1963 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Years: | 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 |
Events in 1963 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 1: The first episode of Astro Boy airs, based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka.[1]
- January 25: In The Flintstones episode The Surprise Wilma Flintstone announces to Fred that she is pregnant. This is the first time that an animated character is depicted being pregnant.[2]
February[]
- February 22: In The Flintstones episode The Blessed Event Pebbles Flintstone is born.
March[]
- March 24: Yūgo Serikawa's The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon premiers.[3]
April[]
- April 8: 35th Academy Awards: The Hole by John Hubley and Faith Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[4]
- April 27: Chuck Jones' Now Hear This premiers.[5]
May[]
- May 20: Ernest Pintoff's The Critic, with voice-work by Mel Brooks, premiers.[6]
July[]
- July 27: Pent-House Mouse, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon by Chuck Jones is released.[7]
August[]
- August 12: The first episode of Bolek and Lolek is broadcast.[8]
September[]
- September 1: The first episode of The Mighty Hercules is broadcast.[9]
- September 19: In The Flintstones episode Ann-Margrock Presents Ann-Margret is special guest voice.
- September 28: The first episode of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is broadcast.[10]
October[]
- October 3: In The Flintstones episode Little Bamm-Bamm Bamm-Bamm Rubble is delivered at Barney and Betty Rubble's doorstep. They will adopt him.
- October 5: The first episode of La Manège Enchanté (The Magic Roundabout) is broadcast.[11]
November[]
- November 11: The first episode of Wolf Boy Ken is broadcast.
December[]
- December 21: Akira Daikubara's Doggie March is first released.[12]
- December 25: The Sword in the Stone by Wolfgang Reitherman and produced by the Walt Disney Company is released.[13]
- December 31: The first episode of Dáithí Lacha is broadcast.[14]
- Warner Bros. Cartoons closes down, but will reopen in 1967.
Specific date unknown[]
- DePatie–Freleng Enterprises is founded by Friz Freleng and David DePatie.[15]
- The first episode of Rod Rocket is broadcast.[16]
- Stan Brakhage's Mothlight is released.[17]
- Arthur Lipsett's 21-87 premiers.[18]
Films released[]
Television series[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 11: Pres Romanillos, American animator and animated film producer (Walt Disney Company, DreamWorks), (d. 2010).[19]
February[]
- February 14: John R. Dilworth, American animator (created Courage the Cowardly Dog).
- February 17: Michael Jordan, American businessman and former professional basketball player (Space Jam).
March[]
- March 15: Ashley Lenz, American animator (Futurama, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie, The Princess and the Frog), storyboard artist (Time Squad, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Kim Possible, Teen Titans Go!, Puppy Dog Pals, The VeggieTales Show, The Harper House) and director (Futurama, Dan Vs.).
April[]
- April 4: Igor Khait, American animator and animated film producer (Bebe's Kids, Walt Disney Company), (d. 2016).[20][21]
- April 6: Clark Spencer, American film producer, businessman and studio executive (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
- April 18: Conan O'Brien, American writer (The Simpsons), comedian and talk show host (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Bart Gets Famous, the Futurama episode Xmas Story, and Queer Duck: The Movie, voice of Glaxxon 5000 in The Mitchells vs the Machines).
- April 20: Christopher Nielsen, Norwegian comic artist, cartoonist, animator and director.
- April 21: Brian Goldner, American business chief executive and film producer (CEO of Hasbro from 2008 to 2021), (d. 2021).[22]
May[]
- May 8: Stephen Furst, American voice actor (voice of Fanboy in Freakazoid!), (d. 2017).[23]
- May 9: Michael Lindsay, American voice actor (voice of Kisuke Urahara in Bleach, Shinichiro Tamaki in Code Geass), (d. 2019).
- May 10: Rich Moore, American screenwriter, director (The Simpsons, The Critic, Futurama, Baby Blues, Drawn Together, Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and voice actor.
- May 21: Richard Appel, American writer and producer (The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show).
- May 30: Marc Wilmore, American actor (voice of a psychologist in The Simpsons episode It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge, Walter Burkett on The PJs), producer, comedian and animation writer (The Simpsons, The PJs, F Is for Family), (d. 2021) from COVID-19.[24][25]
June[]
- June 9: Johnny Depp, American actor (voice of Victor Van Dort in Corpse Bride, the title character in Rango, Jack Kahuna Laguna in SpongeBob Squarepants).
- June 20: Hiroshi Ōsaka, Japanese animator, animated film director & producer, character designer and illustrator (Bones Animation Studio), (d. 2007).[26]
July[]
- June 30: Marty Isenberg, American television writer (Danny Phantom, Ben 10, Transformers: Animated, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, Guardians of the Galaxy).
August[]
- August 1: Coolio, American rapper, singer, record producer and actor (voice of Kwanzaa-bot in Futurama, Replikon and Marvin Roper in Static Shock, Wax Coolio in the Gravity Falls episode Headhunters).
- August 8:
- Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress.
- Rica Fukami, Japanese voice actress.
- August 10: Brian Scully, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, Family Guy).
- August 16: Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress, (voice of Chuckie Finster in Rugrats, Gosalyn Mallard in Darkwing Duck, Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory, Bunnie Rabbot in Sonic the Hedgehog, Oblina in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters), (d. 2014).
September[]
- September 18:
- Dan Povenmire, American animator and voice actor (co-creator of Phineas & Ferb & Milo Murphy's Law and voice of Heinz Doofenshmirtz in Phineas & Ferb).
- John Powell, English composer (DreamWorks Animation).
- September 28: Greg Weisman, American film and television producer (Gargoyles).
October[]
- October 12: Satoshi Kon, Japanese manga artist and animator (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent, Paprika), (d. 2010).[27]
November[]
- November 20: Ming-Na Wen, American actress (voice of the title character in Mulan & Mulan II House of Mouse, Sofia the First, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Detective Ellen Yin in The Batman, Aki Ross in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Fennec Shand in Star Wars: The Bad Batch).
- November 26: Kevin Kocvar, Canadian film editor (Toad Patrol, Toot and Puddle, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Hilda), (d. 2020).[28]
December[]
- December 23: Jess Harnell, American voice actor (voice of Wakko Warner in Animaniacs).
Specific date unknown[]
- Adam I. Lapidus, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, Tripping the Rift, Xiaolin Showdown).
- Duncan Watson, American former child voice actor (voice of Charlie Brown in Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown and Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown).
- Kevyn Wallace, American animator (Rocko's Modern Life), background artist (Freakazoid!, The Proud Family Movie, The Simpsons Movie) and layout artist (Bebe's Kids, Earthworm Jim, Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2011).[29]
- Chris Duncan, American background painter, visual effects artist and designer (Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studio), (d. 2021).[30]
Deaths[]
April[]
- April 9: Vernon Stallings, American animator, animation writer and director (International Film Service, Bray Productions, Van Beuren Studios, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 71.[31]
September[]
- September 15: Oliver Wallace, British-American composer (soundtracks for many animated shorts and feature films by the Walt Disney Company), dies at age 76.[32]
See also[]
Sources[]
- ^ "Astroboy". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Joseph Barbera". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ "Now Hear This". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Critic". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Pent-House Mouse". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Bolek i Lolek". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Mighty Hercules". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Magic Roundabout (TV Series 1964– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Doggie March". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Sword in the Stone". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ The Irish Times, "Today's TV programmes", 31 December 1962
- ^ "Friz Freleng". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Rod Rocket (TV Series 1963– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Mothlight / Stan Brakhage". Jun 9, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Arthur Lipsett: Inside His Disturbed & Disturbing Collage Films". Oct 5, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Article at Daily News Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 21, 2010.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (March 30, 2016). "Igor Khait Dies: Veteran Animation Producer Was 52". Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ "Igor Khait, Veteran Animation Producer, Dies at 52". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ "Hasbro Announces the Passing of Beloved Leader and Longtime Chairman & CEO Brian D. Goldner". www.businesswire.com. October 12, 2021.
- ^ Rosen, Christopher (June 17, 2017). "Animal House star Stephen Furst dies at 63". EW.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts. Hachette Books. 2015. p. Acknowledgments. ISBN 978-0316262811.
- ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (February 2021). "Marc Wilmore, TV Writer and Brother of Comedian Larry Wilmore, Dies at 57". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ "Bones Co-Founder Hiroshi Ōsaka Passes Away". Anime News Network. September 24, 2007. Retrieved October 11, 2007.
- ^ Scott, A. O. (August 26, 2010). "Satoshi Kon, Anime Filmmaker, Dies at 46". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- ^ "Kevin Kocvar". Ottawa Citizen. April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Kevyn Wallace". IMDb.
- ^ "Nickelodeon Artist Chris Duncan Passes Away". nickalive.net. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ^ "Vernon Stallings". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Associated Press (September 17, 1963). "Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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