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.
- 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 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.
- Night of the Zoopocalypse will be released in United States and Canada.
June
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.
- 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 final episodes of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 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.
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
- 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 2025Television series debuts
Main article: List of animated television series of 2025| Date | Title | Channel, Streaming |
|---|---|---|
| January | 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 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 | ||
| Motel Transylvania | ||
| 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
- 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.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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