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1968 in animation

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Events in 1968 in animation.

Events

=February=

  • February 12: The first episode of The Herbs airs.{{Cite web|url=http://theherbs.homestead.com/|title=The Herbs.Parsley the Lion.BBC kids tv by Michael Bond.|website=theherbs.homestead.com|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}

=April=

  • April 10: 40th Academy Awards: The Box by Fred Wolf wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-11-10 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103005223/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |archivedate=2014-11-03 }}
  • April 29: The first episode of Les Shadoks airs.{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}

=June=

=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.{{cite web | url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/yellow-submarine-1970-2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407215352/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/yellow-submarine-1970-2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 7, 2016 | title=YELLOW SUBMARINE (U) | work=British Board of Film Classification | date=3 July 1968 | accessdate=26 March 2016}}

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  • The first episode of The Mézga Family airs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mezga.de.vu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020809221224/http://www.mezga.de.vu/|title=Heißer Draht ins Jenseits Phantastische Abenteuer der Familie Mézga|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2002|date=Aug 9, 2002|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}
  • Ray Goossens's animated TV series Musti first airs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goossens_ray.htm|title=Ray Goossens|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}
  • Eleven classic animated shorts are banned from broadcasting: the Censored Eleven.{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/censored11/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202202204/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/censored11/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2010|title=The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: The Censored 11|date=Dec 2, 2010|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}
  • Pringles' mascot makes a brief animated appearance in the Pringles ads during the chip’s marketing debut.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Films released

{{Main|List of animated feature films of the 1960s}}

Television series

{{Main|List of animated television series of the 1960s#1968}}

Births

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Deaths

=January=

  • Specific date unknown: Steve Muffati, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), dies at age 57.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mufatti_steve.htm|title=Steve Muffatti|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}

=February=

  • February 19: Hamilton Luske, American animator and director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 64.{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/ham-luske/|title=Disney Legends - D23}}{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}

=March=

  • March 31: Bobby Driscoll, American actor (voice of the title character in Peter Pan), dies at age 31.{{cite web |url=http://www.oyla20.de/cgi-bin/designs/clock/index.cgi?page=text&id=757800231184340704&userid=48045629&starteintrag= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009002500/http://www.oyla20.de/cgi-bin/designs/clock/index.cgi?page=text&id=757800231184340704&userid=48045629&starteintrag= |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2018|title=The cause of his death |access-date=September 2, 2008|work=www.bobbydriscoll.net }}{{cite web |url=http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/html/hart.htm |title=Hart Island (Potter's Field) – Official Homepage (controlled by the "Department Of Correction" and inaccessible to visitors) |access-date=September 2, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hartisland.org/ |title=The Hart Island Project |access-date=September 2, 2008}}{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}

=April=

  • April 10: Olga Khodataeva, Russian animation director, animator, art director, and screenwriter (China in Flames, One of Many, The Samoyed Boy, The Little Organ, Sarmiko, The Flame of the Arctic), dies at age 74.Giannalberto Bendazzi (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=G63MCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76&lpg Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age] at Google Books, p. 76—79Maurice Horn (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, Volume 4. — London: Chelsea House Publishers, p. 409 {{ISBN|0791051854}}Sergey Kapkov (2006). Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation, pp. 14–15, 21, 691–692Sergei Asenin (2012). The World of Animation // The Tropes of Soviet Animation. — Moscow: Print-on-Demand, p. 44 {{ISBN|978-5-458-30516-7}}
  • April 20: Sid Sutherland, American animator, screenwriter and sound editor (Walter Lantz, Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 66.{{Cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/dreamers-draw-big-eyes/|title=Dreamers Draw Big Eyes|last=Klein|first=Tom|website=Cartoon Research}}{{Cite book|title=Living life inside the lines : tales from the golden age of animation|last=Martha.|first=Sigall|date=2005|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=1578067499|oclc=906933338}}{{Cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/bob-clampetts-a-tale-of-two-kitties-1942/|title=Bob Clampett's A Tale of Two Kitties|last=Baxter|first=Devon|website=Cartoon Research}}
  • April 22: Ernie Nordli, American animator, animation designer and lay-out artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 55.{{cite news|author=Amid Amidi|date=March 24, 2013|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disneys-crankiest-veteran-is-still-cranky-and-thinks-walt-disney-was-a-shit-79791.html|title=Disney's Crankiest Veteran is Still Cranky|work=Cartoon Brew}}{{cite web

|url= http://www.rockwell-center.org/category/news/page/14/|title= April 22|publisher= Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies|accessdate= January 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://www.wingedsun.com/sanbarart/ernest.htm|title= Ernest Nordli (1912-1968)|publisher= wingedsun.com |accessdate= January 5, 2016}}

=May=

  • May 21: Doris Lloyd, English-American actress (voice of Rose in Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 76.{{cite book |last1=Ellenberger |first1=Allan R. |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5019-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Hessy+Doris+Lloyd%22&pg=PA59 |access-date=22 March 2020 |language=en}}{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}

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=December=

  • December 13: Ken Hultgren, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Mr. Magoo, The Archies), dies from a heart attack at age 63.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hultgren_ken.htm|title=Ken Hultgren|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}
  • December 30: Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Terrytoons, Famous Studios), dies at age 64.Master Animator" by John Canemaker, Animation Journal, Fall 1994, pp. 8-9{{Cite news|title=Bring Back the Animation|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/disney-animated-movies-what-happened-to-them.html|last=Ebiri|first=Bilge|date=July 23, 2019|access-date=July 25, 2020|work=Vulture}}{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/walt-disney-legend/bill-tytla/|title=Bill Tytla - D23|access-date=2020-07-25}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?genres=animation&release_date=1968-01-01,1968-12-31&sort=num_votes,desc&adult=include Animated works of the year], listed in the IMDb

{{Years of animation}}