1963 in animation
Events in 1963 in animation.
Contents
Events
January
- January 1: The first episode of Astro Boy airs, based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka. [1]
- January 25: In The Flintstones episode The Surprise Wilma Flintstone announces to Fred that she is pregnant. This is the first time that an animated character is depicted being pregnant. [2]
February
- February 22: In The Flintstones episode The Blessed Event Pebbles Flintstone is born.
March
- March 24: Yūgo Serikawa's Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji (The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon) premiers. [3]
April
- April 8: 35th Academy Awards: The Hole by John Hubley and Faith Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [4]
- April 27: Chuck Jones' Now Hear This premiers. [5]
May
- May 20: Ernest Pintoff's The Critic, with voice-work by Mel Brooks, premiers. [6]
July
- July 27: Pent-House Mouse, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon by Chuck Jones is released. [7]
August
- August 12: The first episode of Bolek and Lolek is broadcast. [8]
September
- September 1: The first episode of The Mighty Hercules is broadcast. [9]
- September 19: In The Flintstones episode Ann-Margrock Presents Ann-Margret is special guest voice.
- September 28: The first episode of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is broadcast. [10]
October
- October 3: In The Flintstones episode Little Bamm-Bamm Bamm-Bamm Rubble is delivered at Barney and Betty Rubble's doorstep. They will adopt him.
- October 5: The first episode of La Manège Enchanté (The Magic Roundabout) is broadcast. [11]
November
- November 11: The first episode of Wolf Boy Ken is broadcast.
December
- December 25: The Sword in the Stone by Wolfgang Reitherman and produced by the Walt Disney Company is released. [12]
- December 31: The first episode of Dáithí Lacha is broadcast. [13]
- Warner Bros. Cartoons closes down, but will reopen in 1967.
Specific date unknown
- DePatie–Freleng Enterprises is founded by Friz Freleng and David DePatie. [14]
- The first episode of Rod Rocket is broadcast. [15]
- Stan Brakhage's Mothlight is released. [16]
- Arthur Lipsett's 21-87 premiers. [17]
Films released
Television series
Births
April
- April 18: Conan O'Brien, American talk show host and animation writer (The Simpsons)
August
- August 8: Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress.
- August 8: Rica Fukami, Japanese voice actress.
September
- September 18: Dan Povenmire, American animator and voice actor (co-creator of Phineas & Ferb).
Deaths
April
- April 9: Vernon Stallings, American animator, animation writer and director (International Film Service, Bray Productions, Van Beuren Studios, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 71. [18]
September
- September 15: Oliver Wallace, British-American composer (soundtracks for many animated shorts and feature films by the Walt Disney Company), dies at age 76. [19]
See also
Sources
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- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057669/
- ^ "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
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- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056965/
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- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144059/reference
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057546/
- ^ The Irish Times, "Today's TV programmes", 31 December 1962
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/freleng_fritz.htm
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129009/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt
- ^ https://www.skwigly.co.uk/100-greatest-animated-shorts-mothlight-stan-brakhage/
- ^ Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Collage Films on NFB
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821707/
- ^ Associated Press (September 17, 1963). "Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2015.