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This is a list of events in animation in 2014.

Events

January

  • January 12:
    couch gag is animated by Bill Plympton, the third time he has done so. In the same episode, the long-time single Comic Book Guy marries manga artist Kumiko Nakamura.[1]

February

March

April

May

June

  • In Belgium Karolien Raeymaekers makes an animated short, Oma, about her late grandmother, as her final exam for the KASK film school in Ghent. The film will be posted on Cartoon Brew later that year and win several awards.[7][8][9]

August

September

  • September 28:
    • Fox replaces its
      Sunday Funday
      in move to acknowledge that an hour of the Sunday night schedule has live-action sitcoms and is no longer fully made up of animated shows.
    • couch gag being animated by Don Hertzfeldt. It had been announced months earlier that a recurring character would die. This character's identity is revealed: Hyman Krustofsky, father of Krusty the Clown.[10]
    • "The Simpsons Guy", a crossover episode between The Simpsons and Family Guy, is first broadcast.[11]

October

  • October 2: Alan Becker releases "Animator vs Animation IV" on YouTube
  • October 13: Hub Network is rebranded as Discovery Family; Hasbro remains a minority partner and programs the network's daytime lineup with children's animated programs carried over from Hub Network, while its primetime lineup was replaced with reruns of non-fiction programs from Discovery Channel's library.

November

December

Awards

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2014

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2014
Date Title Channel Year
January 7 Numb Chucks YTV 2014–2016
January 9 Go! Go! 575 Tokyo MX 2014
January 13 Chozen FX
January 18 Pokémon the Series: XY Cartoon Network
January 20 Sheriff Callie's Wild West Disney Junior 2014–2017
February 3 Wallykazam! Nick Jr.
February 12 Mixels Cartoon Network 2014–2016
February 17 Breadwinners Nickelodeon
March 12 Nerds and Monsters YTV
April 2 TripTank Comedy Central
April 9 The Tom and Jerry Show Cartoon Network, Boomerang 2014–2021
April 11 Piggy Tales Toons.TV 2014-2019
April 14
Clarence
 Cartoon Network 2014–2018
May 2 Space Racers PBS Kids, Universal Kids
May 23 Tumble Leaf Amazon Video 2014–2019
July 7 The 7D Disney XD 2014–2016
July 12 Astroblast! Universal Kids 2014–2015
August 18 Dora and Friends: Into the City! Nick Jr. 2014–2017
August 22 BoJack Horseman Netflix 2014–2020
September 21 Mr. Pickles Adult Swim 2014–2019
September 22 Jorel's Brother
Cartoon Network Brazil
 2014–2022
October 3 Star Wars Rebels Disney XD 2014–2018
October 13 Blaze and the Monster Machines Nick Jr. 2014–present
October 27 Stone Quackers FXX 2014–2015
Mike Tyson Mysteries Adult Swim 2014–2020
November 1 Angry Birds Stella Toons.TV 2014-2016
November 3 Over the Garden Wall Cartoon Network 2014
November 8 Sonic Boom 2014–2017
November 26 VeggieTales in the House Netflix 2014–2016
December 5 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Disney XD 2014–2017
December 19 All Hail King Julien Netflix

Television series endings

Date Title Channel Year Notes
February 8 Monsters vs. Aliens Nickelodeon 2013–2014 Cancelled
March 7 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Cartoon Network 2008–2014 Cancelled, until revived by Disney+ in 2020.
March 31 Chozen FX 2014 Cancelled
April 4 Fish Hooks Disney Channel 2010–2014 Ended
June 5 Dora the Explorer Nickelodeon 2000–2014 Cancelled, until the unaired episodes premiered in 2019.
June 7 Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch Hub Network 2013–2014 Cancelled
June 23 The Boondocks Adult Swim 2005–2014 Ended
July 18 Total Drama Cartoon Network 2008–2014
July 20 Superjail! Adult Swim 2007–2014
August 2 DC Nation Shorts Cartoon Network 2011–2014
September 28 Beware the Batman Adult Swim 2013–2014
October 22 NFL Rush Zone Nicktoons 2010–2014
November 7 Over the Garden Wall Cartoon Network 2014
November 14 Ben 10: Omniverse 2012–2014
November 18 Martha Speaks PBS Kids 2008–2014
December 19 The Legend of Korra Nick.com 2012–2014
December 20 Pokémon the Series: XY Cartoon Network 2014
December 25 Johnny Test 2009–2014 Cancelled, until revived by Netflix in 2021.

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See also

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