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Years in anime: 1982   1983   1984   1985   1986   1987   1988
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Years: 1982   1983   1984   1985   1986   1987   1988

The events of 1985 in anime .

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Releases

ReleasedTitleTypeDirectorStudioRef
January 6 Princess Sarah TV series Fumio Kurokawa Nippon Animation, Aniplex
January 26 Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love Film Kazuo Yamazaki Studio Deen
February 5 Area 88 OVA series Hisayuki Toriumi Studio Pierrot
February 25 Kieta 12-nin OVA film Takeyuki Kanda Nippon Sunrise
March 1 Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko OVA film Kunihiko Yuyama Kaname Production, Toho
March 2 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam TV series Yoshiyuki Tomino Nippon Sunrise
March 9 Megazone 23 - Part I Film Noboru Ishiguro AIC, Artland, Tatsunoko
March 16 Arei no Kagami Film Kozo Morishita Toei Animation
March 16 The Dagger of Kamui Film Rintaro Madhouse
March 16 Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars Film Tsutomu Shibayama Shin-Ei Animation
March 16 GU GU Ganmo Film Toei Animation
March 16 Little Memole Film Toei Animation
March 16 Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: Ninja Beast Jippō vs. Miracle Egg Film Masuji Harada Shin-Ei Animation
March 16 Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin Film Yasuo Yamayoshi Toei Animation
March 24 Touch TV series Hiroko Tokita Group TAC, Studio Gallop
March 28 Lovely Serenade OVA film Mochizuki Tomomichi Studio Pierrot
April 4 Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God TV series Seiji Okuda Ashi Productions
April 18 Musashi no Ken TV series Toshitaka Tsunoda Eiken
April 27 The Time Étranger Film Kunihiko Yuyama Ashi Productions
March 28 Long Goodbye OVA film Studio Pierrot
April 1 Shin Obake no Q-tarō TV series Shin-Ei Animation
April 2 Onegai! Samia-don TV series Osamu Kobayashi Tōkyō Movie Shinsha
April 8 Bumpety Boo TV series Nippon Animation
April 8 Honō no Alpen Rose: Judy & Randy TV series Hideto Ueda Tatsunoko
April 13 Lunn Flies into the Wind OVA film Osama Tezuka Tezuka Productions
June 7 Magical Emi, the Magic Star TV series Takashi Anno Studio Pierrot
June 10 Dream Hunter Rem OVA series Seiji Okuda Sai Enterprise, Zain
June 15 Long Goodbye: Mahō no Tenshi Creamy Mami VS Mahō no Princess Minky Momo Gekijou no Daikessen OVA film Mochizuki Tomomichi Studio Pierrot
June 21 Chonoryoku Shōjo Barabanba OVA film Japan Home Video
July 13 Captain Tsubasa: Europe Daikessen Film Isamu Imakake Tsuchida Production [2]
July 13 Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! Dream Capital Mecha Police Film Toyoo Ashida, Kazuhisa Takenouchi Toei Animation
July 13 Legend of the Gold of Babylon Film Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu Yoshida Tokyo Movie Shinsha
July 13 Night on the Galactic Railroad Film Gisaburo Sugii Group TAC
July 15 Dirty Pair: The Original TV Series TV series Norio Kashima, Toshifumi Takizawa Nippon Sunrise
July 20 Area 88 Film Hisayuki Toriumi Project 88
July 20 Cosmo Police Justy OVA film Motosuke Takahashi Pierrot
July 28 Magical Princess Minky Momo La Ronde in my Dream OVA film Hiroshi Watanabe Ashi Productions
August 10 Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight Film Eiichi Yamamoto, Takeshi Shirato, Toshio Masuda, Yoshinobu Nishioka Toei Animation
August 21 Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Last Red Shoulder OVA film Ryosuke Takahashi Nippon Sunrise
August 25 Akumatō no Purinsu TV film Toei Animation
September 21 The Chocolate Panic Picture Show OVA filmFujiwara Kamui Tezuka Productions
September 21 Genesis Climber MOSPEADA: Love Live Alive OVA filmKatsuhisa Yamada Artmic, Tatsunoko Productions
September 21 "Kate no Kioku" Namida no Dakkai Sakusen!! OVA film Takeyuki Kanda Nippon Sunrise
September 21 Mujigen Hunter Fandora OVA series Kazuyuki Okaseko, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shigenori Kageyama Hiro Media, Kaname Production
September 24 Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party OVA film Studio Deen
October 3 Blue Comet SPT Layzner TV series Ryōsuke Takahashi Nippon Sunrise
October 6 Ninja Senshi Tobikage TV series Masami Annō Studio Pierrot
October 12 GeGeGe no Kitarō TV series Osamu Kasai, Hiroki Shibata Toei Animation
October 12 High School! Kimengumi TV series Hiroshi Fukutomi Gallop, Studio Comet
October 19 Dream-Star Button Nose TV series Masami Hata, Toshio Takeuchi, Katsuhisa Yamada, Kazuyuki Hirokawa Sanrio, TV Asahi
October 19 Fight! Iczer One OVA series Toshihiro Hirano AIC
October 19 A Journey Through Fairyland Film Masami Hata Sanrio
October 21 Chūhai Lemon LOVE 30S OVA Kenzo Koizumi Tsuchida Productions, Wonder Kids [3]
November 23 Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special Film Osamu Kobayashi, Tomomi Mochizuki Shueisha, Studio Pierrot
November 25 What's Michael? OVA Kitty Films
December 15 Angel's Egg OVA film Mamoru Oshii Studio DEEN, Tokuma Shoten
December 16 Fire Tripper OVA film Osamu Uemura Studio Pierrot
December 21 Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi, Zen Nippon Jr. Film Isamu Imakake Tsuchida Production
December 21 Cream Lemon Special: Ami Image White Shadow OVA film
December 21 Vampire Hunter D OVA film Toyoo Ashida Ashi Productions
December Affair of Nolandia OVA film Masaharu Okuwaki Nippon Sunrise

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