Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It is a coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe, who lives in the fictional town of Beach City with the Crystal Gems—Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst —three magical, humanoid aliens. Steven, who is half-Gem, has adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world from their own kind. It premiered on November 4, 2013 as Cartoon Network's first animated solely created by a woman. The themes of the series include love and family. Books, comics and a video game based on the series have also been released. Sugar developed the series while she was a writer and storyboard artist on Adventure Time, and left the show when Cartoon Network greenlit her series for full production. The series is storyboard-driven, meaning that when episodes are being produced the show's storyboard artists are responsible for writing the dialogue and blocking out the action. The series—which has developed a broad fan base—has been critical acclaimed for its design, music, voice acting, characterization, promotion of LGBTQ themes and science fantasy worldbuilding.

• ... that at age 12, Shaylee Mansfield became the first deaf actor to be credited alongside the voice actors for a signed performance in an animated production?
• ... that the Pakistani film Shehr e Tabassum was the first animated cyberpunk film to be made by an Urdu development team?
• ... that "Arnold's Christmas", now considered one of the most memorable episodes from the animated series Hey Arnold!, was almost rejected by network executives because it depicted the Vietnam War?
• ... that according to an elaborate 1990s joke, Elmo Aardvark was history's first animated cartoon character?
• ... that the 1937 Fleischer Studios strike in New York City was the first major labor strike in the animation industry?
• ... that the French animated film The Summit of the Gods is based on a Japanese manga series?

Terence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 12 feature films, including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). The only "Python" not born in Britain, he became a naturalised British citizen in 1968. In 2006, he formally renounced his American citizenship.

Family Guy's fifth season first aired on the Fox network in eighteen episodes from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007 before being released as two DVD box sets and in syndication. It premiered with the episode "Stewie Loves Lois" and finished with "Meet the Quagmires". The series follows the dysfunctional Griffin family—father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and Brian, the family pet, who reside in their hometown of Quahog. The executive producers for the fifth season were David Goodman, Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith and series creator Seth MacFarlane. The showrunner for the fifth season was Goodman. The season received a mixed reception from critics, who cited a lack of original writing. More positive assessments were that the series saw "no sign of tiring", and had "as many funny moments as ever." Season five contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "Barely Legal", "Airport '07" and "No Chris Left Behind". The Volume Five DVD box set was released in Region 1 on September 18, 2007, Region 2 on October 15, 2007 and Region 4 on November 25, 2009. Thirteen of the eighteen episodes are included in the volume. The remaining five episodes of the season were released on the Volume Six DVD box set, released in Region 1 on October 21, 2008, Region 2 on November 10, 2008 and Region 4 on November 25, 2009.

• ...that Walt Disney Animation Studios has released 53 animated features to date, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to Frozen (2013)?
• ...that the eponymous character of A Kitty Bobo Show was based on one of the co-creators' experience as a Korean adoptee?
• ...that the eponymous character of Mr. Pickles, a Border Collie, is based on one of the creators' Australian Cattle Dogs? (breed pictured)

Events

• 2002 – Nicktoons, a sister channel (logo pictured) of Nickelodeon launches.

Films released

• 1922 – Felix All at Sea (United States)
• 1924 – Alice's Wild West Show (United States)
• 1926 – Cops Suey (United States)
• 1936 – Bridge Ahoy! (United States)
• 1942 – Donald Gets Drafted (United States)
• 1943 – The Wise Quacking Duck (United States)
• 1948 – Nothing but the Tooth (United States)
• 1954 – No Parking Hare (United States)
• 1968 – G.I. Pink (United States)
• 2009 – Wishology (United States)

Television series and specials

• 1999 – SpongeBob SquarePants, an animated series airs with the pilot episode "Help Wanted/Reef Blower/Tea at the Treedome" on Nickelodeon
• 2004 – Megas XLR, an animated television series debuts on Cartoon Network
• 2005 – Family Guy, an animated sitcom television series debuts on Fox after three years off the schedule.

Births

• 1946 – Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist
• 1966 – Charlie Schlatter, American actor

Deaths

• 2014 – Kōji Yada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1933)