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January Marc du Pontavice (January 10, 1963- ) (producer, director, voice actor) born in Paris. (France) |
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February John R. Dilworth (February 14, 1963- ) (director, producer, animator) born in New York, New York. |
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March Wanpaku Oji no Orochi Taiji [わんぱく王子の大蛇退治] ("The Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon") (f), Yugo Serikawa /Toei. (drawn animation) |
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April Cartoonies (tv), Famous Studios. various Famous theatrical shorts The Missing Genie (ss), Connie Rasinski /Terrytoons. Now Hear This (ss), Charles M. Jones /Warner Bros. |
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April Ginga Shonentai ("Galactic Boy Team") (tv), Mushi. (live action (puppets), some drawn animation special effects) (1963-1965) |
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May Warner Bros. closes its cartoon studio.
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July Penthouse Mouse (ss), Chuck Jones /Sib Tower 12. (drawn animation) first Sib Tower 12 Tom and Jerry cartoon distributed by MGM |
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July Il Pulcino Calimero (tvss)/(adv), Pagotfilms. (Italy) (drawn animation) The first Calimero commercial for the Ava detergent company is broadcast on Carosello. The character eventually became a popular children's figure with several tv series made about him in Italy and Japan. |
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August King Features Trilogy (tv), Famous and Paramount Cartoon. (drawn animation) contains: Beetle Bailey (tvss), Krazy Kat (tvss), and Barney Google and Snuffy Smith (tvss). The Krazy Kat episodes were made by Gene Deitch in Czechoslovakia. Kirk Wise (August 24, 1963- ) (director, animator, writer) born in San Francisco, California. |
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September The Funny Company (tvss)/(edu), Snyder. (drawn animation, some live action) The Mighty Hercules (tv)/(tvss), Adventure Cartoons. The New Casper Cartoon Show (tv), Harvey Entertainment (Paramount Cartoon). Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (tv), Leonardo Productions (Gamma (Mexico)). Greg Weisman (September 28, 1963- ) (writer, producer, voice actor) born in Los Angeles, California). |
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September John Powell (September 18, 1963- ) (composer) born in London. (Great Britain) |
September Sennin Buraku [仙人部落] ("The Village of the Hermit") (tvss), Tele-Cartoon Japan. (drawn animation) Yasuhiro Moriki (Moriki Yasuhiro, 森木靖泰) (September 25, 1963- ) (character designer, mecha designer) born in Ehime Prefecture. |
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October Tetsujin 28-go [鉄人28号] ("Iron Man 28"; "Gigantor") (tv), Yonehiko Watanabe /Tele-Cartoon Japan. (drawn animation) (1963-1965) Satoshi Kon (Kon Satoshi, 今 敏) (October 12, 1963 - August 24, 2010) (director, writer, character designer) born in Kushiro, Hokkaido. Takeshi Mori (Mori Takeshi, もり たけし) (October 10, 1963- ) (director, storyboard artist, writer, animator) born in Tokyo. |
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November Sylvain Chomet (November 10, 1963- ) (director, writer, character designer, animator) born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, Īle-de-France. (France) |
November Eight Man [エイトマン] ("8th Man") (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan. (drawn animation) Okami Shonen Ken [狼少年ケン] ("Ken the Wolf Boy") (tv), Sadao Tsukioka /Toei. |
November Ming-Na (Ming-Na Wen) (November 20, 1963- ) (voice actress) born on Coloane Island. (Macau) |
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December The Sword in the Stone (f), Wolfgang Reitherman /Disney. (drawn animation) |
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December Shisukon Ouji [シスコン王子] (tv), Studio KAI. (clay animation) Wan Chan Chushingura ("The Loyal Dog Servants") (f), Daisaku Shirakawa /Toei. Ai Orikasa (Orikasa Ai (Orihara Kikue)) (voice actress, singer) born in Tokyo. |
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no date The Critic (ss), Ernest Pintoff /Pintoff-Crossbow Productions. (drawn animation) Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Cartoons Pianissimo (ss), Carmen D'Avino. Rod Rocket (tvss), Jiro Entertainment (True Line). Friz Freleng and David DePatie (a former Warner Bros. executive) rent the Warner Bros. animation facilities and create the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises studio. Soon they are making Warner Bros. cartoons but also create their own films for theatre and television.
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no date Christmas Cracker (ss), Jeff Hale, Norman McLaren, Grant Munro, and Gerald Potterton /NFB. (Canada) (model animation, cut-out animation, and drawn animation) |
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no date "A Golden Dream" (ss), Wang Suchen /Shanghai Animation. (China) (drawn animation) "Green Frog" (ss), Nelson Shin. (South Korea) "The Peacock Princess" (f), Jin Shi /Shanghai Animation. (China) Fil Barlow (character designer) born in Adelaide. (Australia) Raman Hui (許誠毅) (animator, director, voice actor) born. (Hong Kong) |
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