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Events in 2004 in animation.

Events

January

• January 5:
  • The first episode of Dragon airs.^[citation needed]
  • The first episode of Little Red Tractor airs.
• January 16: Teacher's Pet, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is released. It serves as the series finale.^[citation needed]
• January 25: The Simpsons episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" is first broadcast, guest starring the Olsen Twins and novelists Tom Clancy and Thomas Pynchon.^[citation needed]
• January 28: Winx Club first airs on the Italian television channel Rai 2.

February

• February 1: Futari wa Pretty Cure, the first installment of the Pretty Cure franchise, first airs.
• February 7: The 31st Annie Awards are held.
• February 11: Jean-François Laguionie's Black Mor's Island premiers.[1]

March

• March 4: The first episode of Tripping the Rift airs.^[citation needed]
• March 6: Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence premiers.
• March 20:
  • Immortal, directed by and based on Enki Bilal's comic book La Foire aux immortels premiers.[2]
  • The Danish film Terkel in Trouble airs.^[citation needed]

April

• April 2: Home on the Range, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is released.[3] It flops at box office as Disney would focus working on CG animated feature films while suspending the traditional hand-drawn animated films for 5 years.[4]
• April 3: The first episode of Danny Phantom airs.[5]
• April 12: The first episode of Peep and the Big Wide World airs to positive acclaim.[6]
• April 17: Bill Plympton's Hair High is first released.^[citation needed]
• April 18: The Simpsons episode My Big Fat Geek Wedding is first broadcast, guest starring creator Matt Groening.^[citation needed]
• April 28: The earliest known Eddsworld animation goes online.[7]

May

• May 10:[8] Voice actor Greg Burson is arrested after barricading himself inside his home, holding three female roommates hostage while being drunk and carrying a gun.[9][10][11]
• May 11: The pilot for Invader Zim makes its debut on DVD.[12]
• May 12–31: 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.[13]
• May 15: Shrek 2 premiers during the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.^[citation needed]
• May 17: The Simpsons episode Bart-Mangled Banner first airs, and became controversial in the United States for satirizing the U.S. Patriot Act.^[citation needed]
• May 24: The first episode of Kikoriki airs.^[citation needed]
• May 31: The first episode of Peppa Pig airs.^[citation needed]

June

• June 17: Kim Jun-ok's Tentacolino, a sequel to the notorious animated film The Legend of the Titanic, is released.^[citation needed]
• June 19: The first episode of Winx Club airs.

July

• Unknown date of July: Happy Tree Friends Volume 3 - Third Strike makes its first theatrical debut with episodes 8 to 18 of Season 2.
• July 2: The Fairly OddParents episode "Crash Nebula" airs, intended as a pilot episode for a planned spin-off series. This episode ran a few times before it was removed from reruns. Nickelodeon rejected the spin-off attempt for many reasons.[14]
• July 17: Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy airs.[15]
• July 31: The first episode of Justice League Unlimited airs.[16]

August

• August 1: The final episode of Rugrats airs.[17]
• August 9: Donald Duck receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[18]
• August 13: The first episode of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends airs.^[citation needed]
• August 16: The first episode of LazyTown airs.[19]
• August 29: The first episode of Atomic Betty airs.

September

• September 5: Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle is first released.
• September 6: The first episodes of The Tofus airs.
• September 7: The first episode of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is broadcast.
• September 9: SIP Animation and the newly rebranded Jetix Europe announce the work of a new co-production tentatively titled The Insiders. The show would eventually premiere as A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines in 2005.
• September 11: The first episode of The Batman airs.
• September 13: The first episode of Higglytown Heroes airs.
• September 19: Laura's Star by Piet De Rycker and Thilo Graf Rothkirch premiers.
• September 22: The first episode of Bro'Town airs.
• September 25: Samurai Jack airs its final episode of its original run.[20]

October

• October 1:
  • The first episode of The Koala Brothers airs.^[citation needed]
  • DreamWorks Animation release Shark Tale. It originally gained some controversy for the inclusion of potentially offensive stereotypes of Italian-Americans as the Italian American One Voice Coalition demanded these results to be censored.[21]
• October 11:
  • The first episode of The Backyardigans airs.^[citation needed]
  • The first episode of Maya & Miguel airs.[22][23]
  • SpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler/Pranks a Lot" airs on Nickelodeon US, intended to be the final episode before the first movie, but in September, the fourth season was renewed.
  • The first episode of Postcards from Buster airs.[24]
  • PBS Kids GO! is launched.
• October 12: Episodes 21-26 of Invader Zim make their debut on DVD in the U.S.[25]
• October 21: Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express is first released.^[citation needed]
• October 24: The first Nicktoons Film Festival is broadcast and organised.[26]
• October 27: The first episode of Drawn Together airs as it features extremely kid-unfriendly parodies of classic cartoon characters.[27]

November

• November 5:
  • The first episode of Cartoon Alley airs.[28]
  • The Walt Disney Company and Pixar release The Incredibles in theaters.[29]
• November 7:
  • The first episode of Perfect Hair Forever airs.^[citation needed]
  • The first episode of 6teen airs.^[citation needed]
• November 8: The first episode of ToddWorld airs.[30]
• November 14: 9th Animation Kobe is held.
• November 19:
  • The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie is first released. It received mixed to positive reviews.[31] The re-animated collab Rehydrated version was released on YouTube in 2022.[32]
  • The first episode of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi airs.

December

• December 1: The first episode of Poko airs.^[citation needed]
• December 9: Áron Gauder's The District! premiers.^[citation needed]
• December 12: Happy Tree Friends - Winter Break movie premieres on MTV. It adds episodes 22 to 24 of Season 2. The current release date of episode 24 is wrong, because its written January 4, 2004, the current is December 15th 2003.
• December 25: 20th Century Fox's Fat Albert, the live action/animated adaptation of Filmation's Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and the last Fat Albert project to date, premieres. It was a box office failure.[33]
• December 28: Duck and Cover and Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor are added to the National Film Registry.[34][35]
• December 31: After 32 years, the final episode of Loeki de Leeuw airs. It was a series of stop-motion shorts which served as bumpers before and after commercial breaks on Dutch television.[36]

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence[37]
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: Oseam
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Pinocchio 3000
• Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Award: Mind Game
• Mainichi Film Awards - Animation Grand Award: The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2004

• January 1 - Bob the Builder: Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games (United Kingdom and United States)
• 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 1½ (United States)
  • VeggieTales: An Easter Carol (United States)
• February 11 - The Island of Black Mor (France)
• February 14 - Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter ~ Overture (Japan)
• February 20 - Clifford's Really Big Movie (limited)
• March 6:
  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Japan)
  • One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword (Japan)
• March 7 - Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (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 – 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:
  • Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun (Japan)
  • Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (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 - MovieComic: The Movie (Brazil)
• July 12 - Stellaluna (United States and Canada)
• July 17:
  • Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (Japan)
  • Steamboy (Japan)
• July 24:
  • The Great Pig Pirate Mateo (South Korea)
  • Lady Death: The Motion Picture (United States)
• August 3 - Bratz: Starrin' & Stylin' (United States)
• August 7 - Mind Game (Japan)
• August 13 - Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (Japan)
• August 17 - Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (United States)
• August 21 - Naruto the Movie: Snow Princess' Book of Ninja Arts (Japan)
• August 27 - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition I – The Empty Battlefield (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 - G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom (United States)
• September 24 - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition II – The Far-Away Dawn (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)
• September 30 - Balto III: Wings of Change (United States)
• October 1 - Shark Tale (United States)
• October 5:
  • Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot (United States and Canada)
  • ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico (United States)
  • Nine Dog Christmas (United States)
• October 12:
  • Dragons: Fire and Ice (Canada)
  • Felix the Cat Saves Christmas (United States)
  • The Nutcracker and the Mouseking (Russia, Germany, United States, and United Kingdom)
• October 19 - Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (United States)
• October 22:
  • The Legend of Buddha (India)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition III – The Rumbling Sky (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)
  • Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (Canada and United States)
• November 10 - The Polar Express (United States)
• November 14 - Muhammad: The Last Prophet (United States)
• November 16:
  • Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! (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 - My Little Pony: Dancing in the Clouds (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)
  • Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island (Japan)
• Specific date unknown:
  • Genghis Khan (Italy)
  • Homeland (India)
  • Tentacolino (Italy)
  • Tracing Jake (Japan)

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2004

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 18	Whoopi's Littleburg	Nickelodeon	2004
January 19	The Koala Brothers	Playhouse Disney	2004–2007
January 23	Dave the Barbarian	Disney Channel	2004–2005
January 31	Transformers: Energon	Cartoon Network
February 16	Witch Hunter Robin	Adult Swim	2004
February 21	Corneil & Bernie	Nicktoons	2004–2006
February 27	Duel Masters	Cartoon Network
March 4	Tripping the Rift	Syfy	2004–2005
March 10	Game Over	UPN	2004
April 3	Danny Phantom	Nickelodeon	2004–2007
April 12	Peep and the Big Wide World	Discovery Kids
April 24	Wolf's Rain	Adult Swim	2004
April 28	Shorties Watchin' Shorties	Comedy Central
May 1	Megas XLR	Cartoon Network	2004–2005
May 31	Peppa Pig	Nick Jr.	2004–2018
June 19	Winx Club	Fox Box, Nickelodeon	2004–2019
June 20	Fatherhood	Nick at Nite	2004–2005
July 30	O'Grady	The N	2004–2006
July 31	Justice League Unlimited	Cartoon Network
August 1	Stroker & Hoop	Adult Swim	2004–2005
August 13	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Cartoon Network	2004–2009
August 21	Brandy and Mr. Whiskers	Disney Channel	2004–2006
August 31	Father of the Pride	NBC	2004–2005
September 6	Atomic Betty	Teletoon	2004–2008
September 7	Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends	Nickelodeon	2004–2008
September 11	The Batman	Kids' WB
	Da Boom Crew		2004–2005
	Pokémon: Advanced Challenge
September 13	Higglytown Heroes	Playhouse Disney	2004–2008
September 16	Video Mods	MTV	2004–2005
September 18	F-Zero: GP Legend	Fox Box
	One Piece[n 1]	Fox Box, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TVoD	2004–2009; 2013–2017; 2020-present[n 2]
	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Jetix	2004–2006
October 11	The Backyardigans	Nickelodeon	2004–2013
	Maya & Miguel	PBS Kids	2004–2007
	Postcards from Buster		2004–2012
October 24	Nicktoons Film Festival	Nicktoons	2004–2009
October 27	Drawn Together	Comedy Central	2004–2007
November 5	Cartoon Alley	Turner Classic Movies
November 6	Fullmetal Alchemist	Adult Swim	2004–2009
	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex		2004–2006
November 7	Perfect Hair Forever		2004–2007
	The Super Milk Chan Show		2004–2005
	6teen	Cartoon Network	2004–2010
November 8	ToddWorld	Discovery Kids	2004–2008
November 14	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Adult Swim	2004–2006
November 19	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi	Cartoon Network
December 18	W.I.T.C.H.	ABC Family
Unknown	This Just In!	Spike TV	2004

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 16	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe	Cartoon Network	2002–2004	Cancelled
January 23	Fillmore!	Toon Disney
January 24	Cubix: Robots for Everyone	Kids' WB	2001–2004	Ended
February 6	Little Bill	Nick Jr.	1999–2004
February 27	Lloyd in Space	Toon Disney	2001–2004
February 29	The Weekenders		2000–2004
March 10	Game Over	UPN	2004	Cancelled
April 1	Stripperella	Spike TV	2003–2004
April 4	Home Movies	Adult Swim	1999–2004	Ended
April 12	Space Ghost Coast to Coast		2001–2004	Cancelled, until revived by GameTap in 2006.
April 28	Rolie Polie Olie	Playhouse Disney	1998–2004	Ended
May 22	Static Shock	Kids' WB	2000–2004
May 29	Justice League	Cartoon Network	2001–2004
June 7	Whoopi's Littleburg	Nickelodeon	2004	Cancelled
June 8	Hey Arnold!		1996–2004	Ended
June 11	The Wild Thornberrys		1998–2004
June 25	VH1 ILL-ustrated	VH1	2003–2004	Cancelled
July 5	Ozzy & Drix	Kids' WB	2002–2004
July 30	Rocket Power	Nickelodeon	1999–2004	Ended
August 1	Rugrats		1991–1994, 1996–2004
August 17	Teamo Supremo	Toon Disney	2002–2004
August 27	Johnny Bravo	Cartoon Network	1997–2004
September 4	Pokémon: Advanced	Kids' WB	2003–2004
September 25	Samurai Jack	Cartoon Network	2001–2004	Cancelled, until revived by Adult Swim in 2017.
October 11	SpongeBob SquarePants	Nickelodeon	1999–2004	Ended, until revived by Nickelodeon in 2005.
October 22	Evil Con Carne	Cartoon Network	2003–2004	Cancelled
November 5	The Ren & Stimpy Show	Nickelodeon, MTV	1991–2004	Ended
	Rocko's Modern Life	Nickelodeon	1993–2004	Ended until revived in 2005, Ended again in 2022.
November 26	Stanley	Playhouse Disney	2001–2004	Cancelled
December 16	Shorties Watchin' Shorties	Comedy Central	2004
Unknown	This Just In!	Spike TV

Births

January

• January 7: Sofia Wylie, American actress (voice of Riri Williams / Ironheart in Marvel Rising and Spider-Man).
• January 10: Kaitlyn Maher, American actress (voice of Ella in A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise, The President's Daughter in Free Birds).
• January 28: Zaris-Angel Hator, English actress (voice of Maisie Brumble in The Sea Beast).

March

• March 1: Izabella Alvarez, American actress (voice of Ronnie Anne Santiago in The Loud House and The Casagrandes).

May

• May 1: Charli D'Amelio, American social media personality and dancer (voice of Tinker in StarDog and TurboCat, herself in The Simpsons episode "Meat Is Murder").
• May 13: Ava Acres, American actress (voice of Erik in Happy Feet Two, Sayaka in When Marnie Was There, Zan in the Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness episode "Kung Fu Day Care").
• May 22: Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress (voice of Rani in The Lion Guard).

June

• June 8: Francesca Capaldi, American actress (voice of the Little Red-Haired Girl and Frieda in The Peanuts Movie, Snowpaws in Whisker Haven).

July

• July 15: Hayden Rolence, American actor (voice of Nemo in Finding Dory).
• July 17: Shamon Brown Jr., American actor (voice of Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem).

August

• August 4: Noah Bentley, American actor (voice of Burple in Dragons: Rescue Riders, 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).
  • 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 PAW Patrol: The Movie and PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Aggro in DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, Jill in Goldie & Bear, Caterina in Elena of Avalor).[38]

September

• September 23: Anthony Gonzalez, American actor (voice of Miguel Rivera in Coco).

October

• October 3: Noah Schnapp, Canadian-American actor (voice of Charlie Brown in The Peanuts Movie, Kai in The Legend of Hallowaiian, Jay in The Angry Birds Movie).

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 Bilal: A New Breed of Hero, Oliver in Summer Camp Island, Cutter in Dragons: Rescue Riders, 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 3–4 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 Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, young Guapo in Ferdinand, Junior in Next Gen, Pip in T.O.T.S., Cornelius in The Chicken Squad episode "House Guest").

December

• December 18: Isabella Crovetti, American actress and voice actress (voice of Shine in Shimmer and Shine, Ash in Whisker Haven, Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley in Vampirina, Zsa Zsa in SuperKitties).

Deaths

January

• January 1: Yevgeniy Migunov, Russian film director, caricaturist, illustrator, and animator (Karandash and Klyaska - Merry Hunters, Familiar Pictures), dies at age 82.[39][40]
• January 8: Eddy Ryssack, Belgian comics artist and animator (Belvision), dies from a heart attack at age 75.[41]
• 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 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland), dies at age 87.[42]

February

• February 1: James Simpkins, Canadian animator and comics artist (National Film Board of Canada), dies at age 93.[43]
• February 3: Jason Raize, American actor and singer (voice of Denahi in Brother Bear), commits suicide at age 28.[44]
• February 5: John Hench, American animator, designer and creative director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 95.[45]
• 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 Superman: The Animated Series episode "New Kids in Town", continued voice of Goofy), dies at age 56.[46]
• 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.[47]
• 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 Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Mechanic", Father in the Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "Beauty and the Beast"), dies from a heart attack at age 64.[48]
• 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.[49][50]
• 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.[51]
• 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.^[citation needed]
• April 14:
  • Micheline Charest, English-born Canadian television producer (co-founder of CINAR), dies from complications from plastic surgery at age 51.[52][53][54]
  • Harry Holt, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 93.[55]
• 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.[56]
• May 9: Robert Naylor, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 94.[57]
• May 15: Jack Bradbury, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 89.[58]

June

• June 10: Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter and pianist (voice of G-Clef in Blue's Big Musical Movie), dies from liver failure at age 73.[59]
• June 13: Danny Dark, American voice actor (voice of Superman in Super Friends, announcer for StarKist and Raid), dies from a pulmonary hemorrhage at age 65.[60]
• June 17: Todor Dinov, Bulgarian animator and comics artist, dies at age 84.[61]

July

• July 7: Vlado Kristl, Yugoslavian-Croatian film director and animator (Don Kihot), dies at age 81.[62]
• 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.[63]
• July 16: Andy Engman, Swedish-Finnish-American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 92.[64][65]
• July 21: Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (The Secret of NIMH, Mulan, Looney Tunes: Back in Action), dies at age 75.[66][67]
• July 26: Oğuz Aral, Turkish comics artist, animator, and film director and producer (Koca Yusuf (Yusuf the Wrestler), Direkler Arası (Theater), Bu Şehr-i İstanbul (This City Called Istanbul), Ağustos Böceği ile Karınca (The Cricket and the Ant), dies at age 68.[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 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), dies at age 92.[69]
  • Sam Edwards, American actor (voice of young Bambi in Bambi, and the title character in Rod Rocket), dies at age 89.[70]

August

• August 18: Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (Heavy Metal, The Black Cauldron), dies at age 82.[71][72][73][74]

September

• September 8: Frank Thomas, American animator and pianist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 92.[75]
• September 15: Johnny Ramone, American musician and member of the Ramones (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Rosebud"), dies from prostate cancer at age 55.[76]

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.[77]
• 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.[78][79][80][81][82][83]
• 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.[84]

November

• November 9: Ed Kemmer, American actor (model for Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 83.[85]
• November 11:
  • Dayton Allen, American comedian and actor (voice of Deputy Dawg), dies at age 85.[86][87]
  • Zvonimir Lončarić, Croatian animator, sculptor and painter (art director on Surogat), dies at age 77.[88]
• November 12: Harry Hargreaves, English comics artist, illustrator and animator (Gaumont British, GoGo the Fox), dies at age 82.[89]
• November 30: Carmen D'Avino, American painter, sculptor and film director, dies at age 86.[90][91]

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.[92]
• December 15: Alma Duncan, Canadian painter, graphic artist and film director ( Kumak the Sleepy Hunter, Hearts and Soles), dies at age 86.[93]
• 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.[94]
• December 28: Jerry Orbach, American actor (voice of Lumière in Beauty and the Beast), dies at age 69.[95][96]

See also

• 2004 in anime

Notes

1. American release of the anime.
2. Episodes 168 through 195 did not air on television in the United States, but did air in Australia. Episodes 196 to 206 also due not air. These episodes were, however, released on DVD. Episodes 385 onwards also did not air due to low ratings for the previous episodes. However, they were released on DVD as mentioned earlier. Beginning with episode 579 in 2020, Funimation decided to release the every episode on TVoD services.

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External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb