Grandma Bricks, Lines and Shapes (tvss), Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Maeterlinck no Aoi no Tori Tyltyl Mytyl no Boken Ryoko [メーテルリンクの青い鳥 チルチルミチルの冒険旅行] ("Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl Adventurous Journey") (tv), Office Academy.
(drawn animation)

Mori no Yogi na Shojintachi: Belfy to Lilbit [森の陽気な小人たち ベルフィーとリルビット] ("Cheerful Dwarves of the Forest, Belfy and Lilbit") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Nils no Fushigina Tabi [ニルスのふしぎな旅] ("Wonderful Adventures of Nils") (tv), Studio Peirrot.
(drawn animation)

Tom Sawyer no Boken [トム・ソーヤの冒険] ("Adventures of Tom Sawyer") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Tadao Nagahama (Akira Aoi, Nagahama Tadao 長浜忠夫) (September 26, 1932-January 14, 1980) (director, art director, composer) dies.

Animalympics: Winter Games (tvsp), Steven Lisberger /Lisberger.
(drawn animation)

Pink Panther in "Olympinks" (tvsp), Friz Freleng /DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

She's A Good Skate, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

The Trouble With Miss Switch (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Mahou Shojo Lalabell [魔法少女ララベル] ("Lalabelle the Magic Girl") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Muteki Robot Trider G7 [無敵ロボ トライダーG7] ("Invincible Robot Trider G7") (tv), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Nodoka Mori no Dôbutsu Daisakusen ("The Big Scheme of the Animals of Nodoka Forest"; "Back to the Forest") (tvsp), Masao Kuroda /Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Time Bokan Series Time Patrol Tai Otasukeman [タイムボカンシリーズ タイムパトロール隊オタスケマン] ("Time Machine Series: Time Patrol Team Rescueman") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Trois themes ("Three Themes") (ss), Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker. (France)
(pin screen animation)

Ginga Tetsudo 999 Claire no Glass [銀河鉄道999 ガラスのクレア] ("Galaxy Express 999: Glass Claire") (ss), Nobutaka Nishizawa /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Hana no Ko LunLun Konnichi wa Sakaru no Kuni ("Lunlun the Flower Child: Hello Village of the Cherries") (ss), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Hi no Tori 2772 Ai no Cosmo Zone [火の鳥2772 愛のコスモゾーン] ("Firebird 2772: Cosmo Zone of Love"; "Phoenix 2772") (f), Osamu Tezuka and Taki Sugiyama /Tezuka.
(drawn animation)

Mori wa Ikiteiru ("The Forest That Lives") (f), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Time Bokan Series--Zendaman ("Time Machine Series--Zendaman") (ss), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Uchu Taitei God Sigma [宇宙大帝ゴッドシグマ] ("Space Emperor God Sigma") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Maaya Sakamoto (Sakamoto Maaya) (voice actress, singer) born in Tokyo.

Ganbare! Gonbe [がんばれゴンベ] ("Come On! Gonbe") (tv), Tsuchida.
(drawn animation)

Ginga Tetsudo 999 Eien no Tabito Emeraldas ("Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas") (tvsp), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Hoero! Bun Bun [ほえろ! ブンブン] ("Bark! Bun Bun") (tvsp), Wako.
(drawn animation)

Moero Arthur Hakuba no Oji [燃えろアーサー 白馬の王子] ("King Arthur: Prince on the White Horse") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Mu no Hakugei [ムーの白鯨] ("Mu the Whale") (tv), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Sue Cat [スーキャット] (tvss), Knack Productions.
(drawn animation)

Tera e... [地球へ...] ("Toward the Terra") (f), Hideo Onchi /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Tsurikitchi Sanpei [釣りキチ三平] ("Sanpei the Fisherman") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
(1980-1982)

Zukkoke Knight: Don De La Mancha ("The Crazy Knight, the Don of Mancha"; "Don Quixote") (tv), Ashi Pro.
(drawn animation)

Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (tvsp), Chuck Jones /Chuck Jones Enterprises.
(drawn animation)
collection of new made for tv cartoons of classic Warner Bros. characters

Carlton Your Doorman (tvsp), Charles Swenson and Fred Wolf /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson.
(drawn animation)

Dr. Seuss' Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

The Return of the King (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)

George Pal (Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) (director, producer, animator) dies in Los Angeles, California.

Len Lye (director, animator) dies in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Cockleshell Bay (tvss), Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)
(1980-1986)

Ganbare! Tabuchi-kun! Gekito Pennant Race ("Come On! Tabuchi! The Difficult Pennant Race") (f), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi--Hi no Kuni Monogatari ("Animated Japanese Tales--The Story of the Land of Fire") (tvsp), Group TAC.
(drawn animation)

Wakakasu Monagatari ("Story of Young Shoots" or "Little Women") (tvsp), Yugo Serakawa /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Uchu Senshi Baldios [宇宙戦士バルディオス] ("Space Warrior Baldios") (tv), Ashi Pro.
(drawn animation)

Ganbare! Genki [がんばれ元気] ("Come On! Genki") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Mahou Shojo Lalabell--Umi ga Yobu Natsuyasumi ("Lalabelle the Magic Girl: Invitation to the Sea for Summer Vacation") (ss), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Makoto-chan [まことちゃん] ("Little Makoto") (f), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Tex Avery (Fred Avery, Frederick Bean Avery) (director, animator, voice actor) dies in Burbank, California.

Fumoon (tvsp), Osamu Tezuka and Hiroshi Nishimura (animation director) /Tezuka.
(drawn animation)

Ikkuysan--Obare Yancha Hime ("Ikkusan--Princess Putiferio") (tvsp), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Marine Snow no Densetsu [マリンスノーの伝説] ("The Legend of Marine Snow") (tvsp), Leiji Matsumoto /Now Kikaku.
(drawn animation)

Uchû Senkan Yamato: Towa ni ("Space Battleship Yamato: Be Forever"; "Be Forever Yamato") (f), Toshio Masuda /Office Academy.
(drawn animation)

Yami no Teio Kyuketsuki Dracula ("The Emperor of Darkness, Vampire Dracula"; "Dracula: Soverign of the Damned"; Dracula: Emperor of Darkness") (tvsp), Minoru Okazaki and Akinori Nagaoka /Toei.
(drawn animation)

The Flintstones' New Neighbors (tvsp), Carl Urbano /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Nijushi no Hitomi ("Twenty-four Eyes") (tvsp), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Ojamanga Yamada-kun ("Troublemaker of Cartoons, Little Yamada") (tv), Erald.
(drawn animation)
(1980-1982)

Tondemo Senshi Muteking [とんでも戦士ムテキング] ("Muteking, The Dashing Warrior") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Life Is A Circus, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

The Plastic Man/Baby Plas Super Comedy Show (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)
contains Plastic Family (tvss) and Baby Plas (tvss)

Scruffy (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Thundarr the Barbarian (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

King Rollo (tvss), King Rollo. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Ginga Tetsudo 999 Kimi wa Haha no Yo ni Aiseru Ka ("Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love As A Mother?") (tvsp), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Hoero! Bun Bun [ほえろ! ブンブン] ("Bark! Bun Bun") (tv), Wako.
(drawn animation)

Manga Kotowaja Jiten [まんがことわざ事典] ("The Animated Encyclopedia of Proverbs") (tv)/(tvss)/(edu), Tsuchida.
(drawn animation)

Tetsujin 28-go ("Iron Man 28" or "The New Adventures of Gigantor") (tv), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Tetsuwan Atom [鉄腕アトム] ("Mighty Atom"; "Astro Boy") (tv), Tezuka.
(drawn animation)

Uchu Senkan Yamato III [宇宙戦艦ヤマトIII] ("Space Cruiser Yamato III"; "Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars") (tv), Office Academy.
(drawn animation)

Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Gnomes (tvsp), Jack Zander /Zanders Animation.
(drawn animation)

The Richie Rich/Scooby Doo-Hour (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains Richie Rich (tvss) and reruns of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (tv)

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz ("Dorothy in the Land of Oz") (tvsp), Fred Wolf /Murakami-Wolf-Swenson.
(drawn animation)

A Snow White Christmas (tvsp), Kay Wright /Filmation.
(drawn animation)

Yogi's First Christmas (tvsp), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Ganbare! Tabuchi-kun! A Tsuppari Jinsei [がんばれ！！タブチくん！！・ぁツッパリ人生] ("Come On! Tabuchi! This Is Your Life") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /TMS.
(drawn animation)

Dimension: Green Giant (tvss)/(adv), Bill Kovacs /Robet Abel.
(cgi animation)

Warner Bros. opens up a new animation studio with Friz Freleng as head. The studio is designed to produce feature-length packages of its old shorts, with new animation to provide bridges between the older segments.

Haim Saban founds Saban Entertainment (California).

Michael Sporn founds Michael Sporn Animation in New York.

Carl Rosendahl, Glenn Entis, and Richard Chuang found Pacific Data Images (PDI) in Sunnydale, California to create computer animated graphics for television.

Getting Started // Faut se grouiller (ss), Richard Condie /NFB.
(drawn animation)

The History of the World in Three Minutes Flat (ss), Michael Mills /Michael Mills Productions. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Libro gordo de Petete ("Petete's Large Book") (tvss), García Ferré. (Argentina)
(drawn animation)

Premiers Jours // Beginnings (ss), Clorinda Warny, Linda Gagnon, and Suzanne Gervaise /NFB. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Sing Beast Sing (ss), Marv Newland /International Rocketship. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Hattytown Tales (tvss), Filmfair. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)

Kaj Nazar ("Brave Nazar") (ss), Robert Sahakiants /Hayfilm. (Soviet Union [Armenia])
(drawn animation)

A Legy ("The Fly") (ss), Ferenc Rofusz /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Animation

Liliput (tvss), Bruno Bozzetto /Bozzetto. (Italy)
(drawn animation)

Moto Perpetuo (ss), Bela Vajda /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Mařence ("The Tale of John and Mary") (f), Karel Zeman /Filmové Studio Gottwaldov. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(drawn animation)

Rui, el pequeño Cid // Little El Cid no Boken [リトル・エド・シドの冒険] ("Adventures of Little El Cid") (tv), BRB Internacional and Nippon Animation. (Spain/Japan)
(drawn animation)

Skazka Skazok [Сказка сказок] ("The Tale of Tales") (ss), Yuri Norstein /Soyuzmultifilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(cut-out animation)

Spiel mit Leho ("Playing with Clay") (ss), Walter Spater /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany])
(clay animation)
(series 1980-1988)

Suur Tőll ("The Great Toll") (ss), Rein Raamat /Tallinfilm. (Soviet Union [Estonia])
(drawn animation)

Ubu (ss), Geoff Dunbar /Grand Slamm Animation. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

BRB Internacional starts producing its own animated television programs. (Spain)

Nezha Nao Hai [哪吒闹海] ("Nezha Conquers the Dragon") (sf), Wang Shuchen, Yang Dingxian, and A Da /Shanghai Animation. (China)
(drawn animation)

Sarah (f), Yoram Gross and Athol Henry /Yoram Gross. (Australia)
(drawn animation)