2016 in animation explained
This is a list of events in animation in 2016.
Events
February
March
April
- April 4: The first episode of The Powerpuff Girls reboot premieres to mixed-to-negative reviews.
May
June
July
August
October
- October 10: The first episode of Grizzy & the Lemmings. airs
- October 12: 2016 becomes the first year where two animated films gross over $1 billion: Zootopia and Finding Dory.
- October 17: Steve Cutts's animated music video set to Moby's Are You Lost In The World Like Me? is released.[3]
November
December
Awards
Films released
See main article: List of animated feature films of 2016.
Television series debuts
See main article: List of animated television series of 2016.
Television series endings
Deaths
January
- January 4:
- January 5: Christine Lawrence Finney, American painter and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 47.[9]
- January 6: Pat Harrington Jr., American actor (voice of Ray Palmer/Atom and Roy Harper/Speedy in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, the title character and Deux-Deux in The Inspector shorts, Moe Howard in The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Jon's father in A Garfield Christmas), dies at age 86.[10]
- January 7: Richard Libertini, American actor (voice of Dijon in DuckTales, Wally Llama in the Animaniacs episode "Wally Llama", Tellyrand in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Napoleon Brainaparte", Mr. Marini in the Life With Louie episode "Mr. Anderson's Opus", Commissioner in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episode "Bloodlines", Information Desk Clerk in the Duckman episode "Das Sub", Ragtag in the Static Shock episode "Power Play", Dr. Myrell in The Zeta Project episode "The Wrong Morph", Apple Merchant in episode "The Creation"), dies at age 82.[11] [12]
- January 10: David Bowie, English rock singer and actor (voice of Emperor Maltazard in Arthur and the Invisibles, Lord Royal Highness in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis"), dies at age 69.[13]
- January 13: Brian Bedford, English actor (voice of the title character in Robin Hood), dies at age 80.[14]
- January 14:
- January 19: Mike Docherty, Scottish comics artist and animator, dies at age 60.[16]
- January 26:
- January 27: William E. Martin, American actor (voice of Rock Man in The Point!, Nightmare King in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Shredder in seasons 8 and 10 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Samhain in The Real Ghostbusters), dies at age 70.[19] [20]
February
- February 3: Joe Alaskey, American actor (voice of Plucky Duck in Tiny Toon Adventures, Uncle Stinky in Casper, Baby Huey in The Baby Huey Show, Principal Smelling in , Soda Vendbot and Newspaper Vendbot in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Little Jimmy in Timon & Pumbaa, Jean Paul, Piney and Platypus in Johnny Bravo, Officer Wembly in Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Hunter and Nuk in , The Sheriff in Back to the Future, Ivan, Storeowner #3 and Eyedrop Salesman in My Life as a Teenage Robot, continued voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Droopy, and Grandpa Lou in Rugrats, announcer for Toon Disney, Additional voices in Where's Wally?, Tom & Jerry Kids, Duck Dodgers and The Garfield Show) dies at age 63.[21] [22] [23]
- February 6: Dan Gerson, American voice actor (voice of Needleman and Smitty in Monsters, Inc., Desk Sergeant in Big Hero 6, additional voices in Monsters University) and screenwriter (Duckman, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 49.[24]
- February 7: John Walker, American animator and director (Hanna-Barbera), dies at an unknown age.
- February 23: Antanas Janauskas, Lithuanian film director, designer and writer, dies at age 78.
- February 24: Colin Low, Canadian film director and producer (The Romance of Transportation in Canada), dies at age 89.[25]
- February 25: Zdeněk Smetana, Czech animator, film director and graphic artist (worked for Jiri Trnka, Gene Deitch, The End of A Cube), dies at age 90.[26]
- February 28: George Kennedy, American actor (voice of L.B. Mammoth in Cats Don't Dance), dies at age 91.[27]
March
- March 1: Michi Kobi, American actress (additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog), dies at age 91.[28]
- March 16: Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer, songwriter, actor and conductor (voiced himself in the Family Guy episodes "Brian Sings and Swings", "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing" and "Bookie of the Year"), dies from cardiac arrest at age 72.[29]
- March 17: Larry Drake, American actor and comedian (voice of Pops in Johnny Bravo, Ganthet in , Jackson Chappell in the Batman Beyond episode "The Winning Edge", Colonel Vox in the Justice League episode "Maid of Honor", Moss Meister in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "Recipe for Disaster"), dies at age 67.[30]
- March 24: Garry Shandling, American actor and comedian (voice of Verne in Over the Hedge, Ikki in The Jungle Book, Garry in the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist episode "Sticky Notes", Captain Pat Lewellen in the Tom Goes to the Mayor episode "Couple's Therapy"), dies at age 66.[31] [32] [33] [34] [35]
- March 25: Terry Brain, English animator (The Trap Door, Wallace & Gromit), dies at age 60.[36]
- March 28: Igor Khait, American animator and film producer (Bebe's Kids, Walt Disney Company), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 52.[37] [38]
April
- April 3:
- April 6: Oto Reisinger, Croatian animator, illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (Generali, vojskovodje, admirali, Tisucu devetsto devedeset prva) dies at age 89.[41]
- April 9: Arthur Anderson, American actor (voice of Eustace Bagge in seasons 3-4 of Courage the Cowardly Dog, original voice of Lucky the Leprechaun in Lucky Charms ads), dies at age 93.[42]
May
- May 8: William Schallert, American actor (narrator in Sparky's Magic Piano, voice of Professor Pomfrit and Farmer P./Neville Popenbacher in What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Appa Ali Apsa in , Willem in The Smurfs episode "Tis the Season to Be Smurfy", Dr. Cahill in the Jumanji episode "The Plague", Dr. Cowtiki in The Angry Beavers episode "The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up", Judge Linden in The Zeta Project episode "The River Rising"), dies at age 93.[43]
- May 13: Makiko Futaki, Japanese animator and illustrator (Studio Ghibli), dies at age 57.[44]
- May 14: Darwyn Cooke, Canadian animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Animation), dies from cancer at age 53.[45]
- May 19: Alan Young, English actor (voice of Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales, Farmer Smurf in The Smurfs, Grandpa Seville in Alvin and the Chipmunks, 7-Zark-7 and Keyop in Battle of the Planets, Haggis McHaggis in The Ren & Stimpy Show, Hiram Flaversham in The Great Mouse Detective), dies at age 96.[46] [47]
June
- June 2: Willis Pyle, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz, UPA, Peanuts, co-creator of Mr. Magoo), dies at age 101.[48] [49] [50]
- June 3: Muhammad Ali, American boxer (voiced himself in ), dies at age 74.[51] [52] [53]
- June 6: Theresa Saldana, American actress (voice of Rosa in New Kids on the Block, Mame Slaughter in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Estella Velasquez in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Mrs. Diaz in the Batman Beyond episode "Unmasked"), dies from pneumonia at age 61.[54]
- June 12: Janet Waldo, American actress (voice of Judy Jetson in The Jetsons, Granny Sweet in Precious Pupp, Alice in Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? and Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lana Lang in The Adventures of Superboy, Nancy in Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop in Wacky Races and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, Josie in Josie and the Pussycats, Morticia Addams in The Addams Family, Princess in Battle of the Planets, Cindy Bear in Yogi's First Christmas, Hogatha in The Smurfs, continued voice of Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones), dies at age 97.[55]
- June 19: Anton Yelchin, American actor (voice of Jim Lake in , Shun Kazama in From Up on Poppy Hill, Albino Pirate in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!), dies in a car accident at age 27.[56]
- June 30: Gordon Murray, English puppeteer, animator, and film and television producer (A Rubovian Legend, Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Chigley, worked on Captain Pugwash), dies at age 95.[57]
July
- July 19: Garry Marshall, American filmmaker and actor (voice of Buck Cluck in Chicken Little, Larry Kidkill and Sheldon Leavitt in The Simpsons, Soda Jerk in , Manny Goldman in , Bernie in Father of the Pride, Dr. Weisberg in The Looney Tunes Show, Fred in the Rugrats episode "Club Fred", Mr. Itch in the Pinky and the Brain episode "A Pinky and the Brain Halloween", Abe in the BoJack Horseman episode "Yes And"), dies at age 81.[58] [59]
- July 24: Marni Nixon, American actress (sang the title song in Cinderella, voiced the singing flowers in Alice in Wonderland, singing geese in Mary Poppins, and singing voice of Grandmother Fa in Mulan), dies at age 86.[60]
- July 26: Jack Davis, American cartoonist and illustrator (Rankin/Bass), dies at age 91.[61]
August
- August 5: Gigi Dane, American comics, cartoons and animation scholar and editor (co-founded together with her husband Don Markstein Apatoons), dies at age 66. [62] [63]
- August 14: Fyvush Finkel, American actor (voice of the Narrator in The Real Shlemiel, Jackie the Schtickman in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Hearing Aid in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, Shlomo in the Rugrats episode "Chanukah", himself in The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Sax"), dies from heart problems at age 93.[64]
- August 19: Jack Riley, American actor (voice of Stu Pickles in Rugrats), dies at age 80.[65]
- August 25: Marvin Kaplan, American actor (voice of Choo-Choo in Top Cat), dies at age 89.[66]
- August 29: Gene Wilder, American actor and comedian (voice of Letterman in The Adventures of Letterman segments in The Electric Company), dies at age 83.[67]
- Specific date unknown: Jukka Murtosaari, Finnish animator and comics artist, dies at age 53.[68]
September
- September 1: Jon Polito, American actor (voice of Arnook in , Don Baffi in , Commissioner Loeb in Batman: Year One, Hammerhead in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Return to the Spider-Verse: Part III", Griffin of Pittsford in the Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure episode "Not in the Mood", New Aldrin and New Pupert in The Buzz on Maggie episode "These Pesky Roaches", Funjil in the Chowder episode "The Moldy Touch", Sir Cranklin in the Robot and Monster episode "First Impressions", Al Capone in the Time Squad episode "The Clownfather", Mizaru in the episode "Simian Says"), dies at age 65.[69]
- September 3: Anna Dewdney, American author and illustrator (creator of Llama Llama), dies at age 50.[70]
- September 4: Wilma Baker, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 99.[71]
- September 7: Sparky Moore, American animator and comics artist (Hanna-Barbera, Cambria Productions), dies at age 91.[72]
- September 11: Eduard Nazarov, Russian animator, children's book illustrator and actor (Once Upon a Dog), died at age 74.[73]
- September 17: C. Martin Croker, American animator (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Planet, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show, Assy McGee) and voice actor (voice of Zorak and Moltar in Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Dr. Weird and Steve in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Young Man in Perfect Hair Forever), dies from food poisoning at age 54.[74]
- September 27: Julia Kalantarova, Uzbekistan-born American background artist (Jumanji, Klasky Csupo, , The Electric Piper, Kid Notorious, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, The Buzz on Maggie, The Simpsons Movie, Christmas Is Here Again, The Goode Family, , American Dad!, Bob's Burgers), dies from respiratory infection caused by breast cancer at age 45.
October
- October 5: Michiyo Yasuda, Japanese animator (Toei Animation, A Production, Nippon Animation, Topcraft, Studio Ghibli), dies at age 77.[75]
- October 8:
- October 20:
- Michael Massee, American actor (voice of Bruce Banner in Ultimate Avengers: The Movie and Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther, Spellbinder in The Batman episode "The Butler Did It"), dies from stomach cancer at age 64.[79]
- Achieng Abura, Kenyan singer (voice of Crow in the Tinga Tinga Tales episode "Why Frog Croaks") dies at an unknown age.
- October 21: Kevin Meaney, American actor and comedian (voice of Aloysius Pig in Garfield and Friends, John in Duckman, Computer in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, Widow Hutchison in the Rocko's Modern Life episodes "The Big Question" and "The Big Answer", himself in the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist episodes "Bystander Ben", "Henna" and "Ball and Chain"), dies from a heart attack at age 60.[80] [81]
- October 25: Kevin Curran, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons), dies from cancer at age 59.[82] [83]
- October 27: Barry Anthony Trop, American composer (Captain Zed and the Zee Zone, Big Bad Beetleborgs, SpongeBob SquarePants), dies at age 64.
- October 30: Tammy Grimes, American actress (voice of Albert in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Molly Grue in The Last Unicorn, Catrina in My Little Pony Escape from Catrina), dies at age 82.[84]
November
- November 4: Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music performer, composer, producer and promoter (composed background music for SpongeBob SquarePants, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, The Mighty B!, South Park and The Simpsons), dies from lung cancer at age 87.[85] [86] [87]
- November 19: Gino Gavioli, Italian comics artist and animator (Gamma Film, Ulisse e l'Ombra, Caio Gregorio er guardiano der pretorio, Il vigile, Babbut, Mammut e Figliut, Derby, Capitan Trinchetto, Joe Galassia, Serafino spazza antennino, Tacabanda, Cimabue), dies at age 93.[88]
- November 24:
- Al Brodax, American film and television producer (Paramount, King Features, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine), dies at age 90.[89]
- Florence Henderson, American actress (voice of Grand Mum in Sofia the First, Mallory "Mastermind" Casey in Loonatics Unleashed, Nanny Barbara in The Cleveland Show episode "The Men in Me", Ruby Stone in the episode "Dead Justice", herself in the Nightmare Ned episode "Monster Ned"), dies at age 82.[90]
- November 25: Ron Glass, American actor (voice of Randy Carmichael in Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Dr. Lazenby in , Talking Baby in The Proud Family, Kwanseer in the Aladdin episode "Bad Mood Rising", News Anchorman in the episode "Blasts From The Past"), dies from respiratory failure at age 71.[91]
- November 27: Eric Fredrickson, Canadian animator (Atkinson Film-Arts, The Raccoons, Rupert) and storyboard artist (Atkinson Film-Arts, Young Robin Hood, James Bond Jr., Stunt Dawgs, The Legend of White Fang, Doug, Adventures in Odyssey, Action Man, Life with Louie, , Family Guy, Stuart Little, American Dad!), dies at age 54.[92]
December
- December 14: Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (voice of the Chairmouse in The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under, Henry Morton Stanley in the Time Squad episode "Out with the In Crowd"), dies at age 89.[93] [94]
- December 17: Gordon Hunt, American writer, director (Hanna-Barbera), and actor (voice of Wally in Dilbert), dies at age 87.[95] [96] [97]
- December 24: Liz Smith, British actress (voice of Mrs. Mulch in ) dies at age 95.[98]
- December 26: George S. Irving, American actor (narrator in Underdog, voice of Heat Miser in The Year Without a Santa Claus, and Captain Contagious in ), dies at age 94.[99]
- December 27: Carrie Fisher, American actress (voice of Princess Leia in The Star Wars Holiday Special and , Angela in Family Guy, Roz Katz in the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist episode "Thanksgiving"), dies at age 60.[100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105]
- December 28: Debbie Reynolds, American actress (voice of Charlotte in Charlotte's Web, Mitzi, Mrs. Claus, and Mrs. Prancer in , Lulu Pickles in Rugrats, Nana Possible in Kim Possible), dies at age 84.[106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112]
- December 30: Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American painter, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer, kite designer, set designer, storyboard artist and animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 106.[113] [114] [115]
See also
External links
Notes and References
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