Chronology of Animation 1965

January
Butch Hartman (Elmer Earl Hartman IV) (director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, voice actor) born in Highland Park, Michigan.

January
Mirai Kara Kita Shonen Super Jetter [未来から少年スーパージェッター] ("The Boy From the Future, Super Jetter ") (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan.
(drawn animation)

Shin Takarajima [新宝島] ("New Treasure Island") (tvsp), Osamu Tezuka /Mushi.
(drawn animation)

February
The Man from Button Willow (f), Dave Detiege /Eagle Film Production.
(drawn animation)

February
Ladislas Starewicz (Wladyslaw Starewicz) (August 8, 1882-February 28, 1965) (animator, director, producer) dies in Paris. (France)

February
Uchu Patrol Hopper (Uchukko Jun) [宇宙パトロール・ホッパ（宇宙っ子ジュン）] ("Hopper Space Patrol (Space Boy Jun)") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

March
Gadmouse the Apprentice Good Fairy (ss), Ralph Bakshi /Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)
first Sad Cat series (1965-1968)

Freight Fright (ss), Connie Rasinski /Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)
first Possible Possum series (1965-1971)

March
Gulliver no Uchu Ryoko ("Gulliver's Voyages in Space"; "Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon") (f), Maseo Kuroda /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Satoru Akahori (Akahori Satoru あかほりさとる) (March 8, 1965- ) (writer, producer) born in Handa, Aichi.

April
Steve Blum (Steven Jay Blum) April 28, 1965- ) (voice actor, writer) born in Santa Monica, California.

April
Konstantin Bronzit( Константин Бронзит) )April 12, 1965- ) (director, writer, animator) born in Leningrad [St. Petersburg]. (Soviet Union [Russia])

April
Dolphin Oji [ドルフィン王子] ("Dolphin Prince"; "Marine Boy"), TV Doga and Toei.
(drawn animation)

Uchujin Pipi [宇宙人ピピ] ("Pipi the Spaceman") (tv), TV Doga.
(live action, some drawn animation)

May
Kaitou Pride [怪盗プライド] ("Mysterious Thief Pride") (tv)/(tvss), TV Doga.
(drawn animation)

Uchu Shonen Soran [宇宙少年ソラン] ("Soran the Space Boy") (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan.
(drawn animation)
(1965-1967)

Uchu Ace [宇宙エース] ("Space Ace") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Kappei Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Kappei, Yamaguchi Mitsuo) [山口勝平; 山口光雄] (voice actor, singer) born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

June
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (f), Arthur J. Rankin, Jr. /Videocraft.
(puppet animation)

June
Yusei Shonen Papi [遊星少年パピイ] ("Planet Boy Papi"; "Prince Planet") (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan.
(drawn animation)

W 3 [ワンダースリー] ("Wonder Three"; "Amazing 3") (tv), Mushi.
(drawn animation)

August
The Astronut Show (tv), Terrytoons.
(drawn animation)
contained cartoons from Terrytoons theatrical series

August
Dodo the Kid from Outer Space (tv), Halas & Batchelor. (Great Britain).
(drawn animation)

Here's Nudnik (ss), Gene Deitch /Rembrandt. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(drawn animation)
first Nudnik series (1965-1967)

The Pogles (tvss), Oliver Postgate /Smallfilms. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

The Tales of Hoffnung (tvss), Halas & Bachelor. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

August
Obake no Q-Taro [オバケのQ太郎] ("Q-Taro the Ghost") (tv), TMS.
(drawn animation)
(1965-1967)

Yuki Kajiura (Yuki Kajiura, 梶浦由記) (composer) born in Tokyo.

September
Roger Ramjet (tv)/(tvss), Fred Crippen /Snyder-Koren and Pantomime.
(drawn animation)

The Tom and Jerry Show (tv), MGM.
various theatrical shorts

The World of Secret Squirrel and Atom Ant (tvsp), William Hanna and Joseph Barbera /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Fred Quimby (producer) dies in Santa Monica, California.

September
The Beatles (tv)/(tvss), TVC London (Astransa (Australia)). (Great Britain/United States)
(drawn animation)

October
The Atom Ant Show (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains: Atom Ant (tvss), Hillbilly Bears (tvss), and Precious Pup (tvss)

Milton the Monster (tv), Hal Seeger.
(drawn animation)
contains Milton the Monster (tvss) and Fearless Fly (tvss)

The New Three Stooges (tv), Heritage and Cambria.
(drawn animation, part live action)

The Secret Squirrel Show (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains: Secret Squirrel (tvss), Squiddly Diddly (tvss), and Winsome Witch (tvss)

Connie Rasinski (J. Conrad Rasinski) (January 28, 1907-October 13, 1965) (director, animator) dies in Larchmont, New York.

October
West and Soda (f), Bruno Bozzetto /Bruno Bozetto Film Produccion. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

October
Jungle Taitei [ジャングル大帝] ("Jungle Emperor"; "Kimba, The White Lion") (tv), Mushi.
(drawn animation)

November
Hustle Punch [ハッスルパンチ] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

December
A Charlie Brown Christmas (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Melendez.
(drawn animation)
the first of a series of television specials based on the Peanuts comics strip

The Dot and the Line (ss), Chuck Jones /MGM.
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Cartoons

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (ss), Gerry Chiniquy and Friz Freleng /DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)
first Inspector series (1965-1969)

Shoeflies (ss), Howard Post /Famous.
(drawn animation)
first Honey Halfwitch series (1965-1967)

Andrew Stanton (December 3, 1965- ) (director, writer, animator, voice actor) born in Boston, Massachusetts.)

December
Tatakae! Osper 戦え! [オスパー] ("Fight! Osper") (tv), Nihon Hoso Eigasha.
(drawn animation)
(1965-1967)

no date
The Adventures of Sinbad Jr. (tv)/(tvss), Singer.
(drawn animation)

Captain Fathom (tv)/(tvss), Clark Haas /Cambria.
(drawn animation and live action lips)

Davey and Goliath: Christmas Lost and Found (tvsp), Art Clokey /Clokey.
(puppet animation)

Crusader Rabbit (tv)/(tvss), Wolper.
(drawn animation)

Jimmy T. Murakami and Fred Wolf establish Murakami-Wolf Films.

no date
The Drag (ss), Carlos Marchiori /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Mosaic (ss), Norman McLaren /NFB. (Canada)
(direct-on-film animation)

no date
20,000 Ans a la Francais ("20,000 Years of the French") (f), Jacques Forgeot /Cineastes Associes. (France)
(drawn animation)

La Demoiselle et le violoncelliste ("The Lady and the Cellist") (ss), Jean-François Laguionie. (France)
(drawn animation)
Annecy Festival Grand Prize winner

La Familia Telerín (tv), RTVE. (Spain)
(drawn animation)

Kak Odin Muzhik Dvukh Generalov Prokormil [Как Один Мужик Двух Генералов Прокормил] ("How One Peasant Kept Two Generals") (ss), Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Vladimir Danilyevich /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Kanikuly Bonifatsiya [Каникулы Бонифация] ("Boniface's Holiday") (ss), Fyodor Khitruk /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Margaritka ("The Daisy") (ss), Todor Dinov /Sofia Animation. (Bulgaria)
(drawn animation)

Modra zasternka ("The Blue Apron") (ss), Hermina Tyrlova /Zlín. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(puppet animation)

Nikita Kozhemyaka [Никита Кожемяка] "Nikita the Tanner" (ss), Nina Vasilenko /Kievnauchfilm. (Soviet Union [Ukraine])
(drawn animation)

Pinocchio dans l'espace ("Pinocchio in Outer Space") (f), Ray Gossens /Swallow-Belvision. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)
This film was the first feature length animated film to be made in Belgium.

Pinwings (tvss), Smallfilms. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)

Ruka ("The Hand") (ss), Jiri Trnka /Studio Loutkového Filmu. (Czechoslovakia)
(puppet animation)

Za Chas do Svidaniya [За час до свидания] ("An Hour Until the Meeting") (ss), Valentina Brumberg and Zenaeda Brumberg /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

no date
Samurai (ss), Yoji Kuri.
(drawn animation)

no date
Meo con ("The Pussy") (ss) Ngo Manh Lan /Vietnamese Animated Cartoon and Puppet. (North Viet Nam)
(drawn animation)

Shanghai Animation Film Studio closed by government decree. This was part of the "Cultural Revolution" that affected China for several years. The studio's staff was sent to serve on collective farms as laborers. During these years almost no animation was allowed to be shown in theaters or broadcast. (China)

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