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This is a list of events in animation in 2021.

Events

January

• January 3:
  • In The Simpsons episode "The Dad-Feelings Limited" actor Dan Aykroyd is special guest voice.
  • The first episode of The Great North is broadcast.
• January 15: HBO Max added its new "Animation" landing page.
• January 25: Disney+ decides to remove Dumbo, Peter Pan, The Aristocats and Swiss Family Robinson from their kids profiles due to certain scenes featuring unfortunate old-fashioned racial stereotypes. They remain available to adult viewers.
• January 28: After more than 10 years, Roger Craig Smith will no longer be the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog.

February

• February 2: Kid Cosmic premiered on Netflix and has been renewed for two more seasons.
• February 9: Disney is shutting down Blue Sky Studios due to current "economic realities" related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• February 15: Pop singer Gala releases a music video, Parallel Lines, with animation by Nina Paley.
• February 22: Voice actor Harry Shearer announces he will no longer voice the African-American character Dr. Hibbert on The Simpsons, with Kevin Michael Richardson taking the role.
• February 26: Tom and Jerry is released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max.

March

• March 4:
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is released on Paramount+.
  • Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years premiered on Paramount+.
• March 5: Raya and the Last Dragon is released simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ (with Premier Access).
• March 6: New York Times Columnist, Charles M. Blow, claims that the Looney Tunes character, Pepe Le Pew, was a "normalized rape culture". After that, the character is removed from Space Jam: A New Legacy and will no longer be in every other current/future Warner Bros. projects in response to the George Floyd protests.
• March 10: South Park releases another pandemic special.
• March 14: In The Simpsons episode "Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars" film director J.J. Abrams and actor Greg Grunberg are special guest voices.
• March 15: DuckTales (2017) aired its final episode.
• March 21: The 700th episode of The Simpsons, "Manger Things", premiers. The couch gag is animated by Bill Plympton.
• March 21: Lebanese animated feature Alephia 2053 released on YouTube and streaming platforms.
• March 26: The SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "Mid-Life Crustacean" has been removed and will not be available to stream on Paramount+ due to the panty raid scene, while "Kwarantined Krab" decides not to air from Nickelodeon due to similarities to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• March 29: The first episode of an animated series based on Pieter De Poortere's gag comic Boerke (in English: Dickie) airs on television.

April

• April 7:
  • Cartoon Network Studios Europe is now rebranded as Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.
  • Blue Sky Studios is announced to have been closed down.
• April 25: 93rd Academy Awards:
  • Soul, directed by Peter Docter and Dana Murray, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The soundtrack, composed by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
  • If Anything Happens I Love You, directed by Michael Govier and Will McCormack, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

May

June

• June 18: Luca will premiere on Disney+ instead of releasing it theatrically.

July

• July 16: Space Jam: A New Legacy will be released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max.

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Soul
• Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: If Anything Happens I Love You
• American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: Soul
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Soul
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent: Wolfwalkers
• Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: TBA
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Soul
• César Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
• Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Soul
• European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film: TBA
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: Soul
• Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Soul
• Golden Reel Awards: TBA
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train
• Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie: Soul
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers
• Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film: Looking for Magical Doremi
• National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film: Soul
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: Soul
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: Soul
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: Soul
• Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature: Wolfwalkers
• Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Soul
• Tokyo Anime Award: Violet Evergarden: The Movie
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers
• Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: Soul
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: Soul

Films released

Television series debuts

Television series endings

Deaths

January

• January 2: Aylin Özmenek, Turkish animator, dies at age 78-79 from COVID-19.
• January 7:
  • Dave Creek, American character designer (Bob's Burgers, Central Park, The Great North), dies at in a skydiving accident at an unknown age.
  • Marion Ramsey, American actress (voiced teacher in the Robot Chicken episode Sausage Fest), dies at age 73.
• January 9: Antón Cancelas, Spanish voice actor (Spanish dub synchronisation of Saint Seiya), dies at age 65.
• January 15: Dale Baer, American animator, animation director, layout artist and character animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 70.
• January 16: Jim MacGeorge, American voice actor (Captain Huffenpuff, Beany Boy and Crowy on Beany and Cecil, Oliver Hardy in Laurel & Hardy), dies at age 92.
• January 18: David Richardson, American animation writer and producer (worked for The Simpsons), dies at age 65 from heart failure.
• January 22: Ron Campbell, Australian animated film director, producer (Ron Campbell Films, Inc.) and animator (worked on The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, and for Hanna-Barbera, Disney Animation, Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, Duckman), dies at age 81.
• January 23:
  • Hal Holbrook, American actor and voice actor (voice of Amphitryon in Hercules, Cranston in Cats Don't Dance, Mayday in Planes: Fire & Rescue), dies at age 95.
  • Larry King, American actor and radio host (voiced Doris the Ugly Stepsister in Shrek, and himself in The Simpsons episode Sideshow Bob Roberts, Bee Movie, and Arthur episode "Elwood City Turns 100"!) dies at age 87.
• January 25: Ron Rodecker, American animator (Dragon Tales) dies at age 90.
• January 26–27: Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedienne (Mrs. Glick in The Simpsons, old female airplane passenger in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Mrs. Tensedge in The Iron Giant, Gran in The Croods, and dub voice of Dola in Castle in the Sky), dies at age 94.
• January 30: Marc Wilmore, American actor (voice of a psychologist in The Simpsons episode It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge, Walter Burkett on The PJs), producer, comedian and animation writer (The Simpsons, The PJs, F Is for Family), dies at age 57 from COVID-19.

February

• February 4: Polly Lou Livingston, American actress (voice of Tree Trunks in Adventure Time) dies at age 91
• February 7: Oscar González Loyo, Mexican animator and comics artist (made animated scenes for the Mexican version of Sesame Street: Plaza Sésamo), dies at age 61.
• February 8: Shūichirō Moriyama, Japanese voice actor (Aoba baseball manager in Captain, Zhuqiamon in Digimon Tamers, the narrator in Jormugand, Japanese dub voice of Flotsam and Jetsam in The Little Mermaid, Percival C. McLeach in The Rescuers Down Under and Buford in Rango), dies at age 86.
• February 9: Vinnie Bell, American animator (Terrytoons, Schoolhouse Rock!, The Berenstain Bears, Harvey Birdman) dies at age 89.
• February 17: Rush Limbaugh, American radio presenter, TV presenter and author (voiced himself in Excellence in Broadcasting, a Galactical political commentator in Blue Harvest and the Rancor in It's a Trap!, all Family Guy episodes), dies at age 70.
• February 23: Vladimir Zuykov, Russian animator and illustrator, (Film, Film, Film, Winnie-the-Pooh, About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Their Hen Ryaba), dies at age 86 from COVID-19.

March

• March 9: James Levine, American conductor (conducted in Fantasia 2000), dies at age 77.
• March 15: Yasuo Ōtsuka, Japanese animator (Panda and the Magic Serpent, Alakazam the Great, The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots, Lupin III), dies at age 89.
• March 17: Jacques Frantz, French actor (voice of Obelix in Asterix and the Vikings), dies at age 73.
• March 19: Gary Leib, American cartoonist, musician and animator (founder of the animation studio Twinkle), dies at age 65–66.
• March 23: George Segal, American actor (voice of J.B. in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Eli in Adventures from the Book of Virtues, Dr. Benton C. Quest in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Dr. Eli Zelig in The Zeta Project, Horror in Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, Peter Trickell in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Bernie in American Dad!, and Nick in The Simpsons, dies at age 87.
• March 24: Jessica Walter, American actress (voice of Ashley Walker-Club-Dupree in The Magic School Bus, Demoness in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Old One in The Land Before Time, Malory Archer in Archer, Mrs. Wyatt in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Tabitha in Turbo: F.A.S.T., Miss Heinous / Meteora Butterfly in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Athena in Justice League Action, and Granny Goodness in Harley Quinn) dies at age 80.

April

• April 10: Edwin Aguilar, American animator (The Simpsons, The Oblongs, Brickleberry, The Edge of Seventeen, and Rooted in Peace) dies at age 46 from a massive stroke.
• April 15: Helen McCrory, American actress (voice of Mrs. Bean in Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Lucy Fletcher in Phineas and Ferb) dies at age 52 from breast cancer.
• April 16:
  • Osamu Kobayashi, Japanese animator, animation director and illustrator (Ani*Kuri15, Naruto, Grandia), dies at age 57 of kidney cancer.
  • Felix Silla, American actor (additional voice in The Lord of the Rings), dies at age 84.
• April 20: Ana Lúcia Menezes, Brazilian actress (voice of Amy Rose in Sonic X and Sonic Boom, Margeret in Regular Show, Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10, Misa Amane in Death Note and Koto in Yu Yu Hakusho) dies at age 46 from stroke.
• April 28: Minou Petrowski, French-Canadian film critic and animator, dies at age 89.

May

• May 1: Olympia Dukakis, American actress (voice of Zelda in The Simpsons episode The Old Man and the Key), dies at age 89.

See also

• 2021 in anime

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External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

• 2021 in animation
• Mass media timelines by year
• 2021-related timelines