question: Madly Madagascar, released on which date, is a direct-to-DVD Valentine's Day short film starring the characters from the "Madagascar" film series, David Schwimmer, an American actor, director, and producer, returned to voice a main character?
answer: January 29, 2013
context: Title: Madly Madagascar
  Passage: Madly Madagascar is a direct-to-DVD Valentine's Day short film starring the characters from the "Madagascar" film series, and taking place during the film.  Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it was written and directed by David Soren.  The special was released on DVD on January 29, 2013.  Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith returned to voice the main characters, except for Sacha Baron Cohen, who was replaced by Danny Jacobs.
  Title: David Soren (animator)
  Passage: David Soren (born April 19, 1973) is a Canadian director, writer, voice actor, and storyboard artist at DreamWorks Animation.  His most notable work are TV specials based on the "Madagascar" film franchise, "Merry Madagascar", and "Madly Madagascar".  He directed the 2013 animated feature film "Turbo", which is based on his own original concept, as well as the 2017 animated film "" based on Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" book series.
  Title: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  Passage: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a 2008 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation.  As the sequel to the 2005 film "Madagascar", it continues the adventures of Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, and Gloria the hippopotamus.  It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, with a screenplay written by Etan Cohen, Darnell, and McGrath.  The voice actors Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter return for the sequel, joined by Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Sherri Shepherd, Elisa Gabrielli, and will.i.am.
  Title: Madagascar (franchise)
  Passage: Madagascar is a computer-animated franchise produced by DreamWorks Animation.  Voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith are featured in the films.  It began with the 2005 film "Madagascar", the 2008 sequel "", and the third film "" in 2012.  A spin-off film featuring the penguins, titled "Penguins of Madagascar", was released in 2014.  A fourth film, "Madagascar 4", was announced for 2018, but has since been removed from its schedule due to the studio's restructuring.
  Title: Iris Bahr
  Passage: Iris Bahr is an American actress, comedian, director, writer and producer.  She has appeared on "Friends" (as Glenda in "The One with Ross' Tan"), "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as Rachel Heinemann (Season 5 episodes "The Ski Lift" and "The Korean Bookie"), and "The King of Queens".  Bahr also played a lead role in the 2006 film "", and played the director of a documentary in the 2010 horror film "The Last Exorcism".  Her TV series Svetlana which she wrote, directed, starred and executive produced, ran on Mark Cuban's cable network HDnet for two seasons.  She completed filming the Sony pilot Irreversible opposite David Schwimmer in April 2014.  She is a recurring character on the new HBO series "The Brink" (2015) and recently completed a guest stint on Jonathan Ames's new series Blunt Talk starring Patrick Stewart and Elementary.
  Title: Merry Madagascar
  Passage: Merry Madagascar is a Christmas special first broadcast on the NBC network on November 17, 2009, which starred the characters from the "Madagascar" film series.  The story appears to take place sometime between the first and second film.  It features many of the same voices from the film (except Sacha Baron Cohen, who was replaced by Danny Jacobs, who voices Julien in "The Penguins of Madagascar" TV series), including Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith.  Carl Reiner provided the voice of Santa Claus.
  Title: Penguins of Madagascar
  Passage: Penguins of Madagascar is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox.  It is a spin-off of the "Madagascar" film series, and takes place right after the events of "", following the penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private in their own adventure.  Apart from the main characters, it is unrelated to the TV series "The Penguins of Madagascar".
  Title: Madagascar (2005 film)
  Passage: Madagascar is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released to theaters on May 27, 2005.  The film tells the story of four animals from the Central Park Zoo who unexpectedly find themselves stranded on the island of Madagascar.  It features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith, with Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter voicing secondary characters.
  Title: David Schwimmer
  Passage: David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director, and producer.  He was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 2.  He began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School.  In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech.  After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company.  For much of the late 1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor.
  Title: Tom McGrath (animator)
  Passage: Thomas "Tom" McGrath (born August 7, 1964) is an American film director, animator, and voice actor known for co-directing (with Eric Darnell) the 2005 comedy "Madagascar" and its sequels, "" in 2008 and "" in 2012, also providing the voice of Skipper in all films, short films and "The Penguins of Madagascar" television series.  He has portrayed Skipper in every "Madagascar" installment, being the only voice actor to do so.  He has also worked as a voice actor on other DreamWorks animated features like "Flushed Away" in 2006 and "Shrek the Third" in 2007.  He also stepped in on "Flushed Away" to help make improvements prior to its release.  He has also directed other DreamWorks Feature Films such as Megamind and The Boss Baby.
citations: David Schwimmer Madly Madagascar