2011 in animation

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Events

January

• January 1:
  • The first episode of Cille airs.[1]
  • The first episode of Off the Air is broadcast.[2]
• January 3: The first episode of Wild Kratts is broadcast.[3]
• January 9: The first episode of Bob's Burgers is broadcast.[4]
• January 14: The first episode of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu is broadcast.[5]
• January 23: The film Gnomeo and Juliet is first released.[6]
• January 24: The first episode of Bubble Guppies is broadcast.[7]
• January 31: The first episode of Rastamouse airs.[8]

February

• February 10: The Danish film The Great Bear is released.[9]
• February 13: The film Les Contes de la Nuit (Tales of the Night) premiers, by Michel Ocelot.[10]
• February 14: The film Rango is first released.[11]
• February 20: In The Simpsons episode Angry Dad: The Movie Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit, is special guest voice.[12]
• February 27: 83rd Academy Awards:
  • Toy Story 3 by Lee Unkrich wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The song We Belong Together by Randy Newman from the same movie wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[13]
  • The Lost Thing by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[13]
• February 28: The first episode of Robocar Poli airs.[14]

March

• March 13:
  • The first episode of BoBoiBoy is broadcast.[15]
  • In The Simpsons episode A Midsummer's Nice Dream Cheech and Chong are special guest voices.[16]
• March 22: The film Rio is released.[17]
• March 23: Series creator Genndy Tartakovsky leaves Cartoon Network Studios and moves to Sony Pictures Animation, as Cartoon Network began to decline, leaving Sym-Bionic Titan canceled after 20 episodes.
• March 26: The first episode of Larva is broadcast.[18]

April

• April 6: The film Titeuf premiers.[19]
• April 7: The first episode of Trunk Train is broadcast.
• April 15: The Walt Disney Company releases Winnie the Pooh.[20]

May

• May 1: The first episode of Raa Raa the Noisy Lion airs.[21]
• May 3:
  • The first episode of The Amazing World of Gumball is broadcast.[22]
  • The first episode of Punky is broadcast.[23]
  • The first episode of The Looney Tunes Show is broadcast.[24]
• May 22:
  • The film Kung Fu Panda 2 premiers.[25]
  • In The Simpsons episode The Ned-Liest Catch Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel become romantically involved, ending on a cliffhanger whether they'll stay together or not? [26] Viewers are invited to vote over the matter. On 25 September, at the start of the new season, the next episode The Falcon and the D'ohman reveals that they have indeed become a couple at popular viewer's request.[27]

June

• June 1:
  • Peter Dodd's Freddy Frogface premiers.[28]
  • Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux' The Rabbi's Cat is released, based on Sfar's graphic novel of the same name.[29]
• June 18: The Walt Disney Company and Pixar release Cars 2.[30]
• Specific date unknown: Dutch animator Rosto's The Monster of Nix is released, a mixture between live-action and animation, with the voices of Tom Waits, Terry Gilliam and The Residents.[31]

July

• July 17: Goro Miyazaki's From Up on Poppy Hill premiers.[32]

August

• August 31: After 11 years the final episode of Between the Lions is broadcast.

September

• September 12: The first episode of Detentionaire is broadcast.[33]
• September 16: The film Top Cat: The Movie premiers.[34]
• September 21: The first episode of Plim Plim is broadcast.[35]
• September 29: The Danish film Ronal the Barbarian is released.[36]

October

• October 2:
  • The first episode of China, IL is broadcast.[37]
  • The couch gag in The Simpsons episode Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts is animated by John Kricfalusi.[38]
• October 16: Puss in Boots, a spin-off in the Shrek franchise, is first released.[39]
• October 18: The film Batman is first released.[40]
• October 23: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson release The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, a CGI-film adaptation of the Belgian comics series Tintin.[41]
• October 27: A reboot of Beavis and Butt-Head first airs, but only lasts a season.[42]

November

• November 6: In The Simpsons episode Replaceable You Mrs. Glick passes away.[43]
• November 11: The film Arthur Christmas is released by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation.[44]
• November 18: The film Happy Feet Two is first released.[45]
• November 23: Jean-François Laguionie's The Painting premiers.[46]

December

• December 19: The first episode of Mia and Me is broadcast.[47]
• December 25: The first episode of 1001 Nights is broadcast.[48]
• December 28: Bambi and A Computer Animated Hand are added to the National Film Registry.[49][50]
• December 29: Vladimir Toropchin's Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf premiers.[51]
• December 31: The first episode of Chaplin & Co is broadcast.[52]

Specific date unknown

• Robert Morgan's Bobby Yeah premiers.[53]

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Rango
• Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa[54]
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: The Rabbi's Cat
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Rango
• Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Rango
• César Award for Best Animated Film: The Rabbi's Cat
• European Film Award for Best Animated Film: Chico and Rita[55]
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Wrinkles
• Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: From up on Poppy Hill
• Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: Hotarubi no Mori e

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2011

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2011

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 1	Dan Vs.	The Hub	2011–13
January 3	Wild Kratts	PBS Kids	2011–present
January 9	Bob's Burgers	Fox	2011–present
January 14	Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu	Cartoon Network	2011–present
January 23	Mongo Wrestling Alliance	Adult Swim	2011
January 24	Bubble Guppies	Nick Jr.	2011–present
February 14	Babar and the Adventures of Badou	Disney Junior	2011–15
	Tinga Tinga Tales		2011–13
	Jake and the Never Land Pirates		2011–16
	Mickey's Mousekersize		2011
March 26	God, the Devil and Bob	NBC, Adult Swim	2000; 2011
April 4	The Problem Solverz	Cartoon Network	2011–13
April 18	Small Potatoes	Disney Junior	2011
May 3	The Looney Tunes Show	Cartoon Network	2011–14
	The Amazing World of Gumball		2011–19
May 24	Soul Quest Overdrive	Adult Swim	2011
June 13	Almost Naked Animals	Cartoon Network	2011–13
	Sidekick		2011–12
June 16	Voltron Force	Nicktoons
June 24	Toy Story Toons	Disney Channel
July 16	Redakai: Conquer the Kairu	Cartoon Network	2011–13
July 29	ThunderCats		2011–12
August 1	Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
August 9	Scaredy Squirrel		2011–13
September 3	Rated A for Awesome	Disney XD	2011–12
September 19	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Nickelodeon	2011–16
October 2	China, IL	Adult Swim	2011–15
October 23	Secret Millionaires Club	The Hub	2011–14
October 27	Beavis and Butt-Head	MTV	1993–97; 2011
	Good Vibes		2011
October 30	Allen Gregory	Fox
November 7	Poppy Cat	Universal Kids	2011–12
November 11	DC Nation Shorts	Cartoon Network	2011–14
	Green Lantern: The Animated Series		2011–13
November 14	Minnie's Bow-Toons	Disney Junior	2011–16
November 15	Black Panther	BET	2011

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 17	WordWorld	PBS Kids	2007–11	Ended
January 24	Robotomy	Cartoon Network	2010–11	Cancelled
February 25	Mickey's Mousekersize	Disney Junior	2011
March 26	God, the Devil and Bob	NBC, Adult Swim	2000; 2011
April 9	Sym-Bionic Titan	Cartoon Network	2010–11
May 7	Zevo-3	Nicktoons
May 24	Soul Quest Overdrive	Adult Swim	2011
May 31	The Nutshack	Myx TV	2007–11	Ended
June 4	Kid vs. Kat	Disney XD	2009–11	Cancelled
June 12	The Mighty B!	Nicktoons	2008–11
July 15	Jimmy Two-Shoes	Disney XD	2009–11
July 16	Hot Wheels Battle Force 5	Cartoon Network
July 23	G.I. Joe: Renegades	The Hub	2010–11
July 31	Mongo Wrestling Alliance	Adult Swim	2011
September 10	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	The CW4Kids, Toonzai	2008–11
September 16	Go, Diego, Go!	Nick Jr.	2005−11	Ended
September 25	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Adult Swim	2010–11	Cancelled
October 14	Peep and the Big Wide World	PBS Kids	2004−11	Ended
	The Super Hero Squad Show	Cartoon Network	2009–11	Cancelled
October 29	Hubworld	The Hub	2010–11
November 7	Glenn Martin, DDS	Nick at Nite	2009–11
November 12	Back at the Barnyard	Nicktoons	2007–11	Ended
November 18	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Cartoon Network	2008–11
November 25	Take Two with Phineas and Ferb	Disney Channel	2010–11	Cancelled
November 29	Black Panther	BET	2011
December 18	Allen Gregory	Fox
December 25	Small Potatoes	Disney Junior
December 29	Beavis and Butt-Head	MTV	1993–97; 2011
	Good Vibes		2011

Deaths

February

• February 10: Bill Justice, American animator (Walt Disney Studios), dies at age 97.[56]
• February 21: Dwayne McDuffie, American comics and TV writer (wrote Monster in My Pocket, Beyond!, Static, Milestone Forever) and co-founder of Milestone Media, dies at age 49 of complications from emergency heart surgery.[57]

March

• March 20: Johnny Pearson, British composer (composed music for Captain Pugwash), dies at age 85.[58]
• March 23: Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (voice of Maggie Simpson in The Simpsons episode And Maggie Makes Three, voiced herself in the episode Krusty Gets Kancelled), dies at age 79.[59]

April

• April 4: Wayne Robson, Canadian voice actor (voice of Frank the frill-necked lizard in The Rescuers Down Under), dies at age 64.[60]
• April 17: Osamu Dezaki, Japanese animated film director, producer (co-founder of Madhouse) and screenwriter, dies at age 67.[61][62]

May

• May 10: Norma Zimmer, American actress (voice of White Rose in Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 87.[63]

July

• July 23: Toyoo Ashida, Japanese animated film director and character designer (Fist of the North Star, Vampire Hunter D, The Mysterious Cities of Gold) and producer (Studio Live), dies at age 67.[64][65]
• July 29: Dominique Benicheti, French animated film director and producer, dies at age 68.[66]

September

• September 4: Dave Hoover, American comics artist and animator (Wanderers, Starman, Captain America), dies at age 56.[67]
• September 18: Tom Daly, Canadian film producer and animated film producer (My Financial Career), dies at age 93.[68]

November

• November 4: Sarah Watt, Australian animated film director and animator (The Way of the Birds), dies at age 53 from cancer.[69][70]
• November 18: Mark Hall, British animator and animated film producer (Cosgrove Hall Films, Danger Mouse), dies at age 75 from cancer.
  Mark Hall (1936-2011)[71]
• November 30: Zdeněk Miler, Czech animator, film director and illustrator (The Little Mole), dies at age 90.[72]

December

• December 1: Shingo Araki, Japanese animated film and TV director (Mushi Production, Toei Animation, Tokyo Movie Shinshia) and producer (co-founder of Toei Animation), dies at age 72.[73]
• December 2: Bruno Bianchi, French animator and comics artist (Inspector Gadget), dies at age 45 or 46 from cancer.[74]
• December 5: Dan Mills, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Hyperion Pictures, Universal, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Fox Animation, dies at age 79 or 80.[75]
• December 30:
  • Ronald Searle, British illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (animated The Happiest Days of Your Lives, Energetically Yours, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Monte Carlo or Bust! and Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done), dies at age 91.[76]

See also

• 2011 in anime

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