The Care Bears Movie is a 1985 animated adventure film, the second feature production from the Toronto animation studio Nelvana. One of the first films based directly on a toy line, it introduced the Care Bears characters and their companions, the Care Bear Cousins. The group consists of different species, such as monkeys, elephants and penguins. In the film, orphanage owners tell a story about the Care Bears, who live in a cloud-filled land called Care-a-lot. The film premiered on March 24, 1985, in Washington, D.C. and entered wide release in around 1,000 North American theatres five days later. The Care Bears Movie received mixed reviews from the outset; critics raised concern over its potential as a full-length advertisement for the title characters, among many other aspects. The movie's success saved Nelvana from closing, helped revive films aimed at children in the U.S. market, and has been cited as inspiring a spate of toy-based animated and live-action features. Nelvana produced two sequels in the next two years, A New Generation (1986) and Adventure in Wonderland (1987); neither surpassed the original financially or critically.

• ... that the Tuca & Bertie episode "The Jelly Lakes" employs a paper-cutout animation that helps to depict abuse in a way that centers the victim's story?
• ... that Encanto's Isabela Madrigal was animated to be aware that she is "always on stage"?
• ... that the Los Angeles Times criticized Disney for contracting their interactive storybooks to independent studios, deeming their series "a mere imitation" of Broderbund's Living Books format?
• ... that the interactive cartoon Cat Burglar takes about 15 minutes to watch, but features 90 minutes of animation?
• ... that the animated film The Exigency took thirteen years to make?
• ... that although Blizzard's franchise Overwatch is centered around video games, its lore is mainly told through animated shorts, comics, and novels?

Al Jean (born January 9, 1961) is an award-winning American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss. It was first broadcast on ABC in January 1994 and was well-received by critics, but did not catch on with viewers and only lasted for two seasons. In 1994, Jean and Reiss signed a three-year deal with The Walt Disney Company to produce other television shows for ABC and the duo created and executive produced Teen Angel, which was canceled in its first season. Jean returned full-time to The Simpsons during the tenth season (1998). He became show runner once again with the start of the thirteenth season in 2001, this time without Reiss, and has held that position since then. Jean was also one of the writers and producers that worked on The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film based on the series that was released in 2007.

The awards won by The Simpsons and The Simpsons Movie. The Simpsons, an animated American sitcom, is the longest running prime time animated series in the United States. It has won many different awards, including 27 Emmy awards, 27 Annie Awards, seven Environmental Media Awards, seven Writers Guild of America Awards, six Genesis Awards, five People's Choice Awards and three British Comedy Awards. Episodes of the show have won 10 Emmys in the Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less) category. However, The Simpsons has never been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, although the show was submitted in the category in 1993 and 1994. The Simpsons was the first animated series to be given a Peabody Award, and in 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons also holds two world records from the Guinness Book of World Records: Longest-Running Primetime Animated Television Series and Most Guest Stars Featured in a Television Series.

• ...that Winsor McCay's animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (poster pictured) was originally created for a vaudeville act where McCay would seem to interact with the cartoon dinosaur?
• ...that Têtes à Claques was originally intended to be stop motion animation, but instead superimposed faces on the figurines to save time?
• ...that Lil' Pimp was the first feature-length film to be created entirely with Macromedia Flash animation?

Films released

• 1922 – The Four Musicians of Bremen (United States)
• 1922 – Felix Finds a Way (United States)
• 1923 – Felix in Fairyland (United States)
• 1924 – Alice the Peacemaker (United States)
• 1924 – Felix Goes West (United States)
• 1927 – Sealing Whacks (United States)
• 1935 – Garden Gaieties (United States)
• 1936 – Mickey's Circus (United States)
• 1936 – Porky the Rain-Maker (United States)
• 1941 – Truant Officer Donald (United States)
• 1942 – The Ducktators (United States)
• 1942 – Foney Fables (United States)
• 1947 – Crazy with the Heat (United States)
• 1951 – How to Catch a Cold (United States)
• 1953 – The New Neighbor (United States)
• 1958 – Paul Bunyan (United States)
• 1958 – Tot Watchers, last Tom and Jerry cartoon produced at the original MGM cartoon studio before it shut down in 1957. (United States)
• 1959 – Wild and Woolly Hare (United States)
• 1962 – The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit (United States)
• 1964 – Señorella and the Glass Huarache (United States)
• 1992 – Ranma ½: Nihao, My Concubine (Japan)
• 1997 – Jungle Emperor Leo (Japan)
• 1998 – Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (Japan)
• 1998 – Slayers Gorgeous (Japan)

Television series and specials

• 1949 – The first American animated television series Crusader Rabbit, begins airing in syndication.
• 2003 – My Life as a Teenage Robot, an American animated television series begins airing on Nickelodeon
• 2011 – Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, an American animated television series begins airing on Cartoon Network

Births

• 1923 – Val Bettin, American voice actor