2020 in anime

Events in 2020 in anime.

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2020.

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2020.

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2020.

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2020.

Deaths

January

• January 9: YÅ«ji Yamaguchi, Japanese animator (Fate/stay night), dies at age 58 (death announced on this date).

February

• February 13: Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Japanese voice actor (Hachiroh Tohbe in ', Tonpetty in , Muijika in Mushishi, Philip II of Macedon in Reign), dies at age 80.
• February 21: Hisashi Katsuta, Japanese voice actor (Professor Ochanomizu in Astro Boy, Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger, Professor Tobishima in Groizer X, Shin'ichirō Izumi in Tōshō Daimos, dies from senility at age 92.
• February 22: Kazuhiko Kishino, Japanese voice actor (voice of Mayumi Kinniku in Kinnikuman), dies from acute heart failure at age 86.
• February 29: Luis Alfonso Mendoza, Mexican voice dub actor (Latin American voice dub of teenage and adult Gohan in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), is murdered at age 55.

April

• April 12: Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor (Ladd Russo in Baccano, Hiroshi Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, Leorio Paladiknight in Hunter x Hunter), dies of cancer at age 55.
• April 23: Kumiko Okae, Japanese actress (Voice of Naoko Yoshioka in The Cat Returns), dies from pneumonia at age 63.

November

• November 4: Sergio Matteucci, Italian voice actor and radio presenter (narrator in Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Italian dub voice of Saiyan B in Dragon Ball Z), dies at age 89.

• November 15: Hikari Yono, Japanese voice actress (, Sailor Moon Crystal), dies at age 46.
• November 18:
• Kirby Morrow, Canadian voice actor, writer and comedian (American dub voice of Teru Mikami in Death Note, Goku in Ocean's dub of Dragon Ball Z (from Episode 160 onwards), Van Fanel in the Ocean dub of Escaflowne, Miroku in InuYasha, Trowa Barton in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Ryo Takatsuki in Project ARMS), dies from complications of substance abuse at age 47.
• Jonas Rodrigues de Mello, Brazilian actor (voice of Shadowseat in Cassiopeia, Brazilian dub voice of various villains in Dragon Ball Z, Brazilian dub voice of Rataxes in The Adventures of Babar, Montanha in The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs), dies at age 83.
• November 30: Enrico Bertorelli, Italian actor and voice actor (Italian dub voice of Cell and Commander Red in Dragon Ball Z, Commissioner James Gordon in '), dies at age 78.

See also

• 2020 in Japanese television
• 2020 in animation

References

External links

• Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb