1980 in animation

Animation-related events during 1980
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Events in 1980 in animation.

Events

January

February

March

  • March 15: Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur, the first animated feature based on the Doraemon franchise, premieres.[1]
  • March 19: Paul Grimault's Le Roi et l'Oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird) premieres after more than 30 years of production. It becomes a critically acclaimed classic.[citation needed]

April

May

  • May 15: Julien Temple's The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle premieres, a film starring The Sex Pistols which occasionally features animated sequences, produced by Animation City.[citation needed]
  • May 21: Picha's film The Missing Link premieres.[citation needed]
  • May 30: The Peanuts film Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) premieres.[citation needed]

August

September

October

  • October 1: The animated TV series King Rollo, based on David McKee's children's novels, is first broadcast.[citation needed]
  • October 4:

November

Specific date unknown

  • Warner Bros. Animation was rebranded.[8]
  • Hurray for Betty Boop, a compilation film of the Betty Boop franchise, was given a limited theatrical release.[9] Resulting its commercial failure, it remains abandoned after the 1984 VHS release until it was uploaded on social media in 2016.[citation needed]

Films released

Television series

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

Deaths

January

  • January 29: Jimmy Durante, American actor, comedian, pianist, and singer (voiced himself in Frosty the Snowman), dies at age 86.[15][16][17]

February

March

May

June

August

September

November

December

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Tokyo Channel 12 was an independent station at the time of broadcast.

References

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  2. ^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ^ "TV schedule (9/6/1980 at 8:30)". The Kingman Daily Miner. 1980-09-05. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "1980 Tom and Jerry Comedy Show – DVD potential?". Anime Superhero Forum. 13 September 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Havlin presents award, Husak letter to artist". Daily Report: Eastern Europe. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 4 November 1980. p. D6. Retrieved 15 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 209–214. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  7. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 894–895. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  8. ^ Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume/Penguin Books. Pg. 273.
  9. ^ Saavedra, Scott (August 2020). "Cartoon Characters for President". RetroFan (10). United States: TwoMorrows Publishing: 13.
  10. ^ とんでも戦士ムテキング. Tatsunoko Productions (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  11. ^ "鉄人28号 @ Tokyo Movie Shinsha". TMS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  12. ^ Blank, Matthew (April 2, 2013). "PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kinky Boots Star Celina Carvajal". Playbill. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  13. ^ "Sarah Drew - Bio, Birthday, Age, Video | Cameo". www.cameo.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  14. ^ "Rainbow Bridge". Earwolf. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  15. ^ "Durante Family and Friends attend Funeral Rite", The New York Times, April 2, 1980, p. 13.
  16. ^ Bakish, David (2007). Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786430222 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays--Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 112. ISBN 9781476672939. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  18. ^ Robert Stokes at IMDb
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  37. ^ "People and Places". Star-News. September 16, 1980. Retrieved September 20, 2010. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  38. ^ Census. October 9, 1980. Retrieved October 10, 2010. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
  39. ^ Bogle, Donald, ed. (2006). Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. One World/Ballantine. p. 432. ISBN 0345454197. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
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  42. ^ Lehman, Christopher P., ed. (2009). The Colored Cartoon. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1558497795. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
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External links

  • Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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