1973 in animation
Events in 1973 in animation.
Events
January
January 2: The first episode of Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog is broadcast.January 6: The first episode of Schoolhouse Rock! is broadcast.January 24: The Brazilian animated film Piconzé is first released.February
February 5: The first episode of The Wombles is broadcast.February 22: The film Charlotte's Web is first released, based on the eponymous novel by E.B. White.March
March 11: The Peanuts TV special There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS. Marcie makes her animated debut in this special.March 27: 45th Academy Awards: Richard Williams' A Christmas Carol wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.May
May 3: The film János Vitéz is first released, the first Hungarian animated feature film, based on the eponymous epic poem by Sándor Petőfi, and directed by Marcell Jankovics.July
July 31: The Russian film Adventures of Mowgli premieres.August
August 8:- * The first episode of Doraemon is broadcast, based on the eponymous manga series. This adaptation became rarely seen after the broadcast of the longer-running 1979 relaunch as the reason for this was to protect the reputation of the relaunch, which was mandated by Shogakukan, becoming a lost media. However, later episodes were recovered by IMAGICA in the 1990s. A clip from one of the lost episodes was spotted on a pornographic Japanese movie.
- * Ralph Bakshi releases Heavy Traffic.
September
September 8:- * The first episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series is broadcast, with the original cast of Star Trek: The Original Series voicing their original characters.
- * The first episode of Super Friends is broadcast.
October
October 13: The first episode of Cutie Honey is broadcast.November
November 8: The Walt Disney Company releases Robin Hood, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman.November 20: The Peanuts thanksgiving TV special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving premieres.December
December 6: René Laloux and Roland Topor's Fantastic Planet premieres.December 12: Roberto Gavioli and Rolf Kauka's Once Upon a Time is first released.Specific date unknown
- Gibba's pornographic animated feature film Il Nano e la Strega is released.
Films released
- January 6 - Luvcast U.S.A.
- January 13 - That Girl in Wonderland
- January 24 - Piconzé
- February 7 - The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical, Mystery Trip
- March 1 - Charlotte's Web
- March 17 - The Panda's Great Adventure
- April 19 - Johnny in the Valley of the Giants
- May 1 - Johnny Corncob
- May 11 - Fantastic Planet
- June 9 - Magic Adventure
- June 30 - Belladonna of Sadness
- July 12 - Walt Disney's 50th Anniversary Show
- July 18 - Mazinger Z vs. Devilman
- July 31 - Adventures of Mowgli
- August 8:
- * Heavy Traffic
- * Man: The Polluter
- September 8 - Lost in Space
- September 12 - The Adventures of Hijitus
- September 23 - The Count of Monte Cristo
- October 22 - Kidnapped
- October 27 - The Mini-Munsters
- October 28 - The Swiss Family Robinson
- November 8 - Robin Hood
- November 17 - Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus
- November 22 - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- November 23 - The Three Musketeers
- December - Marco
- December 2 - The Black Arrow
- December 9 - Treasure Island
- December 12 - Once Upon a Time
- Specific date unknown:
- * 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- * Little 8th Route Army
- * ''The Adventures of Barbapapa''
Television series
- January 1 - Babel II debuts on TV Asahi and ATV.
- January 2 - Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog debuts on Fuji TV.
- January 6 - Schoolhouse Rock! debuts on ABC.
- January 7 - Fables of the Green Forest debuts on Fuji TV.
- February 5 - Wombles debuts on BBC1.
- March 2 - Jungle Kurobe debuts on TV Asahi.
- April 1 - Doraemon debuts on Nippon TV.
- April 2 - Little Wansa debuts on Kansai Telecasting Corporation.
- April 4 - Kôya No Shônen Isamu debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 7 - Microsuperman debuts on TV Asahi.
- July 3 - Sally and Jake debuts on ITV.
- September - The Kingdom of Could Be You debuts on CBS.
- September 8:
- * Bailey's Comets, Jeannie, My Favorite Martians, and Speed Buggy debut on CBS.
- * Butch Cassidy, Emergency +4, Inch High, Private Eye, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and The Addams Family debut on NBC.
- * Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Mission: Magic!, Super Friends, and Yogi's Gang debut on ABC.
- October 1:
- * Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan debuts on TV Asahi.
- * Zero Tester debuts on FNS.
- October 2 - Casshan debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 3 - Karate Baka Ichidai debuts on NET.
- October 4 - Dororon Enma-kun debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 5 - Ace o Nerae! debuts on MBS.
- October 6 - Bôken Korobokkuru debuts on Yomiuri TV.
- October 7 - Samurai Giants debuts on Yomiuri TV.
- October 13 - Cutie Honey debuts on TV Asahi.
Births
January
January 3: Dan Harmon, American writer, producer, actor and comedian.January 13: Jarod Daetwiler, American background artist and prop designer.January 14: Katie Griffin, Canadian actress.January 17: Bob Persichetti, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.February
February 5: Danielle Koenig, American television writer and script coordinator.February 8: Tokuyoshi Kawashima, Japanese voice actor.February 9:- * Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, filmmaker, author, and manga artist.
- * Shaun Parkes, English actor,.February 12: Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress.February 14: Alec Sulkin, American writer, producer, and voice actor.February 21: Christopher Yost, American television writer.
March
March 3: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic actor.March 18: Luci Christian, American voice actress and ADR script writer.March 20: Cedric Yarbrough, American actor and comedian.March 22: Clay Kaytis, American animator and film director.March 24:- * Jim Parsons, American actor.
- * Sakura Tange, Japanese voice actress, singer and writer.
April
April 8: Dan Lin, American film producer.April 16: Hirofumi Nojima, Japanese voice actor.April 19: David Soren, Canadian director, writer, voice actor, and storyboard artist.April 21: Katsuyuki Konishi, Japanese voice actor.April 22: Christopher Sabat, American voice actor and director.April 23: Cem Yılmaz, Turkish actor.April 28: Jorge Garcia, American actor.May
May 12: Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor and television writer.May 16: Tori Spelling, American actress.May 25: Demetri Martin, American actor and comedian.May 27: Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian.May 30: Minae Noji, Japanese-American actress.June
June 1: Heidi Klum, German-American model, television host, producer, and businesswoman.June 2: Kevin Feige, American film and television producer.June 13:- * Ogie Banks, American voice actor.
- * Carson Kugler, American animator, storyboard artist, background artist, writer and director.June 15: Neil Patrick Harris, American actor.June 16: Aaron Ehasz, American screenwriter and television producer.June 17: Nahnatchka Khan, American television producer and writer.June 19: Dan Fraga, American animator, storyboard artist, concept artist and director.June 20: Noah Z. Jones, American animator, writer, illustrator and producer.June 30: Noam Zylberman, Canadian voice actor.
July
July 3: Patrick Wilson, American actor.July 8: Sebastian Maniscalco, American actor and comedian.July 10: Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Japanese animator and director.July 15: Brian Austin Green, American actor.July 18: Hoon Lee, American actor.July 20: Roberto Orci, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer,.July 22:- * Jaime Camil, Mexican actor.
- * Tiffany Vollmer, American film producer, make-up artist, and voice actress.July 23: Kathryn Hahn, American actress.
August
August 1: Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress.August 2:- * Eric Rogers, American television writer and production assistant.
- * Simon Kinberg, British-born American filmmaker.August 6: David Campbell, Australian singer, actor, and TV personality.August 9: Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor.August 19: Ahmed Best, American actor, comedian, and musician.August 22: Kristen Wiig, American actress and comedienne.August 24:
- * Grey DeLisle, American voice actress and singer.
- * Dave Chappelle, American comedian and actor.August 28: Kirby Morrow, Canadian voice actor, writer and comedian,.August 29: Jason Spisak, American actor.
September
September 3: Aaron Springer, American television writer and animator.September 4: Jason David Frank, American actor and martial artist,.September 9: Brian Dobson, Canadian actor.September 13: Travis Knight, American animator, producer, director, and former rapper.September 14: Andrew Lincoln, English actor.September 18:- * Ami Onuki, Japanese singer, musician, and member of Puffy AmiYumi.
- * James Marsden, American actor.September 20: Tom Root, American writer, producer, and actor.September 29: Brad Kane, American singer.
October
October 1: Christian Borle, American actor.October 3:- * Lena Headey, English actress.
- * Richard Ian Cox, Welsh-born Canadian actor, comedian, and online radio host.
- * Neve Campbell, Canadian actress.October 4: Octavio E. Rodriguez, American animator, storyboard artist and director.October 6: Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor.October 9: Steve Burns, American actor, television host, singer and musician.October 10: Mario Lopez, American actor.October 13: Hidetaka Tenjin, Japanese cartoonist and illustrator.October 26: Seth MacFarlane, American animator, storyboard artist, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor.October 30: Kemp Powers, American filmmaker and playwright.October 31: Ethan Banville, American production assistant, television producer and writer.
November
November 4: Steven Ogg, Canadian actor.November 9:- * Alyson Court, Canadian actress.
- * Ridd Sorensen, Canadian animator, storyboard artist, character designer, background artist, prop designer, color stylist, art director, writer and director.November 11: Chris McKay, American filmmaker and animator.November 14:
- * Dana Snyder, American actor.
- * Judah Miller, American filmmaker, television producer, writer, and voice actor.
- * Mikey Kelley, American voice actor.November 24: Seonna Hong, American background artist and art director.November 29: Gerry Duggan, American comic book and television writer.
December
December 1:- * Taesoo Kim, American animator, prop designer, art director and overseas supervisor.
- * Lombardo Boyar, American actor.December 3:
- * Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American lawyer and former actor.
- * Hilary Haag, American voice actress.December 4: Tyra Banks, American television personality, model, businesswoman, producer, actress and writer.December 27: Wilson Cruz, American actor.December 28: Shawn Harrison, American actor.
Specific date unknown
- Mike B. Anderson, American animator, producer, and voice actor.
- Ashley Paige Albert, American voice actress.
Deaths
February
- February 15: Wally Cox, American actor, dies at age 48.
March
March 6: Aleksandr Ptushko, Russian animator and film director, dies at age 72.March 7: Verena Ruegg, American animator, camerawoman, and painter,, dies at age 77.April
April 10: Robert Collard, French writer, illustrator, novelist, painter, art critic, animator, and film director,, dies at age 88.April 23: Hans Fischerkoesen, German commercial animator pioneered the use of three-dimensional elements in animation, Der Schneeman,, Das dumme Gänslein, ), dies at age 76.May
May 3: Jean Bosc, A.K.A. Bosc, French editorial cartoonist and animator,, commits suicide at age 48.May 26: Ōten Shimokawa, Japanese cartoonist, comics artist and animator, dies at age 81.June
June 17: Luis van Rooten, Mexican-American actor, dies at age 66.August
August 1: Frederick Worlock, British-American actor, dies at age 86.August 16: Harry Foster Welch, American radio and voice actor, dies from heart failure at age 79.September
September 1: Phil DeLara, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 59.September 27: André Rigal, French animation producer and animator, dies at age 75.October
October 18: Walt Kelly, American animator and cartoonist, dies at age 60.November
November 20: Allan Sherman, American musician, satirist and television producer, dies at age 48.November 23:- * Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, dies at age 87.
- * Robert Ellis, American actor, dies at age 40.