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2002 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.
February 14 : Family Guy third season on Fox with the episode "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1", which was seen by over 4 million viewers that night.[ 2] revive the show in 2005 after discovering the show's DVD sales & high ratings on Adult Swim .[ 3] February 19 : Balto II: Wolf Quest Balto [ citation needed ] Late February : Cartoon Network releases a tribute to animator Chuck Jones during commercial breaks, as Jones died on February 22.[ 4]
April 1 : Noggin was divided into two different blocks: a 12-hour extension of the channel's preschool block, and The N was launched, targeted at pre-teens and teenagers.[ 13] Television series debuts [ edit ] Television series endings [ edit ] Television season premieres [ edit ] Television season finales [ edit ]
April 8 : Skai Jackson , American actress (voice of Madison in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Bubble Guppies Glory Grant in Marvel Rising DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders Ultimate Spider-Man Dora the Explorer April 17 : Justin Felbinger , American voice actor (voice of Miles Callisto in seasons 2-3 of Miles from Tomorrowland Amphibia Goldie & Bear The Lion Guard Infinity Train The Boss Baby: Back in Business Shimmer and Shine The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature Spirit Riding Free American Dad! The Bitchin' Race ", Ralphie in The Casagrandes Summer Camp Island April 26 : Kristen Li , American actress (voice of Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls Teen Titans Go! Tanis the Mummy in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Where's Waldo? Monsters University April 29 : Grace Kaufman , American actress and daughter of David Kaufman (voice of Deema in seasons 3 and 4 of Bubble Guppies Clarence Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures
January 7 : Avery Schreiber , American actor and comedian (voice of Tubbs in Pound Puppies Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats Animaniacs [ 53] January 12 : Ernest Pintoff , American animator and film director (The Violinist , The Critic January 16 : Ron Taylor , American actor, singer and writer (voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy in The Simpsons Rover Dangerfield Batman: The Animated Series Aaahh!!! Real Monsters [ 54] January 17 : Queenie Leonard , English actress (voice of Bird in Tree in Alice in Wonderland One Hundred and One Dalmatians [ 55] January 20 : Joe Mazzuca, American television producer (Filmation , Marvel Productions , Hanna-Barbera ), dies at age 66.January 21 : Peggy Lee , American singer and voice actress (voice of Darling, Si and Am and Peg in Lady and the Tramp [ 56] January 22 : Sheldon Allman , American-Canadian actor (voice of Big H in CB Bears George of the Jungle January 28 : Astrid Lindgren , Swedish children's book author and writer (creator of Pippi Longstocking [ 57]
February 13 : Waylon Jennings , American singer, songwriter and musician (voice of Judge Thatcher in Tom Sawyer The Angry Beavers Family Guy Chitty Chitty Death Bang " and "To Love and Die in Dixie "), dies from complications of diabetes at age 64.[ 58] February 22 : Chuck Jones , American animator, director and painter (Warner Bros. Cartoons , MGM Animation/Visual Arts , directed the animated scenes in Stay Tuned Mrs. Doubtfire Timber Wolf ), dies from heart failure at age 89.[ 59] February 26 : Lawrence Tierney , American actor (voice of Rick in The Oz Kids The Simpsons Marge Be Not Proud "), dies from pneumonia at age 82.[ 60]
March 12 : Vitaly Peskov , Russian caricaturist, illustrator, animator and film director, dies at age 57.[ 61] March 17 : Rosetta LeNoire , American voice actress (voice of Big Bertha in Fritz the Cat [ 62] March 27 : Dudley Moore , English actor, comedian, musician and composer (voice of George - The Second Border Guard in The Hat , A. Square in Flatland , Spin in Really Wild Animals Oscar's Orchestra Carl Denham and the title character in The Mighty Kong [ 63] March 31 : Marvin Goldhar , Canadian actor (voice of Cedric Sneer in The Racoons
May 5 : George Sidney , American film director and producer (Anchors Aweigh Hanna-Barbera ), dies at age 85.May 7 : Bob Onorato, American animator (Garfield and Friends Pinky and the Brain Adventures from the Book of Virtues Hanna-Barbera , The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Disney Television Animation , The New Woody Woodpecker Show What's New, Scooby-Doo? Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law May 11 : Bill Peet , American children's book illustrator, writer and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios ), dies at age 87.[ 64] May 19 : Earl Hammond , American actor (voice of Mumm-Ra in ThunderCats Silverhawks [ 65] May 20 : Stephen Jay Gould , American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science historian (voiced himself in The Simpsons Lisa the Skeptic "), dies from metastatic cancer at age 60.[ 66] May 24 : Joseph Bau , Polish-Israeli artist, philosopher, comedian, poet and animator, dies at age 81.[ 67]
August 5 :
Josh Ryan Evans , American actor (voice of Third Grader in the Hey Arnold! Rugrats [ 77] Chick Hearn , American sportscaster (voice of The Announcer in Sport Goofy in Soccermania Garfield and Friends Basket Brawl ", Announcer in the Life with Louie The Simpsons Homer Defined ", and the Duckman [ 78]
October 13 : Keene Curtis , American actor (voice of Lord Balthazar in The Smurfs SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron October 21 : George Hall , Canadian actor (additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog [ 80] October 25 : Richard Harris , Irish actor and singer (portrayed Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels Kaena: The Prophecy [ 81] October 29 : Glenn McQueen , Canadian animator (Pixar ), dies from complications of melanoma cancer at age 41.[ 82]
November 3 : Jonathan Harris , American actor (voice of Professor Jones in Freakazoid! A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Rainbow Brite Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Happily Ever After The Three Musketeers Foofur The Mask Channel Umptee-3 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas Darkwing Duck Miles Warren in the Spider-Man Aladdin Mighty Ducks [ 83] November 7 : Hilary Bader , American television writer (Warner Bros. Animation ), dies at age 50.[ 84] November 8 : Irv Wyner , American background artist and animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons , Walt Disney Company , Walter Lantz , Chuck Jones ), dies at age 98.November 17 : Marvin Mirisch , American film producer and brother of Walter Mirisch (The Pink Panther [ 85] November 18 : James Coburn , American actor (voice of Henry J. Waternoose II in Monsters, Inc. [ 86] [ 87] November 20 : Nina Elias-Bamberger, American television producer (Sesame Street Dragon Tales Big Bag Tiny Planets [ 88] [ 89] [ 90] [ 91] November 26 : Marco Biassoni , Italian comic artist, illustrator and animator, dies at age 71 or 72.[ 92]
December 2 : Bill "Tex" Henson , American animator (Walt Disney Company , Famous Studios , Jay Ward ), dies in a traffic accident at age 78.[ 93] December 3 : Mike Svayko, American animator (American Pop Fire and Ice Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Disney Television Animation , Nickelodeon Animation Studio ), background artist (Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World The Chipmunk Adventure Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Disney Television Animation , Klasky Csupo , Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure Beetle Bailey The Little Clowns of Happytown Dino-Riders Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Disney Television Animation , Star Street: The Adventures of the Star Kids Spider-Man CatDog ChalkZone Specific date unknown [ edit ]
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