1961 in animation

Events in 1961 in animation.

Events

Bagdasarian Productions is founded.

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films: 1960s § 1961

The Key (Soviet Union)
January 25 – One Hundred and One Dalmatians (United States)

Shorts

February 20 – Aquamania (United States)
March 18 – Strangled Eggs
June 21 – Donald and the Wheel (United States)
September 7 – Switchin' Kitten, the first Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Television series

Main article: List of animated television series of the 1960s § 1961

Debuts

January 30 – The Yogi Bear Show debuts in syndication (United States, 1961).
May 1 – Otogi Manga Calendar, the first anime series debuts on TBS TV (Japan, 1961–1962, 1962–1964).
September 27 – Top Cat debuts on ABC (United States, 1961–1962).
October 4 – The Alvin Show debuts on CBS (United States, 1961–1962).
Pingwings on ITV (United Kingdom, 1961).

Births

May 3 – Joe Murray, American animator
July 5 – Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress
August 4 – Lauren Tom, American actress
August 21 – Stephen Hillenburg, American animator writer and artist

Years in animation

20th century

1910s

1920s

1930s	1937 1939

1940s	1940 1948 1949

1950s	1957 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1977 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

21st century

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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