1979 in animation
Events in 1979 in animation.
Events
January
- January 5: Yuri Norstein's Tale of Tales premieres.[1][2]
March
- March 21: The first episode of The Perishers is broadcast, based on Maurice Dodd's comic strip The Perishers.[3]
April
- April 1–2: Bill Melendez' TV special The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe premieres.[4]
- April 2: The first episode of Doraemon is broadcast. It will run uninterrupted until 2005 and then still continue after being revived later that year.[5]
- April 7: The first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam is broadcast.[6]
- April 9: 51st Academy Awards. Walter Lantz receives a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award.[7] Special Delivery by Eunice Macauley and John Weldon wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[8]
- April 13: Payut Ngaokrachang's The Adventure of Sudsakorn is first released, the first and only cel-animated feature film made in Thailand.[9]
May
- May 10–24: At the 1979 Cannes Film Festival Raoul Servais' Harpya wins a Palme d'Or for Best Short Film.[10]
- May 30: The Chinese animated feature Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King is first released, directed by Yan Dingxian, Wang Shuchen and Xu Jingda.[11]
- Specific date unknown: Studio Pierrot is founded.
July
- Studio Hibari is founded.
August
- August 17: The film Monty Python's Life of Brian is first released which features an animated opening sequence by Terry Gilliam.[12]
- August 30: Tim Burton's pencil-animated Stalk of the Celery Monster premieres.
September
- September 22:
- The animated TV series Casper and the Angels debuts on NBC and will run until 1980. It combines Casper the Friendly Ghost with animated versions of the cast of the TV series Charlie's Angels.[13]
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo debuts on ABC and will run until 1980.[14] It marks the debut of the character Scrappy-Doo.
- September 28: Chuck Jones releases the anthology film The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.[15]
- Specific date unknown: Eugene Fedorenko's Every Child premieres.[16]
October
- October 1: The first episode of Doctor Snuggles is broadcast.[17]
- October 10: The first episode of The Rose of Versailles (also known as Lady Oscar) is broadcast.[18]
December
- December 19: Don Bluth's Banjo the Woodpile Cat is first released, his first production after leaving Walt Disney Productions.
- December 21: Frank Zappa releases his concert film Baby Snakes which contains stop-motion animated sequences by Bruce Bickford.[19]
Specific date unknown
- The first episode of Amigo and Friends premieres.[20]
- Kaj Pindal's animated short Caninabis premieres.[21]
- Pavel Bazhov's The Fire-Fairy premieres.[22]
- Len Lye's Free Radicals premieres.[23]
- Vladimir Samsonov's Very Blue Beard premieres.[24]
- Richard Condie's Getting Started premieres.[25]
- The first episode of Alfie Atkins is broadcast.[26]
- Charlex is founded.
- Pixar is founded as the Graphics Group. It will be renamed Pixar in 1986.
Films released
Television series
Births
February
- February 8: Josh Keaton, American voice actor (voice of Young Hercules in Hercules, Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Jack Darby in Transformers Prime, Hal Jordon/Green Lantern in Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Shiro in Voltron: Legendary Defender).
- February 19: Brendan Hay, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, The Mighty B!, Robot Chicken, Dawn of the Croods, Harvey Girls Forever!, The Mighty Ones).
- February 23: Maryke Hendrikse, Bahamian-Canadian actress (voice of Revy in Black Lagoon, Susan Test in Johnny Test, Gilda in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sonata Dusk in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks).
March
- March 10: Danny Pudi, American actor (voice of Huey in DuckTales, Tiny in Harvey Girls Forever!).
- March 17: Sunil Hall, American animator (Futurama, The Powerpuff Girls, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Random! Cartoons), storyboard artist (The Mighty B!, The Penguins of Madagascar), director (The Penguins of Madagascar, Monsters vs. Aliens, Gravity Falls, Pickle and Peanut), writer and producer (creator of The Mighty Ones).
- March 27: Mia Ikumi, Japanese manga artist (Tokyo Mew Mew), (d. 2022).[27]
May
- May 7: Crystal Chesney-Thompson, American animator and director (Futurama, Duck Dodgers, Drawn Together, The Simpsons Movie, Dawn of the Croods, Disenchantment, The Boys Presents: Diabolical).
June
- June 18: Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress.
- June 28: Felicia Day, American actress (voice of Annie in Generator Rex, Angela in Fish Hooks, Pear Butter in the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, episode The Perfect Pear, Betty in Adventure Time, Erika Violette in Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Mary Jane Watson in Marvel's Spider-Man, Bria in The Owl House).
- June 29: Stephanie Lemelin, American actress (voice of Mei Ling in Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five, Artemis Crock / Artemis / Tigress in Young Justice, Nurse Lady Pam in Fanboy & Chum Chum, Eep in Dawn of the Croods, Audrey in Harvey Girls Forever!).
August
- August 9: Paul Robertson, Australian animator.
- August 12: Peter Browngardt, American animator (Futurama, Shorties Watchin' Shorties, The Venture Bros.), storyboard artist (Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The Ricky Gervais Show, Adventure Time), voice actor, writer and producer (Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Uncle Grandpa, Looney Tunes Cartoons).
December
- December 7: Eric Bauza, Canadian-American voice actor (voice of Stimpy in Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon, Foop in The Fairly Oddparents, Beagle Boys in DuckTales, Bugs Bunny in Looney Tunes Cartoons, continued voice of Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian in Looney Tunes Cartoons, Space Jam: A New Legacy and Animaniacs).
- December 30: Catherine Taber, American actress (voice of Padme Amidala in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Lori Loud in The Loud House).
Deaths
January
- January 5: Billy Bletcher, American voice actor (voice of Pete, Big Bad Wolf, the Pincushion Man in Balloon Land, Spike the Bulldog in Tom & Jerry, Papa Bear in The Three Bears), dies at age 84.
- January 16: Ted Cassidy, American actor (voice of Lurch in The Addams Family, and The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Frankenstein Jr. in Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles, Brainiac and Black Manta in Challenge of the Superfriends, Galactus in Fantastic Four, The Thing in The New Fantastic Four), dies at age 46.
February
- February 13: Yuri Merkulov, Russian animator and animated film director (Bratishkin's Adventures), passes away at age 77.[28][29]
- February 15: George Dunning, Canadian animator and film director (The Beatles, Yellow Submarine), dies at age 58.
March
- March 13: Tudor Owen, Welsh actor (voice of Towser in 101 Dalmatians), dies at age 81.[30]
April
- April 1: Barbara Luddy, American actress (voice of Lady in Lady and the Tramp, Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty, Rover in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Kanga in Winnie the Pooh), dies at age 70.
- April 29: Hardie Gramatky, American novelist, comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 72.[31]
June
- June 25: Dave Fleischer, American animator, film producer and director (Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Popeye, Let's All Go to the Lobby), dies of a stroke at age 84.
September
- September 12: Les Clark, American animator and film director (Disney Studios), dies at age 71.
October
- October 30: Oscar Conti, aka Oski, Argentine cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (The First Foundation of Buenos Aires), dies at age 65.[32]
November
- November 21: Paul Wexler, American actor (voice of car mechanic in 101 Dalmatians), dies at age 50.
- November 30: Dick Huemer, American animator (Disney Studios) and comics writer, passes away at age 81.
December
- December 27: Nikolai Khodataev, Russian animated film director and animator (worked on Aelita, Interplanetary Revolution, China in Flames, The Samoyed Boy, The Little Organ), passes away at age 87.[33]
Specific date unknown
- Adam Beckett, American animator, special effects artist and teacher (Star Wars), dies at age 28 or 29 in a house fire.[34][35]
See also
Sources
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- "Tale of Tales (1979) - Yuriy Norshteyn, Yuri Norstein | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "The Perishers Episode Guide -FilmFair". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ドラえもん (1979～2005). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- "Mobile Suit Gundam (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Olivier, Lantz to get Special Oscars". Beaver County Times. Calkins Media. February 13, 1979. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- "Special Delivery - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- "Payut Ngaokrachang: The Master of Thai Animations". Thai Film Foundation. January 1, 2004. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017.
- "Raoul Servais". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "35th Anniversary of Nezha Conquers the Dragon King". www.google.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- Canby, Vincent (Aug 17, 1979). "Film: 'Monty Python's Life of Brian': Gospel of Lunacy". New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Casper and the Angels Episode Guide - Hanna-Barbera". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Episode Guide - Hanna-Barbera". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) - Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Every Child (1979) - Eugène Fedorenko | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Doctor Snuggles (Dr. Snuggles) Episode Guide -Polyscope -Alternate: Dr. Snuggles". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "ベルサイユのばら 完全版". Aug 29, 2010. Archived from the original on August 29, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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- "Amigo and Friends Description". Retro Junk. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Caninabis". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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- "Alfie Atkins". alfons.se. Aug 13, 2010. Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Tokyo Mew Mew Artist Mia Ikumi Passes Away Due to Hemorrhage". Anime News Network. March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
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External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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