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January Western Daze (ss), George Pal /Pal. (model animation) first Puppetoon in the United States (1941-1947), series originally called Madcap Models |
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January Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941-July 21, 2005) (voice actor, singer) born in Derbyshire. (Great Britain) |
January Hayao Miyazaki (Miyazaki Hayao) [宮崎 駿] (January 5, 1941- ) (director, animator, producer, writer) born in Tokyo. Rintaro (Rin Taro, Shigeyuki Hayashi, Hayashi Shigeyuki [りんたろう (Rintaro)] [林重行 (Hayashi Shigeyuki)]) (January 22, 1941- ) (director, animator, art director, supervisor, writer, producer, inbetweener) born in Tokyo. |
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March Tortoise Beats Hare (ss), Tex Avery /Schlesinger. (drawn animation) B. J. Ward (Betty Jean Ward) (March 14, 1941- ) (voice actress) born in New York City. |
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March Tsutomu Shibayama (Shibayama Tsutomu 芝山努) (March 9, 1941- ) (director, producer, animator, character designer) born in Tokyo. |
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April Kim Cheong-Ki (김청기) (April 18, 1941- ) (director) born in Korea. |
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May Rookie Bear (ss), Rudolph Ising /MGM. (drawn animation) Many Disney employees go on strike. The strike lasted until September. |
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May Jannik Hastrup (director, writer, animator) born in Naestved. (Denmark) Nicole Van Goethem (director) born in Antwerp. (Belgium) |
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June Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (ss), Friz Freleng /Schlesinger. (drawn animation) The Reluctant Dragon (f), Alfred L. Werker (live action) and Hamilton Luske (animation) /Disney. |
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June Masao Maruyama (Maruyama Masao 丸山正雄) (June 19, 1941- ) (producer, planner, writer, background artis) born in Shiogama, Miyagi. |
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July Cracked Nut (ss), Walter Lantz /Lantz. (drawn animation) first Woody Woodpecker series (1941-1972) |
July Peter Cullen (July 28, 1941- ) (voice actor) born in Montreal, Quebec. (Canada) |
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August Truant Officer Donald (ss), Jack King /Disney. (drawn animation) |
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August Chinese Cartoon Association founded. (Hong Kong) |
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September Yuri Norstein (September 15, 1941- ) (director, animator) born in Andreyevka, Penzenskaya Oblast. (Soviet Union [Russia]) |
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October Marcell Jankovics (October 21, 1941- ) (director, animator) born in Budapest. (Hungary) |
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November How War Came (ss)/(edu), Paul Fennell /Cartoon Films. (drawn animation) |
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November Eduard Nazarov (Eduard Vasilyevich Nazarov) (director, art director, voice actor) born in Moscow. (Soviet Union [Russia]) |
November Yoshiyuki Tomino (Tomino Yoshiyuki) (director, writer, storyboards) born in Odawara City, Kangawa. |
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December The Fox and the Grapes (ss), Frank Tashlin /Screen Gems. (drawn animation) first Fox and the Crow series (1941-1950) Mr. Bug Goes to Town (f), Dave Fleischer /Fleischer. The Night Before Christmas (ss), William Hanna and Joseph Barbera /MGM. Rhapsody in Rivets (ss), Friz Freleng /Schlesinger. Rhythm in the Ranks (ss), George Pal /Pal. |
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December Karita Boushi [かりた帽子] ("Borrowed Hat") (ss), Kenzo Masaoka. (drawn animation) |
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no date Stop That Tank (ss)/(edu), Disney. (drawn animation) First of several cartoons made by Disney for the NFB of Canada. The series used some of Disney's major characters. Hugh Harman leaves MGM. |
no date V for Victory (ss), Norman McLaren /NFB. (Canada) (drawn animation) Norman McLaren joins the NFB. (Canada) |
no date The Brave Tin Soldier (ss), John Halas and Joy Batchelor /Halas & Batchelor. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) Un dia de feria (ss), Fernando Morales. (Spain) Don Cleque va de pesca (ss), Baguñá Gili Jaime and Tur Francisco /Dibsono. (Spain) Dustbin Parade (edu), John Halas and Joy Batchelor /Halas & Batchelor. (Great Britain) Max und Moritz ("Max and Moritz") (ss), Ferdinand Diehl and Paul Diehl /Diehl-Film. (Germany) No es tan fiero el leon (ss), Salvador Mestres /Hispano Grafic Films. (Spain) Ne toptat' fasistkomu sapogu nasej rodiny [Не топтать фашистскому сапогу нашей Родины] ("We Won't Let Our Homeland Be Tramped On by Fascist Boots") (ss) Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Alexander Ivanov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Fernando Morales founds a studio in Madrid. (Spain) |
no date Ari-chan ("Ant Boy") (ss), Mitsuse Seo /Geijutsu Eigasha. (drawn animation) This film used the first multi-plane camera made in Japan. Umi no Kaiheidan ("The Sea Sailing Gang") (ss), Yoshitaro Kataoka /Nihon Manga Film Kenkyujo. |
no date "The Hunger of the Old Stupid Dog" (ss), Chinese Cartoon Association. (Hong Kong) (drawn animation) Tieshan gongzhu [铁扇公主] ("The Princess With the Iron Fan") (f), Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan /Shinhwa. (China) |
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