 4 | Special Agent Oso | Playhouse Disney | |
April 6 | Timmy Time | ||
April 19 | Sit Down, Shut Up | Fox | 2009 |
April 24 | Iron Man: Armored Adventures | Nicktoons | 2009–12 |
June 15 | DJ & the Fro | MTV | 2009 |
July 16 | Stoked | Cartoon Network | 2009–10 |
August 17 | Glenn Martin, DDS | Nick at Nite | 2009–11 |
August 29 | Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 | Cartoon Network | |
September 7 | Dinosaur Train | PBS Kids | 2009–present |
September 12 | Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps | 2009–10 | |
September 17 | Archer | FX, FXX | 2009–present |
September 19 | Noonbory and the Super Seven | Cookie Jar TV | 2009 |
Being Ian | Qubo | 2009–present | |
Class of the Titans | 2009–present | ||
Spliced | 2009–10 | ||
Willa's Wild Life | 2009–present | ||
Pearlie | 2009–11 | ||
September 26 | Jungle Junction | Playhouse Disney | 2009–12 |
September 27 | The Cleveland Show | Fox | 2009–13 |
Titan Maximum | Adult Swim | 2009 | |
October 12 | Fanboy & Chum Chum | Nickelodeon | 2009–12 |
November 2 | The Garfield Show | Cartoon Network | 2009–16 |
November 9 | Guess with Jess | Qubo | 2009–13 |
Television series endings[]
Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 18 | Viva Piñata | TheCW4Kids | 2006–09 | Cancelled |
Moral Orel | Adult Swim | 2005–09 | Ended | |
January 23 | Slacker Cats | ABC Family | 2007–09 | Cancelled |
January 24 | Tak and the Power of Juju | Nickelodeon | ||
February 28 | Sushi Pack | CBS | ||
March 30 | The Replacements | Disney Channel | 2006–09 | |
April 18 | Yin Yang Yo! | Disney XD | ||
May 2 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Nicktoons Network | 2003–09 | Ended |
May 3 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Cartoon Network | 2004–09 | |
May 23 | Transformers: Animated | 2007–09 | Cancelled | |
June 28 | Three Delivery | Nicktoons Network | 2008–09 | |
August 7 | The Goode Family | ABC | 2009 | |
August 14 | Random! Cartoons | Nicktoons Network | 2008–09 | |
September 18 | Pinky Dinky Doo | Noggin | 2006–09 | |
October 19 | The Mr. Men Show | Cartoon Network | 2008–09 | |
November 8 | Ed, Edd n Eddy | 1999–2009 | Ended | |
November 18 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | TheCW4Kids | 2008–09 | |
November 21 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2003–09 | ||
Sit Down, Shut Up | Fox | 2009 | Cancelled | |
November 22 | Titan Maximum | Adult Swim | ||
November 29 | Wolverine and the X-Men | Nicktoons | ||
December 12 | Noonbory and the Super 7 | Cookie Jar TV | 2009 | Discontinued internationally |
December 22 | Little Einsteins | Playhouse Disney | 2005–09 | Ended |
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 23: Hisayuki Toriumi, Japanese animator (Tatsunoko Production, Sunrise, Studio Pierrot), animated film director and producer (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), screenwriter and novelist, dies at age 67.[53]
February[]
- February 5: Albert Barillé, Polish-French animator, screenwriter and animated film producer (Procidis, Once Upon a Time...), dies at age 88.[54]
- February 13: Johnny Hawksworth, British musician and composer (wrote the theme song for Roobarb), dies at age 85.[55]
May[]
- May 4: Dom DeLuise, American actor (voice of Jeremy in The Secret of NIMH, Tiger in An American Tail, Fagin in Oliver & Company, Itchy Itchiford in All Dogs Go to Heaven, Stanley in A Troll in Central Park, Koosalagoopagoop in Dexter's Laboratory), dies at age 75.[56]
- May 19: Wayne Allwine, American actor (voice of Mickey Mouse since 1977), dies at age 62.
- May 21: Joan Alexander, American actress (voice of Lois Lane in Superman), dies at age 94.[57]
June[]
- June 9: Dave Simons, American comics artist, storyboard artist and animator (Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Exosquad, The Zula Patrol, Maya and Miguel), dies at age 54.[58]
- June 25: Michael Jackson, American soul and pop singer (voice of Leon Kompowski in The Simpsons episode Stark Raving Dad), passes away at age 50.[59]
July[]
- July 6: Alfons Figueras, Spanish animator and comics artist (MGM animation, RKO Radio Network, Hispano Graphic Films), dies at age 86.[60]
- July 14: Dallas McKennon, American voice actor (voice of Inspector Willoughby and Buzz Buzzard in Woody Woodpecker, voice of Gumby and other characters in Gumby, the Professor at the zoo, Toughy the bulldog, Pedro the chihuahua, the Hyena in Lady and the Tramp, Maleficent's raven and Vernon the owl in Sleeping Beauty, the Fox and one of the penguins in Mary Poppins, Max in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Archie Andrews, Hot Dog and Mr. Weatherbee in The Archie Show), dies at age 89.[61]
- July 21:
- July 22: John Ryan, British comics artist and animator (Captain Pugwash), dies at age 88.[64]
August[]
- August 15: Virginia Davis, American actress (Alice in Walt Disney's Alice Comedies), dies at age 90.[65]
September[]
- September 14: Henry Gibson, American actor (voice of Wilbur in Charlotte's Web, Eleroo in The Wuzzles, Dr. Applecheek in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Lord Pain in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), dies at age 73.[66]
- September 24: Robert Sahakyants, Armenian animator and animated film director (The Lesson), dies at age 59.[67]
October[]
- October 20: Attila Dargay, Hungarian animator, animated film director and comics artist (Mattie the Goose-boy, Vuk, Szaffi), passes away at age 82.[68]
December[]
- December 16: Roy E. Disney, American animated film director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 79 from stomach cancer.[69]
- December 30: Dana Landsberg, American animator and artist, dies at age 45.
See also[]
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External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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