1985 in animation

Events in 1985 in animation.

Events

January

January 23: The first episode of ThunderCats airs.

March

March 1: Will Vinton's The Adventures of Mark Twain is first released. which will become a cult classic.March 4: The first episode of The World of David the Gnome airs.March 20: The Peanuts TV special Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS.March 22: He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword is first released, the first animated feature based on a toy line.March 24: The Care Bears Movie is first released.March 25: 57th Academy Awards: Charade by Jon Minnis wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.

May

May 8–19: 1986 Cannes Film Festival: Jiří Barta's The Pied Piper premieres.

The Norwegian band A-ha releases a re-recorded version of their song Take On Me, with a partially animated music video, in which a girl is brought into a comic book world. The video is directed by Steve Barron and Candace Reckinger, with the animation done by Michael Patterson. The comic featured in the music video is drawn by Michael Patterson and later printed in the sleeve of the single release.May 18: The Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids episode "Gang Wars" airs where a character dies onscreen, proclaiming this as one of the darker episodes. May 25: DIC Entertainment's Here Come the Littles premieres. The film gained much infamy for its outsourced animation and thematic storylines. It ultimately put an end to The Littles cartoon series.

June

June 15: Studio Ghibli is founded.Specific date unknown: Richard Condie's The Big Snit is released.

July

July 4: The first episode of The Raccoons airs.July 24: The Walt Disney Company releases The Black Cauldron, Disney's first animated film to receive the PG rating and the only one until Dinosaur in 2000. The film went into obscurity for 13 years after the release due to suffering a great deal of bad reputation and budget problems. It became a cult classic in later years, shedding its undeserved reputation.

September

September 7:

* The first episodes of Ewoks and Star Wars: Droids air, both based on Star Wars.
* The first episode of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo airs. This incarnation of Scooby-Doo gained much notoriety by Christian groups for its occultic setting in a Saturday morning cartoon at its time. September 14:
* The first episode of Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling airs, based on popular wrestler Hulk Hogan.
* The first episodes of The Wuzzles and Gummi Bears air. They are Walt Disney Company's first animated television series.
* The first episode of The Care Bears airs. September 15: The first episode of Paw Paws airs. This particular cartoon gained some infamy during the broadcast for prominent Indigious stereotyping and is later declared "politically incorrect" in 2014.

October

October 3: The first episode of Seabert airs.October 30: Garfield's Halloween Adventure premieres on CBS.

November

November 6: The Peanuts TV special You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS. The special is an animated adaptation of the 1967 stage play of the same name.November 15: Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer is first released. It was a commercial disappointment.November 22: Starchaser: The Legend of Orin premiers, the first animated feature film released in 3-D.

December

December 10: Bugs Bunny receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.December 11: The third Astérix film Asterix Versus Caesar is released.December 14: The film Peter-No-Tail in Americat is released.

Specific date unknown

The computer animation company H.K. Screen Art is established in Hong Kong.

Films released

January 1 - Happy Days of the Moomins
January 17 - Ttoriwa Jeta Roboteu
January 21 - Greed
January 26 - Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love
February 6 - Gwen, the Book of Sand
March 1:
* The Adventures of Mark Twain
* Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko
March 9:
* Bobby's Girl
* The Dagger of Kamui
* Megazone 23
March 16:
* Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars
* Gon, the Little Fox
* Gu Gu Ganmo
* Kinnikuman: Justice Supermen vs. Ancient Supermen
* Nicholas Nickleby
March 20 - Sangokushi
March 22 - The Secret of the Sword
March 26 - The Pickwick Papers
March 29 - The Care Bears Movie
April 11 - Szaffi
April 27 - GoShogun: The Time Étranger
May 14 - Epic
May 25 - Here Come the Littles
June 15 - Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel: Long Goodbye
June 20 - Dot and the Koala
June 27 - We Called Them Montagues and Capulets
July 5 - Karuizawa Syndrome
July 13:
* The Adventures of Robin Hood
* Captain Tsubasa: Europe Daikessen
* Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
* Night on the Galactic Railroad
July 20:
* Area 88: The Movie
* Cosmo Police Justy
* Micro Commando Diatron 5
* Robot King Sun Shark
July 21 - Little Memole: Marielle's Jewelbox
July 22 - Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari
July 24 - The Black Cauldron
July 26 - The Man in the Iron Mask
July 28 - Magical Princess Minky Momo – La Ronde in my Dream
July 29 - The Little Vagabond
August 5 - Dallos Special
August 10 - Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight
August 13 - Dokgo Tak 3 – The Mound Rediscovered
August 21 - Armored Trooper Votoms: The Last Red Shoulder
August 25 - The Prince of Devil Island: The Three-Eyed One
September - The Pied Piper
September 5 - Odyssea
September 24 - Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
October 1 - Pohádky pod sněhem
October 6 - Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines
October 19:
* A Journey Through Fairyland
* The Robot Corps and Mecha 3
October 20 - Molly and the Skywalkerz: Happily Ever After
November 6 - You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
November 15 - Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
November 22 - Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
November 25 - What's Michael?
December 11 - Asterix Versus Caesar
December 14 - Peter-No-Tail in Americat
December 15 - Angel's Egg
December 16:
* Fire Tripper
* Love Position – The Legend of Halley
December 17:
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
* The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
December 20 - Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia
December 21:
* Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi, Zen Nippon Jr.
* Kinnikuman: Hour of Triumph! Justice Superman
* Mujeokcheorin lamboteu
* The Snow Country Prince
* Vampire Hunter D
December 25 - He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Specific date unknown:
* The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure
* Kalabaza tripontzia
* Mach and Sebestova – Come Up to the Blackboard!
* The Monkey King Conquers the Demon
* Robby the Rascal
* The Secrets of a Wicker Bay
* Time Patrol
* ''Vampires in Havana''

Television debuts

January 3 - The Little Green Man debuts on ITV.
January 6 - Princess Sara debuts on Fuji TV.
March 2 - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam debuts on Nagoya TV, TV Asahi, Animax.
March 4 - Robotech debuts in syndication, Sci-Fi Channel, Cartoon Network & KTEH.
March 10 - High Step Jun debuts on TV Asahi.
March 24 - Touch debuts on Fuji TV.
March 30 - CBS Storybreak debuts on CBS.
April 1 - Bertha debuts on BBC 1/BBC 2.
April 2:
* Onegai! Samia-don debuts on NHK.
* Pro Golfer Saru debuts on TV Asahi.
April 5 - Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God debuts on TBS.
April 6 - Honō no Alpen Rose: Judy & Randy debuts on Fuji TV.
April 8 - Hēi! Bumbū debuts on NHK.
April 18 - Musashi no Ken debuts on TV Tokyo.
June 7 - Magical Emi, the Magic Star debuts on NTV.
July 4 - The Raccoons debuts on CBC.
July 15 - Dirty Pair debuts on Nippon TV.
September 2 - Galtar and the Golden Lance debuts in syndication, whilst She-Ra: Princess of Power has its world premiere on Children's ITV in the UK.
September 6 - Yogi's Treasure Hunt debuts in syndication.
September 7: Scooby's Mystery Funhouse, Star Wars: Droids, Star Wars: Ewoks,''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians debut on ABC.
September 9:
* Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors debuts on TF1 and in syndication.
* She-Ra: Princess of Power and ThunderCats debut in syndication.
September 14:
* Adventures of the Gummi Bears debuts on NBC, ABC and in syndication.
* Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, Little Muppet Monsters, The Berenstain Bears, and The Wuzzles debut on CBS.
* It's Punky Brewster debuts on NBC.
* Sectaurs and The Care Bears debut in syndication.
September 15:
* Paw Paws debuts in syndication.
* The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera debuts on HBTV and TBS.
September 24 - Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea debuts on Antenne 2.
September 25 - Fingermouse debuts on BBC1.
September 30 - M.A.S.K. debuts in syndication.
October 2 - Clémentine debuts on Antenne 2.
October 3:
* Seabert debuts on Antenne 2 & HBO.
* Aoki Ryusei SPT Layzner debuts on Nippon Television.
October 5 - Pob's Programme debuts on Channel 4.
October 6:
* Jem and Super Sunday debut in syndication.
* Ninja Senshi Tobikage debuts on Nippon Television.
October 12 - High School Kimengumi debuts on Fuji TV.
October 19 - Yume No Hoshi No Button Nose debuts on TV Asahi.
October 26 - The World of David the Gnome debuts on TVE1.
November 13 - Alias the Jester debuts on ITV Network.
November 23 - Robo Story debuts on Canal+.
November 25 - What's Michael? debuts on anime OVA.
Specific date unknown:
* Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines debuts on Super Sunday and Super Saturday.
* Bojan the Bear debuts on TV Ljubljana 1 and TV Slovenia 1, The Children's Channel .
* Captain Harlock and the Queen of 1000 Years debuts in syndication.
* Fantadroms'' debuts on Latvijas Televīzija.

Births

January

January 12:

* Danielle Judovits, American voice actress.
* Issa Rae, American actress.January 22: Justin Hurwitz, American composer and television writer.January 26: Arlyne Ramirez, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, prop designer and writer.January 31: Rasmus Hardiker, English actor.

February

February 7: Tegan Moss, Canadian actress.February 9: David Gallagher, American actor.February 15: Natalie Morales, American actress and director.February 21: Anthony Raspanti, American former child actor.

March

March 1: Cole Sanchez, American artist, voice actor, writer, storyboard artist, director, and producer.March 10: Cooper Andrews, American actor.March 22: Justin Masterson, American former professional baseball starting pitcher.March 24: Jeremy Zag, French animator, entrepreneur, producer, director, and composer.March 25: Chris Redd, American actor and comedian.March 26:

* Jonathan Groff, American actor.
* Francesca Marie Smith, American actress and writer.
March 27: Blake McIver Ewing, American actor.

April

April 1: Josh Zuckerman, American actor.April 3: Paula Rhodes, American actress.April 17: Joanne Spracklen, South African actress.April 19: Sabrina Jalees, Canadian comedian, actress, and writer.April 22: Kristin Fairlie, Canadian actress.April 27: Jamie Gray Hyder, American actress.April 30: Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model.

May

May 6: Ian McGinty, American comic book artist and writer,.May 8: Yukiyo Fujii, Japanese actress.May 25: Joe Anoaʻi, American pro wrestler.May 27: Andrew Francis, Canadian actor.May 31: Ellen Wong, Canadian actress.

June

June 2: Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress.June 8: Niki Yang, South Korean animator, writer, storyboard artist, and voice actress.June 12:

* Deneen Melody, American voice actress.
* Dave Franco, American actor.June 13: Julia Pott, British animator and voice actress.June 15: Carolina Ravassa, Columbian actress.June 18: Alex Hirsch, American animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer and voice actor.June 22: Lindsay Ridgeway, American actress.June 30: Cody Rhodes, American pro wrestler.

July

July 2: Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer.July 16:

* Rosa Salazar, Canadian-American actress.
* Yōko Hikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer.July 21: Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress.

August

August 9: Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer.

September

September 3: Shane Houghton, American comic book writer, writer, producer and brother of Chris Houghton.September 4: Morgan Garrett, American voice actress.September 6: Lauren Lapkus, American actress.September 10: Monica Lopera, American-Colombian actress.September 21: Doug Rockwell, American songwriter, producer, musician and composer.September 22: Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress.

October

October 3: T.J. Hill, American composer.October 10: Heather Hogan, American actress.October 11: Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress,.October 31: Kether Donohue, American actress.

November

November 7: Lucas Neff, American actor.November 18: Christian Siriano, American fashion designer.November 21: Ronny Chieng, Malaysian comedian and actor.November 23: Katie Crown, Canadian actress, and writer.November 26: Daron Nefcy, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, writer, director and producer.November 30:

* Kaley Cuoco, American actress and producer.
* Chrissy Teigen, American actress.

December

December 3: Amanda Seyfried, American actress.December 5:

* Kyle McCarley, American actor.
* Frankie Muniz, American actor, race car driver and musician.December 10: Raven-Symoné, American actress and musician.

Deaths

January

January 19: Byington Ford, American cartoonist, theatrical director and businessman, dies at age 94.January 25: Paul Smith, American composer, dies at age 78.January 28: Don Raye, American songwriter, dies at age 75.

February

February 8: Marvin Miller, American actor, dies at age 71.February 20: Clarence Nash, American voice actor, dies at age 80.February 27: J. Pat O'Malley, British actor and singer, dies at age 80.

March

March 21: Michael Redgrave, British actor and director, dies at age 77.March 24: Dick Kinney, American animator, screenwriter and comics writer, dies at age 68.March 30: Harold Peary, American actor and comedian, dies at age 76.

April

April 5: Hannes Schroll, Austrian skier and yodeller, dies at age 76.April 25: Richard Haydn, British actor, dies at age 80.

May

May 22: Wolfgang Reitherman, American animator and director, dies at age 75.

June

June 20: Ralph A. Wolfe, American comic book artist and animator, dies at age 90.

August

August 2: Bob Holt, American actor, dies at age 56.August 25: Pino Zac, Italian illustrator, comics artist and animator, dies at age 55.August 29: Paul Kligman, Romanian-born Canadian actor, dies at age 62.

September

September 3: Johnny Marks, American songwriter, dies at age 85.

October

October 10: Orson Welles, American film and theater director, and actor, dies at age 70.

November

November 1: Wetzel Whitaker, American animator, film director, and film producer, dies at age 77.November 6: Viktor Kálmán, Hungarian painter, animator and comics artist, dies at age 74.November 16: Lou Fleischer, American composer and actor, dies at age 94.November 29: Bill Scott, American actor, dies at age 65 from a heart attack.

December

December 19: Jean Ache, French animator and comics artist, dies at age 62.December 23: Margie Hines, American actress, dies at age 76.December 25: Joe Oriolo, American film director, producer and writer, dies at age 72.

Specific date unknown

Antoine Payen, French animator and illustrator, dies at age 82 or 83.
Roberto Sgrilli, Italian painter, illustrator, comics artist and animator, dies at age 87 or 88.