1983 in animation

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1983 events in animation.

Events

February

• February 3: The first Dutch animated feature film Als Je Begrijpt Wat Ik Bedoel (The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)) is released. It is based on Marten Toonder's comics series Tom Poes, and produced by Rob Houwer Film and Topcraft.[1]

March

• March 11: Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore premiers, produced by the Walt Disney Company.[2]
• March 19: Tomoharu Katsumata's Final Yamato, the longest animated feature film ever made (163 minutes), is released.[3]
• March 31: Monty Python's Meaning of Life premiers, which has animated opening credits and intermezzo's by Terry Gilliam.[4]

April

• April 4: The first episode of Mrs. Pepperpot is broadcast, based on the Norwegian children's book series Mrs. Pepperpot by Alf Prøysen.[5]
• April 11: 55th Academy Awards: Tango by Zbigniew Rybczyński wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[6]

July

• July 21: Mori Masaki's Barefoot Gen, based on the eponymous manga series by Keiji Nakazawa, is first released.[7]

August

• August 26: Ralph Bakshi and Tom Tataranowicz's Fire and Ice premiers.[8]

September

• September 1: The first episode of Donald Duck Presents is broadcast.[9]
• September 5: The first episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe airs.[10]
• September 10: The first episode of Rubik, the Amazing Cube, an animated series based on the popularity of the Rubik's Cube, airs but will be cancelled after only one season.[11]
• September 12:
  • The first episode of Henry's Cat airs.[12]
  • The first episode of Inspector Gadget airs.[13]
• September 17:
  • The first episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks airs.[14]
  • The first episode of Mr. T, an animated series based on actor Mr. T and voiced by himself, airs.[15]

October

• October 3: The first episode of Bananaman airs, based on Steve Bright, Dave Donald and John Geering's eponymous comic strip.[16]

December

• December 16: The first Mickey Mouse short in 30 years, Mickey's Christmas Carol airs in theaters. It also marks the first official screen debut of Carl Barks' comics character Scrooge McDuck.[17]

Specific date unknown

• Jan Švankmajer releases Dimensions of Dialogue.[18]
• The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Lucky Luke, based on the eponymous Belgian comic strip by Morris, is broadcast.[19]

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 1983

Television series

Main article: List of animated television series of 1983

Deaths

January

• January 2: Dick Emery, British comedian and actor (voice of Jeremy Hillary Boob, the Mayor of Pepperland and Max the Blue Meanie in Yellow Submarine), dies at age 67.[20]
• January 17:
  • John Dunn, Scottish animator and animation writer (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Spider-Man), dies at age 63.[21]
  • Doodles Weaver, American actor, comedian, musician and comics writer (narrator in the Goofy cartoon Hockey Homicide), commits suicide at age 71.[22]

February

• February 9: Zinaida Brumberg, Russian animator and film director (The Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Lost Letter, The Night Before Christmas, It Was I Who Drew the Little Man), dies at age 82.[23]
• Specific date unknown: Helen Ogger, American inker and animator (Walt Disney Studios), dies at age 73.[24]

May

• May 1: Eric Porter, Australian animator and film director (Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon), dies at age 71.[25]
• May 7: József Romhányi, Hungarian writer, animation writer (The Gums, Kérem a következőt!) and translator (translated The Flintstones in Hungarian), passes away at age 62.[26]
• May 21: Boris Stepantsev, Russian animated film director, animator, book illustrator (Karlsson-on-the-Roof animated films), dies at age 53.[27]
• May 23: George Bruns, American composer (wrote the soundtrack to the Disney films Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats and Robin Hood), dies at age 68.[28]

August

• August 13: Zdeněk Liška, Czech composer (wrote music for the films of Jan Švankmajer and Karel Zeman), dies at age 61.[29]

September

• September 30: Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (performed the music during the Bumble Boogie segment of Melody Time), dies at age 76.[30]

October

• October 10: Ralph Richardson, British actor (voice of Chief Rabbit in Watership Down), dies at age 80.[31]
• October 17: Mary Ellen Bute, American animator, animation producer and director (Tarantella), dies at age 77.[32]

November

• November 15: John Le Mesurier, British actor (narrator of Bod), dies at age 71.[33]

December

• December 20: Hermann Diehl, German animator and film director (The Seven Ravens, Mecki), dies at age 77.[34]
• December 31: Ralph Wright, American animator, storyboard writer (Walt Disney Company) and voice actor (voice of Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh), dies at age 75.[35]

See also

• 1983 in anime

Sources

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