1971 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 |
The year 1971 in animation involved some events.
Events[]
April[]
- April 15: 43rd Academy Awards: Is It Always Right to Be Right? by wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[1]
September[]
- September 11: The first episode of The Jackson Five is broadcast.[2]
October[]
- October 7: Bedknobs and Broomsticks is first released.[3]
November[]
- November 10: Frank Zappa's film 200 Motels premiers, which features an animated sequence by Cal Schenkel.[4][5]
December[]
- December: The first Lucky Luke feature film, Daisy Town, directed by René Goscinny and Morris is released.
- December 21: Richard Williams's TV special A Christmas Carol first airs.[6]
Films released[]
- January 1 – Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang (South Korea)
- March 6 – Benny's Bathtub (Denmark)
- March 17 – Attack No. 1: Immortal Bird (Japan)
- March 20 – Animal Treasure Island (Japan)
- Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden: Tsukihigai no Maki (Japan)
- June 18 – The Poor Miller's Boy and the Kitten (East Germany)
- July 15 – The Christmas Present (Brazil)
- July 18 – Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Japan)
- July 23 – Lightning Atom (South Korea)
- September 24 – Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama (Japan)
- September 25 – Tiki Tiki (Canada)
- November 29 – The Wardrobe of Time (Spain)
- December 13 – Bedknobs and Broomsticks (United States)
- December 15 – Daisy Town (France) & (Belgium)
Television series[]
Debuts[]
- January 1 - Kaba Totto debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1971-1972).
- January 3 - Andersen Monogatari debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1971).
- April 8 - Wandering Sun debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1971).
- September 11:
- Archie's TV Funnies debuts on CBS (1971–1973).
- Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! debuts on CBS (1971–1972).
- The Funky Phantom debuts on ABC (1971–1972).
- The Jackson 5ive debuts on ABC (1971–1973).
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show debuts on CBS (1971–1972).
- September 25 - Tensai Bakabon debuts on Yomiuri TV (Japan, 1971-1972).
- October 2 - Marvelous Melmo debuts on TBS (Japan, 1971-1972).
- October 4 - Sarutobi Ecchan debuts on TV Asahi (Japan, 1971-1972).
- October 7 - GeGeGe no Kitaro debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1971-1972).
- October 24 - Lupin III 1 debuts on Yomiuri TV (Japan, 1971-1972).
Specials[]
- February 2 - The Point!, a television special, airs on ABC (United States).
- March 10 – The Cat in the Hat, a television special, airs on CBS (United States).
- April 4 – Here Comes Peter Cottontail, an Easter television special, airs on ABC (United States).
- November 14 - The Legend of Robin Hood, a television special, airs on CBS (Australia).
- November 28 - Treasure Island, a television special, airs on CBS (Australia).
Births[]
February[]
- February 1: Hynden Walch, American actress, voice actress, singer and writer (Starfire in Teen Titans, Penny Sanchez in ChalkZone, Princess Bubblegum in Adventure Time).
- February 15: Alex Borstein, American actress and comedian (voice of Lois Griffin on Family Guy).
- February 22: Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and actress (singing voices of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin, and the title character in Mulan).
March[]
- March 16: Alan Tudyk, American actor and voice actor (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ludo and River Butterfly on Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Joker and Clayface on Harley Quinn).
- March 31: Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, writer, director, animator, storyboard artist (2 Stupid Dogs) and designer (creator of The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Wander Over Yonder, and Kid Cosmic).
May[]
- May 26: Matt Stone, American actor, voice actor, comedian, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer (South Park).
June[]
September[]
- September 12: Adam Burke, American animator (Pixar), (d. 2018).
- September 15: Colleen O'Shaughnessey, American voice actress (voice of Sora Takenouchi in Digimon, Ino Yamanaka in Naruto, Tails in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, Jazz Fenton on Danny Phantom, Wasp in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes).
October[]
- October 2: Chris Savino, American animator (the creator of The Loud House).
- October 22: Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter and film director (Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Zootopia, Frozen II).
Deaths[]
February[]
- February 20: William Lava, American composer (Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies), dies at age 59.
March[]
- March 12: Roy Glenn, American actor (voice of the Bullfrog in Song of the South), dies at age 56 from a heart attack.
May[]
- May 8: Larry Morey, American lyricist and screenwriter (wrote music for The Wise Little Hen, The Grasshopper and the Ants, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Ferdinand the Bull, The Reluctant Dragon), dies at age 66. [8]
July[]
- July 6: Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer (played a huge head in the skies in the Betty Boop cartoon I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You), dies at age 69.[9][10]
- July 7: Ub Iwerks, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Ub Iwerks Films, co-creator of Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit), dies at age 70.[11]
- July 15: Bill Thompson, American voice actor (voice of Droopy, Adolf Wolf in Blitz Wolf, White Rabbit and Dodo in Alice in Wonderland, Mr. Smee in Peter Pan, Jock, Bull, Dachsie, Joe the cook and the Irish policeman in Lady and the Tramp, King Hubert in Sleeping Beauty, Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore in Humphrey the Bear cartoons, Professor Owl in Melody and Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom, Uncle Waldo in The Aristocats, voice of Tom's cousin George in the Tom & Jerry short Timid Tabby, Touché Turtle in Touché Turtle and Dum Dum), dies at age 58.
- July 17: Cliff Edwards, American singer, musician and actor (voice of Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio, Fun and Fancy Free and From All of Us to All of You, voice of Jim Crow in Dumbo), dies at age 76 from cardiac arrest.
August[]
- Specific date unknown: Julius Svendsen, Norwegian-American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 51 or 52.[12]
September[]
- September 7: Spring Byington, American actress (model for Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 84.
- September 23: Billy Gilbert, American comedian and actor (voice of Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Willie the Giant in Fun and Fancy Free), dies at age 77.[13]
October[]
- October 9: Billy Costello, American actor (original voice of Popeye the Sailor) dies at age 73.
- October 25: Paul Terry, American animator, film director, film producer and comics artist (Terrytoons, Farmer Alfalfa, Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, Deputy Dawg), dies at age 84.[14]
- October 31: Robert Gribbroek, American animator, lay-out artist and background painter (Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 65.
December[]
- December 13: Warren Foster, American screenwriter, animator and composer (Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 67.
- December 20: Roy Disney, American film producer (Walt Disney Company) and brother of Walt Disney, dies at age 78 from an intracranial hemorrhage.[15]
- December 28: Burt Gillett, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz Productions), dies at age 80 from a heart attack.
See also[]
Sources[]
- ^ "The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ The Jackson 5ive at IMDb
- ^ "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "200 Motels". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Cal Schenkel". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "A Christmas Carol". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Marc Alberich". Lambiek.net. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ Auteurs - Près de 800 paroles de chansons de Walt Disney !
- ^ Meckna, Michael; Satchmo, The Louis Armstrong Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, Connecticut & London, 2004.
- ^ Krebs, Albin. "Louis Armstrong, Jazz Trumpeter and Singer, Dies", The New York Times, July 7, 1971. Accessed October 1, 2009. "Louis Armstrong, the celebrated jazz trumpeter and singer, died in his sleep yesterday morning at his home in the Corona section of Queens."
- ^ "Ub Iwerks". lambiek.net. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Julius Svendsen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Billy Gilbert". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Paul Terry". lambiek.net. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Jones, Jack (December 21, 1971). "Roy O. Disney". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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