1989 in anime

The events of 1989 in anime.

Years in anime:	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Accolades

• Animation Film Award: Kiki's Delivery Service

Releases

Released	Title	Type	Director	Studio	Ref
January 24	Bombing Circuit Romance Twin	OVA film	Osamu Sekida	Lifework	^[1]
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	Mini-Dora SOS	Film	Makoto Moriwaki	Shin-Ei Animation
March 11	Utsunomiko	Film	Kenji Yoshida	Nippon Animation
March 11	Venus Wars	Film	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Triangle Staff
March 17	Yankee Reppu-tai	OVA series	Tetsuro Imazawa	Toei Animation	^[2]
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 6	Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato	TV series	Toshihiko Nishikubo	Tatsunoko Production
April 15	Ranma ½	TV series	Tomomi Mochizuki, Tsutomu Shibayama	Studio Deen
April 26	Dragon Ball Z	TV series	Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Toei Animation
May 27	Wrath of the Ninja	Film		J.C. Staff
June 17	.357 Magnum	Film	Kenji Kodama	Sunrise
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	Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack	Short film	Shinji Takamatsu, Tetsuro Amino	Sunrise
July 15	Patlabor: The Movie	Film	Mamoru Oshii	Studio Deen
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	^[3]
July 22	Hello Kitty's Cinderella	Film	Tameo Kohanawa	Sanrio, Grouper Productions	^[4]
July 22	Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird	Film	Masami Hata	Sanrio, Grouper Productions	^[5]
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
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		Visual 80
September 25	Mandaraya no Ryôta: Kuonidani Onsen Tsuyasho Sodo Tan	OVA	Yuzo Aoki	Takahashi Studio	^[6]
October 10	The Laughing Salesman	TV series	Toshirō Kuni	Shin-Ei Animation
October 11	Patlabor: The TV Series	TV series	Naoyuki Yoshinaga	Sunrise
October 16	Yawara!	TV series	Kazuo Yoshida	Toho Doga
November 1	Baoh	OVA film	Hiroyuki Yokoyama	Studio Pierrot
November 14	Ano Ko ni 1000%	OVA film
November 25	Ace o Nerae! Final Stage	OVA series	Osamu Dezaki	TMS Entertainment
December 21	Assemble Insert	OVA series	Ayumi Chibuki	Studio Core, Tohokushinsha Film

See also

• 1989 in animation

Deaths

• February 9: Osamu Tezuka (b. 1928)

References

1. "Twin (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
2. "Yankī Reppu-tai (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
3. "My Melody no Akazukin (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
4. "Hello Kitty: Cinderella (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
5. "Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
6. "Mandaraya no Ryouta (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 8, 2023.

External links

• Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb