Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/January/January 7

Films released

• 1931 – The Birthday Party (United States)
• 1933 – Building a Building (United States)
• 1933 – The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (United States)
• 1939 – The Lone Stranger and Porky (United States)
• 1943 – The Spirit of '43 (United States)
• 1944 – The Pelican and the Snipe (United States)
• 1950 – Little Quacker (United States)
• 1961 – Cannery Woe (United States)

Television series and specials

• 1967 – Gokū no Daibōken, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1973 – Fables of the Green Forest, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1979 – Anne of Green Gables, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1980 – The Littl' Bits, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Tokyo
• 1984 – Starzan S, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1990 – Chibi Maruko-chan, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1994 – Akazukin Chacha, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Tokyo
• 1996 – GeGeGe no Kitarō, a Japanese anime series begins airing on Fuji TV
• 1998 – Nuku Nuku, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Tokyo
• 2011 – Young Justice, an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Young Justice begins airing on Cartoon Network
• 2011 – Almost Naked Animals, a Canadian animated television series begins airing on YTV

Births

• 1948 – Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese voice actor