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2020 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

• January 10:
  • The League of 5 from Ánima Estudios became the first animated film to be released in the 2020s.^[1]
  • The first episode of The Owl House premiered on Disney Channel.^[2][3]
• January 11: Particular Crowd's Spycies premiered in Chinese theaters.
• January 12: Bless the Harts concludes its first season on Fox with the episode "Tying the Not". The season's finale was seen by over 2.6 million viewers that night.^[4]
• January 14: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is released on Netflix.
• January 17: Voice actor Hank Azaria announces he will no longer be voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons, unless, as stated by him, the show's producers find "some way to transition it or something."^[5]
• January 25: 47th Annie Awards.
• January 31: The second half of the final season of BoJack Horseman is released on Netflix.^[6]

• February 7: The second season of Dragons: Rescue Riders premiered on Netflix. It was later picked up by Peacock for four additional seasons and ended its run in September 2022.
• February 9: 92nd Academy Awards:
  • Toy Story 4, directed by Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera, and Mark Nielsen, and produced by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.^[7]
  • Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.^[7]
• February 14: The live-action/animated film adaptation of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog, from Paramount Pictures, is released.
• February 16: The first episode of Duncanville, simply titled "Pilot", premiered on Fox. The show's premiere was seen by over 1.5 million viewers that night.^[8]
• February 21: Glitch Techs premiered on Netflix.
• February 22: The final episodes of 101 Dalmatian Street are broadcast.
• February 27: The music video for "Magnum Bullets" by Night Runner, featuring Dan Avidan, was released on the Game Grumps' YouTube channel.
• February 29: Shirobako: The Movie is released in theaters in Japan.

• March 5: The Haunted House: Ghost Ball Double X, the third season, aired on Tooniverse in South Korea.
• March 6: Disney/Pixar's Onward premieres. The film was banned from being screened in several areas of the Arab world for its inclusion of a lesbian character.^[9]
• March 13: Season 1 of Paru Itagaki's Beastars was released on Netflix in both Japanese and English.
• March 27: The final episode of Steven Universe Future premieres on Cartoon Network, serving as the finale to the Steven Universe franchise.

• April 4: Teen Titans Go! concludes its fifth season on Cartoon Network with the episode "Teen Titans Roar!", which is a crossover with the series ThunderCats Roar.^[10]
• April 13: Season 17 of American Dad! begins on TBS (while still being in its 16th season) with the premiere of the episode "100 Years a Solid Fool". The season's premiere was watched by only 694 thousand viewers that night, marking another low in the show's viewership.^[11]
• April 27: American Dad! concludes its 16th season on TBS with the episode "Cheek to Cheek: A Stripper's Story". The season's finale was watched by only 670 thousand viewers that night, marking another low in the show's viewership.^[12]

• May 15: The fifth and final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is released on Netflix.
• May 17:^[13]
  • The Simpsons concludes its 31st season on Fox with the episode "The Way of the Dog", featuring guest stars Cate Blanchett & Michael York. The season's finale was seen by just nearly 1.9 million viewers that night.
  • Duncanville concludes its first season on Fox with the episode "Classless President". The season's finale was seen by just over 1.2 million viewers that night.
  • Bob's Burgers concludes its tenth season on Fox with the episode "Prank You for Being a Friend". The season's finale was seen by over 1.2 million viewers that night.
  • Family Guy concludes its 18th season on Fox with the episode "Movin' In (Principal Shepherd's Song)". The season's finale was seen by just over 1.5 million viewers that night.
• May 27: Looney Tunes Cartoons premieres on HBO Max as a tie-in to the app's launch.

• June 8: Several programs, including animated ones, are pulled from television rotations following the wake of the George Floyd protests. Several programs, including episodes of PAW Patrol^[14] and Bluey,^[15] are pulled after regarding the presence of racial stereotypes and police corruption.
• June 11: Craig of the Creek concludes its second season on Cartoon Network with the episodes "Beyond the Rapids" and "The Jinxening", the season's finale was seen by a combined total of 646 thousand viewers that night.^[16]
• June 18: Studio Colorido's A Whisker Away premiered on Netflix.
• June 21: Season 3 of Craig of the Creek begins on Cartoon Network with the premiere of the half-hour Father's Day special "The Other Side: The Tournament", the season's premiere was seen by a total of 234 thousand viewers that night.^[17]
• June 25: As a result of the George Floyd protests:
  • Kristen Bell announces she will no longer voice the multiracial character Molly on Central Park.^[18]
  • Jenny Slate announces she will no longer voice African-American character Missy Foreman-Greenwald on Big Mouth.^[19]
• June 27: As a result of the George Floyd protests:
  • It is announced that all non-white characters in The Simpsons will no longer be voiced by white voice actors, as the entertainment industry and others take action in response to rekindled calls for racial equality.^[20][21]
  • Mike Henry announces he will no longer voice African-American character Cleveland Brown from Family Guy, due to feeling that an actual African-American actor would be more qualified to do so.^[22]
  • Actress Alison Brie expresses public regret for having voiced Asian character Diane Nguyen in BoJack Horseman.^[23]

• July 11: The second season of Amphibia premiered on the Disney Channel.
• July 15: Deer Squad was released on iQIYI in China.
• July 20: The animated short The Wonderful Wingits was released on Cartoon Network's YouTube channel.
• July 21: The animated short Trick Moon was released on Cartoon Network's YouTube channel.
• July 23: The Loud House concludes it's fourth season on Nickelodeon with the episode "Coupe Dreams". The season's finale was watched by only 624 thousand viewers that afternoon.^[24]

• August 7:
  • Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur, the 40th film in the Doraemon franchise, was released in Japanese cinemas by Toho. This movie is a special project made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doraemon and is a sequel to the 2006 movie Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur.
  • A24 Films LLC picks up the Hazbin Hotel pilot for its own full-length series.^[25]
• August 8:
  • The Owl House episode "Enchanting Grom Fright" is released to universal critical acclaim as well as praise for having Disney's first LGBTQ protagonist.
  • The Amphibia episode "Wax Museum" premieres to positive reviews, featuring easter eggs from Gravity Falls. Additionally, the latter's series creator, Alex Hirsch, guest stars in this episode.
• August 10:
  • The second series of Bluey premieres to universal critical acclaim.
  • Bluey began streaming internationally on Disney+ to universal critical acclaim from American critics and audiences.
• August 14: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run initially premiered in theaters in Canada.
• August 17: The second and final season of Glitch Techs premiered on Netflix.
• August 21: Elena of Avalor airs its final episode.
• August 27: Unikitty! airs its final episode.
• August 28: Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe is released on Disney+.
• August 29: The first-season finale of The Owl House titled "Young Blood, Old Souls" is broadcast.^[26]
• August 30: The 2020 reboot of Animaniacs announced its release date to be November 20, 2020.^[27] A behind-the-scenes video of Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Jess Harnell, and Maurice LaMarche was released on YouTube to celebrate the news.^[28]

• September 7: Elinor Wonders Why premieres on PBS Kids to generally positive reviews.
• September 5: We Bare Bears: The movie premieres on Cartoon Network; this also serves as a series finale.
• September 9: Nickelodeon pulls the premiere of 'Made by Maddie' due to controversy over its similarities with Hair Love.^[29]
• September 10: The Idhun Chronicles premiered on Netflix.
• September 11: Season 5 of The Loud House begins on Nickelodeon with the premiere of the half-hour special "Schooled!". The season's premiere was watched by only 790 thousand viewers that night.^[30]
• September 14: The 300th episode of American Dad! is broadcast.^[31]
• September 24: Alex Désert replaces Hank Azaria as the voice of The Simpsons character Carl Carlson, starting with the episode "Undercover Burns."^[32]
• September 25: YouTube star Arif Zahir replaces Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown in Family Guy.^[33]
• September 27:^[34]
  • Season 32 of The Simpsons begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Undercover Burns", featuring the guest stars David Harbour and Philip Rosenthal. The season's premiere was seen by over 4.4 million viewers that night.
  • Season 2 of Bless the Harts begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Violet's Secret". The season's premiere was seen by over 2 million viewers that night.
  • Season 11 of Bob's Burgers begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Dream a Little Bob of Bob". The season's premiere was seen by over 1.7 million viewers that night.
  • Season 19 of Family Guy begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Stewie's First Word". The season's premiere was seen by over 1.8 million viewers that night.
• September 30:
  • Vivienne Medrano's animated short film "Bad Luck Jack," which is based on her ZooPhobia webcomics, was released on YouTube.
  • Season 24 of South Park begins on Comedy Central with the hour-long special titled "The Pandemic Special", which satirizes the COVID-19 pandemic and other current events in 2020. It is also broadcast on MTV and MTV2.^[35]

• October 1: Tomer Eshed's Dragon Rider was released in German theaters, which was followed by its Netflix debut in September 2021 as "Firedrake the Silver Dragon."
• October 2: Rainbow High premieres its first episode.
• October 9: Santiago of the Seas premiered on Nickelodeon.
• October 10: The Ben 10 movie, "Ben 10 vs. The Universe: The Movie," premieres on Cartoon Network.
• October 12:
  • The third and final season of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is released on Netflix.
  • Disney Channel greenlights Hamster & Gretel, a brand new series by Phineas and Ferb & Milo Murphy's Law co-creator, Dan Povenmire.^[36]
• October 16: Season 2 of Meta Runner premiered on YouTube and has moved from the SMG4 channel over to Glitch Productions' own YouTube channel, GLITCH. The episode that premiered is titled "Hard Reset".^[37]
• October 17: Pearl Studio's Over the Moon made its world premiere at the Montclair Film Festival in California ahead of its simultaneous October 23 debut in theaters and on Netflix.
• October 19: Apple TV+ will be the new home for Peanuts specials instead of airing them on television.^[38]
• October 23: The Frozen short, Once Upon a Snowman, premiered on Disney+, which follows Olaf's origin story during the first film.
• October 30: The entire first season of The Owl House released on Disney+, just 2 months after the season concluded.^[39]
• October 31: The first official episode of Vivienne Medrano's independent web series Helluva Boss, titled "Murder Family", was released on YouTube.

• November 5: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run releases on Netflix internationally, except for the U.S., Canada, and China.
• November 7: The first episode of Pikwik Pack is broadcast on Disney Junior.^[40]
• November 15: The Simpsons episode "Podcast News" premieres, guest-starring actors Morgan Fairchild, Christine Nangle, and Stellan Skarsgård.^[41] This is the first episode that David X. Cohen wrote since he left the show in 1998.
• November 17: The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special premiered on Disney+.
• November 20: The first season of the Animaniacs reboot was released on Hulu to generally positive reviews.^[27]

• December 5: Alan Becker releases "Animator vs. Animation V" on YouTube.
• December 9: The second episode of Helluva Boss, titled "Loo Loo Land," was released on YouTube.
• December 11: Wolfwalkers premieres on Apple TV+.
• December 12: After more than 20 years on the air, PBS airs Caillou for the last time on the PBS Kids block.
• December 13: The penultimate episode of the second series of Bluey, "Baby Race," premieres to universal acclaim, with critics praising the message about parenting and motherhood.
• December 14:
  • Hilda releases its second season on Netflix to critical acclaim. A third season is in production, while the 85-minute movie special, Hilda and The Mountain King, premiered on December 30, 2021, serving as a continuation of the season 2 finale.
  • Shrek is added to the National Film Registry.^[42][43][44]
• December 18: The Meta Runner Season two finale "Fatal Error" premiered on YouTube on the GLITCH channel.^[45]
• December 21: American Dad! concludes its 17th season on TBS with the premiere of its 300th episode "Yule. Tide. Repeat." The season's finale was watched by only 550 thousand viewers that night, marking another low in the show's viewership.^[46]
• December 25: Pixar's Soul premieres on Disney+.

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
• Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: Hair Love
• American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: Toy Story 4
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: I Lost My Body
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Klaus
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent: I Lost My Body
• Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Weathering with You
• BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: Klaus
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• César Award for Best Animated Film: Dilili in Paris
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
• Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series: BoJack Horseman
• Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
• European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: Missing Link
• Golden Reel Awards: Toy Story 4
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: Weathering with You
• Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie: Frozen II
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film: Children of the Sea
• National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
• Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: Toy Story 4
• San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: I Lost My Body
• Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
• Tokyo Anime Award: Weathering with You
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: Missing Link
• Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: Missing Link
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 4	Go! Go! Cory Carson	Netflix	2020–present
January 6	Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons	CW Seed	2020
January 10	The Owl House	Disney Channel	2020–2023
January 14	Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts	Netflix	2020
January 18	It's Pony	Nickelodeon	2020–2022
January 19	Powerbirds	Universal Kids	2020
February 16	Duncanville	Fox, Hulu	2020–2022
February 21	Glitch Techs	Netflix	2020
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Disney+	2020
February 22	ThunderCats Roar	Cartoon Network
February 28	101 Dalmatian Street	Disney+
March 20	Mira, Royal Detective	Disney Junior	2020–2022
	Buddi	Netflix	2020
April 3	StarBeam		2020–2021
	Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy		2020
April 6	Ollie's Pack	Nickelodeon	2020–2021
April 7	Tooning Out the News	CBS All Access	2020–present
April 15	Cleopatra in Space	Peacock	2020–2021
April 20	The Midnight Gospel	Netflix	2020
May 1	Remy & Boo	Universal Kids	2020
May 8	Solar Opposites	Hulu	2020–present
	Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt	Netflix	2020
May 10	JJ Villard's Fairy Tales	Adult Swim	2020
May 27	Looney Tunes Cartoons	HBO Max	2020–2023
	The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo		2020–2021
May 29	Central Park	Apple TV+	2020–2022
June 1	Hero Elementary	PBS Kids	2020–present
June 12	Crossing Swords	Hulu	2020–2021
	Pokémon Journeys: The Series	Netflix	2020–2021
June 19	Rhyme Time Town		2020–2021
June 25	Adventure Time: Distant Lands	HBO Max	2020–2021
July 9	Close Enough		2020–2022
July 23	Tig n' Seek		2020–2022
July 30	Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy	Netflix	2020–present
August 7	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Netflix	2020
	Word Party Songs	Netflix	2020
August 20	The Fungies!	HBO Max	2020–2021
August 21	Hoops	Netflix	2020
September 7	Elinor Wonders Why	PBS Kids	2020–present
	Madagascar: A Little Wild	Hulu, Peacock	2020–2022
September 18	Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous	Netflix
September 22	Mighty Express
September 26	Magical Girl Friendship Squad	Syfy	2020
September 27	Wild Life
October 9	Santiago of the Seas	Nickelodeon	2020–present
October 27	Blood of Zeus	Netflix	2020–2025
November 7	My Little Pony: Pony Life	Discovery Family	2020–2021
	Pikwik Pack	Disney Junior	2020–2021
November 9	The Mighty Ones	Hulu, Peacock	2020–2022
November 10	Trash Truck	Netflix	2020–2021
November 11	The Liberator		2020
November 13	Doug Unplugs	Apple TV+	2020–2022
November 18	The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse	Disney+	2020–2023
November 19	Trolls: TrollsTopia	Hulu, Peacock	2020–2022
November 20	Animaniacs	Hulu	2020–2023
November 21	Onyx Equinox	Crunchyroll	2020
December 4	Stillwater	Apple TV+	2020–2025
December 11	Baby Shark's Big Show!	Nickelodeon	2020–2025

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 6	Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons	CW Seed	2020	Cancelled
January 10	Harvey Girls Forever!	Netflix	2018–2020	Ended
January 26	Star Wars Resistance	Disney Channel
January 30	New Looney Tunes	Cartoon Network, Boomerang	2015–2020	Cancelled
January 31	BoJack Horseman	Netflix	2014–2020	Ended
February 16	Mike Tyson Mysteries	Adult Swim		Cancelled
February 28	101 Dalmatian Street	Disney+	2020
March 1	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure	Disney Channel	2017–2020	Ended
	Sunny Day	Nick Jr.
March 7	Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends	Disney XD	2019–2020
March 20	Dino Girl Gauko	Netflix
March 23	Ballmastrz: 9009	Adult Swim	2018–2020	Cancelled
March 27	Steven Universe Future	Cartoon Network	2019–2020	Ended
April 18	Doc McStuffins	Disney Junior	2012–2020
April 20	The Midnight Gospel	Netflix	2020	Cancelled
May 4	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Disney+		Ended
May 8	The Hollow	Netflix	2018–2020	Cancelled
May 15	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power			Ended
May 22	Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series		2019–2020	Cancelled
June 7	Transformers: Cyberverse	Cartoon Network	2018–2020	Ended
June 14	The Shivering Truth	Adult Swim		Cancelled
June 15	Dinosaur Train	PBS Kids	2009–2020
July 17	Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart	Cartoon Network	2019–2020
July 31	12 oz. Mouse	Adult Swim	2005–2007, 2020	Ended
August 2	The Rocketeer	Disney Junior	2019–2020	Cancelled
August 7	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Netflix	2020	Ended
	Word Party Songs			Cancelled
August 17	Glitch Techs
August 21	Hoops
August 21	Elena of Avalor	Disney Channel, Disney Junior	2016–2020	Ended
August 27	Unikitty!	Cartoon Network	2017–2020
August 30	YOLO: Crystal Fantasy	Adult Swim	2020	Cancelled
September 4	Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy	Netflix		Ended
September 11	Buddi
October 2	Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz	Boomerang	2017–2020
October 9	Corn & Peg	Nickelodeon	2019–2020	Cancelled
October 12	Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts	Netflix	2020	Ended
October 25	Spider-Man (2017)	Disney XD	2017–2020
October 27	Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt	Netflix	2020
October 29	Hotel Transylvania: The Series	Disney Channel	2017–2020	Cancelled
November 8	Our Cartoon President	Showtime	2018–20
November 17	The Boss Baby: Back in Business	Netflix
December 4	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
December 5	ThunderCats Roar	Cartoon Network	2020
December 8	Spirit Riding Free	Netflix	2017–2020	Ended

• January 2: John Baldessari, American conceptual artist (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage"), dies at age 88.^[47]
• January 5:
  • Denise Blakely Fuller, American background artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jackie Chan Adventures, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island) and matte painter (Toy Story 3, Brave, Hotel Transylvania, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Book of Life), dies at age 52.^[48]
  • Blair Kitchen, Canadian animator (Nelvana, Titan A.E., Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series, The Abrafaxe – Under The Black Flag, Osmosis Jones, The Ripping Friends, Kronk's New Groove, Curious George, Busytown Mysteries, Cuppa Coffee Studios, Looney Tunes Cartoons) and storyboard artist (Hoze Houndz, Nelvana, Johnny Test, The Book of Life, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, Welcome to the Wayne, Ferdinand, Next Gen, Maya and the Three), dies at age 43.^[49]
• January 9: Yūji Yamaguchi, Japanese animator (Fate/stay night), dies at an unknown age.^[50]
• January 14: Jacques Toll, French animator and comics artist, dies at an unknown age.^[51]
• January 21: Terry Jones, Welsh-English actor, comedian, writer and film director (occasional voices in Terry Gilliam's animated shorts in Monty Python's Flying Circus and the film spin-offs, co-creator of Blazing Dragons), dies at age 77.^[52][53]
• January 23:
  • Marsha Kramer, American actress (additional voices in Antz, Ice Age, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Simpsons Movie, The Lego Movie and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water), dies at age 74.^[54][55]
  • Zsolt Richly, Hungarian comic artist and animator (Pannonia Film Studio, A Kockásfülű nyúl), dies at age 78.^[56]
• January 25: Horst Alisch, German illustrator, comics artist and animator, dies at age 94.^[57]
• January 26: Kobe Bryant, American professional basketball player (wrote and narrated Dear Basketball, voiced himself in The Proud Family episode "One in a Million"), dies at age 41.^{[58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72]}
• January 27: Jack Burns, American comedian and actor (voice of Ralph Kane in Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Sid the Squid in Animaniacs, Edward Christian in The Simpsons episode "Beyond Blunderdome"), dies at age 86.^[73][64]
• January 30: Fred Silverman, American television executive and producer (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Mighty Orbots, Piggsburg Pigs!, creator of Meatballs & Spaghetti), dies from cancer at age 82.^[74]

• February 3: Philippe Adamov, French illustrator, animator and comics artist (Gandahar), dies at age 63.^[75]
• February 5: Kirk Douglas, American actor (voice of Chester J. Lampwick in The Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died"), dies at age 103.^[76][77]
• February 7: Orson Bean, American actor (voice of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, and Frodo Baggins in The Return of the King, Billy Rabbit in Garfield in the Rough, Geppetto in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Fairy Tales for the 90's"), dies in a traffic collision at age 91.^[78][79]
• February 8: Ron McLarty, American actor, playwright and novelist (voice of Papa Bear and the Narrator in The Berenstain Bears specials, the General in Courage the Cowardly Dog), dies from dementia at age 72.^[80]
• February 13: Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Japanese actor (voice of Philip II of Macedon in Reign, Muijika in Mushishi, Hachiroh Tohbe in Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Tonpetty in