Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/September/September 8

Films released

• 1930 – The Bandmaster (United States)
• 1951 – Slicked-up Pup (United States)
• 1951 – Lovelorn Leghorn (United States)
• 1952 – Mouse Warming (United States)
• 1979 – Aim for the Ace! (Japan)
• 1994 – Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (Japan)

Television series and specials

• 1971 – The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, a Japanese anime series finishes airing on Fuji TV
• 1973 – The Addams Family, an animated adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, begins airing on NBC
• 1973 – My Favorite Martians, an American animated science fiction television series, begins airing on CBS
• 1973 – Star Trek, an American animated science fiction television series (logo pictured) begins airing on NBC
• 1973 – Yogi's Gang, an American animated television series begins airing on ABC
• 1974 – Great Mazinger, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1984 – Ginga Hyōryū Vifam, a Japanese anime series finishes airing on MBS and TBS
• 1986 – Defenders of the Earth, an American animated television series featuring characters from Flash Gordon, Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician, begins airing
• 1990 – Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, an American animated television series begins airing on Fox
• 1996 – Boys Over Flowers, a Japanese anime series begins airing on ABC
• 1998 – Rurouni Kenshin (1996 TV series), a Japanese anime television series finishes airing on Fuji TV

Births

• 1958 – Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
• 1972 – Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor

Deaths

• 2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
• 2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1913)