Chronology of Animation 1962

January
Beany and Cecil (tv)/(tvss), Bob Clampett.
(drawn animation)
some of the shorts were released in non-US theatres before they appeared on televison

Frog's Legs (ss), Seymour Kneitel/Famous.
(drawn animation)
first Comic Kings series

January
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Sadamoto Yoshiyuki) (character designer, animator, layout artist, inbetweener) born in Yamaguchi.

Tezuka Osamu Production is renamed Mushi Production.

February
The Peter Potamus Show (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains: Peter Potamus (tvss) and Breezly and Sneezly (tvss).

Space Angel (tv), Cambria Studios.
(drawn animation)

Where There's Smoke (ss), Bob Kuwahara /Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)
first theatrical release of a Deputy Dawg cartoon (1962)

February
Anson Dyer (Ernest John Anson Dyer( (July 18, 1876-February 22, 1962) (director, writer, animator, producer) dies in Cheltenham. (Great Britain)

Joanna Quinn (director, animator, writer) born in Birmingham. (Great Britain)

February
Doug Chiang (February 16, 1962- ) (designer, director) born in Taipei. (Taiwan)

March
Fowled-Up Birthday (ss), Jack Hannah /Lantz.
(drawn animation)
first Beary Family series (1962-1971)

Kazuki Akane (Akane Kazuki 赤根和樹) (March 24, 1962- ) (director, storyboard artist, writer) born in Osaka.

May
Hayato Date (Date Hayato) (director) born.

June
Adventures of the Road-Runner (ss), Charles M. Jones, Maurice Noble, and Tom Ray /Warner Bros.
(drawn animation)
This long short was originally created as a pilot for a television series.

June
Otogi Manga Calendar [まんがカレンダー] (tvss), Otogi.
(drawn animation)
(1962-1964)
first animated television series in Japan

Seki Toshihiko (Toshihiko Seki) (voice actor) born in Tochigi.

July
Tom Kenny (Thomas James Kenny) (July 13, 1962- ) (voice actor) born in East Syracuse, New York.

July
Arabian Night Sinbad no Boken ("Arabian Night, The Adventures of Sinbad"; "Adventures of Sinbad") (f), Taiji Yabushita /Toei.
(drawn animation)

August
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (f), Henry Levin and George Pal /MGM.
(puppet animation and live action)

August
Otogi no Sekai Ryoko ("Otogi's Voyage Around the World") (f), Ryuichi Yokoyama /Otogi.
(drawn animation)

September
The Adventures of Lariat Sam (tvss), Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)
appeared within the Captain Kangaroo program

The Jetsons (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Lippy the Lion (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Out of the Inkwell (tv)/(tvss), Video House.
(drawn animation)

Touche Turtle (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Wally Gator (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

E. G. Daily (Elizabeth Guttman Daily) (voice actress) born in Los Angeles, California.

September
Julie Lemieux (December 4, 1962- ) (voice actress) born in Toronto, Ontario. (Canada)

September
Aru Machikado no Monogatari ("The Story of A Certain Street Corner") (sf), Osamu Tezuka /Mushi.
(drawn animation)

September
Scott McNeil (voice actor) born in Brisbane. (Australia)

October
Gay Purr-ee (f), Abe Levitow /UPA.
(drawn animation)

October
Miki Itou (Itou Miki) (voice actress) born in Tokyo.

Tatsunoko Productions founded by Tatsuo Yoshida, Kenji Yoshida, and Toyoharu Yoshida (Ippei Kurei) as a studio to make manga. A year later the company was approached about making one of its mangas into a television anime.

November
Willis O'Brien (Willis H. O'Brien) (animator, director, writer) dies in Los Angeles, California.

November
Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten (sf), Poul Ilsøe /Bent Christensen Filmproduktion. (Denmark)
(drawn animation)

December
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (tvsp), Abe Levitow /UPA.
(drawn animation)

A Symposium of Popular Songs (ss), Bill Justice /Disney.
(drawn animation)

no date
The Hole (ss), John and Faith Hubley /Storyboard.
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Cartoons

Icarus Montgolfier Wright (ss), Osmond Evans /Format Films.
(drawn animation)

Chuck Jones founds Chuck Jones Enterprises to make television specials and theatrical features.

no date
Lines Horizontal (ss), Norman McLaren /NFB. (Canada)
(direct-on-film animation)

My Financial Career (ss), Gerald Potterton /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

no date
The Apple (ss), George Dunning /T.V.C. London. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Ba'al Hahalomot ("Joseph the Dreamer"; "Joseph Sold By His Brothers") (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Israel)
(puppet animation)

Banya ("The Bath House") (sf), Sergei Yutkevich and Anatoli Karanovitch /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(puppet animation and live action)

Bootsmann auf der Scholle ("The Boatsman on the Ice Floe") (ss), Werner Krauße /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany])
(puppet animation)

The Flying Man (ss), George Dunning /T.V.C. London. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
Annency Festival Grand Prize winner

Istoriya Odnovo Prestupleniya [История Одного Преступления] ("Story of a Crime") (ss), Fyodor Khitruk /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Oczekiwanie ("The Wait") (ss), Witold Giersz and Ludwik Perski /Studio Minatur Filmowych. (Poland)
(drawn animation)

Peti és a gépember ("Peti and the Robot") (ss), Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)
first Peti series

Self Defense - For Cowards (ss), Gene Deitch /Rembrandt. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(drawn animation)

TV Cartoon is renamed T.V.C. London. (Great Britain)

no date
Ningen Dobutsuen ("Human Zoo") (ss), Yoji Kuri.
(drawn animation)

no date
Mu Di (ss), Te Wei and Qian Jajun /Shanghai Animation. (China)
(drawn animation)

Xuong phim Viet Nam (Vietnamese Animated Cartoon Film Studio) becomes Xuong phim Hoat hoa bup be Viet Nam (Vietnamese Animated Cartoon and Puppet Film Studio). (North Viet Nam)

Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.

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