Chronology of Animation 1967

January
New Year Promise (tvsp), Art Clokey and Raymond Peck /Clokey.
(puppet animation)

The Space Squid (ss), Shamus Culhane /Famous.
(drawn animation)
first Go-Go Toons (1967-1968).

Oskar Fischinger (Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger) (June 22, 1900-January 31, 1967) (director, animator, inventor) dies in Hollywood, California.

Phil LaMarr (Philip LaMarr) (voice actor) born in Los Angeles, California.

January
Trumpton (tvss), Gordon Murray. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)

January
Goku no Daiboken [悟空の大冒険] ("Adventures of Goku"; "Adventures of the Monkey King" (tv), Mushi.
(drawn animation)

Nozomu Sasaki (Sasaki Nozomu) (voice actress) born in Hiroshima.

January
Hong Gil-Dong (f), Shin Dong-hun /Shin Dong-hun Productions. (South Korea)
(drawn animation)

February
Jack and the Beanstalk (tvsp), Gene Kelly /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation, some live action)

Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero (tv)/(tvss), Joe Oriolo Films.
(drawn animation)

Mark Gustafson (February 6, 1967- ) (director, animator, writer, character designer) born.

Kath Soucie (February 20, 1967- ) (voice actress) born in New York, New York.

March
Think or Sink (ss), Shamus Culhane /Famous.
(drawn animation)
first Merry Makers series (1967)

March
Shonen Jack to Mahotsukai ("Young Jack and the Magician") (f), Taiji Yabushita /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Cyborg 009 Kaiju Senso ("Cyborg 009: The Battle of the Dinosaurs") (f), Yugo Serikawa /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Megumi Hayashibara (Hayashibara Megumi) (voice actress, singer) born in Tokyo.

April
My Daddy the Astronaut (ss), Shamus Culhane /Famous.
(drawn animation)
first Fractured Fables (1967-1968).

April
Boken Gaboten Jima [冒険ガボテン島] ("Adventure on the Gaboten Island") (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan.
(drawn animation)

Kaminari Boy a Pikkaribee [かみなり坊やピッカリビー] ("Pikkaribee, Boy of the Thunders") (tv).
(drawn animation)

Mach Go Go Go [マッハ GO GO GO] ("Speed Racer") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Ogon Bat [黄金バット] ("Golden Bat") (tv), Daichi.
(drawn animation)

Paaman [パーマン] (tv)/(tvss), TMS and Studio Zero.
(drawn animation)

Ribon No Kishi [リボンの騎士] ("Knight in Ribbons"; "Princess Knight"; "Choppy and the Princess") (tv), Mushi.
(drawn animation)

May
James Baxter (animator) born in Bristol. (Great Britain)

May
Takehito Koyasu (Koyasu Takehito) [子安武人] (voice actor) born in Yokohama, Kanagawa.

June
You're In Love, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Melendez.
(drawn animation)

June
"Heungbu and Nolbu" (f), Kang Tae-woong. (South Korea)
(puppet animation)

July
Comet-san [コメットさん] ("Miss Comet") (tv), MOM Pro and Kokusai Eigasha.
(primarily live action, some drawn animation)

Hyokkori Hyotoan Jima [ひょっこりひょうたん島] ("The Friends on the Hyotan Island") (f), Taiji Yabushita /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Pyun Pyun Maru [ピュンピュン丸] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

August
Hopiwa & Chadolbawi ("The Man of Tiger Skin & the Body of Rock Stone") (f), Shin Dong-hun /Shin Dong-hun Productions. (South Korea)
(drawn animation)

September
Abbott & Costello (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

The Adventures of Batman (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)
contains: Batman (tvss) and Batman and Robin (tvss)

Aquaman (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)
contains: Aquaman (tvss) and other shorts featuring DC Comics characters

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains: Birdman (tvss) and The Galaxy Trio (tvss)

Fantastic Four (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

George of the Jungle (tv), Jay Ward (Gamma (Mexico)).
(drawn animation)
contains: George of the Jungle (tvss), Super Chicken (tvss), and Tom Slick (tvss).

The Herculoids (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)

Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains Mighty Mightor (tvss) and Moby Dick (tvss).

The Road Runner Show (tv), Warner Bros.
collection of various theatrical shorts

Shazzan! (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Super President (tv), DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)
contains: Super President (tvss) and Spy Shadow (tvss).

Young Samson and Goliath (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

September
Spiderman (tv), Grantray-Lawrence. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

September
Boken Shonen Shadar [冒険少年シャダー] ("Adventures of the Young Shadar") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Donkikko [ドンキッコ] (tv), P Production.
(drawn animation)

Mamoru Hosoda (Hosoda Mamoru 細田守) (September 19, 1967- ) (director, animator) born in Nakaniikawa, Toyama.

October
The Jungle Book (f), Wolfgang Reitherman /Disney.
(drawn animation)

October
Venus Terzo (October 17, 1967- ) (voice actress) born in Montreal, Quebec. (Canada)

October
Chibikko Kaiju Yadamon [ちびっこ怪獣ヤダモン] ("Little Monster Yadamon") (tv)/(tvss), P Production.
(drawn animation)

Kyuubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru ("Tobimaru and the Fox with Nine Tails") (f), Shinichi Yagi /Nihon Doga.
(drawn animation)

Ora Guzura Dado [おらぁグズラだど] ("Hey, I'm Guzura!") (tv)/(tvss), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Skyers 5 [スカイヤーズ５] (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan.
(drawn animation)

November
Merlin the Magic Mouse (ss), Alex Lovy /Warner Bros.
(drawn animation)
first Merlin the Magic Mouse series (1967-1969)

December
The Bear That Wasn't (ss), Chuck Jones /MGM.
(drawn animation)

Cricket on the Hearth (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Videocraft.
(drawn animation)

The Wacky World of Mother Goose (f), Jules Bass /Videocraft.
(drawn animation)

Famous Studio closed by Paramount.

December
Asterix le Gaulois ("Asterix the Gaul") (f), Ray Gossens /Belvision. (Belgium/France)
(drawn animation)

La Maison de Toutou ("Hector's House") (tvss), Georges Croses. (France)
(puppet animation)

December
Kotono Mitsuishi (Mitsuishi Kotono 三石琴乃) (December 8, 1967- ) (voice actress, singer) born in Toda, Saitama.

no date
Animatoons (tv), Animatoons.
(drawn animation)

The Box (ss), Fred Wolf /Murakami-Wolf.
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Cartoons

Happy Easter (tvsp), Art Clokey and Raymond Peck /Clokey.
(puppet animation)

Windy Day (ss), John and Faith Hubley /Hubley.
(drawn animation)

Hanna-Barbera Productions is sold to Taft Entertainment. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera remain as the heads of the studio.

Sib Tower 12 Productions is taken over by MGM and becomes MGM Animation Visual Arts.

no date
Las Aventuras de Hijitus ("Hijitus' Adventures") (tv), García Ferré. (Argentina)
(drawn animation)
(1967-1973)

The House That Jack Built (ss), Ron Tunis /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Max the 2000 Year-Old Mouse (tvss), Grantray-Lawrence and Guest. (Canada/United States)
(drawn animation)

Pas de Deaux (ss), Norman McLaren /NFB. (Canada)
(special processing of live action film)

Grantray-Lawrence studio goes bankrupt and closes. (Canada)

no date
Colargol // Przygody Misia Colargola ("Barnaby the Bear", "Jeremy the Bear") (tv)/(tvss) /Procidis and Se-ma-for. (France/Poland)
(puppet animation)
(1967-1974)

Dornröshen ("Sleeping Beauty") (ss), Katja Georgi /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany])
(puppet animation)

Hypothese Beta (ss), Jean-Charles Meunier /Films Orzeaux. (France)
(drawn animation)

Izumitelj cipela ("The Inventor of Shoes") (tvss), Zlatko Grgic /Zagreb Film. (Yugoslavia [Croatia])
(drawn animation)
first Professor Balthazar series

Krotitelj divljih konja ("Tamer of Wild Horses") (ss), Nedeljko Dragic /Zagreb Film. (Yugoslavia [Croatia])
(drawn animation)
Annecy Festival Grand Prize winner

"The Little Time Machine" (f), Valentina Brumberg and Zenaeda Brumberg /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Maugli [Маугли] ("Jungle Book"; "The Adventures of Mowgli") (f), Roman Davidov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Nörgel und Söhne oder was vor 9742 Jahren vormittags 9 Uhr begann ("Noergel and Sons or What Began 9742 Years Ago at 9 a.m.") (ss), Kurt Weiler /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]).
(puppet animation)

Othello 67 [Отелло-67] (ss), Fyodor Khitruk /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Reksio (tv), Filmow Rysunkowych. (Poland)
(drawn animation)

Ruddigore (sf), Joy Batchelor /Halas and Batchelor. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

The Sailor and the Devil (ss), Richard Williams /Williams. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Skameyka [СКАМЕЙКА] ("The Bench") (ss), Lev Atamanov /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

"Stockholders" (ss), Roman Davidov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Theatre de M. et Mme. Kabal ("Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal") (f), Walerian Borowczyk /Cineastes Associes. (France)
(drawn animation)

Varekjka ("The Mitten") (ss), Roman Katschanow /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

La Vita in scatola ("Life in a Garbage Can") (ss), Bruno Bozetto. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

Whatever Happened to Uncle Fred (ss), Bob Godfrey /Godfrey. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

no date
Kurohime Monogatari ("The Kurohime Story") (f), Miyoji Ieki /Kyoda Eiga.
(puppet animation)

Kunihiro Mori (Mori Kunihiro 森邦宏) (writer, director) born.

no date
Bai ca tren vach nui ("The Song on a Mountain Wall"), Truong Qua /Vietnamese Animated Cartoon and Puppet. (North Viet Nam)
(cut-out animation)

Con Sao Biet Noi ("The Talking Blackbird"; "The Talking Starling") (ss), Ngo Manh Lan /Vietnamese Animated Cartoon and Puppet. (North Viet Nam)
(drawn animation)

"The Race Between the Tortoise and the Hare" (ss), Chao Tse-Hsiu. (Taiwan)
(drawn animation)
first animated film in Taiwan

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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