Their popularity spawned the short The Pink Phink, directed by Freleng and Pratt, won the 1964 Oscar for Best Animated Short. More shorts and TV series followed through the years. Must Read Stories ...

For Tomás Eliaschev, a journalist specializing in animation, it is interesting to frame the Pink Panther as a transitional character between different eras. And he explains what he is referring ...

It also features one of the most famous credit sequences in movie history, featuring an animated Pink Panther and an unforgettable theme by composer Henry Mancini. The film opens with a brief ...

would combine live action and animation in order to feature both the inspector and the anthropomorphic cartoon Pink Panther, who originated in the movie’s opening credits and went on to become ...

The character proved so popular that he got his own break-out movie, 1964’s Pink Panther-less A Shot in the Dark. (At the same time, the titular animated character, seen in the delightful ...

which started out as only an animated character in an opening sequence. The Pink Panther refers to the name of a valuable pink diamond at the center of a heist in the original film. Murphy most ...