1968 in animation
Events in 1968 in animation.
Events
February
February 12: The first episode of The Herbs airs.February 14: The Peanuts TV special He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS.March
March 9: Alex Lovy's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Skyscraper Caper premieres, produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation.April
April 10: 40th Academy Awards: The Box by Fred Wolf wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.April 29: The first episode of Les Shadoks airs.June
June 29: Alex Lovy's cartoon See Ya Later Gladiator premieres, produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation. It marks the final appearances of Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales in the original Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series.July
July 17: George Dunning's animated feature based on The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, is first released. The innovative designs are done by Heinz Edelmann.September
September 14:- * The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Races airs. It marks the debut of Penelope Pitstop and villainous characters Dick Dastardly and Muttley the dog.
- * The first episode of The Batman/Superman Hour airs.
- * The first episode of The Archie Show airs.September 29: The first episode of Joe 90 airs.
October
October 31: Bruno Bozzetto's VIP, mio fratello superuomo premieres.December
December 6: Per Åhlin and Tage Danielsson's Out of an Old Man's Head premieres which mixes live-action with animation.December 19: Belvision releases the second Astérix film, Asterix and Cleopatra. December 23: Roberto Gavioli's The Magic Bird premieres.Specific date unknown
- The first episode of The Mézga Family airs.
- Ray Goossens's animated TV series Musti first airs.
- Eleven classic animated shorts are banned from broadcasting: the Censored Eleven.
- Pringles' mascot makes a brief animated appearance in the Pringles ads during the chip's marketing debut.
Films released
- January 1 - Sun Wukong
- March 19 - The World of Hans Christian Andersen
- July 17 - Yellow Submarine
- July 21 - The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun
- July 25 - The Golden Iron Man
- October 19 - Tobimaru and the Nine-tailed Fox
- October 31 - The SuperVips
- November 23 - The Mouse on the Mayflower
- December 6 - Out of an Old Man's Head
- December 19 - Asterix and Cleopatra
- December 22 - The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show
- December 23 - The Magic Bird
- Specific date unknown - ''Adam 2''
Television series
- January 3 - GeGeGe no Kitaro debuts on Fuji TV.
- February 1 - Wanpaku Tankentai debuts on Fuji TV.
- February 12 - The Herbs debuts on BBC1.
- March 30 - Star of the Giants debuts on Yomiuri Television.
- April 1 - Animal 1 debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 4 - Akane-chan debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 5 - Cyborg 009 debuts on NET.
- April 6 - Fight Da!! Pyûta debuts on Mainichi Hôso.
- April 21 - Kaibutsu-kun debuts on TBS.
- April 29 - Les Shadoks debuts on ORTF.
- September 3 - Sasuke debuts on TBS.
- September 7 - Arabian Knights, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and The Three Musketeers debut on NBC.
- September 14:
- * Fantastic Voyage and The Adventures of Gulliver debut on ABC.
- * The Adventures of Batman, The Archie Show, The Batman/Superman Hour, and Wacky Races debut on CBS.
- September 15 - The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn debuts on NBC.
- September 29 - Joe 90 debuts on ATV.
- September 30 - Yuuyake Banchō debuts on Nippon Television.
- October 2 - Dokachin debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 3 - Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae debuts on NET and MBS.
- October 5 - The Vampires debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 7 - Yôkai Ningen Bem debuts on Fuji TV.
- November 9 - Micro Ventures debuts on NBC.
- Specific date unknown - Mézga család debuts on M1, M2, and Minimax.
Births
January
January 2: Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor.January 4: Marc Ceccarelli, American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.January 9: Joey Lauren Adams, American actress.January 12:- * Farrah Forke, American actress,.
- * Rachel Harris, American actress and comedian.January 15: Chad Lowe, American actor.January 19: Matt Hill, Canadian actor.January 20: Chris Miller, American animator, storyboard artist, actor, writer and director.January 28:
- * DJ Muggs, American DJ, audio engineer, record producer and member of Cypress Hill.
- * Glenn Slater, American lyricist.January 30: Donovan Cook, American cartoonist and director.January 31: Tracy Berna, American television writer.
February
February 1: Pauly Shore, American actor, comedian and filmmaker.February 4: Theodore Ushev, Bulgarian animator, film director and screenwriter.February 6: Erik Moxcey, American animator and storyboard artist.February 8: Gary Coleman, American actor and comedian,.February 11: Mo Willems, American animator, storyboard artist, television writer, director, producer and voice actor.February 13: Kelly Hu, American actress.February 16: Warren Ellis, English comic book and television writer.February 17: Aaron Blaise, American painter, animator, film director and art instructor.February 24:- * Eric Coleman, American television producer.
- * Andy Berman, American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer.
March
March 1: Kat Cressida, American voice actress.March 2: Fumi Kitahara, American animation publicist,.March 4: Kazuto Nakazawa, Japanese character designer and director.March 6: Moira Kelly, American actress.March 10: Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, American actor.March 11: Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter, musician author and actress.March 12: Aaron Eckhart, American actor.March 17: Mathew St. Patrick, American actor.March 21: Greg Ellis, English actor.March 25: Michael Reisz, American actor.March 26:- * James Iha, American rock musician, guitarist, and member of The Smashing Pumpkins.
- * Sue Perrotto, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, lip sync artist, sheet timer, writer and director.March 28: Merriwether Williams, American television writer.March 29: Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer.March 30: Celine Dion, Canadian singer.
April
April 1: Christine Lawrence Finney, American painter and animator,.April 3: Sebastian Bach, Canadian-American singer.April 15:- * Ed O'Brien, English guitarist, songwriter and member of Radiohead.
- * Andrew Brandou, American background artist, color stylist and art director.April 20: J.D. Roth, American actor.April 26: Angela C. Santomero, American television writer and producer.
May
May 1: D'arcy Wretzky, American musician and member of The Smashing Pumpkins.May 7: Lance Wilder, American animator and background designer.May 11: Jeffrey Donovan, American actor.May 12: Tony Hawk, American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur.May 13: Paul Tibbitt, American actor, animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.May 14: Greg Davies, Welsh actor.May 20: Timothy Olyphant, American actor.June
June 10: Bill Burr, American comedian, actor, podcaster, writer and director.June 20: Robert Rodriguez, American songwriter, composer, photographer, editor, producer, screenwriter and director,.June 28: Isshin Chiba, Japanese voice actor.July
July 7: Danny Jacobs, American actor and comedian.July 8: Billy Crudup, American actor.July 11: Conrad Vernon, American animator, writer, director, storyboard artist, and actor.July 15: Eddie Griffin, American actor and comedian.July 17:- * Joshua Seftel, American filmmaker, producer and director.
- * Beth Littleford, American actress.July 18:
- * Mark O'Hare, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.
- * Alex Désert, American actor and musician.July 23: Mr. Warburton, American animator, character designer, writer and producer.July 24: Kristin Chenoweth, American actress.July 27:
- * Julian McMahon, Australian-American actor,.
- * Glen Murakami, American television producer and animator.July 30: Terry Crews, American actor and television host.
August
August 4: Daniel Dae Kim, American actor.August 5: Christopher Tyng, American composer.August 8: Kimberly Brooks, American actress.August 9:- * Eric Bana, Australian actor and comedian.
- * Gillian Anderson, American actress.
- August 16: Andy Milder, American actor.August 17: Helen McCrory, English actress,.August 21:
- * Cory Edwards, American animator, director and actor.
- * Scott Moot, American background artist.August 28: Billy Boys, Scottish actor and musician.
September
September 2: Orlando Gumatay, American animator, storyboard artist and director.September 4: John DiMaggio, American actor.September 8: Simon J. Smith, English animator, director, visual effects artist and actor.September 9:- * Julia Sawalha, English actress.
- * Randy Ludensky, American animation checker and sheet timer.September 11: Dave Wasson, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, prop designer, voice actor, writer, director and producer.
- September 12:
- * Mark Andrews, American film director, screenwriter, and animator.
- * Paul F. Tompkins, American actor and comedian.September 20: Ben Edlund, American cartoonist and screenwriter.September 21: David Jolicoeur, American musician and member of De La Soul,.September 22: Megan Hollingshead, American voice actress.September 25: Will Smith, American actor, rapper, producer and internet personality.
October
October 5: Natasha Kopp, American television producer.October 6: John Mathot, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, writer and director.October 7: Thom Yorke, English musician and member of Radiohead.October 8: Peter Gal, American television executive.October 9: Pete Docter, American director, writer and animator.October 11:- * Tiffany Grant, American actress.
- * Jane Krakowski, American actress.October 12:
- * Hugh Jackman, Australian actor.
- * Adam Rich, American actor,.October 16: Todd Stashwick, American actor and writer.October 17: Ziggy Marley, Jamaican musician.October 22: Darla K. Anderson, American film producer.October 24: Mark Walton, American storyboard artist, and voice actor.October 29: Tom King, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.October 30: Jack Plotnick, American actor, writer and producer.
November
November 5: Sam Rockwell, American actor.November 8: Parker Posey, American actress and musician.November 10:- * Tom Papa, American comedian, actor and radio host.
- * Tracy Morgan, American actor and comedian.November 11: Lavell Crawford, American comedian and actor.November 18: Owen Wilson, American actor.November 19: Derek Drymon, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.November 21: Sean Schemmel, American actor.
December
December 2: Lucy Liu, American actress, producer, director and artist.December 3: Brendan Fraser, American-Canadian actor.December 5: Margaret Cho, American actress and comedian.December 7: Greg Ayres, American voice actor.December 8: Michael Cole, American pro wrestling commentator.December 16: Peter Dante, American actor and comedian.December 20: Paul C. Fabela, American television producer, production manager and production assistant.December 21:- * Adam Beechen, American comic book and television writer.
- * Khrystyne Haje, American actress.December 25: Chris Headrick, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.December 26:
- * Byron Howard, American animator, character designer, director, producer, and screenwriter.
- * Bill Lawrence, American screenwriter, producer and director.
- December 28: David Barrera, American actor.December 30: Carey Yost, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer and writer.
Specific date unknown
- Kunihiro Abe, Japanese animator,.
- Michael Carrington, American television writer and actor.