1975 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 |
Events in 1975 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 5:
- The first episode of Dog of Flanders is broadcast, an adaptation of Ouida's novel A Dog of Flanders.[1][2]
- The first episode of Paddington is broadcast, based on the eponymous children's books by Michael Bond.[3]
- January 11: An animated TV special of the 2000 Year Old Man sketch is broadcast on CBS, with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner reprising their characters. The animation is produced by Leo Salkin Films.[4]
March[]
- March 21: Tomoharu Katsumata and Tim Reid's Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid premiers.[5]
April[]
- April 1:
- Alexander Schure's Tubby the Tuba is first released.
- The first episode of the television series Maya the Honey Bee airs.[6]
- April 3: Monty Python and the Holy Grail premiers, which has several animated intermezzos and combinations of animation with live-action, directed by Terry Gilliam.[7]
- April 8: 47th Academy Awards: Closed Mondays by Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[8][9]
June[]
- June 11: Raúl daSilva's Rime of the Ancient Mariner premiers.[10]
July[]
- July 17: Manuel García Ferré's Trapito premiers.[11]
August[]
- August 20: Ralph Bakshi's film Coonskin, a combination of animation and live-action, premiers. It flops at the box office due to accusations of racism.[12] It will take decades before it eventually becomes a cult classic and sheds its undeserved bad reputation.[13]
- August 28: Kjell Aukrust's The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix is first released.[14]
September[]
- September 4: Belgian cartoonist Picha and Boris Szulzinger release their animated feature film debut Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle, which will become a cult classic.[15][16]
- September 6:
- The first episode of The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, produced by Filmation, airs.[17]
- The first episode of Uncle Croc's Block is broadcast, a live-action children's TV show with animated intermezzo's: M*U*S*H, Fraidy Cat and Wacky and Packy.[18]
- September 8: John Hubley's Everybody Rides the Carousel premiers.[19]
October[]
- October 1: The first episode of Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures airs.[20]
- October 5: The first episode of Grendizer is broadcast.[21][22]
- October 6: The first episode of The Adventures of Pepero airs.[23][24]
- October 10: The first episode of Bod is broadcast.[25]
- October 15: The first episode of Ikkyū-san airs.[26]
- October 23: Yuri Norstein's Hedgehog in the Fog premiers. [27]
November[]
- November 9: Sally Cruikshank's Quasi at the Quackadero is released, which will become a cult classic. [28]
December[]
- December 19: Bob Clampett releases the anthology film Bugs Bunny: Superstar, directed by Larry Jackson, which is the first Looney Tunes package film. The film will attract controversy amongst some of Clampett's colleagues, most obviously Chuck Jones, because Clampett takes credit for many contestable claims.[29][30]
- December 24: Per Åhlin's Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton is first released, which in Sweden will become an annual Christmas tradition.[31]
- December 25: William Feigenbaum and József Gémes' Hugo the Hippo premiers.[32]
Specific date unknown[]
- Halas and Batchelor animates the music video for Roger Glover's song Love Is All, in which a singing frog with a guitar gathers animals for a ball in the forest.[33]
- Bill Melendez' Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done premiers, based on designs by Ronald Searle.[34]
- André Leduc and Bernard Longpré's Monsieur Pointu premiers.[35]
- The first episode of Leopold the Cat airs.[36]
- Robert Swarthe's Kick Me premiers.[37]
- Bob Godfrey's Great premiers.[38]
- Chuck Jones' adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is released.
Films released[]
Television series[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 3: Jason Marsden, America voice actor (voice of Max Goof since 1995 Adult Kovu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Michael in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, Peter Pan on Peter Pan & the Pirates, Snapper Carr on Justice League, Danger Duck on Loonatics Unleashed, Haku in Spirited Away, Nermal in the Garfield franchise, Cavin in seasons 4 and 5 of Adventures of the Gummi Bears).
February[]
- February 5: Ana Lúcia Menezes, Brazilian actress (voice of Amy Rose in Sonic X and Sonic Boom, Margaret in Regular Show, Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10, Misa Amane in Death Note and Koto in Yu Yu Hakusho) (d. 2021).[39]
- February 16: Rebecca Shoichet, Canadian voice actress (singing voice of Twilight Sparkle on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, voice of Sunset Shimmer in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls).
- February 21: Drew Barrymore, American actress (voice of the title character in Olive, the Other Reindeer, Akima in Titan A.E., Jillian on Family Guy).
April[]
- April 22: Dannah Phirman, Israeli-born American actress (voice of Zaria in Tak and the Power of Juju, WordGirl/Becky Botsford, Claire McCallister, Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy's Mother, Edith Von Hoosinghaus and Pretty Princess in WordGirl, Penny in The Mighty B!, Missy in The Fairly OddParents episode Finding Emo, The Moon and Ben's Mom in Talking Tom and Friends), comedian and writer (The Mighty B!, WordGirl, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show).
May[]
- May 9: Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor (voice of Mickey Mouse on Mickey Mouse, and The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Drake Mallard|Darkwing Duck and Storkules on DuckTales, Green Arrow in the Batman Unlimited franchise and Justice League Action).
June[]
- June 25: Linda Cardellini, American actress (voice of Wendy Corduroy on Gravity Falls, Marcy 'Hot Dog Water' Fleach on Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated, CJ on Regular Show).
July[]
- July 10: Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (Robbie Rotten in LazyTown), (d. 2018).[40]
- July 12: Phil Lord, American producer (The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bless the Harts, The Mitchells vs. The Machines), director (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie), writer (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part) and voice actor (co-created Clone High).
August[]
- August 6: Trista H. Navarro, American animation production manager (The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie), (d. 2019).[41]
- August 29: Dante Basco, American voice actor (voice of Zuko on Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jake Long on American Dragon: Jake Long).
September[]
- September 23: Christopher Miller, American producer (The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bless the Harts, The Mitchells vs. The Machines), director (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie), writer (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part) and voice actor (co-created Clone High).
October[]
- October 5: Scott Weinger, American actor (voice of the title character in the Aladdin franchise and House of Mouse).
- October 16: Kellie Martin, American actress (voice of Young Daphne Blake on A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Molly Tazmanian Devil on Taz-Mania, Sadira on Aladdin, Roxanne in A Goofy Movie).
November[]
- November 2: Danny Cooksey, American actor voice of Montana Max in Tiny Toon Adventures, the title character in Dave the Barbarian).
Specific date unknown[]
- Jorge R. Gutierrez, Mexican animator (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Book of Life, Maya and the Three).
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 22: Hazel Sewell, American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 76.[42]
February[]
- February 23: Frank Smith, American animator and animated film director (Fleischer Studios, UPA, Peanuts animated specials), dies at age 63.[43]
March[]
- March 2: Salvador Mestres, Spanish animator, film director and comics artist (wrote and directed for Hispano Grafic Films), dies at age 64 or 65.[44]
May[]
- May 8: Abe Levitow, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM animation, UPA) and director (directed Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, co-directed The Phantom Tollbooth), dies at age 52.[45]
June[]
- June 19: Ge Ge Pearson, American actress (second voice of Crusader Rabbit in Crusader Rabbit), dies at age 58.
- July 19: Manny Gould, American animator (Barré Studio, Paramount Studios, Columbia Pictures, Warner Brothers Animation, Ed Graham Productions, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Ralph Bakshi), dies at age 71.[46]
August[]
- August 14 Frank Marsales, Canadian composer (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walter Lantz Studios), dies at age 88.
September[]
- September 4: Walter Tetley, American actor (voice of Felix the Cat, Andy Panda, Sherman in The Peabody segments of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends), dies at age 60.
October[]
- October 16: Don Barclay, American actor and caricaturist (voice of the Doorman in Cinderella), dies at age 82.
- October 29: John Scott Trotter, American arranger, composer and orchestra leader (did the scores for Peanuts TV specials and A Boy Named Charlie Brown), dies at age 67.
November[]
- November 28: Valentina Brumberg, Russian animator and film director (The Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Lost Letter, The Night Before Christmas, It Was I Who Drew the Little Man), dies at age 76.
December[]
- December 7: Hardie Albright, American actor (voice of adolescent Bambi in Bambi), dies at age 71.
- December 24: Harold Mack, British animator and comics artist (worked for Gaumont British Animation, British Animated Pictures and Marten Toonder's animation studio, established his own animation studio The Anglo-Dutch Group), passes away at the age 67.[47]
- December 26: Igor Podgorskiy, Russian animator, dies at age 53. [48]
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "Nippon Animation : Catalogue". Sep 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Toonhound - Paddington (1975-1986)". www.toonhound.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101216182726/http://nippon-animation.co.jp/work/mitsubachi_maya.html Maya the Bee - Nippon Animation Official Site
- ^ "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". 25 May 1975. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Official Academy Awards® Database". Archived from the original on 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
- ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ^ "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". 11 June 1975. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Trapito". 17 July 1975. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Gibson, Jon M.; McDonnell, Chris (2008). "Coonskin". Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi. Universe Publishing. pp. 106, 108–109, 114, 127. ISBN 978-0-7893-1684-4.
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- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Flåklypa Grand Prix (Caprino Filmcenter a/s)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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- ^ "Local Programs Sept. 6–12". TV Guide. 23 (35). September 6, 1975.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Uncle Croc's Block Episode Guide -Filmation". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Life is All Ups and No Downs on This Carousel". movies2.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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- ^ "UFO Robot Grendizer - Toei Animation" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
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- ^ "Ikkyū-san (TV 1975) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Hedgehog in the Fog". 23 October 1975. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Sally Cruikshank". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (1975-12-20). "Movie Review/Screen: What's Up, Doc?". The New York Times.
- ^ "Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975) - Larry E. Jackson, Larry Jackson | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (1975) - SFdb". Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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- ^ REDAÇÃO (April 20, 2021). "Dubladora de iCarly e Carrossel, Ana Lucia Menezes morre aos 45 anos". Notícias da TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ Lazy Town Actor Dies After Battle with Cancer
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- ^ https://www.animator.ru/db/?p=show_person&pid=1082
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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