1992 in animation

1992 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

Events

January

January 27: During a rally of the Republican Party, President George H. W. Bush states that "the American Family needs to be a lot more like The Waltons and a lot less like The Simpsons."'January 30': At the start of the next The Simpsons'' episode, a short video is shown in which the Simpson family watches Bush's speech on television. In response to it, Bart Simpson says: "Hey, we're just like the Waltons: we pray for an end to the depression too".

February

February 24: Tiny Toon Adventures concludes its second season in Syndication with the episode "Take Elmyra Please".

March

March 7: The first episode of Sailor Moon airs in Japan.March 11: Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation releases on VHS & LaserDisc.March 30: 64th Academy Awards:

* Beauty and the Beast becomes the first animated feature film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture during the 64th Academy Awards. It loses to The Silence of the Lambs, but wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
* Manipulation by Daniel Greaves wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
* Ray Harryhausen wins the Gordon E. Sawyer Award.

April

April 10: Bill Kroyer's FernGully: The Last Rainforest premieres. This film received positive attention and was given a direct-to-video sequel 5 years later.April 20: The first episode of Goof Troop airs. April 27: Golden Films's Aladdin is released. Disney, who would release [Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|its own Aladdin (1992 Golden Films film)|Aladdin theatrical film], sued GoodTimes Home Video for copyright infringement before dismissing the suit on the grounds that Aladdin is a public domain work, which differs from the then-upcoming Disney film.

June

June 26: Erotic anime series La Blue Girl airs in Japan. This anime received serious censorship when it was released outside its Japanese home country and its classification was refused in the United Kingdom for its pornographic exploits of underage women.

July

July 10: Ralph Bakshi's Cool World, which mixes live-action with animation, premieres, but flops at the box office.July 18: Hayao Miyazaki's Porco Rosso premieres.July 25: NBC cancels its Saturday morning lineup due to low ratings from the mandated Children's Television Act as several programs, including Space Cats, Super Mario World, and ProStars, have met social issues and intolerance. It was soon replaced by TNBC following the success of Saved By the Bell.July 31: Bruce W. Smith's Bebe's Kids is first released.

August

August 14: Ben Kingsley's Freddie as F.R.O.7 premieres. It flopped at the box office. The film was originally going to be rated G, but the rating was changed to PG by the MPAA after reviewing the film's sensitive depictions of Ku Klux Klan and Nazi-based antagonists and sexual innuendo. It was re-released by MCA/Universal Home Video under the title Freddie the Frog three years later, with several of its inappropriate fragments removed or changed.August 15: The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Powdered Toast Man" premieres, guest starring Frank Zappa as the Pope.August 20: Friz Freleng receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.August 27: The Simpsons concludes its third season on Fox with the episode "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?".

September

September 4: Bill Plympton's The Tune premieres.September 5: The first episode of Batman: The Animated Series premieres on Fox Kids. September 11:

* The Batman: The Animated Series episode "Joker's Favor" premieres, in which Harley Quinn makes her debut. She will become so popular that she will be added to the regular cast of the Batman franchise.
* The first episode of The Little Mermaid premieres on CBS.September 12:
* The first episode of Eek! The Cat airs.
* The first episode of Fievel's American Tails premieres on CBS, the first cartoon series based on one of Don Bluth's franchises and the continuation of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. It was stored away over five years after the initial broadcast until NBCUniversal recovered it in 2020.September 13: Season 2 of Rugrats begins on Nickelodeon with the premiere of the episodes "Chuckie vs. the Potty/Together at Last".September 14: The third & final season of Tiny Toon Adventures begins on Fox Kids with the premiere of the episode "Thirteen Something".September 17: The first episode of Noddy's Toyland Adventures airs.September 19: Season 5 of Garfield and Friends begins on CBS with the premiere of the following episodes:
* "Home Away from Home/Rainy Day Robot/Odie the Amazing"
* "The First Annual Garfield Watchers Test/Stark Raven Mad/The Record Breaker"September 22: The animated short Frog Baseball first airs on television. It marks the debut of Beavis and Butt-Head, who will receive their own series a year later.September 24: Season 4 of The Simpsons begins on Fox with the premiere of the episode "Kamp Krusty".

October

October 1:

* Cartoon Network is launched in the United States by Turner Broadcasting System.
* The film Tom and Jerry: The Movie premieres in Germany, which marks the first full-length film featuring Tom and Jerry. It became a box office bomb when it premiered in the US the following year and still remains unfavorable decades later.October 14: A Bunch of Munsch makes its official premiere on Showtime in the US with the episode "The Paper Bag Princess" for the Showtime's Fall 1992 lineup opposite during the "Family Hour" block of children's program. Followed by the series premiere of American Heroes & Legends.October 29:
* The Little Punker premieres.
* The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror III" premieres on Fox.October 31: The first episode of X-Men: The Animated Series airs. Specific date unknown in October: The animated advertisement for Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins featuring Mario's nemesis Wario airs during commercial breaks, which will later become an Internet meme.

November

November 7: Garfield and Friends concludes its fifth season on CBS with the following episodes:

* "Ghost of a Chance/Roy Gets Sacked/Revenge of the Living Lunch!"
* "Super Sonic Seymour/A Mildly Mental Mix-Up/The Garfield Rap"November 25: Aladdin by Ron Clements and John Musker, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.November 27: The Peanuts Holiday special It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS. This was the final Peanuts TV special to premiere on CBS, as ABC would later air new specials & re-runs of older ones, but NBC would air one Peanuts special two years later before ABC ended up taking over.

December

December 6: Tiny Toon Adventures final episode "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" premieres on Fox Kids.December 7: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon What's Opera, Doc? is added to the National Film Registry.December 8: Trey Parker and Matt Stone make the animated short Jesus vs. Frosty, which features embryonal versions of the characters that will later appear in South Park.

Specific date unknown

Film Roman takes over production of The Simpsons from Klasky Csupo.
Jan Švankmajer's Food is first released.
The Spanish film The Legend of the North Wind premieres.
The first episode of Cococinel airs.

Films released

January 8 - Evil Toons
January 25 - Sangokushi : Eiyū-tachi no Yoake
February 4 - Kkulbeorui chingu
February 11 - Boyfriend
February 14 - The Magic Voyage
March 7:
* Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
* Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
* Magical Taruruto: Good Good Hot Grilled Octopus!
March 11 - Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
March 14 - Soreike! Anpanman Tsumiki-jō no Himitsu
April 10 - FernGully: The Last Rainforest
April 21 - Joker - Marginal City
April 25 - The Tune
April 27 - Aladdin
May 1 - The Jungle Book
May 2 - Midori
May 4 - Beauty and the Beast
May 10 - Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
May 11 - Pinocchio
May 18 - Sinbad
June 1 - The Three Musketeers
June 3 - Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring
June 8 - Thumbelina
July 1:
* Seikima II: Humane Society -Jinruiai ni Michita Shakai-
* Shiritsu Tantei Toki Shozo no Trouble Note - Hard & Loose
July 4 - The Elephant Train Has Arrived
July 10 - Cool World
July 11:
* Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
* Senbon Matsubara: Kawa to Ikiru Shōnen-tachi
July 18:
* Porco Rosso
* Silent Möbius 2
* The Weathering Continent
July 21:
* Iron Virgin Jun
* Mikeneko Holmes: The Lord of Ghost Castle
July 22 - Hōkago no Tinker Bell
July 24:
* Lupin III: From Russia with Love
* Raven Tengu Kabuto: The Golden-Eyed Beast
July 25 - Run Melos!
July 31 - Bebe's Kids
August 1 - Yawara! Go Get 'Em, Wimpy Kids!!
August 8 - Comet in Moominland
August 14 - Freddie as F.R.O.7
August 21 - Delinquent in Drag
August 22 - Tottoi
August 29 - Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon
September 17 - Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala
October 1 - Tom and Jerry: The Movie
October 8 - The New Adventures of Little Toot
October 29 - The Little Punker
November 16 - Aladdin
November 21 - Fūma no Kojirō Saishushou: Fuma Hanran-hen
November 25 - Aladdin
December 11 - Oishinbo: Kyūkyoku Tai Shikō, Chōju Ryōri Taiketsu!!
December 12:
* The Appleland Story
* Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings
December 19 - Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song
December 23:
* Beyond the Mind's Eye
* Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf
Specific date unknown:
* Beauty and the Beast
* Cinderella
* The Legend of the North Wind
* Mitki-Mayer
* The New Adventures of Robin Hood
* The New Adventures of William Tell
* The Pied Piper of Hamlin
* ''Tomcat's Big Adventure''

Television series debuts

Date	Title	Channel	Year
January 31	Capitol Critters	ABC	1992
February 28	Fish Police	CBS	1992
August 2	My Little Pony Tales	The Disney Channel	1992
September 5	Batman: The Animated Series	Fox Kids	1992–1995
September 5	Goof Troop	The Disney Channel, Syndication, ABC	1992
September 8	Saban's Gulliver's Travels	Syndication	1992–1993
September 11	The Little Mermaid	CBS	1992–1994
September 12	Fievel's American Tails	CBS	1992
September 12	The Addams Family	ABC	1992–1993
September 12	Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa	ABC	1992–1993
September 12	Eek! The Cat	Fox Kids	1992–1997
September 12	Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire	Fox Kids	1992–1993
September 13	King Arthur and the Knights of Justice	Syndication	1992–1993
September 13	Conan the Adventurer	Syndication	1992–1993
September 19	Raw Toonage	CBS	1992
September 19	The Plucky Duck Show	Fox Kids	1992
September 26	Dog City	Fox Kids	1992–1994
September 28	Stunt Dawgs	Syndication	1992–1993
October 2	ToonHeads	Cartoon Network	1992–2003
October 14	American Heroes & Legends	Showtime	1992–1993
October 31	X-Men	Fox Kids	1992–1997
November 2	Mickey's Mouse Tracks	The Disney Channel	1992–1995
November 13	Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams	Syndication	1992–1993

Births

January

January 19: Logan Lerman, American actor.

February

February 10: Karen Fukuhara, American actress.February 14: Freddie Highmore, English actor.February 16: Jimmy Tatro, American actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality.February 18: Logan Miller, American actor.February 25: Rose Matafeo, New Zealand comedian, actress and TV presenter.

March

March 3: Nick Dahan, American television writer and production assistant.March 13: Megan Shipman, American voice actress.March 27: Aoi Yūki, Japanese actress.

April

April 8: Shelby Young, American voice actress.April 18: Chloe Bennet, American actress and singer.April 24: Jack Quaid, American actor.April 27: Morgan Berry, American actress.

May

May 17: Jules Medcraft, American actress.May 18: Spencer Breslin, American actor and musician.May 21: Olivia Olson, American singer and actress.May 29: Erica Lindbeck, American actress.

June

June 14:

* Daryl Sabara, American actor.
* Eve Sabara, American actress.
June 18: Sean Teale, English actor.June 28: Konomi Kohara, Japanese actress and voice actress.

July

July 5: Kyler Spears, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.July 10: Kelley Mack, American actress,.July 17: Harrison Chad, American actor.July 22: Selena Gomez, American singer and actress.

August

August 4:

* Dylan Sprouse, American actor.
* Cole Sprouse, American actor and photographer.August 6: Saori Ōnishi, Japanese voice actress.August 13: Erika Henningsen, American actress and singer.August 17: Saraya Bevis, British pro wrestler.August 20: Demi Lovato, American singer, songwriter, and actress.August 31: Talon Warburton, American actor.

September

September 8: Domee Shi, Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter.September 18: Marissa Lenti, American voice actor.September 27: Sam Lerner, American actor.September 30: Ezra Miller, American actor.

October

October 9: Tyler James Williams, American actor.October 12: Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer.October 13: Aaron Dismuke, American actor.October 15: Vincent Martella, American actor.October 28: Vivienne Medrano, Salvadoran-American animator.

November

November 2: Lizzie Freeman, American voice actress.November 18: Nathan Kress, American actor.November 23: Miley Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress.November 25: Zack Shada, American actor.November 28:

* Cameron Ansell, Canadian actor.
* Kianna Underwood, American actress,.

December

December 14: Tori Kelly, American actress, singer and songwriter.December 18: Bridgit Mendler, American actress and singer-songwriter.

Deaths

January

January 9: Claude Coats, American painter and animator, dies at age 78. January 10: Babette DeCastro, American singer, dies at age 66.January 15: Walter Clinton, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 85.January 24: Ken Darby, American composer and conductor, dies at age 82.

February

February 4: John Dehner, American animator and actor, dies at age 76.February 9: Jack Kinney, American animator, animation director and producer, dies at age 82.February 14: Alex Lovy, American animator, director and comics artist, dies at age 78.February 20: Dick York, American actor, dies at age 63.

March

March 4: Art Babbitt, American animator, dies at age 84.March 6: Elvia Allman, American actress, dies at age 87.March 13: Boris Dyozhkin, Russian film director, caricaturist and animator, dies at age 77.March 14: Ralph James, American voice actor, dies at age 67.March 17: Grace Stafford, American actress and wife of Walter Lantz, dies of spinal cancer at age 88.March 24: Campbell Grant, American actor, character designer and animation writer, dies at age 82.March 29: William L. Hendricks, American producer, dies at age 87.

April

April 16: Andy Russell, American-Mexican singer and actor, dies at age 72.

May

May 5: Michael J. O'Connor, American animator, storyboard artist and writer, dies at age 54.May 25: Edith Vernick, Ukrainian-American animator, supervised the assistant animation department for both the Fleischer Studios and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, dies at age 86.

June

June 3: Robert Morley, English actor, dies at age 84.June 15: Chuck Menville, American animator and writer, dies at age 52.

July

July 17: Larry Roberts, American actor, dies at age 65 from AIDS.July 18: Rudolf Ising, American animator, film director and producer and actor, dies at age 88.

August

August 8: Lynn Karp, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 82.August 23: Charles August Nichols, American animator and film and television director, dies at age 81.August 26: Sammy Timberg, American musician and composer, dies at age 89.August 27: Ferdinand Diehl, German animator and film director, dies at age 91.

September

September 5: Yasuji Mori, Japanese animator and director, dies at age 67.September 25: Leslie Denison, English actor, dies at age 87. September 27: Zhang Leping, Chinese comics artist and animator, dies at age 91.September 29: John Reed, American animator, special effects artist, and animation director, dies at age 84.

October

October 6: Denholm Elliott, English actor, dies at age 70.October 16: Shirley Booth, American actress, dies at age 94.October 18: Purv Pullen, American actor, dies at age 83.October 20: Jackson Weaver, American broadcaster and actor, dies at age 72.October 25: Roger Miller, American singer and actor, dies at age 56.

November

November 22: Sterling Holloway, American actor, dies at age 87.

December

December 10: Joan Gardner, American actress, dies at age 66.December 17: Horst von Möllendorff, German comics artist, cartoonist and animator, dies at age 86.December 24: Peyo, Belgian comics artist and film director, dies at age 64.December 30: Romeo Muller, American screenwriter, dies at age 64.December 31: Dianne Jackson, English film director, dies at age 51.

Specific date unknown

Fred Abranz, American comics artist and animator, dies at age 81 or 82.
Wan Chaochen, Chinese film director and producer, dies at age 85 or 86.
Pierre Chivot, French animator and comics artist, dies at age 63 or 64.