1984 in animation

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1984 in animation events.

Events

March

• March 10: The first episode of James the Cat is broadcast.[1]
• March 11: Hayao Miyazaki's Future Boy Conan and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind are first released.[2]

April

• April 9: 56th Academy Awards: Sundae in New York by Jimmy Picker receives the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[3]

June

• June 22: The animation studio Studio APPP is founded.[4]

July

• July 7: The first episode of Macross: Do You Remember Love? airs.[5]
• July 25: Alvy Ray Smith's The Adventures of André and Wally B. premiers, a milestone in computer animation.[6]

August

• August 30': József Gémes' Heroic Times premiers.[7]

September

• September 5: The first episode of Heathcliff airs.[8]
• September 8: The first episode of Challenge of the GoBots is broadcast.[9]
  • September 8: The first episode of Dragon's Lair airs.[10]
• September 10: The first episode of Voltron airs.[11]
• September 15:
  • The first episode of Muppet Babies airs.[12]
  • The first episode of My Little Pony airs.[13]
  • The first episode of Snorks airs.[14]
• September 17: The first episode of The Transformers airs.[15]

October

• October 9: The first episode of Thomas and Friends is broadcast, based on the children's book series Thomas the Tank Engine.[16]
• October 12: The Danish film Samson & Sally by Jannik Hastrup premiers.[17]

December

• December 24: The animation studio Gainax is founded.

Specific date unknown

• Lev Milchin and Ivan Ivanov-Vano's The Tale of Tsar Saltan premiers.[18]
• Jef Cassiers' John the Fearless (Jan Zonder Vrees) premiers, the first Flemish animated feature film.[19]

Films released

Television series debuts

Deaths

January

• January 2: David Detiege, American film director (The Man from Button Willow, Shinbone Alley), animation writer (Warner Bros. Animation), animator, animation producer and TV director, dies at age 57.[20]
• January 21: Phil Seuling, American organizer (founder of Comic Art Convention and Sea Gate Distributors) and voice actor (voice of one of the pig cops in Fritz the Cat), dies at age 50.[21]
• January 31: K-Hito, Spanish caricaturist, animator, sports journalist, film producer, publisher and comics writer and artist (Francisca, la mujer fatal, La Vampiresa Morros de Fresa), dies at age 93 or 94.[22]

March

• March 28: Ben Washam, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Jay Ward), dies at age 69.[23]

May

• May 2: Bob Clampett, American animator, puppeteer and cartoonist (Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Time for Beany), dies at the age of 70.[24]
• May 13: Joop Geesink, Dutch comics artist and animator (Loeki de Leeuw, Dusty), dies at age 71.[25]
• Specific date unknown: May: Al Hubbard, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 70 or 71.[26]

June

• June 7: George Givot, Russian-American comedian and actor (voice of Tony in Lady and the Tramp), dies at age 81.[27]

July

• July 19: Harry Stockwell, American actor and singer (voice of The Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 82.
• July 27: James Mason, British actor (narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart), dies at age 75.[28]
• July 29: Fred Waring, American bandleader and musician (performed music during the Trees segment in Melody Time), dies at age 84.[29]

August

• August 2: Quirino Cristiani, Italian-Argentine animator and film director (El Apóstol, Sin dejar rastros, Peludópolis), dies at age 88.[30]

September

• September 19: Stan VanDerBeek, American film director and animator (Death Breath), dies at age 57.[31][32]
• September 25: Laverne Harding, American animator and comics artist (Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng, Looney Tunes, Filmation), dies at age 78.[33]

November

• November 14: Greg Irons, American underground cartoonist, animator, poster- and tattoo artist (worked on Yellow Submarine), is killed by a bus in Bangkok, Thailand, at age 37.[34]
• Specific date in November unknown: Brian White, British animator and comics artist (worked on Animal Farm), dies at age 82.[35]

December

• December 4: Jack Mercer, American voice actor, animator and script writer (Fleischer Brothers, voice of Popeye the Sailor and Felix the Cat, script writer for Paramount Pictures animation), dies at age 74 of stomach cancer. .[36]
• December 10: Anton Loeb, American children's book illustrator and animator (Fleischer Studios), dies at age 76 from cancer.[37]

Specific date unknown

• Vittorio Cossio, Italian comics artist and animator, dies at age 72 or 73.[38]

See also

• 1984 in anime

References

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2. "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
3. "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
4. "Company" (in Japanese). Studio APPP. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
5. "Macross: Do You Remember Love?". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
6. "André and Wally B." Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
7. "Daliás idök". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
8. "Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
9. "Challenge of the GoBots". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
10. "Dragon's Lair". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
11. "Voltron: Defender of the Universe". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
12. "Muppet Babies". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
13. "My Little Pony 'n Friends". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
14. "Snorks". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
15. Miller, Randy III (16 June 2009). "Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)". DVDtalk. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
16. "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
17. "Samson and Sally". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
18. "The Tale of Tsar Saltan". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
19. "John the Fearless (1984) - IMDb". Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
20. "David Detiege". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
21. "Phil Seuling, father of the direct-sales Market, dies at age of 50," The Comics Journal #93 (September 1984), pp. 13-14.
22. "K-Hito". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
23. "Biography: Ben Washam". AnimationResources.org. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
24. "Bob Clampett". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
25. "Joop Geesink". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
26. "Al Hubbard". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
27. "George Givot". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
28. "James Mason". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
29. Conair Corporation. "Waring® Commercial". Waring Commercial Products®. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
30. "The Untold Story of Argentina's Pioneer Animator". www.awn.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
31. "Stan Vanderbeek Dies at 57; Made Experimental Movies". The New York Times. September 22, 1984. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
32. Kino, Carol (September 14, 2010). "Putting Memories to New Use". The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
33. "Windor McCay Awards Website". Winsor McCay Awards Website. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
34. "Greg Irons". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
35. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/white_brian.htm
36. "Jack Mercer, Provided Voice Of Popeye in Film Cartoons" (obituary) The New York Times (December 9, 1984). Last retrieved March 12, 2007.
37. "Anton Loeb at the Cartoon Hall of Fame". Cartoon Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
38. "Vittorio Cossio". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb