Events in 1975 in animation.
Events
January January 5: The first episode of Dog of Flanders is broadcast, an adaptation of Ouida's novel A Dog of Flanders. January 11: An animated TV special based on the 2000 Year Old Man sketch is broadcast on CBS, with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner reprising their characters. The animation is produced by Leo Salkin Films. January 28: The Peanuts Valentine's Day TV special Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown. This marks Vince Guaraldi's music upgrade with the then-newly invented ARP String Ensemble used in a Peanuts special, which such instrument was more commonly used in songs during that period.
February February 19: Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie airs. This limited animated TV special went into obscurity decades later.
March March 21: Tomoharu Katsumata and Tim Reid's Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid premieres.
April April 1: Alexander Schure's Tubby the Tuba is first released. The first episode of the television series Maya the Honey Bee is broadcast. April 3: Monty Python and the Holy Grail premieres which has several animated intermezzos and combinations of animation with live-action, directed by Terry Gilliam. April 8: 47th Academy Awards: Closed Mondays by Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
June June 11: Raúl daSilva's Rime of the Ancient Mariner premieres.
July July 17: Manuel García Ferré's Trapito premieres.
August August 20: Ralph Bakshi's film Coonskin, a combination of animation and live-action, premieres. It flops at the box office due to accusations of racism, but decades later became a cult classic and shed its undeserved bad reputation. August 28: Kjell Aukrust's The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix is first released.
September September 4: Belgian cartoonist Picha and Boris Szulzinger release their animated feature film debut Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle which will become a cult classic. September 6: The first episode of The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, produced by Filmation, is broadcast. The first episode of Uncle Croc's Block is broadcast, a live-action children's TV show with animated intermezzo's: M*U*S*H, Fraidy Cat and Wacky and Packy. The first episode of The Tom & Jerry Show airs, which is Tom and Jerry's first television show. This show gained negative attention by fans of the theatrical shorts from the golden era due to the result that the duo are shown as friends as slapstick violence were grounded by the Seal of Good Practices at the time. This cartoon ended after one season while regarding these issues. September 8: John Hubley's Everybody Rides the Carousel premieres.
October October 1: The first episode of Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures is broadcast. October 5: The first episode of Grendizer is broadcast. October 6: The first episode of The Adventures of Pepero is broadcast. October 10: The first episode of Bod is broadcast. October 15: The first episode of Ikkyū-san is broadcast. October 23: Yuri Norstein's Hedgehog in the Fog premieres. October 28: The Peanuts TV special You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS.
November November 9: Sally Cruikshank's Quasi at the Quackadero is first released which will become a cult classic.
December December 19: Bob Clampett releases the anthology film Bugs Bunny: Superstar, directed by Larry Jackson which is the first Looney Tunes package film. The film will attract controversy amongst some of Clampett's colleagues, most obviously Chuck Jones, because Clampett takes credit for many contestable claims. December 24: Per Åhlin's Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton is first released in Sweden it will become an annual Christmas tradition. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, produced by Belvision, premieres. December 25: William Feigenbaum and József Gémes' Hugo the Hippo premieres.
Specific date unknown Halas and Batchelor animates the music video for Roger Glover's song Love Is All in which a singing frog with a guitar gathers animals for a ball in the forest. Bill Melendez' Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done premieres, based on designs by Ronald Searle. André Leduc and Bernard Longpré's Monsieur Pointu premieres. The first episode of Leopold the Cat is broadcast. Robert Swarthe's Kick Me premieres. Bob Godfrey's Great premieres. Chuck Jones' adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is released.
Films released
January 1 - Moby-Dick (Australia) January 22 - La Genèse (France) March 21 - Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (Japan) March 27 - Robinson Columbus (Denmark) April 1 - Tubby the Tuba (United States) June 11 - Rime of the Ancient Mariner (United States) July 17 - Trapito (Argentina) August 20 - Coonskin (United States) August 27 - Donald Duck's Frantic Antic (United States) August 28 - Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (Norway) August 29 - Walt Disney's Cartoon Carousel (United States) September - Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (United Kingdom) September 3 - Bedbug-75, or Mayakovsky's Laughing (Soviet Union) September 4 - Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (France and Belgium) October 24 - The Humpbacked Horse (Soviet Union) November 15 - The Mysterious Island (Australia) November 27: Ivanhoe (Australia) The Last of the Mohicans (United States and Australia) December 14 - Hugo the Hippo (Hungary and United States) December 19 - Bugs Bunny: Superstar (United States) December 24 - The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (Belgium) Specific date unknown: Junma feiteng (China) The Story of the Chinese Gods (Taiwan)
Television series
January 1 - Kérem a következőt! debuts on Magyar Televízió. January 5: Dog of Flanders debuts on Fuji TV. Paddington debuts on BBC1. January 7 - Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi debuts on TBS. April 1 - Maya the Honey Bee debuts on NET (now TV Asahi). April 4: Brave Raideen debuts on Nihon Educational Television. La Seine no Hoshi debuts on Fuji TV. April 5 - Don Chuck Monogatari debuts on Tokyo Channel 12. April 7 - Ganba no Bōken debuts on Nippon TV. May 15 - Getter Robo G debuts on Fuji TV. July 2 - Tekkaman: The Space Knight debuts on NET TV. September 6: Fraidy Cat, M*U*S*H, The Great Grape Ape Show, The Oddball Couple, The Tom and Jerry Show, Uncle Croc's Block, and Wacky and Packy debut on ABC. Return to the Planet of the Apes and The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty debut on NBC. September 16 - Peter Puck debuts on NBC. October 1 - Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures debuts on Fuji TV. October 3 - Wanpaku Omukashi Kum-Kum debuts on TBS. October 4 - Time Bokan debuts on Fuji TV. October 5: Steel Jeeg debuts on NET (now TV Asahi). Grendizer debuts on Fuji TV. October 6: Ganso Tensai Bakabon debuts on Nippon TV. The Adventures of Pepero debuts on NET Network. October 7 - Laura, The Prairie Girl debuts on TBS. October 15 - Ikkyū-san debuts on NET TV. December 23 - Bod debuts on BBC1. Specific date unknown: Animal Kwackers debuts on ITV. Leopold the Cat debuts on Russia-1. Noddy debuts on ITV. The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo debuts on CBS.
Births January January 1: Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist (creator of One Piece). January 3: Jason Marsden, American voice actor (voice of Kovu in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and The Lion Guard, Peter Pan in Peter Pan and the Pirates, teenage Clark Kent in Superman: The Animated Series, Richie Foley / Gear and Edwin Alva Jr. in Static Shock, Billy Numerous in Teen Titans, Snapper Carr in Justice League, Danger Duck in Loonatics Unleashed, Haku in Spirited Away, Nermal in the Garfield franchise, Michael in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, Kid Flash and Atom in Young Justice, King Louie and Shere Khan in Jungle Cubs, Firefly in The Batman, Cavin in seasons 4 and 5 of Adventures of the Gummi Bears, continued voice of Max Goof). Danica McKellar, American actress (voice of Miss Martian in Young Justice, Frieda Goren in Static Shock, Frost in DC Super Hero Girls, Judy Jetson in The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!). January 6: Yukana Nogami, Japanese actress and singer (voice of Honoka Yukishiro / Cure White in Futari wa Pretty Cure, Azuki in Azuki-chan, Yuri Tanima in Wedding Peach, Meiling Li in Cardcaptor Sakura, Tessa in Full Metal Panic, Ulrike in Kyo Kara Maoh!, Yumiko Tomi in Fafner in the Azure, C.C. in Code Geass, Cecilia Alcott in Infinite Stratos, Kale in Dragon Ball Super, Kanna in Inuyasha). January 17: Coco Lee, Chinese-American singer and songwriter (Mandarin dub voice of Fa Mulan in Mulan), (d. 2023). Freddy Rodriguez, American actor (voice of Mas y Menos in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099 in Ultimate Spider-Man, Caesar Salazar in Generator Rex). January 25: Jorge R. Gutierrez, Mexican animator and voice actor (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Book of Life, Maya and the Three). January 28: Hiroshi Kamiya, Japanese actor (voice of Levi Ackerman in Attack on Titan, Trafalgar Law in One Piece, Mephisto Pheles in Blue Exorcist, Izaya Orihara in Durarara!!, Shinji Matō in the Fate franchise, Takashi Natsume in Natsume's Book of Friends, Choromatsu in Mr. Osomatsu, Akashi Seijuro in Kuroko's Basketball, Yuzuru Otonashi in Angel Beats!, Yato in Noragami, Nozomu Itoshiki in Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Koyomi Araragi in Monogatari, Sōma in Working!!, Juli in Brothers Conflict, Balder Hringhorni in Kamigami no Asobi, Tieria Erde in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Saiki Kusuo in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Kinshirō Kusatsu in Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!). January 29: Sara Gilbert, American actress, director and producer (voice of Laura Powers in The Simpsons episode "New Kid on the Block", Cindy in the Rugrats episode "Cynthia Comes Alive"). January 30: Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer, musician, actress and member of PUFFY (portrayed herself in the live action segments of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, performed the theme songs of Teen Titans and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi).
February February 2: Myriam Sirois, Canadian voice actress (voice of Akane Tendo in Ranma 1/2). February 5: Ana Lúcia Menezes, Brazilian actress (dub voice of Amy Rose in Sonic X and Sonic Boom, Margaret in Regular Show, Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10, Misa Amane in Death Note, Koto in Yu Yu Hakusho, Toph Beifong in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the title character in Hilda, Rosalie Rowan in The Zeta Project, Ikon Eron in Gormiti), (d. 2021). February 7: Dan Green, American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter (voice of Yugi Moto in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters). February 15: Brendon Small, American actor, stand-up comedian, animator, writer, director, producer, and musician (Home Movies, Metalocalypse). February 16: Rebecca Shoichet, Canadian voice actress (singing voice of Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, voice of Sunset Shimmer in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls). February 17: Raymond S. Persi, American animator, storyboard artist (The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Teacher's Pet, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, The Simpsons, Walt Disney Animation Studios), writer and director (The Simpsons, Neighbors from Hell, Extinct, Peanuts specials). February 22: Drew Barrymore, American actress, producer (Olive, the Other Reindeer), talk show host and author (voice of the title character in Olive, the Other Reindeer, Akima in Titan A.E., Mrs. Lockhart and Jillian Russell in Family Guy, Maggie Dunlop in Curious George, Sophie Krustofsky and herself in The Simpsons episodes "Insane Clown Poppy" and "The King of Nice"). February 23: Michael Cornacchia, American actor (voice of Bouncing Boy in Legion of Super Heroes, Frankie in Happy Feet). Robert Lopez, American songwriter (Frozen, Coco, Winnie the Pooh, Wonder Pets!, the South Park episode "Broadway Bro Down", the Central Park episode "Castle Sweet Castle"). February 26: Matthew Faughnan, American animator and director (The Simpsons).