Chronology of Animation 1984
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United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
January
Brilliance (adv), Randy Roberts /Robert Abel.
(cgi animation)
(one of the first major cgi commercials)

Challenge of the Gobots (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)



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.
(drawn animation)


February
I Love Chipmunks, Valentine Special (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)


February
Le secret des Selenites ("The Secret of the Selenites"; "Moon Madness") (f), Jean Image /Image. (France)
(drawn animation)

Przygody blekitnego rycerzyka ("The Adventures of Blue Little Knight") (f), Lechosław Marszałek /Filmow Rysunkowych. (Poland>
(drawn animation)

Przygody blekitnego rycerzyka image
Przygody blekitnego rycerzyka

Tottie: The Story of a Dolls' House (tvss), Smallfilms. (Great Britain)
(model animation)

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.
(drawn animation)

Soya Monogatari [宗谷物語] ("The Story of the Soya") (tv)/(edu), Takashi Hisaoka /Kokusai Eigasha.
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)

Wata no Kuni Hoshi [綿の国星] ("The Country-Star of Cotton") (oav), Shinichi Tsuji /Tezuka.
(drawn animation)

Yume Senshi Wingman [夢戦士ウイングマン] ("Dream Warrior Wingman") (tv), Tomohara Katsumata /Toei.
(drawn animation)


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Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)


March
Aschenputtel ("Cinderella") (ss), Horst J. Tappert /DEFA. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany])
(silhouette animation)

Les Boulugres (f), Jean Hurtado /Cinémation. (France)
(drawn animation)

Ebrahim dar Golestan ("Abraham in the Rose Garden") (f), Iraj Emami. (Iran)
(model animation)

L'enfant invisible ("The Invisible Child") (f), Andre Lindon /Les Editions de Minuit. (France)
(drawn animation)

V'la Les Schtroumpfs (f), Peyo and Eddy Ryssack /Belvision. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)

March
Chojin Locke [超人ロック] ("Locke the Superman") (f), Takeshi Hirota /Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Doraemon: Nobita no Makai Daibouken [ドラえもん のび太の魔界大冒険] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Magic World Great Adventure") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /Shin'ei Doga.
(drawn animation)

Gu-Gu Ganmo [Gu-Guガンモ] (tv), Yoshikata Nitta /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä [風の谷のナウシカ] ("Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind"; "Warriors of the Wind") (f), Hayao Miyazaki /Top Craft.
(drawn animation)

March
The Amazing Bunjee Venture (tvsp), Don MacKinnon /Hanna-Barbera Australia and Southern Star. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä image
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
Lupin III Part III [ルパン三世PARTIII] (tv), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Oshin [おしん] (f), Eiichi Yamamoto /Sanrio.
(drawn animation)

Shonen Kenya ("Kenya Boy") (f), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Tongari Boshi no Memoru [とんがり帽子のメモル] ("Little Pointed Hat Memoru"; "Wee Wendy") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Video Senshi Laserion [ビデオ戦士レザリオン] ("Video Warrior Laserion") (tv), Kozo Morishita /Toei.
(drawn animation)


April
Bad Cat (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez and Sam Jaimes /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

My Little Pony (tvsp), Bob Bemiller, Charlie Downs, Margaret Nichols /Marvel.
(drawn animation)


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.
(drawn animation)

Cho Jiku Kidan [超時空騎団サザンクロス] ("Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross"; "Robotech: Robotech Masters") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Glass no Kamen [ガラスの仮面] ("Glass Mask") (tv), Gisaburo Sugii /Eiken.
(drawn animation)

God Mazinger [ゴットマジンガー] (tv), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Kyoshin Gorg [巨神ゴーグ] ("Giant God Gorg"; "Giant Gorg") (tv), Norio Kashima /Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Manga Doshite Monogatari [まんがどうして物語] ("Cartoon Why Story") (tv)/(tvss), Knack Productions.
(drawn animation)
(1984-1986)

Oyoneko Bunyan [オヨネコぶーにゃん] (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)

Ranpou [らんぽう] (tv), Tsuchida Pro.
(drawn animation)


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
May
Rose-Petal Place (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation, some live action)

The Smurfic Games (tvsp), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Bob Clampett (Robert Clampett) (May 8, 1913–May 4, 1984) (director, animator, producer) dies in Detroit, Michigan of a heart attack.





June
Poochie (tvsp), Janice Sonski /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

Rainbow Brite: Peril in the Pits (tvsp), Bernard Deyriès and Tricia Piascik /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

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)
(drawn animation)


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.


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)


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)
(drawn animation)

Ginga Patrol P.J. ("Galactic Patrol P.J.") (tv), Eiken.
(drawn animation)

Machikado no Meruhen ("Little Stories from the Street Corner") (oav), Mizuho Nishikubo /Kitty Film.
(drawn animation)

Mahou no Yousei Perusia [魔法の妖精ペルシャ] ("Magical Fairy Pelsia") (tv), Takashi Anno /Pierrot (AIC).
(drawn animation)

SF Shinseiki Lensman ("Lensman the Movie") (f), Kazuyuki Hirokawa and Yoshiaki Kawajiri /MK Company (Madhouse).
(drawn animation, some cgi animation)



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)


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)


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
September
Dragon's Lair (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theatre (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

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

Kidd Video (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

Mighty Orbots (tv), Intermedia Entertainment and TMS. (United States/Japan)
(drawn animation)

Muppet Babies (tv), Jim Henson and Jeffrey Scott /Marvel.
(drawn animation)
(1984-1990)

September
The Get Along Gang (tv)/(tvss), Nelvana. (Canada/France)
(drawn animation)
(1984-1986)
The third season was made by DIC Entertainment. (United States)

Muppet Babies imageMuppet Babies
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Pink Panther and Sons (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Pole Position (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

The Snorks (tv)/(tvss), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
(1984-1989)

Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

The Transformers (tv), John Gibbs /Marvel and Sunbow (Toei (Japan) and AKOM (South Korea)).
(drawn animation)
(1984-1987)
This is the first of many Transformers television series and movies produced in the United States and Japan.


The Transformers imageThe Transformers
Turbo Teen (tv), John Kimball /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Voyages of Dr. Doolittle (tv), Knack Television Productions.
(drawn animation)

Wolf Rock TV (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

Michael Eisner becomes ceo of Walt Disney Productions.



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.
(drawn animation)

Yoroshiku Mechadoc [よろしくメカドック] ("Leave It To Mechadoc"; "Greetings Mechadoc") (tv), Hidehito Ueda /Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)


October
Garfield in the Rough (tvsp), Phil Roman /Film Roman.
(drawn animation)

Which Witch is Witch? (tvsp), Bill Hutten and Tony Love /Encore.
(drawn animation)


October
The Family Ness (tvss), Maddocks Cartoons Productions. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Lucky Luke (tv), Gaumont and Hanna-Barbera. (France/United States)
(drawn animation)

Samson og Sally ("Samson and Sally") (f), Jannik Hastrup /Dansk Tegnefilm. (Denmark)
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)

Mori no Tonto Tachi [森のトントたち] ("Forest of the Elves") (tv), Zuiyo.
(drawn animation)

Sei Jushi Bismark [星銃士ビスマルク] ("Star Musketeer Bismarck"; "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs") (tv), Masami Anno /Pierrot.
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)
(1984-1987)

Choriki Robo Galatt [超力ロボ ガラット] ("Super Strong Robot Galatt") (tv), Takeyuki Kanda /Nippon Sunrise.
(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).
(drawn animation)


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Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
November
A Merry Mirthtown Christmas (tvsp), Jerry Reynolds and Russ Harris /Perennial.
(drawn animation)


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)
(model animation)
(1984-1988)

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)
(drawn animation)

November
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (tvsp), John Erichsen /Air Programs International. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

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.
(drawn animation)
(1984-1991)

Rainbow Brite: The Mighty Monstromurk Menace (tvsp), Bernard Deyries /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

A Star for Jeremy (tvsp), Barry Mowat /TPC Communications.
(drawn animation)

Jack Mercer (January 13, 1910-December 4, 1984) (voice actor, writer, inbetweener) dies in New York.



December
Daicon Film becomes Studio Gainax.


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
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.
(drawn animation)

The Gallavants (tvsp?), Art Vitello /Marvel.
(drawn animation)

Where the Toys Come From (tvsp), Ted Thomas /Disney.
(model animation, some live action>

Phil Roman founds Film Roman in Burbank, California.

Baer Animation founded in Los Angeles, California.

Hyperion Studio founded.

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)
(drawn animation)

Paradise (ss), Ishu Patel /NFB. (Canada)
(mixture of animation techniques and materials)

Saber más con Calculin ("Learn More with Calculin") (tvss)/(edu), Manuel García Ferré /García Ferré. (Argentina)
(drawn animation)

Quickdraw Animation Society founded to sponsor independent animators. (Canada)

no date
Anna en Bella ("Anna and Bella") (ss), Borge Ring /Cilia van Dijk Filmprodukties. (Netherlands)
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Animation

Anna en Bella image
Anna en Bella
Le Cheval de fer ("The Iron Horse") (ss), Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie /SODEP and F.M.P. (Belgium/France)
(drawn animation)

Doktor Aibolit i ego zveri [Доктор Айболит И Его Звери] ("Doctor Aibolit and His Animals") (ss), Dmitri Cherkasskii /Kievnauchfilm. (Soviet Union)
(drawn animation)
one of the Doktor Aibolit [[Доктор Айболит] series (1984-1985)


Doktor Aibolit i ego zveri image
Doktor Aibolit i ego zveri
Jenitba ("Marriage") (ss), Slav Bakalov and Roumen Petkov /Sofia Animation. (Bulgaria)
(drawn animation)

Murun Buchstansangur (tvss), Bevanfield. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Szaffi ("The Treasure of Swamp Castle") (f), Attila Dargay /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Odprysky ("Chips"; "Splinters") (ss), Jerzy Kucia. (Poland)
(drawn animation)

Second Class Mail (ss), Alison Snowden /National Film and Television School. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Skazka o tsare Saltane [Сказка О Царе Салтане] ("The Tale of Tsar Saltane") (sf), Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Lev Milchin /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union)
(drawn animation)

"Train Mice" (tvsp), Jurgen Egenolf /Egenolf and Jeske. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(drawn animation)

The Trap Door (tvss), Charles Mills, Terry Brain, and Steve Box /CMTB Animation. (Great Britain)
(clay animation)

Folimage studio founded by Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Pascal le Norte, and Serge Besset in Valence. (France)


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)
(drawn animation)

Dot and the Bunny (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia)
(drawn animation, live action backgrounds)

Epic (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

"Fire Boy" (ss), Wang Borong. (China)
(drawn animation)

Hei mao jing zhang [黑猫警长] ("Black Cat Detective") (tv), Shanghai Animation. (China)
(drawn animation)
(1984-1987)

Ned Wethered (ss), Lee Whitmore. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

Sanmaoliulangi [三毛流浪记] ("Wanderings of Sanmao") (ss), A Da /Shanghai Animation. (China)
(drawn animation)


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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