Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/February/February 9

Films released

• 1935 – Buddy's Theatre (United States)
• 1951 – Cold Storage (United States)
• 1957 – Ali Baba Bunny (United States)
• 1963 – Devil's Feud Cake (United States)
• 2001 – Touch: Cross Road (Japan, TV film, NTV)

Television series and specials

• 1979 – Hana no Ko Lunlun, a Japanese anime series begins airing on TV Asahi

Births

• 1914 – Bill Justice, American animator (d. 2011)

Deaths

• 1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)