1977 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 |
Events in 1977 in animation.
Events[]
February[]
- February 9: Ralph Bakshi's Wizards is first released which will later become a cult classic.[1]
March[]
- March 11: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.
- March 29: 49th Academy Awards: Leisure by Suzanne Baker wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[2]
April[]
- April 1: Richard Williams' debut film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure premieres.[3]
- April 20: Woody Allen's live-action comedy film Annie Hall premieres which has an animated segment directed by Chris Ishii, a former Disney animator.[4]
June[]
- June 22: The Walt Disney Company releases The Rescuers, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery and Art Stevens.[5]
August[]
- August 24: The Peanuts film Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown premieres.[6]
September[]
- September 10:
- Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels[7]
- A celebrity animated TV show I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali, voiced by the boxing legend himself, is first broadcast, produced by . However, it will only run one season.[8]
- September 23: The first episode of the Hungarian animated TV series A kockásfülű nyúl is broadcast.[9]
Specific date unknown[]
- Magic Bus is founded.[10]
- Ruby-Spears is founded.[11]
- Robert Grossman, James Picker and Craig Whitaker's Jimmy The C is first released, a clay animation film starring U.S. President Jimmy Carter singing Georgia On My Mind.[12]
Films released[]
- February 4 - The Lighthouse Island (East Germany)
- February 9 - Wizards (United States)
- March 1 - Krabat - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Czechoslovakia) & (West Germany)
- March 11 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (United States)
- March 19 - The Wild Swans (Japan)
- April 1 - Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (United States)
- April 6 - The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town (United States)
- April 7:
- Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (United States)
- Mattie the Goose-boy (Hungary)
- May 6 - Gulliver's Travels (United Kingdom) & (Belgium)
- May 18 - (Belgium)
- May 27 - Fantastic Animation Festival (United States)
- June 22 - The Rescuers (United States)
- July 20 - Robot Taekwon V: Underwater Rangers (South Korea)
- July 23 - Donald Duck's Summer Magic (United States)
- July 27 - Taekwon dongja Maruchi Arachi (South Korea)
- August 4 - Mr. Rossi's Dreams (Italy)
- August 6 - Space Battleship Yamato (Japan)
- August 24 - Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (United States)
- September 16 - Around the World with Bolek and Lolek (Poland)
- November 3 - Pete's Dragon (United States)
- November 13 - A Journey to the Center of the Earth (United States)
- November 18 - The Mouse and His Child (United States) & (Japan)
- November 24 - 5 Weeks in a Balloon (United States)
- November 27 - The Hobbit (United States) & (Japan)
- December 1 - New Star of the Giants (Japan)
- December 7 - A Flintstone Christmas (United States)
- December 9 - Electronic Man 337 (South Korea)
- December 15 - Dot and the Kangaroo (Australia)
Television series[]
Debuts[]
- January 1 - Yatterman debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977-1979).
- January 2 - Araiguma Rascal debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977).
- February 3 - Jetter Mars debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977).
- February 12 - The New Adventures of Batman debuts on CBS (United States, 1977).
- February 14 - The Flumps debuts on BBC1 (United Kingdom, 1977).
- March 3 - Mechander Robo debuts on Tokyo Channel 12 (Japan, 1977).
- March 6 - Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace debuts on FNS (Fuji TV) (Japan, 1977-1978).
- April 4 - Attack on Tomorrow debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977).
- April 9 - Ginguiser debuts on ANN (ABC) (Japan, 1977).
- June 4 - Chōdenji Machine Voltes V debuts on TV Asahi (Japan, 1977-1978).
- June 7 - Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac debuts on ABC (Japan, 1977).
- July 3 - Chojin Sentai Barattack debuts on ANN (ANB) (Japan, 1977-1978).
- September 10:
- Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (United States, 1977) and CB Bears (United States, 1977) debuts on NBC.
- Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (United States, 1977-1980) debuts on ABC.
- I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali debuts on NBC (United States, 1977).
- Laff-A-Lympics (United States, 1977-1979) and Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (United States, 1977-1978) debuts on ABC.
- Space Sentinels debuts on NBC (United States, 1977).
- What's New, Mr. Magoo? debuts on CBS (United States, 1977).
- Wonder Wheels debuts on CBS (United States, 1977-1978).
- The All-New Super Friends Hour debuts on ABC (United States, 1977-1978).
- The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour debuts on CBS (United States, 1977-1978).
- The New Archie and Sabrina Hour debuts on NBC (United States, 1977-1978).
- The Robonic Stooges debuts on CBS (United States, 1977-1978).
- The Skatebirds debuts on CBS (United States, 1977).
- September 12 - Ore wa Teppei debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977-1978).
- September 18 - Ippatsu Kanta-kun debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977-1978).
- September 22 - Arrow Emblem Hawk of the Grand Prix debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977-1978).
- September 23 - Kockásfülű nyúl debuts on Magyar Televízió (Hungary, 1977-1978).
- October 1:
- Star of the Giants debuts on Yomiuri Television (Japan, 1977-1978).
- Temple the Balloonist debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1977-1978).
- October 2 - Ie Naki Ko debuts on Nippon TV (Japan, 1977-1978).
- October 3:
- Fred Flintstone and Friends debuts on Syndication (United States, 1977-1978).
- Lupin III Part II debuts on Nippon TV (Japan, 1977-1980).
- October 5 - Tobidase! Machine Hiryū debuts on TV Tokyo (Japan, 1977-1978).
- October 8 - Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 debuts on NBN (Japan, 1977-1978).
- October 17 - Dinosaur War Izenborg debuts on TV Tokyo (Japan, 1977-1978).
- October 29 - Wakakusa no Charlotte debuts on ABC (Japan, 1977-1978).
- December 13 - Angie Girl debuts on ABC (Japan, 1977-1978).
- December 23 - Yakyū-kyō no Uta debuts on Nippon TV (Japan, 1977-1979).
Births[]
January[]
- January 2: Anna Cummer, Canadian actress.
- January 23: Peter Sohn, American animator, director, voice actor, and storyboard artist (Pixar).
- January 31: Bobby Moynihan, American voice actor and comedian (voice of Louie in DuckTales, Panda in We Bare Bears).
February[]
- February 17: Kara Edwards, American voice actress (voice of Goten and Videl in Dragon Ball Z).
March[]
- March 9: Lydia Mackay, American voice actress (voice of Trisha Elric and Sloth in Fullmetal Alchemist).
April[]
- April 2: Tom Krajewski, American television writer (The Replacements, Catscratch, Skunk Fu!, Tak and the Power of Juju, The Fairly Oddparents, The Penguins of Madagascar, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, YooHoo & Friends, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Action Dad, Packages from Planet X, Monsuno, Max Steel, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, Buddy Thunderstruck, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese).
- April 9: Tim McKeon, American writer, director and producer (Sitting Ducks, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Out of Jimmy's Head, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Adventure Time, Fish Hooks, Top Cat: The Movie, Gravity Falls, Wander Over Yonder, Hilda, Kid Cosmic).
May[]
- May 3: Jeffrey Garcia, American actor and stand-up comedian (voice of Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and Planet Sheen, Jerry Rivera in the ChalkZone episode Indecent Exposure, Jesús Cristo in the Clone High episode A.D.D.: The Last 'D' Is for Disorder, Ricardo Amino in Ozzy & Drix, Pip in Barnyard and Back at the Barnyard, Rinaldo in Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two, Tipa in Rio, Spoonbill and Peri in Rio 2).
June[]
- June 5: Kristin Gore, American author and screenwriter (Futurama).
July[]
- July 5: Armen Mirzaian, Iranian-born American animator, storyboard artist (My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Adventure Time, G.I. Joe: Renegades, Transformers: Prime, Transformers: Rescue Bots, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Ben 10: Omniverse) and writer (Adventure Time), (d. 2013).[13][14]
- July 13: Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress (voice of Haruko Haruha in FLCL, Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Fuu in Samurai Champloo, Saya Otonashi in Blood +, Anemone in Eureka Seven, Celty Sturluson in Durarara!!, Nova in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Suzy Johnson in Phineas and Ferb, Honey Buttowski in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Shellsea in Fish Hooks, Kimmy in Sym-Bionic Titan, Tigress in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Shandra Jimenez and Priscilla Northwest in Gravity Falls, Chloe Carmichael in The Fairly OddParents, Amanda Killman in Bunsen Is a Beast, Zatanna in DC Super Hero Girls, Jessica in Rick and Morty).
- July 26: Tony Sampson, Canadian former voice actor (voice of Gemini Man in Mega Man, Eddy in Ed, Edd n Eddy, Brock Wickersham in What About Mimi?, Fred in Transformers: Armada).
September[]
- September 11: Jackie Buscarino, American voice actress, (voice of Pacifica Northwest in Gravity Falls, Vidalia in Steven Universe), writer and producer.
November[]
- November 10: Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (voice of Luanne Platter in King of the Hill, Tank in Pepper Ann, Gloria in Happy Feet, Colleen O'Hallahan in the Futurama episode The Beast with a Billion Backs), (d. 2009).
Deaths[]
February[]
- February 9: Zero Mostel, American actor (voice of Kehaar in Watership Down), dies at age 62.
- February 16: Frank Engli, American animator and comics artist, letterer and colorist (Fleischer Studios), dies at age 70.[15]
- February 18: Andy Devine, American actor (voice of Friar Tuck in Robin Hood), dies at age 71.[16]
- February 21: John Hubley, American animator, film director, producer, screenwriter and comics artist (UPA) dies at age 62.
- Specific date unknown: Irving Spector, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 62.[17]
March[]
- March 29: Peter Foldes, Hungarian-British animator and director (A Short Vision, Hunger), dies at age 52.
April[]
- April 25: Vera Tsekhanovskaya, Russian and Soviet animation director dies at age 74.
- April 27: Scott Bradley, American composer (composed soundtracks for Walt Disney Company, Ub Iwerks and eventually MGM cartoons, namely Tom & Jerry and the shorts of Tex Avery), dies at age 85.
May[]
- May 21: Art Landy, American animator (Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz), dies at age 73.
June[]
- June 4: Svend Methling, Danish actor and (animated) film director (The Tinderbox: the first Danish animated feature film), passes away at age 85.
- June 14: Alan Reed, American voice actor (voice of Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones, Boris the Russian Wolfhound in Lady and the Tramp), dies from bladder cancer at age 69.[18]
July[]
- July: Milt Stein, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons, Fleischer Studios), commits suicide at age 56.[19]
August[]
- August 22: Sebastian Cabot, British actor (voice of the narrator and Sir Ector in The Sword in the Stone, Bagheera in The Jungle Book, narrator in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh), dies at age 59.
September[]
- September 5: Tatsuo Yoshida, Japanese manga artist and animator (Speed Racer), dies at age 45 from liver cancer.[20]
- September 13: Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (conductor in Fantasia), dies at age 95 from a heart attack.[21]
- September 29: Bob McKimson, American animator, director and illustrator (Looney Tunes, Foghorn Leghorn, Tasmanian Devil), dies at age 66.[22]
October[]
- October 14: Bing Crosby, American singer (narrator in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), dies at age 74.[23]
November[]
- November 5: René Goscinny, French comics writer, artist, magazine publisher and animation director (Asterix and Cleopatra, Daisy Town, The 12 Tasks of Asterix, La Ballade des Dalton), dies at age 51.[24]
December[]
- December 18: Cyril Ritchard, Australian actor (voice of The Sandman in The Daydreamer, Emperor Klockenlocher in The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Frog in Tubby the Tuba, Father Thomas inThe First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow, Elrond in The Hobbit), dies at age 79.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ IMDb title|0076929|Wizards
- ^ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ IMDb title|0076593|Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
- ^ "Chris Ishii". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ Official website
- ^ IMDb title|0076591|Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
- ^ * Captain Caveman at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 9, 2012.
- ^ http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/C/Fred_Calvert_Productions/I_Am_the_Greatest__The_Adventures_of_Muhammad_Ali/index.html[permanent dead link] Episode guide] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- ^ "A kockásfülü nyúl (TV Series 1977– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Official website (in Japanese)
- ^ http://www.rubyspears.com/ Ruby-Spears Productions, Inc. Official website
- ^ Jimmy the C on YouTube "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Armen Mirzaian Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "Armen Mirzaian". IMDb.
- ^ "Frank Engli". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Devine, Dennis. Your Friend and Mine, Andy Devine, BearManor Media, 2013. ISBN 9781593932299
- ^ "Irving Spector". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Thomas, Nick (September 23, 2015). "Alan Reed Jr. remembers 'The Flintstones' at 55". USA Today. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ "Milt Stein". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Tatsuo Yoshida". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Allen Hughes, "Leopold Stokowski Is Dead of a Heart Attack at 95", The New York Times, 14 September 1977.
- ^ "Bob McKimson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Smith, Jim (October 19, 1977). "Memorial Rites Held for city favorite, Bing Crosby". The Spokesman Review. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ^ "René Goscinny". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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