1973 in animation
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
Films released
Television series
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
Sources
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- ^ "History of Schoolhouse Rock". Jun 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 28, 2008. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Almanaque Brasil - Piconzé deu cor aos nossos desenhos animados". almanaquebrasil.com.br. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014.
- ^ "My family and other Wombles". Times. London. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
- ^ "Charlotte's Web (1973) - Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto, Charles Nichols | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
- ^ Vollenbroek, Tunde (2015-05-18). "Marcell Jankovics Q&A: 'Why Would One Imitate Reality?'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ^ "The Adventures of Mowgli". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | "THE JUNGLE BOOK"". www.animator.ru. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Doraemon (TV 1/1973) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Heavy Traffic (1973) - Ralph Bakshi | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "Star Trek: The Animated Series Synopsis". Star Trek. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ http://members.aol.com/SprFriends/chronology.htm#superfriends73-74
- ^ "Cutey Honey (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Robin Hood (1973) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Roland Topor". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Fantastic Planet (1973) - René Laloux | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "Once Upon a Time". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Il nano e la strega". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "1973 in animation". Find a Grave. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ "Robert Lortac". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Giesen, R.; Storm, J.P. (2012). Animation under the swastika: a history of trickfilm in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 153–156.
- ^ "Oten SHIMOKAWA - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Luis Van Rooten". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Frederic Worlock, Actor". University of Bristol Theatre Collection. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "George Debels". www.nicodubois.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Stan". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Phil De Lara". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.