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January Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Lee Mendelsohn /Mendelsohn Productions. special for the 25th anniversary of the "Peanuts" comic strip |
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January "Die Abenteuer der Maus auf dem Mars" (tvss), Miklós Temesi /Pannoiafilm. (Hungary) (drawn animation) Paddington ("Paddington Bear") (tvss), FilmFair. (Great Britain) Cosgrove Hall Productions founded by John Hambley, Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall as a subsidiary of Thames TV. The studio was located in Manchester. (Great Britain) |
January Haha wo Tazunete Sanzen Ri [母をたずねて三千里] ("3000 Leagues In Search Of Mother") (tv), Isao Takahata /Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Huckleberry no Boken [ハックルベリィの冒険] ("The Adventures of Huckleberry [Finn]") (tv), Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu /Group TAC. Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi [まんが日本昔ばなし] ("Animated Ancient Japanese Tales") (tv), Group TAC. |
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February Mowgli's Brothers (tvsp), Chuck Jones and Hal Ambro /Chuck Jones Enterprises. (drawn animation) Vince Guaraldi (July 17, 1928-February 6, 1976) (composer) dies in Menlo Park, California. John Lounsbery (John Mitchell Lounsbery) (March 19, 1911-February 13, 1976) (animator, director) dies in Burbank, California.
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March It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez. (drawn animation) James Tyer (Jim Tyer) (February 7, 1904-March 1976) (animator, director, writer) dies. |
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March Jamie and the Magic Torch (tvss), Keith Scoble (animation director) /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (tvss), Ivor Wood /Filmfair. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) |
March Nagagutsu Ohaita Neko 80 Nichikan Sekai Isshu [長靴をはいた猫 80日間世界一周] ("Puss 'n' Boots: Travels Around the World in 80 Days") (f), Hiroshi Shidara /Toei. (drawn animation) UFO Robot Grendizer tai Great Mazinger [UFOロボ グレンタイザー対グレートマジンガー] ("UFO Robot Grendizer Against the Great Mazinger") (ss), Toei. |
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April The First Easter Rabbit (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. (drawn animation) The Flintstones: Little Big League (tvsp), Chris Cuddington /Hanna-Barbera. Noah's Animals (tvsp), Shamus Culhane /Shamus Culhane Productions. |
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April Cho Denji Robo Combattler V [超電磁ロボ コンバトラーV] ("Super Electromagnetic Robo Combattler V") (tv), Tadao Nagahama /Toei (Nippon Sunrise). (drawn animation) Daiku Maryu Gaiking [大空魔竜ガイキング] ("Demon Dragon of the Heavens Gaiking"; "Gaiking") (tv), Tomoharu Katsumata /Toei Doga. Gowapper 5 Godam [ゴワッパー5ゴーダム] ("Goliath the Warrior") (tv), Hisayuki Toriumi /Tatsunoko. Machine Hayabusa [マシンハヤブサ] ("Machine Peregrine") (tv), Toei. Pinocchio Yori Picolino no Boken [ピノキオより ピコリーノの冒険] ("Adventures of Picolino Rather than Pinocchio") (tv), Hiroshi Saitô and Masaharu Endo /Nippon Animation and Apollo Films. (Japan/Austria) Shin Don Chuck Monogatari [新ドンチャック物語] ("New Don Chuck's Story") (tv), Knack Productions. UFO Senshi Daiapolon [UFO戦士ダイアポロン] ("UFO Warrior Daiapolon") (tv), Tatsuo Ono /Eiken. |
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May Quasi at the Quackadero (ss), Sally Cruishank. (drawn animation) |
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July Hugo the Hippo // Hugo a vizilo (f), William Feigenbaum, Robert Halmi (producer), and József Gémes (animation director) /Pannoniafilm. (United States/Hungary) (drawn animation) |
July Tabitha St. Germain (July 22, 1976- ) (voice actress) born in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Canada) |
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July Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster [ブロッカー軍団IV マシーンブラスター] ("Blocker Corps IV: Machine Blaster") (tv), Masami Anno /Nippon Animation and Ashi Productions. (drawn animation) Grandizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger--Kessen Kaikaiju [グレンタイザー、ゲッターロボG グレートマジンガー・決戦! 大海獣] ("Grandizer, Getter Robot G, and Great Mazinger: the Decisive Battle of the Great Monster of the Sea") (sf), Masayuki Akhi /Toei. Grozier X [グロイザーX] (tv), Hiroshi Taisenji and Go Nagai /Knack Productions. |
July "Robot Taekwon V" [로보트 태권브이] (f), Kim Cheong-Ki. (South Korea) (drawn animation) |
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August Clue Club (tv), Charles A. Nichols /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) |
August First Ottowa International Animation Festival held. (Canada) |
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August Manga Furusato Mukashi Banashi [まんがふるさと昔ばなし] ("Animation of World Folklore") (tv), Dax. (drawn animation) |
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September Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (tv), Joe Ruby and Ken Spears /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) Everybody Rides the Carousel (tvsp), John and Faith Hubley /Hubley. Jabberjaw (tv), Charles A. Nichols /Hanna-Barbera. Mumbly (tv), Charles A. Nichols /Hanna-Barbera. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (tv), Don Towsley and others /Filmation. |
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September Chorlton and the Wheelies (tvss), Chris Taylor /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (model animation) (1976-1977, 1979) |
September Magnerobo Ga-Keen [マグネロボ ガ・キーン] ("Magnetic Robot Ga-Keen") (tv), Tomoyoshi Katsumada /Toei. (drawn animation) Yui Horie (Horie Yui) (voice actress, singer) born in Tokyo. A Productions becomes Shin'ei ("New A") Doga. The president is Daikichirou Kusube. JVC/Matsushita introduces the VHS (Video Home System) video cassette recorder/players in Tokyo. |
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October Douze Travaux d'Asterix ("Twelve Labors of Asterix") (f), Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo /Idefix. (France) (drawn animation) |
October Candy Candy [キャンディ・キャンディ] (tv), Toei. (drawn animation) (1976-1979) Dokaben [ドカベン] (tv), Nippon Animation. Hana No Kakaricho [花の係長] ("The Rampant Foreman") (tv)/(tvss), Kazunori Tanahashi and Minoru Okazaki /TMS. Hoka Hoka Kazoku [ほかほか家族] ("The Affectuous Family") (tvss), Toshitaka Tsunoda and Teruji Takahashi (live action) /Eiken. Kyoru Tankentai Born Free [恐竜探検隊ボーンフリー] ("Dinosaur Exploration Team Born Free") (tv), Tsuburaya and Nippon Sunrise. Little Lulu to Chicchai Nakama [リトル・ルルとちっちゃい仲間] ("Little Lulu and Her Friends") (tv), Fumio Kurokawa /Nippon Animation. Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi [まんが世界昔ばなし] ("Animated Folklore of the Past") (tv), Masami Kuzuu and Osamu Dezaki /Dax International. Paul no Miracle Daisakusen [ポールのミラクル大作戦] ("Paul's Miracle Strategy Plan") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Tatsunoko. Robokko Beeton [ろぼっ子ビートン] ("Robot Child Beeton") (tv), Masaaki Osumi /Nippon Sunrise. UFO Senshi Daipolon II [UFO戦士ダイアポロン II] ("UFO Warrior Daipolon II") (tv), Tatuo Ono /Eiken. |
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November Carnival of Animals (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Enterprises. (drawn animation) Davy Crockett on the Mississippi (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Hanna-Barbera. |
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December Frosty's Winter Wonderland (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. (drawn animation) The Little Drummer Boy, Book II (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. Rudolph's Shiny New Year (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. Rod Scribner (Roderick H. Scribner) (October 10, 1910–December 21, 1976) (animator, director) dies in Buena Park, California. |
December Los cuatros secretos ("The Four Secrets") (f), Simon Feldman. (Argentina) (drawn animation) |
December La Flûte à six schtroumpfs ("The Flute and the Six Smurfs"; "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute") (f), Eddie Lataste and Pierre Peyo /Belvision. (Belgium) (drawn animation) |
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no date Animals Animals Animals (tv)/(edu). (live action, drawn animation) (1976-1981) Freedom Is (tvsp), Don Hall /Screen Images. (drawn animation) Martin the Cobbler (ss), Will Vinton /Vinton.
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no date The Lion and the Mouse (ss), Evelyn Lambart /NFB. (Canada) (cut-out animation) The Street (ss), Caroline Leaf /NFB. (Canada) Symbiosis (ss), Dave Cox. (Canada) |
no date Bankiet ("Banquet") (ss), Zofia Oraczewska /Studio Miniatur Filmowych. (Poland) (cut-out animation) Dedalo ("Daedalus"; "Labyrinth") (ss), Manfredo Manfredi /Cineteam. (Italy) Donyaye divaneh divaneh divaneh ("The Crazy Crazy World"; "The Mad, Mad, Mad World" (ss), Noureddin Zarrin-Kelk. (Iran) Gédéon ("Gideon") (tvss). (France) I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General (ss), Sheila Graber /Graber. (Great Britain) Die Leuchtturminsel ("The Lighthouse Island") (f), Gunter Ratz /DEFA. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) Lúdas Matyi ("Mattie the Gooseboy"; "The Adventures of Matt the Gooseboy") (f), Attila Dargay /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Noah and Nelly in ... SkylArk (tvss), Bob Godfrey /Bob Godfrey Films. (Great Britain) Prikliucheniia kapitana Vrungelia [Приключения Капитана Врунгеля] ("The Adventures of Captain Vrungel") (ss), Dimitri Cherkasskii /Kievnauchfilm. (Soviet Union [Ukraine]) Signor Rossi ("Mr. Rossi's Sporting Feats") (tvss), Bruno Bozzetto /Bozzetto. (Italy) Tofffsy (tv)/(tvss), Audiovisivi De Mas. (Italy) Cartoon Film founded in Berlin by Thilo Graph Rothkirch. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
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