List of years in animation

1890s

• 1895 - Release of the film The Execution of Mary Stuart, directed by Alfred Clark. It is the first known film to use special effects, specifically the stop trick. Stop motion is closely related to the stop trick, in which the camera is temporarily stopped during the recording of a scene to create a change before filming is continued (or for which the cause of the change is edited out of the film). In the resulting film, the change will be sudden and a logical cause of the change will be mysteriously absent or replaced with a fake cause that is suggested in the scene. The technique of stop motion can be interpreted as repeatedly applying the stop trick.
• 1896 - Auguste Berthier published an article about the history of stereoscopic images in French scientific magazine Le Cosmos, which included his method of creating an autostereogram.
• 1897 - The Captain and the Kids is created by Rudolph Dirks and debuted December 12, 1897. ; William Harbutt developed plasticine in 1897. To promote his educational "Plastic Method" he made a handbook that included several photographs that displayed various stages of creative projects. The images suggest phases of motion or change, but the book probably did not have a direct influence on claymation films. Still, the plasticine product would become the favourite product for clay animators, as it did not dry and harden (unlike normal clay) and was much more malleable than its harder and greasier Italian predecessor plasteline.
• 1898 - The German toy manufacturer Gebrüder Bing introduced their toy "kinematograph", at a toy convention in Leipzig . Other companies soon start production of toy cinematographs and production of cheaper films by printing lithographed drawings. These animations were probably made in black-and-white. The pictures were often traced from live-action films (much like the later rotoscoping technique).
• 1899 - French trick film pioneer Georges Méliès claimed to have invented the stop trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterforms.

1900s

• 1900 – J. Stuart Blackton and Thomas Edison create The Enchanted Drawing, the first film to feature groundbreaking animated sequences.
• 1901 - Dolly’s Toys. British trick film, directed by Arthur Melbourne-Cooper. It may have used stop-motion animation, or a variant of the stop-action technique previously used by Walter R. Booth.
• 1902 - Fun in a Bakery Shop. Edwin S. Porter used stop-motion animation to depict clay loaves being sculpted into faces. The film's plot was only the pretext of showcasing the skills of a fast sculptor.
• 1903 - The inventor Frederic Eugene Ives receives U.S. patent 725,567 for his "parallax stereogram", the first "no glasses" autostereoscopic 3-D display technology. It helps introduce the animation technique of barrier-grid animation and stereography. Ives' method is then modífied by Eugène Estanave to introduce a method of animated stereoscopic photography.
• 1904 -The Enchanted Toymaker (United Kingdom), combined live-action and stop-motion animation.
• 1905 - How Jones Lost His Roll, the first example of stop-motion animation in American film.; The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog, early example of cutout animation
• 1906 - Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, The House of Ghosts
• 1907 - Katsudō Shashin, the oldest known work of animation from Japan.
• 1908 – Fantasmagorie, considered by animation historians as the world's first cartoon, is released.
• 1909 –To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly

1910s

• 1910 – The Clown and His Donkey
• 1911 – Little Nemo
• 1912 – How a Mosquito Operates
• 1913 – Colonel Heeza Liar
• 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur
• 1915 – Farmer Al Falfa, Bobby Bumps
• 1916 – Mutt and Jeff, Krazy Kat
• 1917 – El Apóstol (the first full-length animated feature film)
• 1918 – The Sinking of the Lusitania, Judge Rummy, Out of the Inkwell
• 1919 – Felix the Cat

1920s

• 1920 – The Van Beuren Corporation is founded.
• 1921 – Fleischer Studios is founded.
• 1922 – The Mad Locomotive
• 1923 – Alice Comedies, Walt Disney Animation Studios is founded.
• 1924 – Dinky Doodle
• 1925 – Opus IV, Pete
• 1926 – The Adventures of Prince Achmed
• 1927 – First appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Trolley Troubles. He appears in Poor Papa, which is made earlier in 1927, but it is rejected by Universal Pictures and not released until 1928.
• 1928 – Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in Steamboat Willie, the first ever synchronized cartoon with sound.
• 1929 – Silly Symphonies, Talkartoons, Terrytoons is founded.

1930s

• 1930 – Looney Tunes, Betty Boop, The Chain Gang (first appearance of Pluto)
• 1931 – Merrie Melodies, Scrappy, Toby the Pup, Flip the Frog
• 1932 – Flowers and Trees (the first Silly Symphony cartoon in colour and winner of the first Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film), Goofy, Puppetoons
• 1933 – Fanny Zilch, Popeye the Sailor, Father Noah's Ark, Three Little Pigs
• 1934 – Color Rhapsody, Donald Duck, Cri-Cri
• 1935 – Puddy the Pup, Porky Pig, Molly Moo-Cow, The Cookie Carnival
• 1936 – Three Blind Mouseketeers, Kiko the Kangaroo, Moving Day
• 1937 – Daffy Duck, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (the first American full-length animated feature film)
• 1938 – Gandy Goose, Ferdinand the Bull
• 1939 – Ugly Duckling, Barney Bear, Andy Panda, Dinky Duck, Gulliver's Travels; National Film Board of Canada is founded.

1940s

• 1940 – Woody Woodpecker, Tom and Jerry, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bugs Bunny, Halas and Batchelor is founded
• 1941 – Raggedy Ann and Andy, Dumbo, Superman, Princess Iron Fan, Mr. Bug Goes to Town, The Reluctant Dragon, The Fox and the Crow, UPA is founded
• 1942 – Bambi, Mighty Mouse, Saludos Amigos, How to Play Baseball, Mickey's Birthday Party, Tweety, Famous Studios is founded
• 1943 – Droopy, Red Hot Riding Hood, Little Lulu, Victory Through Air Power, Chip n' Dale, Kumo to Tulip, Chicken Little
• 1944 – The Three Caballeros, Screwy Squirrel
• 1945 – Casper the Friendly Ghost, Pepé Le Pew, Sylvester the Cat
• 1946 – Make Mine Music, Song of the South, George and Junior, Heckle and Jeckle, Bubble and Squeek, Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg; The Tinderbox
• 1947 – Buzzy the Crow, Fun and Fancy Free, Slap Happy Lion, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Humpbacked Horse, The Czech Year, Little Audrey
• 1948 – Melody Time, Little Tinker, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Animaland, Happy Holidays
• 1949 – The Adventures of Pow Wow, The Dynamite Brothers, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Mr. Magoo, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Crusader Rabbit (the first ever animated television series)

1950s

• 1950 – Baby Huey, Cinderella, Gerald McBoing-Boing, Herman and Katnip, The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican, Johnny the Giant Killer
• 1951 – Terry Bears, Alice in Wonderland
• 1952 – Tony the Tiger (from Kellogg's Frosted Flakes), The Scarlet Flower, The Snow Maiden, Lambert the Sheepish Lion, The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
• 1953 – Peter Pan, Chilly Willy
• 1954 – Animal Farm, Tasmanian Devil
• 1955 – Lady and the Tramp (becoming the first animated film to be filmed in CinemaScope), Mickey Mouse Club, Speedy Gonzales
• 1956 - The Gumby Show, The Twelve Months; Toei Animation is founded.
• 1957 – Let's All Go to the Lobby, The Snow Queen, Hergé's Adventures of Tintin; Hanna-Barbera is founded, followed by the first broadcast of its first show, The Ruff and Reddy Show.
• 1958 – The Huckleberry Hound Show, The White Snake Enchantress, Paul Bunyan, The Fabulous World of Jules Verne, Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown
• 1959 – Matty's Funday Funnies, Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, Sleeping Beauty, 1001 Arabian Nights, Hector Heathcote, Hashimoto-san, The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Loopy de Loop

1960s

• 1960 – The Flintstones, The Bugs Bunny Show, Goliath II, Deputy Dawg, King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, Inspector Willoughby, Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
• 1961 – The Dick Tracy Show, Calvin and the Colonel, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Alvin Show, The Dudley Do-Right Show, Top Cat, Surogat, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, The Yogi Bear Show
• 1962 – The Beany and Cecil Show, The Jetsons, Gay Purr-ee, The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (Wally Gator, Touché Turtle and Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har), The Beary Family, Filmation, Tatsunoko Productions and Nippon Animation are founded
• 1963 – Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, Astro Boy (the first ever anime television series), The Sword in the Stone, DePatie–Freleng Enterprises is founded
• 1964 – Linus the Lionhearted, Mary Poppins, The Pink Panther, Hoppity Hooper, Jonny Quest, Underdog, Peter Potamus and his Magic Flying Balloon, The Magilla Gorilla Show, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), The Porky Pig Show
• 1965 – A Charlie Brown Christmas (first Peanuts TV special), Nudnik, The Magic Roundabout, The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, The New 3 Stooges, The Dot and the Line, The Astronut Show, Roger Ramjet, Milton the Monster, Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt
• 1966 – Winnie the Pooh featurettes, Space Ghost, Trumptonshire trilogy, Ultra Series, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Kimba the White Lion anime series, Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table, Batfink, Space Kidettes, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles, The Marvel Super Heroes, The Road Runner Show
• 1967 – Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, The Jungle Book, Asterix, Shazzan, George of the Jungle, Speed Racer, Spider-Man, The Bear That Wasn't, The Herculoids, Jack and the Beanstalk, Fantastic Four, Reksio, Cool Cat, Merlin the Magic Mouse, Tom Slick, Super Chicken, The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure
• 1968 – Yellow Submarine, Wacky Races, The Herbs, The Archie Show, The Little Drummer Boy, Shonen Jump is published for the first time, The Batman/Superman Hour, The Adventures of Batman
• 1969 – Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969), Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots, Nu, pogodi!, Clangers, Moomin, Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, Cattanooga Cats, Frosty the Snowman, It's Tough to Be a Bird; The Archies release "Sugar, Sugar", A Boy Named Charlie Brown, Here Comes the Grump.

1970s

• 1970 – The Aristocats, Broom-Hilda, The Phantom Tollbooth, Josie and the Pussycats, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, Harlem Globetrotters, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the Groovie Goolies
• 1971 – The Funky Phantom, Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!, Mr Benn, Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, La Linea, A Cat in the Hat; Nelvana is founded
• 1972 – Fritz the Cat (bringing in the age of adult animation), The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Calimero, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The Merrie Melodies Show; Aardman is founded; the 1st Annie Awards are awarded.
• 1973 – Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog, Piconzé, Doraemon, Schoolhouse Rock!, The Wombles, Heavy Traffic, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Johnny Corncob, Charley Says, Robin Hood, Speed Buggy, Charlotte's Web, Fantastic Planet, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, Super Friends, Super Friends (1973)
• 1974 – Roobarb, Hong Kong Phooey, Bagpuss, Mio Mao, Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Closed Mondays
• 1975 – Maya the Honey Bee, Tubby the Tuba, Great, Mr. Men, Hedgehog in the Fog, Hugo the Hippo, Bod, Grape Ape, Ivor the Engine, Paddington Bear, The Hoober-Bloob Highway, The Tom and Jerry Show
• 1976 – Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Chorlton and the Wheelies, The Red and the Blue, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, Allegro Non Troppo, The Scooby-Doo Show
• 1977 – Laff-A-Lympics, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Morph Wizards, The Rescuers, Baggy Pants and the Nitwits, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, The Hobbit, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, Dot and the Kangaroo, The Flumps, CB Bears, The Sand Castle, Halloween Is Grinch Night, Ludwig, The New Adventures of Batman, The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour, The All-New Super Friends Hour, Ruby-Spears Productions is founded
• 1978 – Watership Down (first animated feature film to be presented in Dolby Stereo), Future Boy Conan, The Lord of the Rings, Ringing Bell, Galaxy Express 999, Battle of the Planets, The Fabulous Funnies, Special Delivery, Fangface, The Small One, The New Fantastic Four, Challenge of the Superfriends
• 1979 – The New Shmoo, Tale of Tales, Banjo the Woodpile Cat, The Castle of Cagliostro, Anne of Green Gables, What-a-Mess, Nutcracker Fantasy, Mobile Suit Gundam, Spider-Woman, Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Doraemon, The World's Greatest SuperFriends

1980s

• 1980 – The Amazing Adventures of Morph, Dingbat and the Creeps, Richie Rich, Strawberry Shortcake, Heathcliff, Thundarr the Barbarian, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, Super Friends (1980), Astro Boy
• 1981 – The Smurfs, Danger Mouse (1981), Postman Pat, American Pop, Heavy Metal, The Fox and the Hound, Willo the Wisp, Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, Urusei Yatsura, Crac, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Spider-Man
• 1982 – Pink Floyd - The Wall, The Secret of NIMH, The Snowman, SuperTed, The Last Unicorn, Monica and Friends, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Pac-Man, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Tron, The Plague Dogs, Hey Good Lookin', Ziggy's Gift, Les Maîtres du temps, Here Comes Garfield, The Incredible Hulk
• 1983 – He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Golgo 13: The Professional, The Wind in the Willows, Crusher Joe, Inspector Gadget, Henry's Cat, Bananaman, The Biskitts, Rock & Rule (first animated feature film to use computer graphics), Katy, Fire and Ice, Mrs. Pepperpot (TV series), Nanako SOS, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Twice Upon a Time, Chronopolis, Mr. T, Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel, Dallos (first animated production released exclusively on direct-to-video), The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
• 1984 – Snorks,The Transformers, The Camel Boy, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Gallavants, Fist of the North Star, The Adventures of André & Wally B., Voltron, Rainbow Brite, The Family-Ness, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, The Trap Door, Rupert and the Frog Song, Muppet Babies, Lensman , Challenge of the GoBots, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
• 1985 – Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Care Bears, ThunderCats, The Raccoons, Galtar and the Golden Lance, Paw Paws, The Wuzzles, Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, M.A.S.K., Jem, The Black Cauldron, Dirty Pair, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, Ewoks, Star Wars: Droids, She-Ra: Princess of Power; Studio Ghibli is founded
• 1986 – Foofur, The Great Mouse Detective, My Little Pony, An American Tail, Castle in the Sky, The Transformers: The Movie, The Real Ghostbusters, Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale, The Raggy Dolls, When the Wind Blows, Pound Puppies, Dragon Ball, Pingu; Pixar is founded, along with its first short film Luxo Jr., A Greek Tragedy, Transformers: Scramble City, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
• 1987 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Pet Monster, DuckTales, Fireman Sam, The Adventures of Spot, ALF: The Animated Series, Beverly Hills Teens, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, Once Upon a Time... Life, The Chipmunk Adventure, The Brave Little Toaster, Bubblegum Crisis, Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater, The Man Who Planted Trees, Gandahar, Transformers: The Headmasters; Blue Sky Studios is founded.
• 1988 – Who Framed Roger Rabbit, My Neighbor Totoro, Akira, The Land Before Time, Charlie Chalk, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Count Duckula, Grave of the Fireflies, Tin Toy, Oliver & Company, Garfield and Friends, City Hunter, Alice, Technological Threat, Fantastic Max, Topo Gigio, Transformers: Super-God Masterforce, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
• 1989 – The Simpsons, Wallace and Gromit, The Little Mermaid (starting off the Disney Renaissance), The BFG, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Babar, The Karate Kid, Beetlejuice, Ranma ½, Kiki's Delivery Service, Creature Comforts, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Muzzy, Los Trotamusicos, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli, Alfred J. Kwak, Dink, the Little Dinosaur, Happily Ever After, Knick Knack, The Butter Battle Book, Transformers: Victory, X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men

1990s

• 1990 – The Rescuers Down Under, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Tiny Toon Adventures, TaleSpin, Bobby's World, Transformers: Zone, Tom & Jerry Kids, Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends, The New Adventures of He-Man; Nickelodeon Animation is founded
• 1991 – Beauty and the Beast, Where's Wally?, Rock-a-Doodle, the first three Nicktoons (Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show), Darkwing Duck, Only Yesterday, Æon Flux, Wish Kid, A Bunch of Munsch, Taz-Mania, Manipulation
• 1992 – Aladdin, Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala, Batman: The Animated Series, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Eek! the Cat, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, X-Men, Crayon Shin-Chan, Porco Rosso, Goof Troop, Fish Police, Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Moon, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, King Arthur and the Knights of Justice, The Spirit of Christmas , The Plucky Duck Show; Cartoon Network is launched
• 1993 – The Adventures of Blinky Bill, Swat Kats, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Animaniacs, Beavis and Butt-Head, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, VeggieTales, 2 Stupid Dogs, Family Dog, The Thief and the Cobbler, Rocko's Modern Life, Madeline, Bonkers, Exosquad, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog, Biker Mice From Mars, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Bob's Birthday, Transformers: Generation 2, Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
• 1994 – The Lion King, Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park, Spider-Man, The Swan Princess, The Tick, Duckman, Pom Poko, ReBoot, Magic Adventures of Mumfie, Gargoyles, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Bump in the Night, The Magic School Bus, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Mega Man, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Mobile Fighter G Gundam; DreamWorks Animation is founded
• 1995 – Toy Story, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid!, Ghost in the Shell, M&M's Spokescandies, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Whisper of the Heart, The Critic, The Pebble and the Penguin, Pocahontas, Wolves, Witches and Giants, Earthworm Jim, Little Bear, Balto, A Goofy Movie, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, Bugs 'n' Daffy
• 1996 – Dexter's Laboratory, Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series, Hey Arnold!, James and the Giant Peach, Blue's Clues, Space Jam, Arthur, Adventures From The Book of Virtues, KaBlam!, Big Bag, Superman: The Animated Series, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pond Life, Quest, Beast Wars: Transformers, The Incredible Hulk, After War Gundam X, Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend
• 1997 – Perfect Blue, Pokémon, South Park, Princess Mononoke, Anastasia, The Wacky World of Tex Avery, Todd MacFarlane's Spawn, The Old Lady and the Pigeons, Johnny Bravo, King of the Hill, Daria, Hercules, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Angry Beavers, Cats Don't Dance, Space Goofs, Recess, Santa vs. the Snowman, Caillou, The New Batman Adventures, The New Batman/Superman Adventures
• 1998 – The Powerpuff Girls, Cowboy Bepop, Oggy and the Cockroaches, CatDog, Cardcaptor Sakura, Kirikou and the Sorceress, Histeria!, Rolie Polie Olie, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, Bob and Margaret, Bunny, The Wild Thornberrys, Antz, A Bug's Life, Mulan, Quest for Camelot, The Prince of Egypt, Angry Kid, Serial Experiments Lain, Rex the Runt, Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers, Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call!, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Silver Surfer, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
• 1999 – Dragon Tales, One Piece, Family Guy, SpongeBob SquarePants, Sabrina, The Animated Series, The Iron Giant, Futurama, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, My Neighbours the Yamadas, Tarzan (tenth and last Disney Renaissance film), Toy Story 2, Fantasia 2000, Digimon: Digital Monsters, Happy Tree Friends, Ed, Edd 'n Eddy, Batman Beyond, Home Movies, Olive the Other Reindeer, Robbie the Reindeer, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Rocket Power, Mega Babies, Beast Machines: Transformers,The Old Man and the Sea, Bob the Builder, Dilbert, Manuelita, Mike, Lu and Og, Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo, The Avengers: United They Stand, Spider-Man Unlimited, Turn A Gundam, Digimon Adventure; Xilam Animation is founded

2000s

• 2000 – Dora the Explorer, Help! I'm a Fish, 3-2-1 Penguins!, Chicken Run, Titan A.E., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Static Shock, As Told By Ginger, Teacher's Pet, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, The Emperor's New Groove, The Road to El Dorado, For the Birds, Sheep in the Big City, Dinosaur, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Inuyasha, Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, X-Men: Evolution, Digimon Adventure 02
• 2001 – Shrek (which wins the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature), The Fairly OddParents, Invader Zim, Samurai Jack, Spirited Away, Grim & Evil, House of Mouse, Oswald, Time Squad, El Nombre, Monsters, Inc.,Waking Life, Lloyd in Space, Justice League, Yu-Gi-Oh!, The Proud Family, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Metropolis, Stanley, Totally Spies!, Braceface, Beyblade, Tootuff, Osmosis Jones, Digimon Tamers, The Zeta Project, Evil Con Carne; Gorillaz release their self-titled debut album; Cartoon Network launches Adult Swim.
• 2002 – Ice Age, Naruto, Lilo & Stitch, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, Cyberchase, A Town Called Panic (2002), Filmore!, Clone High, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Ozzy & Drix, ChalkZone, ¡Mucha Lucha!, Kim Possible, Treasure Planet, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!,Transformers: Armada, Teamo Supremo, The ChubbChubbs!, Max and Ruby, Codename: Kids Next Door, Kaput and Zosky, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Digimon Frontier, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Baby Looney Tunes, Kiddy Grade, Ace Lightning, 3-South, Pokémon Chronicles, Stargate Infinity, MegaMan NT Warrior, Princess Tutu, Please Teacher!, Liberty's Kids, Witch Hunter Robin, Max & Ruby, Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Mr. Bean: The Animated Series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• 2003 – The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, All Grown Up!, Finding Nemo, The Triplets of Belleville, Teen Titans, Xiaolin Showdown, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Brother Bear, Tokyo Godfathers, Creature Comforts (TV series), The Venture Bros., Pororo the Little Penguin, Harvie Krumpet, Making Fiends, JoJo's Circus, Code Lyoko, Crazy Frog, The Jungle Book 2, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Watch My Chops, Zatch Bell!, Duck Dodgers, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, Hot Wheels: World Race, Astro Boy, New Fist of the North Star, The Koala Brothers, Jacob Two-Two, Kaleido Star, Eddsworld, KikoRiki, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Stripperella, Ninja Scroll: The Series, Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", Monkey Dust, Martin Mystery, Tutenstein, Last Exile, Gungrave, Sonic X, Red vs. Blue, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Fullmetal Alchemist, The Animatrix, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
• 2004 – The Incredibles,Transformers: Energon,Bleach, 6teen, Megas XLR, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Drawn Together, Shrek 2, The Venture Bros., Shark Tale, Howl's Moving Castle, The Polar Express, Atomic Betty, Peppa Pig, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Danny Phantom, The Backyardigans, Home on the Range, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Winx Club, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, Clifford's Really Big Movie, Pencilmation, Maya & Miguel, W.I.T.C.H., Shorties Watchin' Shorties, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, The Super Milk Chan Show, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Dark Oracle, Le Portrait de Petit Cossette, Perfect Hair Forever, Higglytown Heroes, Peep and the Big Wide World, My-HiME, Dragon Booster, Stroker & Hoop, Father of the Pride, Tripping the Rift, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Salad Fingers, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Dave the Barbarian, Tom Goes to the Mayor, The Batman, Justice League Unlimited, Samurai Champloo
• 2005 – Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pocoyo, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Corpse Bride, American Dad!, Robots, Chicken Little (2005), Madagascar,Transformers: Cybertron,The X's, 9, Xuxinha e Guto contra os Monstros do Espaço, The Boondocks, 12 oz. Mouse, Robot Chicken, Camp Lazlo, Krypto the Superdog, Charlie and Lola, Squidbillies, Robotboy, Little Einsteins, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, American Dragon: Jake Long, The Buzz on Maggie, Being Ian, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Johnny Test, Catscratch, Anabel, Ben 10, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor, Jane and the Dragon, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, Bratz, A.T.O.M., Loonatics Unleashed, Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil, Hell Girl, Go, Diego, Go!, How It Should Have Ended, Doraemon, Blood+, Wonder Showzen, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Moral Orel; Gorillaz release Demon Days; Laika is founded.
• 2006 – Growing Up Creepie, Happy Feet, Death Note, Yin Yang Yo!, Curious George, Cars, Ruby Gloom, Monster House, Wonder Pets!, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Squirrel Boy, Class of 3000, The Replacements, Shorty McShorts' Shorts, Over the Hedge, Flushed Away, Handy Manny, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Code Geass, Pucca, Peter and the Wolf, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Danish Poet, Paprika, Open Season, Metalocalypse, Legion of Super-Heroes, Minuscule, The Secret Show, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, Digimon Data Squad, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Assy McGee, Kappa Mikey, El Chavo Animado, Horrid Henry, , Witchblade, Ōban Star-Racers, Galactik Football, Tom and Jerry Tales, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, The Emperor's New School, Frisky Dingo, Ergo Proxy, Black Lagoon, Dragon Hunters
• 2007 – Phineas and Ferb, Ratatouille, Edgar & Ellen,Transformers: Animated,Sea Princesses, Clang Invasion, Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy, The Simpsons Movie, Enchanted, Total Drama, Hatsune Miku, Meet the Robinsons, Christmas Is Here Again, Persepolis, Chowder, Surf's Up, WordGirl, Will and Dewitt, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Shaun the Sheep, Back at the Barnyard, Code Monkeys, Bo on the Go!, Sushi Pack, Chop Socky Chooks, The Drinky Crow Show, Ani*Kuri15, Storm Hawks, Ghost Hound, Out of Jimmy's Head, The Land Before Time, Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World, The Infinite Quest, Super Why!, George of the Jungle, Lil' Bush, Jefferson Anderson, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Code Monkeys, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Xavier: Renegade Angel, Superjail!, Darker than Black, Gurren Lagann; Chris Meledandri leaves 20th Century Fox Animation to form his own company Illumination
• 2008 – Kung Fu Panda, Ponyo, Sid the Science Kid, The Mr. Men Show, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Martha Speaks, Chuggington, WALL-E, BURN-E, Waltz with Bashir, Making Fiends, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Kid vs. Kat, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Tinker Bell, Bolt, Horton Hears a Who!, The Mighty B!, Simon's Cat, Willa's Wild Life, As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa, Sita Sings the Blues, Random! Cartoons, Spaceballs: The Animated Series, Domo TV, Chaos;Head, Macross Frontier, Chhota Bheem, Michiko & Hatchin, Time of Eve, Wakfu, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Inazuma Eleven, The Secret Saturdays, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, The Garfield Show, Cars Toons, The Life & Times of Tim, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Ben 10: Alien Force, The Penguins of Madagascar, The Heroes, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, Stitch!
• 2009 – Fanboy and Chum Chum, Coraline, Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Mary and Max, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Prep & Landing, Archer, A Town Called Panic, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Spliced, Summer Wars, The Secret of Kells, Compare the Meerkat, Logorama, Special Agent Oso, The Gruffalo, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps, Fishtronaut, Masha and the Bear, Pixel Pinkie, League of Super Evil, Little Krishna, Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series, Titan Maximum, Jimmy Two-Shoes, Casper's Scare School, G.I. Joe: Resolute, Glenn Martin, DDS, Timmy Time, The Goode Family, Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, Dinosaur Train, Sit Down, Shut Up, The Super Hero Squad Show, Annoying Orange, Stoked, K-On!, The Cleveland Show, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Wolverine and the X-Men, Marvel Superheroes: What the--?!

2010s

• 2010 – Adventure Time, How to Train Your Dragon, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Despicable Me, Alphablocks, Toy Story 3, Tangled, The Ricky Gervais Show, The Illusionist, Chico and Rita, Team Umizoomi, A Cat in Paris, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Regular Show, Talking Tom & Friends, Young Justice, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Zig & Sharko, Fish Hooks, Mad, Sidekick,Transformers: Prime,Megamind, Carrapatos e Catapultas, Oscar's Oasis, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, Neighbors from Hell, Monster High, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention, G.I. Joe: Renegades, Marvel Anime, Angelo Rules, Planet Sheen, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Sym-Bionic Titan, Ugly Americans, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Angel Beats!, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, , Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Black Panther, Digimon Fusion; Gorillaz release Plastic Beach and The Fall
• 2011 – Bubble Guppies, Bob's Burgers, The Adventures of Tintin, Rango, The Amazing World of Gumball, Arthur Christmas,Transformers: Rescue Bots,Rio, Puss in Boots, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Jelly Jamm, Robocar Poli, Trunk Train, FloopaLoo, Where Are You?, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Scaredy Squirrel, Crash Canyon, Larva, Good Vibes, Tiger & Bunny, Dan Vs., Almost Naked Animals,The Problem Solverz, Allen Gregory, Ninjago, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, ThunderCats, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Looney Tunes Show, Wild Kratts, Blood-C, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, China, IL, Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
• 2012 – Gravity Falls, The Animator's Survival Kit is published, ParaNorman, The Legend of Korra, Brave, Wreck-It Ralph, Hotel Transylvania, Littlest Pet Shop, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Robot and Monster, Paperman, Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, Dumb Ways to Die, Ernest & Celestine, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Maya the Bee, DreamWorks Dragons, Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199, Wild Grinders, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Girls und Panzer, Fugget About It, Slugterra, Unsupervised, Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, Napoleon Dynamite, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Ben 10: Omniverse, Tron: Uprising, Ultimate Spider-Man, Brickleberry, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Black Dynamite, Bravest Warriors
• 2013 – Frozen, Rick and Morty, Attack on Titan, Epic, Sanjay and Craig, The Wind Rises, Steven Universe, Numb Chucks, The Croods, Teen Titans Go!, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Boy and the World, Hubert and Takako, Doki (2013), Camp Lakebottom, Grojband, PAW Patrol, Uncle Grandpa, Packages from Planet X, The Day My Butt Went Psycho!, Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids,Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising,Turbo, RWBY, Wander Over Yonder, Mickey Mouse (2013), Transformers Go!, Little Witch Academia, Angry Birds Toons, Golan the Insatiable, Lucas Bros. Moving Co., Legends of Chima, Xiaolin Chronicles, Max Steel, Monsters vs. Aliens, The Awesomes, Rabbids Invasion, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Bee and PuppyCat, Beware the Batman, Axe Cop, Avengers Assemble, Ghost in the Shell: Arise
• 2014 – Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Rio 2, BoJack Horseman, Over the Garden Wall, Big Hero 6, The Book of Life, The Boxtrolls, Star Wars Rebels, Clarence, Kate & Mim-Mim, When Marnie Was There, Tumble Leaf, Song of the Sea, Earth to Luna!, Jorel's Brother, The Lego Movie, Numb Chucks, Breadwinners, The 7D, Lava , All Hail King Julien, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Hey Duggee, Chozen, Sailor Moon Crystal, Mike Tyson Mysteries, Sonic Boom, Mr. Pickles, The Tom and Jerry Show, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, Gundam Reconguista in G, Little Astro Boy
• 2015 – Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, F Is for Family, Minions, We Bare Bears, Pickle & Peanut, Supernoobs, Anomalisa,Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015),Home, The Little Prince, The Peanuts Movie, Atomic Puppet, Puffin Rock, New Looney Tunes, Descendants: Wicked World, SuperMansion, Mighty Magiswords, Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, PJ Masks, Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks, Pickle and Peanut, Thunderbirds Are Go, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Harvey Beaks, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vixen, DC Super Hero Girls
• 2016 – My Hero Academia, Zootopia,Transformers: Combiner Wars,Sing, The Haunted House, The Loud House, Moana, Finding Dory, The Secret Life of Pets, Your Name, Kubo and the Two Strings, Milo Murphy's Law, Trolls, Tales of Arcadia, The Red Turtle, Piper, Bunnicula, A Silent Voice, My Life as a Courgette, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Dot., Pokémon Generations, Skylanders Academy, Ask the StoryBots, Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV, Elena of Avalor, Justice League Action, Bordertown, Son of Zorn, The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, The Lion Guard, Digimon Universe: App Monsters; Steve Cutts releases Moby's Are You Lost In The World Like Me?
• 2017 –OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Bunsen Is a Beast, Oswaldo, The Emoji Movie, Papaya Bull, Lucas the Spider, DuckTales (2017), Castlevania,Transformers: Titans Return,Numberblocks, True and the Rainbow Kingdom, The Breadwinner, In a Heartbeat, Big Mouth, Coco, Loving Vincent, Hotel Transylvania: The Series, Hanazuki: Full of Treasures, The Boss Baby, Unikitty, Trulli Tales, Grizzy and the Lemmings, Ferdinand, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Magic School Bus Rides Again, Vampirina, Spirit Riding Free, Puppy Dog Pals, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus, Unikitty!, Big Hero 6: The Series, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, Spider-Man, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, Marvel Super Hero Adventures, Marvel Future Avengers, Ant-Man, Rocket & Groot, Stitch & Ai; Gorillaz release Humanz
• 2018 – Spider-Verse, Bluey, Hilda, Incredibles 2, The Dragon Prince, Isle of Dogs, Harvey Girls Forever!, Big City Greens, Disenchantment, Summer Camp Island, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Mirai, Final Space, Taffy, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Cupcake & Dino: General Services, Craig of the Creek, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Let's Go Luna!, Chip and Potato, Early Man; Gorillaz release The Now Now,Transformers: Power of the Primes,Transformers: Cyberverse, Super Drags, Super Dragon Ball Heroes, Our Cartoon President, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Constantine: City of Demons, Star Wars Resistance, Paradise PD
• 2019 – Corn & Peg, Infinity Train, Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese, Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty, The Last Kids on Earth, Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart, Harley Quinn, SparkShorts, Amphibia, Frozen II, Abominable, Green Eggs and Ham, Weathering with You, DC Super Hero Girls, The Casagrandes, Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019), Carmen Sandiego, Blue's Clues & You!, Abby Hatcher, Undone, Hair Love, I Lost My Body, Missing Link, Klaus, Toy Story 4, Spies In Disguise, Primal, Tuca & Bertie, Twelve Forever, Archibald's Next Big Thing, Love, Death & Robots, Demon Slayer, Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy, Fast & Furious Spy Racers, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya, Forky Asks a Question, Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series, Fruits Basket, Garfield Originals, Go Astro Boy Go!; Kyoto Animation's first studio becomes the victim of an arson attack that kills 35 people

2020s

• 2020 – Wolfwalkers, The Owl House, Onward, Soul, Central Park, The Midnight Gospel, Close Enough, Scoob!,Transformers: Siege,Over the Moon, YOLO; Gorillaz release Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, Nahuel and the Magic Book, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy, Yashahime, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie, ThunderCats Roar, Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, Animaniacs, Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, Blood of Zeus, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Helluva Boss, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Digimon Adventure
• 2021 – Kid Cosmic,Transformers: Earthrise,Inside Job, Arcane, Encanto, Luca, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, HouseBroken, Invincible, What If...? (as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's series of shows for Disney+), Raya and the Last Dragon, Robin Robin, Gabby's Dollhouse, Dino Ranch, The Ghost and Molly McGee, The Boss Baby: Family Business,Transformers: Kingdom,The Great North, Monsters at Work, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Centaurworld, The Prince, Super Crooks, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, The Croods: Family Tree, Dug Days, Star Trek: Prodigy, M.O.D.O.K., , Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, Santa Inc., Star Wars: Visions, Inside Job, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Hit-Monkey, Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Digimon Ghost Game, Tom and Jerry Special Shorts, Tom and Jerry in New York, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• 2022 – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Smiling Friends,Transformers: BotBots, Hamster and Gretel, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Turning Red, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), The Bad Guys, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Minions: The Rise of Gru, DC League of Super-Pets, Strange World, Disenchanted, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Transformers: EarthSpark, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Sonic Prime, Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, Tekken: Bloodline, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Zootopia+, The Guardians of Justice, The Cuphead Show!, Tales of the Jedi, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, I Am Groot, Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!, Baymax!, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Bugs Bunny Builders, Batwheels, Star Wars: Tales
• 2023 – Once Upon a Studio, Wish, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Krapopolis, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Hailey's On It!, Kiff, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, War Is Over!, My Adventures with Superman, Migration, Robot Dreams, Leo, Elemental, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Rurouni Kenshin, Trigun Stampede, Koala Man, Agent Elvis, Pokémon Concierge, Skull Island, Castlevania: Nocturne, Velma, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Tiny Toons Looniversity; Gorillaz release Cracker Island
• 2024 – Grimsburg, Hazbin Hotel, Orion and the Dark, The Tiger's Apprentice, Lyla in the Loop, Rock Paper Scissors, Iwájú, The Garfield Movie, Transformers One, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, X-Men '97, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

See also

• History of animation
• Lists of animated television series
• List of years in anime
• Firsts in animation

External References

• Crafton, Donald (2014), "Cinema Chez Gaumont", Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-1400860715
• de Vries, Tjitte; Mul, Ati (2009), "28 Animation Pictures and Two Inserts", "They Thought it was a Marvel": Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961) : Pioneer of Puppet Animation, Amsterdam University Press, ISBN 978-9085550167
• Dobson, Nichola (2010), "Chronology", The A to Z of Animation and Cartoons, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 978-0810876231
• Niver, Kemp R. (1985), "Fun in a Bakery Shop", Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, ISBN 978-0844404639
• Stewart, Jez (2021), "Signing In and Signing Up", The Story of British Animation, Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN 9781911239727