2004 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.
Events
January
February
March
April
May
- May 7: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and The Fairly OddParents hour-long crossover special event, "Jimmy Timmy Power Hour" premieres on Nickelodeon, reeling in a total of nearly five million viewers for its premiere.
- May 10: Voice actor Greg Burson is arrested after barricading himself inside his home, holding three female roommates hostage while being drunk and carrying a gun.
- May 11: The pilot for Invader Zim makes its debut on DVD.
- May 12âÂÂ31: 2004 Cannes Film Festival: Jonas Geirnaert, a young Belgian film student, sends in an unfinished animated short, Flatlife, to the festival, which promptly wins the Jury Prize for Best Short Film. This launches his media career in Flanders.
- May 15: Shrek 2 premiers during the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
- May 17: The Simpsons episode Bart-Mangled Banner premieres on Fox, and became controversial in the United States for satirizing the U.S. Patriot Act.
- May 23:
- King of the Hill concludes its eighth season on Fox with the episode "Talking Shop". The episode was watched by over 6.1 million viewers that night.
- The Simpsons concludes its 15th season on Fox with the episode "Fraudcast News". The episode was watched by over 9.4 million viewers that night.
- May 24: The first episode of Kikoriki aired.
- May 31: The first episode of Peppa Pig aired.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Specific date unknown
- The animated Kotex commercial with the infamous Red Dot, used as the referred "period", gained notoriety for its exploits in front of children owing to their limited understanding, which caused damaging sells to the product as Kimberly-Clark would eliminate the slogan from their marketing campaign to avoid further verbal abuse.
Awards
Films released
- January 16 - Teacher's Pet (United States) (produced in 2003)
- January 17 - Dead Leaves (Japan)
- January 22 - The Butterfly Lovers (China)
- February 9 - Pinocchio 3000 (Canada, France, and Spain)
- February 10:
- The Lion King 1ý (United States)
- VeggieTales: An Easter Carol (United States)
- February 11 - The Island of Black Mor (France)
- February 14 - ' (Japan)
- February 20 - Clifford's Really Big Movie (limited)
- March 6:
- ' (Japan)
- ' (Japan)
- March 7 - ' (Japan)
- March 9 - Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (United States)
- March 18 - Boo, Zino & the Snurks (Germany and Spain)
- March 24:
- Los balunis en la aventura del fin del mundo (Spain)
- Immortel (France)
- April 1 - Derrick â Duty Calls! (Germany and Ireland)
- April 2:
- Glup (Spain) (produced in 2003)
- Home on the Range (United States)
- Terkel in Trouble (Denmark)
- April 6 - Corto Maltese: La maison dorée de Samarkand (France)
- April 7 - Charley and Mimmo (France, Luxembourg, and South Korea)
- April 17:
- ' (Japan)
- ' (Japan)
- Hair High (United States)
- April 18 - Appleseed (Japan)
- April 23:
- Kate - the Taming of the Shrew (Italy)
- Clifford's Really Big Movie (United States)
- May 18 - VeggieTales: A Snoodle's Tale (United States)
- May 19 - Shrek 2 (United States)
- June 22 - Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (United States)
- June 24 - McDull, prince de la bun (Hong Kong)
- June 30 - Les Aventures extraordinaires de Michel Strogoff (France)
- July 8 - Patoruzito (Argentina)
- July 9 - ' (Brazil)
- July 12 - Stellaluna (United States and Canada)
- July 17:
- ' (Japan)
- Steamboy (Japan)
- July 24:
- The Great Pig Pirate Mateo (South Korea)
- ' (United States)
- August 3 - ' (United States)
- August 7 - Mind Game (Japan)
- August 13 - ' (Japan)
- August 17 - ' (United States)
- August 21 - ' (Japan)
- August 27 - ' (Japan)
- August 31 - VeggieTales: Sumo of the Opera (United States)
- September 4 - Strings (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and United Kingdom)
- September 5 - The Easter Egg Adventure (United States)
- September 14 - ' (United States)
- September 24 - ' (Japan)
- September 26 - Laura's Star (Germany and Bulgaria)
- September 28:
- Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (United States)
- Tonka Tough Truck Adventures: The Biggest Show on Wheels (United States)
- Bob the Builder: Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games (United States)
- September 30 - ' (United States)
- October 1 - Shark Tale (United States)
- October 5:
- ' (United States and Canada)
- ' (United States)
- Nine Dog Christmas (United States)
- October 12:
- ' (Canada)
- Felix the Cat Saves Christmas (United States)
- The Nutcracker and the Mouseking (Russia, Germany, United States, and United Kingdom)
- October 19 - ' (United States)
- October 22:
- The Legend of Buddha (India)
- ' (Japan)
- October 28 - Neznayka and the Barrabass (Russia)
- November 5:
- The Incredibles (United States)
- The Little Polar Bear: A Visitor from the South Pole (Germany)
- November 9:
- Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (United States)
- ' (Canada and United States)
- November 10 - The Polar Express (United States)
- November 14 - ' (United States)
- November 16:
- ' (United States)
- LeapFrog: Talking Words Factory II - Code Word Caper (United States)
- November 19 - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (United States)
- November 20:
- Howl's Moving Castle (Japan)
- The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Japan)
- November 23 - In Search of Santa (United States)
- November 24 - LeapFrog: Math Circus (United States)
- December 1:
- Souvenir from the Capital (Russia)
- Supertramps (Spain)
- December 2 - (United States)
- December 3 - Frank and Wendy (Estonia)
- December 4 - Blade of the Phantom Master (South Korea)
- December 9:
- The District! (Hungary)
- Teo, Intergalactic Hunter (Spain and Argentina)
- December 10 - Circleen: Little Big Mouse (Denmark)
- December 23:
- Alosha (Russia)
- Tottoko Hamtaro Ham Ham Paradise! The Movie: Hamtaro and the Demon of the Mysterious Picture Book Tower (Japan)
- ' (Japan)
- Specific date unknown:
- Genghis Khan (Italy)
- Homeland (India)
- Tentacolino (Italy)
- Tracing Jake (Japan)
Television series debuts
Television series endings
Television season premieres
Television season finales
Births
January
March
May
June
July
August
- August 4: Noah Bentley, American actor (voice of Burple in ', Mo in Elliott from Earth, Buff (Bat Truck) in Batwheels).
- August 5:
- Albert Tsai, American actor (voice of Kid in The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, Peng in Abominable, Drew in ').
- Honor Kneafsey, British actress (voice of Robyn Goodfellowe in Wolfwalkers).
- August 14: Marsai Martin, American actress and producer (voice of Prudence Granger in Spirit Untamed, Liberty in ' and ', Aggro in ', Jill in Goldie & Bear, Caterina in Elena of Avalor).
September
October
November
- November 17: Andre Robinson, American actor (voice of Donny McStuffins in Doc McStuffins, Meerkat Baby in Khumba, Niko in Niko and the Sword of Light, Clyde McBride in seasons 3-5 of The Loud House and The Loud House Movie, young Bilal in ', Oliver in Summer Camp Island, Cutter in ', Hansel in A Tale Dark & Grimm, Brandon in the American Dad! episode "Mused and Abused").
- November 27: Jet Jurgensmeyer, American actor (voice of Gabriel, Aiden and Rudy in Special Agent Oso, Nonny in seasons 3âÂÂ4 of Bubble Guppies, Kaz and Zac in Shimmer and Shine, Orby and Dudley in Puppy Dog Pals, Dirty in The Stinky & Dirty Show, Stinky in ', young Guapo in Ferdinand, Junior in Next Gen, Pip in T.O.T.S., Cornelius in The Chicken Squad episode "House Guest").
December
Deaths
January
- January 1: Yevgeniy Migunov, Russian film director, caricaturist, illustrator, and animator (Karandash and Klyaska - Merry Hunters, Familiar Pictures), dies at age 82.
- January 8: Eddy Ryssack, Belgian comics artist and animator (Belvision), dies from a heart attack at age 75.
- January 10: Sidney Miller, American actor (voice of The Dungeon Master in Dungeons & Dragons, Hornswoggle in The Gary Coleman Show, Horrg in Monchhichis, Oompe in '), dies at age 87.
February
- February 1: James Simpkins, Canadian animator and comics artist (National Film Board of Canada), dies at age 93.
- February 3: Jason Raize, American actor and singer (voice of Denahi in Brother Bear), commits suicide at age 28.
- February 5: John Hench, American animator, designer and creative director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 95.
- February 11: Tony Pope, American actor (voice of the Big Bad Wolf in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Geppetto in House of Mouse, Wreck-Gar in The Transformers, Junior in What a Cartoon!, Scientist in the ' episode "New Kids in Town", continued voice of Goofy), dies at age 56.
- February 12: Anthony Rizzo, Italian-American film director (Duck and Cover), dies at age 85.
March
- March 1: Barbara Frawley, Australian actress (voice of Dot in Dot and the Kangaroo and its sequels), dies at age 68.
- March 6: Peggy DeCastro, American singer (Bird and Animal voices in Song of the South), dies at age 83.
- March 7: Paul Winfield, American actor (voice of Mr. Smith in The Wish That Changed Christmas, Jeffrey Robbins in Gargoyles, Mr. Ruhle in The Magic School Bus, Omar Mosley/Black Marvel in Spider-Man, Sam Young in Batman Beyond, Lucious Sweet in The Simpsons, Earl Cooper in the ' episode "The Mechanic", Father in the ' episode "Beauty and the Beast"), dies from a heart attack at age 64.
- March 8: Robin Klein, American casting director (Foodfight!), dies at age 43.
- March 12: William Moritz, American animation film historian, dies at age 62.
- March 14: René Laloux, French animator and film director (Les Escargots, La Planète Sauvage, Les Maîtres du temps), dies at age 74 from a heart attack.
- March 28: Peter Ustinov, English actor (voice of Prince John and King Richard in Robin Hood, and the title character in Dr. Snuggles), dies at age 82.
- Specific date unknown: John Grace, English television writer (64 Zoo Lane, Pablo the Little Red Fox, Kipper, Ethelbert the Tiger, co-creator of ReBoot), dies at an unknown age.
April
- April 1: Sándor Reisenbüchler, Hungarian film director, animator and graphic artist, dies at age 69.
- April 14:
- Micheline Charest, English-born Canadian television producer (co-founder of CINAR), dies from complications from plastic surgery at age 51.
- Harry Holt, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 93.
- April 15: Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (Tetsujin 28-go), dies at age 69 from burns suffered in a fire.
- April 25: Jacques Rouxel, French animator (Les Shadoks), dies at age 73.
May
- May 3: Volus Jones, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walter Lantz, Format Films, Hanna-Barbera, Famous Studios, UPA, Ralph Bakshi), dies at age 90.
- May 7: Diana Chesney, British-American actress (voice of Mrs. Judson in The Great Mouse Detective), dies at age 87.
- May 9: Robert Naylor, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 94.
- May 15: Jack Bradbury, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 89.
June
July
- July 7: Vlado Kristl, Yugoslavian-Croatian film director and animator (Don Kihot), dies at age 81.
- July 9: Isabel Sanford, American actress and comedian (voice of Betsy in the Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episode "Help Wanted", Shirley McLoon in the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode "A Bicycle Built for Boo!", Bernice in the Pepper Ann episode "Cocoon Gables", herself in The Simpsons episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), dies at age 86.
- July 16: Andy Engman, Swedish-Finnish-American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 92.
- July 21: Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (The Secret of NIMH, Mulan, '), dies at age 75.
- July 26: OÃÂuz Aral, Turkish comics artist, animator, and film director and producer (Koca Yusuf (Yusuf the Wrestler), Direkler Arasñ (Theater), Bu Ã
Âehr-i ðstanbul (This City Called Istanbul), AÃÂustos BöceÃÂi ile Karñnca (The Cricket and the Ant) ), dies at age 68.
- July 28:
- Jackson Beck, American actor (voice of Perry White in The New Adventures of Superman, the fox in Baby Huey cartoons, the father in Little Lulu, Buzzy the Crow in Herman and Katnip, Brutus the Cat in Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown, continued voice of Bluto, narrator in '), dies at age 92.
- Sam Edwards, American actor (voice of adult Thumper in Bambi, and the title character in Rod Rocket), dies at age 89.
August
September
October
- October 5: Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (writer, producer, and voice of the title character in Rover Dangerfield, Rat-A-Tat-Tat in The Electric Piper, Larry Burns in The Simpsons episode "Burns, Baby Burns", himself in the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist episode "Day Planner"), dies at age 82.
- October 10: Christopher Reeve, American actor (voice of Clark Kent in a AT&T commercial, It Zwibble in the HBO Storybook Musicals episode "Earthday Birthday"), director (Everyone's Hero), and activist, dies at age 52.
- October 25: John Peel, English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist (voice of Announcer in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Explode"), dies from a heart attack at age 65.
November
- November 9: Ed Kemmer, American actor (model for Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 83.
- November 11:
- Dayton Allen, American comedian and actor (voice of Deputy Dawg), dies at age 85.
- Zvonimir LonÃÂariÃÂ, Croatian animator, sculptor and painter (art director on Surogat), dies at age 77.
- November 12: Harry Hargreaves, English comics artist, illustrator and animator (Gaumont British, GoGo the Fox), dies at age 82.
- November 30: Carmen D'Avino, American painter, sculptor and film director, dies at age 86.
December
- December 8: Dimebag Darrell, American musician and member of Pantera (composed the track "Prehibernation" which was used in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Prehibernation Week", and "Walk" which was used in Sonic the Hedgehog 2), was murdered at age 38.
- December 15: Alma Duncan, Canadian painter, graphic artist and film director ( Kumak the Sleepy Hunter, Hearts and Soles), dies at age 86.
- December 22: Ben van Voorn, Dutch comics artist and animator (worked for Marten Toonder's animation department and on the films Asterix Versus Caesar and Asterix and the Big Fight), dies at age 67.
- December 28: Jerry Orbach, American actor (voice of Lumière in Beauty and the Beast), dies at age 69.
See also
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