2008 in animation
Events
February
- February 11: During the Berlin International Film Festival Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues premiers.[1][2]
- February 18: Nickelodeon celebrates the revival of the show The Fairly OddParents with the television film Fairly OddBaby. This has been the first new episode since 2006.
- February 24: 80th Academy Awards:
- Ratatouille, directed by Brad Bird, produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[3]
- Peter & the Wolf by Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[4]
March
- March 14: Horton Hears a Who!, directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, produced by Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox, is first released.
- March 23: Futurama returns to the air on Comedy Central after its cancellation by Fox in 2003. The series was revived with direct-to video films, and new episodes would air in 2010.
May
- May 15: During the Cannes Film Festival Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir premiers.[5][6]
June
- June 6: Kung Fu Panda, directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, produced by DreamWorks Animation, is first released.
July
- July 19: Ponyo, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Studio Ghibli, is first released in Japan.
- July 23: DIC Entertainment Corporation is purchased by Canadian animation studio Cookie Jar Entertainment and eventually folded into the latter.
September
- September 20: After 11 years, the Toonami block is officially cancelled by Cartoon Network.
December
- December 22: The first episode of The Garfield Show airs, a CGI version of the eponymous comic strip.
- December 30: Free Radicals is added to the National Film Registry.[7][8]
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
- Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone[9]
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: Sita Sings the Blues
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Kung Fu Panda
- Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Waltz with Bashir
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: WALL-E
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: The Missing Lynx
- Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: Ponyo
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Grand Prize: La Maison en Petits Cubes
- Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: The Sky Crawlers
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 4 | The Mr. Men Show | Cartoon Network | 2008–09 |
| March 8 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | The CW, Disney XD | |
| April 18 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Cartoon Network | 2008–10 |
| April 26 | The Mighty B! | Nickelodeon | 2008–11 |
| April 27 | Speed Racer: The Next Generation | Nicktoons Network | 2008–13 |
| June 5 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Cartoon Network | 2008–10 |
| Total Drama Island | 2008–14 | ||
| June 27 | Three Delivery | Nicktoons Network | 2008–09 |
| September 1 | Martha Speaks | PBS Kids | 2008–14 |
| Sid the Science Kid | 2008–13 | ||
| September 28 | The Life & Times of Tim | HBO | 2008–12 |
| October 3 | The Secret Saturdays | Cartoon Network | 2008–10 |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 2008–14 | ||
| October 4 | Making Fiends | Nicktoons Network | 2008 |
| November 14 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Cartoon Network | 2008–11 |
| November 28 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Nickelodeon | 2008–15 |
| December 6 | Random! Cartoons | Nicktoons Network | 2008–09 |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Higglytown Heroes | Playhouse Disney | 2004–08 | Ended |
| January 21 | Codename: Kids Next Door | Cartoon Network | 2002–08 | |
| March 8 | The Batman | Kids' WB | 2004–08 | |
| March 15 | Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! | 2006–08 | ||
| March 22 | Tom and Jerry Tales | |||
| March 27 | Camp Lazlo | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 | |
| April 5 | Legion of Super Heroes | Kids' WB | 2006–08 | |
| April 12 | Ben 10 (2005) | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 | |
| May 25 | Class of 3000 | 2006–08 | ||
| May 31 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, GameTap | 1994–2008 | |
| June 10 | ToddWorld | Discovery Kids | 2004–08 | |
| June 21 | Growing Up Creepie | 2006–08 | ||
| July 19 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Nickelodeon | 2005–08 | |
| August 17 | All Grown Up! | 2003–08 | Cancelled | |
| August 23 | ChalkZone | 2002–08 | Ended | |
| September 13 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | 2007–08 | Cancelled | |
| September 20 | Kappa Mikey | Nicktoons Network | 2006–08 | Ended |
| October 11 | Tutenstein | Discovery Kids | 2003–08 | |
| October 12 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Cartoon Network | ||
| November 1 | Making Fiends | Nicktoons Network | 2008 | Cancelled |
| November 20 | The Emperor's New School | Disney Channel | 2006–08 | |
| November 27 | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | Cartoon Network | 2005–08 | |
| December 6 | DinoSquad | CBS | 2007–08 | |
| Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot | ||||
| Horseland | 2006–08 |
Deaths
January
- January 2: Brice Mack, American animated film director and painter (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 90.[10]
February
- February 2: Gus Arriola, Mexican-American comics artist and animator (Screen Gems, MGM), dies at age 90.[11]
- February 6: Phyllis Barnhart, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Bandolier Films, Chuck Jones Productions, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, DePatie-Freleng, Don Bluth Productions) dies at age 85.[12]
- February 13: Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director and animator (J.O. Studio), dies at age 92.[13]
March
- March 3: Taichirō Hirokawa, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 68.
- March 18: Justin Wright, American animator (Pixar), dies at age 27 from a heart attack.[14][15]
- March 21: Raymond Leblanc, Belgian comics publisher, animated film producer (founder of Belvision) and animated film director (Tintin and the Lake of Sharks), dies at age 92.[16]
April
- April 11: Andy Knight, Canadian animator, film and TV director (Ned's Newt, Get Ed), dies at age 46.[17]
- April 14: Ollie Johnston, American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 95.[18][19][20][21]
May
- May 11: Dick Sutcliffe, American animator (co-creator of Davey and Goliath), dies at age 90.[22]
- May 16: David Mitton, British TV and animated film director and producer, model maker and special effects technician (Thomas and Friends), dies at age 69.[23]
July
- July 3: Larry Harmon, American clown (played himself in Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown, voice of Stan Laurel in Laurel and Hardy), dies at age 83.[24]
- July 22: Greg Burson, American voice actor (voice of DNA in Jurassic Park, voice replacement for all characters performed by Mel Blanc and Daws Butler), dies at age 69 from diabetes complications.[25]
August
- August 5: Gary Mooney, Canadian-American animator (Walt Disney Company, Hubley Studios, Gene Deitch, Jay Ward Productions, animated sequence in Jurassic Park), dies at age 78 from cancer.[26]
- August 10: Terence Rigby, British actor (voice of Silver in Watership Down) , dies at age 71.[27]
September
- September 2: Bill Melendez, American animator (Walt Disney Company), film director (Peanuts animated features) and voice actor (voice of Snoopy and Woodstock), dies at age 91.[28]
December
- December 8: Oliver Postgate, British animator, puppeteer and TV writer (narrator and additional voices in Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog, co-creator of Bagpuss), co-founder of Smallfilms, dies at age 83.[29]
- December 25: Eartha Kitt, American actress (voice of Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove, Queen Vexus in My Life as a Teenage Robot, and herself in The Simpsons episode Once Upon a Time in Springfield)[30]
See also
References
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- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/paley_nina.htm
- https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008
- https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2008
- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/movies/16cann.html
- https://www.cinefondation.com/en/festival/films/waltz-with-bashir
- https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/
- "2008 Entries to National Film Registry Announced" (Press release). Library of Congress. December 30, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- これまでの記録（第11回～15回）. Anime Kobe (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/disney-background-painter-mack-dies-at-90/
- "Gus Arriola". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- https://animationguild.org/in-memoriam/
- Obituary in The Times, 11 March 2008
- Justin Wright's obituary in the Napa Valley Register
- Justin Wright, Pixar artist, passes away Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine at theanimationblog.com
- "'Tintin' Publisher Raymond Leblanc Dies at 92 - ComicMix". www.comicmix.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 2009-04-17. ISBN 9780786434824.
- "Legendary Disney animator dies at 95". CNN. Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- "'Golden age' Disney animator dies". BBC. 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- "Ollie Johnston, last of Disney's elite animators, died on April 14th, aged 95". The Economist. April 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- "Disney Animator Ollie Johnston Dies at 95". ARTINFO. April 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-14. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - Weber, Bruce (2008-05-25). "Dick Sutcliffe, 90, Dies; Began 'Davey and Goliath'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- "David Mitton". The Daily Telegraph. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363528/
- Evanier, Mark (August 1, 2008). "Greg Burson, R.I.P." NewsFromMe.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
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- Fox, Margalit (September 4, 2008). "Bill Melendez, 91, 'Peanuts' Animator, Dies". The New York Times.
- "Bagpuss and Clangers creator dies". BBC News. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/arts/26kitt.html
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