Nu, pogodi! ("Just You Wait!"; "Wait, Wait, I'll Get'Ya!") (tvss), Vyacheslav Kotenochkin /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union)
(drawn animation)
(series 1969-1986)

Kaitei Shonen Marine [海底少年マリン] ("Sea-Bottom Boy, Marine"; "Marine Boy") (tv), TCJ.
(drawn animation)

Wonder-kun no Hatsuyumeuchu Ryoko ("The Marvelous Dream of Little Wonder's Space Trip") (tvsp), Sugiyama Suguru /Mushi.
(drawn animation)

Mad Monster Party (f), Jules Bass and Tad Mochinaga /Rankin-Bass (MOM Pro (Japan)).
(puppet animation)

Sobakasu Putchy [そばかすプッチー] ("Freckled Putchy") (tvss), Fuji TV Enterprise.
(drawn animation)

Tele-Cartoon Japan become Eiken.

Kurenai Sanshiro [紅三四郎] ("Scarlet Sanshiro"; "Judo Boy") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Moretsu Ataro [もーれつア太郎] ("Extraordinary Ataro") (tv)/(tvss), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Ninpu Kamui Gaiden [忍風カムイ外伝] ("Kamui the Ninja: Stories Other Than the Legend") (tv), Tele-Cartoon Japan.
(drawn animation)

Roppo Yabure Kun [六法やぶれクン] (tvss), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Umeboshi Denka [ウメ星デンカ ] ("Emperor from the Star Ume") (tv)/(tvss), TMS and Studio Zero.
(drawn animation)

Cree Summer (Cree Summer-Francks) (July 7, 1969- ) (voice actress) born in Los Angeles, California.

The Hoarder (ss), Evelyn Lambart /NFB. (Canada)
(cut-out animation)

Maboule ("Oddball") (ss), Co Hoedeman /NFB. (Canada)
(puppet animation)

Sora Tobu Yureisen ("The Flying Phantom Ship") (f), Hiroshi Ikeda /Toei.
(drawn animation)

The Cattanooga Cats (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation, part live action)
contains: It's the Wolf (tvss), Around the World in 79 Days (tvss), and Auto Cat and Motor Mouse (tvss).

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains; Dastardly and Muttley (tvss), Magnificent Muttleys (tvss), and Dick Dastardly Blackouts (tvss).

The Hardy Boys (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)

Here Comes the Grump (tv)/(tvss), DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

Hot Wheels (tv)/(tvss), Pantomime Pictures.
(drawn animation)

It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Melendez.
(drawn animation)

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

The Pink Panther Show (tv), DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)
various DePatie-Freleng theatrical shorts

Sky Hawks (tv), Pantomime.
(drawn animation)

The Smokey the Bear Show (tv)/(tvss), Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)

Where Are You, Scooby Do? (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
the first of many Scooby Do tv series, specials, and oavs

Bud Collyer (Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr.) (voice actor) dies in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Pinch to Punch [ピンチとパンチ] ("Pinch and Punch") (tvss), Fuji TV Enterprise.
(drawn animation)

Mary, Mungo and Midge (tvss), Ryan. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Monty Python's Flying Circus (tv), Python (Monty) Productions. (Great Britain)
(primarily live action, some cut-out animation)
comedy television program with various animated inserts by Terry Gilliam
(1969-1974)

Marhui Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senya Ichiya [秘劇画　浮世絵千一夜] ("The Prohibited Picture Novel: the Thousand and One Nights of Ukiyoe") (f), Leo Nishimura /Leo Productions (Toei).
(drawn animation)

Moomin [ムーミン] (tv), TMS and Mushi.
(drawn animation)

Sazae-san [サザエさん] (tv)/(tvss), Tele-Cartoon Japan (later Eiken).
(drawn animation)
(1969 to the present)
This unassuming series about a woman and her family's adventures is the largest series of animation ever created. As of the end of 2005, over 1800 half hour episodes had appeared, each normally containing three individual short cartoons.

Tiger Mask [タイガーマスク] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1969-1971)

Sesame Street (tv), Children's Television Workshop.
(live action children's program with extensive animated cartoons from various studios)
(1969 to the present)

Frosty the Snowman (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)

It's Tough To Be A Bird (ss), Ward Kimball /Disney.
(drawn animation)
Academy Award:Best Short Subjects, Cartoon

The Night Before Christmas (tvsp), Jim Pabian /ELBA Production.
(drawn animation)

Il Cavaliere inesistente ("The Nonexistent Knight") (f), Pino Zac /Istituto Luce. (Italy)
(drawn animation, some live action)

Jiri Trnka (February 24, 1912-December 30, 1969) (director, animator, character designer, writer) dies in Prague. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])

Kyojin no Hoshi Yuke Hyuma ("Star of the Giants: Go Go Hyuma") (f), Tadao Nagahama /TMS.
(drawn animation)

Chisa Yokoyama (Yokoyama Chisa, 横山智佐) (December 20, 1969- ) (voice actress, singer) born in Tokyo.

Bambi Meets Godzilla (ss), Marv Newland.
(drawn animation)

Culture Shock (ss), Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner.
(clay animation)

Of Men and Demons (ss), John and Faith Hubley /Hubley.
(drawn animation)

Winky Dink and You (tv)/(tvss), Screen Magic.
(drawn animation)
a new version of the 1950s tv series

MGM Animation closes.

Warner Bros. closes its animation studio.

Balerina na korable [Балерина На Корабле] ("Ballerina on the Boat") (ss), Lev Atamanov /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Bremenskie muzykanty [аПЕЛЕМЯЙХЕ ЛСГШЙЮМРШ] ("The Bremen Town Musicians") (f), Inessa Kovalevskaya /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Kapriznaya Printsessa [Капризная Принцесса] ("The Capricious Princess") (ss), Zinaida Brumberg and Valentina Brumberg /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Krokodil Gena [Крокодил Гена] ("Crocodile Gena") (ss), Roman Kachanov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(puppet animation)

La linea ("The Line") (tvss), Osvaldo Cavandoli. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

Pepin la bulle ("Pepin's Bubble") (tvss), Belokapi.
(puppet animation)
(1969-1971)

Tintin et le temple du soleil ("Tintin and the Temple of the Sun") (f), Eddie Lateste /Belvision. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)

Veselaia Karusel ("The Jolly Roundabout") (tvss), /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)
(1969-2000)

Vinni Pukh [Винни-Пух] ("Winnie the Pooh") (ss), Fyodor Khitruk /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)
first Vinni Pukh [Винни-Пух] ("Winnie the Pooh") series (1969-1972)

Wahed wa khamsa ("One to Five") (tvss), Noshi Iskander /Egyptian Television. (Egypt)
(drawn animation)

Studio Loutkového Filmu is renamed Studio Jiri Trnka.

Uijeog Hong Gil-dong ("General Hong Gil-dong") (f), Yong Yu-su /Seki Productions. (South Korea)
(drawn animation)

"Treasure Island" (f). (South Korea)
(drawn animation)