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1968 In Animation
Events in 1968 in animation. Events February * February 12: The first episode of '' The Herbs'' airs. April * April 10: 40th Academy Awards: '' The Box'' by Fred Wolf wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. * April 29: The first episode of ''Les Shadoks'' airs. July * July 17: George Dunning's animated feature based on The Beatles, '' Yellow Submarine'', is first released. The innovative designs are done by Heinz Edelmann. September * September 14: ** The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's ''Wacky Races'' airs. It marks the debut of Penelope Pitstop and villainous characters Dick Dastardly and Muttley the dog. ** The first episode of '' The Batman/Superman Hour'' airs. ** The first episode of '' The Archie Show'' airs. * September 29: The first episode of '' Joe 90'' airs. October * October 31: Bruno Bozzetto's '' VIP, mio fratello superuomo'' premieres. December * December 6: Per Åhlin and Tage Danielsson's '' Out of an Old Man's Head'' premieres which mixes li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Herbs
''The Herbs'' is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond (creator of Paddington Bear), directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 ''Watch with Mother'' timeslot. There were 13 episodes in the series, each one 15 minutes long. A spin-off series entitled ''The Adventures of Parsley'' was transmitted from 6 April 1970 in the 5-minute period between the end of children's TV and the BBC Evening News. This had 32 episodes, some of which were released on VHS as ''Parsley the Lion and Friends''. ''The Herbs'' consisted of a fantasy mix of human and animal characters inhabiting the magical walled garden of a country estate. At the beginning of each episode, the narrator (Gordon Rollings) spoke the magic word, "Herbidacious", which caused the garden gate to open. As with ''The Magic Roundabout'', the sophisticated writing style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Archie Show
''The Archie Show'' (also known as ''The Archies)'' is an American musical animated sitcom television series produced by Filmation for CBS. Based on the Archie Comics, created by Bob Montana in 1941, ''The Archie Show'' aired Saturday mornings on CBS from September 1968 to 1969. The show featured the main characters in the ''Archie'' series, including Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones. In 1969, the show was expanded to an hour and retitled ''The Archie Comedy Hour'', which included a half-hour featuring Sabrina the Teenage Witch. In 1970, the show became ''Archie's Funhouse'', and featured live-action segments. After three seasons, ''The Archie Show'' stopped airing on CBS in 1971. Filmation continued to produce further ''Archie'' television series until 1978, including ''Archie's TV Funnies'' (1971-1973), ''The U.S. of Archie'' (1974-1976) and ''The New Archie and Sabrina Hour'' (1977-1978). Premise A typical episode would include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musti (TV Series)
''Musti'' is a Flanders, Flemish animated children's television series created by Ray Goossens. It first aired in 1968, but new episodes have been made over the decades in more sophisticated animation, even going to 3D animation from 2007 on. Concept Musti (character), Musti is a small childlike anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic cat. He lives with his parents and friends Mr. Rabbit, Miss Tortoise, Miss Hedgehog and Mr. Dog. The stories are simple tales, usually not longer than five minutes in length. The show's target audience are toddlers. In total, 156 episodes have been made, airing in Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Japan, Portugal, and 18 other countries. In 2007, a new television series has been created. Instead of the flat traditional animation, 2D images with a white background, the new series is entirely rendered in 3D computer graphics, 3D. The new series airs in Belgium, The Netherlands, Israel, Norway, Japan, Croatia, Portugal and the United States on BabyFir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Goossens
Ray Goossens (14 August 1924 – 10 December 1998) was a Belgian artist, animator, writer, and director best known for creating the cartoon character Musti. Biography Ray Goossens was born in Merksem, Belgium in 1924. Interested in animation from before World War II, he founded the AFIM animation studios with Henri Winkeler and Edmond Roex in 1940. They had 15 employees, including later famous comics artists like Bob de Moor and Jef Nys. They created a number of short animated movies, of which '' Smidje Smee'' was the most successful. After the war, Goossens started working as a comics creator with '' Kleine Zondagsvriend'', a weekly youth magazine. He created a number of series, some based on existing stories like '' Tijl Uilenspiegel'' and '' Reinaert de Vos'', some new like ''Tsjoem'' (a parrot) and ''Snops en de bende''. He also worked as an illustrator for different newspapers and magazines, including ''Gazet van Antwerpen''. He worked as an animator mainly for client's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mézga Family
''The Mézga Family'' (in Hungarian ''Mézga család'') is a fictional family from three animated TV series made by Pannónia Film Studio in Hungary between 1969 and 1978. Scripts for the series were written by József Romhányi and József Nepp. Nepp also served as the film director. The series proved to be very popular, reaching cult status and televised, among others, in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, The Netherlands and both German states. The series still regularly appear on television. Each consists of 13 episodes. The Family The family consists of Géza, the father, a comical and inept figure, his wife Paula who actually dominates family affairs, pubertal daughter Kriszta and 12-year-old son Aladár, a child prodigy. The cat Maffia and a dog, Blöki accompany the family. Dr. Máris, their cynical neighbour, is regularly and involuntarily involved in disasters surrounding the family. The name "Mézga" means glue, mucilage or tree gum in Hungarian and was rename ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Bird
''The Magic Bird'' ( it, Putiferio va alla guerra) is a 1968 Italian animated film. It is also known as ''Perils of Problemina''. See also * List of animated feature films: 1960s References External links * 1968 animated films 1968 films Italian animated feature films Animated films about insects 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix And Cleopatra (film)
''Asterix and Cleopatra'' (french: Astérix et Cléopâtre) is a 1968 Belgian–French animated comedy film; it is the second Asterix adventure to be made into a feature film. Overseen by ''Asterix'' creators Goscinny and Uderzo (who had no involvement in the production of the first film, ''Asterix the Gaul''), the film is noticeably more well-produced than its predecessor, featuring far more detailed animation and a more polished soundtrack. ''Asterix and Cleopatra'' is practically a musical, featuring three individual song sequences and a more varied score than the earlier film. Elements of satire and surreal humour (such as Cleopatra's singing lion and the engraving of Santa Claus on the pyramid wall) are prominent throughout. Plot After a heated argument with Julius Caesar over his lack of faith in the Egyptian people, Queen Cleopatra enters into a bet claiming that she can have a magnificent palace constructed for him in Alexandria within three months. She gives this eno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astérix
''Asterix'' or ''The Adventures of Asterix'' (french: Astérix or , "Asterix the Gaul") is a ''bande dessinée'' comic book series about a village of indomitable Gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the Roman Republic, with the aid of a magic potion, during the era of Julius Caesar, in an ahistorical telling of the time after the Gallic Wars. The series first appeared in the Franco-Belgian comic magazine ''Pilote'' on 29 October 1959. It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo until Goscinny's death in 1977. Uderzo then took over the writing until 2009, when he sold the rights to publishing company Hachette; he died in 2020. In 2013, a new team consisting of Jean-Yves Ferri (script) and Didier Conrad (artwork) took over. , 39 volumes have been released, with the most recent released in October 2021. Description Asterix comics usually start with the following introduction: '' The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belvision
Raymond Leblanc (born 22 May 1915 – 21 March 2008) was a Belgian comic book publisher, film director and film producer, best known for publishing works such as ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé and ''Blake and Mortimer'' by Edgar P. Jacobs. He debuted, published, and promoted many of the most famous Franco-Belgian comics. Leblanc and his two partners created Le Lombard publishing, ''Tintin'' magazine, PubliArt advertising agency, and Belvision Studios. Biography Raymond Leblanc was a resistance fighter during the Second World War in the '' Mouvement National Royaliste'' (MNR) group. When the war ended in 1945, Leblanc set up new offices at 55 rue du Lombard, establishing his publishing house, Le Lombard. Years later after Leblanc's retirement, he explained in an interview the beginnings of the Tintin legacy. On the subject of creating a new magazine for young people, he said, "We thought this was an interesting idea, and started looking for a name. We ended up event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of An Old Man's Head
''Out of an Old Man's Head'' ( sv, I huvet på en gammal gubbe) is a 1968 Swedish adult film directed by Per Åhlin and Tage Danielsson, starring Hans Alfredson as an old man remembering his past. Partly a black comedy, the film was released around the same time as the urban renewal of the Klara quarters in Stockholm, and could be seen as a comment both on the demolishing of the old buildings and on the welfare state in general. Out of the total running time of 77 minutes, about 50 minutes are animated. It is considered to be the first Swedish animated feature film, although the first one that was fully animated was Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival. Plot On the way home to the run-down shack he lives in with a can of dog food meant for himself, Johan Björk is accidentally covered by a pile of car tires thrown by a man who fails to notice him. His cries for help aren't perceived by anyone except one drunk, who is caught by the police when calling for assistance. Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tage Danielsson
Tage Danielsson (; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He is best known for his collaboration with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage. Career After graduation from Katedralskolan in Linköping, Danielsson matriculated at the University of Uppsala in 1949. There he got involved in student theatre of Östgöta Nation and became a member of the Juvenalorden, as well as serving as vice president of the Uppsala Student Union. After graduation, Tage Danielsson found work at ''Sveriges Radio'' in 1955. From 1959 to 1962 he was the manager for its entertainment department. At his work he came in contact with Hans Alfredson. They started the entertainment production company ''AB Svenska Ord'' (Swedish Words Ltd) together in 1961. In 1972 at the 8th Guldbagge Awards he won the Best Director award for the film ''The Apple War''. At the 12th Guldbagge Awards his film ''Release the Prisoners to Spring'' won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Åhlin
Per Johan Axel Åhlin (born 7 August 1931) is a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage and for his own projects such as the feature film ''The Journey to Melonia''. Career Åhlin started his career as an artist for the Hasse & Tage production ''Svenska bilder'' from 1964. After that he has worked on several other Hasse & Tage films, including the largely animated ''Out of an Old Man's Head'' from 1968, and ''The Adventures of Picasso'' from 1978, where he provided and animated Picasso's paintings. In 1970 he started his own animation studio, PennFilm Studio AB situated in Hököpinge, and has, as of 2009, directed eight feature-length films and several shorts, including '' Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton'' which is shown on television every Christmas Eve in Sweden, Norway and Finland In 1975 at the 11th Guldbagge Awards, Åhlin won a Special Achievement award for ''Dunderklumpen!''. In 1990 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
