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January Araiguma Rascal [あらいぐまラスカル] ("Rascal the Raccoon") (tv), Seiji Endo, Hiroshi Saito, and Shigeo Koshi /Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Time Bokan Series Yattaman [タイムボカンシリーズ ヤッターマン] ("Time Adventure Series Yattaman") (tv), Tatsunoko. |
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February John Hubley (May 21, 1914–February 21, 1977) (director, animator, producer, writer) dies in New Haven, Connecticut. |
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February The Flumps (tvss), David Yates Ltd. (Great Britain) (model animation) |
February Jetter Mars [ジェッターマルス] ("Jet Mars") (tv), Rintaro /Toei. (drawn animation) |
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March SuperGulp, I fumetti in TV ("SuperGulp, the Comics on TV") (tv), Guido De Maria /RAI. (Italy) (drawn animation) (1977-1981) |
March Gasshin Sentai Mechander Robo [合身戦隊メカンダーロボ] ("Combination Squadron Mechander Robot") (tv), Yoshikata Nitta /Wako. (drawn animation) Hakucho no Oji [白鳥の王子] ("The Prince of the Swans", "The Wild Swans") (f), Yugo Serigawa /Toei. Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace [惑星ロボ ダンガードA] ("Planetary Robot Dangard A"; "Force Five: Danguard Ace") (tv), Tomoharo Katsumata /Toei. |
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April The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. (model animation) King of the Beasts (tvsp), Shamus Culhane /Shamus Culhane Productions. Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure (f), Richard Williams. Tubby the Tuba (f), Alexander Schure /New York Institute of Technology. |
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April Ashita e Attack [あしたへアタック!] ("Attack on Tomorrow") (tv), Fumio Kurokawa /Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Chogattai Majutsu Robot Ginguiser [超合体魔術ロボギンガイザー] ("Ultra-transforming Magic Robo Ginguiser") (tv), Masami Anno /Nippon Animation. Hyoga Senshi Gaislugger [氷河戦士ガイスラッガー] ("Glacier Warrior Gaislugger") (tv), Noboru Ishiguro /Toei. Magic Bus founded in Tokyo by Satoshi Dezzaki as a production company to animate other companies' productions. Sunrise changes its name to Nippon Sunrise. |
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May The Return of Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century (ss), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Enterprises. (drawn animation) |
May Kelly Sheridan (May 19, 1977- ) (voice actress) born in Ottawa, Ontario. (Canada) |
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June The Rescuers (f), Wolfgang Reitherman /Disney. (drawn animation) Alan Reed (Edward Bergman) (August 20, 1907-June 14, 1977) (voice actor) dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. |
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June Seton Dobutsuki Kuma no Ko Jackie [シートン動物記くまの子ジャッキー] ("Seton Animal Chronicle: Bearcub Jackie") (tv), Yoshio Kuroda /Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Chodenji Machine Voltes 5 [超電磁マシーンボルテスV] ("Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes V") (tv), Tadao Nagahama /Nippon Sunrise and Toei. |
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July Allegro non troppo (f), Bruno Bozzetto /Bozetto. (Italy) (drawn animation, some live action) |
July Chojin Sentai Baratack [超人戦隊バラタック] ("Superhuman Combat Team Baratack") (tv), Toei. (drawn animation) Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace tai Konchu Robo Gundan [惑星ロボダンガードA対昆虫ロボット軍団] ("Planetary Robot Danguard Ace Against the Army of Insect Robots") (ss), Toei. |
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August Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (f), Bill Melendez and Phil Roman /Melendez. (drawn animation) |
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August Uchu Senkan Yamato [宇宙戦艦ヤマト] ("Space Cruiser Yamato") (f), Office Academy. (drawn animation) |
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September ABC Weekend Specials (tvsp), ABC. (live action, some drawn animation) This was a series of specials from various producers. Most of the programs were live action but some were animated. Some of the individual programs are separately listed in this Chronology. (1977-1997) The C.B. Bears (tv), Hanna-Barbera. Fred Flintstone and Friends (tv), Charles A. Nichols /Hanna-Barbera. I Am the Greatest--The Adventures of Mohammed Ali (tv), Fred Calvert /Farmhouse. The New Adventures of Batman (tv), Don Towsley /Filmation. Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (tv), Hanna-Barbera. The Skatebirds (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
Think Pink Panther (tv)/(ss), Hawley Pratt and others /DePatie-Freleng. What's New, Mr. Magoo? (tv)/(tvss), Brad Case and Gerry Chinquy /DePatie-Freleng. The Young Sentinels (tv), Hal Sutherland /Filmation. Robert McKimson (Bob McKimson) (September 27, 1911-September 27, 1977) (director, animator, character designer) dies in Burbank, California. |
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September Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no Taka [アローエンブレム グランプリの鷹] ("Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix") (tv), Rintaro /Toei Doga. (drawn animation) Chiisana Janbo ("Little Jumbo") (ss), Masami Hata, Toshio Hirata, and Takashi Yanase /Sanrio. Ippatsu Kanta-kun [一発貫太くん] ("Homerun Kanta") (tv), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Tatsunoko. Ore wa Teppei [おれは鉄兵] ("My Name Is Teppei"; "I'm Teppei") (tv), Tadao Nagahama and Shigeno Yoshida /Nippon Animation. Tatsuo Yoshida (Yoshida Tatsuo) March 6, 1932–September 5, 1977) (producer, character designer, director) dies in Tokyo. |
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October Dr. Seuss' Halloween Is Grinch Night (tvsp), Gerald Baldwin /DePatie-Freleng. (drawn animation) The Fat Albert Halloween Special (tvsp), Hal Sutherland /Filmation. It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez. |
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October Cho Supercar Gattiger [超スーパーカー ガッタイガー] ("Super Supercar Gattiger") (tv), Motosuke Takahashi /Wako. (drawn animation) Fuusen Shoujo Temple-chan [風船少女 テンプルちゃん] ("Balloon Girl Little Temple") (tv), Tatsunoko. Gekisou Rubenkaiser [激走! ルーベンカイザー] ("Run Fast, Rubenkaiser") (tv), Yuji Nunokawa /Toei Doga. Kyoryu Daisenso Ai-Zenborg [恐竜大戦争アイゼンボーグ] ("Dinosaur Wars Ai-Zenborg") (tv), Oka Studio. Manga Nihon Emaki [まんが日本絵巻] ("Animated Japanese Picture Scrolls") (tv)/(edu), Noburo Ishiguro. Muteki Chojin Zambot 3 [無敵超人ザンボット3] ("Invincible Superman Zambot 3") (tv), Yoshiyuki Tomino /Nippon Sunrise. Ie Naki Ko [家なき子] ("Rittai Anime Ie Naki Ko Remi", "3-D Animation Homeless Child Remi", "Nobody's Child") (tv), TMS. Shin Kyojin No Hoshi [新巨人の星] ("New Star of the Giants") (tv), TMS. Shin Lupin III [新ルパン三] ("New Lupin III") (tv), Seijun Suzuki (supervisor) /TMS. Tobidase! Machine Hiryu [とびだせ! マシーン飛竜] ("Take Flight! Machine Hiryu"; "Flying Dragon") (tv), Tatsunoko. Wakusa no Charlotte [若草のシャルロット] ("Charlotte of the Young Grass") (tv), Eiji Okabe /Nippon Animation (Trans Arts). |
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November A Doonesbury Special (tvsp), John Hubley /Hubley Films. (drawn animation) The Hobbit (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. |
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November Manga Ijin Monogatari [まんが偉人物語] ("Manga Stories of Great Men") (tv)/(tvss)/(edu), Masakazu Higuchi /Group TAC. (drawn animation) |
November Five Weeks in a Balloon (tvsp), Chris Cuddington /Hanna-Barbera Australia. (Australia) (drawn animation) |
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December The Fat Albert Christmas Special (tvsp), Hal Sutherland /Filmation. (drawn animation) A Flintstone Christmas (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Hanna-Barbera. Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass. Silent Night (tvsp), National Telefilm Associates. |
December A Cosmic Christmas (tvsp), Clive Smith /Nelvana. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
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December Jouo Heika no Petite Ange [女王陛下のプティアンジェ] ("Her Royal Highness the Queen, Petite Ange") (tv), Fumio Kurokawa /Nippon Animation. (drawn animation) Shin Kyojin no Hoshi [新巨人の星] ("New Star of the Giants") (f), TMS. Yakyukyo no Uta [野球狂の詩] ("Poem of a Baseball Fan") (tvsp), Nippon Animation. |
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no date Adamo e l'acqua ("Adam and the Water) (tv), Pagot. (Italy) (drawn animation) Arkatzner Antarum ("Adventures in the Forest") (tvss), A. Margarian /Yerevan. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Farbrorn som inte vill va' stor ("The Uncle Who Didn't Want to be a Grownup") (tv), Peter Cohen and Olof Landström /POJ-Filmproduktion. (Sweden) Grandma Bricks of Swallow Street (tvss), Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) Gulliver's Travels (f), Peter Hunt /Valeness and Belvision. (Great Britain/Belgium) Hellere rig og rask end syg og fattig (tvsp), Jannik Hastrup /Dansk Tegnefilm Kompagni. (Denmark) Kuzdok ("Fight") (ss), Marcell Jankovics /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Max und Moritz (tv), Halas and Batchelor. (Great Britain) La Noiraude ("Blackie the Cow") (tvss), Jean-Louis Fournier and Gilles Gay /Telecip. (France) Poligon [Полигон] ("Firing Range") (ss), Anatoly Petrov /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Il quarto re ("The Fourth King") (tvsp), Romano Scarpa. (Italy) Wielka podroz Bolka i Lolka ("Around the World with Bolek and Lolek") (f), Stanislaw Dülz and Wladyslaw Nehrebecki /Filmow Rysunkowych. (Poland) Zhuravlinnye Perya [Журавлиные Перья] ("Crane Feathers") (ss), Ideya Garanina /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Haim Saban and Shuki Levy found Saban International in Paris. (France) France Animation founded in Paris. (France) Studios Idefix closes. (France) |
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no date Dot and the Kangaroo (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia) (drawn animation with live action backgrounds) first Dot feature |
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