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January Bill and Ben (tv)/(tvss), Tim Collings /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (model animation) Horrible Histories (edu)/(tv), Andrew Young /Mike Young Productions. Pen Monkeys (tvss), Impossible Television. (Great Britain) Otesánek ("Little Otik") (f), Jan Švankmajer and Eva Švankmajerová. (Czech Republic) Prop og Berta ("Prop and Berta") (f), Per Fly Plejdrup /Zentropa Entertainment. (Denmark) Les Voyages de Balthazar (tvss), Millimages. (France) Les Zooriginaux ("Wild Instinct") (tvss), Philippe Leclerc and Frédéric Serra /Praxinos. (France) Alison de Vere (September 16, 1927-January 2, 2001) (director, animator, background artist) dies in Cornwall. (Great Britain) |
January Angelique-Seichi Yori Ai wo Komete ("Angelique: From the Sanctuary with Love") [1] (oav). (drawn animation) Bakuten Shoot Beyblade [爆転シュートベイブレード] ("Explosive Spinning Shot Beyblade"; "Beyblade") (tv), Toshifumi Kawase /Madhouse. Chikyu Bouei Kazoku [地球防衛家族] ("Earth Defense Family"; "The Daichis") (tv), Group TAC. Chikyu Shoujo Arjuna [地球少女アルジュナ] ("Earth Girl Arjuna") (tv), Satelite. Grappler Baki [グラップラー刃牙] ("Baki the Grappler") (tv), Hitoshi Nanba /Group TAC. Hakaima Sadamitsu [破壊魔定光] ("Sadamitsu the Destroyer") (tv), Koichi Ohata /Studio Deen. Spirit of Wonder: Shonen Kakagu Club [1] [ザスピリットオブワンダー : 少年科學倶楽部] ("Spirit of Wonder: Young Science Club") (oav), Takashi Anno /Asia-do. Tales of Eternia [テイルズ オブ エターニア] (tv), Xebec. Zoids Shinseiki / Zero [ゾイド新世紀/ゼロ] ("Zoids"; "Zoids in the New Century / Zero") (tv), Xebec. |
January Geisters (tv), Frame Entertainment. (South Korea) (drawn animation) "Skyland 1" (oav), Ong Eng Hua and Kelvin Ong /Young Jump Animation. (Malaysia) |
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February Butt Ugly Martians (tv), Victor Dal Chele and Josh Prikryl /Mike Young Productions. (cgi animation) Lloyd in Space ("Disney's Lloyd in Space") (tv), Disney Television. Monkey Bone (f), Henry Selick /Twitching Image. Recess: School's Out (f), Chuck Sheetz /Disney Television. Vera the Mouse: Mr. Mole's Surprise (oav), Adam van Wyk /Hallmark Home Entertainment. Toonacious Family Entertainment founded by Tony Bancroft, Bo Ferger, and Ben Chambers in Burbank, California. |
February Quads! (tv), Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
February Wounchpounch (tv), Saban International and CinéGroupe. (France/Canada) (drawn animation) Ivo Caprino (February 17, 1920–February 8, 2001) (director, producer, writer) dies in Oslo. (Norway) |
February Mo~tto Oja-Majo Doremi [も~っと!おジャ魔女どれみ カエル石のひみつ] ("Much More! Useless Witch Doremi") (tv), Toei. (drawn animation) Nekojiru-So [ねこぢる草] ("Cat Soup") (oav), Tatsuo Sato /J.C. Staff. Salaryman Kintarou [サラリーマン金太郎] (tv), Tomoharu Katsumata. Touch: Cross Road-Kaze no Yukue [タッチ CROSS ROAD ~風のゆくえ] (tvsp), Gisaburo Sugii /Group TAC. Z.O.E 2167 Idolo (oav), Tetsuya Watanabe /Sunrise. |
February Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (oav), Darrell Rooney and Jeannine Roussel /Disney Australia and Walt Disney Television Animation. (Australia/United States) (drawn animation) |
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March The Fairly Oddparents (tv)/(tvss), Butch Hartman /Frederator. (drawn animation) (2001 to the present) Invader ZIM (tv)/(tvss), Nickelodeon Animation. Still Life with Animated Dogs (tvsp)/(edu), Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger /AR&T Associates. The Trumpet of the Swan (f), Richard Rich /Rich. William Hanna (Bill Hanna, William Denby Hanna) (July 14, 1910–March 22, 2001) (director, producer, animator) dies of throat cancer in North Hollywood, California. |
March Committed (tv), Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) Norma Macmillan (voice actress) dies in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Canada) |
March Cartouche, prince des faubourgs ("Cartouche, Prince of the Streets") (tvsp), Xavier Giacometti /Xilam Animation and Storimages. (France) (drawn animation) |
March Anime Seisaku Shinkou Kuromi-chan ("Animation Runner Kuromi-chan") (oav), Akitarou Daichi /Yumeta. (drawn animation) Digimon Adventure 02: Diabolomon no Gyakushu ("Digimon Adventure 02: The Revenge of Diabolomon") (f), Takahiro Imamura /Toei. Doraemon: Nobita to Tsubasa no Yusha-tachi [ドラえもん のび太と翼の勇者たち] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Winged Heroes") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /Shin'ei. Dorami & Doraemon's Uchu-Land Kiki Ippatsu [ドラミ&ドラえもんズ 宇宙(スペース)ランド危機イッパツ!] ("Dorami & Doraemon's: Space Land's Critical Event") (ss), Hiroshi Nishikiori /Shin'ei. Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite! [Dr.リンにきいてみて] ("Please Ask Dr.Rin!") (tv), Studio Comet. Jango no Dance Carnival ("Jango's Dance Carnival") (sf), Daisuki Nishio /Toei. One Piece: Nejimaki Shima no Boken ("One Piece: The Adventure of Spiral Island") (sf), Junji Shimizu /Toei. Puni Puni Poemi [1] (oav), Shinichi Watanabe /J.C. Staff. |
March "Rainbow Nymph Tongtong" [무지개 요정 통통] (tv), Byeon Gangmun /Infinite Entertainment. (South Korea) (drawn animation, cgi animation) "Tangoo and Ullashong" [ 탱구와 울라숑] (tv), Seoul Movie. (South Korea) |
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April The Chuck Jones Show (tv), Cartoon Network. (drawn animation) collection of theatrical shorts from Jones' work for Warner Bros. and MGM The Oblongs (tv), Film Roman. Undergrads (tv), MTV Animation and Decode Entertainment. (United States/Canada) |
April The Untalkative Bunny (tvss), Graham Falk and Dawn Wilton /Dynomight Productions. (Canada/Great Britain) (drawn animation) |
April Belphegor (tv), Jean-Christophe Roger /Les Armateurs. (France) (drawn animation) Joyeuses Pacques Avril (tvsp), Jose Xavier /France 3. (France) Tiny Planets (tvss), Alistair McIlwain /Pepper's Ghost. (Great Britain) Titeuf (tv), France Animation. (France) |
April Anime Complex Night [アニメコンプレックスNIGHT] (tv), Pony Canyon. (drawn animation) contains Hanaukyo Maid-tai ("Hanaukyo's Maid Team") (tvss), Yasunori Ide /Dome and Kôtetsu Tenshi Kurumi 2shiki [鋼鉄天使くるみ2式] ("Steel Angel Kurumi Type 2") (tvss), OLM. Comic Party [こみっくパーティー] (tv), Norihiko Sudo /OLM. Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san [Cosmic Baton Girl コメットさん] (tv), Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Dennou Boukenki Webdiver [電脳冒険記ウェブダイバー] ("Brain Adventure Record Webdiver") (tv), Hiroshi Negishi /Radix. Digimon Tamers [デジモンテイマーズ] ("Digimon: Digital Monsters") (tv), Toei. Galaxy Angel [ギャラクシーエンジェル] (tvss), Madhouse. Gene Shaft [ジーンシャフト] (tv), Kazuki Akane /Studio Gazelle and Satelight. Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land [ゴーゴー五つ子ら・ん・ど] ("Go! Go! Quintuplets Land") (tv), Setsuko Shibuichi /Magic Bus. Gregory Horror Show The Bloody Karte [グレゴリーホラーショー The Bloody Karte] (oav), Milky Cartoon. Gyouten Ningen Batsealer [仰天人間バトシーラー] (tv), Nobuhiro Takamoto /Group TAC. Haja Kyosei G Dangaioh [破邪巨星Gダンガイオー] (tv), Toshitaka Hirano /AIC. Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu [ジャングルはいつもハレのちグゥ] ("Jungle is Always Fine Occasionally Guu"; "Haré+Guu") (tv), Tsutomu Mizushima /Shin'ei. Kido Tenshi Angelic Layer [機動天使エンジェリックレイヤー] ("Mobile Angel Angelic Layer"; "Battle Doll Angelic Layer") (tv), Bones. Mahou Senshi Louie [魔法戦士リウイ] ("Magical Fighter Louie"; "Rune Soldier") (tv), Yoshitaka Koyama /J.C. Staff. Meitantei Conan: Tengoku no Countdown [名探偵コナン 天国へのカウントダウン] ("Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven") (f), Kanetsugu Kodama /TMS. Malice@Doll [1], Keitaro Motonaga and Chiaka J. Konaka /Visual Science Lab. Noir [ノワール] (tv), Koichi Mashimo /Bee Train. One Piece: Nejimaki to no Daiboken [ワンピース ねじまき島の冒険] ("One Piece: The Adventure of Screw Island") (f), Toei. Pachislo Kozoku Gin [パチスロ貴族 銀] ("Pachinko Slot Noble Gin") (tv), Hidehito Ueda /A Line. Parappa Rapper [パラッパラッパー] ("Parappa the Rapper") (tv), Hiroaki Sakurai /J.C. Staff. Project ARMS [プロジェクトアームズ] (tv), TMS. RUN=DIM [ランディム] (tv), Idea Factory and Digital Dream Studios. (Japan/South Korea) Shin Shirayukihime Densetsu Pretear [新白雪姫伝説プリーティア] ("New Princess Snow White Legend Pretear"; "Pretear") (tv), Junichi Sato and Kiyoko Sayama /Hal Film Maker. Sister Princess [シスター・プリンセス] (tv), Zexcs. The Soul Taker ~Tamashiigari~ [ソウルテイカー ~魂狩~] (tv), Tatsunoko. Star Ocean EX [スターオーシャンEX] (tv), Hiroshi Watanabe /Deen. Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran [超 GALS! 寿蘭] ("Super GALS! Ran Kotobuki"; "Super GALS!") (tv), Pierrot. Sushi Azarashi [すしあざらし] ("Sushi Seals") (tvss). Taiho Shichauzo [逮捕しちゃうぞ] ("You're Under Arrest") (tv), Deen. Vampire Hunter D ("Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust") (f), Yoshiaki Kawajiri /Madhouse. Z.O.E Dolores,i (tv), Sunrise. |
April Liu Foo Ji ("Master Q 2001") (f), Herman Yau Lao-to (live action) and Eddy Wong (animation) /China Star and Menfond. (China) (cgi animation and live action) |
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May Patate et le jardin potager ("Spud and the Vegetable Garden") (tvsp), Benoît Chieux and Damien Luoche Pélissieur /Folimage. (France) (drawn animation) Petit Potam ("The Little Hippo") (f), Christian Choquet and Bernard Deyriès /Marina and Neuroplanet. (France) |
May Alien 9 [1] (tvsp), Jiro Fujimoto /J.C. Staff. (drawn animation) series made as an oav but the first episode was broadcast before its video release (June 2001) Chance Triangle Session [チャンス~トライアングルセッション~] ("Chance Pop Session") (tv), Susumu Kudo /Madhouse. Daisuki! Bubu-Chacha ("I Love You! Bubu-Chacha") (tv), Tetsuro Amino /Daume. Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru [フィギュア17 つばさ&ヒカル] (tv), OLM. Gakuen Senki Muryou [学園戦記ムリョウ] ("School Battle Muryo"); ("Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars") (tv), Madhouse. Metropolis [メトロポリス] (f), Rintaro and Katsuhiro Otomo /Madhouse. Offside [オフサイド] (tv), Seiji Okuda /Ashi Production. R.O.D.-Read Or Die- [1] (oav), Kouji Masunari /Deen. |
May Cyber Ghost Bastof Lemon (tv), DongWoo Animation. (South Korea) (drawn animation) Dinga ("Lazy Cat Dinga") (net)/(ss), Hanaro Telecom and Samcholli General. (South Korea/North Korea) The King (f), Lee Chung-Yeong and Richard S. Kim /Toonipark. (South Korea) "Miroo's Journey into Dreamland" (tvsp), Image Plus. (South Korea) |
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June Atlantis: The Lost Empire (f), Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise /Disney. (drawn animation, some cgi animation) Maatkara (net), Dawit Leesanu /Stimulation Station. Time Squad (tv)/(tvss), Dave Wasson /Cartoon Network. Lee Mishkin (director, animator, producer, writer) dies in Seattle, Washington. |
June Braceface // Sourire d'enfer (tv), Charles E. Bastien /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) (2001-2005) Une Leçon de chasse ("A Hunting Lesson") (ss), Jacques Drouin /NFB. (Canada) |
June Magnus og Myggen // Skipper & Skeeto (tvss), Egmont Imagination (A Films). (Denmark) (drawn animation) Paul Berry (March 13, 1961-June 26, 2001) (animator, director) dies of a brain tumor in Manchester. (Great Britain) |
June Ajimu Kaigan Monogatari [1] [あじむ ~海岸物語~] ("Ajimu ~Beach Story~") (net). (drawn animation, cgi animation) series (2001-2002) |
June Aachi & Ssipak (f), Jo Beom-Jin /JTEAM. (South Korea) (drawn animation) Uni Minipet [유니 미니펫] (tv), DongWoo Animation. (South Korea) |
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July Rugrats: All Growed Up (tvsp), Anthony Bell /Klasky-Csupo. (drawn animation) |
July El Club de la Tortuga Taruga ("The Club of the Taruga Turtle") (tv), ATiempo. (Chile) (live action, some cgi animation) O Grilo Feliz ("The Happy Cricket from the Amazon") (f), Walbercy Ribas /Start Desenhos Animados. (Brazil) Klootz (tvss), KliK Animation. (Canada) Rescue Heroes: GRT (tv), Nelvana. (Canada) |
July Give Up Yer Aul Sins (ss), Cathal Gaffney /Brown Bag. (Ireland) (drawn animation) Les Enfants de Toromiro ("The Children of Toromiro") (tv), Raspail Associés. (France) EDF: La Vallée ("EDF: The Valley") (tvss)/(adv), Antoine Bardou-Jacquet /Buf. (France) Momie au pair ("Mummy Nanny") (tv), Jacky Bretaudeau and Luc Vinciguerra /Les Cartooneurs Associés. (France) |
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August Grim & Evil (tv), Cartoon Network. (drawn animation) contains The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (tvss) and Evil Con Carne (tvss) Osmosis Jones (f), Piet Kroon, Tom Sito, Peter Farrelly (live action), and Bobby Farrelly (live action) /Warner Bros. Oswald (tvss)/(tv), Nicktoons and HOT Animation. (United States/Great Britain) Samurai Jack (tv), Genndy Tartakovsky /Cartoon Network. The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (tvsp), Dean Criswell, Carol Millican, Ron Noble, and Joseph Scott /Klasky-Csupo. Lorenzo Music (Gerald David Music) (May 2, 1937–August 4, 2001) (voice actor, writer) dies in Los Angeles, California. |
August The Little Bear Movie (f), Raymond Jafelice /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) What's With Andy (tv), CinéGroupe. (Canada) |
August 10+2: El gran secreto ("10+2: The Great Secret") (tvsp), Miquel Pujol /Acció. (Spain) (drawn animation) El Bosque Animado ("The Living Forest") (f), ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez /Dygra Films. (Spain) Cédric (tvss)/(tv), Dupuis Audiovisuel. (France) Music (mv), Jonas Akerlund and Jonas Odell (animation) /FilmTecknarna. (Sweden) |
August Di Gi Charat Natsuyasumi Special ("Di Gi Charat Summer Vacation Special") (tvsp), Toru Takahashi /Madhouse. (drawn animation) Lupin III - Alcatraz Connection (tvsp), Hideki Tonokatsu /TMS. Sabaku no Kaizoku! Captain Kuppa [砂漠の海賊! キャプテンクッパ] ("The Desert Pirate! Captain Kuppa"; "Captain Kuppa Desert Pirate") (tv), Bee Train. X Yocho ("X the Omen") (oav), Yoshiaki Kawajiri /Madhouse. |
August Byeoljubu Hero ("Turtle Hero") (f), Kim Deok-Ho /Hahnshin Production. (South Korea) (drawn animation) Cubix [큐빅스] ("Cubix: Robots for Everyone") (tv), Daewon and Cinepix. (South Korea) "Fantasy Village TopoTopo" (tv), FX Digital. (South Korea) Lexa (tv), Dream Pictures 21. (South Korea) |
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September Adult Swim (tv), Cartoon Network. (drawn animation, some cgi animation) contains: Aqua Teen Hunger Force (tvss), Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (tvss), Leave It to Brak (tvss), Sealab 2021 (tvss) (new voice track and edited graphics of the Sealab 2020 program), and new episodes and reruns of other programs geared to an adult audience Alienators: Evolution Continues (tv), Will Meugniot /DIC. An Eclipse: The Day the Sun Went Dark (oav)/(edu), Deborah M. Manchester and Dale Hendrickson (animation director) /S4. The Legend of Tarzan (tv), Walt Disney Television. Lock Down (tvss)/(net). The Mummy (tv), Universal Television Cartoon. Poochini (tv), Wild Brain and EM.TV. (United States/Germany) The Proud Family (tv), Jambalaya. The Ripping Friends (tv), John Kricfalusi /Spumco. Sitting Ducks (tv)/(tvss), Walt Kubiak /Universal Pictures Visual Programming (Creative Capers and Krislin Studios). (United States/Canada/Great Britain) Stanley (tvss)/(tv), Cartoon Pizza. Super Duper Sumos (tv), DIC Entertainment and Ameko Entertainment. (United States/South Korea) Billie Lou Watt (voice actress) dies. |
September Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series (tv), Sullivan Animation. (Canada) (drawn animation) Don't Eat the Neighbors (tv), Sextant Entertainment. (Canada/Great Britain) Heavy Gear: The Animated Series (tv), Mainframe. (Canada) Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (tv), CinéGroupe. (Canada) Spectra Animation founded as a division L'Equippe Spectra, a television production company, in Montreal, Quebec. (Canada) |
September Barcode (ss), Adriaan Lokman /Lokman and il Luster. (Netherlands) (cgi animation) Annecy Festival Grand Prize winner Binka (tvss), Honeycomb Animation. (Great Britain) Capertown Cops (tv), BKN International (Fil Cartoon (Philippines)). (Germany) Cramp Twins (tvss)/(tv), TV-Loonland, Cartoon Network UK, Sunbow Entertainment. (Germany/Great Britain/United States) Doctor Otter (tvss), Red Balloo Productions and Ealing Animation. (Great Britain) Kommando Störtebeker (f), Ute von Münchow-Pohl /Trickompany. (Germany) Nez de Fer: Le Chevalier Mystère ("Iron-Nose: The Mysterious Knight") (tv), Futurikon. (France) Nick & Perry (tv)/(tvss), Trickcompany and Ellipse. (Germany/France) Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke ("The New Adventures of Lucky Luke") (tv), Xilam Animation. (France) Un Perro llamado dolor ("A Dog Called Pain") (f), Luis Eduardo Aute /Story Board. (Spain) Totally Spies! (tv), Stéphane Berry /Marathon (Seoul Movie (South Korea)). (France) UBOS ("Ultimate Book of Spells"} (tv), BKN Studios. (France) Xcalibur (tv), Ellipsanime. (France) |
September Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira [カウボーイビバップ天国の扉] ("Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door") (f), Shinichiro Watanabe /Sunrise. (drawn animation, some cgi animation) Mazinkaizer 1 (oav), Masahiko Murata /Bandai Visual. Popee the Performer [ポピーザぱフォーマー] (tvss), Ryuji Masuda. |
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October Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (oav), Bill Kowalchuk /Tundra (Colorland Animation (China)). (cgi animation) Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase (oav), Jim Stenstrum /Hanna-Barbera. Still I Rise (ss) Umesh Shukla. A Tail to Tell (net), Stephen A. Fossati /Wolf Gang Productions (Atomic Cartoons (Canada)). MTV Animation closes. |
October Barbie in The Nutcracker (oav), Owen Hurley /Mainframe. (Canada) (cgi animation) first Barbie series (2001 to the present) Evil Schmeevil (tvsp), Virtual Media. (Canada) The Kid ("Gahan Wilson's The Kid") (tvsp), Larry Jacobs /Nelvana. (Canada) |
October Die Abrafaxe - Unter schwarzer Flagge ("The Abrafaxe - Under the Black Flag") (f), Gerhard Hahn and Tony Power /Abrafaxe Trickfilm and Hahnfilm. (Germany) (drawn animation) Angelina Ballerina (tv), Grand Slamm. (Great Britain) Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember (oav), Sarah Ball /HOT Animation. (Great Britain) Les Contes du Cimetière ("The Tales of the Cemetary (tvss), Les Films de l'Arlequin. (France) Fifty Percent Grey (ss), Ruairí Robinson /Zanita. (Great Britain) Home Road Movies (tvss), Robert Bradbrook /Finetake. (Great Britain) Der Kleine Eisbär ("The Little Polar Bear") (f), Piet De Rycker and Thilo Rothkirch /Rothkirch Cartoon Film. (Germany) Tryumf pana Kleksa ("Triumph of Mr. Kleksa"; "Mr. Blott's Triumph") (f), Krzysztof Gradowski /Studia Miniatur Filmowych. (Poland) Vampires, Pirates and Aliens // Vampires, Pirates et Aliens (tv), Millimages, Cosgrove-Hall, and France Animation. (Great Britain/France) Wombat City (tv), Bruno Shane Kane /Les Filmes de la Perrine. (France) |
October Babel 2sei [バビル2世] ("Babel II-Beyond Infinity") (tv), Ken Ushikusa /Vega Entertainment. (drawn animation) Baboo Factory [バブーファクトリー] (tvss), Egg. Captain Tsubasa [キャプテン翼] (tv), Group TAC and Madhouse. Chicchana Yukitsukai Sugar [ちっちゃな雪使いシュガー] ("Small Snow Fairy Sugar"; "Sugar, A Little Snow Fairy") (tv), Shinichiro Kimura /J.C. Staff. Cyborg 009 The Cyborg Soldier [サイボーグ009 THE CYBORG SOLDIER] (tv), Jun Kawagoe /Japan Vistec. FF:U Final Fantasy Unlimited [FF:U ファイナルファンタジー:アンリミテッド] (tv), Gonzo. Gekito! Crush Gear Turbo [激闘!クラッシュギアTURBO] ("Fight! Crush Gear Turbo") (tv), Hideji Iuchi /Sunrise. Hellsing [ヘルシング] (tv), Gonzo. Hikaru no Go [ヒカルの碁] ("Hikaru's Go") (tv), Pierrot. Hoshi no Kirby [星のカービィ] ("Kirby: Right Back at Ya!", "Kirby's Star") (tv), a-UN Entertainment. I Wish You Were Here ~Anata ga Koko ni Itehoshii~ [i-wish you were here ~あなたがここにいてほしい~ ] ("Zaion: I Wish You Were Here") (tv), Seiji Mizushima /Gonzo. Kasumin [Oideyo! Henamon Sekai Kasumin] [カスミン [おいでよ!ヘナモン世界カスミン]] ("Come On! Henamon World Kasumin") (tv), Mitsuru Hongo /OLM. Kaze no Yojimbo [旋風の用心棒] ("Wind of Yojimbo") (tv), Hayato Date /Studio Pierrot. Kokoro Toshokan [ココロ図書館] ("Heart Library") (tv), Koji Masunari /Studio Deen. Kuru Kuru Army [くるくるアミー] (tvss). Mahoromatic Automatic Maiden [まほろまてぃっく Automatic Maiden] ("Mahoro, the Automatic Maiden") (tv), Hiroyuki Yamaga /Gainax and Shaft. Memories Off [1] [メモリーズオフ] (oav), Kazu Yokota. Najica Dengeki Sakusen [ナジカ電撃作戦] ("Najica Blitz Tactics") (tv), Studio Fantasia and Amber Film Works. Otogi Story Tenshi no Shippo [おとぎストーリー 天使のしっぽ] ("Fairy Story Angel Tail") (tv), Tokyo Kids. (cgi animation) Piroppo [ピロッポ] (tvss), Katsuhito Ishii /Studio 4°C. Project ARMS Second Chapter [プロジェクト アームズ ジ・セカンド・チャプター] (tv), Hajime Kamegaki /TMS. Rave [レイヴ] ("Rave Master") (tv), Deen. Shiawase Sou no Okojo-san [しあわせソウのオコジョさん] (tv), Yusuke Yamamoto /Radix. Siam Neko: First Mission ("Siam Cat: First Mission") (f), Masahiro Hosoda /Buyo. Stray Sheep Po no Chicchana Daiboken [ストレイシープ ポーのちっちゃな大冒険] ("Stray Sheep Po's Small Great Adventures") (tvss), Robot. Tennis no Oji-sama [テニスの王子様] ("The Prince of Tennis") (tv), Takayuki Hamana /Production I.G and Trans Arts. Vampiyan Kids [バンパイヤン・キッズ] (tv), Masatsugu Arakawa /Production IG (Trans Arts and Xebec). Vandread the second stage [ヴァンドレッド the second stage [ザ・セカンド・ステージ]] (tv), Takeshi Mori /Gonzo. X [エックス] (tv), Madhouse. |
October Putih (f), Rashid Sibir /Fine Animation. (Malaysia) (drawn animation) Shin Chou Kyou Ryo ~Condor Legend~ [神鵰俠侶 ~コンドルヒーロー~] ("Legend of the Condor Hero") (tv), Masami Ano and Jun Takagi /Nippon Animation, Taiseng Animation, Jade Animation. (Japan/Hong Kong) Stvdio Media opens in Hong Kong to produce television series and commercials. (China) Jeong-ho Lee forms Mago21 based on his private animation studio. |
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November The Flintstones on the Rocks (tvsp), Chris Savino and David Smith /Cartoon Network. (drawn animation) I'll Take the Rain (mv)/(ss), David Weir /Pork and Beans. Justice League (tv), Warner Bros. Television. Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! (tv), DIC Entertainment. Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In At the House of Mouse (oav), Burny Mattinson and Roberts Gannaway /Disney Television. Monsters, Inc. (f), Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, and David Silverman /Pixar. Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (oav), Doug Sheetz /Walt Disney Television. Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (oav), James Tim Walker /Warner Bros. Television. Uncle Gus (tvsp), Red Sky. |
November Mercano el marciano (Mercano the Martian") (f), Juan Antin /Malcriados. (Argentina) (cgi animation) |
November Agrippine (tv), Ellipsanime and Studio Canal+. (France) (drawn animation) Hot Reels: Animation Grand Prix 2001 (tv), Channel 4. (Great Britain) Ivor the Invisible (oav), Hilary Audus /TVC London. (Great Britain) Merlin the Magical Puppy (tv), Keith Littler /Little Entertainment. (Great Britain) Da Möb (tv), Happy Life. (Sweden) Rock the Party (mv), Jonas Odell /FilmTecknarna. (Sweden) Shadow Cycle (ss), Oscar Grillo /Klackto. (Great Britain) Toonimals (tv), BRB Internacional (ColorLand Animation). (Spain) |
November The Cucumbers (tvss), Aoyama Photo Lab. (cgi animation) Kikaider 01 The Animation Vol. 1 (oav), Keitaro Motonaga /Studio OX. Kogepan [こげぱん] (tvss), Pierrot. Mahou Yuugi ("Magical Witchland") (ss)/(net), Hayashi Hiroki /AIC. Restless Bear (tvss), Aoyama Photo Lab. |
November Thumb Bear Kkomzi (tvss), FX Digital. (South Korea) (cgi animation) |
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December 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (tvsp), Bill Plympton /Plympton. (drawn animation) Donner (tvsp), Tony Stutterheim /Sunbow. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (f), John A. Davis /O Entertainment. The Land Before Time: The Big Freeze (oav), Charles Grosvenor /Universal Cartoon. Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu (f), Ron Merk /Tooniversal. (United States/China/Slovak Republic). Santa, Baby! (tvsp), Lee Dannacher /Rankin-Bass. The Santa Claus Brothers (tvsp), Michael Bedard /Film Roman and Nelvana. (United States/Canada) Faith Hubley (Faith Elliot) (September 16, 1924-December 7, 2001) (director, producer, animator, writer) dies in New Haven, Connecticut of cancer. Ray Patterson (November 23, 1911–December 30, 2001) (animator, director, producer) dies in Encino, California. |
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no date f8 (ss), Jason Wen /Crystalline Lens. (cgi animation) Iomega: Pool (tvss)/(adv), Traktor (Mats Lindberg and Ulf Johansson) /Digital Domain. Sony Playstation: PS9 (tvss)/(adv), Erick Ifergan (Mat Beck (special effects supervisor) /Pixel Envy. Tails from the Ark: Honk If You're Special (edu)/(oav), Treetop Studios. |
no date Bettytoons ("Betty Toons") (tvss), Conexión Creativa. (Columbia) (drawn animation) Edward // Edouard (tvss), CinéGroupe. (Canada) Flux (ss), Chris Hinton /NFB. (Canada) From Far Away (ss), Shira Avni and Serene El-Haj Daoud /NFB. (Canada) Glasses (ss), Brian Duchscherer /NFB. (Canada) Guerra dos Bárbaros ("War of the Barbarians") (ss), Júlia Manta /Mantra Produçôes. (Brazil) (drawn animation) Strange Invaders (ss), Cordell Barker /NFB. (Canada) |
no date Albie (tvss), Franc Vose /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (drawn animation, some cgi animation) Alla ricerca dell'erba medica ("God Save the Master") (ss)/(net), Alessandro Ferrari /Gnome & Ogre. (Italy) The Animated Tales of the World (tv), Christopher Grace /S4C. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) Le avventure di Hocus e Lotus ("The Adventures of Hocus and Lotus") (edu)/(tv), Studio Musicartoon. (Italy) La Brigada de los Sepultureros ("The Gravediggers Squad ") (tv)/(tvss), Josep Viciana /Neptuno Films. (Spain) Cocco Bill ("Coconut Bill") (tv), De Mas & Partners and RAI Fiction. (Italy) The Cubeez (tvss), Optical Image Broadcast. (Great Britain) Le Deserteur ("The Deserter") (ss), Oliver Coulon, Aude Danset, Paolo de Lucia, and Ludovic Savonniere /Supinfocom. (France) Dog (ss), Suzie Templeton /Royal College of Art. (Great Britain) (cgi animation) El Nombre ("The Number") (tvss), Geoff Walker /Ealing Animation. "Fables of Bah Ya Bah" (sf), Ammar Al-Shorbaji /Star Animation. (Syria) La Famille Passiflore ("The Bellflower Bunnies") (tv), Moran Caoussin /Protecrea. (France) Funf Wochen im Ballon / Qiqiushang de wuxinqi ("Five Weeks in a Balloon") (tvsp), Hu Zhao Hong and Manfred Durniok /Durniok and Shanghai Animation. (Germany/China) Jelly Bean Town (tv)/(tvss), Arne Sinnwell /Asset Media International. (Germany) Keykavoos (ss), Seyed Mahmoud Sa’emin /IRIB-Hamedan Center. (Iran) Lunata sas sinite ochi ("Blue Eyed Moon") (ss), Pencho Kunchev /Boyana Film. (Bulgaria) Marcellin Caillou ("Harold Peeble") (tvsp), Giles Gay /France 3 and Storimage. (France) Merlin the Magical Puppy (tvss), Keith Littler (Russell Haigh, animation director) /Little Entertainment. (Great Britain) Miniman (tvss), Baltasar Pedrosa /Cromosoma. (Spain)
Nestea: Closed (tvss)/(adv), Dave Borthwick /bolexbrothers. (Great Britain) Oreana (tvsp), Koen Reynaerts /Neuroplanet. (Luxembourg) Phantom Spirits (tv), Arait Multimedia. (Spain) Pizza Passionata (ss), Kari Juusonen. (Finland) El Planeta de Poco Poco (tvss)/(edu), Baltasar Pedrosa /Cromsoma. (Spain) Qué bello es sobrevivir! ("Its Beautiful to Survive!") (tv), Factoría Aragón. (Spain) Das Rad ("Rocks") (ss), Arvid Uibel, Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger /Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. (Germany) Sandokan, la tigre ruggisce ancora ("Sandokan, The Tiger Still Roars") (tv), Mondo TV. (Italy) Sznurowadło w supełki ("Knotted-up Shoelaces") (tvsp), Stanislaw Lenartowicz /Semafor. (Poland) Tornehekken ("The Hedge of Thorns") (ss), Anita Killi /Trollfilms. (Norway) Tuesday (ss), Geoff Dunbar /High Eagle. (Great Britain) La Vaca Connie ("Connie the Cow") (tvss)/(tv)/(edu), Josep Viciana /Neptuno Films. (Spain) War Game (ss), Dave Unwin /Illuminated Film. (Great Britain) EVA Entertainment is closed by Pearson Television. (Great Britain) |
no date Le Saunda: Mary Jane (tvss)/(adv), Koji Morimoto /Studio 4º. (cgi animation) |
no date Bad Baby Army (ss), Anthony Lucas. (Australia) (clay animation) "Flutemaster" (tv), Golden Ocean. (China/United States) "Lighthouse Keeper" (ss), Jun-ki Kim. (South Korea) The Little Drummer Boy (oav), Burbank Animation. (Australia) "The Magic Adventures of the 12 Family" (tvss)/(tv), Starts. (China) The Microwave (net)/(ss), Dylan Perry /Momentum Animation. (Australia) "The Networld Adventures of the 12 Family" (tvss)/(tv), Starts. (China) Pa (ss), Neil Goodridge /McBoing. (Australia) Pla Boo Thong [ปลาบูทอง] ("Golden Goby") (tv). (Thailand) Raju & I (sf), Gayatri Rao /Animagic. (India) |
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