February 14: The Fairly OddParents season 5 debut "Nega-Timmy" airs as it features a humorous caricature based on crocodile hunter
Steve Irwin.
Nickelodeon subsequently removed the episode from reruns after his tragic death in September 2006.[3]
In their 100 Greatest series, the British TV channel
Channel 4 broadcasts the 100 Greatest Cartoons!, a list of the 100 greatest animated cartoons, as voted by viewers.[7]
The final episode of The Powerpuff Girls airs. While the series itself gained generally positive attention, it was cancelled following the poor critical reception of The Powerpuff Girls Movie as
Cartoon Network ceased production of the series in 2003.[8]
May 1: The
Animation Domination programming block premieres on
Fox, along with Family Guy returning after a three-year cancellation, sparking popularity and strong DVD sales.
June 22:Happy Tree Friends Volume 3 - Third Strike renews its theatrical release by adding episodes of 19 to 21 of the Internet Season 2, as well as Dino-Sore Days (an irregular episode), a Buddhist Monkey episode (Books of Fury).
August 12: The Proud Family episode "Who You Callin' a Sissy?" airs only once on
Disney Channel due to allegations with the
LGBT-related content in the episode before reinstating it 15 years later prior to
the reboot in 2022.[12]
September 23: Nicktoons rebranded itself as
Nicktoons Network. It remains rebranded for 4 years before returning to its former name.
Happy Tree Friends - Mole in the City was theatrically debuted same day.
October 10: A fire destroys most of
Aardman Animations' archive warehouse, including most of
Nick Park's creations and the models and sets used in the film Chicken Run. Some of the original
Wallace and Gromit models and sets, as well as the master prints of the finished films, were elsewhere and survived.[14]
October 20:
Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter, ceramist, poet, animator, designer, director and producer, and wife of
Jan Švankmajer, dies at age 65.[60][61]
November 7:
Harry Thompson, English radio and TV producer, comedy writer, novelist and TV writer (co-creator of Monkey Dust), dies at age 45 from cancer.[65]
November 28:
Miroslav Štěpánek, Czech animator, film director, sculptor, screenwriter, illustrator and graphic designer (Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát, aka Hey Mister, Let's Play!), dies at age 81.[70]
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abcMel Watkins (August 24, 2005).
"Brock Peters of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Is Dead at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2015. Brock Peters, the versatile film and stage actor, singer and producer who first rose to prominence in the [1960s and 1970s] with his powerful singing voice and poignant screen portrayals of angry, belligerent black men, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 78. The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, his companion, Marilyn Darby, told The Associated Press. ...
February 14: The Fairly OddParents season 5 debut "Nega-Timmy" airs as it features a humorous caricature based on crocodile hunter
Steve Irwin.
Nickelodeon subsequently removed the episode from reruns after his tragic death in September 2006.[3]
In their 100 Greatest series, the British TV channel
Channel 4 broadcasts the 100 Greatest Cartoons!, a list of the 100 greatest animated cartoons, as voted by viewers.[7]
The final episode of The Powerpuff Girls airs. While the series itself gained generally positive attention, it was cancelled following the poor critical reception of The Powerpuff Girls Movie as
Cartoon Network ceased production of the series in 2003.[8]
May 1: The
Animation Domination programming block premieres on
Fox, along with Family Guy returning after a three-year cancellation, sparking popularity and strong DVD sales.
June 22:Happy Tree Friends Volume 3 - Third Strike renews its theatrical release by adding episodes of 19 to 21 of the Internet Season 2, as well as Dino-Sore Days (an irregular episode), a Buddhist Monkey episode (Books of Fury).
August 12: The Proud Family episode "Who You Callin' a Sissy?" airs only once on
Disney Channel due to allegations with the
LGBT-related content in the episode before reinstating it 15 years later prior to
the reboot in 2022.[12]
September 23: Nicktoons rebranded itself as
Nicktoons Network. It remains rebranded for 4 years before returning to its former name.
Happy Tree Friends - Mole in the City was theatrically debuted same day.
October 10: A fire destroys most of
Aardman Animations' archive warehouse, including most of
Nick Park's creations and the models and sets used in the film Chicken Run. Some of the original
Wallace and Gromit models and sets, as well as the master prints of the finished films, were elsewhere and survived.[14]
October 20:
Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter, ceramist, poet, animator, designer, director and producer, and wife of
Jan Švankmajer, dies at age 65.[60][61]
November 7:
Harry Thompson, English radio and TV producer, comedy writer, novelist and TV writer (co-creator of Monkey Dust), dies at age 45 from cancer.[65]
November 28:
Miroslav Štěpánek, Czech animator, film director, sculptor, screenwriter, illustrator and graphic designer (Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát, aka Hey Mister, Let's Play!), dies at age 81.[70]
^
abcMel Watkins (August 24, 2005).
"Brock Peters of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Is Dead at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2015. Brock Peters, the versatile film and stage actor, singer and producer who first rose to prominence in the [1960s and 1970s] with his powerful singing voice and poignant screen portrayals of angry, belligerent black men, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 78. The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, his companion, Marilyn Darby, told The Associated Press. ...