Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/February/February 8

Films released

• 1936 – The Cat Came Back (United States)
• 1952 – Lambert the Sheepish Lion (United States)
• 1957 – Nearlyweds (United States)
• 1964 – A Message to Gracias (United States)

Television series and specials

• 1980 - Hana no Ko Lunlun, an Japanese anime television series finishes airing on TV Asahi
• 1997 - Sailor Moon, an Japanese anime television series finishes airing on TV Asahi
• 2003 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, an American animated television series begins airing on Fox (4Kids TV)
• 2014 - Monsters vs. Aliens, an American computer-animated television series based on the film as the same name finishes airing on Nickelodeon

Births

• 1900 – Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Soviet animator and Russian animation director (d. 1987)
• 1952 – Daisuke Gōri, Japanese voice actor (d. 2010)
• 1961 – Bruce Timm, American character designer, animator and producer
• 1968 – Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010)