2025 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.
Events
editJanuary
edit- January 3: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl will premiere on Netflix internationally.
- January 29: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will premiere on Disney+.
- January 31: DreamWorks Animation's Dog Man will be released.
February
edit- February 19: Win or Lose will be released on Disney+.
- February 28: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie will be released.
March
edit- March 7:
- Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th film in the Doraemon franchise, will be released in Japanese cinemas by Toho. This movie is a special work for the 45th anniversary of the Doraemon movie series.[1]
- Night of the Zoopocalypse will be released in United States and Canada.
June
edit- June 6: An untitled spinoff television series centered around the PAW Patrol character Liberty will premiere on Nickelodeon in the United States.
- June 13: Pixar's Elio will be released.
July
edit- July 18: Paramount Animation's The Smurfs Movie will be released.
August
edit- August 1: DreamWorks Animation's The Bad Guys 2 will be released.
September
edit- September 26: DreamWorks Animation's Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie will be released. It will be the first live-action/animated DreamWorks Animation film.
November
edit- November 26: Walt Disney Animation Studios' Zootopia 2 will be released.
December
edit- December 19: Paramount Pictures' The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants will be released.
Specific date unknown
edit- Tracey Butler's independent series Lackadaisy will premiere on YouTube.
- Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires will premiere on Max.
- Netflix Animation's In Your Dreams will premiere on Netflix.
- Sony Pictures Animation's K-Pop: Demon Hunters will premiere on Netflix.
- Sony Pictures Animation's "Motel Translyvania", a series spin-off of the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, will be released as a Netflix exclusive.
- Plankton: The Movie will premiere on Netflix.
- Skydance Animation's Pookoo will premiere on Netflix.
- Netflix Animation's The Twits will premiere on Netflix.
- Laika's Wildwood will be released.
- More episodes of the second season of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur will air on Disney Channel.
- Television series adaptation "Devil May Cry", based on the Capcom video game franchise of the same name, will be released as a Netflix exclusive sometime in April.
- The eighth and final season of My Hero Academia will premiere on Japanese television.
- An untitled third television series based on Avatar: The Last Airbender will be released.
- A reboot of Iginio Straffi's "Winx Club" will be released as a Netflix exclusive.
- Alex Woo's "In Your Dreams" will premiere on Netflix.
- Waldemar Fast's Grand Prix of Europe will be released.
- Studio Orange and Qubic Pictures' anime series adaptation Leviathan, based on the Scott Westerfeld novel trilogy, will premiere as a Netflix exclusive.
- Mermicorno: Starfall will be released as a Max exclusive.
Awards
edit- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: TBA
- American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film: TBA
- Annecy International Animated Film Festival Cristal du long métrage: TBA
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent: TBA
- Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production: TBA
- Astra Film Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation: TBA
- Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- César Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series: TBA
- Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film: TBA
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film: TBA
- Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film: TBA
- Goya Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year: TBA
- Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie: TBA
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film: TBA
- Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture: TBA
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- Saturn Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
- St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Tokyo Anime Award: TBA
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film: TBA
- Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: TBA
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature: TBA
Films released
editTelevision series debuts
edit| Date | Title | Channel, Streaming |
|---|---|---|
| January 29 | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Disney+ |
| February 19 | Win or Lose | |
| February | Weather Hunters | PBS Kids |
| April | Devil May Cry | Netflix |
| Spring | Iyanu | Cartoon Network / Max |
| August 6 | Eyes of Wakanda | Disney+ |
| August | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ | Disney Jr. |
| Summer | Iron Man and His Awesome Friends | |
| October | Marvel Zombies | Disney+ |
| TBA | Common Side Effects | Adult Swim |
| Lazarus | ||
| Hey AJ | Disney Jr. | |
| RoboGobo | ||
| Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight | Netflix | |
| Gupi | ||
| Leviathan | ||
| Long Story Short | ||
| Motel Transylvania | ||
| Winx Club | ||
| Wolf King | ||
| Mermicorno: Starfall | Max |
Television series endings
edit| Date | Title | Channel, Streaming | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Big Mouth | Netflix | 2017-2025 | Ending |
| Blood of Zeus | 2020-2025 | |||
| My Hero Academia | NNS (ytv, NTV) (Japan) | 2016–2025 |
References
edit- ^ "2025 Doraemon Film Unveils Title, Trailer, Main Staff, March 7 Opening". Anime News Network. October 6, 2024.
External links
edit- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb