1988 in animation
Events in 1988 in animation.
Events
January
- January 10: The Simpsons short Grampa and the Kids is first broadcast where Grampa Simpson makes his debut.[1]
- January 17: The first episode of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh airs, produced by the Walt Disney Company.[2]
March
- March 2: The final episode of Maison Ikkoku airs.[3]
- March 9: The first episode of F airs.[4]
- March 18: Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw premiers.[5]
- March 27: The first episode of Kiteretsu Daihyakka airs.[6]
April
- April 11: 60th Academy Awards: The Man Who Planted Trees by Frédéric Back wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[7]
- April 16:
- Hayao Miyazaki releases his film My Neighbor Totoro.[8]
- Isao Takahata releases his film Grave of the Fireflies.[9]
- April 30: Todd Haynes releases Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, a mockumentary about singer Karen Carpenter acted out in stop-motion with Barbie dolls. In 1990, Haynes was sued by Richard Carpenter, causing the movie to be withdrawn from distribution. [10][11][12]
June
- June 6: Donald Wildmon, head of the American Family Association, accuses the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures episode The Littlest Tramp of depicting cocaine use. In reality, he misinterpreted the scene out of context, but the controversy eventually led to the series being canceled in October.[13]
- June 22: Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit is released, which marks the debut of Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, Benny the Cab and Baby Herman. The film revived public interest for the Golden Age of American animation, which will benefit many upcoming animated feature films and television series.[14]
July
- July 16: Akira is released, which will later become a cult classic and largely be responsible for making anime popular outside of Japan.
August
- August 3: Jan Švankmajer releases his film Alice,[15] which will become a cult classic.
September
- September 6: The first episode of Count Duckula airs.[16]
- September 12: The first episode of Denver, the Last Dinosaur airs.[17]
- September 17: The first episode of Garfield and Friends airs, based on the comic strip Garfield.[18]
October
- October 3:
- The first episode of Anpanman airs.[19]
- The first episode of The Smoggies airs.[20]
- October 17: The first episode of Oishinbo airs.[21]
- October 20: The first episode of Charlie Chalk airs.[22]
- October 29: The Michael Jackson film Moonwalker is released direct-to-video, featuring claymation in some scenes, produced by Will Vinton.[23]
November
- November 18:
- Don Bluth releases The Land Before Time.[24]
- The Walt Disney Company releases Oliver & Company.[25]
- November 20: The Simpsons short The Bart Simpson Show is first broadcast where Itchy and Scratchy make their debuts.[26][27]
Specific date unknown
- The animation studio Spümcø is established.[28]
- The first episode of Bobobobs airs.[29]
- The first episode of Sharky & George airs.[30]
- Mark Baker releases The Hill Farm.[31]
Films released
Television series debuts
Births
February
- February 13: Erica Mendez, American actress (voice of Ryuko Matoi in Kill La Kill, Akko in Little Witch Academia, Sailor Uranus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon).
- February 22: Marieve Herington, Canadian actress and singer (voice of Tilly Green in Big City Greens).
March
- March 27: Brenda Song, American actress (voice of Anne Boonchuy in Amphibia).
April
- April 13: Katie Lucas, American writer (Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
May
- May 9: Oliver Grainger, Canadian former child actor (voice of D.W. Read in seasons 4-6 of Arthur, Dongwa Miao in Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, George Jamell in Mona the Vampire).
June
- June 2: Awkwafina, American actress (voice of Apple in the Regular Show episode "Hello China", Quail in Storks, Annie in the Animals. episode "Roachella", Carmen in The Simpsons episode "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy", Dr. Chang in The Simpsons episode "D'oh Canada", Bertie's Left Boob in the Tuca & Bertie episode "The Promotion", Courtney in The Angry Birds Movie 2, skekLach the Collector in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Otto in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon, Sky, Areola, and Turd in The Boys Presents: Diabolical, Ms. Tarantula in The Bad Guys).
- June 9:
- Lauren Landa, American actress (voice of Sailor Neptune in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon).
- Mae Whitman, American actress (voice of Little Suzy in Johnny Bravo, Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rose/Huntsgirl in American Dragon: Jake Long, Shanti in The Jungle Book 2, Tinker Bell in the Disney Fairies franchise, April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batgirl in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and DC Super Hero Girls, Amity Blight in The Owl House).
July
- July 12: Christine Marie Cabanos, American actress (voice of the title characters in Squid Girl and Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sailor Saturn in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon).
- July 15: Aimee Carrero, Dominican actress (voice of Princess Elena in Elena of Avalor, Adora/She-Ra in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power).
- July 19: Cherami Leigh, American actress (dub voice of Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon).
September
- September 5: Shion Takeuchi, American television writer (Regular Show, Gravity Falls, Long Live the Royals, We Bare Bears, Lost in Oz, Disenchantment), storyboard artist (Regular Show, Monsters University, Inside Out) and producer (creator of Inside Job).
- September 8: Shannon Chan-Kent, Canadian actress and singer (speaking voice of Silver Spoon and Smoulder and singing voice of Pinkie Pie in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the Biskit Twins and Youngmee Song in Littlest Pet Shop, Misa Amane in Death Note).
- September 12: Carlos Lopez Estrada, Mexican-American filmmaker (co-director of Raya and the Last Dragon).
- September 15: Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer (voice of Bea Goldfishberg in Fish Hooks, Arthricia in the Rick and Morty episode "Look Who's Purging Now", Chrissy in the Regular Show episode "Return of Party Horse", Jen Sanders in Hot Streets, Loy in Archibald's Next Big Thing, Butterbear and Ellen Ripley in Robot Chicken, Rose Wilson in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "Dinner for Five").
- September 29: Mario Jose, American singer (voice of Julio in The Simpsons episode "Diary Queen").
November
- November 8: Matt Braly, American animator, director, writer, producer, and storyboard artist (creator of Amphibia).
Deaths
January
- January 3: Patrick McGeehan, American actor (voice of the Jimmy Durante buzzard in What's Buzzin' Buzzard, the black cat in Bad Luck Blackie, Joe Bear in Rock-a-Bye Bear), dies at age 80.[34]
- January 7: Marilyn Schreffler, American actress (voice of Brenda Chance in Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Daisy Mayhem in Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Olive Oyl in The All New Popeye Hour and Popeye and Son, Winnie Werewolf in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School), dies at age 42.
- January 30: Homer Brightman, American animation screenwriter (Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz, MGM, UPA, Larry Harmon Pictures, Cambria Productions, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) and comic writer, dies at age 86.[35]
February
- February 27: Gene de Paul, American pianist, composer and songwriter (Bambi, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 68.
March
- March 8: Jan Kraan, Dutch illustrator, animator and comics artist, dies at age 87. [36]
April
- April 1: Jim Jordan, American actor (voice of Orville in The Rescuers), dies at age 91.[37]
- April 10: Woody Kling, American television writer (The Littles, Rainbow Brite), dies at age 62.
- April 15: Kenneth Williams, British comedian and actor (narrator and other voices in Willo the Wisp), dies at age 62 from an overdose of barbiturates.[38]
- April 25: Lanny Ross, American singer and actor (singing voice of Prince David in Gulliver's Travels), dies at age 82.[39]
May
- May 18: Daws Butler, American actor (voice of the City Wolf in Tex Avery's Little Rural Riding Hood, Mysto the Magician in Avery's Magical Maestro, Spike the Bulldog in Tom & Jerry, Chilly Willy in Walter Lantz's cartoons, Nasty Canasta in Barbary Coast Bunny, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson in The Jetsons, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw, Loopy De Loop), dies at age 71.[40]
- May 19: Lloyd Vaughan, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera, Chuck Jones, Heavy Traffic, Garfield), dies at age 79.[41]
June
- June 22: Dennis Day, American actor, comedian and singer (narrator of the Johnny Appleseed segment in Melody Time), dies at age 72.[42]
July
- July 22: Larry Clemmons, American animator, screenwriter, and actor (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 81.
- July 25: Judith Barsi, American actress (voice of Ducky in The Land Before Time and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven), was murdered by her father at age 10.[43]
- July 31: Phil Monroe, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA, DePatie-Freleng, MGM, Chuck Jones), dies at age 71.[44]
August
- August 1: Red Coffey, American comedian and actor (voice of Quacker in Tom & Jerry), dies at age 65.[45]
- August 7: Wilfred Jackson, American animator, director, composer and arranger (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 82.[46]
- August 8: Alan Napier, British actor (voice of Sir Pellinore in The Sword in the Stone, huntsman and reporter in Mary Poppins), dies at age 85.[47]
- August 17: Jack Cutting, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 80.[48]
September
- September 7: Vivi Janiss, American actress (voice of Daisy Duck in Donald's Diary), dies at age 77.[49]
- September 17: Roman Davydov, Russian film director (Adventures of Mowgli), dies at age 75.[50]
- September 20: Roy Kinnear, British actor (narrator of Bertha, voice of Pipkin in Watership Down, Bulk in SuperTed), dies at age 54 from a heart attack.[51]
October
- October 4: Zlatko Grgić, Croatian animator and animation director (Professor Balthazar, The Devil's Work), dies at age 57.[52]
- October 25: Eric Larson, American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 83.[53]
- October 30: T. Hee, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company, UPA, Terrytoons), dies at age 77.[54]
November
- November 23: Kenzō Masaoka, Japanese animator and director (Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka, Benkei tai Ushiwaka, Kumo to Tulip), dies at age 90.[55]
- November 27: John Carradine, American actor (voice of Tyrone T. Tattersall in Shinbone Alley, The Tramp in The Mouse and His Child, The Wizard in Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Great Owl in The Secret of NIMH), dies at age 82.
See also
References
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- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at IMDb
- "Episodes 85-96". Furinkan.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- "F (TV)". Anime News Network.
- Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw at IMDb
- "Kiteretsu Daihyakka (TV)". Anime News Network.
- "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- My Neigbor Totoro at IMDb
- Grave of the Fireflies at IMDb
- Dirks, Tim. "Top 50 Cult Movies". Entertainment Weekly/AMC. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
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- "Superstar: Todd Haynes's banned Karen Carpenter movie is visionary". The Guardian. 11 August 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- Wolff, Craig (July 26, 1988). "Mighty Mouse Flying High On Flowers?". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit at IMDb
- Alice at IMDb
- Count Duckula at IMDb
- Denver, the Last Dinosaur at IMDb
- Garfield and Friends at IMDb
- "アンパンマン".
- The Smoggies at IMDb
- "VIZ: The Official Website for Oishinbo".
- Charlie Chalk at IMDb
- "Moonwalker (1988) - Colin Chilvers, Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield, Will Vinton | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related".
- The Land Before Time at IMDb
- Oliver and Company at IMDb
- Lapidus, Adam I.; Moore, Rich (1993-04-15). "The Front". The Simpsons. Season 04. Episode 19. Fox.
- Richmond & Coffman 1997, p. 43.
- Sinclair, Carla (1999 October 25). "That's Not All, Folks". The Industry Standard. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- Bobobobs at IMDb
- Sharky & George at IMDb
- The Hill Farm at IMDb
- "43th [sic] (1988年)". Mainichi Film Award (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- "Tributes flood in for Eddsworld creator, who died aged 23". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- Jan. 7, L. A. Times Archives; Pt, 1988 12 Am (1988-01-07). "Obituaries : P. McGeehan; Radio Performer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- "Homer Brightman". IMDb.
- "Jan Kraan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Jim Jordan". IMDb.
- "Kenneth Williams". IMDb.
- "Lanny Ross". IMDb.
- "Daws Butler". IMDb.
- "Lloyd Vaughan". IMDb.
- "Dennis Day". IMDb.
- "Local News in Brief: Bodies Identified as Child Actress, Mother". Los Angeles Times. 1988-07-29. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- "A Must-Read Interview with Forgotten Animation Legend Phil Monroe". 2012-06-08.
- Red Coffey at IMDb
- Wilfred Jackson at IMDb
- "Alan Napier, 'Batman's' butler, dies". Ukiah Daily Journal. Associated Press. 8 August 1988 – via Newspapers.com.
- Jack Cutting at IMDb
- "Vivi Janiss". IMDb.
- About Roman Davydov by Yevgeniy Migunov at Animator.ru (in Russian)
- "Roy Kinnear". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Zlatko Grgic at IMDb
- "Eric Larson". D23. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- "Alberto's page (website of animator credits)". Immaginario Fiorentino Restaurant | Dinner with loved ones. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- "Kenzô Masaoka". IMDb.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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