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January The Puppy's Amazing Rescue (tvsp), Rudy Larriva /Ruby-Spears. (drawn animation) Greg Cipes (January 4, 1980- ) (voice actor) born in Coral Springs, Florida. |
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January Captain Kremmen (tvss), Chris Taylor /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) |
January Kirin Ashita no Calendar [キリンあしたのカレンダー] ("Kirin, Tomorrow's Calendar") (tvss), Office Uni. (drawn animation) (1980-1984) Maeterlinck no Aoi no Tori Tyltyl Mytyl no Boken Ryoko [メーテルリンクの青い鳥 チルチルミチルの冒険旅行] ("Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl Adventurous Journey") (tv), Office Academy. Mori no Yogi na Shojintachi: Belfy to Lilbit [森の陽気な小人たち ベルフィーとリルビット] ("Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest, Belfy and Lilbit") (tv), Tatsunoko. Nils no Fushigina Tabi [ニルスのふしぎな旅] ("Wonderful Adventures of Nils") (tv), Hisayuki Toriumi /Studio Peirrot. Tom Sawyer no Boken [トム・ソーヤの冒険] ("Adventures of Tom Sawyer") (tv), Hiroshi Saito /Nippon Animation. Tadao Nagahama (Akira Aoi, Nagahama Tadao 長浜忠夫) (September 26, 1932-January 14, 1980) (director, art director, composer) dies. |
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February Animalympics (f), Stephen Lisberger /Lisberger. (drawn animation) Animalympics: Winter Games (tvsp), Steven Lisberger /Lisberger. Pink Panther in "Olympinks" (tvsp), Friz Freleng /DePatie-Freleng. She's A Good Skate, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez. The Trouble With Miss Switch (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. |
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February Futago no Monchichi [ふたごのモンチッチ] ("The Monchichi Twins") (tvss), Ashi Pro. (drawn animation) Mahou Shojo Lalabell [魔法少女ララベル] ("Lalabelle the Magic Girl") (tv), Hiroshi Shidara /Toei Doga. Muteki Robot Trider G7 [無敵ロボ トライダーG7] ("Invincible Robot Trider G7") (tv), Katsutoshi Sasaki /Nippon Sunrise. Nodoka Mori no Dôbutsu Daisakusen ("The Big Scheme of the Animals of Nodoka Forest"; "Back to the Forest") (tvsp), Masao Kuroda /Nippon Animation. Time Bokan Series Time Patrol Tai Otasukeman [タイムボカンシリーズ タイムパトロール隊オタスケマン] ("Time Machine Series: Time Patrol Team Rescueman") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Tatsunoko. |
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March The World of Strawberry Shortcake (tvsp), Charles Swenson /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. (drawn animation) |
March Easter Fever (tvsp), Clive A. Smith /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
March Le Roi et l'oiseau ("The King and Mr. Bird") (f), Paul Grimault /Films Paul Grimault. (France) (drawn animation) revision of La Bergere et le Ramoneur (1953) Trois themes ("Three Themes") (ss), Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker. (France) |
March Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryu [ドラえもん のび太の恐竜] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur") (f), Hiroshi Fukutomi /Shin'ei. (drawn animation) Ginga Tetsudo 999 Claire no Glass [銀河鉄道999 ガラスのクレア] ("Galaxy Express 999: Glass Claire") (ss), Nobutaka Nishizawa /Toei. Hana no Ko LunLun Konnichi wa Sakaru no Kuni ("Lunlun the Flower Child: Hello Village of the Cherries") (ss), Toei. Hi no Tori 2772 Ai no Cosmo Zone [火の鳥2772 愛のコスモゾーン] ("Firebird 2772: Cosmo Zone of Love"; "Phoenix 2772") (f), Osamu Tezuka and Taki Sugiyama /Tezuka. Mori wa Ikiteiru ("The Forest That Lives") (f), Toei. Time Bokan Series--Zendaman ("Time Machine Series--Zendaman") (ss), Tatsunoko. Uchu Taitei God Sigma [宇宙大帝ゴッドシグマ] ("Space Emperor God Sigma") (tv), Takeyuki Kanda and Katsuhiko Taguchi /Toei. Maaya Sakamoto (Sakamoto Maaya 坂本 真綾) (March 31, 1980- ) (voice actress, singer) born in Itabushi, Tokyo. |
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April The Last of the Red-Hot Dragons (tvsp), Shamus Culhane /Shamus Culhane Production. (drawn animation) |
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April Joe aux Merveilleux Royaumes des Mouches ("Joe in the Wonderful Kingdoms of the Flies") (tv), Jean Image /Image. (France) (drawn animation) |
April Captain (tvsp), Eiken. (drawn animation) Ganbare! Gonbe [がんばれゴンベ] ("Come On! Gonbe") (tvss), Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu and Eisuke Kondou /Tsuchida. Ginga Tetsudo 999 Eien no Tabito Emeraldas ("Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas") (tvsp), Toei. Hoero! Bun Bun [ほえろ! ブンブン] ("Bark! Bun Bun") (tvsp), Wako. Moero Arthur Hakuba no Oji [燃えろアーサー 白馬の王子] ("King Arthur: Prince on the White Horse") (tv), Toei. Mu no Hakugei [ムーの白鯨] ("Mu the Whale") (tv), TMS. Sue Cat [スーキャット] (tvss), Takao Yotsuji /Knack Productions. Tera e... [地球へ...] ("Toward the Terra") (f), Hideo Onchi /Toei. Tsurikitchi Sanpei [釣りキチ三平] ("Sanpei the Fisherman") (tv), Nippon Animation. Zukkoke Knight: Don De La Mancha [ずっこけナイト ドンデラマンチャ] ("The Crazy Knight, the Don of Mancha"; "Don Quixote") (tv), Ashi Pro. |
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May Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back) (f), Lee Mendelsohn and Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez. (drawn animation) Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Enterprises. Carlton Your Doorman (tvsp), Charles Swenson and Fred Wolf /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. Dr. Seuss' Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /DePatie-Freleng. The Return of the King (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. George Pal (Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) (February 1, 1908–May 2, 1980) (director, producer, animator) dies in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack.
Len Lye (director, animator) dies in Warwick, Rhode Island. |
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May La chainon manquant ("The Missing Link") (f), Jean-Paul Picha /Pils Films and S.N.D. Production. (Belgium/France) (drawn animation) Cockleshell Bay (tvss), Jackie Cockle /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) |
May Densetsu Kyojin Ideon [伝説巨神イデオン] ("Legendary Giant God Ideon") (tv), Yoshiyuki Tomino /Nippon Sunrise. (drawn animation) Ganbare! Tabuchi-kun! Gekito Pennant Race ("Come On! Tabuchi! The Difficult Pennant Race") (f), TMS. Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi--Hi no Kuni Monogatari ("Animated Japanese Tales--The Story of the Land of Fire") (tvsp), Group TAC. Wakakasu Monagatari ("Story of Young Shoots" or "Little Women") (tvsp), Yugo Serakawa /Toei. |
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June The Incredible Book Escape (tvsp), Sam Weiss and Seth Pinsker (live action) /Bosustow Enterprises. (drawn animation, part live action) |
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June Bochan [坊っちゃん] (tvsp), Osamu Dezaki /TMS. (drawn animation) Uchu Senshi Baldios [宇宙戦士バルディオス] ("Space Warrior Baldios") (tv), Kazuyuki Hirokawa /Ashi Productions. |
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July 11 Piki no Neko [11ぴきのねこ] ("The Eleven Cats") (f), Yasuo Maeda (animation director) /Group TAC. (drawn animation) Ganbare! Genki [がんばれ元気] ("Come On! Genki") (tv), Rintaro /Toei. Mahou Shojo Lalabell--Umi ga Yobu Natsuyasumi ("Lalabelle the Magic Girl: Invitation to the Sea for Summer Vacation") (ss), Toei. Makoto-chan [まことちゃん] ("Little Makoto") (f), TMS. |
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August I Go Pogo ("Pogo for President") (f), Marc Paul Chinoy /Stowar Enterprises. (model animation) Tex Avery (Fred Avery, Frederick Bean Avery) (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) (director, animator, voice actor) dies in Burbank, California of lung cancer.
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August Captain II (tvsp), Eiken. (drawn animation) Fumoon (tvsp), Osamu Tezuka and Hiroshi Nishimura (animation director) /Tezuka. Ikkuysan--Obare Yancha Hime ("Ikkusan--Princess Putiferio") (tvsp), Toei. Marine Snow no Densetsu [マリンスノーの伝説] ("The Legend of Marine Snow") (tvsp), Leiji Matsumoto /Now Kikaku. Uchû Senkan Yamato: Towa ni ("Space Battleship Yamato: Be Forever"; "Be Forever Yamato") (f), Toshio Masuda /Office Academy. Yami no Teio Kyuketsuki Dracula ("The Emperor of Darkness, Vampire Dracula"; "Dracula: Soverign of the Damned"; Dracula: Emperor of Darkness") (tvsp), Minoru Okazaki and Akinori Nagaoka /Toei. |
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September Drak Pack (tv), Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) The Flintstones' New Neighbors (tvsp), Carl Urbano /Hanna-Barbera. |
September Take Me Up to the Ballgame (tvsp), Ken Stephenson /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
September Les Aventures de Plume d'Elan (tvss), Claude Clément /Belokapi. (France) (drawn animation) |
September Kaibutsu-kun [怪物くん] ("Little Kaibutsu") (tv)/(tvss), Hiroshi Fukutomi /Shin'ei. (drawn animation) (1980-1982) Nijushi no Hitomi [二十四の瞳] ("Twenty-four Eyes") (tvsp), Akio Jissoji and Shigetsugu Yoshida /TMS. Ojamanga Yamada-kun ("Troublemaker of Cartoons, Little Yamada") (tv), Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu /Tsuchida Production. Tondemo Senshi Muteking [とんでも戦士ムテキング] ("Muteking, The Dashing Warrior") (tv), Tatsunoko. |
September The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (tvsp), Ray Patterson and Chris Cuddington /Hanna-Barbera Australia. (Australia) (drawn animation) |
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October The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (tv), Ruby-Spears. contains Heathcliff (tvss) and Dingbat and the Creeps (tvss) Life Is A Circus, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez. The Plastic Man/Baby Plas Super Comedy Show (tv), Ruby-Spears. Scruffy (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. Thundarr the Barbarian (tv), Charles A. Nichols, et al. Ruby-Spears. |
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October The Amazing Adventures of Morph (tvss), Peter Lord and David Sproxton /Aardman. (Great Britain) (clay animation) King Rollo (tvss), Clive Juster and Leo Beltoft /King Rollo. (Great Britain) |
October Ashita no Joe 2 [あしたのジョー2] ("Tomorrow's Joe 2") (tv), Osamy Dezaki /Tokyo Movie Shinsha. (drawn animation) Ginga Tetsudo 999 Kimi wa Haha no Yo ni Aiseru Ka ("Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love As A Mother?") (tvsp), Toei. Hoero! Bun Bun [ほえろ! ブンブン] ("Bark! Bun Bun") (tv), Shigeru Omachi /Wako. Manga Kotowaja Jiten [まんがことわざ事典] ("The Animated Encyclopedia of Proverbs") (tv)/(tvss)/(edu), Eisuke Kondo /Tsuchida. Tetsujin 28-go ("Iron Man 28" or "The New Adventures of Gigantor") (tv), Tetsuo Imazawa /TMS. Tetsuwan Atom [鉄腕アトム] ("Mighty Atom"; "Astro Boy") (tv), Noboru Ishiguro /Tezuka Productions. Uchu Senkan Yamato III [宇宙戦艦ヤマトIII] ("Space Cruiser Yamato III"; "Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars") (tv), Leiji Matsumoto /Office Academy. |
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November The Berenstain Bears Meet Big Paw (tvsp), Mordecai Gerstein and Al Kouzel /Perpetual Motion Pictures. (drawn animation) Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (tv), Ray Patterson, George Gordon and Rudy Zamora /Hanna-Barbera. Gnomes (tvsp), Jack Zander /Zanders Animation. The Richie Rich/Scooby Doo-Hour (tv), Ray Patterson, George Gordon, and Rudy Zamora /Hanna-Barbera. Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz ("Dorothy in the Land of Oz") (tvsp), Fred Wolf /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. A Snow White Christmas (tvsp), Kay Wright /Filmation. Yogi's First Christmas (tvsp), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera. |
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December Pinocchio's Christmas (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. (model animation) Ben Sharpsteen (Benjamin Sharpsteen) (November 4, 1895-December 20, 1980) (director, producer, animator) dies in Calistoga, California. |
December The Christmas Raccoons (tvsp), Kevin Gillis and Paul Schibili /Atkinson Film-Arts. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
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December Cyborg 009 Chou Ginga no Densetsu [サイボーグ009 超銀河伝説] ("Cyborg 009 Super Galaxy Legend") (f), Toei. (drawn animation) Ganbare! Tabuchi-kun! A Tsuppari Jinsei [がんばれ!!タブチくん!!・ぁツッパリ人生] ("Come On! Tabuchi! This Is Your Life") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /TMS. |
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no date Canon: Best Seller (tvss)/(adv), Tom Barron and Clark Anderson /Robet Abel. (cgi animation) Dimension: Green Giant (tvss)/(adv), Bill Kovacs /Robet Abel. Warner Bros. opens up a new animation studio with Friz Freleng as head. The studio is designed to produce feature-length packages of its old shorts, with new animation to provide bridges between the older segments. Haim Saban founds Saban Entertainment (California). Michael Sporn founds Michael Sporn Animation in New York. Carl Rosendahl, Glenn Entis, and Richard Chuang found Pacific Data Images (PDI) in Sunnydale, California to create computer animated graphics for television. |
no date Filminuto No. 1 (ss), Juan Padron /ICAIC. (Cuba) (drawn animation) first Filminuto series (1980 to the present) Getting Started // Faut se grouiller (ss), Richard Condie /NFB. The History of the World in Three Minutes Flat (ss), Michael Mills /Michael Mills Productions. (Canada) Libro gordo de Petete ("Petete's Large Book") (tvss), García Ferré. (Argentina) Premiers Jours // Beginnings (ss), Clorinda Warny, Linda Gagnon, and Suzanne Gervaise /NFB. (Canada) Sing Beast Sing (ss), Marv Newland /International Rocketship. (Canada) |
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no date De Men Phieu Luu Ky ("The Adventures of the Cricket") (sf), Truong Qua / Ho Chi Minh City Multi-branched. (North Viet Nam) (drawn animation) "Little Inspector Ddoli" [꼬마 어사 똘이] (f), Kim Cheong-Gi. (Republic of Korea) Nezha Nao Hai [哪吒闹海] ("Nezha Conquers the Dragon") (sf), Wang Shuchen, Yang Dingxian, and A Da /Shanghai Animation. (China) Sarah (f), Yoram Gross and Athol Henry /Yoram Gross. (Australia) |
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