2025 in animation
2025 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 1:
- Several Cartoon Network shows, including Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Teen Titans, Seasons 1-7 of Teen Titans Go!, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Looney Tunes Show, and Static Shock, were removed from Max.[1]
- Family Guy returned to Adult Swim after a three-year hiatus.[2]
- Popeye the Sailor, Tintin, and the first Silly Symphony short film, The Skeleton Dance, enters the public domain in the United States.
- The season 18 finale episode of Upin & Ipin premiered on Astro Prima and MNCTV.
- January 3: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl premiered on Netflix internationally.
- January 11: StuGo will premiere on Disney Channel and will premiere on Disney+ in the Spring.
- January 16: Mermicorno: Starfall will be released as a Max exclusive.
- January 25: The final episode of Craig of the Creek will premiere on Cartoon Network.
- January 29: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will premiere on Disney+.
- January 31: DreamWorks Animation's Dog Man will be released.
February
[edit]- February 2: Common Side Effects will premiere on Adult Swim.
- February 6: Season 2 of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur will resume on Disney Channel.
- February 8: 52nd Annie Awards will be held.
- February 17: The eleventh season of Gabby's Dollhouse will premiere on Netflix.
- February 19: Win or Lose will be released on Disney+.
- February 28: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie will be released.
March
[edit]- March 2: The 97th Academy Awards will air on ABC.
- March 7:
- Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th film in the Doraemon franchise, will be released in Japanese cinemas by Toho. This movie is a special work for the 45th anniversary of the Doraemon movie series.[3]
- Night of the Zoopocalypse will be released in United States and Canada.
June
[edit]July
[edit]- July 18: Paramount Animation's The Smurfs Movie will be released.
August
[edit]- August 1: DreamWorks Animation's The Bad Guys 2 will be released.
September
[edit]- September 26: DreamWorks Animation's Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie will be released. It will be the first live-action/animated DreamWorks Animation film.
November
[edit]- November 26: Walt Disney Animation Studios' Zootopia 2 will be released.
December
[edit]- December 19: Paramount Pictures' The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants will be released.
Specific date unknown
[edit]- The nineteen season of Upin & Ipin, will premiere on Astro Prima and RCTI on this new season after replaced from MNCTV.
- The fifth season of Phineas and Ferb will premiere on Disney+ and Disney Channel
- Tracey Butler's independent series Lackadaisy will premiere on YouTube.
- Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires will premiere on Max.
- Netflix Animation's In Your Dreams will premiere on Netflix.
- Sony Pictures Animation's K-Pop: Demon Hunters will premiere on Netflix.
- A another revival series of Pingu will premiered
- The seventh season of The Amazing World of Gumball will premiered on Cartoon Network.
- The revival series of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series will premiere on ITVX.
- Sony Pictures Animation's Motel Transylvania, a series spin-off of the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, will be released as a Netflix exclusive.
- The fourth season of The Patrick Star Show will premiere on Nickelodeon.
- The second season of Rock Paper Scissors will premiere on Nickelodeon.
- Plankton: The Movie will premiere on Netflix.
- Skydance Animation's Pookoo will premiere on Netflix.
- Netflix Animation's The Twits will premiere on Netflix.
- Laika's Wildwood will be released.
- Television series adaptation Devil May Cry, based on the Capcom video game franchise of the same name, will be released as a Netflix exclusive sometime in April.
- The eighth and final season of My Hero Academia will premiere on Japanese television.
- An untitled third television series based on Avatar: The Last Airbender will be released.
- A reboot of Iginio Straffi's Winx Club will be released as a Netflix exclusive.
- Waldemar Fast's Grand Prix of Europe will be released.
- Studio Orange and Qubic Pictures' anime series adaptation Leviathan, based on the Scott Westerfeld novel trilogy, will premiere as a Netflix exclusive.
- The fifth episode of The Amazing Digital Circus, will release on YouTube and Netflix.
- The Jellystone two-part massive crossover event with Cartoon Network characters entitled "Crisis on Infinite Mirths" will premiere on Cartoon Network.
- Season 14 of King of the Hill will premiere on Hulu.
- Glitch Productions's The Gaslight District will release on YouTube.
- Season 2 of Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake will be released on Max.
Awards
[edit]- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: TBA
- American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: TBA
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: TBA
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent: TBA
- Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production: TBA
- Astra Film Award for Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
- Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation: TBA
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
- César Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series: TBA
- Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Flow
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Flow
- Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film: TBA
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: The Boy and the Heron
- Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie: TBA
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film: TBA
- Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: TBA
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: Flow
- Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
- St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
- Tokyo Anime Award: The Boy and the Heron
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
- Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: TBA
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
Films released
[edit]Television series debuts
[edit]| Date | Title | Channel, Streaming |
|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Totally Spies (Revival) | Cartoon Network |
| January 11 | StuGo | Disney Channel |
| January 16 | Mermicorno: Starfall | Max |
| January 17 | RoboGobo | Disney Jr. |
| January 29 | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Disney+ |
| February 2 | Common Side Effects | Adult Swim |
| February 19 | Win or Lose | Disney+ |
| February 25 | Weather Hunters | PBS Kids |
| April 15 | Devil May Cry | Netflix |
| Spring | Iyanu | Cartoon Network / Max |
| July | My Melody & Kuromi | Netflix |
| August 6 | Eyes of Wakanda | Disney+ |
| August 10 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ | Disney Jr. |
| August 12 | Iron Man and His Awesome Friends | |
| October 31 | Marvel Zombies | Disney+ |
| TBA | Lazarus | Adult Swim |
| Hey AJ | Disney Jr. | |
| Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight | Netflix | |
| Gupi | ||
| Leviathan | ||
| Long Story Short | ||
| Moonrise | ||
| Motel Transylvania | ||
| Winx Club | ||
| Wolf King | ||
| HexVets and Magic Pets | Nickelodeon | |
| Super Duper Bunny League | ||
| Bixbee and the Beekeepers | TBA | |
| Lackadaisy | YouTube | |
| The Gaslight District |
Television series endings
[edit]| Date | Title | Channel, Streaming | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 | Craig of the Creek | Cartoon Network | 2018–2025 | Ending |
| TBA | Big Mouth | Netflix | 2017–2025 | |
| Blood of Zeus | 2020–2025 | |||
| My Hero Academia | NNS (ytv, NTV) (Japan) | 2016–2025 |
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 1: Wayne Osmond, American musician (voiced himself in The Osmonds), dies at age 73.[4][5][6]
- January 5:
- Benoît Allemane, French voice actor (French dub voice of Foghorn Leghorn in the Looney Tunes franchise, Ronan the Accuser in The Super Hero Squad Show, Mayor Hamilton Hill in Batman: The Animated Series, Silverback in Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, Doctor X in Action Man, Narrator in Teen Titans, voice of Akeltonon in Mummy Nanny, Santa Claus in Santa's Apprentice, Yule in Mune: Guardian of the Moon, Narrator in Snow White: The Sequel), dies at age 82.[7]
- Jim Short, Australian-born American comedian (voice of Keith Richards in the God, the Devil and Bob episode "Keith Richards"), dies at age 58.[8]
- January 6: Dale Wilson, Canadian actor (voice of Ja-Kal in Mummies Alive!, Cell and Android 8 in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z, Paw Pooch in Krypto the Superdog, Akuma in Street Fighter, Robert Kelly in X-Men: Evolution and Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Clow Reed in the Nelvana dub of Cardcaptor Sakura, Captain Grid-Iron in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wreckage in G.I. Joe Extreme, Smokescreen and Hoist in Transformers: Armada, Mudflap in Transformers: Cybertron, Machine Man and Electro in Spider-Man Unlimited, Knuck in Action Man, Toa Lewa and Turaga Onewa in Bionicle: Mask of Light, provided additional voices for Extreme Dinosaurs), dies at age 74.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Valdez, Nick (2025-01-01). "Max Just Lost Some of Its Biggest Animated Series". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
- ^ White, Peter (2024-12-03). "'Family Guy' Will Return To Adult Swim, The Cable Network That Helped Revive It 20 Years Ago". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ "2025 Doraemon Film Unveils Title, Trailer, Main Staff, March 7 Opening". Anime News Network. October 6, 2024.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (2025-01-02). "Wayne Osmond, Original Member of the Singing Osmonds, Dies at 73". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Wayne Osmond, brother of Donny and Marie, dies at age 73 - CBS News". CBS News. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Sanders, Hank; Lindner, Emmett (January 3, 2025). "Wayne Osmond, Singer and Guitarist With the Osmonds, Dies at 73". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Mort de Benoît Allemane, voix française mythique de Morgan Freeman et du Père Noël (in French)
- ^ Jim Short Dies: The Comedian And Podcast Host Was 58
- ^ Mateo, Alex (January 8, 2025). "Voice Actor Dale Wilson Dies". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb