Chronology of Animation 1975
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United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
January
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Productions.
(drawn animation)


Rikki-Tikki-Tavi image
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
The 2000 Year Old Man (tvsp), Leo Salkin /Leo Salkin Films.
(drawn animation)

Yankee Doodle Cricket (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Jones.
(drawn animation)


January
La Genese ("Genesis") (f), Pierre Alibert /Les Films du Cyprès. (France)
(drawn animation)

January
Flanders no Inu [フランダースの犬] ("A Dog of Flanders") (tv), Zuiyo Eizo and Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Kirin Monoshiri Tachi [キリンものしり館] ("Kirin Building of Knowledge") (tvss)/(edu), Makoto Nagasawa /Office Uni.
(drawn animation)
(1975-1979)

Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi [まんが日本昔ばなし] ("Animated Ancient Japanese Fairy Stories") (tv), Yasunori Sendai /Group TAC.
(drawn animation)


February
Dr. Seuss' The Hoober-Bloob Highway (tvsp), Alan Zaslove /DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

Really Rosie (tvsp), Maurice Sendak /Sherris Productions.
(drawn animation)





March
The White Seal (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Jones.
(drawn animation)


March
Robinson Columbus (sf), Ib Steinaa /Steinaa Film. (Denmark)
(drawn animation, some live action)

March
Andersen Dôwa Ningyo Hime [アンデルセン童話 にんぎょ姫] ("Andersen's Children's Story: The Mermaid Princess"; "The Little Mermaid") (f), Tomoharu Katsumata /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo [グレートマジンガー対ゲッターロボ] ("Great Mazinger versus Getter Robo") (sf), Masayuki Akihi /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Studio Deen founded in Tokyo by Hiroshi Hasegawa. It began as a subsidiary studio for Sunrise productions. Later it did work for Studio Pierrot, Shin'ei Productions, and other studios.


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April
Don Chuck Monogatari [ドンチャック物語] ("Don Chuck's Story") (tv), Knack Productions.
(drawn animation)

Ganba no Bouken [ガンバの冒険] ("Adventures of Gamba") (tv), Osamu Dezaki /TMS.
(drawn animation)

Mitsubachi Maya no Boken ("Adventures of Maya the Honeybee") (tv), Hiroshi Saito, Mitsuo Kaminashi, Seiji Endo /Zuiyo Eizo, later Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

La Seine no Hoshi ("Planet of La Seine") (tv), Masaki Osumi and Tomino Yoshiyuki /Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Shonen Tokugawa Ieyasu [少年徳川家康] ("Young Ieyasu Tokugawa") (tv), Takeshi Tamiya and Kimio Yabuki /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Yuushu Raideen [勇者ライディーン] ("Brave Raideen") (tv), Yoshiyuki Tomino and Tadao Nagahama /Sunrise.
(drawn animation)


May
Abe Levitow (Abraham Levitow) (July 2, 1922-May 8, 1975) (animator, director, producer) dies.



May
Getter Robo G [ゲッターロボG] ("Force Five: Starvengers") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)





June
Koichi Motohashi renames Zuiyo Eizo as Nippon Animation in Tokyo.

Sony begins distributing the first home video cassette recorder/players (Beta format).


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 

July
Petete y Trapito (f), Manuel García Ferré /García Ferré. (Argentina)
(drawn animation)

Petete y Trapito imagePetete y Trapito
July
Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo G Kuchu Dai-Gekitotsu [グレートマジンガー対ゲッターロボG 空中大激突] ("Great Mazinger versus Getter Robo G The Great Space Encounter") (ss), Masayuki Akehi /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Uchi no Kishi Tekkaman [宇宙の騎士テッカマン] ("Space Knight Tekkaman"; "Tekkaman the Space Knight") (tv), Hiroshi Sagawa and Hisayuki Toriumi /Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Uchu Enban Dai-Senso [宇宙円盤大戦争] ("The Great Battle of the Flying Saucer") (ss), Toei.
(drawn animation)


August
Coonskin ("Street Fight") (f), Ralph Bakshi /Bar Productions.
(drawn animation)


August
Flåklypa Grand Prix ("The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix") (f), Ivo Caprino /Caprino Filmcenter. (Norway)
(model animation)



September
Fraidy Cat (tvss), Don Towsley /Filmation.
(drawn animation)

M-U-S-H (tvss), Filmation.
(drawn animation)

The Oddball Couple (tv)/(tvss), Gerry Chiniquy and Robert McKimson /DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

Return to the Planet of the Apes (tv), DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)

The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains: Tom and Jerry (tvss) and Grape Ape (tvss).

Wacky and Packy (tvss), Filmation.
(drawn animation)


September
Dick Deadeye - Or Duty Done (f), Bill Melendez /Melendez. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Tarzoon, la Honte de la Jungle ("Shame of the Jungle") (f), Jean-Paul Picha and Boris Szulzinger. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)



United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
October
You're A Good Sport, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

October
The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo (tvss), Al Guest and Jean Mathieson /Rainbow Animation. (Canada)
(drawn animation)


October
Andes Shonen Pepero no Boken [アンデス少年ペペロの冒険] ("Adventures of Pepero the Andes Boy") (tv), Kazuhiko Udakowa /Wako.
(drawn animation)

Arabian Nights Sinbad no Boken [アラビアンナイト シンドバッドの冒険] ("The Arabian Nights Adventures of Sinbad") (tv), Fumio Kurokawa /Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Ganso Tensai Bakabon [元祖・天才バカボン] ("The Original Bakabon the Foolish Genius") (tv)/(tvss), TMS.
(drawn animation)
(1975-1977)

Ikkyuu-san [一休さん] (tv)/(edu), Kimio Yabuki /Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1975-1982)

Kotetsu Jeeg [鋼鉄ジーグ] ("Steel Jeeg") (tv), Masayuki Akihi /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Sougen no Shojo Laura [草原の少女ローラ] ("Laura the Prairie Girl"; "Little House on the Prairie") (tv), Mitsuharu Endo /Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Phenakistiscope (ss), Taku Furukawa /Takun Jikken Manga Box.
(drawn animation)

Time Bokan [タイムボカン] ("Time Machine"; "Timefighters") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)
(the first of several Time Bokan series)

UFO Robo Grendizer [UFOロボ グレンダイザー] ("Force Five: Grandizer") (tv), Tomoharu Katsumata /Toei Doga.
(drawn animation)
(1975-1977)

Wanpaku Omukashi Kum Kum [わんぱく大昔クムクム] ("Naughty Prehistoric Kum Kum") (tv), Sunrise.
(drawn animation)




November
Valentina Brumberg (Valentina Semyonovna Brumberg Валентина Семёновна Брумберг) (August 2, 1899-November 28, 1975) (animator, director) dies in Moscow. (Soviet Union [Russia])


November
The Last of the Mohicans (tvsp), Chris Cuddington /Hanna-Barbera Australia. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

December
The First Christmas (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(model animation)

The Tiny Tree (tvsp), Chuck Couch /DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

Danny Cooksey (November 2, 1975- ) (voice actor) born in Moore, Oklahoma.


December
Bod (tvss), Bodfilms. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Kalles Klätterträd ("Charlie's Climbing Tree") (tvss), Olof Landström and Peter Cohen /POJ-filmproduktion. (Sweden)
(drawn animation)

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (tvsp), Per Ahlin /Pennfilm. (Sweden)
(drawn animation)

December
Houko Kuwashima (Kuwashima Houko 桑島 法子) (December 12, 1975- ) (voice actress, singer) born in Iwate.

Toshihiko Sato founds Ashi Productions in Tokyo.


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
no date
Kick Me (ss), Robert Swarthe.
(drawn animation)

Davey & Goliath: To the Rescue (tvsp), Art Clokey /Clokey.
(model animation)

no date
Aucassin et Nicolette ("Aucassin and Nicolette") (ss), Lotte Reiniger /NFB. (Canada)
(silhouette animation)

The Christmas Messenger (tvsp), Peter Sander /Potterton. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

The Happy Prince (tvsp), Michael Mills /Potterton. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Monsieur Pointu (ss), Andre Leduc and Bernard Longpre /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

no date
Agaton Sax och den ljudlösa sprängämnesligan (tv), Team Film. (Sweden)
(drawn animation)

Boule et Bill (tvss), Belvision. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)

Draghetto Grisù ("Grisù the Little Dragon") (tv), Toni Pagot /Intercartoon. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

Great (ss), Bob Godfrey. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Animation

Great imageGreat
Une Vielle boite ("An Old Box") (ss), Paul Driessen /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

International Rocketship studio founded by Marv Newland in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Canada)

Ivor the Engine (tvss), Smallfilms. (Great Britain)
(cut-out animation)
(1975-1978)

Kockásfülû nyúl ("Bunny with the Checkered Ears") (tv), Richly Zsolt /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)
(1975-1978)

Konek Gorbunok [Конёк-горбунок] ("The Little Humpbacked Horse") (f), Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Boris Butakov /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)
(Ivanov-Vano's remake of his 1947 classic)

Krakonos a svec ("The Spirit of Mountains and the Shoemaker") (ss), Stanislav Latal /Studio Jiri Bratri v triku. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(pupppet animation)
first Krakonos ("The Spirit of Mountains") series (1975-1983)

Kroki ("Le pas") (ss), Piotr Kamler /Les Films de la Riviere. (France)
(cgi animation)
Annecy Festival Grand Prize winner

Kroki imageKroki

Leopold i Zolotaya Rybka {Леопольд И Золотая Рыбка] ("Leopold and the Golden Fish") (tvss), Anatoli Reznikov /Ekran. (Russia [Soviet Union])
(drawn animation)
first Kot Leopol'd series (1975-1993)

Mainzelmännchen Mini-Krimi (tvss), ZDF. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(some drawn animation, some live action)

Noddy (tvss), Stop Frame Productions. (Great Britain)
(model animation)

O te Velke Mlze ("(About the) Thick Fog") (ss), Bretislav Pojar /Studio Jiri Trnka. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(model animation)
first "Garden" series (1975-1977, 1984)

Pozar ("Fire"), Witold Giersz /Studio Miniatur Filmovych. (Poland)
(drawn animation)

Przygody Myszki ("The Little Mouse", "The Adventures of the Little Mouse") (tvss), Eugeniusz Kotowski /Filmów Rysunkowych. (Poland)
(drawn animation)
(1975-1983)

Sadko bogatyi [Садко Богатый] ("Rich Sadko"; "The Minstrel") (ss), Vadim Kurchevsky /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(model animation)

Der Sucher ("The Search") (ss), Ernst Reinboth. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(model animation)

Yozik v Tumane [Ёжик в тумане] ("Hedgehog in the Fog") (ss), Yuri Norstein /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(cut-out animation)

Yozik v Tumane image
Yozik v Tumane

Peter Lord and David Sproxton found Aardman Animations in Bristol. (Great Britain)


no date
Mysterious Island (tvsp), Leif Gram /Air Programs International. (Australia)
(drawn animation)


Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.


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