1989 in anime

The events of 1989 in anime.The first year of the Heisei era.

Accolades

Releases

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]

Deaths

See also

References

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