1976 in animation
Events in 1976 in animation.
Events
March
March 12: Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo premieres. It will become a cult classic.March 16: The Peanuts special It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown airs, marking this as Vince Guaraldi's final composition for the Peanuts special, which aired one month after his death. The popular "Linus and Lucy" theme was continued in his memory.March 29: 48th Academy Awards: Great by Bob Godfrey wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.Specific date unknown: The first episode of Jamie and the Magic Torch airs.June
June 20: Don Jurwich's Once Upon a Girl, an adult pornographic film that mixes live-action and animation, premieres.July
July 21: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.July 24: Robot Taekwon V premieres.August
August 10–15: The first Ottawa International Animation Festival takes place.August 12: Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek's Pat & Mat first airs.September
September 11: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Jabberjaw airs.September 13: The first episode of Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk airs.September 27: The first episode of Chorlton and the Wheelies airs.October
October 1: The first episode of Candy Candy airs.October 20: The third Asterix film, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, premieres. It will become a cult classic.November
November 25: Bruno Bozzetto's Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness premieres, an animated feature starring his character Mr. Rossi.Specific date unknown
- Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall establish Cosgrove Hall Films.
Films released
- January 1:
- * From the Earth to the Moon
- * Off on a Comet
- March 4 - Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness
- March 12:
- * Allegro Non Troppo
- * The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
- March 20 - Puss 'n Boots Travels Around the World
- June 20 - Once Upon a Girl
- July 1 - The Three Wise Men
- July 24 - Robot Taekwon V
- September 10 - Everybody Rides the Carousel
- October 23 - Master of the World
- November 20:
- * Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival
- * Davy Crockett on the Mississippi
- November 25 - Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness
- December 8 - The Four Secrets
- December 10 - Rudolph's Shiny New Year
- December 13:
- * Cheorin 007
- * Robot Taekwon V: Space Mission
- Specific date unknown:
- * Brigand Jurko
- * Colargol in the Wild West
- * Da lu de gushì
- * I, Tintin
- * ''Jinse de dayan''
Television series
- January 2 - Huckleberry no Bouken debuts on Fuji Television.
- January 4 - 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother debuts on Fuji Television and Anglia Television.
- January 26 - Ivor the Engine debuts on ITV/Associated-Rediffusion and BBC.
- March - Jamie and the Magic Torch debuts on ITV.
- April 1 - Gaiking debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 2 - Machine Hayabusa debuts on TV Asahi.
- April 4 - Gowappa 5 Gōdam debuts on NET.
- April 6 - UFO Warrior Dai Apolon debuts on TBS and Tokyo 12 Channel.
- April 17 - Cho Denji Robo Combattler V debuts on TV Asahi.
- April 27 - Piccolino no Bōken debuts on TV Asahi.
- July 1 - Gloizer X debuts on Tokyo Channel 12.
- July 5 - Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster debuts on Fuji TV.
- August 12 - Pat & Mat debuts on ČST, ČT, STV, ČT :D, and TV JOJ.
- September 4 - Clue Club debuts on CBS.
- September 5 - Magne Robo Gakeen debuts on ANN.
- September 11:
- * Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Jabberjaw, The Mumbly Cartoon Show, The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, and The Scooby-Doo Show debut on ABC.
- * Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle debuts on CBS.
- September 13 - Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk debuts on BBC1.
- September 18 - Misterjaw debuts on NBC.
- September 26 - Chorlton and the Wheelies debuts on ITV.
- October 1:
- * Candy Candy and Kyoryu Tankentai Born Free debut on TV Asahi.
- * Hoka Hoka Kazoku debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 3:
- * Little Lulu debuts on NET.
- * Paul no Miracle Daisakusen debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 6 - Dokaben debuts on Fuji TV.
- December 24 - Monica's Gang debuts on Rede Globo, Cartoon Network, Starz, and TV Cultura.
Births
January
January 1: Sandra Equihua, Mexican animator, painter, sculptor, character designer, voice actress and illustrator.January 6: Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor.January 8: Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress.January 13: Michael Peña, American actor.January 16: Carrie Keranen, American voice actress, production manager, producer and voice director.January 27: Chris Gauthier, English-born Canadian actor,.January 30: Andy Milonakis, American actor.January 31: Paul Scheer, American actor and comedian.February
February 3: Isla Fisher, Australian actress February 6: Charlie Day, American actor, writer, and producer.February 16: Janet Varney, American actress and comedian.February 19: Dan Fogelman, American producer and screenwriter.February 23:- * Lorne Balfe, Scottish composer.
- * Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress.February 25: Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, producer, and director.February 27: Yukari Tamura, Japanese actress.
March
March 7: Jim Miller, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.March 8: Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, producer and screenwriter.March 13: Danny Masterson, American actor.March 15: Verónica Toussaint, Mexican actress and television presenter,.March 19: Nicholas Stoller, British-American filmmaker.March 21: Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress, singer and sister of Seth MacFarlane.March 22: Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer.March 23: Keri Russell, American actress.March 31: Nate Cash, American artist, writer, and director.April
April 1:- * Troy Baker, American actor.
- * David Oyelowo, English actor.
- April 2:
- * Gilad Kleter, Israeli actor.
- * Aaron Lohr, American actor.April 4: Ricky Garduno, American animator and storyboard artist,.April 5: Sterling K. Brown, American actor.April 9: Blayne Weaver, American actor and filmmaker.April 13:
- * Glenn Howerton, American actor.
- * Jonathan Brandis, American actor,.April 16: Lukas Haas, American actor and musician.April 18:
- * Gavin Creel, American actor,.
- * Melissa Joan Hart, American actress.April 20: Joey Lawrence, American actor, musician, and game show host.April 22: Misty Lee, American voice actress.April 23: Gabriel Damon, American former actor.April 26: Thurop Van Orman, American cartoonist, animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, writer, producer and director.
May
May 4: William Reiss, American animator, storyboard artist, and writer.May 11: Abe Audish, American animator, storyboard artist, director and producer.May 25: J. Michael Tatum, American actor.May 26: Bryan Konietzko, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, writer, producer and musician.May 28: Liam O'Brien, American voice actor, writer, and director.Specific date unknown: Amy Winfrey, American animator, screenwriter, songwriter, director and voice actress.June
June 5: Marc Worden, Canadian actor.June 6:- * Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer and actress.
- * Yasumichi Kushida, Japanese voice actor,.June 11: Salli Saffioti, American actress.June 21: Dan Scanlon, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter.June 27:
- * Christianna Lang Daley, American animator.
- * Wagner Moura, Brazilian actor, voice actor and filmmaker.June 28: Jason J. Lewis, American actor.June 29: Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor, musician and producer.
July
July 4: Kousuke Takeuchi, Japanese voice actor,.July 9: Fred Savage, American actor and director.July 15: Gabriel Iglesias, American comedian and actor.July 19: Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor.July 27: Eddie Guzelian, American television writer and producer.July 31: Mela Lee, American actress.August
August 1: Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, writer, and independent filmmaker.August 6: Soleil Moon Frye, American actress.August 8: JC Chasez, American musician, actor, and member of NSYNC.August 11: Will Friedle, American actor.August 22: Chris Wylde, American actor.August 27: Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress and model.August 28: Angus Oblong, American writer and illustrator.August 29: Christopher J. Prouty, American television writer and script coordinator.September
September 4: Jun Fukushima, Japanese voice actor and narrator. September 6: Robin Atkin Downes, English actor.September 20:- * Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress.
- * Jon Bernthal, American actor.
October
October 4: Alicia Silverstone, American actress.October 6: Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian.October 9: Nick Swardson, American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and producer.October 13: Illya Owens, American film editor.October 19: Omar Gooding, American actor.October 20: Dan Fogler, American actor and comedian.October 22: Greg Colton, American animator, storyboard artist and director.October 23: Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor.October 24: Arturo Del Puerto, American actor.October 26: Brad Neely, American comic book artist, television writer, and producer.October 31: Bianca DeGroat, American actress.November
November 4: Jonathan Kimmel, American actor, television writer, production assistant, director, producer, composer and brother of Jimmy Kimmel.November 9: Federica De Bortoli, Italian actress.November 12: Tevin Campbell, American singer and songwriter.November 17: Chris Demetral, American former actor.November 19: Blair Kitchen, Canadian animator and storyboard artist,.November 27: Jaleel White, American actor, writer and producer.November 28: Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor and producer.November 29:- * Chadwick Boseman, American actor,.
- * Anna Faris, American actress.
December
December 2: Murray Miller, American television producer, writer, and voice actor.December 4: Jonathan Forbes, Irish actor.December 5: Amy Acker, American actress.December 8: Dominic Monaghan, British-Irish actor.December 16: Erik Sommers, American television producer and screenwriter.December 17: Dan Hageman, American screenwriter and producer.December 26:- * Brad Swaile, Canadian voice actor.
- * Joe Manganiello, American actor.December 29: Danny McBride, American actor, comedian, producer and writer.
Specific date unknown
- Qui Nguyen, American playwright and screenwriter.
- Dan Cantrell, American composer.
- Todd Halford, American modeler and production assistant,.