1998 in animation
Events in 1998 in animation.
Events
February
- February 4: The South Park episode Damien premieres, featuring the debut of Satan.[1]
- February 8: The Simpsons episode The Joy of Sect is first broadcast.[2]
- February 18: The South Park episode Mecha-Streisand premieres, guest starring Robert Smith from The Cure.[3]
March
- March 15: The first episode of PB&J Otter airs.[4]
- March 23: 70th Academy Awards: Geri's Game by Jan Pinkava wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[5]
April
- April 1: In the South Park episode Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus, Satan is depicted having a relationship with Saddam Hussein.[6]
- April 3: The first episode of Cowboy Bebop airs.[7]
- April 4: The first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! airs.[8]
- April 13: The final episode of Stickin' Around airs.
- April 20: The first episode of Stressed Eric airs.[9]
- April 26: The Simpsons airs its 200th episode, Trash of the Titans, guest starring the band U2 and actor Steve Martin.[10]
May
- May 14: The first episode of Celebrity Deathmatch is broadcast.[11]
- May 15: Quest for Camelot is released.[12]
- May 17: The Simpsons episode Natural Born Kissers premieres, in which a nude Homer and Marge have to run from being discovered.[13]
- May 28: American voice actor Phil Hartman is murdered by his wife who is under the influence of drugs. She commits suicide afterward.[14]
June
- June 19: The Walt Disney Company releases Mulan.[15]
- June 22: The first episode of Bob and Margaret is broadcast.[16]
July
- July 17: The first episode of Oh Yeah! Cartoons airs.[17]
- July 21: The first episode of Lascars airs.[18]
- July 24: Roy O. Disney receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[19]
September
- September 1:
- The first episode of Cousin Skeeter airs.[21]
- The first episode of The Wild Thornberrys airs.[22]
- September 4: The first episode of Archibald the Koala airs.[23]
- September 6: The first episode of Oggy and the Cockroaches airs.[24]
- September 12: The first episode of Godzilla: The Series airs.[25]
- September 14: The first episode of Histeria! airs.[26]
October
- October 2: DreamWorks Animation's first film, Antz, directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson, is released.[27]
- October 3: The first episode of Anatole airs.[28]
- October 4:
- The first episode of CatDog airs.[29]
- The first episode of Rolie Polie Olie airs.[30]
- October 5: The first episode of Ojarumaru airs.[31]
- October 9: The first episode of The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald airs.
- Specific date unknown: The Japanese animation studio Bones is founded.[32]
November
- November 2: Chris Wedge's Bunny is first released.[33]
- November 16: Steamboat Willie is added to the National Film Registry.[34][35]
- November 18: The first episode of The Powerpuff Girls airs.[36]
- November 20:
- The Rugrats Movie premiers.[37]
- The film A Bug's Life by Pixar and the Walt Disney Company airs.[38]
- November 28: The first episode of Bob the Builder airs.[39]
December
- December 9: Michel Ocelot's Kirikou and the Sorceress premiers.[40]
- December 16: The South Park episode Gnomes first airs, in which Tweek Meak makes his debut.[41]
- December 18: The film The Prince of Egypt premiers.[42]
- December 21: The first episode of Rex the Runt airs.[43]
- December 23: Enzo D'Alò's Lucky and Zorba premiers.
Specific date unknown
- Mikhail Tumelya's The Magic Pipe is released.[44]
- The first episode of Fat Dog Mendoza airs.[45]
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | The New Chucklewood Critters | N/A | 1998–99 |
| February 7 | Silver Surfer | Fox Kids | 1998 |
| Toonsylvania | 1998–99 | ||
| March 1 | The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures | HBO | |
| March 15 | PB&J Otter | Playhouse Disney | 1998–00 |
| April 4 | CatDog | Nickelodeon | 1998–05 |
| May 14 | Celebrity Deathmatch | MTV | 1998–07 |
| June 8 | Invasion America | The WB | 1998 |
| July 18 | Bad Dog | The Family Channel | 1998–00 |
| July 19 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Nickelodeon | |
| August 15 | Donkey Kong Country | Fox Family Channel | |
| Monster Farm | 1998–99 | ||
| Walter Melon | |||
| August 18 | Ohh Nooo! Mr. Bill Presents | 1998–99 | |
| August 31 | Hercules | 1998-99 | |
| September 1 | The Wild Thornberrys | Nickelodeon | 1998–04 |
| September 5 | The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs | Fox Kids | 1998–99 |
| September 7 | RoboCop: Alpha Commando | Syndication | |
| September 8 | Pokémon | Cartoon Network | 1998–present |
| September 12 | Godzilla: The Series | Fox Kids | 1998–2000 |
| Mad Jack the Pirate | 1998–99 | ||
| The Mr. Potato Head Show | |||
| Oggy and the Cockroaches | 1998–present | ||
| September 14 | Histeria! | Kids' WB | 1998–2000 |
| September 16 | Shadow Raiders | Syndication | 1998–99 |
| September 18 | Voltron: The Third Dimension | 1998–2000 | |
| September 19 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Kids' WB | 1998–99 |
| Anatole | CBS | 1998–99 | |
| Dumb Bunnies | |||
| Mythic Warriors | 1998–2000 | ||
| The Lionhearts | Syndication | 1998 | |
| September 30 | Elliot Moose | PBS | 1998–2000 |
| October 3 | Birdz | CBS | 1998–99 |
| Flying Rhino Junior High | 1998–2000 | ||
| October 4 | Rolie Polie Olie | Playhouse Disney | 1998–2004 |
| October 5 | Noddy | PBS | 1998–2000 |
| October 9 | The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald | VHS | 1998–2003 |
| October 10 | Brats of the Lost Nebula | Kids' WB | 1998–99 |
| November 2 | Jay Jay the Jet Plane | TLC | 1998–2005 |
| November 18 | The Powerpuff Girls (1998) | Cartoon Network |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Inspector Gadget's Field Trip | The History Channel | 1996–98 | Cancelled |
| January 10 | Jungle Cubs | ABC | ||
| January 31 | Spider-Man (1994) | Fox Kids | 1994–98 | Ended |
| February 23 | Bobby's World | 1990–98 | ||
| February 25 | Channel Umptee-3 | Kids' WB | 1997–98 | Cancelled |
| March 2 | Life with Louie | Fox Kids | 1994–98 | Ended |
| March 4 | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | ABC | 1997–98 | Cancelled |
| March 7 | Gadget Boy & Heather | Syndication, The History Channel | 1995–98 | |
| March 27 | Big Bag | Cartoon Network | 1996–98 | |
| April 25 | The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police | Fox Kids | 1997–98 | |
| May 16 | Silver Surfer | 1998 | ||
| June 26 | Salty's Lighthouse | TLC | 1997–98 | |
| July 7 | Invasion America | The WB | 1998 | |
| October 17 | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper | Fox Kids | 1996–98 | |
| November 6 | All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | Syndication, Fox Family | ||
| November 14 | Animaniacs | Kids' WB | 1993–98 | |
| Pinky and the Brain | 1995–98 | |||
| December 12 | The Lionhearts | Syndication | 1998 |
Births
January
- January 28: Ariel Winter, American actress (voice of Sofia in Sofia the First).
- January 31: Chills, Canadian internet personality and singer (voice of Patron in Smiling Friends).
June
- June 19: Atticus Shaffer, American actor (voice of Edgar in Frankenweenie, Ono in The Lion Guard, Peedee in Steven Universe, Fox in Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh, Dennis in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Melvin in Harvey Girls Forever!).
November
- November 4: Darcy Rose Byrnes, Irish-American actress and singer (voice of Amber in Sofia the First).
December
- December 16: Kiara Muhammad, American actress (voice of the title character in the first two seasons of Doc McStuffins, Princess Kari in Sofia the First).
Deaths
January
- January 4: Mae Questel, American actress (voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl), dies at age 89.[46]
- January 7: Eli Bauer, American comics artist and animator (Terrytoons, Sesame Street), dies at age 69.[47]
- January 21: Yoshifumi Kondō, Japanese animator (Studio Ghibli) and director (Whisper of the Heart), dies at age 47.[48]
- January 28: Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga artist (creator of Cyborg 009), dies at age 60.
February
- February 14: Thomas McKimson, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 90.[49]
- February 21: Art Seidel, American production manager (assistant director for the live-action sequence in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror VI"), dies at age 66.[50]
- February 24: Milicent Patrick, American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator (Fantasia, Dumbo), dies at age 82.
- February 26: James Algar, American film director, screenwriter, and producer (The Walt Disney Company), dies at age 85.
April
- April 17: Linda McCartney, American photographer and activist (voiced herself in The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Vegetarian"), dies from breast cancer at age 56.[51]
- April 23: Enrique Riverón, Cuban-American cartoonist, animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 95 or 96.[52]
May
- May 28: Phil Hartman, American voice actor (voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz in The Simpsons), was murdered at age 49.[14]
- May 31: Sherman Labby, American storyboard artist and production illustrator (Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Marvel), dies from muscular dystrophy at age 68.[53]
June
- June 3: William L. Snyder, American film producer (Rembrandt Films), dies at age 80.[54]
- June 5: Jeanette Nolan, American actress (voice of Ellie Mae in The Rescuers and Widow Tweed in The Fox and the Hound), dies at age 86 from a stroke.[55]
- June 12:
- Retta Davidson, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Chuck Jones, Ralph Bakshi), dies at age 76. [56] [57]
- Richard Thompson, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Bill Melendez), dies at age 83.[58]
- June 28: Jean-Yves Raimbaud, French animator and screenwriter (Space Goofs, Oggy and the Cockroaches), dies from lung cancer at age 40.[59]
July
- July 6: Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (narrator of the Pecos Bill segment in Melody Time), dies at age 86.[60]
- July 8: Dušan Vukotić, Yugoslav-Croatian cartoonist and animator (Zagreb Film, Ersatz), dies at age 71.
- July 16: Tony Sgroi, American comics artist and animator (worked for Warner Bros. animation, Bob Clampett, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 73.[61]
August
- August 14: Stanislav Holý, Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, animation designer, children's book illustrator and animator (Mr. Pip), dies at age 55.[62]
- August 25: Lee Gunther, American film editor (co-founder of Marvel Productions), dies at age 63.
September
- September 6: Whitney Lee Savage, American animator (Mickey Mouse in Vietnam, animated segments in Sesame Street), dies at age 69.[63]
October
- October 3: Roddy McDowall, American actor (voice of Mad Hatter in Batman: The Animated Series, Snowball in Pinky and the Brain, and Mr. Soil in A Bug's Life), dies at age 70.[64]
- October 15: Jack Boyd, American animator and special effects creator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 82.[65]
November
- November 3: Bob Kane, American comic book writer, animator and artist (co-creator of Batman, Cool McCool, and Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse), dies at age 80.
- November 24: Jacques Eggermont, Belgian comics artist and animator (worked for CBA), dies at age 80.[66]
- November 30: Ruth Clifford, American actress (fifth voice of Minnie Mouse and third voice of Daisy Duck) dies at age 98.
December
- December 10: Ray Goossens, Belgian animator (Musti, Plons de Kikker) and comics artist, dies at age 74.[67]
- December 12: Don Patterson, American animator and film director and producer (Walt Disney Company, MGM, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 88.[68]
- December 19: Kazuo Harada, Japanese film director and producer (Studio Comet, Nihon Ad Systems, Tsuchida Production), dies at an unknown age.[69]
- December 25: Richard Paul, American voice actor (voice of Sonny in Coonskin), dies at age 58.[70]
- December 30: G. Stanley Jones, Canadian actor (voice of Lex Luthor in Challenge of the Superfriends, Riff Raff in Heathcliff), dies at age 72.
Sources
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- The Joy of Sect at IMDb
- Mecha-Streisand at IMDb
- PB&J Otter at IMDb
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- Cowboy Bebop at IMDb
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- "The Simpsons' 200th ends by uprooting all of Springfield—you know, as one does". TV Club. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
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- Quest for Camelot at IMDb
- Natural Born Kissers at IMDb
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- Bob and Margaret at IMDb
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- Richard Paul at IMDb
See also
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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