1976 in animation

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Events in 1976 in animation.

Events

March

• March 12: Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo premiers. [1] It will become a cult classic. [2]
• March 29: 48th Academy Awards: Great by Bob Godfrey wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. [3]
• Specific date unknown: The first episode of Jamie and the Magic Torch is broadcast. [4]

June

• June 20: Don Jurwich's Once Upon a Girl, an adult film which mixes live-action and animation, premiers. It becomes notorious for being pornographic in nature. [5]

July

• July 21: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [6]
• July 24: Robot Taekwon V premiers. [7]

August

• August 10-15: The first Ottawa International Animation Festival is organized. [8]

September

• September 13: The first episode of Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk is broadcast.[9]
• September 27: The first episode of Chorlton and the Wheelies airs. [10]

October

• October 1: The first episode of Candy Candy airs. [11]
• October 7: The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, produced by Belvision, premiers. [12]
• October 20: The third Asterix film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix premiers. [13] It will become a cult classic. [14]

November

• November 25: Bruno Bozzetto's Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness premiers, an animated feature starring his comics character Mr. Rossi. [15]

December

• December 11: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Jabberjaw is broadcast. [16]

Specific date unknown

• Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek's Pat & Mat first airs on television. [17]
• Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall establish Cosgrove Hall Films.

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 1976

Television series

Main article: List of animated television series of 1976

Deaths

February

• February 6: Vince Guaraldi, American jazz composer (wrote the soundtracks for the Peanuts animated feature films), dies at age 47.[18]
• February 13: John Lounsbery, American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 64. [19] [20]

March

• March 8: Romer Zane Grey, American animator (Romer Grey Studio) and comics writer, dies at age 66. [21]

June

• June 19: Mike Arens, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 60. [22]

August

• August 8: Winston Hibler, American screenwriter and film producer (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 65. [23]
• August 19: Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (voice of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol), dies at age 75. [24]

October

• October 23: Francisco Macián, Spanish animator, animated film director and producer (El mago de los sueños), dies at age 46. [25]

November

• November 7: Roy Williams, American animator (Walt Disney Company) and presenter, dies at age 69. [26]

December

• December 5: Tack Knight, American animator and comics artist (Animated Film Corporation, Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Brothers, The Adventures of Horace Cope), dies at age 81. [27]
• December 20: Ned Washington, American lyricist (co-wrote the soundtrack of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and Dumbo), dies at age 75. [28]
• December 21: Rod Scribner, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation, Peanuts specials) and producer (Playhouse Pictures), dies at age 66. [29]
• December 25: Frankie Darro, American actor (voice of Lampwick in Pinocchio), dies at age 59. [30]
• December 27: André Daix, French animator and comics artist (Professeur Nimbus), dies at age 75.[31]

Specific date unknown

• Paul Diehl, German animator and film director (The Seven Ravens, Mecki), dies at age 89 or 90. [32]
• Donald W. Graham, Canadian-American animator, artist and art instructor (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 92 or 93. [33]

See also

• 1976 in anime

References

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3. "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
4. "Jamie and the Magic Torch (TV Series 1976–1979) - IMDb". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
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6. "Hanna-Barbera". Oct 25, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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8. Levy, David B. (May 1, 2006). "The Ottawa International Animation Festival". Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive. Allworth Press. p. 225. ISBN 1581154453.
9. "Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
10. "Chorlton and the Wheelies". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
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12. "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
13. "The Twelve Tasks of Asterix". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
14. "René Goscinny". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
15. "Il signor Rossi cerca la felicità". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
16. "Jabberjaw". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
17. "Pat & Mat". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
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24. "Alastair Sim". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
25. Candel, José Ma (1993). "Capitulo 12: Una esperanza truncada: Francisco Macián". Historia del dibujo animado español. ISBN 9788475641478.
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32. "Paul Diehl". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
33. http://clan-graham-society.org/files/donwgraham-disney.pdf%5B%5D