1981
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The year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by three years.
- For further information, see: Transformers timeline
Events
[edit]Non-Fiction
[edit]- Takara relaunches the Microman line as New Microman, which eventually leads to its spin-offs: Diaclone and Micro Change.
- Animation production company Marvel Productions, created by Marvel Comics owners Cadence Industries' purchase of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, begins producing animated TV shows and commercials.
- Sunbow Productions, the media arm of advertising company Griffin Bacal, begins producing its first full-length television content with The Great Space Coaster. They also collaborate with Marvel Productions for the first time, for the animated commercial promoting both the upcoming comic and toyline of the relaunched G.I. Joe.
- Pioneer Laserdisc Company, later known as Geneon Universal Entertainment, the Japanese company that holds the domestic rights to the Generation 1 cartoon and its sequels, including The Transformers: The Movie and the various Beast Wars series, is founded.
- June 18 — First flight of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (alt mode of Predator Falcon, Shadow Jet, Skyjack, G1 Air Raid, Aero Raid, Delta Seeker, Armada Wind Sheer, Shattered Glass Whisper and Revenge of the Fallen Mindwipe)
- July 31 — Jimmy's favourite band, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Journey (band)|{{#if:Journey|Journey|Journey (band)}}]] release their 7th album, Escape.
- August 1 — The channel MTV launches.
- August 14 — Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones is released.
- October 15 — The first issue of Comic BomBom is released.
Births
[edit]- ??? — Francesco Mei
January
[edit]- January 1 — Kelly Fremon Craig
- January 2 — Julia Kołakowska
- January 16 — Beatrice Caggiula
- January 25 — Paul Guyet
- January 30 — Chieko Higuchi
February
[edit]March
[edit]- March 1 — Harim Song
- March 2 — Gong Ge'er
- March 9 — Todd Casey
- March 12 — Chiwa Saitō
- March 15 — Bruno Azevedo
- March 18 — Jaime Collepardo
- March 22 — Tino Kießling
- March 30 — Noboru Yamaguchi
- March 31 — Tatiane Keplmair
April
[edit]- April 10 — Perla Liberatori
- April 13 — Daniel Lacy
- April 24 — Douglas Guedes
- April 30 — Grzegorz Woś, Ibnu Jamil
May
[edit]- May 7 — Jeremy Levy
- May 14 — Mikhail Tihonov, Sérgio Cantú
- May 18 — Zou Shiming, Andrzej Hausner
- May 23 — Alex Montiel
June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]- August 3 — Travis Willingham, Kim Gook-jin
- August 8 — Tongayi Chirisa
- August 20 - Jacob Weigert
- August 21 - Dennis Sandmann
- August 26 - Luciana Baroli
- August 30 — Simone Crisari
September
[edit]- September 1 — Michael Adamthwaite
- September 8 — Eryck Webb
- September 15 — Ben Schwartz
- September 30 — Choi Seung-hoon
October
[edit]November
[edit]December
[edit]Fiction
[edit]Knights of Unicron
[edit]The Knights of Unicron are top of the pops again with "Thunder Touch", the single from the multi-platinum album Sonic Interference. Behind the Music pack-in booklet