Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary Special (tvsp), Gary Weis /Warner Bros.
history special with interviews with various Warner Bros. animation artists
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)
Jimbo and the Jet Set (tvss), Maddocks Cartoon Productions. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
"The Adventures of An American Rabbit" (f), Fred Wolf and Nobutaka Nishizawa /Toei.
(drawn animation)
Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari ("Love's Tale of Young Grass"), (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
Ai Shoujo Pollyanna Monogatari [愛少女ポリアンナ物語] ("Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love") (tv), Kôzô Kuzuha /Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
Maple Town Monogatari [メイプルタウン物語] ("Maple Town Stories"; "Maple Town") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
Robotan [ロボタン] (tv)/(tvss), TMS.
(drawn animation)
Uchusen Sagittarius [宇宙船サジタリウス] ("Spaceship Sagittarius") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
J.C. Staff founded in Tokyo by Tomoyuki Miyata.
Stephen Jobs buys Lucasfilms' Computer Division and establishes it as Pixar Studio.
Dragon Ball [ドラゴンボール] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1986-1989)
the first of three Dragon Ball tv series and a large number of movies
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever (f), Kazuo Yamazaki /Kitty.
(drawn animation)
Zelda no Densetsu [ゼルダの伝説] ("The Legend of Zelda") (vg), Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka /Nintendo.
(drawn animation)
first Zelda no Densetsu series (1986 to the present)
Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords (f), Ray Patterson /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
Kissyfur: The Birds and the Bears (tvsp), Marija Miletic Dail and Bernard Deyriès /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (f), Dale Schott /Nelvana. (Canada)
(drawn animation)
Arion (f), Mamoru Hamatsu and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko /Nippon Sunrise and TMS.
(drawn animation)
Kido Senshi Gundam ZZ [機動戦士ガンダムZZ] ("Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ") (tv), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)
Mahou no Idol Pastel Yumi [魔法のアイドル パステルユーミ] ("Magical Idol Pastel Yumi") (tv), Akira Sugino /Pierrot.
(drawn animation)
Maison Ikkoku [めぞん一刻] (tv), Kazuo Yamazaki, Takashi Anno, and Takayuki Yoshinaga /Studio Deen.
(drawn animation)
(1986-1988)
Megazone 23 (oav), Noburu Ishiguro /Artmic and AIC.
(drawn animation)
first Megazone 23 series
Bertha (tvss), Woodland Animations. (Great Britain)
(model animation)
Ginga Nagareboshi Gin [銀牙流れ星銀] ("Galactic Meteor Gin [Silver]", "Silver Fang") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman [剛Q超児イッキマン] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
Lupin III: Dead or Alive [ルパン三世 DEAD OR ALIVE] (f), Monkey Punch /TMS.
(drawn animation)
Manga Naruhodo Monogatari [まんがなるほど物語] ("Animated Stories to Understand Things") (tv)/(edu), Dax.
(drawn animation, some live action)
(1986-1988)
Seishun Anime Zenshu [青春アニメ全集] ("Youth Anime Complete Collection") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
Ultraman Kids no Kotozawa Monogatari [ウルトラマンキッズのことわざ物語] ("Ultraman Kids' Proverb Stories") (tv), Mushi.
(drawn animation)
Wonder Beat S [ワンダービートS] ("Wonder Beat Scramble") (tv), Mushi.
(drawn animation)
Studio 4ºC founded by Koji Morimoto, Eiko Tanaka, and Yoshiharu Sato.
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (tvsp), Hanna-Barbera.
history of the series composed of new animation with clips from the series, some live action
Garfield in Paradise (tvsp), Phil Roman /Film Roman.
(drawn animation)
Herschel Bernardi (October 30, 1923-May 9, 1986) (voice actor) dies in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack.
Sledgehammer (mv), Stephen Johnson, Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Stephen Quay, and Timothy Quay /Aardman. (Great Britain)
(clay animation, pixallation, some live action)
Hikari no Densetsu [光の伝説] ("Legend of Light"; "Hikari's Legend") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)
Sokihei MD Geist [装鬼兵ＭＤガイスト ] ("Demon Armour MD Geist"; "MD Geist: The Most Dangerous Ever" (oav), Hayato Ikeda /Production Wave.
(drawn animation)
Kissyfur: The Lady Is a Chump (tvsp), Bernard Deyries /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
My Little Pony (f), Michael Jones /Sunbow.
(drawn animation)
The Great Heep (tvsp), Clive A. Smith and Gord Stanfield /Nelvana. (Canada)
(drawn animation)
Hadashi no Gen II [はだしのゲン２] ("Barefoot Gen II") (f), Toshio Hirata /Gen Production.
(drawn animation)
Project A-ko [プロジェクトA子] (f), Katsuhiko Nishijima /APPP.
(drawn animation)
first of the Project A-ko series of movies and oavs
The Great Mouse Detective (f), John Musker, Ron Clements, Dave Michener, and Barry Mattinson /Disney.
(drawn animation)
Kissyfur: We Are the Swamp (tvsp), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
Ai City ("Love City") (f), Koichi Mashimo /Ashi.
(drawn animation)
Amon Saga (oav), Shunji Oga /Centre Studio and Toei.
(drawn animation)
Call Me Tonight (oav), Tatsuya Okamoto /AIC.
(drawn animation)
Gall Force--Eternal Story (f), Katsuhito Akiyama /Animate Film, Artmic, and AIC.
(drawn animation)
first of the Gall Force series of movies and oavs
Machine Robo-Cronos no Dai Gyakushu [マシンロボ クロノスの大逆襲] ("Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos") (tv), Ashi.
(drawn animation)
Nayuta [那由他] (oav), Masami Hata.
(drawn animation)
Super Mario Brothers Peach Hime Kyushutsu Daisakusen ("Super Mario Brothers--Plan to Free Princess Peach") (f), Masami Hata.
(drawn animation)
Windaria ("Once Upon A Time") (oav), Kunihiko Yuyama /Kaname.
(drawn animation)
Taiji Yabushita (Yabushita Taiji 薮下泰司) (February 1, 1903-July 15, 1986) (director, producer, animator) dies.
The Flight of Dragons (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)
Jem (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)
Luxo Jr. (ss), John Lasseter /Lucasfilm.
(cgi animation)
The Transformers: The Movie (f), Nelson Shin and Kozo Morishita /Sunbow (Toei).
(drawn animation)
Le croc-note show ("The Hook-Note Show") (tvss), Belokapi. (France)
(drawn animation)
Tengku no Shiro Laputa [天空の城ラピュタ] ("Castle in the Sky Laputa"; "Castle in the Sky") (f), Hayao Miyazaki /Ghibli.
(drawn animation)
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (tv), Transcom Media.
(drawn animation)
Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (tvsp)/(edu), Dave Bennett /Rick Reinert Productions.
(drawn animation)
Chuck Norris' Karate Kommandos (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)
Defenders of the Earth (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)
Dennis the Menace (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
The Flintstone Kids (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
contains: The Flintstone Kids (tv), Captain Caveman and Son (tvss), Dino's Dilemmas (tvss), and Flintstone Funnies (tvss).
Foofur (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
Glo Friends (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)
Ghostbusters (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)
Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats (tv), DIC Entertainment.
contains Heathcliff (tvss) and The Catillac Cats (tvss)
The Inhumanoids (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)
Jonny Quest (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
Kissyfur (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
Lazer Tag Academy (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)
My Little Pony 'N' Friends (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)
contains My Little Pony (tvss), Moondreamers (tvss), Potato Head Kids (tvss), and Glo Friends (tvss)
Pound Puppies (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
Rainbow Brite (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
The Real Ghostbusters (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
SilverHawks (tv), Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)
Wildfire: King of the Horses (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
Cadichon ou les Memoires d'un Ane ("Tales of Cadichon") (tv)/(tvss), Juana Productions. (France)
(drawn animation)
Krysar ("Pied Piper of Hamlin") (sf), Jiri Barta /Bratri v triku. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic])
(model animation, some live action)
Popples (tv), DIC International and Madhouse. (France/Japan)
(drawn animation)
Roots Search: Shokushin Buttai X [ルーツ・サーチ 食心物体Ｘ] ("Roots Search: Life Devourer X"; "Roots Search") (oav), Hisashi Sugai and Hiroshi Negishi /Production Wave.
(drawn animation)
Teen Wolf ("The Cartoon Adventures of Teen Wolf") (tv), Southern Star and Hanna-Barbera Australia. (Australia/United States)
(drawn animation)
(1986-1989)
Liberty and the Littles (tvsp), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
ThunderCats Ho! (tvsp), Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)
David Hand (David Dodd Hand) (director, animator, producer) dies in Cambria, California.
Valhalla (f), Peter Madsen and Jeffrey James Varab /Swan Film. (Denmark)
(drawn animation)
Anmitsu Hime [あんみつ姫] ("Princess Anmitsu") (tv), Pierrot.
(drawn animation)
Bosco Daiboken [ボスコアドベンチャー] ("Bosco Adventure") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
Dorimogu Daa!! [ドリモグだぁ!!] ("Mock & Sweet), (tv), Japcon-Mart.
(drawn animation)
Doteraman [ドテラマン] ("Kimono Man") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)
Ganbare! Kickers ("Fight! Kickers") (tv), Akira Sugino /Pierrot.
(drawn animation)
Heart Cocktail [(tv), Meruhen.
(drawn animation)
(1986-1988)
Oh! Family [ボスコアドベンチャー] (tv), Knack.
(drawsn animation)
Oz no Mahoutsukai [オズの魔法使い] ("The Wizard of Oz"; "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz") (tv), Panmedia and Cinar (Itoman). (Japan/Canada)
(drawn animation)
Saint Seiya [聖闘士星矢] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1986-1989)
Disney's Fluppy Dogs (tvsp), Disney.
(drawn animation)
The Great Christmas Race (tvsp), Guy R. Mazzeo /Blair Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
HBO Storybook Musicals (tv), Home Box Office.
(drawn animation)
Collection of short musicals made by various studios. Some of the individual programs are listed as television specials in this chronology.
Inspector Gadget's Field Trip (tv)/(edu), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation, some live action)
The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure (tvsp)/(edu), Rick Reinert /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation, some live action)
Santabear's First Christmas (tvsp), Mark Sottnick /Rabbit Ears.
(drawn animation)
Scatman Crothers (Benjamin Sherman Crothers) (May 23, 1910-November 22, 1986) dies in Van Nuys, California.
Paul Frees (Solomon Hersh Frees) (voice actor) dies in Tiburon, California.
An American Tail (f), Don Bluth /Bluth and Amblin. (Ireland/Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
11 Iru [１１人いる！] ("Junichinin Iru"; "They Were 11"; "They Were Eleven") (f), Tetsu Dezaki and Tsuneo Tominaga /Kitty Film.
(drawn animation)
Tobira o Akete [扉を開けて] ("Open the Door") (f), Keizu Shimizu /Magic Bus.
(drawn animation)
Ang Panday (tv), RPN 9. (Philippines)
(drawn animation)
Christmas Every Day (tvsp), Ed Newmann and Monica Kendall /Orkin-Flaum Productions.
(drawn animation)
Babar and Father Christmas (tvsp), Gerry Capelle /Atkinson Film-Arts. (Canada)
(drawn animation)
Astérix chez les Bretons ("Asterix in Britain") (f), Pino Van Lamsweerde /Gaumont. (France)
(drawn animation)
Andy Heyward buys DIC Audiovisuel from Radio Television Luxembourg and renames it DIC Animation City. Its headquarters is moved to Los Angeles. (Luxembourg/France/United States).
Dragon Ball: Shenlong no Densetsu ("Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong"; "Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies") (sf), Daisuke Nishio /Toei.
(drawn animation)
Galaxy High School (tv), TMS.
(drawn animation)
Hi no Tori: Houou Hen ("Phoenix: Karma Chapter") (f), Rintaro /Madhouse.
(drawn animation)
Outlanders [アウトランダーズ] (oav), Katsuhisa Yamada /Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)
Toki no Tabito Time Stranger [時空の旅人 Time Stranger] ("The Time Travellers, Time Stranger") (f), Mamoru Masaki /Project Team Argos and Madhouse.
(drawn animation)
Wanna-Be's [ウォナビーズ] (oav), Katsuhito Akiyama /Artmic and Animate Film.
(drawn animation)
Kroyer Films founded by Bill and Sue Kroyer to make films that combined cgi and hand drawn techniques.
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no date Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety (ss), Les Drew /NFB. (Canada) (drawn animation) first Blue Dog series L'Heure des anges // Nightangel (ss), Jacques Drouin and Bretislav Pojar /NFB. (Canada) (pinscreen and model animation) As novas aventuras da turma da Monica ("The New Adventures of Monica and Her Friends") (f), Mauricio de Sousa Productions. (Brazil) Os Trapalhoes no Rabo do Cometa ("The Trapalhoes in the Tail of the Comet") (f), Dede Santana /Renato Aragão Produções. (Brazil) |
no date Ali und der Hexenmeister ("Ali and the Sorcerer") (ss), Manfred Henke /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]). (silhouette animation) Bolek i Lolek na dzikim Zachodzie ("Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West") (f), Stanislaw Dulz /Filmow Rysunkowych. (Poland) Dick Spanner, P.I. (tvss). (Great Britain) Feenvögel ("The Fairy Birds") (ss), Monika Krauße-Anderson /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) Fireman Sam (tvss), Bumper Films. (Great Britain) Die Gänsemagd ("The Goose Girl") (ss), Horst J. Tappert /DEFA. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany]) Gréti (Egy kutya feljegyzései) (tv), József Nepp /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Jak Zofka poradala sportovni den ("Sophie, the Sports Day Organizor") (ss), M+B+D (Milos Macourek, Adolf Born, Doubrava) /Bratri v triku. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]) L'oiseau des mers (tvss). (France) Éljen Szervác! ("Long Live Servatius") (f), Ottó Foky /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) "The Magic Lollipop Adventure" (tvsp), Pannoniafilm. (Hungary) Mimi Cracra (tvss), Bayard. (France) Pingu et sa famille ("Pingu and His Family") (tv)/(tvss), Otmar Gutmann /Trickfilmstudio. (Switzerland) The Pondles (tvss), Terry Ward /Flicks Films. (Great Britain) Portland Bill (tvss), Filmfair. (Great Britain) Smatchkan sviat ("A Crushed World") (ss), Boyko Kanev /Sofia Films. (Bulgaria) |
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Street of Crocodiles (ss), Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay /Konick. (Great Britain) (model animation) Tajna Snezhnoj Korolevy [Тайна Снежной Королевы] ("The Secret of the Snow Queen") (tvsp), Nikolai Aleksandrovich /Ekran. (Soviet Union [Russia]) Velka syrova loupez ("The Great Cheese Robbery") (sf), Vaclav Bedrich /Kratky Film and WDR. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]/Federal Republic of Germany [Germany]) |
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Baribari no Densetsu Part 1 Tsukubahen ("Legend of the Rolling Wheels Part 1 Tsukuba Chapter") (oav), Pierrot.
(drawn animation)
first Baribari no Densetsu series
Kizuoibito ("The Scarred Man") (oav), Toshio Takeuchi /Madhouse.
(drawn animation)
first Kizuoibito series (1986-1988)
Shonan Bakusozoku--Nokosareta Hashiryatachi ("Wild Explosive Motorbike Gang from Shonan--Superstitious Motorcyclists" or "Bomber Bikes of Shonan") (oav), Nobutaka Nishizawa /Toei.
(drawn animation)
first Shonan Bakusozoku series
Violence Jack Bangaihen Vol. 1 Harlem Bomber ("Violence Jack Epilogue Vol. 1 Harlem Bomber") (oav), Ichiro Itano /Kazufumi Nomura.
(drawn animation)
first Violence Jack Bangaihen series
Dot and Keeto (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia)
(drawn animation, live action backgrounds)
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale (f), Murray Ball /On the Ball Productions. (New Zealand)
(drawn animation)
Sang ("Light") (ss), Nguyen Tai /Xi nghiep phim Tong hop thanh pho Ho Chi Minh. (North Viet Nam)
(drawn animation)
The Huge Adventures of Trevor the Cat (ss) John Taylor. (Australia)
(drawn animation)
"Super-Soap" (ss), A Da and Ma Kexuan /Shanghai Animation. (China)
(drawn animation)
Fil-Cartoons founded in Manila by Jerry Smith as a subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera. (Philippines)
Hong Long Studio founded by Bobby Hseih in Taipei. (Taiwan)
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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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