1995 in animation
Events in 1995 in animation.
Events
January
- January 2: The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show broadcasts its first episode.
- January 8: The Simpsons episode Homer the Great is first broadcast, guest starring Patrick Stewart.[1]
- January 22: The Simpsons episode And Maggie Makes Three is first broadcast.[2]
February
- February 5: The Simpsons episode Bart's Comet is first broadcast.
- February 12: The Simpsons episode Homie the Clown is first broadcast, guest starring Dick Cavett and Johnny Unitas.
- February 13: Chuck Jones receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[3]
- February 19: The Simpsons episode Bart vs. Australia is first broadcast.[4]
- February 26: The Simpsons episode Homer vs. Patty and Selma, guest starring Mel Brooks and Susan Sarandon.
March
- March 5: The Simpsons episode A Star is Burns is first broadcast as a crossover with The Critic, and also guest stars Jon Lovitz and Maurice LaMarche. Matt Groening heavily criticized this episode, feeling that it was just an advertisement for The Critic, and that people would incorrectly associate the show with him. Because of this, he was uncredited in the episode.
- March 19: The Simpsons episode Lisa's Wedding is first broadcast. It is the first episode to take place in the future, and guest stars of Mandy Patinkin.[5]
- March 27: 67th Academy Awards:
- Bob's Birthday by Alison Snowden and David Fine wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[6]
- Elton John and Tim Rice's song Can You Feel the Love Tonight from The Lion King wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song, while Hans Zimmer wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score for the same film.[6]
April
- April 7: A Goofy Movie, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[7]
- April 9: The Simpsons episode Two Dozen and One Greyhounds is first broadcast.
- April 12: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's The Pebble and the Penguin premieres.[8]
- April 16: The Simpsons episode The PTA Disbands is first broadcast.
- April 30: The Simpsons episode 'Round Springfield is first broadcast in which Bleeding Gums Murphy dies; it also guest stars Steve Allen.[9]
May
- May 7: The Simpsons episode The Springfield Connection is first broadcast.
- May 14: The Simpsons episode Lemon of Troy is first broadcast.
- May 21: The Simpsons episode Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) is first broadcast and ends with a cliffhanger in which Mr. Burns is shot by an unidentified person. It is the first episode to consist of two parts. The assassin is revealed four months later in the second part on September 17. It also guest stars Tito Puente.[10]
- May 28: The first episode of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is broadcast.[11]
June
- June 10: The Walt Disney Company releases Pocahontas, directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg.[12]
September
- September 9: Kids' WB launches.
- The first episode of Freakazoid! airs.[13]
- The first episode of the spin-off series Pinky and the Brain airs.[14]
- September 17: The Simpsons episode Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two) is first broadcast as the first episode of the seventh season and the culprit who shot him was revealed to be Maggie Simpson. It also guest stars Tito Puente.
- September 24: The Simpsons episode Radioactive Man is first broadcast, guest starring Mickey Rooney.
- September 25: The first episode of Timon & Pumbaa, produced by the Walt Disney Company airs.[15]
October
- October 1: The Simpsons episode Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily is first broadcast.
- October 4: The first episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion airs.[16]
- October 8: The Simpsons episode Bart Sells His Soul is first broadcast.[17]
- October 15: The Simpsons episode Lisa the Vegetarian is first broadcast which has one of the few permanent character changes where Lisa becomes a vegetarian; it also guest stars Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney.[18]
- October 29: The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror VI is first broadcast and features a segment which has 3D animation. It also guest stars Paul Anka.[19]
November
- November 5: The Simpsons episode King-Size Homer is first broadcast.
- November 18: Ghost in the Shell is first released, an anime feature film directed by Mamoru Oshii, based on the manga series Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow.[20] It will later become a cult classic.[21]
- November 19: The Simpsons episode Mother Simpson is first broadcast, guest starring Glenn Close, Mona Simpson and Harry Morgan.[22]
- November 22: The first CGI animated feature film Toy Story is released by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company.[23]
- November 26: The Simpsons episode Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming is first broadcast, guest starring R. Lee Ermey.
December
- December 1: Trey Parker and Matt Stone make the animated short Jesus vs. Santa, which features embryonal versions of the characters they'll later use in South Park and will become a viral sensation under the title The Spirit of Christmas.[24]
- December 3: The Simpsons episode The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular is first broadcast as a retrospective episode of the series.
- December 17: The Simpsons episode Marge Be Not Proud is first broadcast as the second Christmas episode of the series in which Bart is accused of shoplifting; it also guest stars Lawrence Tierney.
- December 28: Gerald McBoing-Boing is added to the National Film Registry.[25][26]
Specific date unknown
- Helen Hill's Scratch and Crow is first released.[27]
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show | Syndication | 1995 |
| February 20 | What a Cartoon! | Cartoon Network | 1995–97 |
| March 23 | Skeleton Warriors | CBS | 1995 |
| March 26 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | HBO | 1995–00 |
| April 8 | The Maxx | MTV | 1995 |
| May 28 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | Comedy Central | 1995–02 |
| August 12 | The Mask: Animated Series | CBS | 1995–97 |
| August 28 | Sailor Moon | Syndication, Cartoon Network | 1995–00 |
| September 8 | Timon and Pumbaa | Syndication, CBS, Toon Disney | 1995–99 |
| September 9 | Earthworm Jim | Kids' WB | 1995–96 |
| Freakazoid! | 1995–97 | ||
| Pinky and the Brain | 1995–98 | ||
| The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries | 1995–02 | ||
| Gadget Boy & Heather | The History Channel | 1995–98 | |
| Klutter! | Fox Kids | 1995–96 | |
| Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders | Syndication | ||
| September 10 | Space Strikers | UPN | 1995 |
| Teknoman | |||
| Cartoon Planet | Cartoon Network | 1995-1998 | |
| September 16 | Santo Bugito | CBS | 1995–96 |
| The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | |||
| September 21 | The Savage Dragon | USA Network | |
| September 24 | G.I. Joe Extreme | Syndication | 1995–97 |
| September 30 | Darkstalkers | 1995 | |
| October 14 | The Adventures of Hyperman | CBS | 1995–96 |
| October 16 | Littlest Pet Shop (1995) | Syndication | 1995 |
| October 21 | Street Fighter | USA Network | 1995–97 |
| October 28 | Dumb and Dumber | ABC | 1995–96 |
| November 6 | Little Bear | Nick Jr. | 1995–03 |
| November 11 | The Little Lulu Show | HBO | 1995–99 |
| December 9 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | CBS, Nickelodeon | 1995–00 |
| December 21 | Ultraforce | USA | 1995 |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | TBS | 1993–95 | Cancelled |
| February 25 | Free Willy | ABC | 1994–95 | |
| March 27 | The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show | Syndication | 1995 | |
| April 9 | The Brothers Grunt | MTV | 1994–95 | |
| April 12 | The Pink Panther | Syndication | 1993–95 | |
| April 26 | Ultraforce | USA Network | 1994–95 | |
| May 15 | 2 Stupid Dogs | TBS, Syndication | 1993–95 | |
| May 22 | Taz-Mania | Fox Kids | 1991–95 | Ended |
| June 11 | McGee and Me! | Syndication | 1989–95 | |
| June 15 | Skeleton Warriors | CBS | 1995 | Cancelled |
| June 19 | The Maxx | MTV | ||
| September 15 | Batman: The Animated Series | Kids' WB | 1992–95 | |
| November 25 | Aladdin | The Disney Channel, Syndication, CBS | 1994–95 | |
| December 2 | Bump in the Night | ABC | ||
| December 3 | Space Strikers | UPN | 1995 | |
| December 8 | Littlest Pet Shop (1995) | Syndication | ||
| December 9 | The Baby Huey Show | 1994–95 | ||
| December 30 | Darkstalkers | 1995 |
Births
September
- September 12: Ryan Potter, American actor (voice of Hiro Hamada in Big Hero 6 and Big Hero 6: The Series).
Deaths
January
- January 12: William Pomerance, American animator (Walt Disney Studios), dies at age 89.[28]
- January 19: Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 79.[29]
- January 21: John Halas, Hungarian-British animator, film producer and director (Halas & Batchelor, Animal Farm, the animated music video of Love Is All by Roger Glover), dies at age 82.[30]
- January 24: Frank Emery, American mural artist, jazz musician, photographer, animator, illustrator, and comics artist, dies at age 37.[31]
- January 26: Cecil Roy, American actress (voice of Casper the Friendly Ghost and Little Lulu), dies at age 94.
March
- March 4: Gloria Wood, American singer and actress (voice of Nelly in Nelly's Folly, Suzy Sparrow in Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom), dies at age 71.
- March 19 Yasuo Yamada, Japanese actor (voice of the title character in Lupin III), dies at age 62.
April
- April 8: Michael Graham Cox, British actor (voice of Boromir in The Lord of the Rings, Bigwig in Watership Down), dies at age 57.
- April 14: Burl Ives, American singer and actor (voice of Sam the Snowman in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies at 85.
- April 19: Preston Blair, American animator (Walter Lantz, Charles Mintz, Walt Disney Company, MGM, Tex Avery, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 86.
May
- May 2: Michael Hordern, British actor (voice of Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, Frith in Watership Down, Badger in The Wind in the Willows, narrator in Paddington), dies at age 83.
- May 18: Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (voice of Samantha in The Flintstones episode Samantha, and a barmaid in the Batman: The Animated Series episode Showdown), dies at age 62.[32]
- May 26: Friz Freleng, American animator and cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Tweety and Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, The Pink Panther), dies at age 88.[33]
June
- June 27: Yoni Chen, Israeli actor (dub voice of various Looney Tunes characters and the Tin Man in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), dies at age 41.[34]
July
- July 4: Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (voice of Duchess in The Aristocats, Bianca in The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under), dies at age 76.[35]
- July 25: Balthasar Lippisch, German illustrator, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (worked on the TV series Pip & Zip), dies at age 74 or 75.[36]
August
- August 11: Phil Harris, American comedian, actor and jazz singer (voice of Baloo in The Jungle Book, Thomas O'Malley in The Aristocats and Little John in Robin Hood), dies at age 91.[37]
September
- September 5: Paul Julian, American animator, background artist (My Little Pony: The Movie, FernGully: The Last Rainforest), sound effects artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voice actor (Road Runner), dies at age 81.
- September 12: Lubomír Beneš, Czech animator and director (co-creator of Pat & Mat), dies at age 59.[38]
- September 21:
- Irven Spence, American animator (Charles Mintz, Ub Iwerks, Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Chuck Jones, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Ralph Bakshi), dies at age 86.
- Ken Willard, American animator (Gumby Adventures, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Bump in the Night, Gumby: The Movie, Toy Story), dies from a brain aneurysm at age 36.[39]
- September 22: John Whitney, American animator, composer, and inventor (Five Film Exercises, co-animated the opening sequence of Vertigo), dies at age 78.[40]
October
- October 5: Linda Gary, American actress (Filmation, Hanna-Barbera), dies at 50.[41]
- October 13: Michael Lah, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company, worked for Tex Avery), dies at age 83.
- October 21: Maxene Andrews, American singer (co-sang the Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet segment in Make Mine Music and Little Toot in Melody Time), dies at age 79.
- October 22: Mary Wickes, American actress (live-action model for Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmatians, voice of Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at age 85.
November
- November 4: Jackie Banks, American animation checker and scene planner (Hanna-Barbera, This Is America, Charlie Brown, The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry: The Movie), dies at age 54.
- November 16: Charles Gordone, American playwright, actor, director, educator and actor (voice of Preacher Fox in Coonskin), dies at age 70.
- November 19: Wan Guchan, Chinese animator, film director (founder of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Shuzhendong Chinese Typewriter, Uproar in the Studio, The Camel's Dance, Princess Iron Fan, Havoc in Heaven, Why is the Crow Black-Coated), dies at age 95.[42]
December
- December 4: Petar Gligorovski, Macedonian painter, comics artist, animator and film director (Adam 5 do 12), dies at age 57.[43]
- December 20: Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (voice of Sarabi in The Lion King), dies from leukemia at age 57.[44]
- December 30: Doris Grau, American actress (voice of Lunchlady Doris in The Simpsons, Doris Grossman in The Critic), dies at age 71.[45]
Specific date unknown
- Alex Cubie, Scottish comics artist and animator (Rank Film Distributors), dies at age 83 or 84.[46]
See also
Sources
- Homer the Great at IMDb
- And Maggie Makes Three at IMDb
- "Chuck Jones". October 25, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- Bart vs. Australia at IMDb
- Lisa's Wedding at IMDb
- "The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- A Goofy Movie at IMDb
- The Pebble and the Penguin at IMDb
- Jean, Al (2005). The Simpsons season 6 DVD commentary for the episode "'Round Springfield" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- Oakley, Bill (2005). Commentary for the episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part One)". The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist at IMDb
- Pocahontas at IMDb
- Freakazoid! at IMDb
- Pinky and the Brain at IMDb
- Timon & Pumbaa at IMDb
- Neon Genesis Evangelion at IMDb
- Bart Sells His Soul at IMDb
- Lisa the Vegetarian at IMDb
- Treehouse of Horror VI at IMDb
- Ghost in the Shell at IMDb
- "Masamune Shirow". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- Mother Simpson at IMDb
- Michael, Dennis (November 25, 1995). "'Toy Story' stars say being animated is hard work". CNN. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- The Spirit of Christmas at IMDb
- Timesstaff (December 28, 1995). "25 old films honored". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- Daniel Eagan, America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide to the 50 Landmark Movies (London: Bloomsbury, 2011).
- Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012
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- Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.48
- "Frank Emery". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- Folkart, Burt A. (May 19, 1995). "Elizabeth Montgomery Dies of Cancer". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
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- יוני חן (in Hebrew)
- "Eva Gabor, 74, the Actress; Youngest of Celebrated Sisters". The New York Times. Associated Press. July 5, 1995.
- "Balthasar Lippisch". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- Benny Show's Phil Harris Dies at 91, Obituary in the Los Angeles Times dated August 13, 1995 (retrieved June 30, 2012).
- Lubomir Benes at IMDb
- Ken Willard at IMDb
- Kostelanetz, Richard (November 15, 2018). A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes. ISBN 9781351267106.
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External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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