2007 in animation

The year 2007 in animation involved some animation-related events.

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Events

• January 4: American activist and animator Helen Hill is murdered by an unidentified intruder in her home.
• January 31: The Boston bomb scare occurs and the U.S. Coast Guard and Boston Police shut down parts of Interstate 93, two bridges, and a section of the Charles River after the discovery of suspicious devices placed around the city. Turner Broadcasting released a statement that the items were marketing tools placed within ten U.S. cities for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

February

• February 23: After 8 years, Cartoon Network officially ends Fridays block.
• February 25: 79th Academy Awards:
  • Happy Feet by George Miller wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[1]
  • The Danish Poet by Torill Kove wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[1]

March

• March 5: The first episode of Shaun the Sheep is broadcast.[2]
• March 23: The film Meet the Robinsons, co-produced by Walt Disney Company, is released.[3]
• March 25: In The Simpsons episode Homerazzi the opening sequence feature Homer going through evolution, which is one of the longest opening scenes in the history of the show.[4]

May

• May 6: Shrek the Third is released by DreamWorks.[5]
• May 20: The Simpsons 400th episode You Kent Always Say What You Want is broadcast, which satirizes FOX News.[6]
• May 23: Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis, based on Marjane Satrapi's eponymous graphic novel, is first released.[7]

June

• June 8: Ash Brannon and Chris Buck's Surf's Up is first released.[8]
• June 22: Ratatouille, produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[9]

July

• July 21: The Simpsons Movie is first released.[10]

August

• August 17: The first episode of Phineas and Ferb is broadcast.[11]

October

• October 18: The Three Robbers, based on children's book by Tomi Ungerer, is released by Hayo Freitag.[12]
• October 20: The live-action film with animated sequences Enchanted premiers.[13]
• October 21: The horror anthology film Fear(s) of the Dark is first released, featured animated sequences by several well known comics artists.[14]

November

• November 2: Bee Movie by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner is first released.[15]
• November 12: Nickelodeon promotes its very first SpongeBob SquarePants television film, Atlantis SquarePantis, attracting 8.8. million viewers.[16]
• November 27: The film Futurama: Bender's Big Score is released.[17]

December

• December 27: Three Little Pigs is added to the National Film Registry.[18][19]

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
• Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Paprika[20]
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
• Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: 5 Centimeters Per Second
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
• César Award for Best Foreign Film: Waltz with Bashir
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Nocturna
• Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: Tekkonkinkreet
• Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: Summer Days with Coo
• Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: Summer Days with Coo

Films released

• April 13 - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
• May 18 - Shrek the Third
• July 27 - The Simpsons Movie
• November 2 - Bee Movie
• November 12 - Atlantis SquarePantis
• November 27 - Futurama: Bender's Big Score

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2007

Date	Title	Channel	Year
March 3	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	Nickelodeon	2007–08
May 12	My Friends Tigger & Pooh	Playhouse Disney	2007–10
June 24	Friday: The Animated Series	MTV2	2007
August 13	Slacker Cats	ABC Family
August 17	Phineas and Ferb	Disney Channel	2007–15
August 31	Tak and the Power of Juju	Nickelodeon	2007–09
September 3	Super Why!	PBS Kids	2007–16
	WordWorld		2007–11
	WordGirl	PBS Kids Go!	2007–15
September 9	Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil	Adult Swim	2007
September 15	Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot	CBS	2007–08
September 23	Shorts in a Bunch	Nicktoons Network	2007
September 29	Back at the Barnyard	Nickelodeon	2007–11
November 2	Chowder	Cartoon Network	2007–10
November 3	DinoSquad	CBS	2007–08
	Sushi Pack		2007–09
November 4	Xavier: Renegade Angel	Adult Swim
November 5	Ni Hao, Kai-Lan	Nick Jr.	2007–11
December 26	Transformers Animated	Cartoon Network	2007-09

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 1	Stanley	Playhouse Disney	2001–07	Cancelled
January 5	Firehouse Tales	Cartoon Network	2005–07
January 23	Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks	PBS Kids	2003–07
February 5	Ellen's Acres	Cartoon Network	2006–07
February 10	Catscratch	Nickelodeon	2005–07
February 14	JoJo's Circus	Playhouse Disney	2003–07
March 4	What's with Andy?	ABC Family	2001–07	Ended
March 30	Celebrity Deathmatch	MTV2	1998–2007
April 9	The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	Cartoon Network	2005–07	Cancelled
May 5	Loonatics Unleashed	Kids' WB
May 16	12 oz. Mouse	Adult Swim		Ended
May 25	Shorty McShorts' Shorts	Disney Channel	2006–07	Cancelled
July 8	Friday: The Animated Series	MTV2	2007
July 22	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Adult Swim	2001–07	Ended
August 24	Danny Phantom	Nickelodeon	2004–07
September 1	American Dragon: Jake Long	Disney Channel	2005–07
September 7	Kim Possible		2002–07
September 17	Slacker Cats	ABC Family	2007	Cancelled
September 27	Squirrel Boy	Cartoon Network	2006–07
October 10	Maya & Miguel	PBS Kids Go!	2004–07	Ended
October 20	Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes	Cartoon Network	2006–07	Cancelled
November 11	Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil	Adult Swim	2007
November 14	Drawn Together	Comedy Central	2004–07
November 28	Gerald McBoing-Boing	Cartoon Network	2005–07
December 30	Shorts in a Bunch	Nicktoons Network	2007

Deaths

January

• January 4:
  • Helen Hill, American activist, writer, teacher, film director and animator (Scratch and Crow, The Florestine Collection), is murdered at age 36.[21]
  • Steve Krantz, American film producer and writer (produced Spider-Man, Fritz the Cat, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic), dies at age 83.[22]
• January 8: Iwao Takamoto, American animator, animated film director, TV producer and character designer (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera, designed Scooby-Doo and Astro Jetson), dies at age 81 from a heart attack.[23]
• January 26: Emanuele Luzzati, Italian painter, illustrator, animator and animated film director (La Gazza Ladra, Pulcinella, Il Flauto Magico, I paladini di Francia), dies at age 85.[24]

February

• February 12: Warren Batchelder, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Peanuts special), dies at age 89.[25]
• February 14:
  • Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator (Walking, Street Musique) dies at age 63 from lung cancer which had spread to his brain.[26]
  • Willy Moese, German comics artist and animator (Zauberlehrling, Blaff und Biene, Rolle und Robby), dies at age 79.[27]

March

• March 3: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian animator and comics artist (La Linea), dies at age 87.[28]

May

• May 6: Reiko Okuyama, Japanese animator (Nippon Animation), dies at age 71.[29]
• May 22: Art Stevens, American animator (Walt Disney Company) and director (The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound), dies at age 92.[30]

July

• July 5: David Hilberman, American animator, animated film director and producer (Walt Disney Company, co-founder of UPA, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.[31]
• July 9: Charles Lane, American actor (voice of Georges Hautecourt in The Aristocats), dies at age 102.[32]
• July 22: Alexander Tatarsky, Russian animated film director, animator, producer (Plasticine Cow, Good Night, Little Ones!, Investigation Held by Kolobki, Turn off the Light!), passes away at age 56.[33] He was buried at the Miusskoe cemetery in Moscow.[34]

August

• August 11: Roberto Gavioli, Italian animator (Once Upon a Time, The Night the Animals Talked), dies at age 81.[35]
• August 13: Paul Boyd, American-Canadian animator (worked on Ed, Edd n' Eddy), is shot by a police officer at age 39.[36]

September

• September 24: Hiroshi Ōsaka, Japanese animator, animated film director & producer, character designer and illustrator (Bones Animation Studio), dies from cancer at age 44.[37]

October

• October 12: Noel Coleman, British actor (narrator of Captain Pugwash), dies at age 87.[38]

November

• November 8: Motosuke Takahashi, Japanese animated film director, animator, character designer and storyboard artist (Tatsunoko Productions, Studio Pierrot), dies at age 66.[39]
• November 28: Donyo Donev, Bulgarian cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (The Three Fools (Trimata Glupaci), Chetirmata Glupaci, Umno Selo), dies at age 81.[40]

December

• December 6: Ken Southworth, British animator (Walt Disney Company, MGM, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Clokey Productions, Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 89.[41]
• December 17: Jack Zander, American animator and animation producer (MGM, Zander's Animation Parlour), passes away at age 99.[42]

See also

• 2007 in anime

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