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This is a list of events in 2012 in animation.

Events

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

November

Awards

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 2012

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 2012
Date Title Channel Year
January 8 YooHoo & Friends Cartoon Network Latin America 2012
January 15 Napoleon Dynamite Fox
January 19 Unsupervised FX
February 18 Pokémon: BW: Rival Destinies Cartoon Network 2012–13
February 23 Monsuno Nicktoons, TV Tokyo 2012–14
March 23 Doc McStuffins Disney Junior 2012–20
March 30 Cartoon Planet Cartoon Network 1995–98; 2012–14
April 1 Ultimate Spider-Man Disney XD 2012–17
April 14 The Legend of Korra Nickelodeon 2012–14
April 27 Wild Grinders Nicktoons 2012–15
April 30 Motorcity Disney XD 2012–13
May 5 Kaijudo The Hub
May 18 Tron: Uprising Disney XD
June 2 Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot The Hub 2012
June 15 Gravity Falls Disney Channel, Disney XD 2012–16
July 15 Black Dynamite Adult Swim 2012–15
August 1 Ben 10: Omniverse Cartoon Network 2012–14
August 4 Robot and Monster Nickelodeon 2012–15
August 7 DreamWorks Dragons Cartoon Network, Netflix 2012–18
August 13 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Disney XD 2012–15
September 3 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood PBS Kids 2012–present
September 25 Brickleberry Comedy Central 2012–15
September 29 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon 2012–17
October 15 Slugterra Disney XD, WildBrainTV, Netflix 2012–16
November 8 Bravest Warriors Cartoon Hangover/Teletoon 2012–18
November 10 Littlest Pet Shop The Hub 2012–16
November 18 Sofia the First Disney Junior 2012–18
November 24 The Chica Show Universal Kids 2012–14
November 30 SuperF*ckers Cartoon Hangover
December 14 Peter Rabbit Nick Jr., CBeebies 2012–16

Television series endings

Date Title Channel Year Notes
January 7 Pokémon: Black & White Cartoon Network 2011–12 Ended
January 9 The Adventures of Chuck and Friends The Hub 2010–12 Cancelled
January 26 Bakugan Battle Brawlers TV Tokyo, Cartoon Network, Teletoon 2007–12 Ended
February 17 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome Cartoon Network 2011–12 Cancelled
February 24 Postcards from Buster PBS Kids Go! 2004–12 Ended
February 25 Rated A for Awesome YTV 2011–12 Cancelled
March 4 Napoleon Dynamite Fox 2012 Cancelled
March 25 Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Adult Swim 2010–12
March 31 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Cartoon Network Ended
April 25 Voltron Force Nicktoons Cancelled
Ugly Americans Comedy Central
May 17 Special Agent Oso Disney Junior 2009–12 Ended
May 25 The Amazing Spiez! TF1, Teletoon, Disney Channel Asia
June 16 ThunderCats Cartoon Network 2011–12 Cancelled
July 9 Hero: 108 2010–12
July 13 The Ricky Gervais Show HBO, Channel 4
July 25 Iron Man: Armored Adventures France 2, France 4 2009–12
August 25 League of Super Evil YTV 2009–12
October 26 Jungle Junction Disney Junior Ended
November 2 Fanboy & Chum Chum Nickelodeon 2009–12 Cancelled
November 8 Casper's Scare School TF1
December 2 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Disney XD 2010–12
Have a Laugh! Disney Channel 2009–12 Ended
December 8 Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot The Hub 2012 Cancelled
December 20 Unsupervised FX

Births

February

Deaths

January

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July

August

September

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

See also

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