1985 30 Years Ago

Debuts: Osamu Tezuka’s wins the top prize at the first Hiroshima International Animation Festival Releases: Will Vinton’s The Adventures of Mark Twain, Disney’s The Black Cauldron, The Care Bears Movie, Jiri Barta’s The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Vampire Hunter D (Japan); Richard Condie’s The Big Snit, The Velveteen Rabbit, Rankin/ Bass’ The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus; ThunderCats, M.A.S.K., The Care Bears, Robotech, Gummi Bears, G.I. Joe, Jem, She-Ra; David the Gnome (Spain); Mobile Suit Gundam Z (Japan)