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January All About Me (tvsp)/(edu), Bill Ackerman /Animated Cartoon Productions. (drawn animation) Kloot's Kounty (ss), Hawley Pratt /DePatie-Freleng. |
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January Babel 2sei [バビル2世] ("Babel Nisei"; "Babel II") (tv), Takeshi Tamiya /Toei Doga. (drawn animation) Kerokko Demetan [けろっこデメタン] ("Demetan Croaker, the Boy Frog") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Tatsunoko. Yama Nezumi Rocky Chuck [山ねずみロッキーチャック] ("Rocky Chuck the Mountain Rat"; "Rocky Chuck the Woodchuck"; "Fables of the Green Forest") (tv), Seiji Endo /Zuiyo. |
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February Charlotte's Web (f), Charles Nichols and Iwao Takamoto /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) The Incredible, Indelible, Magtical, Physical Mystery Trip (tvsp), Herbert Klynn /DePatie-Freleng. Dr. Seuss on the Loose (tvsp), Hawley Pratt /DePatie-Freleng. |
February Tara Strong (Tara Charendoff, Tara Lyn Charendoff) (February 12, 1973- ) (voice actress) born in Toronto, Ontario. (Canada) |
February The Wombles (tvss), Ivor Wood /Filmfair. (Great Britain) (model animation) (1973-1975) |
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March There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Melendez. (drawn animation) |
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March Jungle Kurobe [ジャングル黒べえ] ("Kurobe of the Jungle") (tv), Osamu Dezaki /TMS (A Production). (drawn animation) Kouya no Shonen Isamu [荒野の少年イサム] ("Isamu the Wilderness Boy") (tv), TMS. Nihon Manga Eiga Hattatsushi-Anime Shingasho ("The Japanese Illustrated Story Agenda--History of Animation") (sf)/(edu), Taiji Yabushita /Nihon Doga. Panda no Daiboken [パンダの大冒険] ("The Great Adventures of Panda") (sf), Yugo Serikawa /Toei. Panda Kopanda: Amefuri Sakasu no Maki [パンダコパンダ 雨降りサーカスの巻] ("Panda, Panda Cub: Rainy Day Circus") (sf), Isao Takahata /TMS. |
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April The Cricket in Times Square (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Enterprises. (drawn animation) |
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April Joe Petit Boum Boum ("Joe the Little Boom Boom") (f), Jean Image /Image. (France) (drawn animation) Hans Fischerkoesen (director, producer) dies. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany]) Lortac (Robert Collard) (November 19, 1884-April 10, 1973) (director, producer, animator) dies. (France) |
April Doraemon [ドラえもん] (tv), Nippon Television Doga. (drawn animation) the first tv series starring this children's favorite, the later 1979 tv series also inspired a long series of Doraemon movies Kouya no Shonen Isamu ("Isamu the Wilderness Boy") (tv), TMS. Microid S [ミクロイドS] (tv), Toei and Tezuka. Wansa-kun [ワンサくん] ("Little Wansa") (tv), Eiichi Yamamoto /Mushi. |
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May Wierd Harold (tvsp), Hal Sutherland /Filmation. (drawn animation) |
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June Kanashima no Belladonna [哀しみのペラドンナ] ("Belladonna of Sadness") (f), Eichi Yamamoto /Mushi. (drawn animation) |
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July Il racconto della giungla ("Story of the Jungle") (f), Victor Antonescu Gibba /Corona Cinematografica. (Italy) (drawn animation) |
July Chargeman Ken [チャージマン研] (tvss), Noboru Miura /Knack Productions. (drawn animation) Mazinger Z tai Devilman [マジンガーZ対デビルマン] ("Mazinger Z versus Devilman") (sf), Tomoharu Katsumata /Toei. |
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August Heavy Traffic (f), Ralph Bakshi /Steve Krantz Productions. (drawn animation) |
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August Mirr-Murr a kandur ("Mirr-Murr the Tom Cat") (tvss), Otto Foky /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) (model animation) (1973-1976) |
August Mushi Productions (the animation studio) goes bankrupt. |
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September The Addams Family (tv), Hanna-Barbera (Halas-Batchelor (Great Britain)). (drawn animation) (1973-1975) Bailey's Comets (tv), DePatie-Freleng. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Emergency Plus Four (tv), Farmhouse Films. Jeannie (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Lassie's Rescue Rangers (tv), Filmation. Mission: Magic! (tv), Filmation. My Favorite Martian (tv), Filmation. Speed Buggy (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Star Trek (tv), Filmation. Superfriends (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Yogi's Gang (tv), Hanna-Barbera. |
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October Seth McFarlane (October 26, 1973- ) (writer, director, producer, voice actor, storyboard artist, singer) born in Kent, Connecticut. |
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October Richard Ian Cox (October 3, 1973- ) (voice actor) born in St. Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales. (United Kingdom) |
October Ace wo Nerae [エースをねらえ] ("Aim for the Ace!") (tv), TMS. (drawn animation) Boken Korobockle [冒険コロボックル] ("The Adventures of the Korobocle") (tv), Eiken and Tatsunoko. Cutey Honey [キューティーハニー] (tv), Tomoharu Katsumata /Toei Doga. Dororon Enma-kun [ドロロンえん魔くん] ("Dororon, The Little Judge from Hell") (tv), Koro Yabuki /Toei. Karate Baka Ichidai [空手バカ一代] ("Ichidai the Karate Fool") (tv), Osamu Dezaki /TMS. Miracle Shojo Limit-chan [ミラクル少女リミットちゃん] ("Miracle Girl Little Limit") (tv), Toei. Shinzo Ningen Casshan [新造人間キャシャーン] ("Newly Made Human Casshan") (tv), Tatsunoko. Samurai Giants [侍ジャイアンツ] (tv), Tadao Nagahama /TMS (A Productions). 0 Tester [0テスター] ("Zero Tester") (tv), Tohokushinsha Film Company (Sunrise Studio). |
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November A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (tvsp), Bill Melendez and Phil Roman /Melendez. (drawn animation) Robin Hood (f), Wolfgang Reitherman /Disney. |
November Alyson Court (November 9, 1973- ) (voice actress) born in Toronto, Ontario. (Canada) |
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November Osamu Tezuka sells the Mushi Productions animation studio. Eichi Kawabata becomes the new president of the studio.
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November The Three Musketeers (tvsp), Peter Luschwitz /Hanna-Barbera Australia. (Australia) (drawn animation) |
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December A Very Merry Cricket (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Enterprises. (drawn animation) |
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December Maria D'oro e Bello Blue // Der Zauberstein ("Once Upon A Time", "The Garnet Stone", "Cinderella's Wonderworld") (f), Rolf Kauka and Robert Gavioli /Gamma. (Italy and Federal Republic of Germany [Germany]) (drawn animation) |
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December The Black Arrow (tvsp), Leif Gram and Jean Tych /Air Programmes International. (Australia) (drawn animation) |
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no date The Legend of John Henry (ss), Sam Weiss /Stephen Bosustow Productions. (drawn animation) |
no date The Family That Dwelt Apart (ss), Yvon Mallette /NFB. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
no date Dnevnik ("Diary") (ss), Nedjelko Dragic /Zagreb Film. (Yugoslavia [Croatia]) (drawn animation) The Glorious Musketeers ("The Three Musketeers") (f), John Halas /Halas and Batchelor. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) Krkbegravningen (tvss), POJ-filmproduktion. (Sweden) The Maggot (ss)/(edu), George Dunning /T.V.C. London. (Great Britain) Magica Aventura ("Magic Adventure") (f), Cruz Delgado /Cruz Delgado Produccion. (Spain) Mézga Aladár különös kalandjai ("The Curious Adventures of Aladár Mézga") (tv), Jozsef Nepp /Panoniafilm. (Hungary) Nael ("The Nail") (ss), Heino Pars /Tallinfilm. (Soviet Union [Estonia]) Ostrov [Остров] ("The Island") (ss), Fyodor Khitruk /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Pulcinella (ss), Emanuele Luzzati /Luzzati-Gianni Productions. (Italy) Putnik Drugog Razreda ("Second Class Passenger") (ss), Borivoj Dovnikovic-Bordo /Zagreb Film. (Yugoslavia [Croatia]) Shchelkunchik [Щелкунчик] ("The Nutcracker and the Mouse King") (ss), Boris Stepantsev /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union) Artur Correia and Ricardo Neto found the Topefilme studio in Lisbon. (Portual) |
no date Tabi [旅] ("The Travel") (ss), Kihachiro Kawamoto. (cut-out animation) |
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