1973 in animation

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The year 1973 in animation involved some events.

Events

January

• January 2: The first episode of Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog airs.[1]
• January 6: The first episode of the educational TV series Schoolhouse Rock! is broadcast.[2]
• January 24: The Brazilian animated film Piconzé is released.[3]

February

• February 5: The first episode of The Wombles airs.[4]
• February 22: The film Charlotte's Web is first released, based on the eponymous novel by E.B. White.[5]

March

• March 27: 45th Academy Awards: Richard Williams' A Christmas Carol wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[6]

May

• May 3: The film János Vitéz (Johnny Corncob) is released, the first Hungarian animated feature film, based on the eponymous epic poem by Sándor Petőfi, and directed by Marcell Jankovics.[7]

July

• July 31: The Russian film Adventures of Mowgli premiers.[8][9]

August

• August 8:
  • The first episode of Doraemon airs, based on the eponymous manga series.[10]
  • Ralph Bakshi releases Heavy Traffic.[11]

September

• September 8:
  • The first episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series is broadcast, with the original cast of Star Trek: The Original Series voicing their original characters.[12]
  • The first episode of Super Friends is broadcast.[13]

October

• October 13: The first episode of Cutie Honey airs.[14]

November

• November 8: The Walt Disney Company releases Robin Hood, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman.[15]

December

• December 6: René Laloux and Roland Topor's Fantastic Planet premiers.[16][17]
• December 12: Roberto Gavioli and Rolf Kauka's Once Upon a Time is released.[18]

Specific date unknown

• Gibba's pornographic animated feature film Il Nano e la Strega (King Dick) is released.[19]

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 1973

Television series

Main article: List of animated television series of 1973

Births

February

• February 12: Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress (Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls, Timmy Turner and Poof in The Fairly OddParents, Raven in Teen Titans, Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)

June

• June 13: Ogie Banks, American voice actor (Clawd Wolf in Monster High, Luke Cage and Miles Morales in Ultimate Spider-Man)

August

• August 24: Grey Delisle-Griffin, American voice actress and singer (Mandy in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo, Vicky in The Fairly OddParents, Frankie Foster, Duchess and Goo in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Princess Azula in Avatar: The Last Airbender)

October

• October 26: Seth MacFarlane, American animator and voice actor (Family Guy, American Dad)

Deaths

March

• March 6: Aleksandr Ptushko, Russian animator and animated film director (The New Gulliver, The Stone Flower, Sadko, The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Ruslan and Ludmila), passes away at age 72.[20]

April

• April 10: Robert Collard, aka Lortac, French writer, caricaturist, comics writer and artist, illustrator, novelist, painter, art critic, animator, animated film director, dies at age 88.[21]
• April 23: Hans Fischerkoesen, German animated film director and producer (Fischerkoesen-Studios), dies at age 76.[22]

May

• May 26: Ōten Shimokawa, Japanese cartoonist, comics artist and animator (Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki), dies at age 81.[23]

June

• June 17: Luis van Rooten, Mexican-American actor (voice of the King and Grand Duke in Cinderella), dies at age 66.[24]

August

• August 1: Frederick Worlock, American actor (voice of Horace and Inspector Craven in 101 Dalmatians), dies at age 86.[25]

December

• December 20: George Debels, aka Joe Stan, Belgian-Dutch animator, illustrator and comics artist (De Dierenmars [26]), passes away at age 83.[27]

Specific date unknown

• Phil DeLara, American animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 59.[28]

See also

• 1973 in anime

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