2006 in animation

Events in 2006 in animation.

February

 * February 4: The 33rd Annie Awards are held.
 * February 24: My Gym Partner's a Monkey premieres after airing its sneak peek on 26 December 2005.

March

 * March 15: Christian Volckman's Renaissance premiers.
 * March 22: The South Park episode "The Return of Chef" premieres, in which the character Chef dies.
 * March 31: Blue Sky Studios releases Ice Age: The Meltdown, directed by Carlos Saldanha.

April

 * April 9: The Simpsons episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore" premieres, in which the family travels to India.
 * April 11: Winnie the Pooh receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 * April 14: Walt Disney Pictures' The Wild premieres. It was universally panned for its improper CG imagery and writing and was explicitly compared to DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar.
 * April 14: Paul Laurence Robertson's Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 is released online.

May

 * May 19: Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick's Over the Hedge premiers.
 * May 25: Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly premiers.

June

 * June 9: Disney/Pixar's Cars premieres.
 * June 17: Peter Lord and David Sproxton, founders of Aardman Animations, receive a CBE.
 * June 22: Happy Tree Friends episode "From A to Zoo, part 2" premieres on some MTV channel.
 * June 27: The final episode of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi airs. The series is confirmed cancelled four months later, leaving 5 episodes unaired.
 * Specific date unknown in June: Garrett Gilchrist, filmmaker and artist, released The Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut on the internet. It is a fan restoration of Richard Williams' unfinished work and was universally acclaimed over the terrible altered versions that were theatrically released in the 1990s.

July

 * July 21:
 * Columbia Pictures' Monster House premieres. Despite its positive reception, it gained some infamy for its frightening content that was considered too dark for a less-restricted "PG rating".
 * Nickelodeon airs The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators. This marks the suspension of The Fairly OddParents as Butch Hartman originally ended production of the series until he reconsidered the sixth season after a year hiatus. This also marks the conclusion of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius due to the closure of DNA Productions. The final remaining episodes of both shows in general air on November 25 this year.

August

 * August 21: The first episode of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! airs.
 * August 26: The first episode of Yin Yang Yo! airs.

September

 * September 4: The first episode of Curious George airs and PBS Kids Preschool Block launches.
 * September 9: Qubo launches as NBC's new block.
 * September 10: The Simpsons episode "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" premieres, guest starring heavy metal band Metallica.
 * September 17: The Simpsons episode "Jazzy and the Pussycats" premieres, guest starring the White Stripes.
 * September 25: The Happy Tree Friends TV season premieres on G4 in the United States, with the first three segments of episode 1.
 * September 29: The first feature film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, Open Season, premiers.

November

 * November 3: Cartoon Network's Class of 3000 premiers.
 * November 14: 11th Animation Kobe is held.
 * November 29: EuropaCorp's Arthur and the Minimoys by Luc Besson premieres in France and becomes the highest grossing movie in its home country. The Weinstein Company would distribute the film as Arthur and the Invisibles two months later. The film was notoriously butchered for the western release, which received extremely negative reviews. Furthermore, Harvey Weinstein was blamed for forcing it to be "American".

December

 * December 25: Episode 13 with last three segments of Happy Tree Friends TV season premieres, thus ending the TV series last original debut.
 * December 27: Early Abstractions is added to the National Film Registry.

Specific date unknown

 * DNA Productions closes down.
 * The pilot episode for Jimmy Two-Shoes was made, but was since refused to make any public appearances as it was deemed too dark and cynical to be marketed for the attended audiences.

Awards

 * Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet
 * Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
 * Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Cars
 * BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Happy Feet
 * Goya Award for Best Animated Film: El Ratón Pérez
 * Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
 * Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Award: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
 * Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Films released

 * 7 January - Origin: Spirits of the Past (Japan)
 * 17 January - Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (United States)
 * 2 February - Blood Tea and Red String (United States)
 * 7 February:
 * Bambi II (United States)
 * My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade (United States)
 * 10 February - Curious George (United States)
 * 16 February - Felix 2 – The Hare and the Verflixte Time Machine (Germany)
 * 17 February - Impy's Island (Germany)
 * 21 February - Ultimate Avengers (United States)
 * 23 February:
 * Fimfárum 2 (Czech Republic)
 * Prince Vladimir (Russia)
 * 24 February - Doogal (France, United Kingdom, and United States)
 * 4 March:
 * Dieter – The Film (Germany)
 * Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (Japan)
 * Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III – Love is the Pulse of the Stars (Japan)
 * One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle (Japan)
 * 5 March - Barbie: Mermaidia (United States)
 * 10 March - Alexander the Great (Italy)
 * 11 March - VeggieTales: Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (United States)
 * 15 March:
 * Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych (Russia)
 * Renaissance (France, (United Kingdom, and Luxembourg)
 * 21 March - The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (United States)
 * 31 March - Ice Age: The Meltdown (United States)
 * 8 April - Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (Japan)
 * 11 April - Bratz Genie Magic (United States)
 * 12 April - Asterix and the Vikings (France and Denmark)
 * 14 April - The Wild (United States and Canada)
 * 15 April:
 * Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! (Japan)
 * Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (Japan)
 * 18 April - Wood & Stock: Sexo, Orégano e Rock'n'Roll (Brazil)
 * 21 April:
 * Free Jimmy (Norway and United Kingdom)
 * A Movie Of Eggs (Mexico)
 * 28 April - Manga Latina: Killer on the Loose (Canada and United Kingdom)
 * 30 April - Barbie Diaries (United States)
 * 5 May - Padre Pio (Italy)
 * 18 May - The Blue Elephant (Thailand)
 * 19 May - Over the Hedge (United States)
 * 26 May - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition I – The Broken World (Japan)
 * 9 June - Cars (United States)
 * 16 June - Princess (Denmark and Germany)
 * 20 June - Superman: Brainiac Attacks (United States)
 * 23 June - Leroy & Stitch (United States)
 * 26 June - Patoruzito: The Great Adventure (Argentina)
 * 28 June - Aachi & Ssipak (South Korea)
 * 7 July:
 * A Scanner Darkly (United States)
 * Shark Bait (United States and South Korea)
 * 8 July - Brave Story (Japan)
 * 12 July - The Warrior (China)
 * 13 July - Chika: The Rite of Perdition (United States)
 * 15 July:
 * The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Japan)
 * Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (Japan)
 * 16 July - Queer Duck: The Movie (United States)
 * 21 July:
 * Kittu (India)
 * Monster House (United States)
 * 27 July:
 * Dragons: Destiny of Fire (Peru)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition II – Respective Swords (Japan)
 * 28 July - The Ant Bully (United States)
 * 29 July:
 * Tales from Earthsea (Japan)
 * VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple (United States)
 * August - Especial (Russia)
 * 4 August:
 * Barnyard (United States and Germany)
 * Livin' It Up With Bratz (United States)
 * 5 August - Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (Japan)
 * 8 August:
 * City of Rott (United States)
 * Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (United States)
 * 11 August - Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O (United States)
 * 22 August - Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers (United States)
 * 25 August - Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (United States)
 * 29 August - Brother Bear 2 (United States)
 * 1 September:
 * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society (Japan)
 * Lotte from Gadgetville (Estonia and Latvia)
 * 6 September - Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (Canada and France)
 * 8 September - The Emperor's Secret (Finland)
 * 10 September - Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (United States)
 * 12 September:
 * Bratz Babyz: The Movie (United States)
 * The Legend of Sasquatch (United States)
 * My Little Pony Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow (United States)
 * Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage (United States)
 * 15 September:
 * Everyone's Hero (Canada and United States)
 * Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (United States)
 * 19 September - Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (United States)
 * 21 September - The Trip to Panama (Germany)
 * 26 September - Bratz: Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz (United States)
 * 29 September:
 * Krishna (India)
 * Open Season (United States)
 * 2 October - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition III – Flames Of Destiny (Japan)
 * 5 October - The Little Bastard and the Old Fart: Death Sucks (Germany)
 * 6 October - The Ugly Duckling and Me! (Denmark, United Kingdom, and (France)
 * 7 October - Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie (United States)
 * 11 October - U (France)
 * 14 October - Atagoal: Cat's Magical Forest (Japan)
 * 17 October - John Paul II: The Friend of All Humanity (Vatican City and Spain)
 * 20 October - Casper's Scare School (United States)
 * 25 October - Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (France, Belgium, Spain, and Italy)
 * 27 October - Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (United States)
 * 28 October - Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (United States)
 * 30 October - Stonewall & Riot: The Ultimate Orgasm (United States)
 * 3 November - Flushed Away (United Kingdom and United States)
 * 4 November:
 * Cristobal Coolumbus (Spain)
 * VeggieTales: Gideon: Tuba Warrior (United States)
 * 6 November - A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Ghostly Tale (United States)
 * 14 November:
 * Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (United States)
 * PollyWorld (United States)
 * 17 November - Happy Feet (United States and Australia)
 * 19 November - Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap (Sweden)
 * 25 November - Paprika (Japan)
 * 29 November - Arthur and the Invisibles (France)
 * 6 December - The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (United States)
 * 8 December - Re-Animated (United States)
 * 9 December - Pretty Cure Splash Star Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread! (Japan)
 * 12 December - The Fox and the Hound 2 (United States)
 * 16 December:
 * Animal Crossing: The Movie (Japan)
 * Bleach: Memories of Nobody (Japan)
 * Happily N'Ever After (United States and Germany)
 * 20 December - Piccolo, Saxo and Company (France)
 * 22 December:
 * The Magic Cube (Spain)
 * Tekkonkinkreet (Japan)
 * 24 December - Polar Adventures (Russia)
 * Specific date unknown:
 * The Adventures of Dragon Fruit (Taiwan)
 * John Seven Seven (Portugal)
 * Kong: Return To The Jungle (United States)
 * Les naufragés de Carthage (Tunisia)
 * Saint Catherine (Italy)

March

 * March 1: Ramone Hamilton, American actor (voice of AJ in Blaze and the Monster Machines, George Beard in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Axl in The Grinch, Max in Summer Camp Island, Crash Watkins in Karma's World, Coop in The Chicken Squad, TJ in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Baxter Stockboy in the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode "The Gumbus", Shaun in the Shimmer and Shine episode "Lightning Strikes Twice", singing voice of Crystal in Sofia the First).

April

 * April 10: Dana Heath, American actress (voice of Bree in Fancy Nancy, Kira Kiwi in Princess Power).

May

 * May 20: Thalia Tran, American actress (voice of Little Noi in Raya and the Last Dragon).
 * May 22: Mattea Conforti, American actress (voice of young Elsa in Frozen II).

June

 * June 25: Mckenna Grace, American actress (voice of Ella Bird in The Angry Birds Movie, young Daphne Blake in Scoob!, Abigail Stone in Spirit Untamed, Tinia, Ashley and Braidy Sumoski in Clarence, Cindy and Sugarbee in Pickle and Peanut, Bella in Elena of Avalor, Kambuni in The Lion Guard, Bitsy Beagleberg in Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Skye in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie).
 * June 28: Laurel Griggs, American child actress (voice of Stella, Crab Sprout 1 and 2 and Crab Kid in Bubble Guppies), (d. 2019).
 * June 29: Sam Lavagnino, American voice actor (voice of Mr. Muffin in Asdfmovie, Catbug in Bravest Warriors, Munchie in Sanjay and Craig, Eenie in The 7D, young Grizz in We Bare Bears, Blodger Blop in Miles From Tomorrowland, Rolly in seasons 1–3 of Puppy Dog Pals, Pepper and King in Summer Camp Island, Ozzy in The Grinch, Finngard in DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, Allan in Soul, Cam in Alice's Wonderland Bakery, Rings in Craig of the Creek).

July

 * July 17: Lilly Bartlam, Canadian actress (voice of Gwen in Total DramaRama, Harmony in Cyberchase, continued voice of Skye in PAW Patrol).

September

 * September 7: Ian Chen, Taiwanese-American actor (voice of Jonathan in Fancy Nancy, Logan in The Rocketeer, young Din in Wish Dragon, Pale Dog in Summer Camp Island episode "Jar Guard" & "Retrace Our Hooves").
 * September 20: Amir O'Neil, American actor (voice of Marty in Madagascar: A Little Wild).

October

 * October 1: Priah Ferguson, American actress (voice of Bailey in Hamster & Gretel, Lisa in My Dad the Bounty Hunter).
 * October 5: Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor (voice of Damian Wayne in Harley Quinn, the title character in Luca, Elmer Elevator in My Father's Dragon, Orion in Orion and the Dark, young Charles Lindbergh in the American Dad! episode "Fight and Flight", Nuke in the Animals episode "Roachella", Prince Lizard in the Invincible episode "Atom Eve").
 * October 17: Maxwell Simkins, American actor (voice of Little Boo in The Chicken Squad).

December

 * December 6: Millie Davis, Canadian actress (voice of Daisy Wheel in The Doozers, Penelope in Wishenpoof!, Mia in Little People, Esme in Esme & Roy, Dusty in Mighty Express, Harriet Tubman in the Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum episode "I Am Harriet Tubman").
 * December 9: Pixie Davies, English actress (voice of Razzi the Rat in 101 Dalmatian Street, Adel in The Magician's Elephant, Maria Renard in Castlevania: Nocturne).

January

 * January 6: Lou Rawls, American actor and singer (performed in several Garfield specials, voice of Harvey in Hey Arnold!, himself in The Proud Family episode "The Party"), dies at age 72.
 * January 10: Dennis Marks, American screenwriter, producer (Batfink, Hanna-Barbera, Marvel Productions, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman: The Animated Series, Tom and Jerry: The Movie), and voice actor (voice of Green Goblin in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "The Triumph of the Green Goblin"), dies at age 73.
 * January 17: Norman McCabe, English-American animator and illustrator (Warner Brothers Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Filmation), dies at age 94.
 * January 26: Len Carlson, Canadian actor (voice of Green Goblin in Spider-Man, Professor Coldheart in Care Bears, Bert Racoon in The Raccoons, Putter in Popples, Papa Kitty in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater, Buzz in Cyberchase, Pappy in Rolie Polie Olie, Minimus P.U. in Atomic Betty, Principal Mulligan in Flying Rhino Junior High, Robert Kelly in X-Men, Ganon in The Legend of Zelda and Captain N: The Game Master, Loki in The Marvel Super Heroes), dies at age 68.

February

 * February 3:
 * Walerian Borowczyk, Polish film director and animator (Renaissance, Jeux des Anges, Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal, Les Astronautes ), dies at age 82.
 * Al Lewis, American actor (voice of the Godfather in Coonskin), dies at age 82.
 * February 4: Myron Waldman, American animator and comics artist (worked for Fleischer Brothers and Hal Seeger), dies at age 97.
 * February 24:
 * Don Knotts, American actor (portrayed and voiced Henry Limpet in The Incredible Mr. Limpet, voice of T.W. Turtle in Cats Don't Dance, Mayor Turkey Lurkey in Chicken Little, himself in the Johnny Bravo episodes "Johnny Bravo Goes to Hollywood" and "Johnny Makeover" and The New Scooby-Doo Movies), dies at age 81.
 * Dennis Weaver, American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (voice of Dusty and Josh in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Abner Dixon in Home on the Range, Buck McCoy in The Simpsons episode "The Lastest Gun in the West"), dies from prostate cancer at age 81.

March

 * March 4: David Rose, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 95.
 * March 8: Rhoda Williams, American actress (voice of Drizella in Cinderella), dies at age 75.
 * March 19: Brad Case, American animator (Walt Disney Animation, Walter Lantz, Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng, Marvel Productions), dies at age 93.

May

 * May 26: Steven Konichek, Czech composer and conductor (Munro, Gene Deitch, Popeye the Sailor, Tom and Jerry, Jan Svankmajer), dies at age 78.
 * May 27: Alex Toth, American comics artist and animator (Space Ghost), dies from a heart attack at age 77.
 * May 30: Bill Kovacs, American animator (Tron), dies at age 55.

June

 * June 26: Jeff Winkless, American voice actor, dies at age 65.
 * June 28: Lennie Weinrib, American voice actor (original voice of Scrappy-Doo, King Leonidas and the secretary bird in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Hunk in Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Bigmouth in The Smurfs), dies at age 71.

July

 * July 8: Peter Hawkins, English actor (voice of Captain Pugwash, Captain Haddock in certain Hergé's Adventures of Tintin, narrator of Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk and SuperTed, various characters in The Tomfoolery Show and The Perishers, Rochefort in John Halas’s The Three Musketeers, Dennis in Penny Crayon), dies at age 82.
 * July 13: Red Buttons, American actor and comedian (portrayed Hoagy in Pete's Dragon, voice of Robespieree in Gay Purr-ee, Milton in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July), dies at age 87.
 * July 21: Mako, Japanese-American actor (voice of Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aku in Samurai Jack, Mr. Yamaguchi in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Happy Cat and Ah-Choo in Duck Dodgers, Master Splinter in TMNT, the Ancient One in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo", the Narrator in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "A Kick in the Asgard", Master Offay in the Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! episode "Monster Battle Club Now!"), dies from respiratory arrest caused by esophageal cancer at age 72.
 * July 27: Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress and comedian (dub voice of Marge Simpson and Patty and Selma in The Simpsons), dies at age 70.
 * July 28: Volodymyr Dakhno, Ukrainian film director, animator and scriptwriter (Cossacks), dies at age 74.

August

 * August 11: Mike Douglas, American singer, TV host and actor (singing voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella), dies at age 86.
 * August 12: Magdalo Mussio, Italian animator, dies at age 81.
 * August 13: Tony Jay, English actor (voice of Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Monsieur D'Arque in Beauty and the Beast, Megabyte in ReBoot, Shere Khan in TaleSpin, Jungle Cubs, The Jungle Book 2, and House of Mouse, Baron Mordo in Spider-Man, Galactus and Terrax in Fantastic Four, Chairface Chippendale in The Tick, Lord Dregg in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bootlick in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Dr. Lipschitz in Rugrats) dies at age 73.
 * August 28: Ed Benedict, American animator, character designer and lay-out artist (Walt Disney Studios, Walter Lantz, Tex Avery, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 94.

September

 * September 5: Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife expert and environmentalist (voice of Trev in Happy Feet), dies at age 44.
 * September 6: Jan Svochak, Czech-American animator (Famous Studios, Pelican, Elektra, Zanders, Perpetual Motion Pictures, Buzzco, J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, the Punchy advertisements), dies at age 81.
 * September 7: Bernard Wolf, American film producer (Paramount Studios, Fleischer Studios, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, MGM, Rudolph Ising, Sesame Street, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.
 * September 13: Ann Richards, American politician (voice of Annie in Home on the Range, Thunder Mountain Woman in the Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "Rip Van Winkle", herself in the King of the Hill episode "Hank and the Great Glass Elevator"), dies at age 73.
 * September 22: Edward Albert, American actor (voice of Daredevil in Spider-Man, Rafe in Invasion America, Silver Surfer in the Fantastic Four episode "Doomsday", Sheriff White in the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "The Jersey Devil", Captain Briggs in the Godzilla: The Series episode "Vision"), dies from lung cancer at age 55.

October

 * October 16:
 * Tommy Johnson, American orchestral tuba player (Walt Disney Animation Studios, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Antz, Ice Age, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, The Ant Bully), dies at age 71.
 * Jack DeLeon, American actor (voice of the Human Torch in Fantastic Four, Kraven the Hunter in the Spider-Man episode "The Hunter and the Hunted", Major Courage in the DuckTales episode "Where No Duck Has Gone Before"), dies at age 81.
 * October 18: Don R. Christensen, American animator, comics artist and writer, scriptwriter (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 90.

November

 * November 11: Ronnie Stevens, English actor (narrator and additional voices in Noggin the Nog), dies at age 81.
 * November 26: Anthony Jackson, English actor (voice of Dai Station, Evans the Song, Mr. Dinwiddy in Ivor the Engine, Nug and Mr. Blossom in The Dreamstone), dies at age 62.
 * November 30: Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (Warner Bros. Animation), dies from a stroke at age 61.

December

 * December 1: Sid Raymond, American comedian and voice actor (voice of Baby Huey and Katnip), dies at age 97.
 * December 8: Martha Tilton, American singer (voice of Clarice in the Chip 'n' Dale cartoon Two Chips and a Miss), dies at age 91.
 * December 18: Joseph Barbera, American animator, storyboard artist, director and producer (MGM, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.
 * December 25: James Brown, American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader (voice of Hostage Negotiator in the Duckman episode "Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts", himself in The Simpsons episode "Bart's Inner Child"), dies from heart failure at age 73.
 * December 28: Prescott Wright, American film distributor and animation producer (founder of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, produced the International Tournée of Animation, creative staffing specialist of Disney's Feature Division), dies at age 71.

Specific date unknown

 * Bennie Nobori, American animator and comics artist, dies at an unknown age.