Wikipedia

1997 in animation

Events in 1997 in animation.

Years in animation: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Events

edit

January

edit

February

edit

March

edit

April

edit

May

edit

June

edit

July

edit

August

edit

September

edit

October

edit

November

edit

December

edit

Specific date unknown

edit

Awards

edit

Films released

edit
Main article: List of animated feature films of 1997

Television series debuts

edit
Main article: List of animated television series of 1997
Date Title Channel Year
January 12 King of the Hill Fox 1997–2010
March 3 Daria MTV 1997–2002
April 19 Nightmare Ned ABC 1997
The Angry Beavers Nickelodeon 1997–2001
May 16 Todd McFarlane's Spawn HBO 1997–1999
July 11 Spicy City 1997
July 14 Johnny Bravo Cartoon Network 1997–2004
July 15 Cow and Chicken 1997–1999
I Am Weasel 1997–2000
August 13 South Park Comedy Central 1997–present
August 31 Recess ABC 1997–2001
September 1 101 Dalmatians: The Series ABC, Syndication 1997–1998
Extreme Dinosaurs Syndication 1997
Extreme Ghostbusters
September 3 The Wacky World of Tex Avery
September 13 Pepper Ann ABC, UPN 1997–2000
Science Court ABC
The Legend of Calamity Jane Kids' WB 1997
The New Batman Adventures 1997–1999
The New Batman/Superman Adventures 1997–2000
September 15 Mummies Alive! Syndication 1997
September 20 The New Adventures of Zorro (1997) 1997–1998
Van-Pires
October 4 The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police Fox Kids
October 11 Men in Black: The Series Kids' WB 1997–2001
October 20 Channel Umptee-3 1997–1998
November 4 Cartoon Sushi MTV

Television series endings

edit
Date Title Channel Year Notes
January 17 Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series ABC, Syndication 1996–1997 Cancelled
February 15 Gargoyles Syndication, ABC 1994–1997
February 22 C Bear and Jamal Fox Kids 1996–1997
Road Rovers Kids' WB
April 4 Dragon Flyz Syndication
April 16 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Cartoon Network
May 17 Waynehead Kids' WB
June 1 Freakazoid! 1995–1997
August 1 Eek! The Cat Fox Kids 1992–1997 Ended
August 9 Nightmare Ned ABC 1997 Cancelled
August 22 Spicy City HBO
August 30 The Mask: Animated Series CBS 1995–1997
September 6 Duckman USA Network 1994–1997
September 8 Mr. Men and Little Miss CITV 1995–1997 Ended
September 20 X-Men Fox Kids 1992–1997
September 27 The Legend of Calamity Jane Kids' WB 1997 Cancelled; remaining eps continued to air on Latin America and Europe countries until 1998.
November 23 The Incredible Hulk (1996) UPN 1996–1997 Cancelled
November 25 Mummies Alive! Syndication 1997
November 28 Beavis and Butt-Head MTV 1993–1997; 2011 Ended, but was revived in 2011.
What a Cartoon! Cartoon Network 1995–1997 Cancelled
December 2 The Wacky World of Tex Avery Syndication 1997
December 4 Extreme Ghostbusters
December 7 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Nickelodeon 1994–1997
December 24 Extreme Dinosaurs Syndication 1997

Births

edit

January

edit

February

edit

March

edit

April

edit

May

edit

July

edit

August

edit

October

edit

November

edit

December

edit

Deaths

edit

January

edit

February

edit

March

edit

April

edit
  • April 16: Roland Topor, French novelist, illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, film script writer, TV script writer, animator and playwright (Les Escargots, Fantastic Planet), dies at age 59.[50]
  • April 20: Stamatis L. Polenakis, Greek comic artist and animated film director (O Ntoútse afigeítai, translated as The Duce Narrates), dies at age 88 or 89.[51]

May

edit

June

edit

July

edit

August

edit

September

edit

October

edit

November

edit
  • November 12: Chang Yu-sheng, Taiwanese musician, actor, and comedian (dub voice of teenage Hercules in Hercules), dies at age 31.[71]

December

edit

Specific date unknown

edit
  • Frank Little, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons), dies at age 90.[80]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Howard Rosenberg (January 10, 1997). "'King of Hill' Drawn With a Drawl". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  2. ^ McCampbell, Marlene (December 26, 1997). "1997 Timeline". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, Howard (March 3, 1997). "Brainy 'Beavis' Pal 'Daria' Spins Off". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  4. ^ "Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  6. ^ "Tex Avery". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  7. ^ "Hikarian - Great Railroad Protector (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Kindaichi Case Files (manga)". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  9. ^ "Edgar Pierre Jacobs". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "Angry Beavers Episodes - Angry Beavers Full Episode Guides on Nicktoons". TV Guide. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  11. ^ "About Bee Train" (in Japanese). Bee Train. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  12. ^ Brooks, Xan (September 14, 2005). "A god among animators". The Guardian. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  13. ^ Anderson, Kyle. "Why People Forget Neil Gaiman Wrote MONONOKE's Dub". Nerdist. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  14. ^ Van Partible, Jeff Bennett, Butch Hartman, John McIntyre; et al. (2010). Johnny Bravo: Season One. Special Features: Bringing Up Johnny Bravo (DVD). Warner Home Video.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Gallo, Phil (July 15, 1997). "Cow and Chicken". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  16. ^ "Confused". Cow and Chicken. Season 1. Episode 4a. 1997. The Red Guy acts feminine in drags while teaching Cow and Chicken in sensitivity training.
  17. ^ Feiss, David (January 12, 2000). "Episode Guide: Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel". Archived from the original on December 12, 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  18. ^ Fallows, Randall (2008). Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (ed.). Taking South Park Seriously. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7566-9.
  19. ^ Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 349, 680–681. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  20. ^ Hopper, Tristan (May 1, 2017). "Caillou is an aggressively bad show ruining the world's children ... and it's all Canada's fault". National Post. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  21. ^ "Les Zinzins de l'Espace". Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  22. ^ "CHILDREN'S FILM PROGRAMME". Pula Film Festival. July 2008. Archived from the original on July 15, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  23. ^ Maddever, Mary (October 6, 1997). "Freaky Stories a first on many fronts". Playback. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  24. ^ "Anastasia (1997) - Gary Goldman, Don Bluth | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  25. ^ Osborne, Lisa (November 14, 1997). "Anastasia". Boxoffice. Boxoffice Media, LLC. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  26. ^ "Librarian of Congress Names 25 New Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. November 18, 1997. Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  27. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  28. ^ 「宇宙戦艦ヤマトプロデューサー 覚せい剤所持容疑で逮捕」『朝日新聞』1998年1月17日
  29. ^ "52th [sic] (1997年)". Mainichi Film Award (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  30. ^ "Gideon Adlon biography and filmography | Gideon Adlon movies". Tribute. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  31. ^ Hissong, Samantha; Spanos, Brittany (July 30, 2020). "Billie Eilish Drops 'My Future' in Time for Finneas' Birthday". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  32. ^ "Disney XD Medianet". September 24, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  33. ^ "About". jakedudman. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  34. ^ "'American Idol' Top 14: Get to Know the Contestants Revealed So Far | Billboard". Billboard. May 13, 2018. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2023.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  35. ^ "Kira Kosarin Celebrates Her 18th Birthday with a Trip to London 2 - Twist". April 21, 2016. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  36. ^ Cardoza, Riley (August 2, 2019). "LOL! Leslie Mann's Daughter Iris Claps Back After Mom Critiques Her Makeup". Us Weekly. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  37. ^ Jaques, Bob (May 4, 2011). "Popeye Cartoons (formerly Popeye Animators): Al Eugster".
  38. ^ "Normand Hudon". lambiek.net.
  39. ^ Bruni, Frank (January 13, 1997). "Sheldon Leonard, Film Actor And TV Producer, Dies at 89". The New York Times.
  40. ^ Vosburgh, Dick (January 17, 1997). "Sheldon Leonard". The Independent. London. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  41. ^ Ed DeMattia at IMDb
  42. ^ "Adriana Caselotti, 80, Voice of Snow White". The New York Times. January 21, 1997. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  43. ^ Feran, Tom (February 7, 1997). "TV Icon 'Ghoulardi' Dies at 73". The Plain Dealer.
  44. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 1153–1154). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
  45. ^ "Robert Ridgely, 65, Film and TV Actor". The New York Times. February 16, 1997. Retrieved December 4, 2013. Mr. Ridgely, a native of Teaneck, N.J., began as a cabaret artist.
  46. ^ "Robert Ridgely, film, TV actor". Democrat and Chronicle. New York, Rochester. February 16, 1997. p. 30. Retrieved November 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  47. ^ Oliver, Myrna (March 1, 1997). "David Doyle; Actor on 'Charlie's Angels'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  48. ^ "Harry Love". Variety. March 24, 1997.
  49. ^ "Harry Love; Animator got Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 1997. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  50. ^ "Roland Topor". lambiek.net.
  51. ^ "Stamatis L. Polenakis". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  52. ^ "Phyllis Craig: A Woman of Many Colors (1929-1997)". Animation World Network.
  53. ^ Andreas Hansson (April 17, 2017). "Ville lägga ner Galenskaparna & After shave efter dödsfallet" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  54. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (June 6, 1997). "George Fenneman, 77, Dies; Courtly Foil for Groucho". The New York Times.
  55. ^ "Actor Brian Keith Found Dead in Apparent Suicide - latimes". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2015. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  56. ^ "James Stewart, the Hesitant Hero, Dies at 89". The New York Times. July 3, 1997. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  57. ^ "Dick N. Lucas - SFdb". Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  58. ^ Ghez, Didier (2015). They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: the 1930s. Chronicle Books. pp. 174–83. ISBN 978-1452137438.
  59. ^ Gussow, Mel (September 11, 1997). "Burgess Meredith, 89, Who Was at Ease Playing Good Guys and Villains, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  60. ^ "Burgess Meredith dies at 89". CNN. September 10, 1997. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  61. ^ "Memorial". Archived from the original on February 13, 2005.
  62. ^ Travel Channel China. ""铁扇公主 - 老片场 - 旅游卫视 the travel channel". Archived from the original on January 2, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2006.." "Tieshangongzhufirst-length cartoon." Retrieved on 2006-12-24.
  63. ^ New York Times December 2004. "NY Times." "China Hurries to Animate Its Film Industry." Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
  64. ^ "Milt Neil". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  65. ^ "Per Lygum". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  66. ^ "Московские могилы. Амальрик Л.А." www.moscow-tombs.ru. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  67. ^ Liebenson, Donald (September 24, 1998). "Barking Up A New Tree". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  68. ^ Evanier, Mark (November 21, 1997). "POV: Don Messick". Comics Buyer's Guide. Retrieved June 20, 2020 – via newsfromme.com.
  69. ^ "Addio Tina Lattanzi, divina voce della Garbo". Corriere della Sera. October 26, 1997. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
  70. ^ Roberto Rombi (October 29, 1997). "È morta l'attrice Tina Lattanzi". la Repubblica. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  71. ^ Kwok Kar Peng (June 23, 2021). "Late Taiwanese singer Chang Yu-sheng's 1996 unplugged performance in Singapore goes viral, Entertainment News". AsiaOne. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  72. ^ Eliot Daniel at IMDb
  73. ^ "Songs written by Eliot Daniel". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  74. ^ "Original versions of Blue Shadows on the Trail". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  75. ^ "Lillian Disney dies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 18, 1997. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  76. ^ Taylor, George (February 14, 2012). "Walt and Lilly". Walt Disney Family Museum. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  77. ^ Jackson, Kathy (2006). Walt Disney: Conversations (First ed.). University Press of Mississippi. p. 120. ISBN 1-57806-713-8.
  78. ^ Weinraub, Bernard (December 18, 1997). "Walt Disney's Widow, Lillian, Dies at 98". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  79. ^ "LILLIAN DISNEY DIES AT 98". Washington Post. December 18, 1997. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  80. ^ "Frank Little". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997_in_animation&oldid=1255186318"