1976 in animation
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Events in 1976 in animation.
Events
[edit]March
[edit]- March 12: Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo premieres.[citation needed] It will become a cult classic.[1]
- March 16: The Peanuts special It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown airs, marking this as Vince Guaraldi's final composition for the Peanuts special, which aired one month after his death.[2] The popular "Linus and Lucy" theme was continued in his memory.
- March 29: 48th Academy Awards: Great by Bob Godfrey wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[3]
- Specific date unknown: The first episode of Jamie and the Magic Torch airs.[citation needed]
June
[edit]- June 20: Don Jurwich's Once Upon a Girl, an adult pornographic film that mixes live-action and animation, premieres.[citation needed]
July
[edit]- July 21: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4]
- July 24: Robot Taekwon V premieres.[citation needed]
August
[edit]- August 10–15: The first Ottawa International Animation Festival takes place.[5]
- August 12: Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek's Pat & Mat first airs.[citation needed]
September
[edit]- September 11: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's