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2011 in animation

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2011 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

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Events

=January=

=February=

===March===

  • March 4: Paramount Pictures' Rango premieres. The movie gained controversy in California for the depictions of smoking in a children’s movie.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2011-03-08-rango08_ST_U.htm |title='Rango' Has Smoking Foes Fuming|first=Rita |last=Rubin|work=USA Today|date=March 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411181625/http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2011-03-08-rango08_ST_U.htm |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |url-status=live }} It was petitioned to receive an R rating, but failed to so.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2011/03/15/should-rango-have-been-rated-r/|title=Should 'Rango' Have Been Rated R? |first=Dorothy |last=Pomerantz |work=Forbes |date=March 15, 2011 }} Further tobacco depictions would be phased out from the subsequent family-friendly films because of it.
  • March 11: Walt Disney Pictures and ImageMovers Digital's Mars Needs Moms is released, the film will become a major box-office bomb.
  • March 13: The first episode of BoBoiBoy airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • March 22: The film Rio is released.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • March 23: Sym-Bionic Titan is canceled after 20 episodes due to low merchandise sales and series creator Genndy Tartakovsky leaving Cartoon Network to work with Sony Pictures Animation.
  • March 26: The first episode of Larva airs.{{cite web |url=http://www.larva.re.kr/home/ |title = 라바시즌2 :: 라바시즌2 |access-date=2016-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231131223/http://www.larva.re.kr/home/ |archive-date=2016-12-31 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}

===April===

  • April 4: Cartoon Network's infamous program The Problem Solverz premieres, which received extremely negative reviews for its intense visual designs as the program was removed from the channel’s schedule shortly after one season.{{Cite journal | last=O'Leary | first=Devin D. | date=April 14–20, 2011 | url=http://alibi.com/film/36778/The-Colors-The-Colors.html | title=The Colors! The Colors! | journal=Weekly Alibi | volume=20 | issue=15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424224417/http://alibi.com/film/36778/The-Colors-The-Colors.html | archive-date=April 24, 2011 | url-status=live | access-date=October 11, 2023}}
  • April 1: Illumination's live-action/animated film, Hop is released.

=May=

  • May 1: The first episode of Raa Raa the Noisy Lion aired.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • May 3: The first episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball, Punky, and The Looney Tunes Show aired on Cartoon Network.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.punky.ie/|title=Punky - animated TV series which tells stories from the everyday life of Punky, a little girl, who has Down syndrome|website=www.punky.ie|access-date=May 15, 2020}}{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • May 22:
  • The film Kung Fu Panda 2 premiered.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • The Simpsons episode "The Ned-Liest Catch" aired, in which Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel become romantically involved, ending on a cliffhanger regarding whether or not they will stay together.{{cite web |title='Simpsons' Fans Play Cupid For New Springfield Couple 'Nedna' |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/simpsons-fans-play-cupid-for-new-springfield-couple-nedna_article_48292 |work=accesshollywood.com |publisher=NBC Universal, Inc.|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=June 1, 2011}} Viewers are invited to vote over the matter. On September 25, at the start of the new season, the next episode "The Falcon and the D'ohman" reveals that they have indeed become a couple by viewer request.{{cite web|title='Simpsons' Fans Play Cupid For New Springfield Couple 'Nedna'|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/simpsons-fans-play-cupid-for-new-springfield-couple-nedna_article_48292|work=Access Hollywood|date=2011-05-20|access-date=2011-09-09 |df=mdy-all}}

=June=

  • June 1:
  • Peter Dodd's Freddy Frogface premiered.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux' The Rabbi's Cat was released, based on Sfar's graphic novel of the same name.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • June 18: The Walt Disney Company/Pixar film Cars 2 was released, which gained negative attention over the 2006 predecessor for lacking the originality, unnecessary spy themes, and gun violence.{{cite web|last1=McFarland |first1=K.M. |title=Pixar's Best Director Is Also Its Most Underrated |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/06/pixar-directors-by-the-numbers/ |publisher=Wired |access-date=October 6, 2023 |date=June 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223020057/https://www.wired.com/2015/06/pixar-directors-by-the-numbers/ |archive-date=December 23, 2016}}
  • June 27: Nickelodeon launched a revival of Winx Club with a one-hour special.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/09/global-hit-animated-series-winx-club-comes-to-nickelodeon-starting-june-27/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204013844/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/09/global-hit-animated-series-winx-club-comes-to-nickelodeon-starting-june-27/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2016|title=Global Hit Animated Series 'Winx Club' Comes To Nickelodeon, Starting June 27|work=Screener|date=June 9, 2011}}
  • Specific date unknown: Dutch animator Rosto's The Monster of Nix was released, a mixture of live-action and animation, with the voices of Tom Waits, Terry Gilliam and The Residents.{{cite web|url=https://www.monsterofnix.com/?og=1|title=THE MONSTER OF NIX|website=www.monsterofnix.com|access-date=May 15, 2020}}

=July=

  • July 15: Winnie the Pooh is released, receiving favorable reviews. Due to John Lasseter’s involvement and devotion with the CG animation for subsequent films, this would be the last traditionally animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios{{cite news|last=Lussier|first=Germain|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/walt-disney-company-currently-not-developing-any-hand-drawn-animated-features/|title=Walt Disney Company Currently Not Developing Any Hand-Drawn Animated Features|work=/Film|date=March 6, 2013|access-date=October 7, 2023|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111215942/https://www.slashfilm.com/walt-disney-company-currently-not-developing-any-hand-drawn-animated-features/|url-status=live}} until Lasseter left Disney in 2018 and the studio announced in 2019 that there would be possibilities for more hand-drawn films in the future.{{cite news |last1=Pearson |first1=Ben |title=Walt Disney Animation Isn't Opposed to Hand-Drawn Features, Jennifer Lee Talks About Making Changes After John Lasseter's Exit [Interview] |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/hand-drawn-animation-at-walt-disney-animation/ |access-date=October 7, 2023 |work=/Film |date=September 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617185316/https://www.slashfilm.com/hand-drawn-animation-at-walt-disney-animation/ |url-status=live }}
  • July 17: Goro Miyazaki's From Up on Poppy Hill premiers.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

=August=

=September=

  • September 12: The first episode of Detentionaire airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • September 16: The film Top Cat: The Movie premiers.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • September 21: The first episode of Plim Plim airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • September 29: The Danish film Ronal the Barbarian is released.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

=October=

=November=

=December=

  • December 17: The first episode of Transformers: Rescue Bots airs.{{Cite web |title=Shows A-Z - transformers: rescue bots on dfc {{!}} TheFutonCritic.com |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/transformers-rescue-bots/listings/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}
  • December 28: Bambi and A Computer Animated Hand are added to the National Film Registry.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS2506376020111228|title='Forrest Gump,' 'Airplane' Among 25 Movies Added to National Film Registry|last=Potts|first=Kimberly|date=December 28, 2011|work=Reuters|access-date=December 20, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |website=Library of Congress|access-date=May 15, 2020}}

=Specific date unknown=

  • Robert Morgan's Bobby Yeah premiers.{{cite web |url=http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120176/bobby_yeah |title=BOBBY YEAH | Archives | Sundance Institute |publisher=Filmguide.sundance.org |access-date=2013-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200501/http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120176/bobby_yeah |archive-date=2014-05-25 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}

Awards

Films released

{{Main|List of animated feature films of 2011}}

Television series debuts

{{Main|List of animated television series of 2011}}

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rowspan=2 | January 1Off the AirAdult Swim2011–present
Dan Vs.The Hub2011–2013
January 3Wild KrattsPBS Kids2011–present
January 7Almost Naked AnimalsYTV2011–2013
January 9Bob's BurgersFox2011–present
January 14NinjagoCartoon Network, Netflix2011–2022
January 23Mongo Wrestling AllianceAdult Swim2011
January 24Bubble GuppiesNick Jr.2011–2016, 2019–present
February 5The DaVinciblesSeven Network2011–2013
February 12Pokémon: Black & WhiteCartoon Network2011–2012
rowspan=2 | February 14Jake and the Neverland Piratesrowspan=2 | Disney Junior2011–2016
Mickey's Mousekersize2011
February 28Robocar PoliEBS2011–2020
March 13BoBoiBoyTV32011–2016
March 26God, the Devil and BobNBC, Adult Swim2000; 2011
April 1Scaredy SquirrelYTV2011–2013
April 4The Problem SolverzCartoon Network2011–2013
rowspan=2 | May 3The Looney Tunes Showrowspan=2 | Cartoon Network2011–2014
The Amazing World of Gumball2011–2019
May 24Soul Quest OverdriveAdult Swim2011
June 16Voltron ForceNicktoonsrowspan=2 | 2011–2012
June 24Toy Story ToonsDisney Channel
June 27Winx Club (revival)Nickelodeon, Rai2011–2019
July 5YuruYuriTV Tokyo2011–2012, 2015
July 9Redakai: Conquer the KairuYTV2011–2013
July 29ThunderCats (reboot)rowspan=2 | Cartoon Networkrowspan=3 | 2011–2012
August 1Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
September 3Rated A for AwesomeYTV
September 19Kung Fu Panda: Legends of AwesomenessNickelodeonrowspan=2 | 2011–2016
September 22Justin TimeFamily Channel
October 2China, ILAdult Swim2011–2015
October 23Secret Millionaires ClubThe Hub2011–2014
rowspan=2 | October 27Beavis and Butt-Head (revival)rowspan=2 | MTV1993–1997, 2011
Good Vibesrowspan=2 | 2011
October 30Allen GregoryFox
rowspan=2 | November 11DC Nation Shortsrowspan=2 | Cartoon Network2011–2014
Green Lantern: The Animated Series2011–2013
November 14Minnie's Bow-ToonsDisney Junior2011–2016
November 15Black PantherBET2011
December 17Transformers: Rescue BotsThe Hub2011–2016

Television series endings

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January 17WordWorldPBS Kids2007–2011Ended
January 24Robotomyrowspan=2 | Cartoon Networkrowspan=2 | 2010–2011Cancelled
February 5Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League VictorsEnded
February 25Mickey's MousekersizeDisney Junior2011rowspan=5 | Cancelled
March 26God, the Devil and BobNBC, Adult Swim2000; 2011
April 9Sym-Bionic TitanCartoon Networkrowspan=2 | 2010–2011
May 7Zevo-3Nicktoons
May 24Soul Quest OverdriveAdult Swim2011
May 31The NutshackMyx TV2007–2011rowspan=3 | Ended
June 4Kid vs. KatDisney XD, YTV2009–2011
June 18The Mighty B!Nicktoons2008–2011
July 15Jimmy Two-ShoesDisney XD, Teletoon2009–2011Cancelled
July 16Hot Wheels Battle Force 5Cartoon Network, Teletoon2009-2011Cancelled
July 23G.I. Joe: RenegadesThe Hub2010–2011Cancelled
July 31Mongo Wrestling AllianceAdult Swim2011Cancelled
September 16Go, Diego, Go!Nick Jr.2005−2011rowspan=2 | Ended
rowspan=2 | October 14Peep and the Big Wide WorldDiscovery Kids, PBS Kids2004−2011
The Super Hero Squad ShowCartoon Network2009–2011rowspan=3 | Cancelled
November 4Ni Hao, Kai-LanNick Jr.2008–2011
November 7Glenn Martin, DDSNick at Nite2009–2011
November 12Back at the BarnyardNicktoons2007–2011rowspan=2 | Ended
November 18Batman: The Brave and the BoldCartoon Network2008–2011
November 25Take Two with Phineas and FerbDisney Channel2010–2011rowspan=3 | Cancelled
November 29Black PantherBETrowspan=2 | 2011
December 18Allen GregoryFox
rowspan=2 | December 29Beavis and Butt-Headrowspan=2 | MTV1993–1997; 2011Cancelled, until revived by Paramount+ in 2022.
Good Vibes2011Cancelled

Births

=February=

=May=

=September=

Deaths

=January=

  • January 6: Aron Kincaid, American actor (voice of Killer Croc in Batman: The Animated Series, Sky Lynx in The Transformers, the Nerdator in the Freakazoid! episode "Nerdator", Fritter O'Way in the DuckTales episode "Down and Out in Duckburg"), dies at age 70.{{cite news |last1=McLellan |first1=Dennis |title=Aron Kincaid dies at 70; actor appeared in 1960s 'beach' movies |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-aron-kincaid-20110108-story.html |access-date=March 11, 2020 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200311160927/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-aron-kincaid-20110108-story.html |archive-date=March 11, 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • January 11: Tony Geiss, American author, songwriter (Sesame Street), producer and screenwriter (Sesame Street, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Between the Lions, Play with Me Sesame), dies from complications after a fall at age 86.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/arts/television/31geiss.html|work=New York Times|title=Tony Geiss, Writer for 'Sesame Street,' Dies at 86|access-date=September 23, 2023|date=January 30, 2011|last=Berger|first=Joseph}}
  • January 13: Jack LaLanne, American fitness & nutrition guru and motivational speaker (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "The Old Man and the 'C' Student"), dies from pneumonia at age 96.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/sports/24lalanne.html|title=Jack LaLanne, Father of Fitness Movement, Dies at 96|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|date=January 24, 2011|work=The New York Times}}
  • January 26: Clément Sauvé, Canadian comic book artist and character designer (G.I. Joe: Renegades), dies from cancer at age 33.
  • January 27:
  • Boyd Kirkland, American television director (Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men: Evolution, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes), dies at age 60.Boyd Kirkland's Obituary: {{cite web | title=Boyd Kirkland Obituary | url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Boyd-Kirkland&lc=2241&pid=148243989&mid=4538268&locale=en_US}}
  • Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (voice of Elliott in Pete's Dragon), dies at age 86.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/arts/television/29callas.html| newspaper=The New York Times| first=Dennis| last=Hevesi| title=Charlie Callas, Zany Comedian, Dies| date=January 28, 2011}}

=February=

  • February 10: Bill Justice, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 97.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-feb-11-la-me-bill-justice-20110211-story.html|title=Bill Justice dies at 97; Walt Disney Studios animator worked on 'Fantasia' and 'Bambi'|author=McLellan, Dennis|date=February 11, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 12, 2011}}
  • February 12: Kenneth Mars, American actor (voice of King Triton in The Little Mermaid franchise, Tuskernini in Darkwing Duck, Professor Screweyes in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Grandpa Longneck in The Land Before Time franchise, Beethoven in the Animaniacs episode "Roll Over, Beethoven", Dr. Gunter Hunterhanker in the Freakazoid! episode "Candle Jack"), dies at age 75.{{cite news|access-date=2011-02-23|title=Kenneth Mars, veteran screen and voice actor, dies at 75|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110215-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 15, 2011}}
  • February 21: Dwayne McDuffie, American comic book writer, television producer and writer (Warner Bros. Animation), dies from complications from emergency heart surgery at age 49.{{cite news|author=McLellan, Dennis|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dwayne-mcduffie-20110224,0,2785918.story|title=Dwayne McDuffie dies at 49; comic book and animation writer|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 24, 2011}}
  • February 22: Jean Dinning, American singer (sang "Blame It on the Samba" in Melody Time), dies at age 86.

=March=

  • March 20: Johnny Pearson, English composer (Captain Pugwash), dies at age 85.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-pearson-composer-pianist-and-arranger-who-worked-on-lsquotop-of-the-popsrsquo-during-three-decades-2249980.html "Johnny Pearson: Composer, pianist and arranger who worked on ‘Top of the Pops’ during three decades"], The Independent, March 23, 2011.
  • March 23: Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (voice of Mrs. Andrews in the Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode "A Formula for Hate", Sarah in the God, the Devil and Bob episode "God's Girlfriend", Maggie Simpson and herself in The Simpsons episodes "Lisa's First Word" and "Krusty Gets Kancelled"), dies from heart failure at age 79.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/movies/elizabeth-taylor-obituary.html|title=Elizabeth Taylor, 1932–2011: A Lustrous Pinnacle of Hollywood Glamour|last=Gussow|first=Mel|date=March 23, 2011|work=The New York Times}}

=April=

  • April 4: Wayne Robson, Canadian actor (voice of Frank in The Rescuers Down Under), dies at age 64.{{cite web|work=Cbc.ca|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/red-green-regular-wayne-robson-dies-1.1007558|title=Red Green regular Wayne Robson dies|date=April 6, 2011}}
  • April 17: Osamu Dezaki, Japanese film director, producer (co-founder of Madhouse) and screenwriter, dies at age 67.{{cite magazine |last1=Dei |first1=Shirou |last2=Kodayashi |first2=Akemi |title=AIR The Movie |magazine=Newtype USA |volume=6 |issue=12 |pages=54–55 |date=December 2007 |issn=1541-4817}}{{cite web|url=http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Longtime_anime_director_Osamu_Dezaki_dead_at_67_P112470/|title=Longtime anime director Osamu Dezaki dead at 67|website=forum.bcdb.com|date=April 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117195200/http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Longtime_anime_director_Osamu_Dezaki_dead_at_67_P112470/ |archive-date=2013-01-17}}
  • April 27: Oscar Kawagley, Yup'ik anthropologist, teacher and actor (voice of Inuit Narrator in Brother Bear), dies from cancer at age 76.{{cite news |title=Yup'ik scholar Oscar Kawagley dies at 76 |url=http://www.adn.com/2011/04/26/1829502/yupik-scholar-dies-at-76.html |newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |date=April 27, 2011 |access-date=May 4, 2022}}

=May=

  • May 10: Norma Zimmer, American actress (voice of White Rose in Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 87.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/arts/music/norma-zimmer-lawrence-welks-champagne-lady-dies-at-87.html?_r=0 |title=Norma Zimmer, Lawrence Welk's 'Champagne Lady,' Dies at 87 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 May 2011}}
  • May 16: Bill Skiles, American comedian (voice of Monkeys in The Jungle Book), dies at age 79.Dennis Hevesi, [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/05/20/bill_skiles_79_was_clown__in_two_man_comedy_team/ Bill Skiles, was in comic duo], New York Times, May 20, 2011
  • May 20: Randy Savage, American professional wrestler and actor (voice of Thug in Bolt, Sasquatch in The X's, Rasslor in the Dexter's Laboratory episode of the same name, Leonard Ghostal in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Piledriver", Master Sergeant Emily Dickinson Jones in the Duck Dodgers episode "Back to the Academy", Biker in the Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? episode "Family Vacation", Gorilla in the King of the Hill episode "Bill, Bulk and the Body Buddies"), dies at age 58.{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/former-wrestler-randy-macho-man-savage-reported-dead-in-seminole-wreck/1170774|title=Former wrestler Randy 'Macho Man' Savage killed in Seminole car wreck|date=May 20, 2011|last1=Meacham|first1=Andrew|last2=Pittman|first2=Craig|work=St. Petersburg Times|access-date=May 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523074629/http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/former-wrestler-randy-macho-man-savage-reported-dead-in-seminole-wreck/1170774|archive-date=May 23, 2011}}{{Cite web |last1=Krueger |first1=Curtis |last2=Perez |first2=Luis |date=July 1, 2011 |title=Medical Examiner: Randy "Macho Man" Savage died of heart disease |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1178121.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703090643/http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1178121.ece |archive-date=July 3, 2011 |access-date=December 21, 2019 |website=St. Petersburg Times}}{{cite web |last=Kirk |first=Jason |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Randy Savage Car Crash Scene Shows Jeep Damaged By Tree |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2011/5/20/2181725/macho-man-randy-savage-dead-car-crash-jeep-wrangler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609042306/https://www.sbnation.com/2011/5/20/2181725/macho-man-randy-savage-dead-car-crash-jeep-wrangler |archive-date=June 9, 2015 |access-date=August 7, 2018 |work=SB Nation |publisher=Vox Media, Inc.}}{{cite news |date=May 23, 2011 |title=Report: Macho Man autopsy unveiled |work=Fox Sports |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/Report-Autopsy-on-Macho-Man-Randy-Savage-inconclusive-052311 |access-date=May 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811201102/http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/Report-Autopsy-on-Macho-Man-Randy-Savage-inconclusive-052311 |archive-date=August 11, 2011}}{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2011 |title=Ashes spread of 'Macho Man' Randy Savage |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2011/05/26/ashes_spread_of_macho_man_randy_savage.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225333/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2011/05/26/ashes_spread_of_macho_man_randy_savage.html |archive-date=September 16, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |website=Toronto Star}}{{cite news |author=Elliot Greenberg |first=Keith |date=May 19, 2013 |title=The Final Days of Randy 'Macho Man' Savage |work=Bleacher Report |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1643969-the-final-days-of-randy-macho-man-savage |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225144701/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1643969-the-final-days-of-randy-macho-man-savage |archive-date=December 25, 2014}}{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2011 |title=Macho Man To Be With Beloved Dog For Eternity |url=https://www.tmz.com/2011/05/23/macho-man-randy-savage-dead-dies-car-accident-heart-attack-wrestler-tampa-florida-private-service-cremated/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719161123/https://www.tmz.com/2011/05/23/macho-man-randy-savage-dead-dies-car-accident-heart-attack-wrestler-tampa-florida-private-service-cremated/ |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |website=TMZ}}
  • May 21: Bill Hunter, Australian actor (voice of Phillip Sherman in Finding Nemo, Bubo in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole), dies from liver cancer at age 71.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=May 23, 2011 |title=Bill Hunter, Actor Who Typified Australia, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/movies/bill-hunter-actor-who-typified-australia-dies-at-71.html |access-date=February 2, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=}}

=June=

  • June 18: Clarence Clemons, American musician and actor (voice of the Narrator in The Simpsons episode "Grift of the Magi"), dies from a stroke at age 69.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/arts/music/clarence-clemons-e-street-band-saxophonist-dies-at-69.html | title=Clarence Clemons, Springsteen's Soulful Sideman, Dies at 69 | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 19, 2011 | last1=Sisario | first1=Ben }}
  • June 23:
  • Peter Falk, American actor (voice of Bailey in Hubert's Brain, Don Feinberg in Shark Tale), dies from pneumonia at age 83.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/arts/television/peter-falk-columbo-actor-dies-at-83.html|title=Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor In Television's "Columbo", Dies at 83|author=Bruce Weber|date=June 24, 2011|work=The New York Times}}
  • Fred Steiner, American conductor, orchestrator, film historian, arranger and composer (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, Tiny Toon Adventures), dies from a stroke at age 88.{{cite news|first=Randy|last=Lewis|title=Fred Steiner dies at 88; Hollywood composer created 'Perry Mason' theme|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-fred-steiner-20110625,0,7265403.story|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 25, 2011}}
  • June 25: Alice Playten, American actress (voice of Gloria in Heavy Metal, Baby Lickety-Split and Baby Moondancer in Generation 1 of My Little Pony, Poindexter in Felix the Cat: The Movie, Beebe Bluff in Doug), dies at age 63.

=July=

  • July 5: Gordon Tootoosis, Saskatchewan actor (voice of Kekata in Pocahontas, Mushom in Wapos Bay, Gordy in Open Season), dies from pneumonia at age 69.{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canadian+actor+First+Nations+leader+Gordon+Tootoosis+dead/5055281/story.html|title=Canadian actor and First Nations leader Gordon Tootoosis dead at 69|last=Chung|first=Amy|work=The Vancouver Sun|date=July 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709195836/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Canadian%2Bactor%2BFirst%2BNations%2Bleader%2BGordon%2BTootoosis%2Bdead/5055281/story.html|archive-date=July 9, 2011}}
  • July 12: Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer (creator of The Brady Kids, The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet, co-wrote the song "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" which was used on Rugrats Go Wild and the Robot Chicken episode "Suck It", and "The Brady Bunch Theme" which was parodied as the "T.U.F.F. and D.O.O.M. Theme" in the T.U.F.F. Puppy episode "Share-A-Lair"), dies at age 94.{{cite news|title=Sherwood Schwartz dies: Creator of TV's "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch" was 94|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-mortem/post/sherwood-schwartz-dies-creator-of-tvs-gilligans-island-and-the-brady-bunch-was-94/2011/07/12/gIQAY9QsAI_blog.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 12, 2011}}
  • July 15: Michael Magee, Canadian actor, singer and author (voice of Cyril Sneer in The Racoons), dies at age 81.{{cite web|url=http://obitsforlife.com/obituary/375164/Magee-Michael.php|website=Obitree|title=Michael Magee Obituary}}
  • July 23: Toyoo Ashida, Japanese film director and character designer (Fist of the North Star, Vampire Hunter D, The Mysterious Cities of Gold) and producer (Studio Live), dies at age 67.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5558|title=Toyoo ASHIDA|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 15, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/618/|title=Toyoo Ashida: in Memoriam | CosmoDNA|date=June 28, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2020}}
  • July 29: Dominique Benicheti, French film director and producer, dies at age 68.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdclassik.com/personnalite/dominique-benicheti|title=Dominique Benicheti - Biographie et filmographie|website=DVDClassik|access-date=May 15, 2020}}
  • July 31: Carl Steven, American former child actor (voice of Pigpen and Franklin in Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown, Woody in Happily Ever After, Jamie Bingham in Fluppy Dogs, Fred Jones in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), dies from a drug overdose at age 36.{{cite web |url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/officials-heroin-killed-tucson-inmate/article_7c3c96d8-0176-11e1-9f56-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Officials: Heroin killed Tucson inmate |date=October 28, 2011 |work=Arizona Daily Star |access-date=March 3, 2022}}{{Cite web|last=Francis|first=Christopher|title=Heroin overdose kills Tucson inmate|url=https://www.kold.com/story/15895825/heroin-overdose-kills|access-date=2022-03-03|website=www.kold.com|date=October 28, 2011 |language=en-US}}

=August=

=September=

=October=

  • October 5:
  • Steve Jobs, American business magnate (co-founder of Pixar), dies at age 56.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html |title=Steven P. Jobs, 1955–2011: Apple's Visionary Redefined Digital Age |last=Markoff |first=John |date=October 5, 2011 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219231603/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite press release |title=Rare Pancreatic Cancer Caused Steve Jobs' Death |date=October 7, 2011 |publisher=Voice of America |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/rare-pancreatic-cancer-caused-steve-jobs-death--131317684/146265.html |access-date=October 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124162555/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Rare-Pancreatic-Cancer-Caused-Steve-Jobs-Death--131317684.html |archive-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/06/steve-jobs-apple-cofounder-dies |title=Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dies at 56 |last=Rushe |first=Dominic |date=October 6, 2011 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619055912/http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/06/steve-jobs-apple-cofounder-dies |archive-date=June 19, 2013 |location=UK}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-10/jobs-died-at-home-of-respiratory-arrest-tied-to-cancer-1-.html |title=Steve Jobs Died at Home of Respiratory Arrest Related to Pancreatic Cancer |last=Gullo |first=Karen |date=October 10, 2011 |work=Bloomberg L.P. |access-date=February 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230064410/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-10/jobs-died-at-home-of-respiratory-arrest-tied-to-cancer-1-.html |archive-date=December 30, 2011 }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/october/325041/Disney-World-flags-at-halfstaff-in-memory-of-Steve-Jobs |title=Disney World flags at half-staff in memory of Steve Jobs |date=October 6, 2011 |work=Bay News 9 |access-date=October 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213172342/http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/october/325041/Disney-World-flags-at-halfstaff-in-memory-of-Steve-Jobs |archive-date=December 13, 2011}}{{Cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1110/gallery.steve_jobs_homepage_tributes/index.html |title=Steve Jobs: The homepage tributes |last=Pepitone |first=Julianne |date=October 6, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609225235/http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1110/gallery.steve_jobs_homepage_tributes/index.html |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |publisher=CNN }}{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Apple-website-pays-tribute-to-Steve-Jobs/articleshow/10251979.cms |title=Apple website pays tribute to Steve Jobs |date=October 5, 2011 |work=The Times of India |access-date=October 7, 2011 |url-status=dead 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|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204002304576631531431248662 |title=Steve Jobs Memorial Service To Be Held Oct. 16 |date=October 15, 2011 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=November 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813052402/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576631531431248662.html |archive-date=August 13, 2013}}{{Cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/10/17/steve-jobs%E2%80%99s-family-gave-moving-words-at-sunday-memorial/ |title=Steve Jobs's Family Gave Moving Words at Sunday Memorial – Digits – WSJ |last=Vascellaro |first=Jessica E. |date=October 17, 2011 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=November 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410022201/https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/10/17/steve-jobs%E2%80%99s-family-gave-moving-words-at-sunday-memorial/ |archive-date=April 10, 2014}}{{Cite press release |title=Statement by the President on the Passing of Steve Jobs |date=October 5, 2011 |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/05/statement-president-passing-steve-jobs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210172203/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/05/statement-president-passing-steve-jobs |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/10/steve-jobs-died-of-respiratory-arrest-amid-pancreatic-tumor/ |title=Steve Jobs Died of Respiratory Arrest Amid Pancreatic Tumor |date=October 10, 2011 |publisher=ABC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122060516/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/10/steve-jobs-died-of-respiratory-arrest-amid-pancreatic-tumor/ |archive-date=January 22, 2012 |access-date=November 12, 2011 }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-jobs-idUSTRE79969E20111011 |title=Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest, tumor |last=Gupta |first=Poornima |date=October 10, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410020239/https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/11/us-apple-jobs-idUSTRE79969E20111011 |archive-date=April 10, 2014 |work=Reuters}}
  • Charles Napier, American actor (voice of Duke Phillips in The Critic, General Hardcastle in the DC Animated Universe, Cooley in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Haunted Moon", original voice of the Sheriff in Squidbillies), dies at age 75.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/movies/charles-napier-actor-who-played-strong-men-dies.html?_r=1|title=Charles Napier, Actor Who Played Tough Guys, Dies at 75|access-date=April 12, 2016|date=October 6, 2011|first=Daniel E.|last=Slotnik|work=The New York Times}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/blues-brothers-actor-charles-napier-244752 |title='Blues Brothers' Actor Charles Napier Dies at 75|work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 12, 2016|date=October 5, 2011|author=}}

=November=

  • November 4: Sarah Watt, Australian film director and animator (The Way of the Birds), dies from cancer at age 53.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-05/sarah-watt-dies-aged-53/3637600 "Australian filmmaker Sarah Watt dies"]. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Retrieved November 6, 2011.The Age, Saturday November 5, Tributes and Celebrations, p. 38
  • November 7: Joe Frazier, American professional boxer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episodes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" and "Homer's Paternity Coot"), dies from liver cancer at age 67.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sports/joe-frazier-ex-heavyweight-champ-dies-at-67.html|first1=Richard|last1=Goldstein|date=November 7, 2011|title=Joe Frazier, Ex-Heavyweight Champ, Dies at 67|newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • November 18: Mark Hall, English animator and film producer (Cosgrove Hall Films, Danger Mouse), dies from cancer at age 75.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15792282 |title=Danger Mouse co-creator Mark Hall dies |work=BBC News |date=November 8, 2011 |access-date=November 18, 2011}}
  • November 30: Zdeněk Miler, Czech animator, film director, and illustrator (The Little Mole), dies at age 90.{{cite news|url=http://blog.bcdb.com/zdenek-miler-creator-little-mole-dead-90-2335/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140905040126/http://blog.bcdb.com/zdenek-miler-creator-little-mole-dead-90-2335/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2014 |title=Zdenek Miler, creator of "Little Mole," dead at 90 |first=Ethan |last=Minovitz |newspaper=Big Cartoon News }}{{cite web |url=http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrel-zdenek-miler-otec-krtecka-ktereho-nam-zavidi-hollywood-p6x-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A111130_175646_filmvideo_jaz |title=Zemřel Zdeněk Miler. Otec Krtečka, kterého nám závidí Hollywood |language=cs |date=30 November 2011 |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630041021/http://kultura.idnes.cz/zemrel-zdenek-miler-otec-krtecka-ktereho-nam-zavidi-hollywood-p6x-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A111130_175646_filmvideo_jaz |archive-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|first=Josef|last=Kolina|url=https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/potomci-slavnych-neplati-za-hroby-misto-bude-tvurce-krtecka_228440.html|title=Potomci slavných neplatí za hroby. Místo bude tvůrce Krtečka|work=tyden.cz|language=cs|date=20 March 2012|access-date=24 December 2022}}

=December=

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?genres=animation&release_date=2011-01-01,2011-12-31&sort=num_votes,desc&adult=include Animated works of the year], listed in the IMDb

{{Years of animation}}