Chronology of Animation 1976

January
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Lee Mendelsohn /Mendelsohn Productions.
special for the 25th anniversary of the "Peanuts" comic strip

January
Paddington ("Paddington Bear") (tvss), FilmFair. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation, some cutout animation)

Cosgrove Hall Productions founded by John Hambley, Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall as a subsidiary of Thames TV. The studio was located in Manchester. (Great Britain)

January
Haha wo Tazunete Sanzen Ri [母をたずねて三千里] ("3000 Leagues In Search Of Mother") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Huckleberry no Boken [ハックルベリィの冒険] ("The Adventures of Huckleberry [Finn]") (tv), Group TAC.
(drawn animation)

Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi [まんが日本昔ばなし] ("Animated Ancient Japanese Tales") (tv), Group TAC.
(drawn animation)
(1976 to 1994)

February
Mowgli's Brothers (tvsp), Chuck Jones and Hal Ambro /Chuck Jones Enterprises.
(drawn animation)

Vince Guaraldi (July 17, 1928-February 6, 1976) (composer) dies in Menlo Park, California.

John Lounsbery (John Mitchell Lounsbery) (animator, director) dies in Burbank, California.

March
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

James Tyer (Jim Tyer) (February 7, 1904-March 1976) (animator, director, writer) dies.

March
Jamie and the Magic Torch (tvss), Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (tvss), Filmfair. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

March
Nagagutsu Ohaita Neko 80 Nichikan Sekai Isshu [長靴をはいた猫 80日間世界一周] ("Puss 'n' Boots: Travels Around the World in 80 Days") (f), Hiroshi Shidara /Toei.
(drawn animation)

UFO Robot Grendizer tai Great Mazinger [UFOロボグレンタイザー対グレートマジンガー] ("UFO Robot Grendizer Against the Great Mazinger") (ss), Toei.
(drawn animation)

April
The First Easter Rabbit (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)

The Flintstones: Little Big League (tvsp), Chris Cuddington /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Noah's Animals (tvsp), Shamus Culhane /Shamus Culhane Productions.
(drawn animation)

April
Cho Denji Robo Combattler V [超電磁ロボコンバトラーV] ("Super Electromagnetic Robo Combattler V") (tv), Toei (Nippon Sunrise).
(drawn animation)

Daiku Maryu Gaiking [大空魔竜ガイキング] ("Demon Dragon of the Heavens Gaiking"; "Gaiking") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Gowapper 5 Godam [ゴワッパー5ゴーダム] ("Goliath the Warrior") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Machine Hayabusa [マシンハヤブサ] ("Machine Peregrine") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Pinocchio Yori Picolino no Boken [ピノキオよりピコリーノの冒険] ("Adventures of Picolino Rather than Pinocchio") (tv), Nippon Animation and Apollo Films. (Japan/Austria)
(drawn animation)

Shin Don Chuck Monogatari [新ドンチャック物語] ("New Don Chuck's Story") (tv), Knack Productions.
(drawn animation)

UFO Senshi Daipolon [UFO戦士ダイアポロン] ("UFO Warrior Daipolon") (tv), Eiken.
(drawn animation)

Yokaiden Nekomekozo [妖怪伝猫目小僧] (tv), Wako.
(live action, some drawn animation)

May
Quasi at the Quackadero (ss), Sally Cruishank.
(drawn animation)

July
Hugo the Hippo // Hugo a vizilo (f), William Feigenbaum, Robert Halmi (producer), and József Gémes (animation director) /Pannoniafilm. (United States/Hungary)
(drawn animation)

July
Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster [ブロッカー軍団IV マシーンブラスター] ("Blocker Corps IV: Machine Blaster") (tv), Nippon Animation and Ashi Productions.
(drawn animation)

Grandizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger--Kessen Kaikaiju [グレンタイザー、ゲッターロボG グレートマジンガー・決戦! 大海獣] ("Grandizer, Getter Robot G, and Great Mazinger: the Decisive Battle of the Great Monster of the Sea") (sf), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Grozier X [グロイザーX] (tv), Knack Productions.
(drawn animation)

July
"Robot Taekwon V" [로보트 태권브이] (f), Kim Cheong-Ki. (South Korea)
(drawn animation)

August
Clue Club (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

August
First Ottowa International Animation Festival held. (Canada)

August
Manga Furusato Mukashi Banashi [まんがふるさと昔ばなし] ("Animation of World Folklore") (tv), Dax.
(drawn animation)

September
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Everybody Rides the Carousel (tvsp), John and Faith Hubley /Hubley.
(drawn animation)

Jabberjaw (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Mumbly (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)

September
Chorlton and the Wheelies (tvss), Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)
(1976-1977, 1979)

September
Magnerobo Ga-Keen [マグネロボガ・キーン] ("Magnetic Robot Ga-Keen") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Yui Horie (Horie Yui) (voice actress, singer) born in Tokyo.

A Productions becomes Shin'ei ("New A") Doga. The president is Daikichirou Kusube.

JVC/Matsushita introduces the VHS (Video Home System) video cassette recorder/players in Tokyo.

October
Douze Travaux d'Asterix ("Twelve Labors of Asterix") (f), Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo /Idefix. (France)
(drawn animation)

October
Candy Candy [キャンディ・キャンディ] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1976-1979)

Dokaben [ドカベン] (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
(1976-1979)

Hana No Kakaricho [花の係長] ("The Rampant Foreman") (tv)/(tvss), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Hoka Hoka Kazoku [ほかほか家族] ("The Affectuous Family") (tvss), Eiken.
(drawn animation)
(1976-1982)

Kyoru Tankentai Born Free [恐竜探検隊ボーンフリー] ("Dinosaur Exploration Team Born Free") (tv), Tsuburaya and Nippon Sunrise.
(part drawn animation, part live action, part puppet animation)

Little Lulu to Chicchai Nakama [リトル・ルルとちっちゃい仲間] ("Little Lulu and Her Friends") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi [まんが世界昔ばなし] ("Animated Folklore of the Past") (tv), Dax.
(drawn animation)
(1976-1979)

Paul no Miracle Daisakusen [ポールのミラクル大作戦] ("Paul's Miracle Strategy Plan") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Robokko Beeton [ろぼっ子ビートン] ("Robot Child Beeton") (tv), Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

UFO Senshi Daipolon II [UFO戦士ダイアポロン II] ("UFO Warrior Daipolon II") (tv), Eiken.
(drawn animation)

November
Carnival of Animals (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Enterprises.
(drawn animation)

Davy Crockett on the Mississippi (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

November
Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud ("Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival") (f), Stig Lasseby /Team Film. (Sweden)
(drawn animation)

December
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)

The Little Drummer Boy, Book II (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(puppet animation)

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(puppet animation)

Rod Scribner (Roderick Scribner) (animator, director) dies.

December
Los cuatros secretos ("The Four Secrets") (f), Simon Feldman. (Argentina)
(drawn animation)

no date
Animals Animals Animals (tv)/(edu).
(live action, drawn animation)
(1976-1981)

Freedom Is (tvsp), Don Hall /Screen Images.
(drawn animation)

Martin the Cobbler (ss), Will Vinton /Vinton.
(clay animation)

(Colossal) Pictures founded in San Francisco by Drew Takahashi and Gary Gutierrez.

no date
The Lion and the Mouse (ss), Evelyn Lambart /NFB. (Canada)
(cut-out animation)

The Street (ss), Caroline Leaf /NFB. (Canada)
(animated painting on glass)

Symbiosis (ss), Dave Cox. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

no date
"Die Abenteuer der Maus auf dem Mars" (tvss), Miklós Temesi /Pannoiafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Bankiet ("Banquet") (ss), Zofia Oraczewska /Studio Miniatur Filmowych. (Poland)
(cut-out animation)

Dedalo ("Daedalus"; "Labyrinth") (ss), Manfredo Manfredi /Cineteam. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

Donyaye divaneh divaneh divaneh ("The Crazy Crazy World"; "The Mad, Mad, Mad World" (ss), Noureddin Zarrin-Kelk. (Iran)
(drawn animation)

La Flûte à six schtroumpfs ("The Flute and the Six Smurfs"; "The Smurfs and the Magic Flute") (f), Eddie Lataste and Pierre Peyo /Belvision. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)

Gédéon ("Gideon") (tvss). (France)
(drawn animation)

I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General (ss), Sheila Graber /Graber. (Great Britain)
(cut-out animation)

Konek Gorbunok [Конёк-горбунок] ("The Little Humpbacked Horse") (f), Ivan Ivanov-Vano /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)
(Ivanov-Vano's remake of his 1947 classic)

Die Leuchtturminsel ("The Lighthouse Island") (f), Gunter Ratz /DEFA. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany])
(puppet animation)

Lúdas Matyi ("Mattie the Gooseboy"; "The Adventures of Matt the Gooseboy") (f), Attila Dargay /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Noah and Nelly on the Skylark (tvss), Bob Godfrey Films. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Prikliucheniia kapitana Vrungelia [Приключения Капитана Врунгеля] ("The Adventures of Captain Vrungel") (ss), Dimitri Cherkasskii /Kievnauchfilm. (Soviet Union [Ukraine])
(drawn animation)
series 1976-1979

Signor Rossi ("Mr. Rossi's Sporting Feats") (tvss), Bruno Bozzetto /Bozzetto. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

Tofffsy (tv)/(tvss), Audiovisivi De Mas. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

Cartoon Film founded in Berlin by Thilo Graph Rothkirch. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])

no date
Dojoji [道成寺] ("Dojoji Temple") (ss), Kihachiro Kawamoto.
(puppet animation)

no date
Cay choi dep nhat ("The Most Beautiful Broom") (ss), Vo Nguyen /Ho Chi Minh City Multi-branched. (Viet Nam)
(drawn animation)

Leisure (ss), Bruce Petty /Film Australia. (Australia)
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Animation

Xuong phim Tong hop thanh pho Ho Chi Minh studio (Ho Chi Minh City Multi-branched Film Enterprise) founded. (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.

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