Chronology of Animation 1983
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January
Les Minipouss // Here Come the Littles (f), Bernard Deyries /DIC International. (France/United States)
(drawn animation)

Il était une fois... l'espace - la revanche des humanoides ("Once Upon A Time ... Space - The Revenge of the Humanoids") (f), Albert Barillé /Procidis. (France)
(drawn animation)

Il était une fois... l'espace - la revanche des humanoides image
Il était une fois... l'espace - la revanche des humanoides
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.
(drawn animation)

Captain [キャプテン] (tv), Eiken.
(drawn animation)

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman [未来警察ウラシマン] ("Future Police Urashiman") (tv), Koichi Mashita /Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)


February
The Dukes (tv), Ray Patterson and Oscar Dufau /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (tvsp), Phil Roman /Melendez.
(drawn animation)

My Smurfy Valentine (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

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)
(model animation)

Little Miss (tvss), Rooger Hargreaves, Trevor Bond and Terry Ward /Flicks Films. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)


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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.
(drawn animation)



March
Ai Shite Night [愛してナイト] ("Love Me Night"; "Love in Rock 'n Roll") (tv), Osamu Kasai /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Crusher Joe [クラッシャージョウ] (f), Yoshikazu Yasuhiko /Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Doraemon: Nobita no Kaitei Kiganjou [ドラえもん のび太の海底鬼岩城] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Monstrous Underwater Castle") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! Sekai Isshu Dai Race [Dr.スランプアラレちゃん ほよよ世界一周大レース] ("Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: The Great Round-the-World Race") (sf), Minoru Okazaki /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Genma Taisen [幻魔大戦] ("The Great War of the Demon of Illusions"; "Harmagedon") (f), Rintaro /Madhouse.
(drawn animation)

Genma Taisen imageGenma Taisen

Kosoku Denjin Albegus [光速雷神アルベガス] ("Light-Speed Electro-God Albegus") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Manga Aesop Monogatari [まんがイソップ物語] ("Animated Aesop's Fables") (f), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Miyuki [みゆき] (tv), Kitty Films Mitaka.
(drawn animation)

Ninja Hattori-kun Ninnin Furusato Daisakusen no Maki [忍者ハットリくん ニンニンふるさと大作戦の巻] ("Hattori, the Little Ninja: Chapter of the Great Clash in His Native Country") (sf), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Shin'ei Doga.
(drawn animation)


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)
(drawn animation)


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.
(drawn animation)

Kinnikuman [キン肉マン] ("Muscleman") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1986)

Lady Georgie [レディージョージィ] (tv), Shigetsuga Yoshida /TMS.
(drawn animation)

Manga Nihonshi [まんが日本史] ("Animated History of Japan") (tv)/(edu), Eisuke Kondo /Tsuchida Production.
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation, some live action)
(1983-1985)

Nanako S.O.S. [ななこSOS] (tv), Kokusai Eigasha.
(drawn animation)

Noel no Fushigina Boken [ノエルの不思議な冒険] ("Noel's Marvelous Adventures") (f), Tadao Takakuwa /Iruka Office.
(drawn animation)

Paaman [パーマン] (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1985)

Pasocon Travel Tanteidan [パソコントラベル探偵団] ("Personal Computer Travel Detective Team"; "Superbook") (tv)/(edu), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Proyakyu o Jubai Tanoshiki Miru Hoho ("Lighthearted Tales of Pro Baseball"), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Soko Kishi Votoms [装甲騎兵ボトムズ] ("Armored Trooper Votoms") (tv), Ryousuke Takahashi and Toshifumi Takizawa /Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Spoon Oba-san [スプーンおばさん] ("Auntie Spoon") (tvss), Pierrot.
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)


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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.
(drawn animation)

It's An Adventure, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)



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.
(drawn animation; some cgi animation)

Stop!! Hibari-kun! [ストップ!! ひばりくん!] ("Stop!! Hibari!") (tv), Takashi Kuoka /Toei.
(drawn animation)


June
The Charmkins (tvsp), Sunbow.
(drawn animation)

Dragon's Lair (vg), Don Bluth /Bluth Group.
(drawn animation)



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.
(drawn animation)

Choro Q Dougram [チョロQダグラム] (ss), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)

Hadashi no Gen [はだしのゲン] ("Barefoot Gen") (f), Mamoru Mazaki /Gen Production (Madhouse).
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)

Pataliro! Stardust Keikaku [パタリロ!  スターダスト計画] ("Pataliro! Stardust Program") (sf), Nobutaka Nishizawa /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Psycho Armor Govarian [サイコアーマーゴーバリアン] (tv), Seiji Okuda /Knack.
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)

Unico: Maho no Shinai E [ユニコ 魔法の島へ] ("Unico in the Island of Magic") (f), Norimi Murano /Sanrio (Madhouse).
(drawn animation)

Xabungle Graffiti [ザブングルグラフィティ] (f), Yoshiyuki Tomino /Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)


August
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (f), Friz Freleng /Warner Bros.
(drawn animation)

Fire and Ice (f), Ralph Bakshi /Polyc International.
(drawn animation)

Twice Upon A Time (f), John Korty and Charles Swenson /Korty Films.
(cut-out animation)


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
Alvin and the Chipmunks (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1990)

The Biskits (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (tv)/(tvss), Mendelsohn-Melendes.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1986)

Dungeons and Dragons (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (tv), Dan Thompson /Marvel.
(drawn animation)
special five episode mini-series

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1985)

The Littles (tv), Bernard Deyries /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1986)

Monchichis (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Mister T (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

The Pac-Man/Rubik, The Amazing Cube Hour (tv), American Broadcasting Company.
(drawn animation)
contains Pac-Man (tvss), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera and Rubik, The Amazing Cube (tv), John Kimball, Rudy Larriva, and Norm McCabe /Ruby-Spears

The Puppy's Further Adventures (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Saturday Supercade (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)
contains Donkey Kong (tvss), Charles Nichols and John Kimball; Donkey Kong Jr. (tvss); Frogger (tvss); Pitfall (tvss); Q*bert (tvss); Space Ace (tvss); and Kangaroo (tvss).

Sundae in New York (ss), Jimmy Picker /Motionpicker.
(clay animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Animation


Sundae in New York image
Sundae in New York
September
Chronopolis (f), Piotr Kamler /Productions du Cirque. (France)
(drawn animation)

Henry's Cat (tvss), Bob Godfrey /Godfrey Films. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
(1986-1992)

September
Nine [ナイン] (f), Gisaburo Sugii /Group TAC.
(drawn animation)


October
The Coneheads (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)

Garfield on the Town (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

Mickey's Christmas Carol (ss), Burney Mattinson /Disney.
(drawn animation)

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.


October
The Adventures of Portland Bill (tvss), John Grace and Barry Leith (animation director) /Filmfair. (Great Britain)
(model animation)

L'inspecteur Gadget // Inspector Gadget (tv), Jean Chalopin /DIC International and Nelvana (Tokyo Movie Shinsha (Japan) and Cookoo's Nest (Taiwan)). (France/United States/Canada)
(drawn animation)
(1983-1986)
The first of a number of Inspector Gadget television series and other productions (including live action adaptations)

Inspector Gadget imageL'inspecteur Gadget // Inspector Gadget

Shalom Pharao (f), Curt Linda /Linda Film. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)
(second series)

Fushigi no Kuni no Alice [ふしぎの国のアリス] ("Alice in Wonderland") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Ginga Hyoryu Vifam [銀河漂流バイファム] ("Galactic Castaways Vifam"; "Round Vernian Vifam") (tv), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Ika no Kabumaru [伊賀野カバ丸] (tv), Group TAC.
(drawn animation)

Kiko Soseiki Mospeada [機甲創世記モスピーダ] ("Genesis Climber Mospeada"; "Robotech") (tv), Tatsunoko and Artmic.
(drawn animation)

Manga Aesop Monogatari [まんがイソップ物語] (“Animated Aesop’s Fables”) (edu)/(tvss), Eiji Okabe /Nippon Animation.
(drawn 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.
(drawn animation)

Tokuso Kihei Dorvack [特装機兵ドルバック] ("Dorvack the Special Soldier") (tv), Hisataro Oniwa /Ashi Pro.
(drawn animation)


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November
Beauty and the Beast (tvsp), Rudy Larriva /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)



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)


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.
(drawn animation)

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)
(drawn animation)

The Wind in the Willows (f), Mark Hall /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain)
(model animation)

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).
(drawn animation)
contains Make Me Psychic (ss), Sally Cruikshank; Delivery Man (ss), Emily Hubley; Odalisque: Three Fantasies of Pursuit (ss), Maureen Selwood; and, Interior Designs (ss), Jane Aaron.

Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, and John Pomeroy form the Bluth Group studio.

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)
(drawn animation)

A princesa e o robo ("The Princess and the Robot") (f), Mauricio de Souza /Mauricio de Sousa Productions. (Brazil)
(drawn animation)

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])
(model animation)
first Sledstviye Vedut Kolobki [Следствие Ведут Колобки] ("Kolobuki the Consequence Conductor") series (1983)

Háry János ("John the Boaster") (f), Zsolt Richly /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Hófehér ("No-White") (f), Joseph Nepp /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

"Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah" (tvsp), Yehuda Wurtzel /Ein Gedi Films. (Israel)
(drawn animation)

Mala carodejnice // Die Kleine Hexe" ("The Little Witch") (f), Zdenek Smetana /Kratky Film and SDR. (Czechosloavakia [Czech Republic]/Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(cut-out animation)

Moschops (tvss), Martin Pullen /FilmFair London. (Great Britain)
(model animation)

Puteshestviye muravya [Путешествие Муравья] ("Travels of an Ant", "The Ant's Journey") (ss), Eduard Nazarov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Rocky Hollow (tvss), John Walker /Bumper Films. (Great Britain)
(model animation)

Sebaj Tóbiás ("Never Mind Toby") (tvss), Ferenc Cakó /Pannoniafilms. (Hungary)
(clay animation)

Skywhales (ss), Phil Austin and Derek W. Hayes /Animation City. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Tchouma ("The Plague") (ss), David Takaichvili /Grouzia Films. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Vizipok-Csodapok ("Water Spider-Wonder Spider") (f), József Haui, Szabolcs Szabó, Csaba Szombati Szabó /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

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)


no date
Epic: Days of the Dinosaurs (f), Yoram Gross /Gross. (Australia)
(drawn animation, some live action)

Dance of Death (ss), Dennis Tupicoff. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

Dokko Tao (f), Daiwon Animation. (South Korea)
(drawn animation)

Yu bang xiang zheng (ss), Jinqing Hu. (China)
(drawn animation)

Eric Porter (Eric Ernest Porter) (1911-1983) (producer, director, animator) dies. (Australia)


Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.


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