1963 in animation

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Events in 1963 in animation.

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

Main article: List of animated television series of the 1960s § 1963

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

• 1963 in anime

Sources

1. "Astroboy". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
2. "Joseph Barbera". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
3. "Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
4. "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
5. "Now Hear This". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
6. "The Critic". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
7. "Pent-House Mouse". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
8. "Bolek i Lolek". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
9. "The Mighty Hercules". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
10. "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
11. "The Magic Roundabout (TV Series 1964– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
12. "The Sword in the Stone". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
13. The Irish Times, "Today's TV programmes", 31 December 1962
14. "Friz Freleng". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
15. "Rod Rocket (TV Series 1963– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
16. "100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Mothlight / Stan Brakhage". Jun 9, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
17. "Arthur Lipsett: Inside His Disturbed & Disturbing Collage Films". Oct 5, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
18. "Vernon Stallings". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
19. Associated Press (September 17, 1963). "Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2015.