1989 in animation

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Events in 1989 in animation.

Events

January

• January 15: In The Simpsons short The Krusty the Clown Show Krusty the Clown makes his debut.[1]

February

• February 3: L'Oréal closes down Filmation after 27 years.

March

• March 4: The first episode of Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is broadcast.
• March 28: The first episode of Babar is broadcast.
• March 29: 61st Academy Awards:
  • Tin Toy by John Lasseter and William Reeves wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[2]
  • Richard Williams receives a Special Achievement Academy Award for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The same film also wins the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, Academy Award for Best Film Editing and Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.[2]

April

• April 3:
  • The first episode of Alfred J. Kwak is broadcast.
  • The first episode of Ciné si is broadcast.[3]
• April 26: The first episode of Dragon Ball Z is broadcast.

June

• June 4: The first episode of McGee and Me! is released to video.
• June 23: The Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble is releases in theaters.

July

• July 29: Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service is first released.

September

• September 9:
  • The first episode of Beetlejuice is broadcast, based on the film of the same name.
  • The first episode of Camp Candy is broadcast.
  • The first episode of Captain N: The Game Master is broadcast.
• September 14: The first episode of Penny Crayon is broadcast.
• September 22: Mike Jittlov's The Wizard of Speed and Time premiers.[4]
• September 24: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is added to the National Film Registry.[5][6]

October

• October 4: The fourth Astérix film, Asterix and the Big Fight is released.

November

• November 4: Nick Park's A Grand Day Out premiers, which marks the debut of Wallace and Gromit.
• November 14: The Little Mermaid , directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers.
• November 16: The Hungarian film Willy the Sparrow premiers.
• November 17: Don Bluth's All Dogs Go to Heaven premiers.

December

• December 17: The Simpsons Christmas special episode Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire is first broadcast. This is the first 20 minute episode of the series and launches their first season. It also marks the debuts of Seymour Skinner, Milhouse, Moe Szyslak, Mr. Burns, Barney Gumble, Patty and Selma, Ned Flanders, Todd Flanders, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Dewey Largo, Sherri and Terri and Lewis.[7]
• December 25: The film The BFG is first released. It's Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall's first and only animated feature film.[8]

Specific date unknown

• Creative Capers Entertainment is founded.
• The first episode of Los Trotamúsicos (The Four Musicians of Bremen) is broadcast.
• The first episode of Purno de Purno is broadcast.
• Jan Švankmajer's Meat Love is first released.[9]

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of 1989

Television series debuts

Main article: List of animated television series of 1989

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 31	The Further Adventures of SuperTed	Syndication	1989
March 4	Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers	The Disney Channel, Syndication	1989–90
June 4	McGee and Me!	Syndication	1989–95
September 2	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989)		1989–92
September 4	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!		1989
September 8	The Legend of Zelda
September 9	Captain N: The Game Master	NBC	1989–91
	The Karate Kid		1989
	Beetlejuice	ABC	1989–91
September 16	The California Raisin Show	CBS	1989
	Dink, the Little Dinosaur		1989–90
	Rude Dog and the Dweebs		1989
	Ring Raiders	Syndication
	Camp Candy	NBC, Syndication	1989–92
December 2	Paddington Bear	Syndication	1989–90
December 17	The Simpsons	Fox	1989–present
Unknown	X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men	Syndication	1989

Television series endings

Births

Deaths

January

• January 3: Errol Le Cain, British children's book illustrator and animator (worked for Richard Williams), dies at age 47.[10]

February

• February 9: Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist and animator (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Black Jack, Phoenix, Princess Knight, Unico, Message to Adolf, The Amazing 3, Buddha), dies at age 60.[11]

March

• March 6: Harry Andrews, British actor (General Woundwort in Watership Down), dies at age 77.[12]
• March 9: Fred Mogubgub, American painter and animator, dies at age 61 of bone cancer.[13]
• March 30: Mike Sekowsky, American comics artist, writer and animator (Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 65. [14]

April

• April 5: Karel Zeman, Czech film director, animator and animation producer (Mr. Prokouk, The Fabulous World of Jules Verne), dies at age 78.
  • 1970 National Artist[15]
  • 1980 Order of the Republic[16]
• April 9: Carl Wessler, American comics artist, animator and writer (Fleischer Studios), dies at age 75[17]
• April 24: Clyde Geronimi, Italian-American animation director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 87.[18]
• April 27: William Arthur Smith, American animation writer, comics artist and illustrator (worked for Walter Lantz), dies at age 71.[19]

May

• May 20: Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (various voices in Animalympics), dies at age 42 from ovarian cancer.[20]

June

• Specific date unknown: Emery Hawkins, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Screen Gems, Walter Lantz, Warner Bros. Animation, MGM, UPA, dies at age 77.[21]

July

• July 2: Ben Wright, British actor (voice of Roger Radcliff in 101 Dalmatians, Rama in Jungle Book and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid), dies at age 74.[22]
• July 3: Jim Backus, American voice actor (voice of Mr. Magoo), dies at age 76.[23]
• July 4: Camilla Mickwitz, Finnish animator, children's book writer and illustrator (Jason), passes away at age 54.[24]
• July 9: Lillian Friedman Astor, American animator (Fleischer Brothers), dies at age 77.[25]
• July 10: Mel Blanc, American voice actor (voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester the Cat, Marvin Martian, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, Looney Tunes, Pepe LePew, Foghorn Leghorn in Looney Tunes, original voice of Woody Woodpecker, voice of Barney Rubble in The Flintstones), dies at age 81.[26]
• July 29: Rudy Zamora, Mexican-American animator and animation director (Jay Ward Productions, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 79.[27]

August

• August 4: Paul Murry, American animator, comics artist and writer (Walt Disney Company), passes away at age 77.[28]
• August 27: Bill Shirley, American actor and singer (voice of Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 68.[29]

October

• October 4: Graham Chapman, British actor and comedian (occasional voices in Terry Gilliam's animated shorts in Monty Python's Flying Circus and the film spin-offs), dies at age 48 from cancer. [30]
• October 12: Jay Ward, American animator and producer (Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, Super Chicken), passes away at age 69.[31]
• October 21: Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator and film director (Johnny the Giant Killer, Kiri le Clown, Joe), dies at age 79.

November

• November 17: Billy Lee, American actor (voice of the boy in The Reluctant Dragon), dies at age 60.
• November 22: Gerry Chiniquy, American animator and animated film director (Warner Bros. Animation, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), dies at age 77.
• November 28: Ion Popescu-Gopo, Romanian graphic artist, animator and animated film director (Scurtă Istorie, The White Moor, Gopo's Little Man), passes away at age 66.[32]

December

• December 6: Frances Bavier, American actress (model for Flora in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 86.

Specific date unknown

• Karel van Milleghem, Belgian journalist and chief editor, (initiator of Belvision), dies at age 65 or 66.[33]
• George Wheeler, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation), dies at age 69 or 70.[34]

See also

• 1989 in anime

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