1986 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Years: | 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
Events in 1986 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 19: The first episode of Maple Town is broadcast.[1]
February[]
- February 3: Pixar is established.
- February 26: The first episode of Dragon Ball airs.[2]
March[]
- March 5: Walter Lantz receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[3]
- March 7: The first episode of Pingu is broadcast.[4]
- March 19: The final episode of the Urusei Yatsura anime series is broadcast.[5]
- March 21:
- Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation premiers.[6]
- GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords premiers.[7]
- March 24: 58th Academy Awards: Anna & Bella by Børge Ring wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[8]
- March 26: The first episode of the Maison Ikkoku anime series is broadcast.[9]
April[]
- April 25: Peter Gabriel releases his single Sledgehammer, of which the animated music video will become a classic. [10]
June[]
- June 6: My Little Pony: The Movie premiers.[11]
- June 27: Jim Reardon's underground cartoon Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown is first released.[12]
July[]
- July 2: The Great Mouse Detective, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released.[13]
August[]
- August 2: Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky is released, the first film produced by Studio Ghibli.[14]
- August 8: The Transformers: The Movie premiers.[15]
- August 17: John Lasseter's Luxo Jr. premiers. The little lamp in the short will later become part of Pixar's logo.
September[]
- September 13:
- The first episode of Foofur is broadcast.[16]
- The first episode of Galaxy High airs.[17]
- The first episode of Popples airs.[18]
- The first episode of Pound Puppies airs.[19]
- September 15: The first episode of Karate Kommandos airs, an animated TV series based on Chuck Norris.[20]
- September 21: The first episode of Inhumanoids airs, which becomes notable for its remarkable gruesome imagery.[21]
- September 22: The first episode of Dennis the Menace airs.[22]
October[]
- October 12: The first episode of Janoschs Traumstunde airs.[23]
November[]
- November 21: Don Bluth's An American Tail premiers, which marks the debut of Fievel Mousekewitz.[24]
December[]
- December 3: The fifth Astérix film, Asterix in Britain, premiers.[25]
Specific date unknown[]
- The Brothers Quay release Street of Crocodiles. [26][27]
Films released[]
Television series[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 4: Charlyne Yi, American actor (voice of Ruby in Steven Universe, Chole Park in We Bare Bears, Alice in Summer Camp Island).
- January 8: Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (voice of the title character in Caillou, Meg in Mega Babies, second voice of Lori in What's with Andy?), (d. 2003).
February[]
- February 14: Justin Michael, American actor (voice of Tex Jr., Mr. Weaselbrat and Robby Burgles in Buddy Thunderstruck, Funshine Bear in Care Bears: Unlock the Magic, Kevin, Soldier Turtle, Turtle Guard and Roy in Infinity Train, Boy in Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese, Nevin in The Fungies), writer (Infinity Train), producer and director (Cake).
March[]
- March 13: Emily Brundige, American television writer (The Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans Go!, Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, Unikitty!, Harvey Girls Forever!, Amphibia, DC Superhero Girls, Hilda).
May[]
- May 11: Sean Jara, Canadian-born American cartoonist and animator.
July[]
- July 21: Diane Guerrero, American actress (voice of Jessica Cruz in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, Vestia in Elena of Avalor, Isabela Madrigal in Encanto).
August[]
- August 13: Ashley Spillers, American actress (voice of Didi Pickles in Rugrats, Jill the Frog in Muppet Babies, June Moore in DC Super Hero Girls).
September[]
- September 16: Kyla Pratt, American actress (voice of Penny Proud in The Proud Family).
October[]
- October 1: Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress, voice actress (Japanese voice of Anna in Frozen) and singer, (d. 2021).
- October 23: Emilia Clarke, English actress (voice of Marianne in the Futurama episode Stench and Stenchibility, Bridget in the Robot Chicken episode Joel Hurwitz Returns, Lumpy in the Animals episode Rats., Doyle in the Thunderbirds Are Go episode Rigged for Disaster).
December[]
- December 23: Noel Wells, American actress (voice of Lord Dominator in Wander Over Yonder, Kelsey Pokoly in Craig of the Creek, June in DuckTales, Ensign D'Vana Tendi in Star Trek: Lower Decks).
- December 29: Ally Maki, American actress (voice of Giggle McDimples in Toy Story 4).
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 23: Frank Grundeen, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 74.[28]
February[]
- February 16: Andrzej Pawłowski, Polish painter, sculptor, photographer, film director and animated film director (Kineformy, Naturally Shaped Forms, Mannequins), dies at age 60.[29]
- February 17: Paul Stewart, American actor (voice of Mighty Mightor), dies at age 77.
March[]
- March 16: George Jackson, British animator (worked on Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Danger Mouse and The BFG), dies at age 64.[30]
- March 25: Gloria Blondell, American actress (second voice of Daisy Duck in several Donald Duck cartoons), dies at age 70.[31]
April[]
- April 2: Jack Manning, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 65.[32]
- April 22: Dick Moores, American comics artist and animator (Telecomics Inc.), dies at age 75.[33]
May[]
- May 1: Arthur Lipsett, Canadian film director and animator (Very Nice, Very Nice, 21-87, A Trip Down Memory Lane), commits suicide at age 49.[34]
- May 9: Herschel Bernardi, American actor (the original voice of Charlie the Tuna, and The Jolly Green Giant), dies at age 62.
- May 24: George Gordon, American animator and animated film director (Terrytoons, MGM, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 79.[35]
June[]
- June 13: Benny Goodman, American jazz band leader (provided music to the All the Cats Join In and After You've Gone segments in Make Mine Music), dies at age 77.[36]
August[]
- August 19: Hermione Baddeley, British actor (Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in The Aristocats and Auntie Shrew in The Secret of NIMH), dies at age 79.[37][38]
- August 26: Ted Knight, American actor (voice of Black Manta in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Commissioner Gordon, The Penguin, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, and The Mad Hatter in The Adventures of Batman, Narrator and The Flash in Super Friends), dies at age 62.
September[]
- September 12: Frank Nelson, American comedic actor (voice of Uncle Dudley in Dinky Dog, Wizzar in Monchhichis, Governor Wetworth in Snorks, Dr. Pavlov in Foofur, Satan in The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie), dies at age 75.
October[]
- October 11: David Hand, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company, Gaumont), dies at age 86.[39]
- October 14: Keenan Wynn, American character actor (voice of the Winter Warlock in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town), dies at age 70.
November[]
- November 2: Paul Frees, American actor and screenwriter (voice of Boris Badenov in Rocky and Bullwinkle, Inspector Fenwick in Dudley Do-Right, Ludwig von Drake in Disney anthology television series, Muscles in Jerry's Cousin, voice of John Lennon and George Harrison in The Beatles, Burgermeister Meisterburger, and Grimsley in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town), dies at age 66.[40]
- November 11: Roger C. Carmel, American actor (voice of Harry Mudd in Star Trek: The Animated Series, Cyclonus in The Transformers, second voice of Sir Tuxford in Adventures of the Gummi Bears), dies at age 54.
- November 22:
- Jerry Colonna, American comedian, singer and musician and actor (the narrator of the Casey at the Bat segment in Make Mine Music and the short The Brave Engineer, voice of the March Hare in Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 82.
- Scatman Crothers, American voice actor (voice of Scat Cat in The Aristocats, Meadowlark Lemon in Harlem Globetrotters, Hong Kong Phooey in Hong Kong Phooey, Old Man Bone in Coonskin, Jazz in The Transformers), dies at age 76.[41]
- November 23:
- November 25: Don Towsley, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera, Chuck Jones, Filmation), dies at age 74. [44]
December[]
- December 12: Carlos Ramírez, Colombian singer (opera voice in Tex Avery's Magical Maestro), dies at age 70. [45]
- December 13: Heather Angel, British actress (voice of Alice's sister in Alice in Wonderland, Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan), dies at age 77.[46]
- December 31: Elmer Plummer, American painter and animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Studios), dies at age 76. [47]
Specific date unknown[]
- Isadore Klein, American animator and screenwriter (Terrytoons, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Famous Studios), dies at age 88.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Maple Town". 19 September 1987. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Dragon Ball". 9 September 1995. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Walter Lantz". Oct 25, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Pingu". 14 September 1990. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Episodes 166-195". Furinkan.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation". 21 March 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords". 21 March 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The 58th Academy Awards (1986) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- ^ "Episodes 1-12". Furinkan.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Episode Guide – Transcript of MTV's "Top 10 Animated Videos Countdown"". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012.. Outpost Daria. 28 June 1998.
- ^ "My Little Pony: The Movie". 6 June 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown". 27 June 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Great Mouse Detective". 2 July 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Castle in the Sky". 19 July 1991. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Transformers: The Movie". 8 August 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Foofur". 13 September 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Galaxy High School". 13 September 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Popples". 6 September 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Pound Puppies". 26 October 1985. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "InHumanoids". 21 September 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Dennis the Menace". 22 September 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Janosch". 24 February 1987. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "An American Tail". 21 November 1986. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Asterix in Britain". 10 July 1987. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Street of Crocodiles (1986) - Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Street of Crocodiles (1986)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Frank Grundeen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Andrzej Pawłowski at culture.pl
- ^ "George Jackson". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (16 September 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Jack Manning". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Dick Moores". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090130042324/http://www3.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Arthur-Lipsett/overview.php Overview of work
- ^ "George Gordon". Rarebit. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ Benny Goodman - The Official Licensing Website of Benny Goodman
- ^ Max Ascoli, The Reporter, Volume 28', Reporter Magazine, Co., 1963, p. 49.
- ^ Folkart, Burt, "Noted Actress Hermione Baddeley Dies", Los Angeles Times, 21 August 1986.
- ^ "Disney Legends". D23. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Folkart, Burt A. (November 6, 1986). "From 'The Millionaire' to 'Bullwinkle' : Paul Frees, Man of Many Voices, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ White, Robert; White, Phyllis (1 March 2011). Hollywood and the Best of Los Angeles. Hunter Publishing. pp. 568–. ISBN 978-1-58843-286-5. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Norman Maurer". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Frank Smith". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Don Towsley". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Steven Joseph Loza Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles- 1993 Page 136 "Another highly talented singer, Carlos Ramirez, came to Los Angeles in the late 1930s. "But when he got to Hollywood they spoiled him. He got into the movies with Lana Turner and so forth — Gilbert Roland and the whole trip." .
- ^ "Heather Angel". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Elmer Plummer, Artist and Disney Illustrator". Retrieved May 29, 2020.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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