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January Himitsu no Akko-chan [ひみつのアッコちゃん] ("Secrets of Akko-chan") (tv), Toei. (drawn animation) (1969-1970) Kaitei Shonen Marine [海底少年マリン] ("Sea-Bottom Boy, Marine"; "Marine Boy") (tv), TCJ. Wonder-kun no Hatsuyumeuchu Ryoko ("The Marvelous Dream of Little Wonder's Space Trip") (tvsp), Sugiyama Suguru /Mushi. |
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February Aglaé et Sidonie (tvss), Jean-Marie Jack. (France) (model animation) (1969-1975) |
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March The Ant and the Aardvark (ss), Gerry Chiniquy /DePatie-Freleng. (drawn animation) first The Ant and the Aardvark series (1969-1971) Mad Monster Party (f), Jules Bass and Tad Mochinaga /Rankin-Bass (MOM Pro (Japan)). |
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March Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko [長靴をはいた猫] ("Puss in Boots") (f), Kimio Yabuki /Toei. (drawn animation) Sobakasu Putchy [そばかすプッチー] ("Freckled Putchy") (tvss), Fuji TV Enterprise. Tele-Cartoon Japan become Eiken. |
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Pinter People (tvsp)/(edu), Gerald Potterton /Potterton. (Canada) (drawn animation, part live action) |
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April Dororo [どろろ] (tv), Mushi. (drawn animation) During the series it was renamed Dororo to Hyakumaru [どろろと百鬼丸] ("Dororo and Hyakumaru"). Kurenai Sanshiro [紅三四郎] ("Scarlet Sanshiro"; "Judo Boy") (tv), Ippei Kuri /Tatsunoko. Moretsu Ataro [もーれつア太郎] ("Extraordinary Ataro") (tv)/(tvss), Toei. Ninpu Kamui Gaiden [忍風カムイ外伝] ("Kamui the Ninja: Stories Other Than the Legend") (tv), Yonehiko Watanabe /Tele-Cartoon Japan. Roppo Yabure Kun [六法やぶれクン] (tvss), TMS. Umeboshi Denka [ウメ星デンカ ] ("Emperor from the Star Ume") (tv)/(tvss), TMS and Studio Zero. |
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May The Pogo Special Birthday Special (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Charles Jones Enterprises. (drawn animation) |
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June Senya Ichiya Monogatari ("One Thousand and One Arabian Nights") (f), Osamu Tezuka /Mushi. (drawn animation) |
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July Pete Burness (Peter Burness, Wilson D. Burness) (June 16, 1904-July 21, 1969) (director, animator, writer) dies of cancer. David Kaufman (July 23, 1969- ) (voice actor) born in St. Louis, Missouri. Cree Summer (Cree Summer-Francks) (July 7, 1969- ) (voice actress) born in Los Angeles, California. |
July Cantiflas y sus amigos ("Cantinflas and His Friends"; "Amigo and Friends") (tv), Dibujos Animados Diamex and Hanna-Barbera. (Mexico/United States) (drawn animation) The Hoarder (ss), Evelyn Lambart /NFB. (Canada) Maboule // Oddball (ss), Co Hoedeman /NFB. (Canada) |
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July Kyojin no Hoshi Chizome no Kesshôsen ("Star of the Giants") (f), Tadao Nagahama /TMS. (drawn animation) Sora Tobu Yureisen ("The Flying Phantom Ship") (f), Hiroshi Ikeda /Toei. |
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August The Tijuana Toads (ss), Hawley Pratt /DePatie-Freleng. (drawn animation) first The Tijuana Toads series (1969-1972) |
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September Otoko Ippiki Gakidaisho [男一匹ガキ大将] ("Boy's Gang Boss--What a Bastard!") (tvss), Tadao Wakabayashi and Yoshiyuki Tomino /Tokyo TV Doga. (drawn animation) Pinch to Punch [ピンチとパンチ] ("Pinch and Punch") (tvss), Fuji TV Enterprise. |
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October Nika Futterman (October 25, 1969- ) (voice actress) born in New York. |
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November Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert (tvsp), Hal Sutherland /Filmation. (drawn animation) Sesame Street (tv), Children's Television Workshop. |
November Janyse Jaud (November 3, 1969- ) (voice actress) born in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) |
November Clangers (tvss), Oliver Postgate and Peter Fermin /Smallfilms. (Great Britain) (model animation) (1969-1972) |
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December A Boy Named Charlie Brown (f), Lee Mendelsohn and Bill Melendez /Melendez. (drawn animation) Frosty the Snowman (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. It's Tough To Be A Bird (ss), Ward Kimball /Disney. The Night Before Christmas (tvsp), Jim Pabian /ELBA Production. |
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December Die Konferenz der Tiere ("The Conference of the Animals") (f), Curt Linda /Linda-Film Produktion. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany]) (drawn animation) Il Cavaliere inesistente ("The Nonexistent Knight") (f), Pino Zac /Istituto Luce. (Italy) Jiri Trnka (February 24, 1912-December 30, 1969) (director, animator, character designer, writer) dies in Prague. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]) |
December Attack No. 1 [アタック No.1] (tv), TMS. (drawn animation) Kyojin no Hoshi Yuke Yuke Hyuma ("Star of the Giants: Go Go Hyuma") (f), Tadao Nagahama /TMS. Chisa Yokoyama (Yokoyama Chisa, 横山智佐) (December 20, 1969- ) (voice actress, singer) born in Tokyo.
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no date Anansi the Spider (ss), Gerald McDermott /Gerald McDermott Films. (drawn animation) Bambi Meets Godzilla (ss), Marv Newland. Culture Shock (ss), Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner. Of Men and Demons (ss), John and Faith Hubley /Hubley. Winky Dink and You (tv)/(tvss), Screen Magic. MGM Animation closes.
Warner Bros. closes its animation studio.
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no date To See or Not to See // Psychocratie (ss), Bretislav Pojar /NFB. (Canada) (model animation) |
no date Adam 2 (f), Jan Lenica /Lux-Films. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany]) (drawn animation, some cut-out animation) Balerina na korable [Балерина На Корабле] ("Ballerina on the Boat") (ss), Lev Atamanov /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Bremenskie muzykanty [аПЕЛЕМЯЙХЕ ЛСГШЙЮМРШ] ("The Bremen Town Musicians") (f), Inessa Kovalevskaya /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Kapriznaya Printsessa [Капризная Принцесса] ("The Capricious Princess") (ss), Zinaida Brumberg and Valentina Brumberg /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Krokodil Gena [Крокодил Гена] ("Crocodile Gena") (ss), Roman Kachanov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) La linea ("The Line") (tvss), Osvaldo Cavandoli. (Italy) Pepin la bulle ("Pepin's Bubble") (tvss), Belokapi. Porwanie Baltazara G?bki (tv), Studio Filmów Rysunkowych. (Poland) Smok - expedition (ss), Władysław Nehrebecki /Studio Filmów Rysunkowych. (Poland) Tintin et le temple du soleil ("Tintin and the Temple of the Sun") (f), Eddie Lateste /Belvision. (Belgium) Veselaia Karusel ("The Jolly Roundabout") (tvss), /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Vinni Pukh [Винни-Пух] ("Winnie the Pooh") (ss), Fyodor Khitruk /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Wahed wa khamsa ("One to Five") (tvss), Noshi Iskander /Egyptian Television. (Egypt) Studio Loutkového Filmu is renamed Studio Jiri Trnka. |
no date "Hanako, the Elephant" (f), Hiroshi Matsumoto /Kyodo Eiga. (model animation) |
no date "Chaos" (ss), G.K. Goghale /Cartoon Film Unit. (India) (drawn animation) Uijeog Hong Gil-dong ("General Hong Gil-dong") (f), Yong Yu-su /Seki Productions. (South Korea) "Treasure Island" (f). (South Korea) |
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