1993 in animation
Events in 1993 in animation.
Events
January
- January 1: The first episode of The Adventures of Blinky Bill airs.[1]
- January 6: The first episode of The Animals of Farthing Wood airs.[2]
- January 14: The Simpsons episode Marge vs. the Monorail first airs, guest starring Leonard Nimoy.[3]
- January 21: The Simpsons episode Selma's Choice first airs.
February
- February 4: The Simpsons episode Brother from the Same Planet first airs.
- February 11: The Simpsons episode I Love Lisa first airs.
- February 16: Count Duckula airs its final episode.
- February 18: The Simpsons episode Duffless first airs.
- February 28: The first episode of Bonkers, produced by the Walt Disney Studios, airs.[4]
March
- March 8: The first episode of Beavis and Butt-Head as a series is broadcast and quickly becomes a cult series.[5]
- March 11: The Simpsons episode Last Exit to Springfield first airs, guest starring Dr. Joyce Brothers.[6]
- March 16: The first episode of Albert the 5th Musketeer is broadcast.[7]
- March 29: 65th Academy Awards:
- Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase by Joan C. Gratz wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[8]
- A Whole New World from Aladdin by Tim Rice and Alan Menken wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song while the soundtrack from the same film wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score.[8]
April
- April 1: The Simpsons episode So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show first airs. It is the first episode to feature clips from previous episodes.
- April 15: The Simpsons episode The Front first airs.
- April 29: The Simpsons episode Whacking Day first airs, in which Superintendent Chalmers debuts; it also guest stars Barry White.[9]
May
- May 6: The Simpsons episode Marge in Chains first airs, guest starring David Crosby.
- May 13: The Simpsons episode Krusty Gets Kancelled is first broadcast and features the most celebrity guest voices the show has had up to that point in one episode, among them are Johnny Carson, Hugh Hefner, Bette Midler, Luke Perry, Elizabeth Taylor, Barry White and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.[10]
June
- June 18: The film Once Upon a Forest premieres, but flops at the box office.[11]
September
- September 5: The first episode of 2 Stupid Dogs airs.[12]
- September 6: The first episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog airs.
- September 13: The first episode of Animaniacs airs.[13]
- September 18:
- The first episode of Biker Mice from Mars airs.[14]
- The first episode of Rocko's Modern Life airs.[15]
- September 23: The Thief and the Cobbler by Richard Williams is finally released after being in production for a record-breaking 30 years.[16]
- September 30: The Simpsons episode Homer's Barbershop Quartet first airs, guest starring George Harrison and David Crosby as well as The Dapper Dans, who provide the singing voices of The Be Sharps.[17]
October
- October 7: The Simpsons episode Cape Feare first aired.[18]
- October 10: A five-year-old boy, Austin Matthews, sets fire to his mother's mobile home in Moraine, Ohio, killing his two-year-old sister Jessica. The mother claims that her son got the idea from watching Beavis and Butt-head.[19] Although it is later revealed that the family did not have cable television and thus could not watch the show, the controversy leads to Beavis and Butt-head being rescheduled later in the evenings and omitting all references to fire.[20]
- October 14: The Simpsons episode Homer Goes to College first airs.
- October 21:
- During a U.S. Senate hearing, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Ernest Fritz Hollings, argues that TV broadcasters have to be pressured to curb violent or otherwise offensive shows, making direct reference to Beavis and Butt-head. However, he is ridiculed for mispronouncing the characters' names as Buffcoat and Beaver and admitting that he had never watched the show.[21]
- The Simpsons episode Rosebud first airs, guest starring The Ramones.
- October 28: The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror IV first airs.
- October 29: Henry Selick's The Nightmare Before Christmas is released.[22]
November
- November 4: The Simpsons episode Marge on the Lam first airs.
- November 11: The Simpsons episode Bart's Inner Child first airs, guest starring James Brown.
- November 18: The Simpsons episode Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood first airs, guest starring Ernest Borgnine.
- November 24: Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells's We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is released.[23]
December
- December 9: The Simpsons episode The Last Temptation of Homer first airs, guest starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Werner Klemperer.
- December 16: The Simpsons episode $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) first airs.
- December 17: Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit short film The Wrong Trousers is released.[24]
- December 21: The first episode of VeggieTales airs.[25]
- December 22: Tex Avery's Magical Maestro is added to the National Film Registry.[26][27]
- December 25: The film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is first released.[28]
Specific date unknown
- Digital Domain is founded.
- Rita Street establishes the organisation Women in Animation.[29][30]
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 28 | Bonkers | The Disney Channel, CBS, Syndication | 1993–94 |
| March 8 | Beavis and Butt-Head | MTV | 1993–97; 2011 |
| June 23 | Family Dog | CBS | 1993 |
| September 1 | The Bots Master | Syndication | 1993–94 |
| September 5 | 2 Stupid Dogs | TBS, Syndication | 1993–95 |
| September 6 | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog | Syndication | 1993–96 |
| September 11 | Droopy, Master Detective | Fox Kids | 1993 |
| SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | TBS | 1993–95 | |
| The Pink Panther | Syndication | ||
| September 12 | Hurricanes | 1993–97 | |
| Double Dragon | 1993–94 | ||
| Madeline | The Family Channel, ABC, Disney Channel | 1993–01 | |
| September 13 | Animaniacs | Fox Kids | 1993–98 |
| September 18 | Biker Mice from Mars | Syndication | 1993–96 |
| Exosquad | 1993–94 | ||
| Cro | ABC | ||
| Sonic the Hedgehog | |||
| Tales from the Cryptkeeper | 1993–99 | ||
| Rocko's Modern Life | Nickelodeon | 1993–96 | |
| All-New Dennis the Menace | CBS | 1993 | |
| Cadillacs and Dinosaurs | 1993–94 | ||
| Marsupilami (1993) | 1993 | ||
| The New Adventures of Speed Racer | Syndication | ||
| October 31 | Problem Child | USA Network | 1993–94 |
| November 26 | The Moxy Show | Cartoon Network | 1993–00 |
| December 5 | Twinkle, the Dream Being | Syndication | 1993–94 |
| December 21 | VeggieTales | DVD, TBN | 1993–2015 |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23 | The Pirates of Dark Water | ABC, Syndication | 1991–93 | Cancelled |
| June 25 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | The Family Channel | ||
| June 28 | Stunt Dawgs | Syndication | 1992–93 | |
| June 29 | Saban's Gulliver's Travels | |||
| July 28 | Family Dog | CBS | 1993 | |
| November 6 | The Addams Family (1992) | ABC | 1992–93 | |
| November 22 | Conan the Adventurer (1992) | Syndication | ||
| Mr. Bogus | 1991–93 | |||
| December 4 | Tom & Jerry Kids | Fox Kids | 1990–93 | |
| Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa | ABC | 1992–92 | ||
| Droopy, Master Detective | Fox Kids | 1993 | ||
| December 11 | Marsupilami (1993) | CBS | 1993 | |
| All-New Dennis the Menace | ||||
| Unknown | Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire | Fox Kids | 1992–93 |
Births
January
- January 1: Xavier Pritchett, American former child actor (voice of the title character in Little Bill).
March
- March 4: Zach Hadel, American animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, writer and director (creator of Smiling Friends).
April
- April 10: Sofia Carson, American actress and singer (voice of Evie in the Descendants franchise, Keemia Marko/Sandgirl in Spider-Man, Maliga in Elena of Avalor, Pipp Petals in My Little Pony: A New Generation).
- April 15: Madeleine Martin, American television actress and voice actress (Ice Age: The Meltdown).
May
- May 10: Spencer Fox, American musician, singer and former child actor (voice of Dash Parr in The Incredibles, Tim Possible and Jim Possible in season 4 of Kim Possible).
June
- June 7: Amanda Leighton, American actress (voice of Blossom in The Powerpuff Girls, Poppy in Trolls: The Beat Goes On! and Trolls: TrollsTopia, Angelbit in Unikitty!, Polly Plantar in Amphibia, Angela in Solar Opposites).
August
- August 11: Alyson Stoner, American actress (voice of Isabella Garcia-Shapiro in Phineas & Ferb, Sam Sharp in The Loud House).
September
- September 15: James Street, American child actor (second voice of Huckleberry Pie in Strawberry Shortcake), (d. 2007).[31]
- September 18: Taran Kootenhayoo, Canadian actor (voice of Randall in Molly of Denali), (d. 2020).[32][33]
- September 25: Zach Tyler Eisen, American former voice actor (voice of Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pablo in The Backyardigans, Lucas in The Ant Bully, Andrew Mulligan in Little Bill, and Baby Red Fish in the Dora the Explorer episode Fish Out of Water).
December
- December 28: Broti Gupta, India-born American television writer and producer (The Simpsons).
Deaths
February
- February 7: Nic Broca, Belgian animator and comics artist (Ovide and the Gang, The Snorks), dies at age 60.[34]
- February 9: Jacques Verbeek, Dutch animator and comics artist (made animated films with Karin Wiertz), dies at age 46.[35]
- February 21: Harvey Kurtzman, American comics artist, writer, publisher and animation scriptwriter (scripted Mad Monster Party? and animated shorts for Sesame Street), dies at age 68.[36]
March
- March 3: Bill Draut, American comics artist and animator (worked on G.I. Joe), dies at age 71.[37]
- March 10: Vladimir Suteev, Russian children's book novelist, animator and film director (China in Flames), dies at age 89.[38]
- March 14: Larz Bourne, American animation writer (Famous Studios, Gene Deitch, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Terrytoons), dies at age 77.[39][40]
April
- April 1: Jerry Hausner, American actor (Mr. Magoo, The Dick Tracy Show), dies at age 83.
- April 20: Charles Degotte, Belgian comics artist and animator (worked for Dupuis' animation studio), commits suicide at the age of 59.[41]
May
- May 3: Hermína Týrlová, Czech animator, screenwriter and film director (Vzpoura Hracek ("Revolt of the Toys")), dies at age 93.[42]
- Specific date unknown: Renaud Mader, aka Mad, French comics artist and animator (worked for Gaumont and the French department of the Walt Disney Animation), is found dead at age 26 in a hotel room.[43]
June
- June 5: Michael P. Schoenbrun, American production manager (The Simpsons), dies at age 54.[44]
- June 25: Arturo Moreno, Spanish comics artist and animator (Garbancito de la Mancha, Alegres vacaciones), dies at age 84.[45]
July
- July 4: Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Russian animator (Cheburashka), dies at age 72.[46]
- July 11: Mary Moder, American voice actress (voice of Fiddler Pig in Disney's Three Little Pigs shorts), dies at age 87.
- July 26: Marcellite Garner, American voice actress (voiced Minnie Mouse in several cartoons), dies at age 83.
August
- August 1: Claire Du Brey, American actress (model of the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella), dies at age 100.[47]
September
- September 9: David Tendlar, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios, Terrytoons, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 84.[48]
- September 10: Cal Howard, American animator, cartoon writer (Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Brothers, Ub Iwerks, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Screen Gems) and voice actor (voice of Gabby Goat in Get Rich Quick Porky, Prince David in Gulliver's Travels), dies at age 82.[49]
- September 30: Carlo Vinci, American comics artist and animator (Van Beuren Studios, Terrytoons, MGM, Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 87.[50]
October
- October 13: Otmar Gutmann, German TV producer, animator and director (creator of Pingu), dies at age 56 from cancer.[51]
- October 16: Bonnie Poe, American voice actress (continued the voice of Betty Boop), dies at age 81.[52]
- October 25: Vincent Price, American actor (narrator of Vincent, voice of Vincent Van Ghoul in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective, Edgar Allan Poe in Tiny Toon Adventures, Zigzag in The Thief and the Cobbler), dies at age 82.[53]
November
- November 15: Evelyn Venable, American actress (voice of the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio), dies at age 80.[54]
December
- December 4: Frank Zappa, American rock artist and composer (voice of the Pope in The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Powdered Toast Man", created background music for the first season of Duckman), dies from cancer at age 52.[55]
- December 10: Roland Davies, British comics artist, animator, animation producer and painter (Roland Davies Films Ltd., animated cartoons based on Come On, Steve), dies at age 89.[56]
- December 13: Ken Anderson, American art director and writer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 84.[57]
- December 25: Ann Ronell, American composer and lyricist (co-wrote Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf), dies at age 88.
- December 30: Mack David, American lyricist and songwriter (co-writer of songs for Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and The Bugs Bunny Show theme), dies at age 81.[58]
Specific date unknown
- Nguyễn Xuân Khoát, Vietnamese composer, pianist and animator, dies at age 92 or 93.[59]
See also
Sources
- The Adventures of Blinky Bill at IMDb
- The Animals of Farthing Wood at IMDb
- Marge vs. the Monorail at IMDb
- Bonkers at IMDb
- Beavis and Butt-Head at IMDb
- Last Exit to Springfield at IMDb
- "Albert the 5th Musketeer (TV Series 1994–1995) - Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- Whacking Day at IMDb
- Krusty Gets Kancelled at IMDb
- Once Upon a Forest at IMDb
- 2 Stupid Dogs at IMDb
- Animaniacs at IMDb
- Biker Mice from Mars at IMDb
- Rocko's Modern Life at IMDb
- The Thief and the Cobbler at IMDb
- Homer's Barbershop Quartet at IMDb
- Cape Feare at IMDb
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- The Nightmare Before Christmas at IMDb
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story at IMDb
- The Wrong Trousers at IMDb
- VeggieTales at IMDb
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Vincent Price, the suavely menacing star of countless low-budget but often stylish Gothic horror films, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 82 years old and died of lung cancer, a personal assistant, Reggie Williams, said. ...
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External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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