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February Hyoutan Suzume [ひょうたんすずめ] ("The Sparrow in the Empty Pumpkin") (sf), Ryuichi Yokoyama /Otogi. (drawn animation) |
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March Clutch Cargo (tv)/(tvss), Cambria. (drawn animation and live action lips) |
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March Mayori Sekijima (Sekijima Mayori, 関島眞頼) (March 8, 1959- ) (writer) born in Yokohama, Kanagawa. |
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April Cartoon Storybook (tv), Canadian Broadcast Corporation. (Canada) anthology program of European cartoons |
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April Daisuke Nishio (Nishio Daisuke 西尾大介) (April 1, 1959- ) (director, animator) born in Hiroshima. Yota Tsuruoka (Tsuruoka Yota, 鶴岡 陽太) (April 28, 1959- ) (sound/audio director, sound effects) born. |
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June Donald in Mathmagic Land (ss), Hamilton Luske /Disney. (drawn animation) |
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June Hugh Laurie (James Hugh Calum Laurie) (June 11, 1959- ) (voice actor) born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. (Great Britain) |
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July Mexicali Shmoes (ss), Friz Freleng /Warner Bros. (drawn animation) The Minute and a Half Man (ss), Dave Tendlar /Terrytoons. |
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August Chika Sakamoto (Sakamoto Chika 坂本千夏) (August 17, 1959- ) (voice actress) born in Tokyo. |
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September Funday Funnies (tv), Famous. various theatrical shorts Hashimoto-San (ss), Bob Kuwahara /Terrytoons. Quick Draw McGraw (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Rocky and His Friends (tv), Jay Ward (Gamma Studios (Mexico)). Space Mouse (ss), Alex Lovy /Lantz. |
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September Sen noci svatojanske ("A Midsummer Night's Dream") (f), Jiri Trnka /Studio Loutkového Filmu. (Czeckoslovakia [Czech Republic]) (model animation) |
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October Mitsuru Hongo (Hongo Mitsuru 本郷みつる) (October 12, 1959- ) (director, writer, animation supervisor) born in Niigata. |
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November Noah's Ark (ss), Bill Justice /Disney. (drawn animation) Wolf Hounded (ss), William Hanna and Joseph Barbera /Hanna-Barbera. |
November Cartoon Party (tv), Canadian Broadcast Corporation. (Canada) anthology program of theatrical cartoons (1959-1962) Manuel García Ferré founds Producciones García Ferré. (Argentina) |
November Unser Sandmännchen ("Our Sandman") (tv), Gerhard Behrendt /Dresden Trickfilmstudio. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) (model animation) first Unser Sandmännchen series |
November Akio ôtsuka (ôtsuka Akio) (voice actor) born in Tokyo. |
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December 1001 Arabian Nights (f), Jack Kinney /UPA. (drawn animation) |
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December Shonen Sarutobi Sasuke [少年猿飛佐助] ("The Young Sarutobi, Sasuke"; "The Magic Boy") (f), Akira Daikubara /Toei. (drawn animation) Koji Morimoto (Morimoto Koji 森本晃司) (December 26, 1959- ) (animator, director, character designer, producer) born in Wakayama, Osaka. Ritsuko Okazaki (Okazaki Ritsuko 岡崎律子) (December 29, 1959-May 5, 2004) (singer, composer) born in Nagasaki. |
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no date American Dairy Association: Remember Alamode (adv), Sam Nicholson /TV Spots. (drawn animation) Moonbird (ss), John Hubley /Hubley. The Violinist (ss), Jimmy T. Murakami /Pintoff Productions. Format Productions founded by Herbert Klynn and Buddy Getzler. Total Televison founded by Joe Harris and Treadwell Covington. Stephen Bosustow sells UPA to Henry G. Sapersteen. UPA stops making theatrical shorts and concentrates mainly on television series. |
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no date "The Chuang Tapestry" (sf), Qian Jajun /Shanghai Animation. (China) (drawn animation) |
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