Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/December/December 18

Films released

• 1937 – September in the Rain (United States)
• 1942 – Bellboy Donald (United States)
• 1948 – Scaredy Cat (United States)
• 1954 – Touché, Pussy Cat! (United States)
• 1954 – Baby Buggy Bunny (United States)
• 1964 – The Pink Phink, the first original Pink Panther short was released by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and United Artists. (United States)
• 1982 – Godmars (Japan)
• 1983 – Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration (Japan)
• 1998 – The Prince of Egypt (United States)

Television series and specials

• 1966 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, an American animated television special airs on CBS
• 1994 – Tico of the Seven Seas, an anime series ends on Fuji TV
• 2001 – Batman Beyond, an animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero as the same name ends on The WB
• 2004 – W.I.T.C.H., an animated television series debuts on France 3
• 2008 – Moral Orel, an American animated stop motion television series ends on Adult Swim

Births

• 1946 – Steven Spielberg (pictured), American director

Deaths

• 2006 – Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (b. 1911)