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The events of 1991 in anime .
A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 1991.
Released | Title | Director | Studio | Runtime | Demographic | Ref |
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March 9 | Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Naito (Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights) | Tsutomu Shibayama | Shin-Ei Animation | 99 min | Shōnen | |
March 9 | Doragon Bōru Zetto: Sūpā Saiyajin da Son Gokū (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug) | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Toei Animation | 52 min | Shōnen | |
March 9 | Magical Taruruto-kun | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Toei Animation | 51 min | Children | |
March 9 | Ushiro no Shoumen Daare (Who's Left Behind?) | Seiji Arihara | Mushi Production | 90 min | Family | [1] |
March 16 | Mobile Suit Gundam F91 | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Sunrise | 115 min | Shōnen | |
May 22 | Tobé! Kujira no Peek (Fly! Peek the Whale) | Kôji Morimoto | Urban Product | 80 min | Family | [2] |
June 29 | Fushigi no Umi no Nadia: Gekijōyō Original-ban (Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water – The Motion Picture) | Shō Aono | Gainax; Group TAC | 87 min | Family | |
July 20 | Doragon Bōru Zetto: Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō (Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge) | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Toei Animation | 47 min | Shōnen | |
July 20 | Doragon Kuesuto: Dai no Daibouken (Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai) | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Toei Animation | 31 min | Shōnen | |
July 20 | Gamba to Kawauso no Bouken (The Adventures of Gamba and Otters) | Shunji Ōga | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | 80 min | Children | |
July 20 | Hello Kitty no Mahō no Mori no Ohime-sama (Hello Kitty's Princess of the Magic Forest) | Norio Kashima | Sanrio; Grouper Productions; Aubec | 30 min | Children | [3] |
July 20 | Kero Kero Keroppi no Sanjūshi (Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers) | Masami Hata | Sanrio; Grouper Productions | 62 min | Children | [4] |
July 20 | Majikaru Tarurūto-kun: Moero! Yuujou no Mahou Taisen (Magical Taruruto-kun: Burn! Magic War of Friendship) | Hiroyuki Kakudou | Toei Animation | 41 min | Shōnen | [5] |
July 20 | Omoide Poro Poro (Only Yesterday) | Isao Takahata | Studio Ghibli | 118 min | ||
July 20 | Soreike! Anpanman: Tobe! Tobe! Chibigon (Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon) | Akinori Nagaoka | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | 40 min | Children | [6] |
July 20 | Taibo no Ryugu Star Adventure (Taibo's Ryugu Star Adventure) | Mikasa Mutsuki | Sanrio; Grouper Productions | 30 min | Children | [7] [8] |
August 17 | Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture | Kazuo Tomizawa | AIC | 54 min | Shōnen | |
August 18 | Urusei Yatsura: Itsudatte Mai Dārin (Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling) | Katsuhisa Yamada | Madhouse | 77 min | Shōnen | |
September 14 | Roujin Z | Hiroyuki Kitakubo | A.P.P.P. | 84 min | ||
November 2 | Ranma Nibunnoichi: Chūgoku Nekonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi no Gekitō Hen! (Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China) | Shuji Iuchi | Studio Deen | 77 min | Shōnen |
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 1991.
Released | Title | Episodes | Director | Studio | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 13 – December 28 | Trapp Ikka Monotatari | 40 | Kouzou Kusuba | Fuji TV | |
February 2–1, 1992 | Taiyou no Yuusha Fighbird | 48 | Katsuyoshi Yatabe | Nagoya Broadcasting Network | |
February 11 – January 27, 1992 | Getter Robo Go | 50 | Hiroki Shibata | Toei Animation | |
March 15 – December 20 | Future GPX Cyber Formula | 37 | Mitsuo Fukuda | Sunrise | |
April 3 – March 25, 1992 | Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh | 51 | Toshifumi Kawase | Sunrise | |
April 8 – December 23 | Kikou Keisatsu Metal Jack | 37 | Kiyoshi Egami | Sunrise | |
April 12 – March 13, 1992 | High School Mystery: Gakuen Nanafushigi | 41 | Shin Misawa | Studio Comet | |
April 28 – October 10 | City Hunter '91 | 13 | Kiyoshi Egami | Sunrise | |
July 14 – May 31, 1992 | Dear Brother | 39 | Osamu Dezaki | Tezuka Productions | |
October 2 – December 23, 1992 | Mahou no Princess Minky Momo: Yume wo Dakishimete | 65 | Kunihiko Yuyama | Ashi Productions | |
October 4 – September 25, 1992 | Genji Tsūshin Agedama | 51 | Masato Namiki | Studio Gallop | |
October 6 – September 27, 1992 | Kinnikuman: Kinnikusei Oui Soudatsu-hen | 46 | Takeshi Shirato Atsutoshi Umezawa | Toei Animation | |
October 10 – September 24, 1992 | Moero! Top Striker | 49 | Ryō Yasumura | Nippon Animation | |
October 17 – September 24, 1992 | Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken | 46 | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Toei Animation | |
October 18 – September 25, 1992 | Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi | 47 | Seiji Okuda | Dai Nippon Printing |
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 1991.
Released | Title | Episodes | Director | Studio | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 23 | Legend of the Phantom Heroes (Phantom Yūsha Densetsu) | 1 | Tetsu Dezaki | Magic Bus | [9] |
January 25 | Vampire Wars (Vanpaiyā Sensō) | 1 | Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Toei Animation | [10] |
February 6 – July 17, 1992 | Shakotan★Boogie | 4 | By episode:
| Studio Pierrot | |
February 21 | Wizardry | 1 | Toshiya Shinohara | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [11] |
February 22 | Psychic Wars (Sojuu Senshi – Saikikku Wōzu) | 1 | Tetsuo Imazawa | Toei Animation | [12] |
February 22 | Samuraider: Nazo no Tenkousei (Samuraider: The Mysterious Transfer Student) | 1 | Hideaki Oba | MTV | [13] |
March 8 | The New Star of the Fallen Mud: Legend of the Incubus (Shin David no Hoshi: Inma Densetsu) | 1 | Yōichirō Shimatani | Studio Junio | [14] |
March 21 | Burn Up! | 1 | Yasunori Ide | AIC | [15] |
April 3 | Dr. Typhoon | 1 | Eiji Kazama Michitsuna Takahashi | [16] | |
April 5 | Capricorn | 1 | Takashi Imanishi | Aubec | |
April 12 – February 6, 1992 | Okama Report | 3 | Hideo Yamamoto | [17] | |
April 12 | Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story | 1 | Tatsuo Nitta | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [18] |
April 21 – July 21 | Sukeban Deka | 2 | Hirota Takeshi | SIDO Limited | |
April 21 | Sweet Spot | 1 | Hideaki Oba | Group TAC | [19] |
May 21 | Honoo no Tenkousei | 2 | Katsuhiko Nishijima | Gainax | |
May 21 | Maison Ikkoku: Bangai-hen - Ikkokujima Nanpa Shimatsuki | 1 | Setsuko Shibuichi | Magic Bus | |
May 21 – November 21 | Abashiri Ikka | 4 | Takashi Watanabe | Studio Pierrot; Tokyo Kids | |
May 21 – November 21 | Akai Hayate | 4 | Osamu Tsuruyama | Studio Pierrot | |
May 21 – November 21 | Eguchi Hisashi no Kotobuki Goro Show | 4 | By episode:
| Studio Pierrot; Kyoto Animation | |
May 21 – November 21 | Yumemakura Baku Twilight Gekijō | 4 | By episode:
| Studio Pierrot; D.A.S.T Corporation | [20] |
May 23 – September 24, 1992 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory | 13 | Mitsuko Kase (1–7) Takashi Imanishi (8–13) | Sunrise | |
May 25 – December 21 | Bubblegum Crash | 3 | By episode:
| Artmic | |
June 1–21, 1992 | RG Veda | 2 | By episode:
| By episode:
| |
June 1 – November 1 | Slow Step | 5 | Kunihiko Yuyama | Youmex | |
June 15 | Yami no Shihosha Judge | 1 | Hiroshi Negishi | Animate Film; J.C.Staff | |
June 25 – March 10, 1993 | Souryuuden | 12 | Osamu Dezaki | Kitty Film Mitaka Studio | |
June 27 | The Gakuen Chōjo-tai (The Academy Supergirl Team) | 1 | Tetsu Dezaki | Magic Bus | [21] |
July 9 | Shiawasette Naani (What is Happiness?) | 1 | Tatsuya Ishihara | Kyoto Animation; Gakken | [22] |
July 21 – September 21 | Kyofu Shinbun | 2 | Takashi Anno | Studio Pierrot | [23] |
July 25 – March 19, 1992 | 3×3 Eyes | 4 | Daisuke Nishio | Toei Animation | |
July 25 – October 21 | ASaTTe DaNCE (Dance Till Tomorrow) | 1 | By episode:
| Knack Productions | [24] |
July 25 | Hoshikuzu Paradise (Stardust Paradise) | 1 | Masato Namiki | Pastel; OB Planning | [25] |
July 25 – December 14 | Yukan Club | 2 | Setsuko Shibuichi | Madhouse | [26] |
August 1 – March 1, 1992 | Kekkou Kamen | 4 | By episode:
| Studio Signal | |
August 16 | Ningyo no Mori (Mermaid's Forest) | 1 | Takaya Mizutani | Studio Pierrot; Victor Entertainment | |
August 17 – September 21, 1995 | Arslan Senki (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) | 6 | Kazuchika Kise (chief director) By episode:
| By episode:
| |
August 21 – October 21 | Ushiro no Hyakutarō | 2 | Seitarô Hara By episode:
| Studio Pierrot | [27] |
August 21 – October 23 | Locke the Superman: New World Command (Chōjin Rokku: Shin Sekai Sentai) | 2 | Takeshi Hirota | Nippon Animation | [28] |
August 25 – April 25, 1992 | Detonator Orgun | 3 | Masami Oobari | AIC; Artmic | |
August 25 – March 25, 1992 | Yokohama Meibutsu Otoko Katayama Gumi! | 2 | Yoshinori Nakamura | J.C.Staff | [29] |
August 28 | Mahjong Hishō-den - Naki no Ryū: Hiryū no Shō | 1 | Junichi Nojo (original creator) | Gainax; Magic Bus | [30] |
August 30 | Licca-chan: Fushigi na Maho no Ring (Licca: The Mysterious Magical Ring) | 2 | Fumiko Ishii | Ajia-do Animation Works | [31] |
September 1 | Meisō-Ō Border | 1 | Akio Tanaka (art) Caribu Marley (story) | Nippon Animation; Artland | [32] |
September 6 | Ishii Hisaichi no Daiseikai (Hisaichi Ishii's Great Political World) | 1 | Masayuki Oozeki | E&G Films | [33] |
September 16 – March 16, 1992 | Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato: Dark Genesis (Tenkū Senki Shurato: Sōsei e no Antō) | 6 | Yoshihisa Matsumoto | Tatsunoko Production | [34] |
September 21 | Money Wars - Nerawareta Waterfront Keikaku | 1 | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Gainax | [35] |
September 27 – December 20 | Otaku no Video | 2 | Takeshi Mori | Gainax | |
September 27 | Doomed Megalopolis (Teito Monogatari) | Rintaro (chief director) By episode:
| Madhouse | ||
September 27 | Exper Zenon | 1 | Yuji Moriyama | Studio Fantasia | [36] |
September 27 – December 20 | Ozanari Dungeon: The Tower of Wind (Ozanari Danjon: Kaze no Tō) | 3 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Telecom Animation Film | [37] |
September 21 – October 21 | Izumo | 2 | Eiichi Yamamoto | Studio Hibari; Grouper Productions | [38] |
October 21 – May 21, 1992 | Ore no Sora: Keiji-Hen | 2 | Takeshi Shirato | A.P.P.P. | [39] |
October 21 – January 21, 1992 | Tomoe ga Yuku! (Tomoe's Run!) | 2 | Takaaki Ishiyama | Animate Film | [40] |
October 24 – August 21, 1992 | Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver II | 6 | Naoto Hashimoto | Visual 80 | |
October 24 | Kyūkyoku Chōjin R | 1 | Masami Yuki | Studio COA | [41] |
October 25 | Ucchare Goshogawara | 1 | Kazuhiro Ozawa | J.C.Staff | [42] |
November 1 – December 20 | Chō Bakumatsu Shōnen Seiki Takamaru | 2 | Toyoo Ashida | J.C.Staff; Studio Live | [43] |
November 8 | Tsuki ga Noboru made ni (By the Time the Moon Rises) | 1 | Eiichi Yamamoto | Grouper Productions; OB Planning | [44] |
November 21 | Christmas in January | 1 | Tetsu Dezaki | Magic Bus | [45] |
November 22 | Ninja Ryūkenden (Ninja Garden) | 1 | Mamoru Kanbe | Studio Junio | |
November 27 – March 26, 1993 | Koko wa Green Wood (Here Is Greenwood) | 6 | Tomomi Mochizuki | Ajia-do Animation Works; Studio Pierrot | |
November 28 | Dark Cat | 1 | Iku Suzuki | Agent 21 | |
December 1 – February 26, 1992 | Gall Force: New Era | 2 | Katsuhito Akiyama | By episode:
| |
December 1 | Otohime Connection (Princess Sister Connection) | 1 | Takayuki Goto | Animate Film | [46] |
December 4 – April 8, 1992 | Jingi | 2 | By episode:
| Nihon Eizō; J.C. Staff | [47] |
December 5 – 25 | Nyūin Bokki Monogatari Odaiji ni! | 2 | Yoshitaka Koyama | Barque Inc.; Tokyo Kids; Animaruya | [48] |
December 13 | Monkey Punch no Sekai: Alice | 1 | Kazunori Tanahashi Yuzo Aoki | Takahashi Studio | [49] |
December 13 | Neko Neko Fantasia | 1 | Akira Nishimori | AIC; Animate Film | [50] |
December 14 | Gekkō no Pierce: Yumemi to Gin no Bara no Kishi-dan (Moonlight Earrings: Yumemi and the Silver Rose Knights) | 1 | Takeshi Mori | Studio Pierrot | [51] |
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The events of 1988 in anime.
The events of 1989 in anime.
The events of 1990 in anime.
The events of 1992 in anime.
The events of 1993 in anime.
The events of 1994 in anime.
The events of 1999 in anime.
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