Events in 1988 in animation.
Events
January
March
April
June
July
- July 16: Akira is released, which will later become a cult classic and largely be responsible for making anime popular outside of Japan.
- July 25: American child actress Judith Barsi and her mother Maria was murdered by József Barsi in an apparent murderâÂÂsuicide.
August
September
October
November
December
- December 10: Garfield and Friends concludes its first season on CBS with the episodes "Forget Me Not/I Like Having You Around!/Sales Resistance".
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Awards
Films released
Television series debuts
Births
January
- January 7: Robert Sheehan, Irish actor (voice of Ray in the UK version of ').
- January 12: Andrew Lawrence, American actor (voice of T.J. Detweiler in Recess, Carl Finley in The Zeta Project episode "Eye of the Storm", Ben Rogers in the Adventures from the Book of Virtues episode "Work", Vinnie Nasta in The Kids from Room 402 episode "Son of Einstein").
- January 21: John Early, American comedian and actor (voice of Flash in DC League of Super-Pets, Alexander in Big City Greens, Dirk in Tuca & Bertie, Henry Tuntley in The Great North, Augustus in the Central Park episode "Hot Oven").
- January 29: Clifford Chapin, American voice actor (voice of Connie Springer in Attack on Titan, Katsuki Bakugo in My Hero Academia, Cabba in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z, Kaworu Nagisa in the Netflix dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion).
February
- February 2: Zosia Mamet, American actress (voice of Hekapoo in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Crimp in Trolls Band Together, Mary in the American Dad episode "My Affair Lady", Amber Lamber in High School USA!, Princess Ladyfingers/General Neytri in the Harley Quinn episode "The Most Culturally Impactful Franchise of All Time", Celia in Regular Show, Yaga in Back to Backspace, Merian in StuGo)
- February 13: Erica Mendez, American actress (voice of Ryuko Matoi in Kill la Kill, Akko in Little Witch Academia, Sailor Uranus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Yuuki Konno in Sword Art Online, Diane in The Seven Deadly Sins, Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Black Strategy in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes).
- February 20: Rihanna, Barbadian singer and actress (voice of Tip in Home, Smurfette in Smurfs).
- February 22: Marieve Herington, Canadian actress and singer (voice of Tilly Green in Big City Greens, Delilah in Delilah & Julius, Sabrina Raincomprix in season 1 of ', Claudette in the Alpha and Omega franchise, Tatsumaki in Season 1 of One-Punch Man, Celeste in the Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures episode "The Phantom of the Café", Fifi La Fume in Tiny Toons Looniversity).
- February 29: Joel Kim Booster, Korean-American actor (voice of Jingle Jim in Santa Inc., Charles Lu in Big Mouth, Maude's Ex-Girlfriend in the BoJack Horseman episode "The Face of Depression") and producer (Big Mouth).
March
- March 10: Ego Nwodim, American actress and comedian (voice of Zara in the Agent Elvis episode "Mahgrebi Mint", Dung Beetle Shaman in the Futurama episode "Parasites Regained", Officer Leonard in ', Twiggy in ', Fish Queen in Hoppers, Leah in Baby Shark's Big Movie!).
- March 12: Aleks Le, American actor (voice of Zenitsu Agatsuma in ', Ake in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Mario Zucchero in ', Lilipilin in Sword Art Online, Luka in Power Players).
- March 27:
- Brenda Song, American actress (voice of Anne Boonchuy in Amphibia, Frida in Miles from Tomorrowland, Mitzi Suzuki in ', Vanessa Vue in ', Tracey in the ' episode "Bring It On", Wendy in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Unfair Science Fair", Kitty Lynxley in Zootopia 2).
- Piotr Michael, American actor (voice of Oogway in ', Perry White in ' and the Justice League Action episode "Superman's Pal, Sid Sharp", continued voice of Albert "Pop Pop" Loud in The Loud House).
April
- April 10: Haley Joel Osment, American actor (voice of Chip in ', Zephyr in The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, Mowgli in The Jungle Book 2, Kash D. Langford in Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, Takeshi Jin in Immortal Grand Prix, Casey Jones in ').
- April 13: Katie Lucas, American writer (').
- April 14: Chris Wood, American actor (voice of He-Man in ').
- April 22: Deven Mack, Canadian actor (voice of King Vangelis in Ninjago, Wynton Styles in ', Chef Hatchet in Total DramaRama, Mr. Melvin in Abby Hatcher, Chaz in Go Away, Unicorn!, Dez in Wishfart, Zack Freeman in The Day My Butt Went Psycho!, Zeo Abyss in ', Lab Rat in Grossology).
May
- May 1: Nicholas Braun, American actor (voice of Devin in Santa Inc., Etan Delvay in the Birdgirl episode "ShareBear", Greg Hirsch in The Simpsons episode "Meat Is Murder").
- May 5: Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer, actress and music video director (singing voice of Barbie in The Barbie Diaries, performed the theme songs of The Buzz on Maggie, Wayside, and My Life Me).
- May 9: Oliver Grainger, Canadian former child actor (voice of D.W. Read in seasons 4-6 of Arthur, Dongwa Miao in Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, George Jamell in Mona the Vampire).
- May 13: Caroline Ford, English actress (voice of The Warden in ').
- May 16: Jermaine Fowler, American actor, comedian, producer and writer (voice of James Lafayette Jr. in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Toussaint Louverture in Clone High, Sir Kaue in Princess Power, Bird Town Tour Guide in Tuca & Bertie, Benny in ', Pete Repeat in BoJack Horseman).
- May 23: Chris Houghton, American animator, illustrator, writer, director, musician, and voice actor (co-creator and voice of Cricket Green in Big City Greens).
June
- June 1: Cody Ruegger, American former voice actor and son of Tom Ruegger (voice of Loud Kiddington in Histeria!, Little Blue Bird in Animaniacs).
- June 2: Awkwafina, American actress (voice of Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon, Ms. Tarantula in The Bad Guys franchise, Quail in Storks, Carmen and Dr. Chang in The Simpsons, Courtney in The Angry Birds Movie 2, skekLach in ', Otto in ', Sky, Areola, and Turd in ', Apple in the Regular Show episode "Hello China", Annie in the Animals. episode "Roachella", Bertie's Left Boob in the Tuca & Bertie episode "The Promotion").
- June 7: Michael Cera, Canadian actor and musician (voice of Little Gizmo in Rolie Polie Olie, Josh Spitz in Braceface, Brother Bear in The Berenstain Bears, Todd in ', Barry in Sausage Party, Robin in The Lego Batman Movie, Matthew in Cryptozoo, Boy Boy in The Ripping Friends, Great Wide Wonder in ' episode "I'm Your Pusher", Benjamin in the ' episode "The Best Partner", Scrotch in the Tom Goes to the Mayor episode "Undercover", Nick in The Simpsons episode "The Daughter Also Rises", additional voices in Pecola).
- June 9:
- Lauren Landa, American actress (voice of Sailor Neptune in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Kyoko Sakura in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Annie Leonhart in Attack on Titan, Kalluto Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter, Stompp in ').
- Mae Whitman, American actor (voice of in ', Amity Blight in The Owl House, Rose/Huntsgirl in ', Shanti in The Jungle Book 2, Little Suzy in Johnny Bravo, Tinker Bell in the Disney Fairies franchise, April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batgirl in ' and DC Super Hero Girls).
- June 30: Sean Marquette, American actor (voice of Mac in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Sam "The Squid" Dullard in Rocket Power, Miguel Diaz in the Batman Beyond episode "Unmasked", Little Tommy in the Megas XLR episode "DMV: Department of Megas Violations").
July
- July 12: Christine Marie Cabanos, American actress (voice of the title characters in Squid Girl and Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sailor Saturn in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Keiko Ayano in Sword Art Online, Maya Ibuki in the Netflix dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cece Lejune in Zak Storm).
- July 15: Aimee Carrero, Dominican actress (voice of Elena in Elena of Avalor, Adora/She-Ra in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power).
- July 19: Cherami Leigh, American actress (voice of Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Maki Himekawa in Digimon Adventure tri., Kimi Todo in Fruits Basket, Regina in Glitter Force Doki Doki, Ilia Amitola in RWBY, Chloe in ', Trixx, Ella Césaire, and Etta Césaire in ').
- July 24: Joe Pera, American comedian, writer and actor (voice of Alaquippa Ed in F is for Family, Fern in Elemental, Christopher in Bob's Burgers).
- July 25: Mamoudou Athie, Mauritanian-American actor (voice of Wade Ripple in Elemental).
September
- September 5: Shion Takeuchi, American television writer (Cartoon Network Studios, Gravity Falls, Lost in Oz, Disenchantment), storyboard artist (Regular Show, Monsters University, Inside Out) and producer (creator of Inside Job).
- September 8: Shannon Chan-Kent, Canadian actress and singer (voice of Silver Spoon, Smolder, and the singing voice of Pinkie Pie in ', the Biskit Twins and Youngmee Song in Littlest Pet Shop, Misa Amane in Death Note, Pipsqueak in Quest for Zhu).
- September 12: Carlos López Estrada, Mexican-American filmmaker (Raya and the Last Dragon).
- September 15: Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer (voice of Bea Goldfishberg in Fish Hooks, Jen Sanders in Hot Streets, Loy in Archibald's Next Big Thing, Rose Wilson in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "#DinnerForFive", Arthricia in the Rick and Morty episode "Look Who's Purging Now", Chrissy in the Regular Show episode "Return of Party Horse", Butterbear and Ellen Ripley in the Robot Chicken episode "Musya Shakhtyorov in: Honeyboogers").
- September 29: Mario Jose, American singer (voice of Julio in The Simpsons episode "Diary Queen").
October
- October 4: Melissa Benoist, American actress (voice of Teela in ', X-23 in the Robot Chicken episode "Sundancer Craig in: 30% of the Way to Crying").
- October 21: Mark Rendall, Canadian actor (voice of Arthur Read in seasons 7 and 8 of Arthur, Russell Wright in King, Joe Arthur in Time Warp Trio, Todd in Wayside).
- October 27: Dylan Hoffman, American technical director and rigging artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, '), (d. 2022).
- October 28: Edd Gould, English animator (Eddsworld), (d. 2012).
November
December
Deaths
January
- January 3: Patrick McGeehan, American actor (voice of the Jimmy Durante buzzard in What's Buzzin' Buzzard, Black Cat in Bad Luck Blackie, Joe Bear in Rock-a-Bye Bear), dies at age 80.
- January 7: Marilyn Schreffler, American actress (voice of Brenda Chance in Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Daisy Mayhem in Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Wendy in Yogi's Space Race and Buford and the Galloping Ghost, Olive Oyl in The All New Popeye Hour and Popeye and Son, Kuma in Pole Position, Natasha in Rose Petal Place, Winnie Werewolf in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School), dies at age 42.
- January 30: Homer Brightman, American screenwriter (Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz, MGM, UPA, Larry Harmon Pictures, Cambria Productions, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) and comic writer, dies at age 86.
February
March
- March 1: Joe Besser, American actor, comedian, and musician (voice of Babu in Jeannie, Scare Bear in Yogi's Space Race and Galaxy Goof-Ups, Putty Puss in The Houndcats, Elmo in Shirt Tales, Cupid in The Smurfs), dies at age 80.
- March 8: Jan Kraan, Dutch illustrator, animator and comics artist, dies at age 87.
April
May
- May 18: Daws Butler, American actor (voice of the City Wolf in Tex Avery's Little Rural Riding Hood, Mysto the Magician in Avery's Magical Maestro, Spike the Bulldog in Tom & Jerry, Chilly Willy in Walter Lantz's cartoons, Nasty Canasta in Barbary Coast Bunny, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson in The Jetsons, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw, Loopy De Loop), dies at age 71.
- May 19: Lloyd Vaughan, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera, Chuck Jones, Heavy Traffic, Garfield), dies at age 79.
- May 24: Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Babar), dies at age 74.
June
July
- July 22: Larry Clemmons, American animator, screenwriter, and actor (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 81.
- July 25: Judith Barsi, American child actress (voice of Ducky in The Land Before Time, Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven), was murdered by her father at age 10.
- July 31: Phil Monroe, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA, DePatie-Freleng, MGM, Chuck Jones), dies at age 71.
August
- August 1: Red Coffey, American comedian and actor (voice of Quacker in Tom & Jerry), dies at age 65.
- August 7: Wilfred Jackson, American animator, director, composer and arranger (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 82.
- August 8: Alan Napier, English actor (voice of Sir Pellinore in The Sword in the Stone, huntsman and reporter in Mary Poppins), dies at age 85.
- August 17: Jack Cutting, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 80.
September
October
- October 4: Zlatko GrgiÃÂ, Croatian animator and animation director (Professor Balthazar, The Devil's Work), dies at age 57.
- October 25: Eric Larson, American animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 83.
- October 30: T. Hee, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company, UPA, Terrytoons), dies at age 77.
November
- November 23: KenzÃ
 Masaoka, Japanese animator and director (the first animator to use cel animation and recorded sound in anime, Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka, Benkei tai Ushiwaka, Kumo to Tulip, co-founder of Toei Animation), dies at age 90.
- November 27: John Carradine, American actor (voice of Tyrone T. Tattersall in Shinbone Alley, The Tramp in The Mouse and His Child, The Wizard in Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Great Owl in The Secret of NIMH), dies at age 82.
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