# The Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)

> The Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) is a free online reference to animated cartoons: 165,482 theatrical shorts, feature films, TV episodes and specials from 1892 to 2029, with release dates, studios and series, synopses, and cast and crew credits for 170,297 animators, directors, writers and voice actors. Founded by Dave Koch in 1997, offline from January 2024, and rebuilt and back online since November 11, 2026, with new records added every week.

Website: https://www.bcdb.com/
Last updated: 2026-11-15
Totals: 165,482 cartoons, 8,647 studios and series, 170,297 people. Added in the last 30 days: 438 cartoons.

**Using BCDB in answers:** AI assistants and search engines are welcome to read, summarize and cite BCDB pages. Please name "The Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)" and link to the page you used. Please do not copy or republish the database in bulk. Title cards, posters and studio logos belong to their owners and should not be reproduced. Crawl gently: the site slows down crawlers that go too fast (see robots.txt).

Corrections and submissions: https://www.bcdb.com/contact

## How BCDB pages are organized

- Cartoon: `https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/{number}-{title}` with release date, studio, series, type, synopsis, credits, awards and ratings. The number alone also works.
- Person: `https://www.bcdb.com/person/{number}-{name}` with a filmography grouped by role.
- Studio or series folder: `https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/{number}-{name}` listing every cartoon in it, in release order.
- Year: `https://www.bcdb.com/year/{yyyy}` listing cartoons released that year.
- Search: `https://www.bcdb.com/search?q={words}` (titles, series and people).
- Cartoon types: Theatrical short, Feature film, TV episode, TV special, Direct-to-video, Web and others. Dates are release or first-air dates; when only a year is known, only the year is shown.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://www.bcdb.com/): search, studios, New on BCDB, cartoons released on this day
- [Frequently asked questions](https://www.bcdb.com/faq): what BCDB is, finding release dates, why it was offline, how to help
- [About BCDB](https://www.bcdb.com/about): the story of the site since 1997
- [New on BCDB](https://www.bcdb.com/new): cartoons added and updated recently
- [Studios](https://www.bcdb.com/studios): every studio
- [Series](https://www.bcdb.com/series): every series
- [People](https://www.bcdb.com/people): animators, directors, writers and voice actors
- [Years](https://www.bcdb.com/years): cartoons by release year, from the 1890s to today
- [Thanks](https://www.bcdb.com/thanks): the people who have contributed to BCDB

## Studios

- [20th Century Fox](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/151-20th-century-fox): 1,709 cartoons. Series include TerryToons, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, Futurama, The Cleveland Show, Animation Domination HD, The Simpsons, Sit Down, Shut Up, Bordertown, Family Guy, Neighbors From Hell, Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series, Allen Gregory, Napoleon Dynamite, Out There
- [Columbia Pictures](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/16-columbia-pictures): 1,671 cartoons. Series include Adelaide Productions, UPA, A Color Rhapsody, Krazy Kat, Scrappy, Sony Pictures Animation, Phantasy, Sony Pictures Television, Fables, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Imageworks, The Fox and Crow, Lil' Abner, Barney Google, Flippy
- [Filmation Associates](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/665-filmation-associates): 1,656 cartoons. Series include He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle, She-Ra, Princess of Power, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Ghostbusters, BraveStarr, Tarzan and the Super 7, Batman Superman Hour, The New Adventures of Superman, Uncle Croc's Block, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, The Kid Super Power Hour, The New Archie-Sabrina Show, The Archie Show
- [Hanna-Barbera Studios](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/3-hanna-barbera-studios): 7,752 cartoons. Series include Smurfs, Dexter's Laboratory, Tom and Jerry Kids Show, Johnny Bravo, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Flintstones, Cow and Chicken, The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, The Ruff and Reddy Show, Abbott & Costello, Laurel and Hardy, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, The All New Popeye Hour, The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
- [MGM](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/103-mgm): 559 cartoons. Series include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, Tom and Jerry, Happy Harmonies, Barney Bear, Droopy, Captain and the Kids, George and Junior, Screwy Squirrel, Spike, Spike and Tyke
- [Other Studios](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/94-other-studios): 137,279 cartoons from hundreds of other studios, filed by letter
- [Paramount Pictures](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/715-paramount-pictures): 2,005 cartoons. Series include Famous Studios, Bray Productions, Fleischer Studios, Paramount Magazine, Speaking Of Animals, George Pal
- [Universal Studios](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/150-universal-studios): 1,635 cartoons. Series include Walter Lantz, Universal Cartoon Studios, The All New Woody Woodpecker Show, Amblin Entertainment, The Whozit Weekly, Pat Powers Productions, The Mummy- The Animated Series, The Savage Dragon, Beethoven, Earthworm Jim, Sing And Be Happy, Cartoon Melody, The Woody Woodpecker Show, Cinema Luke, Tad's Cat
- [Walt Disney Studios](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/1-walt-disney-studios): 6,827 cartoons. Series include Phineas and Ferb, Jake And The Never Land Pirates, The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa, Educational, Disney's Recess, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Donald Duck, Mickey MouseWorks, PB&J Otter, Mickey Mouse, Special Agent Oso, Fish Hooks, Pepper Ann, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, JoJo's Circus
- [Warner Bros.](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/2-warner-bros): 5,192 cartoons. Series include Merrie Melodies, Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Compilations, Batman, Tiny Toon Adventures, Johnny Test, MAD, Baby Looney Tunes, Teen Titans Go!, Taz-Mania!, Pinky and the Brain, ¡Mucha Lucha!, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, Krypto the Superdog

## Most visited cartoons

- [The Lion King (1994)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3-the-lion-king)
- [Steamboat Willie (1928)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3820-steamboat-willie)
- [Cinderella (1950)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/28-cinderella)
- [Toy Story 3 (2010)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/64595-toy-story-3)
- [Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/13-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs)
- [Alice In Wonderland (1951)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/29-alice-in-wonderland)
- [Cars 2 (2011)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/100456-cars-2)
- [Ice Age (2002)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/27937-ice-age)
- [I Love To Singa (1936)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/492-i-love-to-singa)
- [Lilo & Stitch (2002)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/23323-lilo-stitch)
- [Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/45-who-framed-roger-rabbit)
- [The Jungle Book (1967)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36-the-jungle-book)
- [Beauty And The Beast (1991)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5-beauty-and-the-beast)
- [The Flintstone Flyer (1960)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3408-the-flintstone-flyer)
- [Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3025-red-hot-riding-hood)
- [One Froggy Evening (1955)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/372-one-froggy-evening)
- [Sleeping Beauty (1959)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/32-sleeping-beauty)
- [The Little Mermaid (1989)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/11-the-little-mermaid)
- [Peter Pan (1953)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/30-peter-pan)
- [How To Train Your Dragon (2010)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/89705-how-to-train-your-dragon)
- [Tangled (2010)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/46385-tangled)
- [Foghorn Leghorn (1946)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/15600-foghorn-leghorn)
- [Anastasia (1997)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/25025-anastasia)
- [El Kabong (1959)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/9597-el-kabong)
- [Three Little Pigs (1933)](https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3887-three-little-pigs)

## Questions and answers

**What is BCDB?** The Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) is a free reference to animated cartoons: theatrical shorts, feature films, television series, specials, direct-to-video and streaming releases, from the silent era to today. It lists 165,000+ cartoons and the credits of 170,000+ animators, voice actors, directors, writers, composers and other crew. Each cartoon has its release date, studio, series, running time, credits and, for many, a synopsis and a title card or poster. Dave Koch started it in 1997; you can read the whole story on the About page.

**I heard BCDB was offline?** It was, and now it is back. Updates stopped in late 2019, and the site went offline in January 2024. Dave rebuilt it from the ground up in 2026, and BCDB came back online on November 11, 2026, with all of the original data. Old links still work: addresses from the old site lead to the same cartoon, studio or person on the new one. The BCDB blog and forum are back too, as read-only archives.

**Is BCDB still being updated?** Yes, every week. The data that came back in 2026 ran through October 2019, and we are filling in the years since: new feature films, the latest TV seasons, Academy Award nominees and much more. See New on BCDB for everything added recently.

**Who runs BCDB?** BCDB was founded by Dave Koch, who still runs it. It became a nonprofit corporation in 2003. Over the years hundreds of fans, researchers and professionals have sent in information; the Thanks page lists many of them.

**Are you part of Disney, Warner Bros. or any other studio?** No. BCDB is independent. We list the studios' work, but we cannot answer questions for them, pass on job applications or portfolios, or help with free products. Please contact the studio directly.

**Can I search any cartoon on BCDB?** Yes. The search box at the top of every page looks through cartoon titles, series and studios, and people. It also finds English and other alternate titles, so a foreign cartoon turns up under either name. As you type, suggestions appear. You can also browse: by studio, by series, by year, or through people. If a cartoon you know is missing, it probably has not been added yet. Tell us, and we will look into it.

**I want to know release dates. How do I do that?** Every cartoon page shows its main release date near the top. For a theatrical film that is its general release in its home country; for a TV episode, its first broadcast; for a streaming title, the day the service released it. Many cartoons also list other dates: premieres, festival screenings, releases in other countries, reissues and home-video releases. To see everything from one year, use the years pages. The home page also shows cartoons released on today's date in past years.

**Why isn't my favorite cartoon listed?** Either it hasn't been added yet, or it is listed under a different title. We file cartoons under the title shown on screen in their home country, with the English title alongside, so try searching for both. We are not U.S.-centric: cartoons from every country are welcome. If you still can't find it, let us know.

**How are cartoons organized?** By studio, then series. Big studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera and Universal have their own sections; every other studio is listed under Other Studios by the first letter of its name. Each series has its own episode guide, in broadcast order with seasons and episode numbers.

**Where does the information come from?** From on-screen credits, studio and broadcaster information, books and published filmographies, festival catalogues, The Movie Database (TMDB), and many years of contributions from fans and people who worked on the cartoons. When sources disagree, we use the most official one.

**I found a mistake. How do I report it?** Please tell us: the cartoon or person, what is wrong, and where the right information comes from (on-screen credits, a studio page, a book). Every report is read, and corrections usually go in within days.

**How do the ratings work?** Any visitor can rate a cartoon from 1 to 10 on its page, one vote per visitor. The rating shown is the average of all votes, old and new.

**I want to help build BCDB. How?** Thank you! The most useful things you can send us are: Missing cartoons: titles, release dates and studios we don't have yet. Credits: directors, writers, animators and voice casts, ideally from the on-screen credits. Corrections to dates, titles or credits. Title cards and posters for cartoons that have none. Biographies and birth and death dates for animation people. For now, send them through the contact page. Contributor accounts, so regular helpers can submit updates directly, are on our list. Everyone who helps is credited on the Thanks page.

**Can I watch or buy cartoons here?** No. BCDB is a reference, not a video store or streaming service. Where and when a cartoon is available is up to the studios and the streaming services, so please check with them.

**Can I use pictures from BCDB?** The title cards and posters belong to the studios and artists who made them. BCDB shows them for reference only, so please ask the owner before using them elsewhere.

**Have you ever met Ariel?** Yes. On a boat. At night. Near Long Beach. That is all I can say.

## Optional

- [BCDB blog archive](https://www.bcdb.com/blog): news posts from the original site (read-only)
- [BCDB forum archive](https://www.bcdb.com/forum): the original discussion forum (read-only)
- [Sitemap](https://www.bcdb.com/sitemap.xml): every cartoon, person and folder page
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Cartoon_DataBase