Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/February/February 2

Films released

• 1935 – Country Boy (United States)
• 1943 – Pigs in a Polka (United States)
• 1946 – Baseball Bugs (United States)
• 1952 – Feed the Kitty (United States)

Television series and specials

• 1979 – Candy Candy, a Japanese anime series finishes airing on TV Asahi
• 1980 – Rescueman, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1980 – Trider G7, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Nagoya TV
• 1991 – Adventures of the Little Mermaid, a Japanese anime series begins airing on NHK
• 1993 – Tekkaman Blade, a Japanese anime series finishes airing on TV Tokyo
• 2002 – Genma Wars, a Japanese anime series begins airing on AT-X

Births

• 1887 – Pat Sullivan, Australian cartoonist, pioneer animator and film producer (Felix the Cat) (d. 1933)
• 1933 – Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
• 1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor
• 1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor
• 1967 – Doc Hammer, American actor and voice artist

Deaths

• 1996 – Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, and director (b. 1912)