July 28: André Franquin's heirs and copyright holders win the trial against the Walt Disney Animation Studios over their animated TV series version of Franquin's comics character Marsupilami, citing breaches of its license contract: Disney had failed to produce thirteen half-hour episodes (instead producing six to eight minute shorts) or use its "best efforts" to secure a commitment from a network to air the show, and it launched its marketing campaign during a time when the show was not being broadcast.June 30: A film adaptation of South Park, named South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut premieres.June 12: The Walt Disney Company releases Tarzan.Baboon receives his "hero" status over I.M. This spinoff completely changes aspects from the previous seasons as I.R. June 10: I Am Weasel gets its own spinoff series after separating from Cow and Chicken.Specific date unknown: Gene Fowler founds animation studio Fatkat, which will last until May 2009.May 22: Aleksandr Petrov's The Old Man and the Sea premiers.May 19: 20th Television Animation is founded.It is the second longest running Nicktoon series and becomes a global phenomenon. May 1: The first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants airs.Specific date unknown: The first Animation Masters Summit is organized in India.The first episode also guest stars television personality Dick Clark and actor Leonard Nimoy. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Leela and Bender. It marks the debut of characters Philip J. March 28: The first episode of Futurama airs.When You Believe by Stephen Schwartz from The Prince of Egypt wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.Bunny by Chris Wedge wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.February 2: Nickelodeon and the Children’s Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop) launches Noggin, a commercial-free brand aimed at children aged 6–12.Nishizaki told them that he had bought the handgun in Hong Kong 10 years earlier. Police say that Nishizaki had hidden an Austrian handgun loaded with three bullets under a zaisu chair in a study. Nishizaki, voluntarily submitted two automatic rifles, 1,800 bullets, and 30 howitzer shells kept in a station wagon in his garage, police said. February 1: Anime producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki is arrested after a handgun, 131 bullets and 20 grams of stimulant drugs were seized from his house in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.January 31: The first episode of Family Guy airs.
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