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January Candi Milo (January 21, 1966- ) (voice actress) born in San Jose, California. |
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January Masami Obari (Obari Masami 大張正己) (January 24, 1966- ) (director, character designer, writer) born in Kanagawa.
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February Alice of Wonderland in Paris (sf), Gene Deitch /Rembrandt. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]) (drawn animation) |
February Osomatsu-kun [おそ松くん] ("Little Osomatsu", "Young Sextuplets") (tv), Studio Zero. (drawn animation) |
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March Alice in Wonderland (Or What's A Nice Kid Like You Doing In a Place Like This?) (tvsp), Alex Lovy /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) Dr. Ha Ha (ss), Ralph Bakshi /Terrytoons. |
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April Batfink (tv)/(tvss), Hal Seeger Productions. (drawn animation) Champion Chump (ss), Bob Kuwahara /Terrytoons. (drawn animation) first Martian Moochers series (1966) |
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April Rainbow Sentai Robin [レインボー戦隊ロビン] ("Rainbow Battle Team Robin") (tv), Toei. (drawn animation) Miina Tominaga (Tominaga Miina 冨永 みーな Tominaga Yoshiko 冨永 美子) (April 3, 1966- ) (voice actress) born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima.
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May The Pink Blueprint (ss), Hawley Pratt /Depatie-Freleng. (drawn animation) Charlie Schlatter (Charles Thomas Schlatter) (May 1, 1966- ) (voice actor) born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. |
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May Harisu no Kaze ("Whirlwind of Harisu") (tv), Yoshiyuki Shindou /P Production. (drawn animation) Kaizoku Oji [海賊王子] ("Pirate Prince") (tv), Toei. |
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June Charlie Brown's All-Stars (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Melendez. (drawn animation) |
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June Yusei Kamen [遊星仮面] ("Asteroid Mask") (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan. (drawn animation) |
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July The Daydreamer (f), Jules Bass /Videocraft (MOM Pro (Japan)). (model animation, part live action) Richard Steven Horvitz (July 29, 1966- ) (voice actor) born in Los Angles, California. |
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July Cyborg 009 [サイボーグ009] (f), Yugo Serikawa /Toei. (drawn animation) Jungle Taitei [ジャングル大帝] ("Jungle Emperor") (f), Osamu Tezuka /Mushi. |
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August The Man Called Flintstone (f), William Hanna and Joseph Barbera /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) |
August Charles Thorson (Karl Gustaf Stefanson) (August 29, 1890-August 7, 1966) (character designer) dies in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Canada) |
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August Akiharu Ishii (Ishii Akiharu, 石井 明治) (August 9, 1966- ) (animator, animation director, character designer) born. |
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September The Beagles (tv), Total Television (Gamma Studios (Mexico)). (drawn animation) Cool McCool (tv), King Features. Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
Go Go Gophers (tvss), Leonardo Productions (Gamma (Mexico)). King Kong (tv), Rankin-Bass (Toei (Japan)).
The King Kong Show (tvsp), Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass (Toei (Japan)). The Lone Ranger (tv)/(tvss), Format. The New Adventures of Superman (tv), Filmation.
Space Ghost (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
Space Kiddettes (tv), Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, and Alex Lovy /Hanna-Barbera.
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October It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Melendez. (drawn animation) |
October Rocket Robin Hood (tv), Krantz (Grantray-Lawrence, Famous (United States)). (Canada) (drawn animation) |
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October Ganbare! Marine Kid [がんばれ! マリンキッド] ("Go Ahead! Marine Kid"; "Marine Boy") (tv), Haruo Osani /TV Doga. (drawn animation) Robotan [ロボタン] (tv), Daiko. Shin Jungle Taitei Susume Leo! [ジャングル大帝進めレオ!] ("New Jungle Emperor: Leo the Lion") (tv), Hayashi Shigeyuki /Mushi. |
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November The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Videocraft. (model animation) |
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November Tenrankai no E [展覧会の絵] ("Paintings of an Exposition") (f), Osamu Tezuka /Mushi. (drawn animation) Tobidase! Bacchiri [とびだせ! バッチリ] ("Jump Out! Bacchiri") (tvss), Chuzo Katayama /Nihon Hoso Eigasha. Yasuji Murata (Murata Yasuji 村田安司) (January 24, 1896-November 2, 1966) (director, animator, producer) dies. |
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December Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (tvsp), Chuck Jones /MGM. (drawn animation) Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney) (December 5, 1901-December 15, 1966) (producer, director, animator) dies in Los Angeles, California. |
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December Gatto Filippo: Licenza de Incidere ("Filippo the Cat: License to Record") (f), Pino Zac /Telecinema 21. (some cut-out animation and model animation, part live action) |
December Mahou Tsukai Sally [魔法使いサリー] ("Sally the Witch") (tv), Toei. (drawn animation) (1966-1968) Yumi Touma (Touma Yumi 冬馬由美) (December 20, 1966- ) (voice actress) born in Chiba. |
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no date King Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table (tv), Zoran Janjic /Air Programmes International. (Australia) (drawn animation) "Robot Taekwon V" (tv), Kuk Dong. (South Korea) |
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