| Released | Title | Type | Director | Studio | Ref |
|---|
| January 15 | Peter Pan: The Animated Series | TV series | Yoshio Kuroda | Nippon Animation | |
| January 24 | Bombing Circuit Romance Twin | OVA film | Osamu Sekida | Lifework | [1] |
| January 27 | Goku Midnight Eye | OVA series | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Madhouse, Inc. | |
| February 4 | Cynical Hysterie Hour: Henshin! | Film | Kiriko Kubo | Studio Gallop | [2] |
| February 4 | Manga Hajimete Omoshiro Juku | TV series | Hirochika Muraishi | Dax International | [3] |
| February 22 | Riding Bean | OVA film | Yasuo Hasegawa | AIC, Artmic | |
| February 28 | Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol | OVA film | Kenichi Yatagai | AIC, Youmex | [4] |
| March 3 | Cipher the Video | OVA film | Tsuneo Tominaga | Magic Bus | |
| March 11 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Shin-Ei Animation | |
| March 11 | The Five Star Stories | Film | Kazuo Yamazaki | Sunrise | |
| March 11 | Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!! | Film | Makoto Moriwaki | Shin-Ei Animation | |
| March 11 | Soreike! Anpanman: Kirakira Boshi no Namida | Film | Akinori Nagaoka | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [5] |
| March 11 | The Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure | Film | Kunihiko Yuyama | Gallop | [6] |
| March 11 | Utsunomiko | Film | Kenji Yoshida | Nippon Animation | |
| March 11 | Venus Wars | Film | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Triangle Staff | |
| March 13 | Himitsu no Akko-chan | Film | Hiroki Shibata | Toei Animation | [7] |
| March 14 | Transformers: Victory | TV series | Yoshikata Nitta | Toei Animation | |
| March 17 | Yankee Reppu-tai | OVA series | Tetsuro Imazawa | Toei Animation | [8] |
| March 18 | Osomatsu-kun: Suika no Hoshi Kara Konnichiwa zansu! | Film | Akira Shigino | Studio Pierrot | [9] |
| March 18 | Warriors of the Final Holy Battle | Film | Masayuki Akehi | Toei Animation | |
| March 21 | Rhea Gall Force | Film | Katsuhito Akiyama | AIC, Artmic | |
| March 25 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket | OVA series | Fumihiko Takayama | Sunrise | |
| April 1 | Bye Bye, Lady Liberty | TV special | Osamu Dezaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | |
| April 2 | Miracle Giants Dome-kun | TV series | Takashi Watanabe | Gallop | |
| April 3 | Alfred J. Kwak | TV series | Hiroshi Saitō | Telescreen Japan Inc, Teleimage Inc, Visual '80 | |
| April 6 | Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato | TV series | Toshihiko Nishikubo | Tatsunoko Production | |
| April 7 | Blue Blink | TV series | Osamu Tezuka | Tezuka Productions | |
| April 7 | Madö King Granzört | TV series | Shūji Iuchi | Sunrise | |
| April 8 | Cynical Hysterie Hour: Yoru wa Tanoshii | Film | Kiriko Kubo | Studio Gallop | [10] |
| April 8 | Hengen Taima Yakō Karura Mau! Nara Onryō Emaki | Film | Takaaki Ishiyama | Ginga Teikoku | |
| April 15 | Ranma ½ | TV series | Tomomi Mochizuki, Tsutomu Shibayama | Studio Deen | |
| April 16 | Akuma-kun | TV series | Junichi Sato | Toei Animation | |
| April 26 | Dragon Ball Z | TV series | Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Toei Animation | |
| May 23 | Beat Shot!! | OVA film | Takashi Akimoto | Studio Fantasia, C.MOON, Gainax, Magic Bus | [11] |
| May 27 | Wrath of the Ninja | Film | Osamu Yamazaki | J.C. Staff | |
| June 17 | City Hunter: .357 Magnum | Film | Kenji Kodama | Sunrise | |
| June 24 | Cynical Hysterie Hour: Utakata no Uta | Film | Kiriko Kubo | Studio Gallop | [12] |
| July 15 | Akuma-kun | Film | Junichi Sato | Toei Animation | [13] |
| July 15 | Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone | Film | Daisuke Nishio | Toei Animation | |
| July 15 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Film | Masami Hata, William Hurtz | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | |
| July 15 | Himitsu no Akko-chan: Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri | Film | Hiroki Shibata | Toei Animation | [14] |
| July 15 | Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack | Short film | Shinji Takamatsu, Tetsuro Amino | Sunrise | |
| July 15 | Patlabor: The Movie | Film | Mamoru Oshii | Studio Deen | |
| July 16 | Blue Sonnet | OVA series | Takeyuki Kanda | Mushi Production, Tatsunoko Production | |
| July 21 | ARIEL Visual | OVA series | Junichi Watanabe | Animate, J.C.Staff | |
| July 21 | The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee | TV series | Iku Suzuki | Tatsunoko Production | |
| July 22 | My Melody's Little Red Riding Hood | Film | Hidemi Kubo | Sanrio, Grouper Productions | [15] |
| July 22 | Hello Kitty's Cinderella | Film | Tameo Kohanawa | Sanrio, Grouper Productions | [16] |
| July 22 | Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird | Film | Masami Hata | Sanrio, Grouper Productions | [17] |
| July 25 | Riki-Oh: The Walls of Hell | OVA film | Satoshi Dezaki | Trans Arts | [18] |
| July 29 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Film | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | |
| August 3 | Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. | OVA series | Shinichirō Ueda | Studio Junio | |
| August 4 | Kankara Sanshin | Film | Osamu Kobayashi | Tokyo Animation Film | [19] |
| August 16 | Cinderella Express | OVA film | Kouichi Sasaki, Michio Mishima, Nanako Shimazaki | Nichiei Agency, Nihon Eizō, Studio Look | [20] |
| August 27 | Tezuka Osamu Monogatari: Boku wa Son Gokû | TV special | Masami Hata, Rintaro | Tezuka Productions | [21] |
| September 1 | Angel Cop | OVA series | Ichirō Itano | Soei Shinsha | |
| September 16 | Borgman: The Final Battle | Film | Kiyoshi Murayama | Ashi Production | |
| September 25 | The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor | OVA series | Koichi Ishiguro | Visual '80 | |
| September 25 | Mandaraya no Ryôta: Kuonidani Onsen Tsuyasho Sodo Tan | OVA | Yuzo Aoki | Takahashi Studio | [22] |
| September 28 | Megazone 23 Part III | OVA series | Kenichi Yatagai, Shinji Aramaki | AIC, Artland | [23] |
| October 2 | The Jungle Book | TV series | Fumio Kurokawa | Nippon Animation | |
| October 2 | Momotaro Densetsu | TV series | Akinori Yabe | Knack Productions | [24] |
| October 3 | Dash! Yonkuro | TV series | Hitoshi Nanba | Staff 21, Aubekku & Tokyu Agency | [25] |
| October 7 | Project A-ko 4: FINAL | OVA film | Yūji Moriyama | Pony Canyon, Soeishinsha, A.P.P.P., Studio Fantasia | [26] |
| October 8 | Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past | OVA film | Hiroyuki Ebata | Animate Film, J.C. Staff | [27] |
| October 9 | Sally the Witch | TV series | Osamu Kasai | Toei Animation | |
| October 10 | The Laughing Salesman | TV series | Toshirō Kuni | Shin-Ei Animation | |
| October 10 | Seton Dōbutsuki | TV series | Takeshi Shirato | Eiken | [28] |
| October 11 | Patlabor: The TV Series | TV series | Naoyuki Yoshinaga | Sunrise | |
| October 12 | The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion | TV series | Takashi Ui, Rintaro | Tezuka Productions | |
| October 14 | Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon | OVA series | Satoshi Dezaki | Visual '80 | [29] |
| October 14 | Time Patrol Bon | TV special | Kunihiko Yuyama | Staff 21, Gallop | [30] |
| October 15 | City Hunter 3 | TV series | Kenji Kodama | Sunrise | |
| October 16 | Yawara! | TV series | Kazuo Yoshida | Toho Doga | |
| October 18 | Magical Hat | TV series | Akira Shigino | Studio Pierrot | |
| October 19 | Wrestler Gundan Seisenshi Robin Jr. | Masaharu Okuwaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [31] |
| October 21 | Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga | Film | Hidemi Kubo | Aubec, AVN | [32] |
| November 1 | Baoh | OVA film | Hiroyuki Yokoyama | Studio Pierrot | |
| November 1 | Cybernetics Guardian | OVA film | Koichi Ohata | AIC
ASMIK | [33] |
| November 2 | Chimpui | TV series | Mitsuru Hongo | Shin-Ei Animation | |
| November 4 | Ise-wan Taifu Monogatari | Film | Seijirō Kōyama | Mushi Production | [34] |
| November 8 | Demon Hunter Makaryūdo | OVA film | Yukio Okamoto | Studio Fantasia, C.MOON | [35] |
| November 14 | Ano Ko ni 1000% | OVA film | Takehiro Miyano | Visual '80 | [36] |
| November 24 | Blue Flames | OVA film | Noboru Ishiguro | Artland | [37] |
| November 25 | Ace o Nerae! Final Stage | OVA series | Osamu Dezaki | TMS Entertainment | |
| December 2 | Dragon Quest | TV series | Katsuhisa Yamada, Rintarō, Takeyuki Kanda | Studio Comet | [38] |
| December 16 | Ogami Matsugoro | OVA film | Hidetoshi Ōmori | Nippon Animation | [39] |
| December 21 | Assemble Insert | OVA series | Ayumi Chibuki | Studio Core, Tohokushinsha Film | |
| Inamura no Hi | OVA film | | Gakken | [40] |
| Super Mario's Fire Brigade | OVA film | Mamoru Kanbe | Studio Junio, Aoni Production | [41] [42] |
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