1958 in animation

Years in animation:	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961

Events in 1958 in animation.

Events

March 8: Chuck Jones' Daffy Duck cartoon Robin Hood Daffy is first released.[1]
March 26: 30th Academy Awards: The Tweety & Sylvester cartoon Birds Anonymous by Friz Freleng wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[2]
March 29: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare-Way to the Stars premiers.[3]

August 1:
- Paul Bunyan by Les Clark, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers.[4]
- Hanna-Barbera's Tot Watchers is released, which will become their final Tom & Jerry cartoon.[5]
August 22: Karel Zeman's The Fabulous World of Jules Verne premiers.[6]
August 23: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Knighty Knight Bugs premiers.[7]

September 6: The first episode of Spunky and Tadpole is broadcast.[8]
September 29: The first episode of The Huckleberry Hound Show is broadcast, which marks the debut of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Hokey Wolf and Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks (their segment debuts on 2 October).[9]

October 22: Taiji Yabushita and Kazuhiko Okabe's Panda and the Magic Serpent is first released. It is the first anime feature film in colour.[10]

December 19: The Disney Christmas special, From All of Us to All of You, is first broadcast. It will become an annual tradition, particularly in the Nordic countries (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland).[11]

The first episode of Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown is broadcast, an animated TV series based on the popularity of Bozo the Clown.[12]

August 22: Ted Sears, American animator (Raoul Barré, Fleischer Brothers, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 58.[13]
August 29: Isadore Sparber, American storyboard artist, animation writer, director and producer (Fleischer Brothers, Famous Studios), dies at age 52.[14]
August 31: Gayne Whitman, American actor (occasional voice of Barney Bear), dies at age 68.[15]

October 4: Jack King, American animator, animation film director and comics artist (J.R. Bray, International Film Service, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 72.[16]

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Years in animation:	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961