2025 in animation

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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

January

• January 1: Family Guy reruns will return to Adult Swim after a three-year hiatus.[1]
• January 3: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl will premiere on Netflix internationally.
• January 11: StuGo will premiere on Disney Channel and will follow its Disney+ launch in Spring.
• January 16: Mermicorno: Starfall will be released as a Max exclusive.
• January 29: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will premiere on Disney+.
• January 31: DreamWorks Animation's Dog Man will be released.

February

• February 2: Common Side Effects will premiere on Adult Swim.
• February 8: 52nd Annie Awards.
• 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

• 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.[2]
  • Night of the Zoopocalypse will be released in United States and Canada.

April

May

June

• June 13: Pixar's Elio will be released.

July

• July 18: Paramount Animation's The Smurfs Movie will be released.

August

• August 1: DreamWorks Animation's The Bad Guys 2 will be released.

September

• 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

• November 26: Walt Disney Animation Studios' Zootopia 2 will be released.

December

• December 19: Paramount Pictures' The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants will be released.

Specific date unknown

• The final episode of Craig of the Creek will premiere on Cartoon Network.
• 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.
• The revial series of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series will premiere on ITVX
• Sony Pictures Animation's Motel Translyvania, a series spin-off of the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, will be released as a Netflix exclusive.
• 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.
• The remaining episodes of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur season 2 will air on Disney Channel.
• 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.

Awards

• 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: TBA
• 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: TBA
• 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: TBA
• 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: TBA
• 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: TBA
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
• 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

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2025

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2025

Date	Title	Channel, Streaming
January 4	Totally Spies (Revival)	Cartoon Network
January 11	StuGo	Disney Channel
January 16	Mermicorno: Starfall	Max
January 29	Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man	Disney+
February 2	Common Side Effects	Adult Swim
February 12	Gabriel and The Guardians	Angel Studios
February 19	Win or Lose	Disney+
February	Weather Hunters	PBS Kids
April	Devil May Cry	Netflix
Spring	Iyanu	Cartoon Network / Max
August 6	Eyes of Wakanda	Disney+
August	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+	Disney Jr.
Summer	Iron Man and His Awesome Friends
October	Marvel Zombies	Disney+
TBA	Lazarus	Adult Swim
	Hey AJ	Disney Jr.
	RoboGobo
	Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight	Netflix
	Gupi
	Leviathan
	Long Story Short
	Moonrise
	Motel Transylvania
	Super Mario Show
	Winx Club
	Wolf King
	HexVets and Magic Pets	Nickelodeon
	Super Duper Bunny League
	Bixbee and the Beekeepers	TBA
Lackadaisy	YouTube

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel, Streaming	Year	Notes
TBA	Big Mouth	Netflix	2017–2025	Ending
	Blood of Zeus		2020–2025
	Craig of the Creek	Cartoon Network	2018–2025
	My Hero Academia	NNS (ytv, NTV) (Japan)	2016–2025

References

1. 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.
2. "2025 Doraemon Film Unveils Title, Trailer, Main Staff, March 7 Opening". Anime News Network. October 6, 2024.

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb