2018 in animation

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This is a list of events in animation in 2018.

Events

January

• January 22: Minnie Mouse receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[1]

March

• March 4: 90th Academy Awards:
  • Dear Basketball by Glen Keane wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[2]
  • Coco by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3]
• March 25: The couch gag of The Simpsons episode 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage is animated by Bill Plympton. This is the sixth time he receives this honour.[4]
• March 29: John Kricfalusi is accused by animators Robyn Byrd and Katie Rice of having sexually harassed and groomed them when they were underage.[5]

April

• April 27: The Simpsons beat the record of TV series Gunsmoke as the longest-running U.S. (prime time) TV series.[6]

May

• May 11: John Kricfalusi issues a personal explanation and apology about the allegations by animators Robin Byrd and Katie Rice, though he denies some of the claims.[7]
• May 13: In The Simpsons episode Throw Grampa from the Dane the family travels to Denmark.[8]

June

• June 11: Nina Paley's animated feature film, Seder-Masochism, premiers, which analyses The Book of Exodus and the evolution of Judaism as a patriarchal religion.[9]

August

• August 17: Matt Groening's new animated TV series, Disenchantment airs on Netflix.[10][11]

October

• September 7: Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander's Next Gen premiers and becomes the first full-length animated feature film to be released exclusively for the streaming service Netflix.

October

• October 26: Adi Shankar states in an interview with IndieWire that the character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon will leave The Simpsons following controversy that he is a negative and racially offensive stereotype.[12]
• October 29: Simpsons executive producer Al Jean states that "Adi Shankar does not speak for our show".[13]

December

• December 12: Cinderella and Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People are added to the National Film Registry.[14][15]

Film released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2018

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2018

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 14	Hot Streets	Adult Swim	2018–19
January 15	The Adventures of Kid Danger	Nickelodeon	2018
January 19	Trolls: The Beat Goes On!	Netflix	2018–19
	Constantine: City of Demons	CW Seed
January 26	Llama Llama	Netflix	2018–present
February 11	Our Cartoon President	Showtime	2018–present
February 19	Pinkalicious & Peterrific	PBS Kids	2018–present
February 22	Gotta Be Mo	YouTube	2018–present
February 23	Apple & Onion	Cartoon Network	2018–present
February 26	Final Space	TBS, Adult Swim	2018–present
March 2	B: The Beginning	Netflix	2018–present
March 23	Muppet Babies (2018)	Disney Junior	2018–present
March 30	Craig of the Creek	Cartoon Network	2018–present
April 6	The Boss Baby: Back in Business	Netflix	2018–present
April 8	Ballmastrz: 9009	Adult Swim	2018–present
April 14	Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own	Discovery Family	2018–19
April 20	Spy Kids: Mission Critical	Netflix	2018–present
April 26	Little Big Awesome	Amazon Video	2018–present
May 11	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle		2018–19
June 1	Subway Surfers: The Animated Series	YouTube	2018–present
June 8	The Hollow	Netflix	2018–present
June 18	Big City Greens	Disney Channel	2018–present
June 28	Job at Nighttime	YouTube	2018–19
June 29	Harvey Street Kids	Netflix	2018–20
July 1	Polly Pocket	Universal Kids	2018–present
July 7	Summer Camp Island	Cartoon Network	2018–present
July 13	Fancy Nancy	Disney Junior	2018–present
	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Netflix	2018–present
July 20	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Nickelodeon	2018–present
July 27	Cupcake & Dino: General Services	Netflix	2018–present
August 5	Mega Man: Fully Charged	Cartoon Network	2018–19
August 17	Disenchantment	Netflix	2018–present
August 31	Paradise PD		2018–present
September 1	Total DramaRama	Cartoon Network	2018–present
	Transformers: Cyberverse		2018–present
September 14	The Dragon Prince	Netflix	2018–present
September 16	Human Kind Of	Facebook Watch	2018
September 21	Hilda	Netflix	2018–present
	Pete the Cat	Amazon Video	2018–present
October 7	Star Wars Resistance	Disney Channel	2018–20
October 18	Robozuna	Netflix	2018–present
	Liverspots and Astronots	Facebook Watch	2018
November 5	Rainbow Rangers	Nick Jr.	2018–present
November 9	Super Drags	Netflix	2018
November 12	Butterbean's Cafe	Nickelodeon	2018–present
November 13	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power	Netflix	2018–20
November 16	Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny	Amazon Video	2018–present
November 20	Motown Magic	Netflix	2018–present
November 21	Let's Go Luna!	PBS Kids	2018–present
December 9	The Shivering Truth	Adult Swim	2018–present
December 21	3Below: Tales of Arcadia	Netflix	2018–19
December 22	Watership Down		2018
December 23	Bakugan: Battle Planet	Cartoon Network	2018–present

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 20	Pickle and Peanut	Disney XD	2015–18	Cancelled
January 26	The Adventures of Puss in Boots	Netflix		Ended
February 10	Bunsen Is a Beast	Nicktoons	2017–18	Cancelled
February 16	DreamWorks Dragons	Netflix	2012–18
March 5	Star Wars Rebels	Disney XD	2014–18	Ended
March 18	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Boomerang	2015–18	Cancelled
April 13	The Magic School Bus Rides Again	Netflix	2017–18
April 23	Peg + Cat	PBS Kids	2013–18
May 4	Kong: King of the Apes	Netflix	2016–18
May 18	Inspector Gadget (2015)	Netflix, Universal Kids	2015–18
May 19	Future-Worm!	Disney XD	2016–18
May 25	Trollhunters	Netflix		Ended
June 3	Justice League Action	Cartoon Network		Cancelled
June 14	The Adventures of Kid Danger	Nickelodeon	2018
June 24	Clarence	Cartoon Network	2014–18	Ended
July 20	Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh	Netflix	2016–18	Cancelled
August 3	Dinotrux		2015–18
August 6	Splash and Bubbles	PBS Kids	2016–18
August 11	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Nicktoons	2015–18
September 3	Adventure Time	Cartoon Network	2010–18	Ended
September 7	Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters	Netflix	2017–18	Cancelled
September 8	Sofia the First	Disney Junior	2012–18	Ended
September 10	Miles from Tomorrowland		2015–18	Canceled
September 15	Mysticons	Nicktoons	2017–18
September 28	Skylanders Academy	Netflix	2016–18
October 1	Goldie & Bear	Disney Junior	2015–18
October 5	Animals	HBO	2016–18
October 12	Tarzan and Jane	Netflix	2017–18
October 14	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!	PBS Kids	2010–18
October 28	Human Kind Of	Facebook Watch	2018
November 9	Super Drags	Netflix
November 29	Liverspots and Astronots	Facebook Watch
December 7	Neo Yokio	Netflix	2017–18
December 14	Voltron: Legendary Defender		2016–18	Ended
December 21	Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus	Cinemax	2017–18	Cancelled
December 23	Watership Down	Netflix	2018	Ended
December 27	DC Super Hero Girls	YouTube	2015–18
December 30	Bunnicula	Boomerang	2016–18	Cancelled

Deaths

January

• January 31:
  • Cav Bøgelund, Danish animator and comics artist (Våbenbrødre), drowns at age 39 in mysterious circumstances.[16]
  • Ann Gillis, American actress (voice of Faline in Bambi), dies at age 90.[17]

February

• February 2: Servais Tiago, Portuguese comics artist and animator, passes away at age 92.[18]
• February 24: Bud Luckey, American animator and composer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Sesame Street), dies at age 83.[19]
• February 27: Bill Lignante, American comics artist, courtroom sketch artist and animator (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 91.[20]

March

• March 3: David Ogden Stiers, American actor (voice of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Ratcliffe and Wiggins in Pocahontas, the Archdeacon in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dr. Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch), dies at age 75.[21]
• March 14: Stephen Hawking, British mathematician and physicist (voiced himself in The Simpsons episodes They Saved Lisa's Brain, Don't Fear the Roofer, Stop! Or My Dog Will Shoot, Elementary School Musical and the Futurama episodes Anthology of Interest I and The Beast with a Billion Backs), dies at age 76.[22][23]
• March 15: Robert Grossman, American painter, caricaturist, sculptor, filmmaker, poster designer, comics artist, cartoonist and animator (Jimmy The C), dies at age 78.[24][25]

April

• April 4: Soon-Tek Oh, Korean voice actor (voice of Zhou in Mulan), dies at age 85.[26][27]
• April 23: Bob Dorough, American jazz musician, songwriter and composer (wrote music for Schoolhouse Rock), passes away at age 94.[28][29]

May

• May 7: Miki Muster, Slovenian sculptor, illustrator, comics artist and animator (Bavaria Film, made cartoons based on the work of Guillermo Mordillo and Manfred Schmidt's Nick Knatterton), dies at age 92.[30]
• May 11: Zlatko Bourek, Croatian animated film director, screenwriter, production designer and cartoonist, passes away at age 88.[31][32]
• May 18: Fred Peters, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 95.[33][34]

April

• April 5: Isao Takahata, Japanese animator, film director and producer (director of Grave of the Fireflies , The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), dies at age 82.[35]
• April 12: Giuliano Cenci, Italian animated film director (The Adventures of Pinocchio), dies at age 86.[36]

June

• June 1: William Edward Phipps, American actor (voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella), dies at age 96.[37]
• June 2: Nick Meglin, American comics writer, theatre lyricist and animation scriptwriter (wrote Batfink, The Pink Panther cartoons), passes away from a heart attack at age 82.[38]
• June 11: Rumen Petkov, Bulgarian animator and comics artist (Choko & Boko), passes away at age 70.[39]

July

• July 1: Peter Firmin, British animator, puppeteer and illustrator (co-creator of Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine and Bagpuss), co-founder of Smallfilms, dies at age 89.[40]
• July 4: Darrell McNeil, American animator, writer, editor, publisher, producer and actor (Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Ralph Bakshi, Ruby-Spears, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation, Don Bluth), dies at age 60.[41]

August

• August 15: Kunihiro Abe, Japanese animator (Gundam), dies at age 59 or 60.[42]
• August 23: Russ Heath, American comic book artist and animator (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), dies at age 91 from cancer.[43][44]
• August 31: Carole Shelley, British actress (voice of Amelia Gabble the goose in The Aristocats, Lady Kluck in Robin Hood), dies at age 79.[45]

September

• September 6: Burt Reynolds, American actor (voice of Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go To Heaven, Judge Keaton in the Duckman episode Das Sub, M.F. Thatherton in the King of the Hill episode The Company Man, Senator Buckingham in the American Dad! episode School Lies), dies at age 82.[46]

October

• October 4: Will Vinton, American animator and film director (The Adventures of Mark Twain, The California Raisins), dies at age 70.[47][48]
• October 7: Gibba, Italian animator and comics artist, dies at age 93.[49]
• October 9: Adam Burke, American animator (Pixar), dies at age 47.[50]

November

• November 4: Jacques Muller, French animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin, ILM), dies at age 62.[51]
• November 5: Rick Reinert, American animator, animated film director and producer (MGM, Walt Disney Studios, Rick Reinert Productions), dies at age 93.[52][53]
• November 26: Stephen Hillenburg, American comics artist and animator (SpongeBob SquarePants), dies at age 57.[54]

December

• December 17: Penny Marshall, American actress, film director and producer (voiced herself in Laverne & Shirley in the Army, voice of Ms. Botz the babysitter-bandit in The Simpsons episode Some Enchanted Evening), dies at age 75.[55]
• December 27: Børge Ring, Danish animator, jazz musician and comics artist (Oh My Darling, Anna & Bella, Run of the Mill), dies at age 97.[56]
• December 30: Don Lusk, American animator and director (Walt Disney Company, Peanuts TV specials, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 105.[57]

See also

• 2018 in anime

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