1998 in animation
Events in 1998 in animation.
Events
February
- February 4: In the South Park episode Damien Satan makes his debut.[1]
- February 8: The Simpsons episode The Joy of Sect is first broadcast.[2]
- February 18: The South Park episode Mecha-Streisand features Robert Smith (The Cure) as special guest voice.[3]
March
- March 15: The first episode of PB&J Otter airs.[4]
- March 23: 70th Academy Awards: Geri's Game by Jan Pinkava wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[5]
April
- April 1: In the South Park episode Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus Satan is depicted having a relationship with Saddam Hussein.[6]
- April 3: The first episode of Cowboy Bebop airs.[7]
- April 4: The first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! airs.[8]
- April 20: The first episode of Stressed Eric is broadcast.[9]
- April 26: The Fox animated television series The Simpsons reaches its 200th episode: Trash of the Titans. It has the band U2 and actor Steve Martin as special guest voices.[10]
May
- May 14: The first episode of Celebrity Deathmatch is broadcast.[11]
- May 17: In The Simpsons episode Natural Born Kissers a nude Homer and Marge have to run from being discovered.[12]
- May 27: American voice actor Phil Hartman is murdered by his wife who is under the influence of drugs. She commits suicide afterwards.[13]
June
- June 22: The first episode of Bob and Margaret is broadcast.[14]
July
- July 17: The first episode of Oh Yeah! Cartoons airs.[15]
- July 21: The first episode of Lascars airs.[16]
- July 24: Roy O. Disney receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[17]
August
- August 31: The first episode of Disney's Hercules (1998 TV series) is broadcast.[18]
September
- September 1:
- The first episode of Cousin Skeeter airs.[19]
- The first episode of The Wild Thornberrys is broadcast.[20]
- September 4: The first episode of Archibald the Koala is broadcast.[21]
- September 6: The first episode of Oggy and the Cockroaches is broadcast.[22]
- September 12: The first episode of Godzilla: The Series airs.[23]
- September 14: The first episode of Histeria! is broadcast.[24]
October
- October 2: The film Antz, directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson, is first released.[25]
- October 3: The first episode of Anatole airs.[26]
- October 4:
- The first episode of CatDog is broadcast.[27]
- The first episode of Rolie Polie Olie is broadcast.[28]
- October 5: The first episode of Ojarumaru airs.[29]
- October 9: The first episode of The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald airs.
- Specific date unknown: The Japanese animation studio Bones is founded.[30]
November
- November 2: Chris Wedge's Bunny is first released.[31]
- November 16: Steamboat Willie is added to the National Film Registry.[32][33]
- November 18: The first episode of The Powerpuff Girls is broadcast.[34]
- November 20: The Rugrats Movie premiers.[35]
- November 28: The first episode of Bob the Builder is broadcast.[36]
December
- December 9: Michel Ocelot's Kirikou and the Sorceress premiers.[37]
- December 16: In the South Park episode Gnomes Tweek Meak makes his debut.[38]
- December 18: The film The Prince of Egypt premiers.[39]
- December 21: The first episode of Rex the Runt premiers.[40]
- December 23: Enzo D'Alò's Lucky and Zorba premiers.
Specific date unknown
- Mikhail Tumelya's The Magic Pipe is released.[41]
- The first episode of Fat Dog Mendoza airs.[42]
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | The New Chucklewood Critters | N/A | 1998–99 |
| February 7 | Silver Surfer | Fox Kids | 1998 |
| Toonsylvania | 1998–99 | ||
| March 1 | The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures | HBO | |
| March 15 | PB&J Otter | Playhouse Disney | 1998–2000 |
| April 4 | CatDog | Nickelodeon | 1998–2005 |
| May 14 | Celebrity Deathmatch | MTV | 1998–2007 |
| June 8 | Invasion America | The WB | 1998 |
| July 18 | Bad Dog | The Family Channel | 1998–2000 |
| July 19 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Nickelodeon | |
| August 15 | Donkey Kong Country | Fox Family Channel | |
| Monster Farm | 1998–99 | ||
| Walter Melon | |||
| August 18 | Ohh Nooo! Mr. Bill Presents | 1998–99 | |
| August 31 | Hercules | ABC | |
| September 1 | The Wild Thornberrys | Nickelodeon | 1998–2004 |
| September 5 | The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs | Fox Kids | 1998–99 |
| September 7 | RoboCop: Alpha Commando | Syndication | |
| September 8 | Pokémon | Cartoon Network | 1998–present |
| September 12 | Godzilla: The Series | Fox Kids | 1998–2000 |
| Mad Jack the Pirate | 1998–99 | ||
| The Mr. Potato Head Show | |||
| Oggy and the Cockroaches | 1998–present | ||
| September 14 | Histeria! | Kids' WB | 1998–2000 |
| September 16 | Shadow Raiders | Syndication | 1998–99 |
| September 18 | Voltron: The Third Dimension | 1998–2000 | |
| September 19 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Kids' WB | 1998–99 |
| Anatole | CBS | 1998–99 | |
| Dumb Bunnies | |||
| Mythic Warriors | 1998–2000 | ||
| The Lionhearts | Syndication | 1998 | |
| September 30 | Elliot Moose | PBS | 1998–2000 |
| October 3 | Birdz | CBS | 1998–99 |
| Flying Rhino Junior High | 1998–2000 | ||
| October 4 | Rolie Polie Olie | Playhouse Disney | 1998–2004 |
| October 5 | Noddy | PBS | 1998–2000 |
| October 9 | The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald | VHS | 1998–2003 |
| October 10 | Brats of the Lost Nebula | Kids' WB | 1998–99 |
| November 2 | Jay Jay the Jet Plane | TLC | 1998–2005 |
| November 18 | The Powerpuff Girls (1998) | Cartoon Network |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Inspector Gadget's Field Trip | The History Channel | 1996–98 | Cancelled |
| January 10 | Jungle Cubs | ABC | ||
| January 31 | Spider-Man (1994) | Fox Kids | 1994–98 | Ended |
| February 23 | Bobby's World | 1990–98 | ||
| February 25 | Channel Umptee-3 | Kids' WB | 1997–98 | Cancelled |
| March 2 | Life with Louie | Fox Kids | 1994–98 | Ended |
| March 4 | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | ABC | 1997–98 | Cancelled |
| March 7 | Gadget Boy & Heather | Syndication, The History Channel | 1995–98 | |
| March 27 | Big Bag | Cartoon Network | 1996–98 | |
| April 25 | The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police | Fox Kids | 1997–98 | |
| May 16 | Silver Surfer | 1998 | ||
| June 26 | Salty's Lighthouse | TLC | 1997–98 | |
| July 7 | Invasion America | The WB | 1998 | |
| October 17 | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper | Fox Kids | 1996–98 | |
| November 6 | All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | Syndication, Fox Family | ||
| November 14 | Animaniacs | Kids' WB | 1993–98 | Ended |
| Pinky and the Brain | 1995–98 | |||
| December 12 | The Lionhearts | Syndication | 1998 | Cancelled |
Deaths
January
- January 4: Mae Questel, American voice actress (voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl), dies at age 89.[43]
- January 7: Eli Bauer, American comics artist and animator (Terrytoons, Sesame Street), dies at age 69.[44]
- January 21: Yoshifumi Kondō, Japanese animator (Studio Ghibli) and director (Whisper of the Heart), dies at age 47.[45]
February
- February 14: Thomas McKimson, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 90.[46]
April
- April 17: Linda McCartney, American photographer and activist (voiced herself in The Simpsons episode Lisa the Vegetarian), dies at age 56 from breast cancer.[47]
May
- May 27: Phil Hartman, American voice actor (voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons), dies of murder at age 49.[13]
- May 31: Sherman Labby, American storyboard artist and production illustrator (Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Marvel), passes away from muscular dystrophy at age 68.[48]
June
- June 3: William L. Snyder, American animated film producer (Rembrandt Films), dies at age 80.[49]
- June 5: Jeanette Nolan, American actress (voice of Ellie Mae the muskrat in The Rescuers, Widow Tweed in The Fox and the Hound), dies at age 86 from a stroke.[50]
- June 12: Richard Thompson, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Bill Melendez), dies at age 83.[51]
- June 28: Jean-Yves Raimbaud, French animator and screenwriter (Oggy and the Cockroaches, Space Goofs), dies at age 40 from lung cancer.[52]
July
- July 6: Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (the narrator in the Pecos Bill segment in Melody Time), dies at age 86.[53]
- July 8: Dušan Vukotić, Yugoslav-Croatian cartoonist and animator (Zagreb Film, Ersatz), dies at age 71.
- July 16: Tony Sgroi, American comics artist and animator (worked for Warner Bros. animation, Bob Clampett, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 73.[54]
August
- August 14: Stanislav Holý, Czech graphic artist, caricaturist, animation designer, children's book illustrator and animator (Mr. Pip), dies at age 55.[55]
September
- September 6: Whitney Lee Savage, American animator (Mickey Mouse in Vietnam, animated segments in Sesame Street), dies at age 69.[56]
October
- October 15: Jack Boyd, American animator and special effects creator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 82.[57]
November
- November 24: Jacques Eggermont, Belgian comics artist and animator (worked for CBA), passes away at age 80.[58]
December
- December 10: Ray Goossens, Belgian animator (Musti, Plons de Kikker) and comics artist, dies at age 74.[59]
- December 12: Don Patterson, American animator, animated film director and producer (Walt Disney Company, MGM, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 88.[60]
- December 19: Kazuo Harada, Japanese animated film director and producer (Studio Comet, Nihon Ad Systems, Tsuchida Production), dies at an unknown age.[61]
- December 25: Richard Paul, American voice actor (voice of Sonny in Coonskin), dies at age 58.[62]
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