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1984 In Animation
Events in 1984 in animation. Events March * March 10: The first episode of ''James the Cat'' is broadcast. * March 11: Hayao Miyazaki's ''Future Boy Conan'' and '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' are first released. * Specific date unknown: Eugene Lee and the actors of '' Our Gang'' file lawsuits against Hanna-Barbera Productions for using their characters in the animated adaptation of ''The Little Rascals'' without permission, removing the series from circulation. April * April 9: 56th Academy Awards: '' Sundae in New York'' by Jimmy Picker receives the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. June * June 22: The animation studio Studio APPP is founded. July * July 7: '' Macross: Do You Remember Love?'' was first released. * July 25: Alvy Ray Smith's '' The Adventures of André and Wally B.'' premieres, a milestone in computer animation. August * August 30': József Gémes' '' Heroic Times'' premieres. September * September 5: The first episode of '' Heathclif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James The Cat
''James the Cat'' is a 1984 British children's series created by Kate Canning and produced by Jan Clayton with Grampian Television. It chronicles the many events which take place at the Cornerhouse (number 104) between James and his new animal friends. Fellow characters include Mrs. Lavender, a snail; Frieda, a kangaroo; Citroen, a French frog; Rocky, a dimwitted rabbit; and Dennis, a pink fire-breathing Welsh-accented Chinese dragon. There is also a beehive in the garden at the Cornerhouse. Next door are Ma and Pa Rat, and their rat children. Description The program changes quite a bit between the 2 series. In the first, James is a newcomer to the garden at the Cornerhouse, and must learn to live with the other animals there. In the first episode of the second series, James becomes a diplomat (though sometimes he is referred to as a VIP). In subsequent episodes, he and the others travel to distant lands or receive important visitors. The show was revived in 1998 for Milkshake! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroic Times
''Heroic Times'' ( hu, Daliás idők) is a 1984 Hungarian animated historical epic film directed by József Gémes. It is an adaptation of the Toldi trilogy, a 19th-century epic poem in three parts by János Arany. The film was produced through Pannonia Film Studio and is notable for its visual style, which resembles oil painting. It won the feature film award at the 1985 Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of J .... See also * Miklós Toldi References External links * 1980s fantasy adventure films 1984 films 1984 animated films Hungarian animated films Hungarian fantasy films 1980s Hungarian-language films Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film winners {{fantasy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Roman
Film Roman, LLC is an American independent animation studio currently based in Woodland Hills, California and formerly in Burbank. It was previously owned by Starz Inc., which is now a division of Lionsgate, and later by Waterman Entertainment, the production company of producer Steve Waterman. Founded by veteran animator and director Phil Roman on October 26, 1984, it is best known for providing animation for the ''Garfield'' primetime specials, based on Jim Davis' comic strip of the same name. The studio also produced the animated series ''The Simpsons'', ''The Critic'', ''King of the Hill'', '' Family Guy'', ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'', ''The Goode Family'', and ''Dan Vs.''. History Background Phil Roman, veteran alumnus of MGM Animation/Visual Arts and Bill Melendez Productions, founded Film Roman on October 26, 1984 as a means to continue the production of the ''Garfield'' television specials, since Melendez's own studio was unable to work on both the ''Peanuts'' and ''Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannik Hastrup
Jannik Hastrup (born 4 May 1941 in Næstved, Denmark) is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand master of animation", as he is particularly well known for directing, animating and writing several animated films, occasionally with Flemming Quist Møller, including '' Benny's Bathtub'', ', '' Samson & Sally'', '' War of the Birds'', ''The Monkey's and the Secret Weapon'', ' and '' A Tale of Two Mozzies''. He also directed, wrote and animated a number of shorts following Cirkeline the elf. Politics Jannik Hastrup was involved in films with socialist and social realism themes. One of them is the Cirkeline short film ''Flugten fra Amerika'' (Escape from America), which portrays a racist and poverty-filled New York City, followed by the Statue of Liberty with Richard Nixon's face and a rifle held above, and sympathetic portrayals of the Black Panther Party and a Native American tribe. The film was political enough that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson & Sally
''Samson & Sally'' (a.k.a. ''Samson & Sally: The Song of the Whales'') is a 1984 Danish-Swedish animated fantasy drama film, directed by Jannik Hastrup and based on the novel ''The Song of the Whales'' by Danish author Bent Haller. Plot The film revolves around a young albino male sperm whale named Samson who strongly believes the legendary tales of Moby Dick. The legends say that Moby Dick was a hero for all whales, and that he will someday return. He meets Sally, a young black-and-white female sperm whale who is orphaned after her pod is slaughtered by whalers. Samson's pod adopts Sally and she befriends Samson even though she does not believe in Moby Dick. Samson and Sally together survive certain dangers, such as killer whales, a massive oil slick, radiation poisoning, and whaling ships, which they refer to as "iron beasts." Eventually Samson and Sally fall in love with each other. Samson's mother is later killed by the whalers, greatly saddening Samson. Samson decides to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Railway Series
''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Twenty-five more books were written by Awdry, the final one being written in October 1972. Sixteen more were written by his son, Christopher Awdry, between September 1983 and July 2011. The series features many anthropomorphic vehicles, including Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas became the most popular & famous character in the series and the titular character of the television series ''Thomas & Friends'' from 1984 to 2021. Many characters and stories from the books formed the basis of the children's television series. Nearly all of ''The Railway Series'' stories were based on real-life events. As a lifelong railway enthusiast, Awdry was keen that his stories should be as realistic as possible. The engine characters were mostly based upon real c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas And Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other anthropomorphised locomotives on the North Western Railway, including Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby. They work for the Fat Controller, who always wants his engines to be "really useful". In the United States, it was first broadcast along with the spin-off series ''Shining Time Station'' on PBS' PTV Park block in 1989. The rights to the series are currently owned by HIT Entertainment (a subsidiary of Mattel), which acquired Gullane Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transformers (TV Series)
''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformers'' franchise, it depicts a war among giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects. The series was produced by Marvel Productions and Sunbow Productions in association with Japanese studio Toei Animation for first-run syndication. Toei co-produced the show and was the main animation studio for the first two seasons. In the third season, Toei's involvement with the production team was reduced and the animation services were shared with the South Korean studio AKOM. The show's supervising producer (Nelson Shin) was also AKOM's founder. The fourth season was entirely animated by AKOM. The series was supplemented by a feature film, '' The Transformers: The Movie'' (1986), taking place between the second and third seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snorks
''Snorks'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and ran for a total of four seasons (consisting of 65 episodes) on NBC from September 15, 1984, to May 13, 1989. The program continued to be available in syndication from 1987 to 1989 as part of ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barberas third season. Origins Early years (1977–81) In 1977, Freddy Monnickendam, a Belgian businessman and artist, first made contact with the comics industry when he negotiated the rights for the Smurfs comics to Father Abraham. He later became the head of SEPP, a branch of Dupuis, as an editor responsible for the merchandising of the Smurfs' comic series. Then he negotiated the contract between Peyo, NBC and Hanna-Barbera for the creation of a new ''Smurfs'' cartoon series; Peyo wanted the show to be as faithful as possible to his original comics, but Monnickendam wanted it to be more mainstream and accessible. These negotiations would later result in a legal dispute between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Little Pony (TV Series)
''My Little Pony'' is a 1986–1987 American animated television series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions and animated by Toei Animation and AKOM based on the My Little Pony toys released by Hasbro. The series featured as the first segment of a program called ''My Little Pony 'n Friends''. The second segment would be an unrelated cartoon based on another Hasbro franchise – including ''The Glo Friends'', ''MoonDreamers'' and the ''Potato Head Kids''. The series debuted on September 15, 1986, nearly three months after the release of '' My Little Pony: The Movie'' (which had introduced the Paradise Estate and many of the series' main characters), and ended on September 25, 1987. Two previous television specials were edited into segments of ''My Little Pony 'n Friends'': ''Rescue at Midnight Castle'' and ''Escape from Catrina''. The complete series of My Little Pony segments has been released on DVD in Regions 1 and 4. Other sections have been released on DVD s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muppet Babies (1984 TV Series)
''Jim Henson's Muppet Babies'', commonly known by the shortened title ''Muppet Babies'', is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions and Henson Associates. The show aired from September 15, 1984, to November 2, 1991, as part of the Saturday-morning cartoons lineup on CBS. Due to its popularity, the show remained on television in the United States for a decade. The show portrays toddler versions of the Muppets living together in a nursery under the care of a woman known as Nanny, involving the concepts of the power of imagination and creative problem-solving. The idea of presenting the Muppets as children appeared in a dream sequence in ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984), released two months before ''Muppet Babies'' debuted. The idea was a success, and Jim Henson liked the idea that it was turned into a cartoon spin-off. The show received praise from critics and fans, spawned a successful merchandise, and won seven Daytime Emmy Awards (including fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voltron
''Voltron'' is an Animation, animated television series franchise that features a team of space explorers who pilot a giant Super Robot known as "Voltron". Produced by Peter Keefe (Executive Producer) and Ted Koplar through his production company World Events Productions, Voltron was an adaptation of several Japanese anime television series from Toei Animation. The original television series aired in Broadcast syndication, syndication from September 10, 1984, to November 18, 1985. The first season of ''Voltron'', featuring the "Lion Force Voltron", was adapted from the series ''Beast King GoLion''. The second season, featuring the "Vehicle Team Voltron", was adapted from the unrelated series ''Armored Fleet Dairugger XV''. ''Voltron (TV series), Voltron: Defender of the Universe'' was the top-rated syndicated children's show for two years during its original run, and it spawned three follow-up series, several comic books, and a line of toys. Television series ''Lion Force Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
