1999 in animation
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| Years: | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
Events in 1999 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 21: Anime producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki is sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for a drug possession case of two years ago.[1]
- January 22: In Sweden the first episode of De tre vännerna och Jerry (The Three Friends and Jerry) premiers.
- January 29: The Japanese animation studio TNK is founded.
- January 31: The first episode of Family Guy airs.[2]
February[]
- February 1: Anime producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki is arrested after a handgun, 131 bullets and 20 grams of stimulant drugs were seized from his house in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. Nishizaki, voluntarily submitted two automatic rifles, 1,800 bullets, and 30 howitzer shells kept in a station wagon in his garage, police said. Police say that Nishizaki had hidden an Austrian handgun loaded with three bullets under a zaisu chair in a study. Nishizaki told them that he had bought the handgun in Hong Kong 10 years earlier.[3][4][5]
- February 14: In The Simpsons episode I'm with Cupid Elton John is special guest voice.[6]
March[]
- March 26: 71st Academy Awards:
- Bunny by Chris Wedge wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[7]
- When You Believe by Stephen Schwartz from The Prince of Egypt wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[7]
- March 28: The first episode of Futurama airs. It marks the debut of characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Leela and Bender.[8]
April[]
- April 4: The Simpsons episode Simpsons Bible Stories debuts.[9]
- Specific date unknown: The first Animation Masters Summit is organized in India.[10][11]
May[]
- May 1: The first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants airs.[12]
- May 9: In The Simpsons episode They Saved Lisa's Brain Stephen Hawking is special guest voice.[13]
- May 16: In The Simpsons episode Thirty Minutes over Tokyo the family travels to Japan.[14]
- May 22: Aleksandr Petrov's The Old Man and the Sea premiers.
- Specific date unknown: Gene Fowler founds animation studio Fatkat, which will last until May 2009.[15]
June[]
- June 12: The Walt Disney Company releases Tarzan.[16]
- June 30: A film adaptation of South Park, named South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut premiers.[17]
July[]
- July 28: André Franquin's heirs and copyright holders win the trial against the Walt Disney Animation Studios over their animated TV series version of Franquin's comics character Marsupilami, citing breaches of its license contract: Disney had failed to produce thirteen half-hour episodes (instead producing six to eight minute shorts) or use its "best efforts" to secure a commitment from a network to air the show, and it launched its marketing campaign during a time when the show was not being broadcast. Marsu also accused Disney of fraudulent concealment; the judge noted that Disney had decided to not devote sufficient resources to the Marsupilami project, and had concealed this fact from Marsu.[18][19] Disney pays back the damage and hands the rights to the series back to Franquin's company Marsu Productions.
August[]
- August 6: The Iron Giant premiers, but doesn't do well at the box office, contributing to the decline of hand drawn animated films, in favor of fully CGI animation. It will only become a cult classic later.[20]
September[]
- September 24: John Kricfalusi's Boo Boo Runs Wild, an extreme parody of Yogi Bear, first airs.[21]
- September 26: In The Simpsons episode Beyond Blunderdome Mel Gibson is special guest voice.[22]
November[]
- November 13: Toy Story 2 premiers.[23]
- November 16: Duck Amuck is added to the National Film Registry.[24][25]
December[]
- December 17: The Walt Disney Company releases Fantasia 2000, a sequel to the 1940 classic Fantasia.[26][27]
- December 24: The first episode of Happy Tree Friends airs.
Specific date unknown[]
- Atomic Cartoons is founded.
- Augenblick Studios is founded.
- Cartoon Saloon is founded.
- JibJab is founded.
- Mark Baker releases Jolly Roger.[28]
Films released[]
Television series debuts[]
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Ed, Edd n Eddy | Cartoon Network | 1999–2009 |
| January 5 | Mega Babies | Fox Family | 1999–2000 |
| January 10 | Batman Beyond | Kids' WB | 1999–2001 |
| The PJs | Fox | ||
| January 17 | The Brothers Flub | Nickelodeon | 1999–2000 |
| January 25 | Zoboomafoo | PBS | 1999–2001 |
| Dilbert | UPN | 1999–2000 | |
| January 31 | Family Guy | Fox | 1999–present |
| February 1 | A Little Curious | HBO | 1999–2000 |
| Anthony Ant | 1999 | ||
| February 11 | Maisy | Nickelodeon | 1999–2000 |
| March 8 | Station Zero | MTV | 1999 |
| March 28 | Futurama | Fox, Comedy Central | 1999–2013 |
| April 1 | George and Martha | HBO | 1999–2000 |
| April 26 | Home Movies | UPN | 1999–2004 |
| May 1 | Mickey Mouse Works | ABC | 1999–2000 |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Nickelodeon | 1999–present | |
| May 8 | The New Woody Woodpecker Show | Fox Kids | 1999–2002 |
| August 3 | Downtown | MTV | 1999 |
| August 14 | Digimon: Digital Monsters | Fox Kids | 1999–2001 |
| August 16 | Rocket Power | Nickelodeon | 1999–2004 |
| August 30 | Sonic Underground | Syndication | 1999 |
| September 6 | Dragon Tales | PBS | 1999–2005 |
| Sabrina: The Animated Series | ABC, UPN | 1999–2000 | |
| September 11 | Detention | Kids' WB | |
| September 18 | Beast Machines: Transformers | Fox Kids | 1999–2000 |
| Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | 1999–2001 | ||
| Monster Rancher | |||
| Rescue Heroes | CBS | 1999–2000 | |
| September 24 | Mission Hill | The WB | 1999–2002 |
| September 25 | Xyber 9: New Dawn | Fox Kids, Jetix | 1999–2007 |
| November 12 | Mike, Lu & Og | Cartoon Network | 1999–2001 |
| Courage the Cowardly Dog | 1999–2002 | ||
| November 28 | Little Bill | Nickelodeon | 1999–2004 |
| December 24 | Happy Tree Friends | Mondo Media, Youtube | 1999–present |
Television series endings[]
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Birdz | CBS | 1998–99 | Cancelled |
| Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Fox Kids | 1994–99 | Ended | |
| January 16 | The New Batman Adventures | Kids' WB | 1997–99 | Cancelled |
| January 18 | Toonsylvania | Fox Kids | 1998–99 | |
| January 20 | Brats of the Lost Nebula | Kids' WB | ||
| February 21 | The Little Lulu Show | HBO | 1995–99 | Ended |
| February 27 | Mad Jack the Pirate | Fox Kids | 1998–99 | Cancelled |
| The Mr. Potato Head Show | ||||
| March 1 | Hercules | ABC | ||
| March 7 | Beast Wars: Transformers | Fox Kids | 1996–99 | |
| March 11 | Jumanji | UPN | ||
| April 6 | Station Zero | MTV | 1999 | |
| April 10 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Kids' WB | 1998–99 | |
| April 11 | Anthony Ant | HBO | 1999 | |
| May 28 | Todd McFarlane's Spawn | 1997–99 | ||
| June 26 | Doug | Nickelodeon, ABC | 1991–94; 1996-99 | Ended |
| July 24 | Cow and Chicken | Cartoon Network | 1997–99 | Cancelled |
| September 24 | Timon & Pumbaa | CBS, Toon Disney | 1995–99 | Ended |
| November 8 | Downtown | MTV | 1999 | Cancelled |
| December 4 | Tales from the Cryptkeeper | ABC | 1993–99 | Ended |
Births[]
January[]
- January 1: Diamond White, American actor (voice of Frankee Greene on Transformers: Rescue Bots, Fuli on The Lion Guard, Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl in Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur).
May[]
- May 28: Cameron Boyce, American actor (voice of Jake in seasons 2-3 of Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Luke Ross in Ultimate Spider-Man, Carlos in Descendants: Wicked World, Shocker/Herman Schultz in Spider-Man), (d. 2019).
August[]
- August 22: Ricardo Hurtado, American actor (voice of Hector "High Five" Nieves/Hi-5 in Glitch Techs).
September[]
- September 7: Michelle Creber, Canadian actress and singer (voice of Apple Bloom on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic).
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 2: Shepard Menken, American voice actor (voice of Clyde Crashcup on The Alvin Show, Tonto on The Lone Ranger, the Spelling Bee and Chroma the Great in The Phantom Tollbooth, the title character in Riki Tiki Tavi, Doctor Doom on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends), dies at age 77.
- January 11: John McGrew, American animator, painter and musician (Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 88 or 89.[29]
- January 12: Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (narrator in Cinderella, voice of Cruella de Vil in One Hundred and One Dalmatians), dies at age 84.[30]
February[]
- February 3: Herbert Klynn, American animator (UPA, founder of Format Films), dies at age 81.
March[]
- March 2: Hawley Pratt, American film director, lay-out artist illustrator and animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), dies at age 87.[31]
April[]
- April 1: Tadahito Mochinaga, Japanese animator and animation director (worked for the Manchukuo Film Association and Rankin/Bass), dies at age 80.[32]
- April 3:
- Evelyn Lambart, Canadian animator and animated film director (co-directed Begone Dull Care and A Chairy Tale), dies at age 84.[33][34]
- Kay Wright, American animator, TV producer and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Cambria Productions, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera), passes away at age 79.[35]
- April 10:
- Cliff Roberts, American photographer, cartoonist, animator and comics artist (Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng), dies at age 69.[36]
- Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (voice of Wilma Flintstone and Pebbles Flintstone in The Flintstones, Rosie the Robot Maid in The Jetsons, Goldie, Lola Glamour, Nurse LaRue in Top Cat, Winsome Witch in The Secret Squirrel Show, Ogee in Magilla Gorilla), dies at age 79 from a lung cancer.[37]
- April 14: Vic Herman, American illustrator, designer, cartoonist, puppeteer, TV producer and comics artist (designed the title cards for the Merrie Melodies cartoons), dies at age 79.[38]
- April 16: Charles McKimson aka Chuck McKimson, American animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 84.[39]
May[]
- May 8: Ed Gilbert, American actor (voice of Baloo in TaleSpin, Thrust and Blitzwing in The Transformers, Pugsy and Daddy Sterling in Tom and Jerry: The Movie), dies at age 67.[40]
- May 19: Candy Candido, American singer, musician and actor (voice of the Native American chief in Peter Pan, Awful Dynn in The Phantom Tollbooth, crocodile captain in Robin Hood, Mafia messenger in Heavy Traffic, Sal in Hey Good Lookin', Fidget the bat in The Great Mouse Detective), dies at age 85.[41]
June[]
- June 9: Amby Paliwoda, American animator (Walt Disney Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Ralph Bakshi), dies at age 89.[42]
- June 11: Deforest Kelley, American actor (voice of Dr. Leonard McCoy on Star Trek: The Animated Series, Viking 1 in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars), dies at age 79.
- June 13: Douglas Seale, British actor, film producer and director (voice of Krebbs the koala in The Rescuers Down Under, the Sultan in Aladdin), dies at age 85.[43]
- June 21: Tobin Wolf, American writer (creator of ThunderCats), dies at age 76.
August[]
- August 9: Lou Lilly, American animator, animated film director (Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 90.[44]
- August 14: David W. Allen, American stop-motion animator (When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Laserblast, The Howling, Twilight Zone: The Movie , Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Puppet Master), dies at age 54.[45]
- August 20: , American actress (voice of Casey Junior the train in Dumbo), dies of heart failure at age 82.[46]
September[]
- September 22: George C. Scott, American actor (voice of Smoke the villain in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and Percival McLeach in The Rescuers Down Under), dies at age 71.[47]
October[]
- October 15: Terry Gilkyson, American lyricist (wrote The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book), dies at age 83.
- October 18:
- Dallas Bower, British animated film and TV director and producer (Alice in Wonderland), passes away at age 92.[48][49]
- Paddi Edwards, British actress (voice of Flotsam and Jetsam in The Little Mermaid, Atrophos in Hercules, Vera in Pepper Ann), dies at age 67.
- October 29: Greg, Belgian comics artist, writer and screenplay writer (wrote the script for the animated feature films Tintin and the Temple of the Sun and Tintin and the Lake of Sharks), dies at age 68.[50]
November[]
- November 11: Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (voice of Liane Cartman, Sheila Broflovski, Shelly Marsh, Sharon Marsh, Mrs. McCormick and Wendy Testaburger in South Park, Daphne Blake in the first four Scooby-Doo DTV films the Bimbettes in Beauty and the Beast, Quasimodo's mother in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Banshee in Extreme Ghostbusters), commits suicide at age 38.[51][52]
- November 14: Giorgio Bordini, Italian comics artist, animator and illustrator (worked on La Piccola Fiammiferaia), passes away at age 72. [53]
December[]
- December 3: Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedienne and singer (voice of Draggle in My Little Pony: The Movie, Gussie Mausheimer in An American Tail, Gypsy in A Bug's Life), dies at age 57.
- December 10: Al Stahl, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons, Fleischer Brothers, Stahl's Animated Productions), dies at age 83.[54]
- December 17: Rex Allen, American actor (voice of the title character and Narrator in The Saga of Windwagon Smith, the Narrator in Charlotte's Web, dies at age 79.
- December 31:
- Arthur Humberstone, British animator and film director (Halas & Batchelor, worked on Animal Farm, Yellow Submarine, Watership Down, The Plague Dogs and The BFG), dies at age 87.
- Dean Elliott, American composer (Chuck Jones, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Ruby-Spears Enterprises), dies at age 82.
Specific date unknown[]
- Reg Hill, British model-maker, animator, director and producer (worked for Gerry Anderson), dies at age 85.[55]
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External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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