1963 in animation
Events in 1963 in animation.
Events
January
- January 1: The first episode of Astro Boy airs, based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka.[1]
- January 25: In The Flintstones episode The Surprise Wilma Flintstone announces to Fred that she is pregnant. This is the first time that an animated character is depicted being pregnant.[2]
February
- February 22: In The Flintstones episode The Blessed Event Pebbles Flintstone is born.
March
- March 24: Yūgo Serikawa's Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji (The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon) premiers.[3]
April
- April 8: 35th Academy Awards: The Hole by John Hubley and Faith Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[4]
- April 27: Chuck Jones' Now Hear This premiers.[5]
May
- May 20: Ernest Pintoff's The Critic, with voice-work by Mel Brooks, premiers.[6]
July
- July 27: Pent-House Mouse, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon by Chuck Jones is released.[7]
August
- August 12: The first episode of Bolek and Lolek is broadcast.[8]
September
- September 1: The first episode of The Mighty Hercules is broadcast.[9]
- September 19: In The Flintstones episode Ann-Margrock Presents Ann-Margret is special guest voice.
- September 28: The first episode of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is broadcast.[10]
October
- October 3: In The Flintstones episode Little Bamm-Bamm Bamm-Bamm Rubble is delivered at Barney and Betty Rubble's doorstep. They will adopt him.
- October 5: The first episode of La Manège Enchanté (The Magic Roundabout) is broadcast.[11]
November
- November 11: The first episode of Wolf Boy Ken is broadcast.
December
- December 25: The Sword in the Stone by Wolfgang Reitherman and produced by the Walt Disney Company is released.[12]
- December 31: The first episode of Dáithí Lacha is broadcast.[13]
- Warner Bros. Cartoons closes down, but will reopen in 1967.
Specific date unknown
- DePatie–Freleng Enterprises is founded by Friz Freleng and David DePatie.[14]
- The first episode of Rod Rocket is broadcast.[15]
- Stan Brakhage's Mothlight is released.[16]
- Arthur Lipsett's 21-87 premiers.[17]
Television series
Births
April
- April 18: Conan O'Brien, American talk show host and animation writer (The Simpsons)
August
- August 8: Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress.
- August 8: Rica Fukami, Japanese voice actress.
September
- September 18: Dan Povenmire, American animator and voice actor (co-creator of Phineas & Ferb).
Deaths
April
- April 9: Vernon Stallings, American animator, animation writer and director (International Film Service, Bray Productions, Van Beuren Studios, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 71.[18]
September
- September 15: Oliver Wallace, British-American composer (soundtracks for many animated shorts and feature films by the Walt Disney Company), dies at age 76.[19]
See also
Sources
- "Astroboy". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Joseph Barbera". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- "Now Hear This". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Critic". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Pent-House Mouse". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Bolek i Lolek". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Mighty Hercules". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Magic Roundabout (TV Series 1964– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Sword in the Stone". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- The Irish Times, "Today's TV programmes", 31 December 1962
- "Friz Freleng". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Rod Rocket (TV Series 1963– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Mothlight / Stan Brakhage". Jun 9, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Arthur Lipsett: Inside His Disturbed & Disturbing Collage Films". Oct 5, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Vernon Stallings". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Associated Press (September 17, 1963). "Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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