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Events in 2006 in animation.

Events

February

• February 4: 33rd Annie Awards are held.

March

• March 15: Christian Volckman's Renaissance premiers.[1]
• March 22: In the South Park episode The Return of Chef the character Chef dies.[2]
• March 26: In The Simpsons episode Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife Ricky Gervais is special guest voice.[3]

April

• April 9: In The Simpsons episode Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore the family travels to India.[4]
• April 11: Winnie the Pooh receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[5]
• April 20: Paul Laurence Robertson's Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 is released online.[6]

May

• May 25: Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly premiers.[7]

June

• June 17: Peter Lord and David Sproxton, founders of Aardman Animations, receive a CBE.[8]

September

• September 10: In The Simpsons episode The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer Metallica is special guest voice.[9]
• September 17: In The Simpsons episode Jazzy and the Pussycats The White Stripes are special guest voice.[10]

November

• November 14: 11th Animation Kobe is held.

December

• December 27: Early Abstractions is added to the National Film Registry.[11][12]

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet
• Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Cars
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Happy Feet
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: El Ratón Pérez
• Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time[13]
• Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Award: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2006

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2006

Date	Title	Channel	Year
27 January	The Emperor's New School	Disney Channel	2006–08
25 February	Kappa Mikey	Nicktoons Network
3 March	Wonder Pets	Nick Jr.	2006–13
5 May	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse	Playhouse Disney	2006–16
27 May	Squirrel Boy	Cartoon Network	2006–07
29 May	Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman	PBS Kids Go!	2006–10
10 June	The Adventures of Chico and Guapo	MTV2	2006
	Where My Dogs At?
28 July	The Replacements	Disney Channel	2006–09
	Shorty McShorts' Shorts		2006–07
6 August	Metalocalypse	Adult Swim	2006–13
20 August	Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!	Nick Jr.	2006–10
26 August	Chaotic	4Kids TV
	Yin Yang Yo!	Jetix	2006–09
4 September	Curious George	PBS Kids	2006–15
9 September	Growing Up Creepie	Discovery Kids	2006–08
16 September	Handy Manny	Playhouse Disney	2006–13
	Horseland	CBS	2006–08
25 September	Happy Tree Friends	G4	2006
29 September	Ellen's Acres	Cartoon Network	2006–07
23 September	Legion of Super Heroes	Kids' WB	2006–08
	Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
	Tom and Jerry Tales
7 October	Viva Piñata	4Kids TV	2006–09
16 October	Frisky Dingo	Adult Swim	2006–08
3 November	Class of 3000	Cartoon Network

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
25 February	Clifford's Puppy Days	PBS Kids	2003–06	Ended
24 April	O'Grady	The N	2004–06
13 May	Xiaolin Showdown	Kids' WB	2003–06
	Justice League Unlimited	Cartoon Network	2004–06
27 May	The Buzz on Maggie	Disney Channel	2005–06	Cancelled
	Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island	Kids' WB
27 June	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi	Cartoon Network	2004–06
15 July	Time Warp Trio	Discovery Kids	2005–06	Ended
21 July	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Kids' WB	2002–06
24 July	Minoriteam	Adult Swim	2005–06	Cancelled
29 July	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Disney Channel	2003–06	Ended
	The Adventures of Chico and Guapo	MTV2	2006	Cancelled
	Where My Dogs At?
19 August	Invader Zim	Nicktoons Network	2001–02; 2006	Cancelled; remaining eps debuted on DVD in 2004.
25 August	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Disney Channel	2004–06	Ended
15 September	Teen Titans	Cartoon Network	2003–06
25 September	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Adult Swim	2004–06
28 October	G.I. Joe: Sigma 6	4 KidsTV	2005–06	Cancelled
14 November	As Told by Ginger	Nicktoons Network	2000–06
25 November	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Nickelodeon	2002–06	Ended
13 December	The X's		2005–06	Cancelled
15 December	Krypto the Superdog	Cartoon Network		Ended
16 December	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Jetix	2004–06
22 December	Happy Tree Friends	G4	2006	Cancelled

Deaths

January

• January 17: Norman McCabe, British-American animator and illustrator (Warner Brothers Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Filmation), dies at age 94.

February

• February 3: Walerian Borowczyk, Polish film director and animator (Renaissance, Jeux des Anges, Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal, co-animated Les Astronautes[14]), dies at age 82.[15]
• February 3: Al Lewis, American actor (voice of the Godfather in Coonskin), dies at age 82.[16]
• February 4: Myron Waldman, American animator and comics artist (worked for Fleischer Brothers and Hal Seeger), passes away at age 97.[17]
• February 24: Don Knotts, American actor (voice of T.W. Turtle in Cats Don't Dance, Major Turkey Lurkey in Chicken Little, voiced himself in the Johnny Bravo episode Johnny Makeover and in The New Scooby Doo Movies), dies at age 81.[18]

March

• March 4: David Rose, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons), passes away at age 95.[19]
• March 8: Rhoda Williams, American actress (voice of Drizella in Cinderella), dies at age 75.[20]
• March 19: Brad Case, American animator (Walt Disney Animation, Walter Lantz, Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng, Marvel Productions,...), dies at age 93.[21]

May

• May 26: Štěpán Koníček, Czech composer (Munro, Gene Deitch, Jan Svankmajer), passes away at age 78.[22][23]
• May 27: Alex Toth, American comics artist and animator (Space Ghost), dies at age 77 from a heart attack.[24][25]
• May 30: Bill Kovacs, American animator (Tron), dies at age 55.[26]

June

• June 28: Lennie Weinrib, American voice actor (original voice of Scrappy-Doo, the lion monarch and secretary bird in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Hunk (Voltron) in Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Bigmouth in The Smurfs), dies at age 71.[27]

July

• July 8: Peter Hawkins, British actor (voice of Lord Chamberlain and Albert Weatherspoon in A Rubovian Legend, voice of Captain Pugwash, Master Mate, Pirate Barnabas, Pirate Willy, Tom the Cabin Boy and Cut-Throat Jake in Captain Pugwash, narrator of Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk and SuperTed, Dennis in Penny Crayon), dies at age 82.[28]
• July 28: Volodymyr Dakhno, Ukrainian animated film director, animator and scriptwriter (Cossacks), dies at age 64.[29]

August

• August 11: Mike Douglas, American singer, TV host and actor (singing voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella) , dies at age 86.[30]
• August 12: Magdalo Mussio, Italian animator, dies at age 81.[31]
• August 28: Ed Benedict, American animator, character designer and lay-out artist (Walt Disney Studios, Walter Lantz, Tex Avery, Hanna-Barbera, designer of The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw,...), dies at age 94.[32]

September

• September 6: Jan Svochak, Czech-American animator (Famous Studios, Pelican, Elektra, Zanders, Perpetual Motion Pictures, Buzzco, J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, the Punchy advertisements), dies at age 81.[33]
• September 7: Bernard Wolf, American animated film producer (Paramount Studios, Fleischer Studios, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, MGM, Rudolph Ising, Sesame Street, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.[34]

October

• October 18: Don R. Christensen, American animator, comics artist and writer, scriptwriter (Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 90.[35]

November

• November 11: Ronnie Stevens, British actor (narrator and additional voices in Noggin the Nog), dies at age 81.[36]
• November 26: Anthony Jackson, British actor (voice of Dai Station, Evans the Song, Mr. Dinwiddy in Ivor the Engine, Nug and Mr. Blossom in The Dreamstone), dies at age 62.[37][38]
• November 30: Shirley Walker, American composer (Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond), dies at age 61 from a stroke.

December

• December 1: Sid Raymond, American comedian and voice actor (voice of Baby Huey and Katnip), dies at age 97.[39]
• December 18: Joseph Barbera, American animator, film director and producer (Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo), co-founder of Hanna-Barbera, dies at age 95.[40]
• December 25: James Brown, American soul singer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Bart's Inner Child and in the Duckman episode Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts [41]), dies at age 73.[42]
• December 28: Prescott Wright, American film distributor and animation producer (founder of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, produced the International Tournée of Animation, creative staffing specialist of Disney's Feature Division), dies at age 71.[43]

Specific date unknown

• Bennie Nobori, American animator and comics artist, dies at an unknown age.[44]

See also

• 2006 in anime

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