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January Brilliance (adv), Randy Roberts /Robert Abel. (cgi animation) (one of the first major cgi commercials) Challenge of the Gobots (tv), Hanna-Barbera. |
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January Makiba no Shoujo Katori [牧場の少女カトリ] ("Katori, Girl of the Meadows") (tv), Hiroshi Saito /Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Okawari Boy Starzan-S [OKAWARI-BOY スターザンS] (tv), Hidehito Ueda /Tatsunoko. |
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February I Love Chipmunks, Valentine Special (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. (drawn animation) |
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February Cho Kosoku Galvion [超攻速ガルビオン] ("Superfast Galvion") (tv), Akira Shigino /Kokusai Eigasha. (drawn animation) Jusenki L-Gaim [重戦機エルガイム] ("Heavy Metal L-Gaim") (tv), Yoshiyuki Tomino /Nippon Sunrise. Soya Monogatari [宗谷物語] ("The Story of the Soya") (tv)/(edu), Takashi Hisaoka /Kokusai Eigasha. Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer [うる星やつら2 ビューティフル・ドリーマー] ("Those Obnoxious Aliens 2: Beautiful Dreamer") (f), Mamoru Oshii /Kitty. Wata no Kuni Hoshi [綿の国星] ("The Country-Star of Cotton") (oav), Shinichi Tsuji /Tezuka. Yume Senshi Wingman [夢戦士ウイングマン] ("Dream Warrior Wingman") (tv), Tomohara Katsumata /Toei. |
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March Aschenputtel ("Cinderella") (ss), Horst J. Tappert /DEFA. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) (silhouette animation) Les Boulugres (f), Jean Hurtado /Cinémation. (France) Ebrahim dar Golestan ("Abraham in the Rose Garden") (f), Iraj Emami. (Iran) L'enfant invisible ("The Invisible Child") (f), Andre Lindon /Les Editions de Minuit. (France) V'la Les Schtroumpfs (f), Peyo and Eddy Ryssack /Belvision. (Belgium) |
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April Bad Cat (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. (drawn animation) It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez and Sam Jaimes /Mendelsohn-Melendez. My Little Pony (tvsp), Bob Bemiller, Charlie Downs, Margaret Nichols /Marvel. |
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April Bibifoc ("Seabert") (tv), BZZ Films. (France) (drawn animation) |
April Attacker You! [アタッカーYOU!] (tv), Kazuyuki Okaseko /Knack Productions. (drawn animation) Chikkun Takkun [チックンタックン] (tv), Keiji Hayakawa and Masami Annai /Pierrot. Cho Jiku Kidan [超時空騎団サザンクロス] ("Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross"; "Robotech: Robotech Masters") (tv), Tatsunoko. Glass no Kamen [ガラスの仮面] ("Glass Mask") (tv), Gisaburo Sugii /Eiken. God Mazinger [ゴットマジンガー] (tv), TMS. Kyoshin Gorg [巨神ゴーグ] ("Giant God Gorg"; "Giant Gorg") (tv), Norio Kashima /Nippon Sunrise. Manga Doshite Monogatari [まんがどうして物語] ("Cartoon Why Story") (tv)/(tvss), Knack Productions. Oyoneko Bunyan [オヨネコぶーにゃん] (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Shin'ei. Ranpou [らんぽう] (tv), Tsuchida Pro. |
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May Rose-Petal Place (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. (drawn animation, some live action) The Smurfic Games (tvsp), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera. Bob Clampett (Robert Clampett) (May 8, 1913–May 4, 1984) (director, animator, producer) dies in Detroit, Michigan of a heart attack.
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June Poochie (tvsp), Janice Sonski /DIC Entertainment. (drawn animation) Rainbow Brite: Peril in the Pits (tvsp), Bernard Deyriès and Tricia Piascik /DIC Entertainment. |
June The Adventures of the Get Along Gang (tvsp), Raymond Jafelice and Bill Speers /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without A Name (tvsp), Kohsei Ohtani /Nelvana. (Canada) |
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June A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning) Company founded in Tokyo by Kazufumi Nomura. Hironori Tanaka (Tanaka Hironori 田中宏紀) (June 1, 1984- ) (animator, animation director, storyboard, episode director) born in Aichi. |
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July Katy, la Oruga ("Katy Caterpillar") (f), José Luis Moro /Estudios Moro. (Spain/Mexico) (drawn animation) |
July Chojiku Yosai Macross Ai Oboete Imasuka ("Macross: Do You Remember Love" or "Clash of the Bionoids") (f), Noboru Ishiguro and Shoji Kawamori /Tatsunoko. (drawn animation) Fushigina Koala Blinky [ふしぎなコアラ ブリンキー] ("Wonderful Koala Blinky"; "Noozles") (tv), Nippon Animation (Trans Arts) Ginga Patrol P.J. ("Galactic Patrol P.J.") (tv), Eiken. Machikado no Meruhen ("Little Stories from the Street Corner") (oav), Mizuho Nishikubo /Kitty Film. Mahou no Yousei Perusia [魔法の妖精ペルシャ] ("Magical Fairy Pelsia") (tv), Takashi Anno /Pierrot (AIC). SF Shinseiki Lensman ("Lensman the Movie") (f), Kazuyuki Hirokawa and Yoshiaki Kawajiri /MK Company (Madhouse). |
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August Anijam (ss), Marv Newland /Rocketship International. (Canada) (drawn animation) contains short sequences by 22 different animators from countries around the world Quirino Cristiani (director, producer, writer, animator) (July 2, 1896–August 2, 1984) dies in Bernal. (Argentina) |
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August Daishizen no Majyu Bagi ("Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature") (tvsp), Osamu Tezuka /Tezuka. (drawn animation) Kobi Imoto Baby ("Be My Baby") (oav), Soeishinsha. (drawn animation) first Cream Lemon series (1984-1988) |
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September Birth ("World of the Talisman"; "Planet Busters") (oav), Sadamitsu Shinya /Kaname. (drawn animation) Futari Daka [ふたり鷹] ("Twin Hawks") (tv), Kokusei Eigasha. Yoroshiku Mechadoc [よろしくメカドック] ("Leave It To Mechadoc"; "Greetings Mechadoc") (tv), Hidehito Ueda /Tatsunoko. |
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October Garfield in the Rough (tvsp), Phil Roman /Film Roman. (drawn animation) Which Witch is Witch? (tvsp), Bill Hutten and Tony Love /Encore. |
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October The Family Ness (tvss), Maddocks Cartoons Productions. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) Lucky Luke (tv), Gaumont and Hanna-Barbera. (France/United States) Samson og Sally ("Samson and Sally") (f), Jannik Hastrup /Dansk Tegnefilm. (Denmark) |
October Ashita Tenki ni Nare! [Ashita Tenki ni Nare!] (tv), Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu /Tsuchida Pro. (drawn animation) Galactic Parol Lensmen [Galactic Patrol レンズマン] (tv), MK Productions. (drawn animation) Kiko Kai Galient [機甲界ガリアン] ("Panzer World Galient") (tv), Nippon Sunrise. Mori no Tonto Tachi [森のトントたち] ("Forest of the Elves") (tv), Zuiyo. Sei Jushi Bismark [星銃士ビスマルク] ("Star Musketeer Bismarck"; "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs") (tv), Masami Anno /Pierrot. Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu Hokuto No Ken [世紀末救世主伝説 北斗の拳] ("Ken, the Great Bear Fist"; "Fist of the North Star") (tv), Toyoo Ashida /Toei. Choriki Robo Galatt [超力ロボ ガラット] ("Super Strong Robot Galatt") (tv), Takeyuki Kanda /Nippon Sunrise. 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). |
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November A Merry Mirthtown Christmas (tvsp), Jerry Reynolds and Russ Harris /Perennial. (drawn animation) |
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November Les Célèbres Aventures de Gil et Jo (tv), Philippe De Vyvère /Juana Productions. (France) (drawn animation)
The Wind in the Willows (tv)/(tvss), Mark Hall /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) |
November Koala Boy Kocky [コアラボーイコッキィ] ("Adventures of the Little Koala") (tv)/(tvss), Takashi Tanasawa /Top Craft. (drawn animation) Meitantei Holmes // Il fiuto di Sherlock Holmes [名探偵ホームズ] ("Great Detective Holmes"; "Sherlock Hound") (tv), Hayao Miyazaki and Kosuke Mikuriya /TMS and Rever (Italy). (Japan/Italy) |
November The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (tvsp), John Erichsen /Air Programs International. (Australia) (drawn animation) |
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December The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears. (drawn animation) Muppet Babies ("Jim Henson's Muppet Babies") (tvsp), Marvel Studios and Jim Henson Company. Rainbow Brite: The Mighty Monstromurk Menace (tvsp), Bernard Deyries /DIC Entertainment. A Star for Jeremy (tvsp), Barry Mowat /TPC Communications. Jack Mercer (January 13, 1910-December 4, 1984) (voice actor, writer, inbetweener) dies in New York.
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December Daicon Film becomes Studio Gainax.
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no date The Adventures of André and Wally B (ss), Alvy Ray Smith /Lucasfilm. (cgi animation) Doctor Desoto (ss), Michael Sporn and Morton Schindel /Weston Woods. The Gallavants (tvsp?), Art Vitello /Marvel. Where the Toys Come From (tvsp), Ted Thomas /Disney. Phil Roman founds Film Roman in Burbank, California.
Baer Animation founded in Los Angeles, California.
Hyperion Studio founded.
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no date Charade (ss), Jon Minnis /Media Arts Department, Sheridan College. (Canada) (drawn animation) Hooray for Sandbox Land (adv)/(tvss), Marv Newland /Rocketship International. (Canada) Paradise (ss), Ishu Patel /NFB. (Canada) Saber más con Calculin ("Learn More with Calculin") (tvss)/(edu), Manuel García Ferré /García Ferré. (Argentina) Quickdraw Animation Society founded to sponsor independent animators. (Canada) |
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no date The Camel Boy (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia) (drawn animation) Dam San (sf), Truong Qua /Xi nghiep phim Tong hop thanh pho Ho Chi Minh. (North Viet Nam) Dot and the Bunny (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia) Epic (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia) "Fire Boy" (ss), Wang Borong. (China) Hei mao jing zhang [黑猫警长] ("Black Cat Detective") (tv), Shanghai Animation. (China) Ned Wethered (ss), Lee Whitmore. (Australia) Sanmaoliulangi [三毛流浪记] ("Wanderings of Sanmao") (ss), A Da /Shanghai Animation. (China) | |||||||||||||||
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