1997 in animation

Animation-related events during 1997

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Events in 1997 in animation.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Specific date unknown

Awards

Films released

  • January 10 - Deep Sea Fleet: Submarine 707 (Japan)
  • January 24:
    • Alien from the Darkness (Japan)
    • The Quest for the Key to Heaven (Sweden)
  • February 4 - VeggieTales: Very Silly Songs! (United States)
  • February 11:
    • Droids: The Pirates and the Prince (United States and Canada)
    • Ewoks: The Haunted Village (United States and Canada)
    • Hercules (United States)
  • February 18 - Underground Adventure (United States and Canada)
  • March 6 - The Little Bastard (Germany)
  • March 8:
  • March 11 - Journey Beneath the Sea (United States and Canada)
  • March 15:
    • The Dog of Flanders: The Movie (Japan)
    • Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (Japan)
  • March 26:
  • March 28:
    • Mondo Plympton (United States)
    • Spy of Darkness (Japan)
  • March 29 - Kikansha Sensei (Japan)
  • April 8 - Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (United States)
  • April 12 - Hermes – Winds of Love (Japan)
  • April 19:
    • Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Japan)
    • Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (Japan)
    • Tiny Heroes (Hungary, (Germany, and United States)
  • April 22 - VeggieTales: Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space! (United States)
  • April 25 - City Hunter: The Motion Picture (Japan)
  • May - Tom and Fluffy (Estonia)
  • May 11 - Jiang de Kailaban jue (China and Germany)
  • May 15 - The Count of Monte Cristo (Canada and United States)
  • May 20:
  • May 21 - Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (Japan)
  • June 23 - Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (Croatia and Germany)
  • June 27 - Hercules (United States)
  • July 5 - Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon (Japan)
  • July 10 - Dibu: The Movie (Argentina)
  • July 12 - Princess Mononoke (Japan)
  • July 13 - Beauty and the Beast (United States)
  • July 18 - The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (United States)
  • July 19 - The End of Evangelion (Japan)
  • July 22:
  • July 26 - A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation (Hong Kong)
  • July 28 - Soreike! Anpanman Niji no Piramiddo (Japan)
  • August 1:
  • August 2:
    • Slayers Great (Japan)
    • Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness (Japan)
  • August 5:
    • Perfect Blue (Japan)
    • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (United States)
  • August 22 - Pippi Longstocking (Sweden, Germany, and Canada)
  • September 8 - I Married a Strange Person! (United States)
  • September 12 - Licca-chan to Yamaneko Hoshi no Tabi (Japan)
  • September 13:
    • Spur to Glory: The Igaya Chiharu Story (Japan)
    • The Ugly Duckling (United Kingdom)
  • September 20 - Spacibo at the End of the Edo Period (Japan)
  • October 2 - The Fearless Four (Germany, United States, and United Kingdom)
  • October 4 - The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest (United States)
  • October 11 - A Christmas Carol (United States)
  • October 14 - Babes in Toyland (United States)
  • October 21 - Annabelle's Wish (United States)
  • October 25 - Kigyō Senshi Yamazaki: Long Distance Call (Japan)
  • November 11:
  • November 18 - VeggieTales: Josh and the Big Wall! (United States)
  • November 21 - Anastasia (United States)
  • December 4 - Benjamin Bluemchen (Germany and Luxembourg)
  • December 9 - The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (United States)
  • December 25:
  • Specific date unknown:
    • Go to Hell!! (Australia)
    • Home of Acorns (Japan)
    • Hua Mulan (Italy)
    • Katharina & Witt, Fiction and Reality (Germany)
    • Megasónicos (Spain)
    • Merry Christmas Little Moonky! (Belgium and France)
    • Neznayka on the Moon (Russia)
    • The Perfume of the Invisible One (France and Italy)
    • Pocahontas and the Spider Woman (Italy)

Television series debuts

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

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

January

  • January 7: Kyle Stanger, British actor (voice of Lumpy the Heffalump in the Winnie the Pooh franchise).
  • January 21: Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer (voice of Finn in the Adventure Time franchise, Jean Francois in Team America: World Police, young Robin in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Pug in ParaNorman, Cody Maverick in Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, Lance in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Tom Kullersen in Dragons: The Nine Realms, Porridge in the Chowder episode "My Big Fat Stinky Wedding").
  • January 24: Jonah Bobo, American actor (voice of Austin in The Backyardigans, Tod in The Fox and the Hound 2).

February

March

April

May

July

August

October

November

December

  • December 15: Maude Apatow, American actress (voice of Justine in Pantheon).[35]
  • December 16: Spence Moore II, American actor (voice of George The Tiger in My Father's Dragon).

Deaths

January

February

March

April

  • 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.[49]
  • 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.[50]

May

June

July

  • July 2: James Stewart, American actor (voice of Wylie Burp in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West), dies at age 89.[55]

August

September

October

November

  • November 12: Chang Yu-sheng, Taiwanese musician, actor, and comedian (Taiwanese Mandarin dub voice of teenage Hercules in Hercules), dies at age 31.[66]

December

Specific date unknown

  • Frank Little, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons), dies at age 90.[72]

See also

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External links

  • Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb