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January Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. (drawn animation) Miss Switch to the Rescue (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. Hans Conried (Hans Georg Conried, Jr.) (April 15, 1917–January 5, 1982) (voice actor) dies in Burbank, California. |
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January Il était une fois ... l'Espace ("Once Upon a Time Was ... Space") (tv)/(edu), Albert Barillé /Procidis. (France) (drawn animation) |
January Asari-chan [あさりちゃん] ("Little Asari"; "Super Gal Asari") (tv), Osamu Kasai /Toei Doga. (drawn animation) Cello Hiki no Goshu [セロ弾きのゴーシュ] ("Goshu the Cellist") (f), Isao Takahata /Oh Production. Minami no Niji no Lucy [南の虹のルーシー] ("Lucy-May of Southern Rainbow") (tv), Hiroshi Saito /Nippon Animation. Penguin Mura Eiyu no Densetsu ("Penguin Village's Legendary Heroes") (tvsp), Toei. Sangokushi ("The Three Kingdoms") (tvsp), Shin'ei. |
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February The Berenstain Bears' Valentine Special (tvsp), Mordecai Gerstein and Al Kouzel /Perpetual Motion Pictures. (drawn animation) |
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February Kao Meijin Gekijo--Naniwabushi Daisuki ("I Love Naniwabushi") (tvsp), Tohankikaku. (drawn animation) Sento Mecha Xabungle [戦闘メカザブングル] ("Blue Gale Xabungle"; "Combat Mecha Xabungle") (tv), Yoshiyuki Tomino /Nippon Sunrise. Time Boken Series Gyakuten Ippatsuman [タイムボカンシリーズ 逆転イッパツマン] ("Time Machine Series Reversal Ippatsuman") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Tatsunoko. Wagahai wa Neko de Aru ("I Am a Cat") (tvsp), Toei. |
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March Ken Harris (Karyl Ross Harris) (July 31, 1898-March 24, 1982) (animator) dies in Los Angeles, California.
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March Les maitres du temps ("The Masters of Time") (f), Rene Laloux and Moebius /Télécip and TF1 Films (Pannonia Films (Hungary). (France) (drawn animation) |
March Asari-chan--Ai no Meruhen Shojo ("Little Asari--The Wonderful Child of Love") (ss), Toei. (drawn animation) Doraemon: Nobita no Daimakyou [ドラえもん のび太の大魔境] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon") (f), Hideo Nishimaki /Shin'ei. Kaibutsu-kun--Demon no Tsurugi [怪物くん デーモンの剣] ("Little Kaibutsu--The Demon's Sword") (sf), Hiroshi Fukutomi /Shin'ei. Kido Senshi Gundam III Meguriai Sorahen ("Mobile Suit Gundam III Love Encounter in Space") (f), Nippon Sunrise. Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV [機甲艦隊ダイラガーXV] ("Armored Squadron Dairugger XV") (tv), Kozo Morishita /Toei. Mahou no Princess Minky Momo [魔法のプリンセスミンキーモモ] ("Magical Princess Minky Momo") (tv), Kunihiko Yuyama /Ashi Production. Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi ("Animated Ancient Japanese Tales") (ss), Ai Kikaku. Ninja Hattori-kun Ninpoenikki no Maki ("Little Hattori the Ninja: Chapter from the Diary of Ninnin's Method") (sf), Shin'ei. Ohayo! Spank ("Good Morning! Spank") (sf), TMS. Shin Dokonjo Gaeru ("New Frog With Guts") (sf), TMS. Zoo no Inai Dobutsuen [象のいない動物園] ("A Zoo Without Elephants") (f), Group TAC. |
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April A Family Circus Easter (tvsp), Dave Brain /Cullen-Kasden Productions. (drawn animation) The Fat Albert Easter Special (tvsp), Don Christensen /Filmation. Jokebook (tv), Hanna-Barbera. The Smurf Springtime Special (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /Hanna-Barbera. Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade (tvsp), Kohsei Ohtani /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. |
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April Dobrodruzstvi Robinsona Crusoe, namornika z Yorku ("The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the Sailor from York") (f), Stanislav Latal /Jiri Trnka Studio. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]/Federal Republic of Germany [Germany]) (model animation) Der fliegende Windmühle ("The Flying Windmill") (f), Gunter Ratz /DEFA. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) |
April Boppen Sensei to Kaerazu no Numa ("Boppen the Teacher and the Lake of No Return") (tvsp), Meruhensha. (drawn animation) Don Dracula [手塚治虫のドン・ドラキュラ] (tv), Tezuka Productions and Jin Productions. Game Center Arashi [ゲームセンターあらし] (tv), Tameo Ogawa /Shin'ei. Haguregumo [浮浪雲] (f), Toei. Kagaku Kyujo-Tai Technovoyager [科学救助隊テクノボイジャー] ("Scientific Rescue Team Technovoyager" or "Thunderbirds 2086") (tv), Jin. Patalliro--Boku Patalliro ("Patalliro, I Patalliro") (tv), Toei. Sekai Meisaku Dôwa: Aladdin to Mahô no Lamp ("World Masterpiece Children's Stories: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" or "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp") (f), Yoshikatsu Kasai /Toei. Sengoku Majin Goshogun ("Demon God of the War Torn Land Goshogun") (sf), Ashi Pro. Tondera House no Daiboken [タイム教室トンデラハウスの大冒険] ("Adventures of Time Classroom Tonderahouse"; "The Flying House") (tv), Masakazu Higuchi /Tatsunoko. |
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May A Charlie Brown Celebration (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez Production. (drawn animation) Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (tvsp), Bill Perez /Marvel Productions. Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody (tvsp), Fred Wolf /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. Stanley, the Ugly Duckling (tvsp), John Wilson /Fine Arts. |
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May Planetata na sakrovishtata ("Treasure Planet") (f), Rumen Petov /Boyana Film. (Bulgaria) (drawn animation) |
May Anime Yasei no Sakebi [アニメ野生のさけび] ("Animated Call of the Wild") (tv), Wako. (drawn animation) Makyou Densetsu Acrobunch [魔境伝説アクロバンチ] ("Demon Regions Legend Acrobunch") (tv), Kakusai Eigasha. Ochamegami Monogatari Kolokolo Polon [おちゃめ神物語コロコロポロン] ("Story of the Joker Goddess: Kolo Kolo Polon") (tv), Takao Yotsuji /Koskuai Eigasha. Oz no Mahôtsukai ("The Wizard of Oz") (f), Fumihiko Takayama (John Danylkiw (English version)) /Toho. Shiroi Kiba--White Fang Monogatari [白い牙 ホワイトファング物語] ("White Fang's Story") (tvsp), Soji Yoshikawa and Takeyuki Yokoyama /Nippon Sunrise. Tsudan Full Base ("Two Strikes With Bases Full") (tvsp), Group TAC. |
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June The Great Cognito (ss), Will Vinton /Vinton. (clay animation) Sport Billy (tv), Filmation. |
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June Methanie (tv), Films Alain Champeaux. (France) (drawn animation) Jirí Brdecka [(December 24, 1917-June 2, 1982) (director, writer) dies in Prague. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]) |
June Songoku Sick Road o Tobu!! [孫悟空シルクロードをとぶ!!] ("Songoku Flies on the Way of Silk") (tvsp), Hideo Takayashiki /TMS. (drawn animation) Taiyo no Ko Esteban [太陽の子エステバン] // Les Mystérieuses cités d'or ("Esteban, the Sun's Child"; "The Mysterious Cities of Gold") (tv), Pierrot and DIC. (Japan/France) Tonde Mon Pe [とんでモン・ペ] (tv), Shigetsugu Yoshida /TMS. |
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July Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Uchu Daiboken [Dr.スランプ ほよよ!宇宙大冒険] (f), Akinori Nagaoka /Toei. (drawn animation) Ginga Reppu Baxinger [銀河烈風バクシンガー] ("Galactic Gale Baxinger") (tv), Yoshikata Nitta /Kokusai Eigasha. The Kabocha Wine [The かぼちゃワイン] ("The Pumpkin Wine") (tv), Kimio Yabuki /Toei. Space Adventurer Cobra Gekijôban [スペースアドベンチャーコブラ 劇場版] ("Space Adventurer Cobra Theatrical Version") (f), Osamu Dezaki /TMS. Techno Police 21C [テクノポリス 21C] (f), Takashi Matsumoto and Shoji Kawamoto /Studio Nue and Artmic. Waga Seishun no Arcadia [わが青春のアルカディア] ("Arcadia of My Youth") (f), Tomohara Katsumata /Toei. Anime International Company (AIC) founded in Tokyo.
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August Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of Them All (tvsp), Gwen Wetzler /Filmation. (drawn animation) |
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August Alexandre Alexeieff (director, animator, producer, writer, character designer) dies in Paris. (France) |
August Andromeda Stories (tvsp), Masamitsu Sasaki /Toei. (drawn animation) Jugo Shonen Hyoryuki ("Fifteen Young Castaways") (tvsp), Toei. Kyojin no Hoshi ("Star of the Giants") (f), TMS and Magic Bus. Obake ("Ghost") (tvsp), Ai Kikaku. Nyarome no Omoshirosugaku Kyoshitsu ("Nyarome's Math Class") (tvsp), Studio Zero. |
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September The Gary Coleman Show (tv), Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) Gilligan's Island (tv), Filmation. The Incredible Hulk/Amazing Spider-man Hour (tv), Marvel. Laverne and Shirley With the Fonz (tv), Hanna-Barbera. The Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Meatballs and Spaghetti (tv), Marvel. Mork and Mindy (tv), John Kimball and Rudy Larriva /Hanna-Barbera (Ruby-Spears). The Pac-Man Show (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera. Pandamonium (tv), Marvel. The Puppy's New Adventures (tv)/(tvss), Charles A. Nichols and Rudy Lurriva /Ruby-Spears. Scooby, Scrappy, and Yabba Doo. (tv), Hanna-Barbera. The Shirt Tales (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera. Lacey Chabert (September 30, 1982- ) (voice actress, singer) born in Purvis, Mississippi. |
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September Les Engrenages (tvss), Italo Bettiol and Stephano Lonati /Belokapi. (France) (model animation) |
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October The Great Bear Scare (tvsp), Hal Mason /DimenMark. (drawn animation) Here Comes Garfield (tvsp), Phil Roman /Film Roman. Hey, Good Lookin' (f), Ralph Bakshi /Bakshi. |
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October The Plague Dogs (f), Martin Rosen /Nepenthe Productions. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) |
October Ai no Senshi Rainbowman [愛の戦士レインボーマン] ("Warrior of Love Rainbowman") (tv), Ai Kikaku. (drawn animation) Cho Jiku Yosai Macross [超時空要塞マクロス] ("Super Dimension Fortress Macross") (tv), Noboru Ishiguro /Tatsunoko. Cybot Robotchi [サイボットロボッチ] (tv), Knack Productions. Future War 198X Nen [FUTURE WAR 198X年] ("Future War in the Year 198X") (f), Toshio Masuda and Tomohiro Katsumata /Toei. Hitotsuboshike no Ultra Baasan [一ツ星家のウルトラ婆さん] ("The Ultra Grandmother of the Hitsuboshike Family") (tv)/(tvss), Masuji Harada /Knack Productions. Ningyougeki Sangokushi [人形劇 三国志] ("Puppet Show Romance of the Three Kingdoms") (tvss), Kuzo Satoya. Ninjaman Ippei [忍者マン一平] (tv), Hideo Takayashiki /TMS. Progolfer Saru (tvsp), Shin'ei Doga. Sasuga no Sarutobi [さすがの猿飛] ("Clever Sarutobi") (tv), Kouichi Sasaki /Tsuchida.
Shonen Miyamoto Musashi--Wanpapu Nitoryu ("Young Musashi Miyamoto--The Whirling Technique of the Two-Bladed Combat") (tvsp), Toei. Space Cobra [スペースコブラ] (tv), TMS. Tokimeki Tonight [ときめきトゥナイト] ("Night Emotion") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Group TAC. Tsushimamaru Sayonara Okinawa [対馬丸さようなら沖縄] ("Tsushimamaru: Goodbye Okinawa") (f), Osamu Kobayashi /Agiado. Waga Seishun no Arcadia: Mugen Kido SSX [わが青春のアルカディア無限軌道SSX] ("My Youth in Arcadia: Endless Orbit SSX") (tv), Tomoharu Katsumata and Masamitsu Sasaki /Toei. |
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November Heidi's Song (f), Robert Taylor /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) The Last Unicorn (f), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass (Top Craft (Japan)). Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903-November 26, 1982) (director, animator, producer) dies in Chatsworth, California.
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November Fuku-chan [フクちゃん] ("Little Fuku") (tv), Shin'ei. (drawn animation) (1982-1984) |
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December Christmas Comes to Pac-Land (tvsp), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) The Smurfs' Christmas Special (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /Hanna-Barbera. Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (tvsp), Mark Lumley /Hanna-Barbera. Ziggy's Gift (tvsp), Richard Williams /Welcome Productions. |
December Mafalda la pelecula (f), Carlos Marquez /Daniel Mallo Producciones. (Argentina) (drawn animation) |
December The Snowman (tvsp), Dianne Jackson /T.V.C. London. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) |
December Ai no Kiseki Doctor Norman Monogatari [愛の奇跡ドクターノーマン物語] ("Miracle of Love, Doctor Norman's Story") (tvsp), Kokusai Eigasha. (drawn animation) The Kabocha Wine--Ore to Aitsu no Shinkon Ryoko [Theかぼちゃワインおれと・いつの新婚旅行!?] ("The Pumpkin Wine--She and I On a Honeymoon?") (tvsp), Toei. Rokushin Gattai God Mars [六神合体ゴッドマーズ] ("Six-God Combining God Mars"; "Godmars") (f), Hideyuki Motohashi /TMS. |
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no date Depatie-Freleng studio sold to the Marvel Comics company. Studio becomes Marvel Productions. Klasky Csupo Studio founded by Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo in Los Angeles, California. |
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no date Okon Joruri [おこんじょうるり] ("The Magic Fox") (ss), Tadanari Okamoto /Echo. (drawn animation) |
no date Giai dieu ("The Melody") (ss), Dang Hien /Vietnamese Animated Cartoon Film. (Viet Nam) (drawn animation) Lu Ling ("The Deer's Bell") (ss), Wu Qiang and Tang Cheng /Shanghai Animation. (China) "If I Were Wu Song" [假如我是武松] (sf), Zhan Tong /Shanghai Animation. (China) Sudsakhon Phajon Phai ("The Adventure of Sudsakhon") (tv). (Thailand) |
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