1984 in animation
Events in 1984 in animation.
Events
March
- March 10: The first episode of James the Cat is broadcast.[1]
- March 11: Hayao Miyazaki's Future Boy Conan and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind are first released.[2]
April
- April 9: 56th Academy Awards: Sundae in New York by Jimmy Picker receives the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[3]
June
- June 22: The animation studio Studio APPP is founded.[4]
July
- July 7: The first episode of Macross: Do You Remember Love? is broadcast.[5]
- July 25: Alvy Ray Smith's The Adventures of André and Wally B. premieres, a milestone in computer animation.[6]
August
- August 30': József Gémes' Heroic Times premieres.[7]
September
- September 5: The first episode of Heathcliff is broadcast.[8]
- September 8:
- The first episode of Challenge of the GoBots is broadcast.[9]
- The first episode of Dragon's Lair is broadcast.[10]
- September 10: The first episode of Voltron is broadcast.[11]
- September 15:
- The first episode of Muppet Babies is broadcast.[12]
- The first episode of My Little Pony is broadcast.[13]
- The first episode of Snorks is broadcast.[14]
- September 17: The first episode of The Transformers is broadcast.[15]
October
- October 9: The first episode of Thomas and Friends is broadcast, based on the children's book series The Railway Series.[16]
- October 12: The Danish film Samson & Sally by Jannik Hastrup premieres.[17]
- October 26: The animation studio Film Roman is founded.
November
- November 28: Gallavants is first released.[18]
December
- December 5: Disney Television Animation is founded.
- December 24: The animation studio Gainax is founded.
Specific date unknown
- Lev Milchin and Ivan Ivanov-Vano's The Tale of Tsar Saltan premieres.[19]
- Jef Cassiers' John the Fearless (Jan Zonder Vrees) premieres, the first Flemish animated feature film.[20]
Films released
Television series debuts
Births
January
- January 2: Jessica Gao, American television writer and producer (The Mighty B!, Back at the Barnyard, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Robot Chicken, The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Rick and Morty).
- January 25: Kaiji Tang, Chinese voice actor.
February
- February 1:
- Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer, actress, illustrator and producer (voice of Sister Sister in the Lucas Bros. Moving Co. episode "Sister Sister Sister", Sneaky Patty in Pickle and Peanut, Emily in BoJack Horseman, Chicken in The Master, Nya in The Lego Ninjago Movie, Princess Bean in Disenchantment, Megan in the Bob's Burgers episode "Three Girls and a Little Wharfy", Katie Mitchell in The Mitchells vs. the Machines).
- Lee Thompson Young, American actor (voice of Teen Bebe in The Proud Family episode "Twins to Tweens", Jermaine in Xiaolin Showdown), (d. 2013).[21]
March
- March 20: Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer (voice of the titular character in Kim Possible).
April
- April 2: Ashley Peldon, American actress (voice of Darla Dimple in Cats Don't Dance, additional voices in The Little Mermaid, Ice Age: Collision Course, The Star, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, What If...?).
- April 3: Chrissie Fit, American actress (voice of Amanda Lopez in Milo Murphy's Law, Princess Valentina in Elena of Avalor, Cora in Animaniacs).
- April 10: Mandy Moore, American singer, songwriter and actress (voice of Nita in Brother Bear 2, Tabitha Vixx in The Simpsons episode "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play", Rapunzel in Tangled, Tangled Ever After, Sofia the First, Tangled: Before Ever After, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure and Ralph Breaks the Internet, Mara in Tron: Uprising, Cassandra Barren in High School USA!, Sheriff Callie in Sheriff Callie's Wild West, Courtney in the Family Guy episode "No Giggity, No Doubt", voiced herself in the Clone High episode "Snowflake Day: A Very Special Holiday Episode").
- April 26: Ryan O'Donohue, American actor (voice of Young Kovu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Randell Weems and Digger Dave in Recess, Matt McGinnis in Batman Beyond').
July
- July 7: Ross Malinger, American former actor (original voice of T.J. Detweiler in Recess).
- July 19: Andrea Libman, Canadian actress (voice of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, X-23 in X-Men: Evolution, Young AndrAla in Reboot).
October
- October 14: Jason Davis, American actor (voice of Mikey Blumberg in Recess), (d. 2020).
November
- November 25: Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (French dub voice of Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians), (d. 2022).[22]
Deaths
January
- January 2: David Detiege, American film director (The Man from Button Willow, Shinbone Alley), animation writer (Warner Bros. Cartoons), animator, animation producer and TV director, dies at age 57.[23]
- January 21: Phil Seuling, American organizer (founder of Comic Art Convention and Sea Gate Distributors) and voice actor (voice of one of the pig cops in Fritz the Cat), dies at age 50.[24]
- January 31: K-Hito, Spanish caricaturist, animator, sports journalist, film producer, publisher and comics writer and artist (Francisca, la mujer fatal, La Vampiresa Morros de Fresa), dies at age 93 or 94.[25]
February
- February 25: Bob Ogle, American voice actor (voice of Kwicky Koala in The Kwicky Koala Show, Digger the Mole in Shirt Tales), animator and writer (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 57.
March
- March 18: Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist (wrote the theme from Spider-Man), dies at age 76.
- March 28: Ben Washam, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Jay Ward), dies at age 69.[26]
April
- April 28: Treg Brown, American motion picture sound editor (Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 84.
May
- May 2: Bob Clampett, American animator, director, producer and puppeteer (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Beany and Cecil), dies at age 70.[27]
- May 13: Joop Geesink, Dutch comics artist and animator (Loeki de Leeuw, Dusty), dies at age 71.[28]
- May 29: Aurelius Battaglia, American illustrator (Walt Disney Studios, United Productions of America), dies at age 74.
- Specific date unknown: May: Al Hubbard, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 70 or 71.[29]
June
- June 7: George Givot, Russian-American comedian and actor (voice of Tony in Lady and the Tramp), dies at age 81.[30]
July
- July 14: Kenny Delmar, American actor (voice of Commander McBragg, The Hunter in King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, character of Senator Claghorn, the inspiration for Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn), dies at age 73.
- July 19: Harry Stockwell, American actor and singer (voice of The Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 82.
- July 27: James Mason, British actor (narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart), dies at age 75.[31]
- July 29: Fred Waring, American bandleader and musician (performed music during the Trees segment in Melody Time), dies at age 84.[32]
August
- August 2: Quirino Cristiani, Italian-Argentine animator and film director (El Apóstol, Sin dejar rastros, Peludópolis), dies at age 88.[33]
September
- September 19: Stan VanDerBeek, American film director and animator (Breath Death), dies at age 57.[34][35]
- September 25: Laverne Harding, American animator and comics artist (Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng, Looney Tunes, Filmation), dies at age 78.[36]
November
- November 14: Greg Irons, American underground cartoonist, animator, poster- and tattoo artist (worked on Yellow Submarine), is killed by a bus in Bangkok, Thailand, at age 37.[37]
- Specific date in November unknown: Brian White, British animator and comics artist (worked on Animal Farm), dies at age 82.[38]
December
- December 4: Jack Mercer, American voice actor, animator and script writer (Fleischer Studios, voice of Popeye the Sailor and Felix the Cat, script writer for Paramount Pictures animation), dies from stomach cancer at age 74.[39]
- December 10: Anton Loeb, American children's book illustrator and animator (Fleischer Studios), dies at age 76 from cancer.[40]
Specific date unknown
- Vittorio Cossio, Italian comics artist and animator, dies at age 72 or 73.[41]
See also
References
- "James the Cat (1984)". Toonhound. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind at IMDb
- "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- "Company" (in Japanese). Studio APPP. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
- Macross: Do You Remember Love? at IMDb
- André and Wally B. at IMDb
- Daliás idök at IMDb
- Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats at IMDb
- Challenge of the GoBots at IMDb
- Dragon's Lair at IMDb
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe at IMDb
- Muppet Babies at IMDb
- My Little Pony 'n Friends at IMDb
- Snorks at IMDb
- Miller, Randy III (16 June 2009). "Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)". DVDtalk. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends at IMDb
- Samson and Sally at IMDb
- Gallavants at IMDb
- The Tale of Tsar Saltan at IMDb
- "John the Fearless (1984) - Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Freydkin, Donna (August 19, 2013). "Lee Thompson Young found dead". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- Wiseman, Andreas (2022-01-19). "French Actor Gaspard Ulliel, Star Of Marvel's 'Moon Knight' Series, Dies Aged 37 After Ski Accident – Update". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- David Detiege at IMDb
- "Phil Seuling, father of the direct-sales Market, dies at age of 50," The Comics Journal #93 (September 1984), pp. 13-14.
- "K-Hito". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Biography: Ben Washam". AnimationResources.org. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- "Bob Clampett". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Joop Geesink". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Al Hubbard". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- George Givot at IMDb
- James Mason at IMDb
- Conair Corporation. "Waring® Commercial". Waring Commercial Products®. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "The Untold Story of Argentina's Pioneer Animator". www.awn.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Stan Vanderbeek Dies at 57; Made Experimental Movies". The New York Times. September 22, 1984. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- Kino, Carol (September 14, 2010). "Putting Memories to New Use". The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- "Windor McCay Awards Website". Winsor McCay Awards Website. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- "Greg Irons". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Brian White".
- "Jack Mercer, Provided Voice Of Popeye in Film Cartoons" (obituary) The New York Times (December 9, 1984). Last retrieved March 12, 2007.
- "Anton Loeb at the Cartoon Hall of Fame". Cartoon Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- "Vittorio Cossio". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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