Events in 1965 in animation.

Events

January January 16: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's cartoon It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House premieres, it is the first cartoon to have Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck paired up together. Sylvester & Granny both appear in the beginning of the short.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 138. . Retrieved June 6, 2020. January 20: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life premieres. January 27: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom-ic Energy premieres. January 30: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester cartoon Cats and Bruises premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 141. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

February February 10: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Bad Day at Cat Rock premieres. February 27: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's cartoon The Wild Chase; starring Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, & the Road Runner, premieres. Was produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 137. . Retrieved June 6, 2020.

March March 3: Jim Pabian & Maurice Noble's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off premieres, was also produced by Chuck Jones. March 20: The anime film Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon, by Masao Kuroda and Sanae Yamamoto, premieres. March 24: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Haunted Mouse premieres. March 27: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Moby Duck premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 71. . Retrieved June 6, 2020.

April April 3: David Detiege's The Man from Button Willow premieres. April 5: 37th Academy Awards: Mary Poppins wins the Academy Award for Best Actress (Julie Andrews), Academy Award for Best Original Score (the entire soundtrack), the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Chim Chim Cher-ee"), the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Cotton Warburton), and the Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects (done by Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske). Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt and David DePatie's The Pink Phink wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. April 7: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon I'm Just Wild About Jerry premieres. April 24: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Assault and Peppered premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 72. . Retrieved June 6, 2020.

May May 19: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Of Feline Bondage premieres. May 22: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Well Worn Daffy premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.

June June 6: The first episode of Osamu Tezuka's The Amazing 3 airs. June 9: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon The Year of the Mouse premieres. The plot is similar to Jones' 1949 Looney Tunes short Mouse Wreckers. June 18: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck cartoon Suppressed Duck premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 352. . This is the final Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short where Daffy has a solo role, as he would be paired with other characters (specifically Speedy Gonzales). June 23: Rankin/Bass Productions releases Willy McBean and his Magic Machine.

July July 24: The Merrie Melodies short Corn on the Cop, starring Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, & Granny, premieres. This was Porky & Granny's final appearances in the Golden age of American animation (though the latter would appear in the former cartoon Mucho Locos as archival footage from 1958's Robin Hood Daffy).Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 126. . Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via Archive.org. July 31: The Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Rushing Roulette premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. It was the first of the two Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts to be directed by Robert McKimson.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pg. 129 . Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via Archive.org.

August August 1: Rembrandt Films' Here's Nudnik premieres. This marks the debut of Nudnik created by Gene Deitch. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. This short garnered into a series for two years following its success. August 21: The Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. It was the first Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short to be directed by Rudy Larriva. August 28: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck and Goofy Gophers cartoon Tease for Two premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. This was the Goofy Gophers' final appearance in the Golden age of American animation.

September September 9: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show airs. September 11: The first episode of Roger Ramjet airs. September 18: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Tired and Feathered premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. September 25: The Beatles, based on the popular British band the Beatles, debuts on ABC. September 30: The first episode of Thunderbirds airs.

October October 1: The Flintstones episode "The Return of Stony Curtis" is first broadcast, guest starring Tony Curtis as Stony Curtis. Bruno Bozzetto's West and Soda premieres. October 6: The first episode of Kimba the White Lion, based on Osamu Tezuka's manga series, airs. October 9: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Boulder Wham! premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. The first episode of Milton the Monster airs. October 22: The Flintstones episode Samantha is first broadcast, guest starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York playing their characters from Bewitched. October 23: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Chili Corn Corny premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. The Underdog episode "The Flying Sorcerers, Part 3" airs, which marks one of the known episodes where Sweet Polly Purebred gets abused. October 30: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Just Plane Beep premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.

November November 13: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Hairied and Hurried premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. November 20: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Go Go Amigo premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.

December December 9: A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts animated special, airs on CBS. This Christmas special will become a legendary holiday classic. December 11: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Highway Runnery premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. December 22: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon The Cat's Me-Ouch! premieres. December 25: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Chaser on the Rocks premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. December 31: Chuck Jones' The Dot and the Line produced by MGM Animation/Visual Arts, is released.

Specific date unknown Belvision releases the film Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs, directed by Eddy Ryssack, based on Peyo's The Smurfs. The picture is an anthology film of five earlier Smurfs shorts. The first episode of Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát, aka Hey Mister, Let's Play! airs.Miroslav Štěpánek in ČSFD Arthur Lipsett's A Trip Down Memory Lane premieres. Gene Deitch's Nudnik debuts in the animated short Here's Nudnik.

Films released

January 1 - Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Dai Saru Taiji (Japan) January 3 - Treasure Island Revisited (Japan) March 20: Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (Japan) Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan (Japan) April 3 - The Man from Button Willow (United States) June 23 - Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (United States, Canada and Japan) October 1 - West and Soda (Italy) November 23: Donald Duck Goes West (United States) December 22 - Pinocchio in Outer Space (Belgium and United States) Specific date unknown: Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs (Belgium) The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show (United States and Japan)

Television series

January 7 - Super Jetter Mirai Kawa Kita Shonen debuts on TV Tokyo. February 1 - Uchû Patrol Hoppa debuts on NET (now TV Asahi). April 2 - Perman debuts on TBS. April 4 - Dolphin Ôji debuts on Fuji TV. April 8 - Uchûjin Pipi debuts on NHK. May 4 - Uchû Shônen Soran debuts on Fuji TV. May 8 - Space Ace debuts on Fuji TV. June 3 - Prince Planet debuts on FNS (Fuji TV). June 6 - The Amazing 3 debuts on Fuji TV. July 29 - The Pogles debuts on BBC. August 23 - The Astronut Show debuts on CBS. August 29 - Obake no Q-tarō debuts on TBS. September 9 - The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show debuts on NBC. September 11 - Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt debuts in syndication. September 25 - The Beatles debuts on ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and ITV. October (specific date unknown) - The New 3 Stooges debuts in syndication. October 2 - Atom Ant, Precious Pupp, Secret Squirrel, Squiddly Diddly, The Hillbilly Bears, and Winsome Witch debut on NBC. October 6 - Kimba the White Lion debuts on Fuji TV. October 9 - Milton the Monster debuts on ABC. October 23 - Roger Ramjet debuts in syndication. November 1 - Hustle Punch debuts on TV Asahi. December 14 - Tatakae! Osper debuts on NTV. Specific date unknown: Captain Fathom, DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space, and JOT (TV series) debut in syndication.

Births January January 7: John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter and pianist (voice of Captain Hero's Father in the Drawn Together episode "Little Orphan Hero"). January 10: Butch Hartman, American animator (An American Tail, Ruby-Spears Enterprises, CatDog), storyboard artist (Hanna-Barbera, Disney Television Animation, Jumanji, Annabelle's Wish, The New Woody Woodpecker Show), writer (Johnny Bravo, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius), director (Johnny Bravo) and producer (creator of The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Bunsen Is a Beast, and HobbyKids Adventures). January 11: Seiji Sasaki, Japanese actor (voice of Blueno in One Piece, Recoome in Dragon Ball, Japanese dub voice of J'onn J'onzz in Justice League and Jonathan Kent and Metallo in Superman: The Animated Series). January 12: Rob Zombie, American musician, songwriter, filmmaker (The Haunted World of El Superbeasto) and actor (voice of the Lizard in the Spider-Man: The New Animated Series episode "Law of the Jungle", Ichthultu in the Justice League episode "The Terror Beyond", Ordutheus in the Mr. Pickles episode "Vegans"). January 13: Paul Greenberg, Canadian-American voice actor (voice of Prissypeo in Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle, various characters in Yo-kai Watch, Yolkian Guard in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Brobot and Ooblar in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Brett in The Ant Bully, Mr. Bump and Mr. Quiet in The Mr. Men Show, Aubrey in Back at the Barnyard, Edgar Allan Poe in the Time Squad episode "Every Poe Has a Silver Lining", Barno in The Wild Thornberrys episode "Bad Company", Naked Mole Rat Expert in the As Told by Ginger episode "Family Therapy") and screenwriter (As Told by Ginger, Yakkity Yak, Rugrats Go Wild, Yvon of the Yukon, Tupu, Jibber Jabber, Kung Fu Dino Posse). January 18: Dan Russell, English voice actor (Richard Watterson, Patrick Fitzgerald and others in The Amazing World of Gumball).