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January Norman McLaren (April 11, 1914-January 27, 1987) (director, animator, producer) dies in Montreal. (Canada) |
January Creepy Crawlies (tvss), Francis Vose /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (model animation) When the Wind Blows (f), Jimmy T. Murakami /T.V.C. London. (Great Britain) |
January Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari [愛の若草物語] ("Love's Tale of Young Grass"; "Little Women") (tv), Fumio Kurokowa /Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Chojin Densetsu Urotsukidoji 1 ("Legend of the Overfiend 1") (oav), Hideki Takayama /Jawn Angel. Elf 17 [エルフ 17] (oav), Agent 21. Shin Maple Town Monogatari: Palm Town Hen [新メイプルタウン物語・パームタウン編] ("New Maple Town Story: Palm Town Side") (tv), Hiroshi Shidara /Toei Doga. |
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February Family Dog (tv), Hyperion and Kushner-Locke. (drawn animation) episode in the live action series Amazing Stories Blue Sky Productions founded by David Brown, Alison Brown, Chris Wedge, and Eugene Troubetzkoy in White Plains, New York. |
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February A Da (Xu Jingda 阿达; 徐景达) (1934-February 15, 1987) (director, animator, designer) dies in Beijing. (China) |
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March Tales of the Mouse Hockey League (tvsp), Malcolm Colette /Marmalade. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
March Le big bang (f), Jean-Paul Picha /Stout Studio. (Belgium/France) (drawn animation) Ivan Ivanov-Vano (Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano [Ива́н Петро́вич Ивано́в-Вано́]) (February 8, 1900-March 25, 1987) (director, writer, animator, character designer) dies in Moscow. (Soviet Union [Russia]) |
March Bats and Terry [バツ&テリー] (f), Tetsuro Amino /Nippon Sunrise. (drawn animation) Dirty Pair [ダーティペア] ("Dirty Pair: Project Eden") (f), Kouichi Mashita /Nippon Sunrise. Hiatari Ryoko! [陽あたり良好!] ("Sunny Ryoko") (tv), Gisaburo Sugii /Group TAC. Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu Hokuto No Ken 2 [世紀末救世主伝説 北斗の拳 2] ("Ken, the Great Bear Fist 2"; "Fist of the North Star 2") (tv), Toyoo Ashida /Toei. Oneamisu no Tsubasa Oritsu Uchu Gun [オネアミスの翼 王立宇宙軍] ("Wings of Honneamise Royal Space Force" (f), Hiroyuki Yamaga /Gainax. |
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April A Chucklewood Easter (tvsp), Bill Butten and Tony Love /Encore Enterprises. (drawn animation) A Mirthworm Masquerade (tvsp), Jerry Reynolds and Russ Harris /Perennial. The Simpsons (tvss), Klasky-Csupo. Milt Kahl (Milton Erwin Kahl) (March 22, 1909-April 19, 1987) (animator, director, character designer) dies in Mill Valley, California.
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April The Adventures of Spot (tvss), King Rollo. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) The Shoe People (tvss), Fairwater. (Great Britain) |
April Akai Kodan Zillion [赤い光弾ジリオン] ("Red Photon Zillion"; "Zillion") (tv), Mizuho Nishikubo /Tatsunoko. (drawn animation) The Bionic Six (tv), Osamu Dezaki /TMS and MCA. (United States/Japan) City Hunter [シティハンター] (tv), Kenji Kodama /Nippon Sunrise. ESPer Mami [エスパー魔美] (tv), Shin'ei. Geragera Boes Mongogatari // Boes [げらげらブース物語] ("The Story of Chuckling Boes"; "Ox Tales") (tv), Hirshi Sasagawa /Telescreen Japan. (Japan/Netherlands) Kimagure Orange Road [きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード] (tv), Osamu Kobayashi /Pierrot. Touch 3, Kimi ga Toorisugita Ato Ni [タッチ3 君が通り過ぎたあとに] ("Touch 3, After You Passed By") (f), Gisaburo Sugii /Group TAC. Ultra B [ウルトラB] (tvss), Shin'ei. Yoju Toshi ("Monster City"; "Supernatural Beast City"; "Wicked City") (oav), Yoshiaki Kawajiri /Madhouse. |
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May An All-New Adventure of Disney's Sport Goofy (tvsp), Matt O'Callaghan /Disney. (drawn animation) collection of scenes from old theatrical cartoons with new linking footage; and Sport Goofy in Soccermania (tvss), Matthew O'Callaghan /Disney. (drawn animation) Blondie and Dagwood (tvsp), Mike Joens /Marvel. Cathy (tvsp), Bill Melendez Productions. The Chipmunk Adventure (f), Janice Karman /Bagdasarian Productions. Garfield Goes Hollywood (tvsp), Phil Roman and Jim Davis /Film Roman. |
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May Tekkamen wo Oe! Dartanyan Monagatari Yori ("After the Man in the Iron Mask! From the Tale of D'Artagnan") (tvsp), Kunihiko Yuyama /Gakken and Gallop. (drawn animation) |
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June Black Magic M-66 (oav), Masamune Shirow /Animate Film. (drawn animation) Machine Robo: Butchigiri Battlehackers [マシンロボ ぶっちぎりバトルハッカーズ] ("Machine Robo: The Running Battlehackers") (tv), Ashi. Sengoku Kitan Yotoden Agoku no Sho [戦国奇譚 妖刀伝 破獄の章] ("Tales of the War of the Mysterious Legendary Sword Escape Chapter") (oav), Sato Yamazaki /Minami Machi Bugyosho. Nippon Sunrise changes its name back to Sunrise, Inc. |
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July The Brave Little Toaster (f), Jerry Rees /Hyperion. (drawn animation) |
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August The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (f), Raymond Jafelice /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) Wonderful Wizard of Oz (f), Gerald Potterton and Tim Reid /CINAR. (Canada) |
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August Aitsu to Lullaby; Suiyobi no Cinderella ("To Them, a Lullaby; Wednesday's Cinderella") (f), Shinosuke Takahashi /Pierrot. (drawn animation) Dead Heat (oav), Sunrise. Slippy Dandy (tv). Twilight Q: Meikyu Bukken File 538 ("Twilight Q: Labyrinth Objects File 538") (oav), Mamoru Oshii /Deen. |
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September The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (tv), DIC Entertainment. (drawn animation) Alf (tv), DIC Entertainment. All-New Pound Puppies (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera. Beverly Hills Teens (tv), DIC Entertainment. Bravestarr (tv), Bob Arkwright and Lou Zukor /Filmation. The Comic Strip (tv), Rankin-Bass.
Dinosaucers (tv), DIC Entertainment. DuckTales ("Disney's DuckTales") (tv)/(tvss), Disney. Fraggle Rock (tv)/(tvss), Marvel. Lady Lovelylocks (tv), DIC Entertainment. Little Clowns of Happytown (tv), Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. Little Wizards (tv), Marvel. Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (tv), Ralph Bakshi /Bakshi. The New Archies (tv), DIC Entertainment. Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (f), Hal Sutherland /Filmation. Popeye and Son (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera. Sky Commanders (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Spiral Zone (tv), Kushner-Locke. Starcom (tv), DIC Entertainment. The Sylvanian Families (tv), DIC Entertainment. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (tv), Marvel. |
September My Pet Monster (tv), Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
September Club Dorothée (tv)/(edu), AB Productions. (France) (live action, some drawn animation) This was an anthology children's show that broadcast many animated programs during its history. (1987-1997) El Bosque Animado ("The Enchanted Forest") (f), Jose Luis Cuerda /Classic Film Produccion. (Spain) |
September LilyC.A.T. (oav), Hisayuki Toriumi /Pierrot. (drawn animation) |
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October Anime Sanjushi [アニメ三銃士] (Animated Three Musketeers) (tv), Kunihiko Yuyama /Gakken. (drawn animation) (1987-1989) Bikkuriman [ビックリマン] ("Surprise Man") (tv), Yukio Kaizawa /Toei Doga. Grimm Meisaku Gekijoo [グリム名作劇場] ("Grimm Masterpiece Theater"; "Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics") (tv), Nippon Animation. Hitomi no Naka no Shonen Jugo Shonen Hyoryuki [瞳のなかの少年 15 少年漂流記] ("The Boys in the Eye: 15 Boys Stranded at Sea") (tvsp), Yoshio Kuroda /Nippon Animation. Kamen no Ninja Akakage [仮面の忍者赤影 ] ("Masked Ninja: Akakage") (tv), Susumu Ishizaki /Toei. Lady Lady [レディレディ] (tv), Hiroshi Shidara /Toei. Manga Nihon Keizai Nyuumon [マンガ日本経済入門] ("Manga Nippon Economics Guide") (tv)/(edu), Takenori Kawada /Knack Productions. Mani Mani Meikyu Monagatari ("Mani Mani Labyrinth Tales"; "Neo-Tokyo") (oav), Project Team Argos and Kadakowa Shoten. Midnight Anime Lemon Angel [ミッドナイトアニメ レモンエンジェル] (tv), Studio 88. Mister Ajikko [ミスター味っ子] (tv), Yasuhiro Imagawa /Sunrise. Oraa Guzura Dado [おらぁグズラだど] ("Hey, I'm Guzura"; "Gazula ... The Amicable Monster") (tv)/(tvss), Tatsunoko. Norakuro-kun [のらくろクン] ("Little Norakuro') (tv), Masami Anno /Studio Pierrot. To-y (oav), Atsushi Kanjo /Gallop. Tsuideni Tonchinkan [ついでにとんちんかん] ("Anyway, It Doesn't Matter") (tv), Yuzo Yamada /Studio Comet. |
October Agigongnyong Dooly ("Baby Dinosaur Dooly") (tv). (South Korea) (drawn animation) |
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November The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (tvsp), Ray Patterson and Don Lusk /Hanna-Barbera (Cuckoos Nest). (drawn animation) |
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November Rahan (tv). (France) (drawn animation) |
November Gall Force--Destruction (sf), Katsuhito Akiyama /Animate Film, Artmic, and AIC. (drawn animation) Gokiburi Tachi no Tasogare [ゴキブリたちの黄昏] ("Twilight of the Cockroaches") (f), Hiroaki Yoshida /Kitty Film (Madhouse). Kaze to ki no Uta Sanctus Seinaru ka na [風と木の詩 SANCTUS-聖なるかな] ("Song of Wind and Trees: Sanctus Can This Be Holy?") (oav), Studio Gallop. X Densha de Iko ("Take the X Train") (oav), Rintaro /Argos. |
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December The Reluctant Dragon (tvsp), Bridget Appleby /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (model animation) |
December Final Fantasy ("Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest") (vg), Square Soft. (cgi animation) Lupin III: Fuma Ichizoku no Inbo [ルパン三世 風魔一族の陰謀] ("Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy") (f), Masayuki Ozeki /TMS. Makyo Gaiden Le Deus [魔境外伝レ・ディウス] ("Demon Frontier Legend Le Deus"; "Ladius") (oav), Hiroshi Negishi /Ashi Pro. Metal Skin Panic Madox-01 (oav), Nobuyuki Aramaki /AIC. Murasaki Shikibu Genji Monogatari [源氏物語] ("Murasaki Shikibu's Tales of Genji") (f), Gisaburo Sugii /Group TAC. Shoru Toshi ("The Triumphant Pitcher") (oav), Toei. Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu [ザナドウ・ドラゴンスレイヤー伝説] ("Xanadu: Legend of Dragonslayer") (oav), Atsutoshi Umezawa /Toei. I.G. Tatsunoko founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Gotoh in Tokyo. The studio was named for the founders and the studio where they started, Tatsunoko Productions.
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no date Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World (tvsp), Bernard Deyries and Bill Dubay /DIC Entertainment. (drawn animation) The King is Born (oav), Richard Rich /Rich Animation. California Raisin Advisory Board: Lunch Box (adv), Will Vinton /Vinton. Meet Julie (tvsp), DIC Entertainment. Santabear's High Flying Adventure (tvsp), Michael Sporn /Sporn Animation. Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (tvsp), Paul Sommer and Carl Urbano /Hanna-Barbera. Your Face (ss), Bill Plympton /Plympton. Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (tvsp), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera. Rhythm & Hues Studios founded by John Hughes, Keith Goldfarb, Pauline Ts'o, and Charlie Gibson to create computer animation in Los Angeles, California. |
no date George and Rosemary (ss), David Fine and Alison Snowden /NFB. (Canada) (drawn animation) Monica e a Sereia do Rio ("Monica and the Mermaid of Rio") (f), Walter Hugo Khouri and Mauricio de Sousa /Mauricio de Sousa Productions. (Brazil) A turma da Monica em o bicho papao e outras historias ("Monica and Her Friends, the Bogeyman and Other Stories") (f), Mauricio de Sousa Productions. (Brazil) The Wild Puffalumps (tvsp), Alan Bunce /Nelvana (Hanho Heung-Up and Mihahn (Republic of Korea). (Canada) |
no date Ab Ovo (ss), Ferenc Cakó /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) (mainly sand animation and other techniques) Bunbury Tales (tvss), Godfrey. (Great Britain) Charlotte Fleo et Benjamin (tv), Claude Cobast. (France) Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten ("The State Musicians of Bremer") (ss), Peter Pohler /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) Il était une fois ... la vie ("Once Upon a Time ... Life") (tv)/(edu), Procidis. (France) Az erdő kapitánya ("The Captain of the Forest") (f), Attila Dargay /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Girl's Night Out (ss), Joanna Quinn. (Great Britain) An Inside Job (ss), Aidan Hickey /Graflix. (Ireland) Katushka Provoloki ("Coiled Wire") (ss), Garry Bardin /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) L'homme qui a vu l'homme (tv). (France) Katy, Kiki y Koko ("Katy Meets the Aliens") (f), José Luis Moro and Santiago Moro /Estudios Moro. (Spain) Leo és Fred ("Leo and Fred") (f), Pál Tóth /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Les Miserables (oav), Al Guest and Jean Mathieson /Emerald City. (Ireland) Phantom of the Opera (oav), Al Guest and Jean Mathieson /Emerald City. (Ireland) Quark (tv), Swan Film. (Denmark) The Ratties (tvss), Mike Wallis and Laura Milligan /Ratties Ltd. (Great Britain) Trombi és a Tüzmanó (tv), Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Alfonso Productions founded by Carlos Alfonso. (Spain) Filmógrafo studio founded. (Portugal) |
no date Choujuu Kishin Dancougar: God Bless Dancougar ("Super Bestial Machine God Dancougar: God Bless Dancougar") (oav), Kenichi Ohnuki /Ashi. (drawn animation) Devilman Tanjo Hen ("Devilman: Genesis"; "Devilman: The Birth") (oav), Tsutomo Ida /Oh Production. Digital Devil Monogatari Megami Tensei ("Digital Devil Story Goddess Reborn") (oav), Mizuho Nishikubo /Animate. Hajataisei Dangaioh ("Giant Star Warrior Dangaioh") (oav), Toshihiro Hirano /AIC. Junk Boy (oav), Yuusaka Saotome. Kaze To Ki no Uta Seinaru Ka Na ("Song of the Wind and Trees") (oav), Konami Kogyo and Herald. Shin Kabuki-machi no Story: Asuka no Hanagumi [1] ("New Story of Kabuki Town: Asuka's Flower Collection") (oav), Atsutoshi Umezawa /Toei. Shinmajinden Battle Royal High School ("New Warlock Legend Battle Royal High School") (oav), Ichiro Itano /DAST. |
no date The Adventures of Yoram Gross (tvsp), Yoram Gross /Gross. (drawn animation) "Catching the Ghosts" (f), Zhan Tong and Xiao Huaihai /Shangahai Animation Studio. (China) Crust (ss), John E. Hughes. (Australia) Don Quihote de la Mancha (f), Burbank Films. (Australia) Dot Goes to Hollywood ("Dot in Concert") (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia) Dot and the Smugglers ("Dot and the Bunyip") (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia) "The Fox's Gift" [狐狸送葡萄] (ss), Hu Jinhua /Shanghai Animation. (China) Hulu Xiongdi [葫蘆兄弟] ("Bottle Gourd Brothers", "Seven Brothers", "Calabash Brothers") (tv), Ge Hu Jinqing, Ge Guiyun, and Zhou Keqin /Shanghai Animation. (China) "Tales About the Heavenly Book" (f), Wang Shuchen and Qian Yunda /Shanghai Animation. (China) Ttudori Kkachi [년 떠돌이 까치]("Wandering Kkachi") (tvsp). (South Korea) Vo si bo ngua ("Praying Mantis Boxer") (ss), Le Thanh /Vietnamese Animated Cartoon Film. (Viet Nam) Kantana Animation founded in Bangkok. (Thailand) |
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