1972 in animation
Events in 1972 in animation.
Events
January
January 13: The first episode of The Adventures of Sir Prancelot airs.January 24: The first episode of Loeki de Leeuw airs, a series of stop-motion shorts which serve as bumpers before and after commercial breaks on Dutch television. The shorts will continue until 31 December 2004.February
February 14:- * The first episode of Fingerbobs airs.
- * The Lorax is first broadcast, based on Dr. Seuss' eponymous children's book.
April
April 8: The first episode of The Most Important Person airs.April 10: 44th Academy Awards: The Crunch Bird by Ted Petok wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.April 12: Ralph Bakshi's debut film, Fritz the Cat, is first released, based on the eponymous comic strip by Robert Crumb. The picture is the first animated film to receive an X-rating and be strictly marketed for adults. It manages to become a surprise box office hit.August
August 9: Bill Melendez' second Peanuts animated feature film Snoopy Come Home is first released. It was also the last film released by Cinema Center Films, which was shut down due to financial loss. Woodstock makes his animated debut in this film.September
September 1: The final Woody Woodpecker animated short Bye, Bye, Blackboard is first released, after which Walter Lantz Productions closes down.September 9:- * The first episode of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids airs.
- * The first episode of Sealab 2020 airs, produced by Hanna-Barbera.
- * The first episode of The Osmonds airs, based on the popular pop group The Osmonds.September 12: Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, an animated sitcom trying to target at a more adult audience. It later aired on Cartoon Network in the 1990s since it is considered more tame in today’s standards.September 14: Manuel García Ferré releases Anteojito y Antifaz, mil intentos y un invento.September 16: The first episode of Kid Power airs, based on the newspaper comic strip Wee Pals by Morrie Turner.
October
October 1: The first episode of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman airs, produced by Rankin/Bass.October 31: Ryan Larkin's Street Musique is first released.October 29: The Peanuts tv special You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS.November
- The first Annie Awards ceremony is held.
December
December 3: The first episode of Mazinger Z airs.December 13: Belvision releases Tintin and the Lake of Sharks.December 14: Hal Sutherland's Journey Back to Oz premieres.December 21: Giuliano Cenci's The Adventures of Pinocchio premieres.- Eric Porter's Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon is first released, the first Australian animated feature film.
Specific date unknown
- Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke create the earliest computer-animated film: A Computer Animated Hand.
- The first episode of The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel airs.
- Břetislav Pojar's Balablok is first released.
- Nedeljko Dragić's Tup Tup is first released.
- Peter Lord and David Sproxton establish Aardman Animations.
Films released
- January 1 - Travels of Marco Polo
- February 21 - The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
- March 18 - The Three Musketeers in Boots
- April 12 - Fritz the Cat
- June - The Amlash Enchanted Forest
- June 21 - Superstar Goofy
- July 16 - Go Get Them 0011
- August 9 - Snoopy Come Home
- September 9 - The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island
- September 14 - Anteojito and Antifaz: A Thousand Attempts and One Invention
- September 16 - Yogi's Ark Lark
- September 23 - Mad Mad Mad Monsters
- September 30 - Nanny and the Professor
- October 4 - Last of the Curlews
- October 7 - Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter
- October 14 - Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
- October 21–28 - Oliver and the Artful Dodger
- November 4 - The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
- November 11 - Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain
- November 18 - Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection
- November 23 - Robinson Crusoe
- November 25 - The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
- November 26 - The Prince and the Pauper
- December - Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon
- December 2 - Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family
- December 9 - The Red Baron
- December 13 - Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
- December 14 - Journey Back to Oz
- December 16 - Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies
- December 21 - The Adventures of Pinocchio
- December 23 - ''The War of Great Monsters''
Television series
- January - Arago X-001 debuts on ORTF.
- January 6 - Calimero debuts on RAI and NET.
- January 9 - Shin Muumin debuts on Fuji TV.
- January 10 - Gekko Kamen debuts on Nippon TV.
- January 13 - The Adventures of Sir Prancelot debuts on BBC1.
- February 4 - Mokku of the Oak Tree debuts on Fuji TV.
- February 14 - Fingerbobs debuts on BBC1.
- April 1 - Triton of the Sea debuts on TV Asahi.
- April 3:
- * Mahō Tsukai Chappy debuts on NET.
- * The Most Important Person debuts on CBS.
- April 5 - Akado Suzunosuke debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 23 - Anime Document Munchen E No Michi debuts on TBS and Nippon TV.
- July 8 - Devilman debuts on NET.
- August 27 - Mon Chéri CoCo debuts on TBS.
- September 9:
- * The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, The Osmonds, and The Brady Kids debut on ABC.
- * Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, The Flintstone Comedy Hour, and The New Scooby-Doo Movies debut on CBS.
- * Sealab 2020, The Roman Holidays, The Barkleys, and The Houndcats debut on NBC.
- * Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids debuts on CBS and in syndication.
- September 10 - Festival of Family Classics debuts in syndication.
- September 12 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home debuts on NBC.
- September 16 - Kid Power debuts on ABC.
- October 1 - Science Ninja Team Gatchaman debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 4 - Astroganger debuts on NNS.
- October 5 - Hazedon and Kaiketsu Tamagon debut on Fuji TV.
- October 7 - Dokonjo Gaeru debuts on TBS.
- November 11 - Lassie's Rescue Rangers debuts on ABC.
- December 3 - Mazinger Z debuts on Fuji TV.
- December 23 - Frakk, a macskák réme debuts on Magyar Televízió.
- Specific date unknown - The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel debuts in syndication.
Births
January
January 1: Howard Margulies, American television writer.January 2:- * Adam Elliot, Australian stop-motion animation writer, director and producer.
- * Christopher Lennertz, American composer.January 10: Alessandro Pepe, Italian FX artist.January 11:
- * Christian Jacobs, American actor and musician.
- * Amanda Peet, American actress.January 13: Yukiko Iwai, Japanese voice actress.January 22: Romi Park, Korean-Japanese actress.January 28: Bettina Bush, American actress.January 30: Jennifer Hale, Canadian-American actress.
February
February 5: Kristopher Carter, American composer.February 8: Paul Wight, American pro wrestler.February 9: Crispin Freeman, American actor and voice director.February 14: Rob Thomas, American musician.February 22: Chris Sonnenburg, American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.February 26: Keith Ferguson, American voice actor.March
March 6: Shaquille O'Neal, American former professional basketball player.March 10: Celeste Mari Williams, American production assistant and sheet timer.March 12: Larry Murphy, American actor and comedian.March 20: Jonathan Lipow, American voice actor.March 21: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, American songwriter and lyricist.March 24: Tony Leondis, Greek-American animator, filmmaker, and actor.March 26: Leslie Mann, American actress.March 27: Emily Kapnek, American television producer and writer.March 28: Nick Frost, English actor.March 29: Christopher Hink, American production assistant, prop designer and film editor.April
April 1: Matt Silverstein, American television writer.April 3: Jennie Garth, American actress.April 5:- * Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese director and member of Kyoto Animation, in the Kyoto Animation arson attack.
- * Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress, Kuromi in Onegai My Melody.April 15: Lou Romano, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, art director and actor.April 17: Jennifer Garner, American actress.April 18:
- * Brian Kelley, American television producer and writer.
- * David Slack, American television producer and writer.April 20: Carmen Electra, American actress.April 22: Laura McCreary, American television producer and writer.April 26: Aubrey Ankrum, American screenwriter, animator and graphic artist.April 27: Wellesley Wild, American voice actor, screenwriter and producer.April 29: Roman Dirge, American comic book writer, artist and former magician.
May
May 2: Dwayne Johnson, American actor, businessman, and former professional wrestler.May 4: Davy Lauterbach, American poet, painter, animator and color stylist.May 7: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, American story artist, characters designer, illustrator, and director.May 8: Brian Tyler, American conductor, producer, arranger and composer.May 15: Bud'da, American hip hop producer, rapper, songwriter and composer.May 16: Khary Payton, American actor.May 20: Busta Rhymes, American rapper and actor.May 22: Max Brooks, American actor and author.June
June 1: Rick Gomez, American actor.June 2:- * Wayne Brady, American actor, television personality and singer.
- * Wentworth Miller, English actor and screenwriter.June 4: Josh Lieb, American television producer and writer.June 7: Karl Urban, New Zealand actor.June 14: Aliki Theofilopoulos, Greek-American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.June 16: John Cho, Korean-American actor.June 17: C. H. Greenblatt, American animator, storyboard artist, voice actor, director, writer and producer.June 19: Joel Trussell, American television producer, director and animator.June 23: Warren Graff, American writer and voice actor.
July
July 1: Steve Little, American actor, writer and comedian.July 10:- * Peter Serafinowicz, English actor.
- * Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress.
- * John Viener, American actor,, comedian, writer and producer.July 11: Michael Rosenbaum, American actor.July 14: Deborah Mailman, Australian actress, singer.July 23: Marlon Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer.July 24: Matt Engstrom, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, director and producer.July 27: Maya Rudolph, American comedian, actress, and singer.July 29: Wil Wheaton, American actor.July 30: GloZell, American YouTube personality.July 31: Joseph Motiki, Canadian television host, actor, and performer.
August
August 3: Sumalee Montano, American actress.August 10:- * Derrick J. Wyatt, American character designer and storyboard artist,.
- * Angie Harmon, American actress.August 12: Clint Eland, Canadian animation producer.August 13: Michael Sinterniklaas, French actor.August 15:
- * Ben Affleck, American actor and filmmaker.
- * Matthew Wood, American sound editor, and voice actor.August 24: Maureen Mlynarczyk, American animation timer,.August 30:
- * Stephen Silver, British artist, cartoonist, and character designer.
- * Cameron Diaz, American actress.
September
September 6:- * Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer.
- * Idris Elba, English actor, producer and musician.September 8: Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor.September 9: Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor.September 10: Dan Milano, American voice actor, puppeteer, director, television producer and writer.September 11: Étienne Willem, Belgian comic book artist and storyboard artist,.September 12: Gideon Emery, English actor.September 14: Nakamura Shidō II, Japanese actor.September 15: John Schwab, American actor, writer, director and producer September 21: Erin Fitzgerald, Canadian voice actress.September 22: Nicolas Beaucaire, French actor,.September 23: Karl Pilkington, English presenter, comedian, actor, producer and author.
October
October 8: Nina Bargiel, American television writer.October 11: Claudia Black, Australian actress.October 18: Christopher Knights, English animator, camera operator, film editor, cinematographer and voice actor.October 19: Sayaka Aoki, Japanese voice actress.October 21: Masakazu Morita, Japanese actor and singer.October 26: Kevin Munroe, Canadian filmmaker and animator.October 28: Lee Supercinski, American television producer.October 29: Gabrielle Union, American actress.October 31: Vernon Chatman, American television producer, writer, and voice actor.November
November 1:- * Sean Roberge, Canadian actor,.
- * Toni Collette, Australian actress, producer, singer, and songwriter.
- * Zairaini Sarbini, Malaysian actress,.
- * Jenny McCarthy, American actress.November 4: Wendy Hoopes, American actress.November 6:
- * Rebecca Romijn, American actress and former model.
- * Thandiwe Newton, English actress.November 7: Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor.November 10: Trevor Devall, Canadian voice actor and podcaster.November 13: Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor, singer and radio personality.November 14: Josh Duhamel, American actor.November 15: Joe Vaux, American animator, storyboard artist, background artist, writer and director.November 18: Luther McLaurin, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, writer and director.November 22: Gabe Khouth, Canadian actor,.November 29: Brian Baumgartner, American actor.