2014 in animation
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This is a list of events in animation in 2014.
Events[]
January[]
- January 12: The couch gag in The Simpsons episode, Married to the Blob, is animated by Bill Plympton. This is the third time he received this honor. In the same episode, the long-time single Comic Book Guy marries manga artist, Kumiko Nakamura.[1]
February[]
- February 1: The 41st Annie Awards are held.
- February 22: During the 87th Academy Awards, Frozen by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The song Let It Go, from the same movie, written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[2] Mr. Hublot by Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[2]
March[]
April[]
- April 1: Cav Bøgelund's Våbenbrødre (Brothers in Arms), an animated short aimed at mature audiences about Danish soldiers during the Afghan War, premiers.[4]
- April 27: The couch gag of The Simpsons episode, What to Expect When Bart's Expecting, is animated by Michael Socha.[5]
- April 27: Nickelodeon celebrates it's 35th Anniversary
May[]
- May 4: In The Simpsons episode, Brick Like Me, large parts of the episode are animated in the style of Lego.[6]
June[]
- In Belgium Karolien Raeymaekers makes an animated short, Oma, about her late grandmother, as her final exam for the KASK film school in Ghent. The film will be posted on Cartoon Brew later that year and win several awards.[7][8][9]
August[]
- August 22:
- The first episode of Bojack Horseman
September[]
- September 28:
- Fox replaces its Animation Domination block with a new block called Sunday Funday in move to acknowledge that an hour of the Sunday night schedule has live-action sitcoms and is no longer fully made up of animated shows.
- The Simpsons episode, Clown in the Dumps, is broadcast with a couch gag animated by Don Hertzfeldt. It had been announced months earlier that a recurring character on the show would die. This character's identity is revealed: Hyman Krustofsky, father of Krusty the Clown.[10]
- A crossover episode between The Simpsons and Family Guy is broadcast. known as The Simpsons Guy.[11]
October[]
- October 2: Alan Becker Releases "Animator vs Animation IV" on YouTube
- October 13: Hub Network is re-branded as Discovery Family; Hasbro remains a minority partner and programs the network's daytime lineup with children's animated programs carried over from Hub Network, while its primetime lineup was replaced with reruns of non-fiction programs from Discovery Channel's library.
November[]
- November 2: In The Simpsons episode Opposites A-Frack, actress Jane Fonda is a special guest voice, voicing Maxine Lombard.[12]
- November 7: Disney releases Big Hero 6.
- November 9: The episode Simpsorama is first broadcast, a crossover between The Simpsons and Futurama.[13]
December[]
- December 17: Luxo Jr. and Moon Breath Beat are added to the National Film Registry.[14][15]
Awards[]
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Big Hero 6
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Feast
- Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: The Boy and the World
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie
- César Award for Best Animated Film: Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
- European Film Award for Best Animated Film: The Art of Happiness
- Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: The Wind Rises
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: The Wound
- Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: Giovanni's Island
Films released[]
Television series debuts[]
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Numb Chucks | YTV | 2014–16 |
| January 13 | Chozen | FX | 2014 |
| January 20 | Sheriff Callie's Wild West | Disney Junior | 2014–17 |
| February 3 | Wallykazam! | Nick Jr. | |
| February 12 | Mixels | Cartoon Network | 2014–16 |
| February 17 | Breadwinners | Nickelodeon | |
| March 12 | Nerds and Monsters | YTV | |
| April 2 | TripTank | Comedy Central | |
| April 9 | The Tom and Jerry Show | Cartoon Network, Boomerang | 2014–21 |
| April 14 | Clarence | Cartoon Network | 2014–18 |
| May 2 | Space Racers | PBS Kids, Universal Kids | |
| May 23 | Tumble Leaf | Amazon Video | 2014–19 |
| July 7 | The 7D | Disney XD | 2014–16 |
| July 12 | Astroblast! | Universal Kids | 2014–15 |
| August 18 | Dora and Friends: Into the City! | Nick Jr. | 2014–17 |
| August 22 | BoJack Horseman | Netflix | 2014–20 |
| September 21 | Mr. Pickles | Adult Swim | 2014–19 |
| October 3 | Star Wars Rebels | Disney XD | 2014–18 |
| October 13 | Blaze and the Monster Machines | Nick Jr. | 2014–present |
| October 27 | Stone Quackers | FXX | 2014–15 |
| Mike Tyson Mysteries | Adult Swim | 2014–20 | |
| November 3 | Over the Garden Wall | Cartoon Network | 2014 |
| November 8 | Sonic Boom | 2014–17 | |
| November 26 | VeggieTales in the House | Netflix | 2014–16 |
| December 5 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Disney XD | 2014–17 |
| December 19 | All Hail King Julien | Netflix |
Television series endings[]
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 8 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Nickelodeon | 2013–14 | Cancelled |
| March 7 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Cartoon Network Netflix Disney+ |
2008–14; 2020 | Cancelled; until revived by Disney+ in 2020 |
| March 31 | Chozen | FX | 2014 | Cancelled |
| April 4 | Fish Hooks | Disney Channel | 2010–14 | Ended |
| June 5 | Dora the Explorer | Nickelodeon | 2000-14 | Cancelled; until the unaired episodes premiered in 2019 |
| June 7 | Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch | Hub Network | 2013–14 | Cancelled |
| June 23 | The Boondocks | Adult Swim | 2005–14 | Ended |
| July 18 | Total Drama | Teletoon | 2008–14 | |
| July 20 | Superjail! | Adult Swim | 2007–14 | |
| August 2 | DC Nation Shorts | Cartoon Network | 2011–14 | |
| August 31 | The Looney Tunes Show | Cancelled | ||
| September 28 | Beware the Batman | Adult Swim | 2013–14 | Ended |
| October 12 | Secret Millionaires Club | Hub Network | 2011–14 | Cancelled |
| October 22 | NFL Rush Zone | Nicktoons | 2010–14 | Ended |
| November 7 | Over the Garden Wall | Cartoon Network | 2014 | |
| November 14 | Ben 10: Omniverse | 2012–14 | ||
| November 18 | Martha Speaks | PBS Kids | 2008–14 | |
| December 19 | The Legend of Korra | Nickelodeon | 2012–14 | |
| December 25 | Johnny Test | Cartoon Network, Teletoon | 2005–14 | Cancelled; until revived by Netflix in 2021. |
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 6: Larry D. Mann, Canadian actor (voice of Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies at age 91.
- January 16: Hal Sutherland, American painter, film director and animator (Walt Disney Company, co-founder of Filmation), dies at age 84.[16]
- January 19: Michael Sporn, American animator and animated film director (Doctor DeSoto, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers) and producer (Michael Sporn Animation), dies at age 67.[17]
- January 27: Ichiro Nagai, Japanese voice actor dies at age 82.
- January 30: Arthur Rankin Jr., American animated film director and producer (Rankin/Bass), dies at age 89.[18]
- January 31: Don Vanderbeek, American background artist (All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, Johnny Bravo, Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure, Make Way for Noddy, The Simpsons), dies from esophageal cancer at 64.[19][20]
February[]
- February 12: Sid Caesar, American actor and writer (voice of King Goochi in Intergalactic Thanksgiving, Marty Kazoo in Life with Louie, Jacob in Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure), dies at age 91.[21][22]
- February 16: Jimmy T. Murakami, American animated film director and animator (Toei Animation, The Snowman, The Magic Pear Tree), dies at age 80.[23]
March[]
- March 18: Jorge Arvizu, Mexican actor (Spanish voice of Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Fred Flintstone, Magilla Gorilla, Benny the Ball, and Choo-Choo in Top Cat: The Movie), dies at age 81.
April[]
- April 6: Mickey Rooney, American actor (voice of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the mid-1930s, Santa Claus in the Rankin/Bass Productions Christmas specials, adult Tod in The Fox and the Hound, Mr. Cherrywood in The Care Bears Movie, Flip in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, played himself in The Simpsons episode Radioactive Man and the short producer in the American Dad! episode A Star is Reborn), dies at age 93.[24]
- April 29: Bob Hoskins, English actor (Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, voice of Boris in Balto), dies at age 71.
May[]
- May 2: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (voice of Alfred Pennyworth on Batman: The Animated Series, Dr. Octopus on Spider-Man), dies at age 95.
June[]
- June 15: Casey Kasem, American actor (voice of Shaggy Rogers in Scooby-Doo, Robin in Super Friends, Cliffjumper in The Transformers), dies at age 82.[25]
- June 23: Steve Viksten, American television writer (Rugrats, Duckman, Hey Arnold!, Recess, Higglytown Heroes, The Simpsons) and voice actor (voice of Oskar Kokoshka on Hey Arnold!), dies at age 53.[26]
- June 26: Wolf Koenig, Canadian film director and animator (worked for Colin Low), dies at age 86.[27]
- June 30: Bob Hastings, American actor (voice of Superboy on The Adventures of Superboy, Commissioner Gordon on Batman: The Animated Series), dies at age 89.
July[]
- July 6: Tô Hoài, Vietnamese writer, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and animator, passes away at age 93.[28]
- July 7: Dick Jones, American voice actor (voice of Pinocchio in Pinocchio), dies at age 87.[29]
- July 19: James Garner, American actor (voice of God in God, the Devil and Bob, Commander Rourke in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Shazam in Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam), dies at age 86.[30]
August[]
- August 6: David Weidman, American animator and poster designer (UPA, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 93.[31][32]
- August 11: Robin Williams, American actor, comedian and voice actor (voice of Genie in Aladdin, Batty Koda in Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, Fender Pinwheeler in Robots, and Ramón, Cletus, Lovelace and the narrator in Happy Feet), dies from suicide at age 63.[33]
- August 12: Lauren Bacall, American actress and voice actress (voice of the Witch of the Waste in Howl's Moving Castle, Evelyn in the Family Guy episode Mom's the Word), dies at age 89.[34]
September[]
- September 4: Joan Rivers, American actress and comedian (voice of the Narrator in The Adventures of Letterman segments in The Electric Company, Herself in Shrek 2, Zonthara - Empress of Evil on Dave the Barbarian, Dot Matrix in Spaceballs: The Animated Series), dies at age 81.
- September 16: Buster Jones, American voice actor (voice of Black Vulcan on Super Friends, voice of Doc on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Winston Zeddemore on Seasons 4-7 of The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters), dies at age 70.
October[]
- October 9: Jan Hooks, American actress and voice actress (voice of Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon in The Simpsons, Anglelyne in the Futurama episode Bendless Love, Mrs. Kellogg in The Cleveland Show episode Mr. & Mrs. Brown), dies from throat cancer at age 57.[35][36][37]
November[]
- November 2: Larry Latham, American storyboard director, animator, animated film producer and animated film director (worked for Hanna-Barbera, Disney Television Animation as director of TaleSpin), dies at age 61 from cancer.[38]
- November 10: Gaetano Varcasia, Italian voice actor (Italian dub voice of Mickey Mouse from 1988 to 1995), dies at age 55.[39]
- November 28: Brumsic Brandon Jr., American comics artist and animator (worked for RCA and J.R. Bray), dies at age 87.[40]
December[]
- December 11: Robert Taylor, American animator, producer, writer and film director (The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat), dies at age 69 or 70 from COPD.[41][42]
- December 13: Martha Sigall, American animator, inker and painter (Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 97.[43]
- December 22: Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress, (voice of Chuckie Finster on Rugrats, Gosalyn Mallard on Darkwing Duck, Dexter on Dexter's Laboratory, Bunnie Rabbot on Sonic the Hedgehog, Oblina on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters), dies at age 51.
- December 27: Gennady Sokolsky, Russian children's book illustrator, animator and animated film director (Happy Merry-Go-Round, Well, Just You Wait!, The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin), dies at age 77.[44]
- December 29: András Erkel, Hungarian producer (Varga Studio, founder of Studio Baestarts), dies from brain cancer at age 52.
- December 31: Chris Moeller, American animator, director (The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, King of the Hill), storyboard artist (The Simpsons, Recess, King of the Hill) and producer (creator of Tripping the Rift), dies at age 47.[45]
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ a b "The 86th Academy Awards (2014) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ "Diggs". Retrieved May 15, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Cav Bøgelund". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting". Retrieved May 15, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Brick Like Me". Retrieved May 15, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Studente ontroert met animatiefilmpje over oma" [Student moves with animation video about grandma]. www.gva.be (in Flemish). August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Studente ontroert met animatiefilmpje over oma" [Student moves with animation video about grandma]. www.nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). August 29, 2014.
- ^ Broos, Robin (August 28, 2014). "Belgisch filmtalent lokt miljoenen kijkers met animatiefilm over oma" [Belgian film talent lures millions of viewers with animation film about grandma]. www.demorgen.be (in nl-NL).
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- ^ Foss, Mike (September 29, 2014). "'The Simpsons' and 'Family Guy' came together and it was awesome and sad". USA Today. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Opposites A-Frack". Retrieved May 15, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Simpsorama". Retrieved May 15, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
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- ^ EDWARDS, C. (January 29, 2014). "Hal Sutherland, Filmation Co-Founder and Director, RIP". Cartoon Brew. Cartoon Brew. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
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- ^ Bell, Jonathan (January 30, 2014). "Arthur Rankin Jr, 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' co-producer dies, age 89". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
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- ^ McLellan, Dennis (February 12, 2014). "Sid Caesar, pioneer of live television comedy, dies at 91". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
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- ^ "Nhà văn Tô Hoài qua đời".
- ^ Colker, David (July 8, 2014). "Dick Jones dies at 87; actor who provided voice of Disney's Pinocchio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ^ "James Garner died of a massive heart attack". The Arizona Republic. July 29, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ Saperstein, Pat (August 7, 2014). "David Weidman, Animation Artist Whose Work Appeared on 'Mad Men,' Dies at 93". Variety. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ Colker, David (August 8, 2014). "David Weidman dies at 93; artist associated with Midcentury Modernism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ Martin, Nick (August 13, 2014). "San Francisco Neighbours Mourn Robin Williams". Sky News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Ford, Dana (August 12, 2014). "Famed actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89". CNN. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ Thomas, Mike (October 20, 2015). "The Laughs, Pathos, and Overwhelming Talent of Jan Hooks". Grantland. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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- ^ "Rites set for Larry Latham, award-winning animation producer-director".
- ^ È scomparso l'attore e doppiatore Gaetano Varcasia (in Italian)
- ^ "Brumsic Brandon Jr". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ Jerry Beck (December 14, 2014). "R.I.P. "Heidi's Song", "9 Lives of Fritz The Cat" Animation Director Robert Taylor". Animation Scoop. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ Lisa Schulz (December 15, 2014). "Robert Taylor, Director of 'Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat,' Dies at 70". Variety. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ "Martha Goldman Sigall (1917-2014)". Animation Scoop. December 13, 2014. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ Legendary Russian Animator Sokolsky Dies At 78 by Radio "Liberty", December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Chris Moeller". IMDb.
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