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January Aku Dai Sakusen Srungle [亜空大作戦スクランブル] ("Mission Outer Space Srungle"; "Macron 1") (tv), Kazuya Miyazaki and Kenzo Koizumi /Kokusai Eigasha. (drawn animation) Alps Monogatari Watashi no Annette [アルプス物語 わたしのアンネット] ("Story of the Alps: My Annette") (tv), Kozo Kusaba /Nippon Animation. Captain [キャプテン] (tv), Eiken. Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman [未来警察ウラシマン] ("Future Police Urashiman") (tv), Koichi Mashita /Tatsunoko. |
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February The Dukes (tv), Ray Patterson and Oscar Dufau /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (tvsp), Phil Roman /Melendez. My Smurfy Valentine (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /Hanna-Barbera. |
February The Special Magic of Herself the Elf (tvsp), Gian Celestri and Raymond Jafelice /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
February Als Je Begript Wak Ik Bedoel ("If You Know What I Mean"; "The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He)"; "Dexter the Dragon and Bumble the Bear") (f), Bjorn Frank Jensen and Bob Maxfield /Toonder. (Netherlands) (drawn animation) Gran (tvss), Ivor Wood /Woodland Animations. (Great Britain) Little Miss (tvss), Rooger Hargreaves, Trevor Bond and Terry Ward /Flicks Films. (Great Britain) Zinaida Brumberg (Zinaida Semyonovna Brumberg, Зинаида Брумберг) (August 2, 1900-February 9, 1983) (director, animator) dies in Moscow. (Soviet Union [Russia]) |
February Seisenshi Dunbine [聖戦士ダンバイン] ("Holy Warrior Dunbine"; "Aura Battler Dunbine") (tv), Yoshiyuki Tominio /Nippon Sunrise. (drawn animation) Urusei Yatsura: Only You [うる星やつら オンリー・ユー] (f), Mamoru Oshii /Pierrot. |
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March Peter and the Magic Egg (tvsp), Fred Wolf /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. (drawn animation) Winnie the Pooh and A Day for Eeyore (tvsp), Rick Reinert /Disney. |
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April The Secret World of Og (tvsp), Geoff Collins /Hanna-Barbera. (drawn animation) |
April Rock and Rule ("Ring of Power") (f), Clive A. Smith /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) Strawberry Shortcake's Housewarming Surprise (tvsp), Raymond Jafelice /Nelvana. (Canada) |
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April Eagle Sam [イーグルサム] (tv), Dax. (drawn animation) Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger [銀河疾風サスライガー] ("Galactic Gale Sasuraiger") (tv), Takao Yotsuji /Kokusai Eigasha. Kinnikuman [キン肉マン] ("Muscleman") (tv), Toei. Lady Georgie [レディージョージィ] (tv), Shigetsuga Yoshida /TMS. Manga Nihonshi [まんが日本史] ("Animated History of Japan") (tv)/(edu), Eisuke Kondo /Tsuchida Production. Mimu Iroiro Yume no Tabi [ミームいろいろ夢の旅] ("Mimu, the Traveller of Many Dreams"; "Mimu's Dream Advenutres") (tv)/(edu), Kazuyoshi Yokota /Nippon Animation. Nanako S.O.S. [ななこSOS] (tv), Kokusai Eigasha. Noel no Fushigina Boken [ノエルの不思議な冒険] ("Noel's Marvelous Adventures") (f), Tadao Takakuwa /Iruka Office. Paaman [パーマン] (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Shin'ei. Pasocon Travel Tanteidan [パソコントラベル探偵団] ("Personal Computer Travel Detective Team"; "Superbook") (tv)/(edu), Tatsunoko. Proyakyu o Jubai Tanoshiki Miru Hoho ("Lighthearted Tales of Pro Baseball"), TMS. Soko Kishi Votoms [装甲騎兵ボトムズ] ("Armored Trooper Votoms") (tv), Ryousuke Takahashi and Toshifumi Takizawa /Nippon Sunrise. Spoon Oba-san [スプーンおばさん] ("Auntie Spoon") (tvss), Pierrot. Time Bokan Series Itadakiman [タイムボカンシリーズ イタダキマン] ("Time Machine Series: Itadakiman") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Tatsunoko. Uchu Senkan Yamato Kanketsu Hen ("Space Battleship Yamato: Final Chapter" or "Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato--In the Name of Love") (f), Yoshinobu Nishizaki /Toei. |
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May The Berenstain Bears' Littlest Leaguer (tvsp), Al Kouzel /Buzzco Productions. (drawn animation) Bottom's Dream (ss), John Canemaker /John Canemaker Productions. It's An Adventure, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez. What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez. |
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May Bemubemu Hunter Kotengu Tenmaru [ベムベムハンターこてんぐテン丸] ("Monster Hunter Tenmaru the Little Tengu") (tv), Hiroshi Shitaro /Toei Doga. (drawn animation) Golgo 13 [ゴルゴ13] ("The Professional: Golgo 13") (f), Osamu Dezaki and Akio Sugino, TMS. Stop!! Hibari-kun! [ストップ!! ひばりくん!] ("Stop!! Hibari!") (tv), Takashi Kuoka /Toei. |
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June The Charmkins (tvsp), Sunbow. (drawn animation) Dragon's Lair (vg), Don Bluth /Bluth Group. |
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June PlasWres Sanshiro [プラレス3四郎] ("Plastic Wrestler Sanshiro") (tv), Kaname. (drawn animation) |
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July Ico el caballito valiente ("The Tale of a Foal at the King's Court") (f), Manuel García Ferré /García Ferré. (Argentina) (drawn animation) |
July Václav Trojan (April 24, 1907 – July 5, 1983) (composer) dies in Prague. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]) |
July Cat's Eye [キャッツ・アイ] (tv), Yoshio Takeuchi /TMS. (drawn animation) Cho Jiku Seiki Orguss [超時空世紀オーガス] ("Super Dimension Century Orguss") (tv), Noburo Ishiguro and Yasuyoshi Mikamoto /Artland. Choro Q Dougram [チョロQダグラム] (ss), Nippon Sunrise. Document Taiyo no Kiba Dougram [ドキュメント太陽の牙ダグラム] ("The Document of Dougram: The Sun's Fang") (f), Nippon Sunrise. Hadashi no Gen [はだしのゲン] ("Barefoot Gen") (f), Mamoru Mazaki /Gen Production (Madhouse). Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami [魔法の天使 クリィミーマミ] ("Magical Angel Creamy Mami") (tv), Osamu Kobayashi /Pierrot. Pataliro! Stardust Keikaku [パタリロ! スターダスト計画] ("Pataliro! Stardust Program") (sf), Nobutaka Nishizawa /Toei. Psycho Armor Govarian [サイコアーマーゴーバリアン] (tv), Seiji Okuda /Knack. Serendipity Monogatari Pure-tou no Nakamatachi [セレンディピティ物語 ピュア鳥の仲間たち] ("Serendipity Stories: Friends on Pure Island") (tv), Nobuo Onuki /Zuiyo. Unico: Maho no Shinai E [ユニコ 魔法の島へ] ("Unico in the Island of Magic") (f), Norimi Murano /Sanrio (Madhouse). Xabungle Graffiti [ザブングルグラフィティ] (f), Yoshiyuki Tomino /Nippon Sunrise. |
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August Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (f), Friz Freleng /Warner Bros. (drawn animation) Fire and Ice (f), Ralph Bakshi /Polyc International. Twice Upon A Time (f), John Korty and Charles Swenson /Korty Films. |
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August La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog // Anime 80 Nichikan Sekai Isshu [アニメ80日間世界一周] ("Around the World With Willy Fog"; "Animated Around the World in Eighty Days") (tv), Fumio Kurokawa /BRB Internacional and Nippon Animation. (Spain/Japan) (drawn animation) |
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September Chronopolis (f), Piotr Kamler /Productions du Cirque. (France) (drawn animation) Henry's Cat (tvss), Bob Godfrey /Godfrey Films. (Great Britain) |
September Nine [ナイン] (f), Gisaburo Sugii /Group TAC. (drawn animation) |
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October The Coneheads (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. (drawn animation) Garfield on the Town (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez. Mickey's Christmas Carol (ss), Burney Mattinson /Disney. Mary Ellen Bute (director) dies in New York.
Otto Messmer (August 16, 1892-October 28, 1983) (animator, director, writer) dies of a heart attack in New York.
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October Captain Tsubasa [キャプテン翼] (tv), Tsuchida Productions. (drawn animation) (1983-1986) Cat's Eye [キャッツ・アイ] (tv), Kenji Kodama /TMS. Fushigi no Kuni no Alice [ふしぎの国のアリス] ("Alice in Wonderland") (tv), Nippon Animation. Ginga Hyoryu Vifam [銀河漂流バイファム] ("Galactic Castaways Vifam"; "Round Vernian Vifam") (tv), Nippon Sunrise. Ika no Kabumaru [伊賀野カバ丸] (tv), Group TAC. Kiko Soseiki Mospeada [機甲創世記モスピーダ] ("Genesis Climber Mospeada"; "Robotech") (tv), Tatsunoko and Artmic. Manga Aesop Monogatari [まんがイソップ物語] (“Animated Aesop’s Fables”) (edu)/(tvss), Eiji Okabe /Nippon Animation. Taotao Ehonkan Sekai Doubutsu-Banashi [タオタオ絵本館 世界動ばなし] ("Taotao Picturebook Mansion World Animal Tales") (tv), Shuichi Nakahara and Tatsuo Shimamura /Shunmao. Tokuso Kihei Dorvack [特装機兵ドルバック] ("Dorvack the Special Soldier") (tv), Hisataro Oniwa /Ashi Pro. |
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November Beauty and the Beast (tvsp), Rudy Larriva /Ruby-Spears. (drawn animation) |
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November Kojika Monogatari [子鹿物語] ("The Story of the Fawn"; "The Yearling") (tv), Masaaki Ohsumi /MK and Visual 80. (drawn animation) (1983-1985) |
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December The Christmas Tree Train (tvsp), Bill Hutten and Tony Love /Encore Enterprises. (drawn animation) Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls (tvsp), Candy Kugel, Al Kouzel, and Vincent Cafarelli /Buzzco Productions. |
December The Raccoons and the Lost Star (tvsp), Kevin Gillis and Paul Schibli (animation director) /Atkinson Film-Arts. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
December Lucky Luke, les Daltons en cavale ("Lucky Luke") (tvsp), Morris, William Hanna, and Joe Barbera /Gaumont and Hanna-Barbera. (France/United States) (drawn animation) Los viajes de Gulliver ("Gulliver´s Travels") (f), Cruz Delgado /Estudio Cruz Delgado. (Spain) The Wind in the Willows (f), Mark Hall /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) |
December Dallos Remember Bartholomew [ダロス ダロス リメンバー・バーソロミュー] (oav), Mamoru Oshii /Pierrot. (drawn animation) first Dallos oav series (1983-1984) (The world's first original animated video (oav), animation made for the home video market rather than for theatrical release or television broadcast.) |
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no date Sound of Sunshine, Sound of Rain (ss), Caroline M. Heyward /Hallinan Plus. (drawn animation) United States of Animating Women (sf).
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, and John Pomeroy form the Bluth Group studio.
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no date Elpidio Valdés contra Dólar y Cañón ("Elpidio Valdes versus Dollar and Cannon") (f), Juan Padron /ICAIC. (Cuba) (drawn animation) The Legend of Hiawatha (tvsp), Sebastian Grunstra /Atkinson Film-Arts. (Canada) A princesa e o robo ("The Princess and the Robot") (f), Mauricio de Souza /Mauricio de Sousa Productions. (Brazil) |
no date Berg Simeli ("Simeli Mountain") (f), Gunter Raetz /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) (model animation) "The First Consequence" [Следствие Первое] (ss), Aida Zyablikova /Ekran. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Háry János ("John the Boaster") (f), Zsolt Richly /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Hófehér ("No-White") (f), Joseph Nepp /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) "Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah" (tvsp), Yehuda Wurtzel /Ein Gedi Films. (Israel) Mala carodejnice // Die Kleine Hexe" ("The Little Witch") (f), Zdenek Smetana /Kratky Film and SDR. (Czechosloavakia [Czech Republic]/Federal Republic of Germany [Germany]) Moschops (tvss), Martin Pullen /FilmFair London. (Great Britain) Puteshestviye muravya [Путешествие Муравья] ("Travels of an Ant", "The Ant's Journey") (ss), Eduard Nazarov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Rocky Hollow (tvss), John Walker /Bumper Films. (Great Britain) Sebaj Tóbiás ("Never Mind Toby") (tvss), Ferenc Cakó /Pannoniafilms. (Hungary) Skywhales (ss), Phil Austin and Derek W. Hayes /Animation City. (Great Britain) Tchouma ("The Plague") (ss), David Takaichvili /Grouzia Films. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Vizipok-Csodapok ("Water Spider-Wonder Spider") (f), József Haui, Szabolcs Szabó, Csaba Szombati Szabó /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Hibbert Ralph Animation founded by Jerry Hibbert and Graham Ralph. (Great Britain) La Lanterna Magica studio founded by Enzo d’Alň, Vincenzo Gioanola, and Maria Fares in Turin. (Italy) Telemagination founded by John M. Mills and Elphin Lloyd-Jones. (Great Britain) |
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no date Epic: Days of the Dinosaurs (f), Yoram Gross /Gross. (Australia) (drawn animation, some live action) Dance of Death (ss), Dennis Tupicoff. (Australia) Dokko Tao (f), Daiwon Animation. (South Korea) Yu bang xiang zheng (ss), Jinqing Hu. (China) Eric Porter (Eric Ernest Porter) (1911-1983) (producer, director, animator) dies. (Australia) |
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