2000 in animation

none April 2021 2000 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths. __TOC__ Events January January 1: The website Homestar Runner goes up. January 6: The film Cóndor Crux, la leyenda premieres.http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/argentine-animated-features-part-5-2000-2003/ Argentine Animated Features – Part 5: 2000-2003 March 9, 2019 April 16, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190416204829/http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/argentine-animated-features-part-5-2000-2003/ live January 12: South Park concludes its third season on Comedy Central with the episode "World Wide Recorder Concert", this was the first episode to premiere in the 2000s. It was watched by over 2 million viewers that night.Comedy Central Ratings Report (January 10–16, 2000). Nielsen Media Research (Report). January 14: The Simpsons receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Simpsons http://www.walkoffame.com/the-simpsons Hollywood Chamber of Commerce June 28, 2012 January 15, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120115103223/http://www.walkoffame.com/the-simpsons live February February 6: The Walt Disney Company releases The Tigger Movie.McCarthy Todd Review: 'The Tigger Movie' https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-tigger-movie-1117778670/ September 17, 2015 Variety February 10, 2000 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160305063246/http://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-tigger-movie-1117778670/ March 5, 2016 February 26: The first episode of The Weekenders airs.http://www.awn.com/news/toon-disney-premieres-eight-new-series-fall-2002 Leigh Godfrey Toon Disney Premieres Eight New Series In Fall 2002 Animation World Network July 1, 2002 April 4, 2014 January 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150117232844/http://www.awn.com/news/toon-disney-premieres-eight-new-series-fall-2002 live February 29: The Walt Disney Company releases An Extremely Goofy Movie. This serves as the finale to the television series Goof Troop. Specific date unknown: Titmouse, Inc is founded. March March 9: The animated TV series God, the Devil and Bob is first broadcast, but was cancelled after four episodes over its satirical portrayal of God and Satan.God, the Devil and Bob Entertainment Weekly January 10, 2005 http://www.ew.com/article/2005/01/10/god-devil-and-bob 2010-08-29 mdy-all October 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121019112558/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1015134,00.html live God, the Devil and a boycott BBC 2000-03-18 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/03/99/tom_brook/681071.stm 2010-08-29 mdy-all April 24, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090424041417/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/03/99/tom_brook/681071.stm live BBC buys animated sitcom that shook US Guardian 2000-10-19 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/oct/19/broadcasting.bbc1 2010-08-29 London Matt Wells mdy-all July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707000916/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/oct/19/broadcasting.bbc1 live Viewers find nbc's "god" offensive New York Daily News 2000-03-13 http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2000/03/13/2000-03-13_viewers_find_nbc_s__god__off.html 2010-08-29 mdy-all January 2012 RjwilmsiBot mdy-all March 19: The Simpsons episode "Bart to the Future" premieres. It has a throwaway joke about Donald Trump being President of the United States in the future and causing a budget crisis, which gained more attention when Trump became president in 2017 and the episode was accused of unintentionally predicting the future.'The Simpsons' predicted President Trump way back in 2000 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/28/the-simpsons-predicted-president-trump-way-back-in-2000/ July 28, 2015 September 5, 2015 January 27, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170127131832/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/28/the-simpsons-predicted-president-trump-way-back-in-2000/ live March 26: 72nd Academy Awards:Nominees & Winners for the 72nd Academy Awards http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 January 3, 2014 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) live https://web.archive.org/web/20141109141152/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 November 9, 2014 The Old Man and the Sea by Alexander Petrov wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan by Phil Collins wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song. March 31: The Road to El Dorado premieres.Schatz Sharon Paving the Musical Road to El Dorado http://www.awn.com/animationworld/paving-musical-road-el-dorado Animation World Network April 1, 2000 March 8, 2017 January 19, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170119032051/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/paving-musical-road-el-dorado live April April 1: Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang launches. April 3: The first episode of Between the Lions airs.https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/carnegie-supports-between-the-lions-new-childrens-tv-program/ Carnegie Supports "Between the Lions," New Children's TV Program March 9, 2019 March 21, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190321143546/https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/carnegie-supports-between-the-lions-new-childrens-tv-program/ live April 5: Season 4 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the premiere of the episode "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000"."Watch South Park Episodes Online Season 4 (2000)". TV Guide. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019. This episode marks the debut of the character Timmy Burch. May May 19: The Walt Disney Company releases Dinosaur.http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2000/05/20/dinosaur-drama-dabs Movie Review: Disney's Dinosaur—Deadly Drama and Dabs of Darwinism! May 20, 2000 January 9, 2013 September 24, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130924075641/http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2000/05/20/dinosaur-drama-dabs live This marks the first Disney animated feature to receive the PG rating since The Black Cauldron in 1985. May 21:2000-05-24 Article clipped from The Los Angeles Times https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41303427/ 2025-08-23 Los Angeles Times 233 King of the Hill concludes its fourth season on Fox with episode "Peggy's Fan Fair", which was seen by over 7.2 million viewers that night. The Simpsons concludes its eleventh season on Fox with episode "Behind the Laughter", which was seen by over 13.8 million viewers that night. May 22: Cartoon Network Studios opened in Burbank, California.1396181293226815489 bfredmuggs May 22, 2000 - On this day 21 years ago we officially opened Cartoon Network Studios. The black tower in the back still had DIC Entertainment in it until we took it over 5 years later. Brian A. Miller June June 16: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's Titan A.E. is released, but becomes a box office flop, gaining $36.8 million against a $75–90 million budget and resulting in a $100 million loss for 20th Century Fox. Due to the failure of the film, Fox Animation Studios was shut down afterward.Titan A.E. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanae.htm April 11, 2015 Box Office Mojo September 10, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190910222810/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanae.htm live Palmeri Christopher Despicable Me 2 Producer Knows How to Win the Box Office https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-09-19/universal-s-chris-meledandri-knows-how-to-win-the-box-office Bloomberg April 11, 2015 September 19, 2013 May 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150525154137/https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-09-19/universal-s-chris-meledandri-knows-how-to-win-the-box-office livehttp://www.thisisinsider.com/movie-flops-over-the-years-2018-2#1978-sextette-1 The biggest box office flop from the year you were born Gabbi Shaw Insider February 27, 2017 June 21, 2018 March 3, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180303020513/http://www.thisisinsider.com/movie-flops-over-the-years-2018-2#1978-sextette-1 live June 23: Peter Lord and Nick Park's Chicken Run premieres. It is the first feature-length film of Aardman Animation.https://theponyproducer.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/this-day-in-movie-history-june-23rd-2000-chicken-run-released/ This Day in Movie History – June 23rd, 2000 – Chicken Run Released June 23, 2016 March 9, 2019 October 7, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231007012937/https://theponyproducer.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/this-day-in-movie-history-june-23rd-2000-chicken-run-released/ livehttp://www.toonhound.com/chickenrun.htm Chicken Run (2000) Toonhound March 9, 2019 June 17, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190617102653/http://www.toonhound.com/chickenrun.htm dead July July 7: June Foray receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.http://www.walkoffame.com/june-foray June Foray October 25, 2019 January 28, 2019 January 28, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128191623/http://www.walkoffame.com/june-foray live July 10: The film Heavy Metal 2000, a sequel to the 1981 film Heavy Metal, is released.http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/heavymetal2000/ HEAVY METAL 2000 Sony Pictures Entertainment March 9, 2019 March 20, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190320041758/http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/heavymetal2000/ live July 22: The film The Boy Who Saw the Wind premieres. July 25: The final episode of the animated sitcom adaptation of Scott Adams' newspaper comic Dilbert is broadcast: Dilbert.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/adams_scott.htm Scott Adams lambiek.net February 15, 2026 Don Hertzfeldt's Rejected premieres.https://archive.org/details/RejectedBestOscarAwardWinnerMovieyoutubemp4.to Rejected - (2000) July 25, 2000 Universal Cartoon Studios releases An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster, the final installment to An American Tail.Nichols Peter M. 2000-07-28 HOME VIDEO; It's a Sequel? O.K., I'll Take It The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/28/movies/home-video-it-s-a-sequel-ok-i-ll-take-it.html March 15, 2024 2015-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20150527141200/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/28/movies/home-video-it-s-a-sequel-ok-i-ll-take-it.html live Universal discontinued the franchise as the studio would then work on direct-to-video sequels based on Balto.Phil Weinstein interview! https://www.animationsource.org/balto/en/articles/Phil_Weinstein_interview/85108.html&id_film%3D12 animationsource.org June 22, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20161231041024/http://www.animationsource.org/balto/en/articles/Phil_Weinstein_interview/85108.html&id_film=12 December 31, 2016 July 29: The film Blood: The Last Vampire premieres at the 5th annual International Festival of Fantasy, Action and Genre Cinema, nicknamed Fantasia 2000, in Montreal.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-07-04/fantasia-2000-holds-press-conference Fantasia 2000 Holds Press Conference Anime News Network 2000-07-04 2008-09-18 mdy-all April 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200401185907/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-07-04/fantasia-2000-holds-press-conference live The film airs in Australia on August 26, 2000, at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-07-05/more-sydney-olympics-arts-festival More Sydney Olympics Arts Festival Anime News Network 2000-07-05 2008-09-18 mdy-all April 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200401155035/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-07-05/more-sydney-olympics-arts-festival live It makes its theatrical debut in its home country of Japan on November 16, 2000.http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/14_/s00_/index.html Blood: The Last Vampire Overview Production I.G 2008-09-18 mdy-all February 27, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190227041011/http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/14_/s00_/index.html live August August 1: Family Guy concludes its second season on Fox with the episode "Fore, Father", which was seen by over six million viewers that night."National Nielsen Viewership (July 31-Aug. 6, 2000)". Los Angeles Times. August 9, 2000. Retrieved June 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. August 14: The first episode of Dora the Explorer airs.Kit Zorianna 2010-08-06 "Dora the Explorer" atop the world on 10th anniversary en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dora-idUSTRE6753RG20100806 2022-02-08 https://archive.today/20220208041353/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dora/dora-the-explorer-atop-the-world-on-10th-anniversary-idUSTRE6753RG20100806 February 8, 2022 live August 18: The pilot episode of Sheep in the Big City is broadcast.http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/feature/ccsummer/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20000815053637/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/feature/ccsummer/index.html August 15, 2000 Cartoon Cartoon Summer Cartoon Network 2012-12-28 mdy-all August 26: The pilot episode of Generation O! is broadcast. August 29: Monster Mash is first released.June 2024 September September 3: The first episode of Playboy's Dark Justice, a computer-animated pornographic series, is broadcast.2014-06-29 Programming: Briefs Cable World http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64972595.html usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140629120551/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64972595.html 2014-06-29 subscription HighBeam Research September 4: The first episode of Clifford the Big Red Dog airs.http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=clifford+%22red+dog%22 Clifford the Big Red Dog BBC Genome March 9, 2019 April 15, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180415105752/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=clifford+%22red+dog%22 dead September 9: The first episode of Jackie Chan Adventures airs, an animated TV series based on martial arts actor Jackie Chan.Stanley T.L. Now Chan Is the Picture of an Action Hero https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-14-ca-36327-story.html May 7, 2011 Los Angeles Times October 14, 2000 live https://web.archive.org/web/20101226183656/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/14/entertainment/ca-36327 December 26, 2010Fritz Steve MEN IN BLACK and JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES http://www.mania.com/men-black-jackie-chan-adventures_article_24267.html Mania May 7, 2011 USA September 18, 2000 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080917172249/http://www.mania.com/men-black-jackie-chan-adventures_article_24267.html September 17, 2008 The first episode of Teacher's Pet is broadcast.Look Who's Learning Now: Teacher's Pet Los Angeles Times 2000-09-09 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-09-ca-18334-story.html 2014-05-28 mdy-all March 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306193905/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/09/entertainment/ca-18334 live September 15: The film Titanic: The Legend Goes On is released.http://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=34013 Morandini Laura Morandini Luisi Morandini Morando Titanic, mille e una storia it December 3, 2011 il Moranidini: Zanichelli editore MYmovies / MoNet May 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150526064223/http://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=34013 live https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/432811131.html?dids=432811131:432811131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+26%2C+2001&author=John+Mckay&pub=The+Record&desc=Charlize+Theron+even+irresistible+when+dying%3B+Keanu+Reeves%27+career+may+be+on+same+route&pqatl=google https://archive.today/20130201073156/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/432811131.html?dids=432811131:432811131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+26,+2001&author=John+Mckay&pub=The+Record&desc=Charlize+Theron+even+irresistible+when+dying;+Keanu+Reeves'+career+may+be+on+same+route&pqatl=google dead February 1, 2013 Mckay John Charlize Theron even irresistible when dying; Keanu Reeves' career may be on same route July 26, 2001 May 27, 2010 subscription Waterloo Region Record D.11. It would later gain notoriety for its low quality and rapping dog character.https://www.gamesradar.com/66-worst-movies-of-all-time/ 66 Worst Movies Of All Time Winning Josh Total Film GamesRadar February 15, 2012 July 2, 2017 July 26, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726052200/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/66-worst-movies-of-all-time live https://mutantreviewers.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/courtney-does-titanic-the-legend-goes-on-2/ Titanic: The Legend Goes on (2001) April 5, 2010 March 9, 2019 October 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211017195936/https://mutantreviewers.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/courtney-does-titanic-the-legend-goes-on-2/ live September 18: The Walt Disney Company announces they would be selling DIC Entertainment through a management buyout backed up through Bain Capital. https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/bain-backing-buyout-of-dic-1117786555/ Bain backing buyout of DIC September 18, 2000 May 13, 2019 January 10, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190110184307/https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/bain-backing-buyout-of-dic-1117786555/ live September 23: The first episode of Static Shock airs.http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0405/10/index.htm Catwoman Movie Update May 10, 2004 The Comics Continuum July 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210420/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0405/10/index.htm September 23, 2015 live Specific date unknown: Corus Entertainment buys NelvanaPath B http://www.corusent.com/newsDetail.asp?id=18 https://web.archive.org/web/20010419114137fw_/http://www.corusent.com/newsDetail.asp?id=18 dead 2001-04-19 2026-03-08 Nelvana Purchased For $554M By Corus https://www.awn.com/news/nelvana-purchased-554m-corus 2026-03-08 Animation World Network en October October 1: Season 5 of King of the Hill begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "The Perils of Polling", which was seen by just nearly 9.6 million viewers that night.2000-10-04 Article clipped from The Los Angeles Times https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/41304069/ 2025-08-23 Los Angeles Times 80 October 2: The first episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command airs.June 2024 October 3: Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders is released, receiving positive reviews.https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scooby_doo_and_the_alien_invaders_2000 Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders Rotten Tomatoes April 27, 2024 December 8, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231208190017/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scooby_doo_and_the_alien_invaders_2000 live This is the final time Mary Kay Bergman would voice Daphne as the film is dedicated to her memory.https://people.com/archive/fatal-fears-vol-52-no-22/ Fatal Fears 52 People December 6, 1999 April 27, 2024 February 17, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230217130705/https://people.com/archive/fatal-fears-vol-52-no-22/ live Grey DeLisle would later take the role for the character in the next film. October 6: Digimon: The Movie premieres.FILM IN REVIEW; Digimon: The Movie Lawrence van Gelder https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE1DD143CF935A35753C1A9669C8B63 The New York Times October 6, 2000 December 26, 2010 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707000920/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/movies/film-in-review-digimon-the-movie.html live Help! I'm a Fish is first released. October 9: The Arthur episode "It's a No-Brainer" airs. It was withdrawn from circulation 21 years later.It's a No-Brainer Arthur PBS 2000 5 3a The Brain drew a controversial image of a noose in that brief sequence. October 20: Season 2 of SpongeBob SquarePants begins on Nickelodeon with the premiere of the episodes "Something Smells/Bossy Boots"."SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 2". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved November 26, 2013. Starting with this season, the show's animation style switches from cel animation to digital ink and paint. October 21: The film Ah! My Goddess: The Movie is released. October 24: The first episode of Pelswick airs, based on John Callahan's cartoons.Pelswick https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/pelswick/episodes-season-1/203707/ TV GuideJuly 2026 medicmedicArchived copy http://www.pelswick.com/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190319160002/http://www.pelswick.com/ 2019-03-19 2019-03-09 mdy-all October 25: The first episode of As Told by Ginger airs.Life After 'Rugrats': It's Not Easy Being Cool https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/tv/for-young-viewers-life-after-rugrats-it-s-not-easy-being-cool.html September 30, 2013 The New York Times October 22, 2000 October 3, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131003012954/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/tv/for-young-viewers-life-after-rugrats-it-s-not-easy-being-cool.html live October 27: Pettson och Findus - Kattonauten, based on the Pettson and Findus book series, is released.http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=44074 Pettson & Findus - Kattonauten (2000) SFDB March 9, 2019 October 30, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191030074353/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=44074 live October 31: The film Gen13 is released.June 2024 Specific date unknown: The film Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is released. Patten Fred Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews Stone Bridge Press 2004 1-880656-92-2 November November 1: Season 12 of The Simpsons begins on Fox with the premiere of the latest Treehouse of Horror installment "Treehouse of Horror XI", which was seen by over 13.2 million viewers that night."National Nielsen Viewership (Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2000)". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 2000. Archived from the original on May 12, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. November 5: The Simpsons' 250th episode "A Tale of Two Springfields" premieres on Fox, featuring the following guest stars: Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Paul Townshend (playing his brother Pete Townshend) & Gary Coleman. The episode was seen by over 16.1 million viewers that night. November 7: The film Joseph: King of Dreams is released, a sequel to The Prince of Egypt.Hettrick Scott D'Works plans reign for "Joseph" vid pic https://variety.com/2000/digital/features/d-works-plans-reign-for-joseph-vid-pic-1117784254/ March 5, 2014 Variety July 27, 2000 January 16, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210116064657/https://variety.com/2000/digital/features/d-works-plans-reign-for-joseph-vid-pic-1117784254/ liveJoseph King of Dreams - About the DVD http://www.dreamworks.com/homevideo/joseph/production_notes.html DreamWorks March 22, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230922/http://www.dreamworks.com/homevideo/joseph/production_notes.html March 3, 2016 dead November 7–9: The three-part Rugrats special "Acorn Nuts & Diapey Butts" premieres on Nickelodeon, these episodes serve as the prologue to Rugrats in Paris: The Movie."Rugrats: The Complete Series". iTunes Store. Apple, Inc. August 11, 1991. Retrieved May 31, 2022. November 13: The Arthur episode "Bitzi's Beau" airs. This marks the earliest depiction of Mr. Ratburn getting married, but only in a fantasy sequence as being straight. His actual marriage occurs in the later episode "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone", over 20 years of being closeted.Dry Jude 'Arthur' Gives Mr. Ratburn The Gay Wedding to a Chocolatier We All Deserve https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/arthur-mr-ratburn-gay-wedding-pbs-1202140383/ November 14, 2023 IndieWire May 13, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20230818170855/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/arthur-mr-ratburn-gay-wedding-pbs-1202140383/ August 18, 2023 live November 14: 3-2-1 Penguins! is released in direct-to-video format. November 17: Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon's Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, is released. It marks the debuts of Kimi Watanabe her mother Kira and their dog Fifi who will all become part of the show's cast. It received positive reviews over its predecessor.https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rugrats-in-paris-the-movie---rugrats-ii Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Reviews Metacritic October 8, 2023 December 8, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231208003915/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rugrats-in-paris-the-movie---rugrats-ii/ live Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City airs.Cartoon Cartoon Summer http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/feature/ccsummer/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20000815053637/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/feature/ccsummer/index.html August 15, 2000 October 8, 2023 Cartoon NetworkFinnigan David March 12, 2001 Eliciting a Sheepish Grin - Cartoon Network's Campaign for Sheep in the City - Brief Article http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BDW/is_11_42/ai_71766817 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20090815033819/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BDW/is_11_42/ai_71766817/ 2009-08-15 October 8, 2023 Brandweek 11 42 Brandweek This program became coveted long after its cancellation in 2002. November 25: The CatDog made-for-TV movie "CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery", premieres on Nickelodeon. December December 7: The SpongeBob SquarePants holiday special episode "Christmas Who?" premieres on Nickelodeon. December 12: Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker is released direct-to-video. The film caused controversy for its violent content, including the Joker's death. As a result, the film was censored and the uncut version was not released until 2002.http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/batmanbeyondthereturnofthejoker.php: Review: "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker" Garth Franklin Dark Horizons December 12, 2000 https://archive.today/20070628014651/http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/batmanbeyondthereturnofthejoker.php June 28, 2007 September 2, 2016 December 14: The film The Magic Pudding is first released.June 2024 December 15: The Walt Disney Company releases The Emperor's New Groove.https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/01/13/top-5-underrated-disney-cartoons/ Top 5 Underrated Disney Cartoons Mendelson Scott Forbes en 2019-01-28 mdy-all January 29, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010031/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/01/13/top-5-underrated-disney-cartoons/ live December 20: South Park concludes its fourth season on Comedy Central with the Christmas special "A Very Crappy Christmas", this was the last episode to premiere during the 20th century. It was seen by over 3 million viewers that night.Comedy Central Ratings Report (December 18–24, 2000). Nielsen Media Research (Report). December 21: Cartoon Network began airing adult oriented programs during 4am and 5am, including Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and The Brak Show, all were unannounced and continued to air for ten nights.http://lustforlunch.com/dgp/oldnews.htm#stealth The Daily Ghost Planet : The Past! Lustforlunch.com December 12, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20011220040853/http://lustforlunch.com/dgp/oldnews.htm#stealth December 20, 2001 live Cartoon Network would launch Adult Swim later in the following year. December 23: Pandavas: The Five Warriors, the first Indian computer animated film, is released.http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/77078-Pandavas_The_Five_Warriors.html https://archive.today/20130910063038/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/77078-Pandavas_The_Five_Warriors.html dead September 10, 2013 Pandavas: The Five Warriors (2000) Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film The Big Cartoon DataBase December 23, 2000 October 8, 2013 December 27: Let's All Go to the Lobby and Porky in Wackyland are added to the National Film Registry. https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ Complete National Film Registry Listing Film Registry National Film Preservation Board Programs Library of Congress February 7, 2019 March 5, 2016 https://archive.today/20160305191832/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ liveLibrarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry Library of Congress December 27, 2000 https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2000/00-200.html July 22, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090906000933/http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2000/00-200.html September 6, 2009 Specific date unknown Per Åhlin's The Dog Hotel is first released. Michaël Dudok de Wit's Father and Daughter is first released.https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v300608 Father and Daughter (2000) - Michael Dudok de Wit Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related AllMovie June 13, 2019 May 7, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210507011311/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v300608 live Happy Tree Friends first airs online.The Flash Animation 10 – Most Influential http://coldhardflash.com/2006/09/flash-animation-10.html 2006-09-21 2025-04-24 coldhardflash.com en-US October 4, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061004210658/http://coldhardflash.com/2006/09/flash-animation-10.html dead Films released List of animated feature films of 2000 January 6 - Condor Crux, the Legend (Spain and Argentina) January 26 - Princes and Princesses (France) February 11: Circleen: Mice and Romance (Denmark) The Tigger Movie (United States and Japan) February 18 - Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (India and United States) February 21 - Soreike! Anpanman: Kieta Jam Oji-san (Japan) February 29 - An Extremely Goofy Movie (United States) March 4: Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (Japan) One Piece: The Movie (Japan) March 10 - Hundhotellet (Sweden) March 11 - The Great Easter Egg Hunt (United States) March 31: The Road to El Dorado (United States) The Miracle Maker (Russia and United Kingdom) April 1 - VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky (United States) April 4 - Tom Sawyer (United States) April 22: Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes (Japan) Crayon Shin-chan: Rumble in the Jungle (Japan) May 19 - Dinosaur (United States) May 24 - The New Bremen Town Musicians (Russia) May 26 - Odwrocona gora albo film pod strasznym tytułem (Poland) June 13 - Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (United States and Philippines) June 16 - Titan A.E. (United States) June 23 - Chicken Run (United Kingdom and United States) June 24 - Escaflowne (Japan) June 30 - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (United States) July - Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (Japan) July 6 - Heart, the Joys of Pantriste (Argentina) July 8 - Pokémon 3: The Movie Entei-Spell of the Unknown (Japan) July 10 - Heavy Metal 2000 (Canada and Germany) July 13 - The Rescue by Pintin (Argentina) July 14 - Leif Erickson, Discoverer of North America (United States) July 15 - Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card (Japan) July 22 - The Boy Who Saw the Wind (Japan) July 28 - Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar (Japan) July 29 - Soreike! Anpanman Ningyohime no Namida (Japan) August 8 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (United States) August 22 - The Scarecrow (United States) August 25 - Lion of Oz (Canada, United Kingdom and United States) August 27 - Is It Fall Yet? (United States and South Korea) August 29: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (United States) Monster Mash (Italy and United States) August 31 - Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation (Japan) September 12 - Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (United States) September 15 - Titanic: The Legend Goes On (Italy) September 19 - The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (United States) September 30 - VeggieTales: Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen (United States) October 2 - The Island of the Crab (Spain) October 3 - Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (United States) October 6: CyberWorld (United States) Digimon: The Movie (Japan and United States) Help! I'm a Fish (Germany, Ireland, and Denmark) October 17 - Franklin and the Green Knight (Canada) October 21 - Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (Japan) October 27 - Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten (Sweden) October 31: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Canada) The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (United States) November 7 - Joseph: King of Dreams (United States) November 11 - The Tangerine Bear (United States) November 14 - Miracle in Toyland (United States) November 17 - Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (United States and Germany) November 18 - Blood: The Last Vampire (Japan) November 27 - Prop and Berta (Denmark and Latvia) December 1 - Marco Antonio, rescate en Hong Kong (Spain) December 5: The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (United States) The Last Mystery of the 20th Century (Japan) December 10 - The Emperor's New Groove (United States) December 12 - Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (United States) December 14 - The Magic Pudding (Australia) December 15 - The Thief of Dreams (Spain) December 20 - One Piece TV Special: Adventure in the Ocean's Navel (Japan) December 21 - Beauty and Warrior (Indonesia) December 23 - Pandavas: The Five Warriors (Russia) December 30 - Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (Japan) Specific date unknown: Alpamysh (Uzbekistan) Duck Ugly (France and Ireland) The Four Seasons (Hungary) Jesus: A Kingdom Without Frontiers (Italy) Lotte's Journey South (Estonia) Nien Resurrection (Malaysia) Optimus Mundus (Russia) The Prince of Dinosaurs (Italy) Read or Die (Japan) Redwall: The Movie (Canada) Robin and the Dreamweavers (United States) Television series debuts List of animated television series of 2000 Date Title Channel Year January 8 Rainbow Fish HBO 2000 February 1 Poochini Syndication 2000–2003 February 26 Max Steel Kids' WB 2000–2002 The Weekenders ABC, Toon Disney 2000–2004 March 6 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Cartoon Network 2000 March 9 God, the Devil and Bob NBC April 2 JBVO Cartoon Network 2000–2001 April 3 Between the Lions PBS Kids 2000–2010 April 5 Exposure Syfy 2000–2002 April 14 The Bob Clampett Show Cartoon Network 2000–2001 May 31 Clerks: The Animated Series ABC, Comedy Central 2000–2002 June 17 Cardcaptors Kids' WB 2000–2001 June 26 Spy Groove MTV 2000–2002 July 6 Hand Maid May Wowow 2000 July 7 Dinozaurs Fox Kids 2000 July 28 Baby Blues The WB, Adult Swim 2000–2002 August 5 Action Man (2000) Fox Kids 2000–2001 August 8 Sammy NBC 2000 August 14 Dora the Explorer Nickelodeon 2000–2019 August 26 Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Nick Jr. 2000–2002 Generation O! Kids' WB 2000–2001 September 3 Playboy's Dark Justice Playboy TV 2000–2001 September 4 Clifford the Big Red Dog PBS Kids 2000–2003 September 8 The New Adventures of Madeline Playhouse Disney 2000–2001 September 9 Jackie Chan Adventures Kids' WB 2000–2005 Teacher's Pet ABC, Toon Disney 2000–2002 Kong: The Animated Series Syndication 2000–2001 George Shrinks PBS Kids 2000–2003 September 18 Fetch the Vet ITV (CITV) 2000–2001 September 23 Static Shock Kids' WB 2000–2004 September 30 Corduroy PBS Kids 2000–2001 Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse 2000–2002 Seven Little Monsters 2000–2003 Timothy Goes to School 2000–2001 October 2 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command ABC, UPN October 14 Pokémon: The Johto Journeys Kids' WB 2000–2001October 24PelswickNickelodeon2000-2002 October 25 As Told by Ginger Nickelodeon 2000–2006 November 4 X-Men: Evolution Kids' WB 2000–2003 November 6 Blue Submarine No.6 Cartoon Network 2000 D'Myna Leagues YTV, CTV 2000–2004 November 13 3-2-1 Penguins! Direct to video 2000–2008 November 17 Sheep in the Big City Cartoon Network 2000–2002 December 6 TV Funhouse Comedy Central 2000–2001 December 21 The Brak Show Cartoon Network, Adult Swim 2000–2003 Sealab 2021 2000–2005 December 30 Aqua Teen Hunger Force 2000–2015 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law 2000–2007 Television series endings Date Title Channel Year Notes January 8 The Brothers Flub Nickelodeon 1999–2000 CancelledJanuary 22 Science Court ABC 1997–2000 Cancelled Flying Rhino Junior High CBS 1998–2000 January 30 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective CBS, Nickelodeon 1995–2000 Ended February 12 Superman: The Animated Series Kids' WB 1996–2000 The New Batman/Superman Adventures 1997–2000 Cancelled February 16 Noddy PBS Kids 1998–2000Ended February 22 Archie's Weird Mysteries PAX TV 1999–2000 February 26 The Avengers: United They Stand Fox Kids February 27 Sabrina: The Animated Series ABC, UPN March 2 I Am Weasel Cartoon Network 1997–2000 March 25 Detention Kids' WB 1999–2000 Cancelled March 28 God, the Devil and Bob NBC 2000 Cancelled; remaining episodes aired in 2011 on Adult Swim. March 31 Histeria! Kids' WB 1998–2000 Cancelled April 1 Crashbox HBO 1999–2000 April 3 Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Syndication 1999–2000 April 22 Godzilla: The Series Fox Kids 1998–2000 May 1 George and Martha HBO 1999–2000 May 2 Totally Tooned In Syndication May 5 A Little Curious HBO May 11 Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Cartoon Network 2000May 27KaBlam!Nickelodeon2000 June 3 Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends Syndication 1999–2000 June 24 Pokémon: Indigo League Syndication, Kids' WB 1998–2000 Ended July 18 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child HBO 1995–2000 July 25 Dilbert UPN 1999–2000 Cancelled August 15 Sammy NBC 2000 September 2 The Bugs Bunny Show ABC, CBS 1960–2000 Ended September 20 Elliot Moose PBS 1998 - 2000 Ended September 29 Tenchi in Tokyo Cartoon Network 2000 Cancelled October 14 Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands Kids' WB 1999–2000 Ended October 15 PB&J Otter Playhouse Disney 1998–2000 November 9 Blue Submarine No. 6 Cartoon Network 2000 November 16 Sailor Moon Syndication, Cartoon Network 1995–2000 November 18 Pepper Ann ABC, UPN 1997–2000 Beast Machines: Transformers Fox Kids 1999–2000 Cancelled Rainbow Fish HBO 2000 December 16 Mickey Mouse Works ABC 1999–2000 December 17 Adventures from the Book of Virtues PBS Kids 1996–2000 Ended Television season premieres DateTitleSeasonChannelMarch 18Hey Arnold!5NickelodeonMarch 28Rocket Power2NickelodeonApril 5South Park4Comedy CentralJuly 28The Powerpuff Girls3Cartoon NetworkAugust 11Johnny Bravo3Cartoon NetworkSeptember 2The Angry Beavers4YTVMade its premiere on Nickelodeon on January 6, 2001.October 1King of the Hill5FoxOctober 20SpongeBob SquarePants2NickelodeonOctober 31Courage the Cowardly Dog2Cartoon NetworkNovember 1The Simpsons12Fox Television season finales DateTitleSeasonChannelJanuary 12South Park3Comedy CentralJanuary 28Johnny Bravo2Cartoon NetworkMarch 11Hey Arnold!4NickelodeonMarch 16CatDog2NickelodeonMarch 18The Angry Beavers3NickelodeonMarch 21Rocket Power1NickelodeonApril 21Mike, Lu & Og1Cartoon NetworkMay 21King of the Hill4FoxThe Simpsons11June 21Hey Arnold!4NickelodeonJune 30The Powerpuff Girls2Cartoon NetworkJuly 14Courage the Cowardly Dog1Cartoon NetworkAugust 1Family Guy2FoxDecember 3Futurama2FoxDecember 20South Park4Comedy CentralDecember 22Ed, Edd n Eddy2Cartoon Network Births January January 7: Marcus Scribner, American actor (voice of Buck in The Good Dinosaur, Smudge in Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, Bow in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Alex in Ron's Gone Wrong, D'Angelo Baker in Dragons: The Nine Realms, Movie Goer in the American Dad! episode "Garfield and Friends"). January 8: Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress (voice of the title character in Ponyo, Kid in The Emperor's New School episode "Guaka Rules"). February February 5: Jordan Nagai, American former child actor (voice of Russell in Up, Charlie in The Simpsons episode "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?"). February 10: Yara Shahidi, American actress (voice of Darci Scott in the Tales of Arcadia franchise, Brenda in Smallfoot, Melanie in Fearless, Kendra Wilson in PAW Patrol: The Movie, Callie in My Father's Dragon, Little Girl in the Family Guy episode "It's a Trap!"). March March 6: Jacob Bertrand, American actor (voice of Monty in Rise of the Guardians, Bam in Batwheels, young Noatak in The Legend of Korra episode "Skeletons in the Closet", Chama in The Lion Guard episode "Rafiki's New Neighbors"). March 21: Jace Norman, American actor (voice of Kid Danger in The Adventures of Kid Danger, Steak Stankco in The Loud House episode "Legends").Dan Schneider Jace Norman Henry Danger DanWarp Danschneider.com https://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/jace-norman 2023-05-23 www.henry-danger-danschneider.com en July 6, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230706022410/https://www.henry-danger-danschneider.com/cast-and-characters/jace-norman usurped May May 18: Addison Holley, Canadian actress (voice of Owlette in PJ Masks, Lili in My Big Big Friend, Miss Elaina in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, the title character in Ella the Elephant, Kate Persky in Grojband, Katie in Wild Kratts, Julia and The Cheetah in PAW Patrol, Tessa in Peg + Cat, Bianca in Wishenpoof!, Hazel in Little Charmers, Jessica Beeker in The ZhuZhus, Alice in the Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show episode "The Trumpet That Roared", Layla in the Caillou episode "The New Girl", Sally in the Monster Math Squad episode "Special Delivery"). June June 2: Lilimar Hernandez, American actress (voice of Solana in Spirit Riding Free, Cleopatra in Cleopatra in Space, Jeff in Batwheels, Valentina "Val" Ortiz in Inside Out 2). July July 16: Jonathan Morgan Heit, American former actor (voice of Weston the Elf in Holly and Hal Moose: Christmas Adventure, Cubby in seasons 1-3 of Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Kip Supernova in Escape from Planet Earth). July 25: Meg Donnelly, American actress (voice of Supergirl in the Tomorrowverse, Scream in the Spider-Man episode "Maximum Venom", Addison Wells in Zombies: The Re-Animated Series). August August 3: Chandler Kinney, American actress and singer (voice of Willa in Zombies: The Re-Animated Series, Tammy Myers in The Ghost and Molly McGee episode "The (Un)natural", Buttercup in the Robot Chicken episode "May Cause a Squeakquel"). Landry Bender, American actress (voice of Makini in The Lion Guard, Little Sister in the Jake and the Never Land Pirates episode "The Singing Stones"). August 20: Fátima Ptacek, American actress (continued voice of Dora in the Dora the Explorer franchise). September September 1: Jacob Ewaniuk, Canadian actor (voice of Nick in seasons 1 and 2 of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, Catboy in season 1 of PJ Masks, continued voice of Timmy Tibble in Arthur). September 4: Ruby Stokes, English actress (voice of Kitty in Where Is Anne Frank). September 28: Frankie Jonas, American former child actor (voice of Sōsuke in Ponyo, Junior in The Reef 2: High Tide). October October 14: Mekai Curtis, American actor (voice of Zack Underwood in Milo Murphy's Law, Fuhara in The Lion Guard episode "Rafiki's New Neighbors"). October 16: David Rawle, Irish actor (voice of Ben in Song of the Sea). October 31: Willow Smith, American singer-songwriter and actress (voice of Unica in We Baby Bears, Abby in Merry Madagascar, young Gloria in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Beth in the Adventure Time episode "Come Along with Me"). November November 10: Mackenzie Foy, American actress (voice of Celestine in Ernest & Celestine, Violet in The Boxcar Children).Keira Knightley & Mackenzie Foy Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions WIRED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gap2WssoxWc 2023-05-23 en April 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425231331/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gap2WssoxWc live November 15: Coco Grayson, American actress (voice of Princess Hildegard in Sofia the First, Maynar in Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures). November 22: Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer (voice of Moana in the Moana franchise, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest, Lego Disney Princess: Villains Unite, and Once Upon a Studio, Hailey Banks in Hailey's On It!, Veronica in the Elena of Avalor episode "The Last Laugh", Muse in the Krapopolis episode "Muse Your Illusion"). December December 22: Joshua Bassett, American actor, singer and songwriter (voice of Nick Daley in Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again). Deaths January January 7: Bob McFadden, American actor (voice of Franken Berry in the Monster Cereals, the title character in Cool McCool, Jingle Bells in The Year Without a Santa Claus, Snarf in ThunderCats), dies at age 76.Morley Hugh R. Robert 'Bob' McFadden; Voice of TV Commdercials The Record (Bergen County) January 10, 2000 March 31, 2011 http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-24506477.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110516173229/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-24506477.html May 16, 2011 HighBeam Research subscription usurped Bergen County, NJ Robert 'Bob' McFadden, a former Leonia resident and show business stalwart who made his name doing radio and television voice-overs and impressions of famous people, died Friday, his family said. He was 76. January 12: Marc Davis, American animator and character designer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 86.https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/16/nyregion/marc-davis-master-animator-for-walt-disney-dies-at-86.html Marc Davis, Master Animator For Walt Disney, Dies at 86 Eric Pace The New York Times 16 January 2000https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204618/ Marc Davis IMDbJune 2024 February February 10: Jim Varney, American actor and comedian (voice of Slinky Dog in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, Cookie in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Mr. Gus Holder in Annabelle's Wish, Walt Evergreen in the Duckman episode "You've Come a Wrong Way, Baby", Cooder in The Simpsons episode "Bart Carny", Ephialtes in the Hercules episode "Hercules and the Muse of Dance"), dies at age 50.Actor Jim "Ernest" Varney dies at 50 Salon http://www.salon.com/people/obit/2000/02/10/ernest/print.html June 12, 2022 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100918031619/http://www.salon.com/people/obit/2000/02/10/ernest/print.html September 18, 2010 February 12: Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (creator of Peanuts), dies at age 77.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V9V6-JPV United States Social Security Death Index FamilySearch.com Charles M. Schultz February 12, 2000 March 4, 2013 September 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150904041517/https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V9V6-JPV live February 13: J. Robert Harris, American composer (theme from Spider-Man), dies at age 74. http://www.hollywoodfiveo.com/archive/issue2/exclusive/harris/harris.htm 2002 The Five-O Interview Hollywood Five-O, Inc. June 15, 2019 March 1, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210301080530/http://www.hollywoodfiveo.com/archive/issue2/exclusive/harris/harris.htm live February 23: Ofra Haza, Israeli singer, actress, recording artist, writer and journalist (voice of Yocheved and performed the song "Deliver Us" in The Prince of Egypt), dies at age 42.https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/29/world/a-pop-diva-a-case-of-aids-and-an-israeli-storm.html A Pop Diva, a Case of AIDS and an Israeli Storm The New York Times Deborah Sontag February 29, 2000 July 30, 2022 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707000922/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/29/world/a-pop-diva-a-case-of-aids-and-an-israeli-storm.html live March March 3: Nicole Van Goethem, Belgian cartoonist, animator and film director (A Greek Tragedy), dies at the age of 58.Temmerman Jan Oscar treurt om het verlies van Nicole https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/oscar-treurt-om-het-verlies-van-nicole~bf9e2d28/ 8 January 2020 De Morgen 6 March 2000 June 14, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230614104900/https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/oscar-treurt-om-het-verlies-van-nicole~bf9e2d28/ live March 6: John Colicos, Canadian actor (voice of Apocalypse in X-Men: The Animated Series), dies at age 71.John Colicos, TV, Film and Stage Actor, 71 https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/08/arts/john-colicos-tv-film-and-stage-actor-71.html The New York Times March 8, 2000 March 1, 2018 November 7, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231107081413/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/08/arts/john-colicos-tv-film-and-stage-actor-71.html live https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/08/guardianobituaries3 John Colicos The Guardian March 7, 2000 March 16, 2018 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707000922/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/08/guardianobituaries3 live March 13: Rex Everhart, American actor (voice of Maurice in Beauty and the Beast), dies at age 79. March 16: Stanley Ralph Ross, American writer (Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), and actor (voice of Gorilla Grodd and Brainiac in Super Friends), dies at age 64.Variety https://variety.com/2000/scene/people-news/stanley-ralph-ross-1117779847/ Stanley Ralph Ross Doug Galloway March 26, 2000 November 20, 2024 March 24: Kazuo Komatsubara, Japanese animator, character designer and director (Toei Animation, Oh! Production), dies at age 59. April April 3: Félix Nakamura, Peruvian animator and film director, dies from cancer at age 59.Door Giannalberto Bendazzi Animation: A World History Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets 17 Nov 2015 CRC Press 9781317519904 https://books.google.com/books?id=razMCgAAQBAJ&q=F%C3%A9lix+nakamura+2000&pg=PT1033 November 4, 2021 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707000922/https://books.google.com/books?id=razMCgAAQBAJ&q=F%C3%A9lix+nakamura+2000&pg=PT1033#v=snippet&q=F%C3%A9lix%20nakamura%202000&f=false live May May 9: Arthur Davis, American animator and film director (Charles B. Mintz, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), dies at age 94.Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age Barrier Michael Oxford University Press 1999 24;28;56 978-0-19-503759-3 https://archive.org/details/hollywoodcartoon00barr/Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age Barrier Michael Oxford University Press 1999 171;379 978-0-19-503759-3 https://archive.org/details/hollywoodcartoon00barr/Disney Wins By a Head https://www.animationmagazine.net/2011/07/disney-wins-by-a-head/ Mallory Michael 2011-07-07 Animation Magazine January 29, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230129190331/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2011/07/disney-wins-by-a-head/ live Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators Lenburg Jeff Hal Leonard Corporation 2006 1-55783-671-X 60 registration https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinanimate0000lenbhttps://www.awn.com/news/warner-bros-director-arthur-davis-passes Warner Bros. Director Arthur Davis Passes DeMott Rick December 5, 2018 July 3, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200703061222/https://www.awn.com/news/warner-bros-director-arthur-davis-passes live June June 1: Tito Puente, American musician, songwriter, bandleader and record producer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"), dies from a heart attack at age 77.http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/01/tito.puente/index.html Latin musician Tito Puente dies after heart surgery June 1, 2000 CNN March 3, 2022 August 25, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100825020234/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/01/tito.puente/index.html dead June 13: Yefim Gamburg, Russian film director (Passion of Spies, Ograblenie po..., Blue Puppy, Dog in Boots), dies at age 75.Gamburg Yefim A. https://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=109 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220204113336/https://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=109 2022-02-04 2022-02-07 Russian Animation in Letter and Figures June 24: David Tomlinson, English actor, singer and comedian (portrayed George Banks in Mary Poppins, Professor Emelius Brown in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Sir John and voice of Polar Bear in The Water Babies), dies at age 83. June 30: Robert L. Manahan, American actor (second voice of Zordon in Power Rangers) and re-recording mixer (McGee and Me!, Beakman's World, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, King of the Hill, Dilbert), dies at age 43. July July 14: Meredith MacRae, American actress (voice of Francine Langstrom in Batman: The Animated Series, Rachel Quest in Jonny's Golden Quest), dies at age 56.The Biography of Meredith Mac Rae http://www.meredithmacrae.com/biography.html MeredithMacrae.com March 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20061109180953/http://www.meredithmacrae.com/biography.html November 9, 2006 dead July 20: Eyvind Earle, American artist, author and illustrator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 84. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-25-me-58783-story.html Archives Los Angeles Times June 13, 2023 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707000954/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-25-me-58783-story.html live https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/eyvind-earle-84-painted-settings-for-disney-films.html Eyvind Earle, 84; Painted Settings for Disney Films The New York Times July 30, 2000 June 13, 2023 November 2, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231102111441/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/eyvind-earle-84-painted-settings-for-disney-films.html live August August 8: Glenn Schmitz, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears), dies at age 70.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/schmitz_glenn.htm Glenn Schmitz September 20, 2019 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707001449/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/schmitz_glenn.htm live August 24: Tatiana Riabouchinska, Russian ballerina (Fantasia, Make Mine Music), dies at age 83.http://michaelminn.net/andros/biographies/riabouchinska_tatiana.htm Tatiana Riabouchinska (1917-2000) michaelminn.net 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20051223125440/http://michaelminn.net/andros/biographies/riabouchinska_tatiana.htm 23 December 2005 dead August 25: Carl Barks, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 99.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barks.htm Carl Barks January 17, 2019 February 21, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190221155045/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barks.htm liveAndrae Tom 2006 Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity https://books.google.com/books?id=CYP2Cj_Gb98C University Press of Mississippi 1-57806-858-4 Carl Barks: Conversations (2003), ed. by Donald Ault: The Carl Barks Story: The Creator of Scrooge McDuck Moves into the Limelight, Disney News 19 no. 1 (Winter 1983–84), p. xi.Cronin Brian 2023-12-03 How Was a Christmas Comic Used to Introduce Uncle Scrooge McDuck? https://www.cbr.com/christmas-comic-introduced-uncle-scrooge-mcduck/ 2024-03-24 CBR en June 27, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240627035403/https://www.cbr.com/christmas-comic-introduced-uncle-scrooge-mcduck/ live Blum Geoffrey Barks and the Bending Panel The Carl Barks Library of Donald Duck Adventures in Color c. 1990 18 [46] August 27: Ante Zaninovic, Croatian animator, film director and comics artist (Professor Balthazar), dies at age 65.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zaninovic_ante.htm Ante Zaninovic lambiek.net April 2, 2021 September 18, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210918111604/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/z/zaninovic_ante.htm live September September 3: Walt Stanchfield, American animator, writer and teacher (Walt Disney Studios), dies at age 81.https://animationguild.org/in-memoriam/ In Memoriam Animation Guild July 29, 2019 August 9, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190809220222/http://animationguild.org/in-memoriam/ live September 10: Ben Wicks, English-born Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (co-creator of Katie and Orbie), dies from cancer at age 73.Hermant Norman September 10, 2000 The pen and Ben Wicks http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-pen-and-ben-wicks CBC Digital Archives August 11, 2022 October 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211008214742/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-pen-and-ben-wicks live Lester Novros, American animator, art director, and teacher of filmmaking (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia), dies at age 91. September 13: Rolf Kauka, German comics artist and film director (Fix and Foxi), dies at age 83.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kauka_rolf.htm Rolf Kauka lambiek.net April 7, 2018 November 2, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231102111441/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kauka_rolf.htm live September 26: Richard Mulligan, American actor (voice of Einstein in Oliver & Company, Old Gramps in The Angry Beavers episode "Fish and Dips", Jimmy Kafka in the Hey Arnold! episode "Old Iron Man"), dies from colon cancer at age 67.https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/arts/richard-mulligan-67-actor-on-soap-and-empty-nest.html Richard Mulligan, 67, Actor On "Soap" and 'Empty Nest' Lawrence Van Gelder The New York Times September 29, 2000 October 7, 2022 November 17, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181117192827/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/arts/richard-mulligan-67-actor-on-soap-and-empty-nest.html live October October 16: Ed Nofziger, American animator and comics artist (UPA), dies at age 87.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nofziger_ed.htm Ed Nofziger January 17, 2019 July 22, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125457/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nofziger_ed.htm live October 30: Steve Allen, American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian and writer (voice of Bart Simpson's Electronically Altered Voice in The Simpsons episode "Separate Vocations", himself in The Critic episode "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera", The Simpsons episode "'Round Springfield", and the Pinky and the Brain episode "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special"), dies from hemopericardium at age 78.https://www.latimes.com/la-me-steve-allen-20001101-story.html?_amp=true Steve Allen, TV innovator, author, composer, dies at 78 Los Angeles Times November 2000 July 11, 2022 February 10, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220210023822/https://www.latimes.com/la-me-steve-allen-20001101-story.html?_amp=true live November November 1: Bernard Erhard, American actor (voice of Cy-Kill in Challenge of the GoBots, Timber Smurf in The Smurfs, Cryotek in Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, King Morpheus in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Wolf in Rover Dangerfield), dies at age 66. November 16: Joe C., American rapper and musician (voice of Kidney Rock in Osmosis Jones, and himself in The Simpsons episode "Kill the Alligator and Run"), dies from celiac disease at age 26.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joe-c-dead-at-twenty-six-255146/ Joe C. Dead at Twenty-Six Dansby Andrew 2000-11-17 Rolling Stone en-US 2022-03-03 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707001428/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joe-c-dead-at-twenty-six-255146/ live November 20: Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Russian animator and comics artist (Nu, pogodi!, aka Well, Just You Wait!), dies at age 73.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kotenochkin.htm Viacheslav Kotenochkin January 17, 2019 June 13, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180613015306/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kotenochkin.htm live November 28: Robert Bentley, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Fleischer Studios, MGM, Walter Lantz Productions, UPA, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation), dies at age 93.Campana Joe Century Birthday - Robert Bentley http://animationwhoandwhere.blogspot.com/2007/03/century-of-animation-robert-bentley_11.html Animation - Who & Where 11 March 2007 Blogspot 30 July 2023 December 3, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231203144130/https://animationwhoandwhere.blogspot.com/2007/03/century-of-animation-robert-bentley_11.html live Deneroff Harvey Chatting with Chuck Couch and Bob Bentley https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/chatting-with-chuck-couch-and-bob-bentley/ Cartoon Research Jerry Beck 30 July 2023 December 11, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231211090148/https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/chatting-with-chuck-couch-and-bob-bentley/ live December December 3: Hoyt Curtin, American composer (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 78. Hoyt Curtin; Composer of Cartoon Music Los Angeles Times December 11, 2000 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-11-me-64056-story.html Elaine Woo July 4, 2023 October 26, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026103831/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/11/local/me-64056 live December 6: Werner Klemperer, German-American actor, stage entertainer and singer (voice of Haman in The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible episode "Queen Esther", Colonel Klink in The Simpsons episode "The Last Temptation of Homer"), dies from cancer at age 80.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q4VVAAAAIBAJ&pg=1361,6238126&dq=werner+klemperer+death&hl=en Werner Klemperer; portrayed Col. Klink December 8, 2000 Reading Eagle B6 June 12, 2022 Associated Press Google News July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707001429/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q4VVAAAAIBAJ&pg=1361,6238126&dq=werner+klemperer+death&hl=en live December 18: Nick Stewart, American actor (voice of Specks Crow in Dumbo and Br'er Bear in Song of the South), dies at age 90.Oliver Myrna 2000-12-21 Nick Stewart; Co-Founded Ebony Theater to Help Black Actors Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-21-me-2834-story.html live subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072512/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/21/local/me-2834 2016-03-05 December 23: Billy Barty, American actor (voice of Figment in Language Arts Through Imagination, Dweedle in Wildfire, Baitmouse in The Rescuers Down Under, Hips McManus in The New Batman Adventures episode "Double Talk"), dies at age 76.Billy Barty, 76, Diminutive Actor And an Advocate for Dwarfs https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/27/us/billy-barty-76-diminutive-actor-and-an-advocate-for-dwarfs.html Billy Barty, a 3-foot-10-inch actor whose career spanned seven decades and all types of roles, died on Saturday at a hospital in Glendale, Calif. He was 76. Mr. Barty had been hospitalized for heart problems and a lung infection, and died of heart failure, said his publicist, Bill York. The New York Times December 27, 2000 2014-10-24 October 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225757/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/27/us/billy-barty-76-diminutive-actor-and-an-advocate-for-dwarfs.html live http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/billy-barty/ Billy Barty; Diminutive Entertainer Los Angeles Times 1992-08-20 2018-03-17 October 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024081122/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/billy-barty dead Specific date unknown Storm de Hirsch, American poet, film director and animator (Peyote Queen), dies at age 87 or 88.https://film-makerscoop.com/filmmakers/storm-de-hirsch Storm de Hirsch The Film-Makers' Cooperative June 23, 2020 July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707001430/https://film-makerscoop.com/filmmakers/storm-de-hirsch live Meliza Espinosa, Canadian character designer (DIC Entertainment, Werner, Jungle Cubs, Timon & Pumbaa), dies at an unknown age. See also 2000 in anime Notes References External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb