2003 in animation explained

Events in 2003 in animation.

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Events

January

• January 1: Happy Tree Friends Volume 1 - First Blood renews its theatrical release, by adding its pilot (Banjo Frenzy) and the Special Popcorn episode (of Spin Fun Knowin' Ya) for the first time.
• January 9: The first episode of Bounty Hamster is broadcast.
• January 21: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment initially releases , directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith.^[1]

February

• February 8: The first episode of the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is broadcast.
• February 9: The first episode of Monkey Dust is broadcast.
• February 14: The Jungle Book 2, the sequel to the 1967 film, premieres.^[2] After regarding the film’s negative response, subsequent animated sequels would go straight to video until Ralph Breaks the Internet in 2018.
• February 16: The first episode of The Venture Bros. is broadcast.
• February 20: Anime producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki is sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for the illegal possession of firearms, a case which happened in 1999.^[3] He is released on 9 December 2007.
• February 24: The first episode of The Save-Ums! is broadcast.^[4]

March

• March 4: Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire, the fifth direct-to-video movie of Scooby-Doo, is released, which reverts to its original format while departing the darker tone of the first four films.
• March 5: The first episode of Odd Job Jack is broadcast.^[5]
• March 9: The Simpsons episode "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" premieres, in which Krusty the Clown becomes a Republican. It became controversial for satirizing Fox News's news ticker.
• March 18: is released, but was panned by critics by its animation and plot.^[6]
• March 21: The Walt Disney Company releases Piglet's Big Movie, directed by Francis Glebas.^[7]
• March 23: 75th Academy Awards:
  • Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.^[8] Miyazaki boycotts the event because of the U.S. involvement in the Iraq War and stays at home.^[9]
  • The ChubbChubbs!, directed by Eric Armstrong and produced by Sony Pictures Imageworks, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.

April

• April 6: The Futurama episode "The Why of Fry" premieres, guest starring actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk. It reveals that Fry's cryogenic freezing and arrival in the 31st century was not an accident, but a calculated plot by Nibbler to save the universe.
• April 7: Noggin was rebranded.
  • Moose and Zee make their debuts.^[10]
  • The first episode of the stop-motion version of Miffy and Friends is broadcast to critical acclaim.
• April 12: The first episode of All Grown Up! is broadcast. before its regular run began on November 9, 2003.^[11]

May

• Unknown date of May: Happy Tree Friends Volume 2 - Second Serving was theatrically released for first time with episodes 16 to 27 of the Internet Season 1, and episodes 1 to 5 of Season 2.
• May 7: Ray Harryhausen receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[12]
• May 18: During the Cannes Film Festival , a Japanese-French animated feature film directed by Daisuke Nishio, Hirotoshi Rissen, Kazuhisa Takenouchi and Leiji Matsumoto, set to a soundtrack by Daft Punk, is released.
• May 30: The Walt Disney Company releases Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton.

June

• June 1: The Futurama episode "The Sting" premieres, in which a mission to collect space honey from deadly space bees leads to Fry's apparent death from bee stings.
• June 10: releases its final episode.
• June 11: Sylvain Chomet's The Triplettes of Belleville premiers.
• June 13:
  • The first episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is broadcast.
  • Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon releases Rugrats Go Wild. It became a commercial failure^[13] and because of this, Nickelodeon ceased production on The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats, but continue to focus on the spinoff series All Grown Up!.
• June 15: The Futurama episode "Three Hundred Big Boys" premieres, guest starring actress and comedian Roseanne Barr.
• June 25: Philippe Leclerc's The Rain Children premiers.
• June 26 – July 24: Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", a darker-toned revival of The Ren & Stimpy Show, is broadcast. However, its negative reception caused it to be cancelled after only a few episodes.

July

• July 2: , the final traditionally animated DreamWorks film, premieres but becomes a massive flop which almost caused DreamWorks to shut down.^[14]
• July 11:
  • The first episode of is broadcast.
  • The first episode of Evil Con Carne airs. Because of its mild viewership over The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, it is cancelled the next year.^[15]
• July 19: The first episode of Teen Titans is broadcast. It will become a cult classic.^[16]

August

• August 1: The first episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot is broadcast.
• August 10: Futurama was abruptly cancelled after four seasons on Fox. It would later have a revival on Comedy Central in 2010.
• August 23: The first episodes of Funky Cops and Duck Dodgers are broadcast.

September

• Unknown date of September/October: Happy Tree Friends Volume 2 - Second Serving renews its theatrical release by adding episodes 6 and 7 of the Internet Season 2, Intimate Spotlight and the first Buddhist Monkey episode (Enter the Garden).
• September 1: The first episode of Kid Paddle is broadcast.^[17]
• September 2: The first episode of Rubbadubbers is broadcast.
• September 3: The first episodes of Code Lyoko and Chilly Beach are broadcast.
• September 7: The first episode of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks is broadcast.^{[18] [19]}
• September 8: The first episode of Connie the Cow is broadcast.^[20]
• September 16: The first episode of Auld Ones is broadcast.
• September 28: The first episode of JoJo's Circus is broadcast.

October

• October 10: Quentin Tarantino's is released, which features an anime sequence, directed by Kazuto Nakazawa and produced by Production I.G.^[21]

November

• November 1:
  • The Walt Disney Company releases Brother Bear, directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker.
  • The first episodes of Xiaolin Showdown, Kenny the Shark, and Tutenstein are broadcast.
• November 7: The first episode of Star Wars: Clone Wars is broadcast.
• November 9: Joe Dante's is released. This film became a financial failure^[22] and would not make anymore theatrical films featuring the Looney Tunes until 2021.
• November 20: The final episode of Dexter's Laboratory airs. Genndy Tartakovsky, the series' creator for seasons 1 and 2 and the TV movie Ego Trip, later stated in 2023 that there will not be a possibility to reboot the series due to Christine Cavanaugh's death in 2014.^[23]
• November 27: The first episode of Pororo the Little Penguin is broadcast.^[24]

December

• December 3: Jacques-Rémy Girerd's Prophétie des Grenouilles (Raining Cats and Frogs) premiers.^[25]
• December 16: One Froggy Evening and Tin Toy are added to the National Film Registry.^{[26] [27]}

Specific date unknown

• The first episode of The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is broadcast.
• Danish animator comic artist Borge Ring is knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion.^[28]

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
• Animation Kobe Feature Film Award: Millennium Actress^[29]
• Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: My Life as McDull
• Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
• Goya Award for Best Animated Film:
• Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Award: Winter Days
• Mainichi Film Awards – Animation Grand Award: Tokyo Godfathers

Films released

See main article: List of animated feature films: 2003.

• January 21 - (United States) (produced in 2002)
• February 11 - Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure (United States)
• February 12 - La Légende de Parva (France)
• February 14 - The Jungle Book 2 (United States)
• March 1 - One Piece: Dead End Adventure (Japan)
• March 4 - Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (United States)
• March 8 - (Japan)
• March 18 - (United States)
• March 20 - Little Longnose (Russia)
• March 21 - Piglet's Big Movie (United States)
• March 27 - The Little Polar Bear: The Dream of Flying (Germany)
• March 31 - Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (Canada)
• April 18 - Hajime no Ippo – Champion Road (Japan)
• April 19:
  • (Japan)
  • (Japan)
• April 20 - The Cunning Little Vixen (United Kingdom)
• April 25:
  • Jake's Booty Call (United States)
  • Oseam (South Korea)
• May 20:
  • (United States)
  • VeggieTales: The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment! (United States)
• May 21 - Dominator (United Kingdom)
• May 28 - (Japan and France)
• May 30 - Finding Nemo (United States)
• June 3:
  • The Animatrix (United States and Japan)
  • (Canada and United States)
• June 4 - (France and Canada)
• June 5 - Cesante (Chile)
• June 11 - The Triplets of Belleville (France, Belgium, Canada and United Kingdom)
• June 13 - Rugrats Go Wild (United States)
• June 25 - The Rain Children (France and South Korea)
• June 27 - Otherworld (United Kingdom)
• July 2 - (United States)
• July 4 - El Embrujo del Sur (Spain)
• July 17:
  • Werner – Gekotzt wird später! (Germany)
  • Wonderful Days (South Korea and United States)
• July 19 - (Japan)
• August 5 - VeggieTales: The Ballad of Little Joe (United States)
• August 19 - Back to School with Franklin (Canada)
• August 20 - Hammerboy (South Korea)
• August 26 - Stitch! The Movie (United States)
• August 29 - Son of Aladdin (India)
• September 9 - Elysium (South Korea)
• September 16 - (United States)
• September 19 - Little Bee Julia & Lady Life (Italy)
• September 25 - Jester Till (Germany and Belgium)
• September 27 - (United States)
• September 30:
  • Barbie of Swan Lake (United States)
  • Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico (United States)
• October - The Legend of the Sky Kingdom (Zimbabwe)
• October 2 - Globi and the Stolen Shadows (Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg)
• October 10 - Mécanix (Canada)
• October 21 - (United States)
• October 22 - The Dog, the General, and the Birds (Italy and France)
• October 31 - Betizu izar artean (Spain)
• November - A Very Wompkee Christmas (United States)
• November 1 - Brother Bear (United States)
• November 8 - Tokyo Godfathers (Japan)
• November 14 - (United States)
• November 18 - (Canada)
• November 19 - Wizards & Giants (Mexico)
• November 20 - The Little Polar Bear: Nanouk's Rescue (Germany)
• November 27 - Winter Days (Japan)
• November 28 - (United States)
• December 2 - (United States)
• December 3 - Raining Cats and Frogs (France)
• December 5 - Opopomoz (Italy, France, and Spain)
• December 7 - Más vampiros en La Habana (Cuba and Spain)
• December 8 - My Little Pony: A Charming Birthday (United States)
• December 9:
  • I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (United States)
  • LeapFrog: The Letter Factory (United States)
  • (United States)
  • (United States)
• December 13 - Hamtaro: Miracle in Aurora Valley (Japan)
• December 19:
  • The 3 Wise Men (France and Spain)
  • (Spain)
  • Toto Sapore and the Magic Story of Pizza (Italy)
• December 20:
  • (Japan)
  • Master Q: Incredible Pet Detective (Hong Kong)
• December 21 - (Japan)
• December 25 - Bolívar: el héroe (Colombia)
• December 26 - Captain Sabertooth (Norway)
• December 31 - LeapFrog: The Talking Words Factory (United States)
• Specific date unknown:
  • The Return of Mushsnail: The Legend of The Snowmill (United States)
  • The Souricière (France)

Television series debuts

See main article: List of animated television series of 2003.

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 6	The Berenstain Bears (2003)	PBS Kids	2003–2004
January 13	Lupin the Third Part II	Adult Swim	2003
February 1	.hack//Sign	Cartoon Network
February 8	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)	Fox Box, The CW4Kids	2003–2010
February 10		Adult Swim	2003–2004
February 16	The Venture Bros.		2003–2018
March 1		HBO	2003
March 4	Hey Monie!	BET
March 11	The Save-Ums!	Discovery Kids	2003–2006
	Strawberry Shortcake	Direct-to-Video	2003-08
March 31	Trigun	Adult Swim	2003
April 7	Miffy and Friends	Noggin	2003–2007
	Moose and Zee		2003–2012
April 12	All Grown Up!	Nickelodeon	2003–2008
May 17	MegaMan NT Warrior	Kids' WB	2003–2005
June 3	Hey Joel		2003
June 9		Adult Swim
June 13	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Cartoon Network	2003–2008
June 26	Gary the Rat		2003
	Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"
	Stripperella		2003–2004
June 30	Cyborg 009	Cartoon Network	2003
July 8	Franny's Feet	PBS Kids	2003–2010
July 11	Evil Con Carne	Cartoon Network	2003–2004
	Free for All		2003
		MTV
July 19	Teen Titans	Cartoon Network	2003–2006
August 1	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Nickelodeon	2003–2009
August 4	Blue Gender	Adult Swim	2003–2004
August 5	FLCL		2003–2018
August 23	Funky Cops	Fox Box	2003–2004
	Duck Dodgers	Cartoon Network	2003–2005
August 30	Shaman King	Fox Box
September 1	Clifford's Puppy Days	PBS Kids	2003–2006
September 2	Rubbadubbers	Nick Jr.	2003–2005
September 7	Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks	PBS Kids	2003–2007
September 8	Connie the Cow	Noggin	2003–2005
September 20		Disney Channel	2003–2006
September 28	JoJo's Circus	Playhouse Disney	2003–2007
October 1	The Koala Brothers
October 17	VH1 ILL-ustrated	VH1	2003–2004
October 22	Kid Notorious	Comedy Central	2003
November 1	Kenny the Shark	Discovery Kids	2003–2005
	Tutenstein		2003–2008
	Xiaolin Showdown	Kids' WB	2003–2006
			2003–2004
November 7	Star Wars: Clone Wars	Cartoon Network	2003–2005
November 14	Dragon Ball GT	Cartoon Network, Nicktoons	2003–2012

Television series endings

Date	Title	Channel	Year	Notes
January 3	Cita's World	BET	1999–2003	Ended
January 16	3 South	MTV	2002–2003	Cancelled
February 5	The Legend of Tarzan	UPN	2001–2003	Ended
February 25	Clifford the Big Red Dog	PBS Kids	2000–2003
April 4	Liberty's Kids		2002–2003	Cancelled
April 13	Clone High	MTV
April 15	Hey Monie!	BET	2003
May 24		HBO
June 17	Hey Joel	VH1
July 24	Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"	TNN
August 10	Futurama	Fox	1999–03	Cancelled, until revived by Comedy Central in 2010.
August 22		MTV	2003	Cancelled
September 12	Free for All	Showtime
October 24	House of Mouse	Toon Disney	2001–2003	Ended
October 25		Kids' WB	2000–2003
			2002–2003
November 7	Little Bear	Nick Jr.	1995–2003
November 9	Family Guy	Fox	1999–2003; 2005–present	Cancelled, until revived in 2005.
November 14	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Cartoon Network	2002–2003	Cancelled
November 20	Dexter's Laboratory		1996–1999; 2001–2003
November 23	ToonHeads		1992–2003	Ended
November 26	Time Squad		2001–2003	Cancelled
December 11	Gary the Rat	Spike TV	2003
December 12		Cartoon Network	2002–2003
December 15	Kaput and Zösky	Nicktoons	2002–2004
December 17	Kid Notorious	Comedy Central	2003
December 31	The Brak Show	Adult Swim	2000–2003

Births

January

• January 2: Cyrus Arnold, American actor (voice of Jawbreaker in , Teen Driver in Diary of a Wimpy Kid).
• January 24: Johnny Orlando, Canadian actor and musician (voice of Whyatt in season 3 of Super Why!, Travis in Bunyan and Babe).

February

• February 1: Sydney Mikayla, American actress (voice of Wolf in Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Robby Malto in , Maya in Craig of the Creek, Joy in The Loud House, Kit in the We Bare Bears episode "Baby Bears Can't Jump").
• February 4: Kyla Kenedy, American actress (voice of Piper in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie).

April

• April 3: Elsie Fisher, American actress (voice of Masha in Masha and the Bear, Parker in The Addams Family, first voice of Agnes in the Despicable Me franchise).^[30]
• April 19: Caleel Harris, American actor (voice of AJ in Blaze and the Monster Machines, Clyde McBride in seasons 1-3 of The Loud House).

May

• May 24: Cole Sand, American actor (voice of Eli Pepperjack in Tales of Arcadia, Nicholas Barnsworth in Santa's Apprentice and The Magic Snowflake, additional voices in Minions and Hotel Transylvania 2).

June

• June 11: Breanna Yde, American actress (voice of Ronnie Anne in seasons 1-3 of The Loud House, Little Mariah in All I Want for Christmas Is You).

July

• July 1: Storm Reid, American actress (voice of Nia in The Bravest Knight, Emily in episode "Juneteenth").^[31]

August

• August 18: Max Charles, American actor (voice of Sherman in Mr. Peabody & Sherman and The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, the title character in Harvey Beaks, Kion in The Lion Guard).
• August 23: Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress (voice of Harper in Trolls, Almitra in The Prophet).

September

• September 3: Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor (voice of Alberto Scorfano in Luca, Barney Pudowski in Ron's Gone Wrong).
• September 5: Philip Solomon, American actor (voice of Craig Williams in Craig of the Creek).
• September 8: Nicolas Cantu, American actor (voice of Rowan Freemaker in , James in Sofia the First, Dak in , Paco in Future-Worm!, Leonardo in , B.O.Y.D. in the DuckTales episode "Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!", continued voice of Gumball Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball).
• September 17: Brianna Denski, American actress (voice of June Bailey in Wonder Park).
• September 30:
  • Bella Ramsey, English actor (voice of the title character in Hilda, Princess Gizana in Princess Emmy, Molly in , young Ramona in the Summer Camp Island episode "Ghost Baby Jabberwock").
  • Lyric Ross, American actress (voice of Kat Elliot in Wendell & Wild).

Deaths

January

• January 20: Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, (artistic consultant for the "Rhapsody in Blue" segment in Fantasia 2000 which was inspired by his designs), dies at age 99.^{[32] [33]}
• January 25: Cliff Norton, American actor (voice of Woggle-Bird in Jack and the Beanstalk, Dr. Kakofonous A. Dischord in The Phantom Tollbooth, Ed Huddles in Where's Huddles?, Crow #2 in The Mouse and His Child, Timothy in Pandamonium), dies at age 84.^{[34] [35]}

February

• February 24: Imogene Lynn, American singer (singing voice of Red in Tex Avery's cartoons), dies at age 80.^{[36] [37]}
• February 27: Fred Rogers, American television host, author, producer and minister (voiced himself in the Arthur episode "Arthur Meets Mister Rogers"), dies from stomach cancer at age 74.^[38]

March

• March 9: Stan Brakhage, American film director and animator (Mothlight), dies at age 70.^[39]
• March 12:
  • Lynne Thigpen, American actress (voice of Luna in Bear in the Big Blue House, Judge in the King of the Hill episode "Hank's Dirty Laundry"), dies from cerebral hemorrhage at age 54.^[40]
  • Branco Karabajic, Croatian comic book artist and animator (worked on Veliki Mitting), dies at age 77.^[41]
  • Thomas Warkentin, American comic book artist, comic book writer and animator (Filmation, Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 67.^[42]
• March 23: Nelda Ridley, American animation checker (Bakshi Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network Studios), dies at age 65.
• March 28: Bob Matz, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Peanuts specials), dies at age 90.^[43]
• March 30: Michael Jeter, American actor (voice of Smokey and Steamer in The Polar Express, Biederman in The Wild Thornberrys, William Blay in the Duckman episode "Ajax & Ajaxer", Runta in the Aladdin episode "Stinker Belle"), dies at age 50.^[44]

April

• April 15: Maurice Rapf, American screenwriter (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Gnomes), dies at age 88.^{[45] [46] [47]}
• April 16: David Brown, American businessman (co-founder of Blue Sky Studios), dies at age 64.^[48]
• April 20: Johnny Douglas, English composer (Marvel Productions), dies at age 82.^{[49] [50] [51]}
• April 24: Gary Sperling, American television writer (Disney Television Animation), dies at age 45.
• April 30: Lionel Wilson, American actor (voiced all characters in Tom Terrific, Vincent van Gopher and Possible Possum in Deputy Dawg, Eustace Bagge in Courage the Cowardly Dog), dies at age 79.^[52]

May

• May 11: Joe Denton, American background artist (Ghostbusters, , Warner Bros. Animation) and storyboard artist (Camp Candy, Warner Bros. Animation, Jumanji, , Family Guy), dies at age 65.
• May 14:
  • Dante Quinterno, Argentine animator, comics artist, and publisher, created the first animated color film of Latin America (Upa en apuros), dies at age 93.^[53]
  • Robert Stack, American actor (voice of Ultra Magnus in , ATF Agent Fleming in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Bob the Narrator in Hercules, Superintendent in , Stoat Muldoon in Butt-Ugly Martians, General in the Recess episode "A Genius Among Us", Narrator in The Angry Beavers episode "Home Loners", Reynolds Penland in the King of the Hill episode "The Trouble with Gribbles", Gordon/The Silver Shield in the Teamo Supremo episode "The Grandfather Show"), dies from heart failure at age 84.^[54]
• May 27: Dave Monahan, American screenwriter (Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 85.

June

• June 30: Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (voice of Pardon-Me-Pete in Jack Frost, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid), dies at age 78.^[55]

July

• July 4: Barry White, American singer and songwriter (voice of Samson and Brother Bear in Coonskin, himself in The Simpsons episodes "Whacking Day" and "Krusty Gets Kancelled"), dies from cardiac arrest at age 58.^[56]
• July 24: Irving Dressler, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios, Hal Seeger), dies at age 90.^[57]
• July 27: Bob Hope, English-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Beauty Queen"), dies from pneumonia at age 100.^{[58] [59]}
• July 31: Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist and animator, dies at age 70.^[60]

August

• August 9: Gregory Hines, American dancer, actor, choreographer and singer (voice of Big Bill in Little Bill), dies from liver cancer at age 57.^[61]
• August 24: Robert C. Bruce, American actor (narrator of various Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons), dies at age 88.^[62]

September

• September 6:
  • Jules Engel, American sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Charles Mintz Studios, UPA) and founder of the Experimental Animation Program at CalArts), dies at age 94.^{[63] [64] [65]}
  • Harry Goz, American actor (voice of Mayor Huffenmeier in Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night, Captain Hazel "Hank" Murphy in Sealab 2021), dies from multiple myeloma at age 71.^[66]
• September 8: Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (voice of the title character in Caillou, Meg in Mega Babies, second voice of Lori in What's with Andy?), dies in a car accident at age 17.^[67]
• September 11: John Ritter, American actor (voice of Peter Dickinson in The Flight of Dragons, Inspector Gil in Fish Police, Eugene Grandy in King of the Hill, the title character in Clifford the Big Red Dog and Clifford's Really Big Movie, Great Uncle Stew in Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up, Dr. David Wheeler in the Batman Beyond episode "The Last Resort"), dies at age 54.^{[68] [69] [70] [71] [72]}
• September 12: Johnny Cash, American country singer (voice of the Space Coyote in The Simpsons episode "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"), dies at age 71.^{[73] [74]}
• September 25: George Plimpton, American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can"), dies at age 76.^[75]
• September 29: Wesley Tuttle, American country singer (did the yodeling in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 85.
• September 30: Edwin Gillette, American inventor, cameraman and animator (Cambria Studios, inventor of the Syncro-Vox technique), dies at age 94.^{[76] [77]}

October

• October 3: Florence Stanley, American actress (voice of Mrs. Packard in and , Waitress in A Goofy Movie), dies from a stroke at age 79.^[78]
• October 16: Carl Urbano, American animator and director (A Is for Atom, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 92.
• October 26: Ted C. Bemiller, American animation checker, camera operator (Crusader Rabbit, Hanna-Barbera, The Beatles, MGM Animation/Visual Arts, Filmation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Simpsons, Looney Tunes), cinematographer (Fritz the Cat) and production manager (Garfield and Friends), dies at age 79.
• October 27: Rod Roddy, American radio and television announcer (voice of Mike the Microphone in House of Mouse, Johnny in the Garfield and Friends episode "Over the Rainbow"), dies from colon cancer at age 66.^[79]

November

• November 12:
  • Kay E. Kuter, American actor (voice of Grimsby in The Little Mermaid, Santa Claus in Annabelle's Wish, Ego the Living Planet in the Fantastic Four episode "To Battle the Living Planet"), dies at age 78.
  • Penny Singleton, American actress and labor leader (voice of Jane Jetson in The Jetsons), dies at age 95.^[80]
  • Jonathan Brandis, American actor (voice of Mozenrath in Aladdin), dies at age 27.^[81]
• November 18: Michael Kamen, American composer, orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter and session musician (The Iron Giant), dies from a heart attack at age 55.^[82]
• November 30: Kin Platt, American caricaturist, radio writer, television writer, comics artist and animation writer (Walt Disney Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Terrytoons, Milton the Monster), dies at age 91.^[83]

December

• December 17: Alan Tilvern, English actor (portrayed R.K. Maroon in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, voice of Innkeeper in The Lord of the Rings), dies at age 85.
• December 19: Les Tremayne, English actor (voice of The Ghost of Christmas Present in Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Humbug in The Phantom Tollbooth, Chester C. Cricket and Harry Cat in The Cricket in Times Square, A Very Merry Cricket, and Yankee Doodle Cricket, Alexander Graham Wolf, and Santa Claus in Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper, the title character in Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile, the Wishing Well in , Orin in Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, Arthur in , Gustav in Tis the Season to Be Smurfy), dies at age 90.^[84]
• December 22: Wah Chang, Chinese-American designer, sculptor, animator and animation producer (Pinocchio, Bambi), dies at age 86.^[85]
• December 23: Bob Monkhouse, British actor and writer (voice of Mr. Hell in Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!, Johnny Saveloy in Rex the Runt), dies at age 75.^[86]
• December 27: Pete Alvarado, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Republic Pictures, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears Productions, Filmation), dies at age 83.^[87]
• Specific date unknown: Oliver Passingham, British comics artist and animator, dies at age 78.^[88]

Specific date unknown

• Claude Smith, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, MGM), dies at age 90.

See also

• 2003 in anime

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

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2. Web site: The Jungle Book 2 (2003) . . . February 24, 2024 . November 29, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171129165937/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jungle_book_2/ . live .
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10. NOGGIN Reinvents Itself – It's Like Preschool on TV!. NOGGIN. March 25, 2003. prnewswire.com. July 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801041304/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/noggin-reinvents-itself---its-like-preschool-on-tv-74763892.html. August 1, 2017.
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21. Web site: Production I.G : WORK LIST : 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1' (Animation Sequence) . . 2003 . March 12, 2016 . June 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604024543/http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/25_/ . live .
22. Web site: Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Rotten Tomatoes. February 24, 2024. November 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211103122227/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/looney_tunes_back_in_action. live.
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28. Web site: Borge Ring. lambiek.net. April 27, 2023. April 4, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404102042/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/ring_borge.htm. live.
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30. Web site: Elsie Fisher biography and filmography Elsie Fisher movies . 2023-07-29 . Tribute . en-US . March 22, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190322023342/https://www.tribute.ca/people/elsie-fisher/43000/ . live .
31. Web site: Rose . Mike . July 1, 2022 . Today's famous birthdays list for July 1, 2022 includes celebrities Dan Aykroyd, Alan Ruck . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820063440/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-1-2022-includes-celebrities-dan-aykroyd-alan-ruck.html . August 20, 2022 . February 27, 2023 . Cleveland.com.
32. News: Buhlman . Jocelyn . 28 January 2020 . Q&A with Eric and Susan Goldberg about the Magical, Musical World of Fantasia 2000 . 23 December 2003 . D23 . December 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231223190535/https://d23.com/qa-with-eric-and-susan-goldberg-about-the-magical-musical-world-of-fantasia-2000/ . live .
33. Corliss . Richard . Richard Corliss . 29 January 2003 . That Old Feeling: The Fun in Al Hirschfeld . 23 December 2023 . . December 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231225071620/https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,417721-1,00.html . live .
34. News: Webber, Brad . January 28, 2003 . CLIFF NORTON, 84 ; Veteran character actor known for comic touch: [North Sports Final Edition] . Chicago Tribune . II-8 . . Mr. Norton, 84, died of lung cancer Saturday, Jan. 25, in his Studio City, Calif., home. [..] Born in Chicago, Mr. Norton graduated from Sullivan High School in 1935. By the end of that decade, he was a disc jockey with a morning show on WAAF-AM 1000. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces during World War II and was a bombardier in the India-Burma-China war zone--a role he would claim made him the 'American record-holder for intake of quinine.' After the war, he became a regular on Chicago's radio scene and appeared on 'Captain Midnight,' 'Tom Mix' and 'Terry and the Pirates.' He met Garroway, an NBC staff announcer who would soon employ him as a regular on 'Garroway at Large,' a musical revue and talk show that moved to New York in 1952..
35. News: Oliver . Myrna . January 31, 2003 . Cliff Norton, 84; Began Acting Career in Radio . August 2, 2021 . . B11 . . September 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902020919/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35513384/cliff_norton/ . live .
36. Web site: Imogene Lynn . Aubrey Poole . June 11, 2003 . Variety . January 13, 2017 . January 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170113170214/http://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/imogene-lynn-1117887769/ . live .
37. Web site: Imogene Lynn . Band Chirps . January 13, 2017 . January 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116152223/https://bandchirps.com/artist/imogene-lynn . live .
38. News: Lewis. Daniel. Mister Rogers, TV's Friend For Children, Is Dead at 74. A00001. July 8, 2022. The New York Times. February 28, 2003. January 6, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220106131313/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/28/arts/mister-rogers-tv-s-friend-for-children-is-dead-at-74.html. live.
39. Web site: Experimental Filmmaker Stan Brakhage Has Passed Away. www.aintitcool.com/. August 15, 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121209152550/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/14671. December 9, 2012.
40. News: Lynne Thigpen, 54, an Actress In CBS's 'District' and on Stage. Associated Press. March 14, 2003. The New York Times. limited. September 1, 2022. September 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220901194306/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/14/arts/lynne-thigpen-54-an-actress-in-cbs-s-district-and-on-stage.html. live.
41. Web site: Branco Karabajic. lambiek.net. January 17, 2019. February 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220203092148/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/karabajic_branco.htm. live.
42. Web site: Thomas Warkentin. lambiek.net. August 5, 2021. August 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210805084051/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/warkentin_thomas.htm. live.
43. Book: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 9780786452088. 2008-10-24.
44. Web site: Actor Michael Jeter Dead At 52. Bootie. Cosgrove-Mather. CBS News. August 31, 2004. February 28, 2014.
45. Web site: Obituary: Maurice Rapf. . 8 May 2003. The Guardian. 26 August 2013.
46. Web site: Maurice Rapf, 88, Screenwriter and Film Professor. The New York Times. 26 August 2013. June 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230613075338/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/18/arts/maurice-rapf-88-screenwriter-and-film-professor.html. live.
47. Web site: Maurice Rapf (1914-2003). 26 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20141226020408/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2003/april/041603.html. 26 December 2014. dead.
48. Web site: Blue Sky Studios' Co-Founder Brown Passes Away. Sarah. Baisley. April 16, 2003. Animation World Network. September 2, 2022. September 2, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220902150512/https://www.awn.com/news/blue-sky-studios-co-founder-brown-passes-away. live.
49. Web site: Composer Johnny Douglas dies. 2003-04-21. BBC. 2022-02-20. February 21, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220221075930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2964131.stm. live.
50. Web site: Johnny Douglas. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-douglas-36466.html . 14 June 2022 . subscription . live. 2003-04-24. The Independent. 2022-02-20.
51. Web site: Railway Children composer dies. 2003-04-21. The Argus. 2022-02-20. July 31, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230731074751/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5112694.railway-children-composer-dies/. live.
52. Web site: Lionel Wilson (visual voices guide). Behind The Voice Actors.
53. Web site: Historia de la Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la República Argentina. Puestaenescena.com.ar. 27 May 2014. Spanish. August 16, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190816160618/http://www.puestaenescena.com.ar/cine/692_se-entregaron-los-condor-de-plata.php. dead.
54. News: Robert Stack, 84, Who Starred In Television's 'Untouchables'. Lyman. Rick. The New York Times. May 16, 2003. September 7, 2022. April 4, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404044514/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/arts/robert-stack-84-who-starred-in-television-s-untouchables.html. live.
55. News: Buddy Hackett, Irrepressible Clown of Stage, Screen and Nightclubs, Is Dead at 78. The New York Times. Mr. Hackett's career spanned more than half a century in nightclubs, movies, the stage and television. His rubbery face was a familiar one on America's home screens in the 1950s and 1960s when he was a frequent guest on talk shows hosted by Jack Paar and Arthur Godfrey.. July 1, 2003. Richard. Severo. April 27, 2010. January 20, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100120065938/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/01/obituaries/01HACK.html. live.
56. News: Jelbert. Steve. Barry White, the Walrus of Love, dies aged 58. The Independent. July 5, 2003. September 8, 2022. July 6, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220706000051/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/barry-white-the-walrus-of-love-dies-aged-58-94864.html. live.
57. Web site: Irving Dressler. lambiek.net. 28 April 2024. April 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428192937/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dressler_irving.htm. live.
58. Web site: Bob Hope: Thanks for the memory. Ward. Linda. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. August 16, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121108122256/http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/hope_bob/index.html. November 8, 2012. live.
59. News: Bob Hope's 100th birthday greeted with good wishes. USA Today. Associated Press. May 30, 2003. November 16, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160318095050/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/2003-05-30-bob-hope_x.htm. March 18, 2016. live.
60. Web site: Guido Crepax. lambiek.net. 7 April 2018. March 3, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060303021847/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/crepax.htm. live.
61. News: Dunning . Jennifer . Gregory Hines, Versatile Dancer and Actor, Dies at 57 . . December 21, 2021 . August 11, 2003 . June 30, 2012 . https://archive.today/20120630022920/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/11/arts/gregory-hines-versatile-dancer-and-actor-dies-at-57.html . live .
62. Web site: Robert Bruce Jr. Obituary (2003) The Greenville News. 2021-09-13. Legacy.com. September 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210913044100/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/greenvilleonline/name/robert-bruce-obituary?pid=140779797. live.
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64. Web site: Holland. Steve. 2003-09-17. Obituary: Jules Engel. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102140721/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/17/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries. 2020-11-02. 2020-11-02. The Guardian. en.
65. Web site: Biederman. Patricia Ward. 1995-11-11. An Animated Personal Vision: CalArts Teacher Jules Engel Is Honored for Lifetime in Film. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030133814/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-11-me-1787-story.html. 2020-10-30. 2020-10-30. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
66. News: Harry Goz, 71; Played Lead in 'Fiddler'. The New York Times. October 1, 2003. March 30, 2022. October 24, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231024112748/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/01/arts/harry-goz-71-played-lead-in-fiddler.html. live.
67. Web site: Voice of Caillou dies in crash . CBC News . February 8, 2024 . January 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240119141537/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/voice-of-caillou-dies-in-crash-1.383589 . live .
68. News: John Ritter's widow talks about wrongful death suit. USA Today. February 4, 2008. June 15, 2023. April 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200408041133/https://www.today.com/popculture/john-ritters-widow-talks-about-wrongful-death-suit-2D80555805. live.
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70. News: Considine. Bob. John Ritter's widow talks about wrongful death suit. Today. NBC. February 4, 2008. December 2, 2013. December 5, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205013834/http://www.today.com/id/22989512. dead.
71. News: Grace. Francie. John Ritter's Family Says Goodbye. CBS News. September 16, 2003. June 15, 2023. July 4, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704050204/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-ritters-family-says-goodbye/. live.
72. Web site: Where Celebrities Are Buried in LA. KCBS News. September 30, 2013. June 15, 2023. October 5, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005073826/http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/top-lists/where-celebrities-are-buried-in-la/. live.
73. Web site: Death from a Broken Heart. Medicine net. November 24, 2003. December 31, 2011. May 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120520212318/http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52318. dead.
74. Web site: Johnny Cash Dead at Age 71. Folsomlocalnews.com. September 12, 2003. December 31, 2011. July 31, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230731074825/https://folsomlocalnews.com/2003/09/12/johnny-cash-dead-at-age-71.html. live.
75. News: Severo. Richard. George Plimpton, Urbane and Witty Writer, Dies at 76. The New York Times. September 26, 2003.
76. Book: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 9780786452088. 2008-10-24. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers.
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78. News: Florence Stanley, 79, an actress. Associated Press. The New York Times. October 12, 2003. limited. June 13, 2023. June 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230613170939/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/nyregion/florence-stanley-79-an-actress.html. live.
79. Web site: 'Price Is Right' Announcer Rod Roddy Dies. 2022-05-20. AP NEWS. May 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220520174533/https://apnews.com/article/0ed39287cb229196e60b3216a39d8969. live.
80. Web site: The Associated Press . Penny Singleton Dies at 95; Played Blondie in Film Series . . 2023-03-29 . August 30, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180830175131/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/15/arts/penny-singleton-dies-at-95-played-blondie-in-film-series.html . live .
81. Web site: November 21, 2003 . USATODAY.com - Teen idol Jonathan Brandis dies at 27 . . July 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040630191156/https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-11-21-brandis-obit_x.htm . June 30, 2004 .
82. News: Michael Kamen, 55, Award-Winning Composer . . November 20, 2003 . June 2, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321163036/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/20/arts/michael-kamen-55-award-winning-composer.html . live .
83. Web site: Kin Platt. lambiek.net. 7 April 2018. August 31, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190831174342/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/platt_kin.htm. live.
84. News: McLellan, Dennis. 23 December 2003. Les Tremayne, 90; Radio Icon's Acting Career Ran 6 Decades. Los Angeles Times. 26 August 2011.
85. Web site: Wah Ming Chang, 86; Special-Effects Master Worked on 'Time Machine' . 30 December 2003 . Los Angeles Times . 20 July 2009 . January 20, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120120142509/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/30/local/me-chang30 . live .
86. News: Bob Monkhouse – A much-loved comedian and television personality who could also inspire harsh criticism . 31 August 2008 . Dennis Barker . 30 December 2003 . The Guardian .
87. Web site: Pete Alvarado. lambiek.net. 7 April 2018. January 21, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240121012614/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/alvarado_pete.htm. live.
88. Web site: Oliver Passingham. lambiek.net. April 24, 2020. February 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220203092137/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/passingham_oliver.htm. live.