# 2025 in animation

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:
** Several Cartoon Network shows, including Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Teen Titans, Seasons 1-7 of Teen Titans Go!, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Looney Tunes Show, and Static Shock were removed from Max.
** Family Guy returned to Adult Swim after a three-year hiatus.
** Popeye the Sailor, Tintin, and the first Silly Symphony short film, The Skeleton Dance, enter the public domain in the United States.
** The season 18 finale episode of Upin & Ipin premiered on Astro Prima and MNCTV.
* January 3: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl premiered on Netflix internationally.
* January 11: StuGo premiered on Disney Channel and will premiere on Disney+ in the Spring.
* January 17: RoboGobo premiered on Disney Jr.
* January 18: Season 3 of Chibiverse premiered on Disney Channel.
* January 20: Wonderblocks premiered on CBeebies.
* January 25: The final episode of Craig of the Creek premiered on Cartoon Network.
* January 29:
** Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man premiered on Disney+.
** Ne Zha 2 was released in theaters in China, receiving critical acclaim and breaking multiple box-office records inside and outside of China, and became the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
* January 30: Mermicorno: Starfall was released as a Max exclusive.
* January 31: DreamWorks Animation's Dog Man was released.

### February

* February 1: We Baby Bears resumed its second season.
* February 2: Common Side Effects premiered on Adult Swim.
* February 6:
** Season 2 of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur resumed on Disney Channel.
** The ninth season of Blaze and the Monster Machines premiered on Nickelodeon.
** The third season of Invincible premiered on Amazon Prime Video.
* February 7: The French animated series, Belfort & Lupin released on Okoo.
* February 8: 52nd Annie Awards were held.
* February 13: The revival series of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series premiered on ITVX.
* February 14: The second part of the first season of Bea's Block premiered on Max.
* February 16: The second season of Grimsburg premiered on Fox.
* February 17: The eleventh season of Gabby's Dollhouse premiered on Netflix.
* February 19: Win or Lose premiered on Disney+.

### March

* March 2: 97th Academy Awards:
** Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis wins Best Animated Feature.
** In the Shadow of the Cypress directed by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani wins Best Animated Short Film.
* March 3:
** Skillsville premiered on PBS Kids.
** The Hollywood Reporter reported that a planned Disney+ series spin-off for the Disney animated feature The Princess and the Frog, titled Tiana for its protagonist, voiced by Anika Noni Rose, was canceled as part of Walt Disney Animation Studios abandoning long-form content, to be replaced with a separate short-form special. The series had originally been announced in 2020 alongside a planned series spinoff of Moana, itself ultimately retooled into a film sequel.
* March 4: The nineteenth season of Upin & Ipin, premiered on Astro Prima and MNCTV.
* March 6:
** Universal Kids shuts down.
** The Jellystone special episode and series finale "Crisis on Infinite Mirths" premiered on Max.
* March 7:
** Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th film in the Doraemon franchise, was released in Japanese cinemas by Toho. This movie is a special work for the 45th anniversary of the Doraemon movie series.
** Plankton: The Movie premiered on Netflix in the United States.
** Night of the Zoopocalypse was released in United States and Canada.
* March 8: The final two episodes of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur premiered on Disney Channel.
* March 9: Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances premiered on Adult Swim.
* March 14: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie was released.
* March 15: The second season of Kiff premiered on Disney Channel and Disney+.
* March 17: Looney Tunes is removed from Max as part of a new plan where the streamer will prioritize adult and family programming and children’s programming were no longer a priority due to low viewership.
* March 20: Wolf King will premiere on Netflix.
* March 28: The fourth season of The Patrick Star Show will premiere on Nickelodeon.

### April

* April 3: Television series adaptation Devil May Cry, based on the Capcom video game franchise of the same name, will be released as a Netflix exclusive.
* April 5: Iyanu: Child of Wonder will premiere on Cartoon Network and Max.
* April 19: Super Duper Bunny League will premiere on Nickelodeon.
* April 30: Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight will premiere on Netflix.

### May

* May 23: Walt Disney Pictures' live-action/animated remake of Lilo & Stitch will be released.

### June

* June 20: Pixar's Elio will be released.

### July

* July 18: Paramount Animation's Smurfs 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's Zootopia 2 will be released.

### December

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

### Specific date unknown

* 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.
* Another revival series of Pingu will premiere.
* The seventh season of The Amazing World of Gumball will premiere on Cartoon Network.
* Sony Pictures Animation's Motel Transylvania, a series spin-off of the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, will be released as a Netflix exclusive.
* The second season of Rock Paper Scissors will premiere on Nickelodeon.
* The fourth season of Transformers: EarthSpark will premiere on Paramount+.
* The fourth season of Deer Squad will be released on iQIYI.
* The third season of SuperKitties will premiere on Disney Jr.
* Skydance Animation's Pookoo will premiere on Netflix.
* Netflix Animation's The Twits will premiere on Netflix.
* Laika's Wildwood will be released.
* The eighth and final season of My Hero Academia will premiere on Japanese television.
* Avatar: Seven Havens, 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 be released on YouTube and Netflix.
* Season 14 of King of the Hill will premiere on Hulu.
* Glitch Productions' two new web-series The Gaslight District and Knights of Guinevere will be released on YouTube.
* Season 2 of Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake will be released on Max.

## Awards

* Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Flow
* Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: In the Shadow of the Cypress
* American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: The Wild Robot
* Annecy International Animation Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: Sultana's Dream
* Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
* Annie Award for Best Animated Feature – Independent: Flow
* Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production: Bob's Burgers
* Astra Film Award for Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
* Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
* BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
* BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation: Wander to Wonder
* Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
* Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
* César Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
* Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
* Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
* Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series: X-Men '97
* 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: Flow
* Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film: The Wild Robot
* Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Black Butterflies
* Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: Look Back
* 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: The Wild Robot
* 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: Flow
* Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: The Wild Robot
* San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
* San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: Flow
* Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
* Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
* St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
* Tokyo Anime Award: Look Back
* Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Flow
* Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: The Wild Robot
* Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot

## Television series debuts

| Date | Title | Channel, Streaming |
| January 4 | Totally Spies (Revival) | Cartoon Network |
| January 11 | StuGo | Disney Channel |
| January 17 | RoboGobo | Disney Jr. |
| January 20 | Wonderblocks | CBeebies |
| January 29 | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Disney+ |
| January 30 | Mermicorno: Starfall | Max |
| February 2 | Common Side Effects | Adult Swim |
| February 13 | Dog Days Out | Netflix |
| February 14 | Goldie | Apple TV+ |
| February 19 | Win or Lose | Disney+ |
| March 3 | Skillsville | PBS Kids |
| March 6 | Lil Kev | BET+ |
| March 9 | Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances | Adult Swim |
| March 20 | Wolf King | Netflix |
| March 21 | Bearbrick | Apple TV+ |
| April 3 | Devil May Cry | Netflix |
| April 5 | Iyanu: Child of Wonder | Cartoon Network / Max |
| April 17 | #1 Happy Family USA | Prime Video |
| April 19 | Super Duper Bunny League | Nickelodeon |
| April 30 | Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight | Netflix |
| July 7 | Weather Hunters | PBS Kids |
| July | My Melody & Kuromi | Netflix |
| August 6 | Eyes of Wakanda | Disney+ |
| August | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ | Disney Jr. |
| Summer | Iron Man and His Awesome Friends | Disney Jr. |
| Summer | Wylde Pak | Nickelodeon |
| October 31 | Marvel Zombies | Disney+ |
| Fall | Phoebe & Jay | PBS Kids |
| TBA | Lazarus | Adult Swim |
| TBA | Hey AJ | Disney Jr. |
| TBA | Gupi | Netflix |
| TBA | Haunted Hotel | Netflix |
| TBA | Leviathan | Netflix |
| TBA | Long Story Short | Netflix |
| TBA | Moonrise | Netflix |
| TBA | Motel Transylvania | Netflix |
| TBA | Winx Club | Netflix |
| TBA | HexVets and Magic Pets | Nickelodeon |
| TBA | Bixbee and the Beekeepers | TBA |
| TBA | Lackadaisy | YouTube |
| TBA | The Gaslight District | YouTube |
| TBA | Knights of Guinevere | YouTube |

## Television series endings

| Date | Title | Channel, Streaming | Year | Notes |
| January 25 | Craig of the Creek | Cartoon Network | 2018–2025 | Ended |
| February 21 | The Adventures of Paddington | Nick Jr. | 2019–2025 | Ended |
| March 6 | Jellystone! | Max | 2021–2025 | Ended |
| March 8 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Disney Channel | 2023–2025 | Ended |
| March 12 | Win or Lose | Disney+ | 2025 | Ended |
| TBA | Big Mouth | Netflix | 2017–2025 | Ending |
| TBA | Blood of Zeus | Netflix | 2020–2025 | Ending |
| TBA | My Hero Academia | NNS (ytv, NTV) (Japan) | 2016–2025 | Ending |

## Deaths
### January

* January 1: Wayne Osmond, American musician (voiced himself in The Osmonds), dies at age 73.
* January 5:
** Benoît Allemane, French voice actor (French dub voice of Foghorn Leghorn in the Looney Tunes franchise, Ronan the Accuser in The Super Hero Squad Show, Mayor Hamilton Hill in Batman: The Animated Series, Silverback in Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, Doctor X in Action Man, Narrator in Teen Titans, voice of Akeltonon in Mummy Nanny, Santa Claus in Santa's Apprentice, Yule in Mune: Guardian of the Moon, Narrator in Snow White: The Sequel), dies at age 82.
** Jim Short, Australian-born American comedian (voice of Keith Richards in the God, the Devil and Bob episode "Keith Richards"), dies at age 58.
* January 6: Dale Wilson, Canadian actor (voice of Ja-Kal in Mummies Alive!, Cell, Kami and Android 8 in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z, Paw Pooch in Krypto the Superdog, Java in Martin Mystery, Akuma in Street Fighter, Robert Kelly in X-Men: Evolution and Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Clow Reed in the Nelvana dub of Cardcaptor Sakura, Captain Grid-Iron in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Wreckage in G.I. Joe Extreme, Smokescreen and Hoist in Transformers: Armada, Mudflap in Transformers: Cybertron, Machine Man and Electro in Spider-Man Unlimited, Knuck in Action Man, Toa Lewa and Turaga Onewa in Bionicle: Mask of Light, provided additional voices for Extreme Dinosaurs), dies at age 82.
* January 8: Charles Kay, British actor (voice of Capulet in the Shakespeare: The Animated Tales episode "Romeo and Juliet"), dies at age 94.
* January 11: Joel Paley, American screenwriter (Cats Don't Dance), dies at age 69.
* January 12: Robert Machray, American actor (voice of Principal in Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa), dies at age 79.
* January 13: Nathalie Dupree, American cookbook writer and television personality (played herself in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Cookout"), dies at age 85.
* January 15:
** Patricia Lyfoung, French comic artist and animator (Totally Spies!, Action Dad), dies at age 47.
** Christopher Benjamin, English actor (voice of Rowf in The Plague Dogs, Duke Frederick and Corin in the Shakespeare: The Animated Tales episode "As You Like It"), dies at age 90.
** David Lynch, American director (Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times)), visual artist, musician and actor (voice of Gus the Bartender in The Cleveland Show, Mad Scientist in Robot Chicken, all characters in DumbLand, himself in the Family Guy episode "How the Griffin Stole Christmas"), dies at age 78.
* January 16:
** Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster, actor and comedian (voice of the Narrator in the Teacher's Pet episode "Take Me Out of the Ball Game", Baseball Announcer in the Puppy Dog Pals episode "Take Me Out to the Pug Game", Bob Yucker in the Monsters at Work episode "The Damaged Room", himself in the Futurama episode "A Leela of Her Own" and the Teen Titans Go! episode "BBRBDAY"), dies at age 90.
** Joan Plowright, English actress (voice of Baylene in Dinosaur, Ms. Plushbottom in Curious George), dies at age 95.
* January 17:
** Robert Verrall, Canadian animator (The Romance of Transportation in Canada, What on Earth!, Cosmic Zoom), dies at age 97.
** Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and screenwriter (Munro), dies at age 95.
* January 25: Olga James, American singer and actress (voice of Mrs. Thomas in Sealab 2020), dies at age 95.
* January 29: Joe Hale, American animator (Sleeping Beauty, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Robin Hood, Mickey's Christmas Carol), producer (The Black Cauldron) and screenwriter (The Black Cauldron), dies at age 99.
* January 30: Dick Button, American figure skater and analyst (voiced himself in the Animaniacs episode "All the Words in the English Language"), dies at age 95.

### February

* February 2: Brian Murphy, English actor (voice of Len Pond in Pond Life, Dr. Attticus in Hilltop Hospital), dies at age 92.
* February 4: Ed Seeman, American animator (Casper the Friendly Ghost, Popeye), dies at age 93.
* February 9: William H. Bassett, American actor (voice of Counterfeiter and Whispering Councilman in the Manga Video dub of The Castle of Cagliostro, Principal in the 2001 dub of Akira, Magician in Catnapped!, Elder in Appleseed, Chief Cabinet Secretary Takakura in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Swampmonster in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toba Islander in the Mermaid Forest episode "Togyo no sato part 2", Frog in the Cowboy Bebop episode "Mushroom Samba", Yuri Hussler in the Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory episode "A Storm Raging Through", provided additional voices for Ah! My Goddess: The Movie), dies at age 89.
* February 11: Jerry Eisenberg, American animator (The Peter Potamus Show, My Little Pony, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles, Super Friends, Spider-Man, House of Mouse), dies at age 87.
* February 14:
** Alice Hirson, American actress (voice of Mrs. Johnson in Baby Blues, Peg Chapman in the Godzilla: The Series episode "Wedding Bells Blew", Mrs. Perry in the Trash Truck episode "Pranks"), dies at age 95.
** Biff Wiff, American actor (voice of Drifter and Sgt. Hind in Kiff), dies at an unknown age.
* February 16: Julian Holloway, British actor (voice of Odlaw in Where's Wally?, Bradford Milbanks in James Bond Jr., Captain Zed in Captain Zed and the Zee Zone, Digby in Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, Siegfried Fischbacher in Father of the Pride, Prime Minister Almec and Admiral Kilian in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Death in Regular Show), dies at age 80.
* February 18: Gene Hackman, American actor (voice of General Mandible in Antz), dies at age 95.
* February 20: Peter Jason, American actor (voice of Manny in The New Batman Adventures, Coach Creager in Batman Beyond, Coach in Hair High, Exterminator in The Secret World of Arrietty, Nix in Mixels, Mason in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "It's Never Too Late", Royal Treasurer in the Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "The Emperor's New Clothes", Bobby Nacht in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Hoop Schemes", Farmer MacDonald in the Jackie Chan Adventures episode "The Amazing T-Troop"), dies at age 80.
* February 21: Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (voice of Shirley Feeney in Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, Jessica Morganberry and young Clark Kent in Superman, Aunt Harriet in Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face, Kitty Grunewald in Life with Louie, Clara, Izzie's Mother, and Beatrice in Izzie's Way Home, Sister Agnes and Barb Kleffman in Mike Tyson Mysteries, Mona Lisa in The Tick episode "Leonardo da Vinci and His Fightin' Genius Time Commandos!", Violet in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Eternal Youth", additional voices in Barnyard, Family Dog, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), dies at age 78.
* February 24: Fumi Kitahara, American animation publicist (DreamWorks Animation, Aardman Animations, Laika, LLC, Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 56.
* February 25: Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer (Transformers: Prime), dies at age 51.
* February 26: Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (voice of Valkyrie in The Super Hero Squad Show, Bar Girl in DC Showcase: Jonah Hex, Blood Moon in the SuperMansion episode "A Midsummer Night's Ream", Judy Reilly in Human Kind Of, Dr. Wagner in the Harriet the Spy episode "I Am the Onion"), dies at age 39.
* February 28: David Johansen, American singer, songwriter and actor (voice of Shayol in Gandahar, Beartaur in Centaurworld, Bus Driver in Cats Don't Dance, Ding Dong Daddy in the Teen Titans episode "Revved Up"), dies at age 75.

### March

* March 2: George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian (voice of Space Ghost in Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet), dies at age 67.
* March 6: Josef Zíma, Czech actor (Czech dub voice of Kaa in The Jungle Book), dies at age 92.
* March 11: Dave Mallow, American voice actor (voice of Mao Mao, Oculi and Chao in Dragon Ball, Upamon, Angemon and Sepahimon in Digimon Adventure, Otamamon and Tokomon in Digimon Data Squad, Amarao in FLCL, Mr. Barnes and Granpa in Lego Friends), dies at age 76.
* March 13: Sofia Gubaidulina, Soviet and Russian composer (Adventures of Mowgli, The Cat Who Walked by Herself), dies at age 93.
* March 17: David Steven Cohen, American screenwriter (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Balto, ALF Tales, Tiny Toon Adventures, Kenny the Shark, Arthur, Peg + Cat, Little People, Space Racers), dies at age 58.