| Released
|
Title
|
Type
|
Studio
|
Director
|
Notes
|
Ref
|
| January 6 |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
TV series |
Nippon Animation |
Hiroshi Saitō |
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| January 7 |
The Littl' Bits |
TV series |
Toei Animation |
Hiroshi Sasagawa |
|
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| January 8 |
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils |
TV series |
Studio Pierrot |
Hisayuki Toriumi, Mamoru Oshii |
|
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| January 9 |
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey |
TV series |
Tatsunoko Productions |
Masayuki Hayashi |
|
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| February 2 |
Invincible Robo Trider G7 |
TV series |
Nippon Sunrise |
Katsutoshi Sasaki |
|
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| February 2 |
Rescueman |
TV series |
Tatsunoko Productions |
Hiroshi Sasagawa |
|
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| February 3 |
Back to the Forest |
TV film |
Nippon Animation |
Yoshio Kuroda |
|
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| February 4 |
Monchhichi Twins |
TV series |
Ashi Productions |
Hiroshi Jinsenji |
|
|
| February 15 |
Lalabel |
TV series |
Toei Animation |
Masahiro Sasaki |
|
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| March 8 |
Ashita no Joe: Gekijōban |
Film |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Mizuho Nishikubo |
|
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| March 15 |
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur |
Film |
Shin-Ei Animation |
Hiroshi Fukutomi |
|
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| March 15 |
Nobody's Boy: Remi |
Film |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Osamu Dezaki |
|
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| March 15 |
Phoenix 2772 |
Film |
Tezuka Productions, Kobayashi Production, Toho |
Taku Sugiyama |
|
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| March 15 |
Twelve Months |
Film |
Toei Animation, Soyuzmultfilm |
Kimio Yabuki, Tetsuo Imazawa |
|
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| March 19 |
Space Emperor God Sigma |
TV series |
Toei Animation |
Takeyuki Kanda, Katsuhiko Taguchi |
|
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| April 2 |
Captain |
TV film |
Eiken |
Tetsu Dezaki |
|
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| April 6 |
King Arthur: Prince on White Horse |
TV series |
Toei Animation |
|
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| April 7 |
Tsurikichi Sanpei |
TV series |
Nippon Animation |
Yoshikata Nitta |
|
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| April 15 |
Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha |
TV series |
Ashi Productions |
|
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| April 26 |
Toward the Terra |
Film |
Toei Animation |
Hideo Onchi |
|
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| May 3 |
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2: Gekitō Pennant Race |
Film |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Tsutomu Shibayama |
|
|
| May 8 |
Space Runaway Ideon |
TV series |
Sunrise |
Yoshiyuki Tomino |
|
|
| June 30 |
Space Warrior Baldios |
TV series |
Ashi Productions |
Kazuyuki Hirokawa |
|
|
| July 12 |
Magical Girl Lalabel: the Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation |
TV film |
Toei Animation |
Hiroshi Shidara |
|
|
| July 16 |
Ganbare Genki |
TV series |
Toei Animation |
Rintaro |
|
|
| July 19 |
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother |
Film |
Nippon Animation |
Isao Takahata, Hajime Okayasu |
|
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| July 26 |
Makoto-chan |
Film |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Tsutomu Shibayama |
|
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| August 2 |
Be Forever Yamato |
TV film |
Group TAC, Academy Productions |
Leiji Matsumoto, Toshio Masuda |
|
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| August 19 |
Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned |
TV film |
Toei Animation |
Minoru Okazaki |
|
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| August 31 |
Fumoon |
Film |
Tezuka Productions |
Osamu Tezuka |
|
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| September 2 |
Kaibutsu-kun 2 |
TV series |
Shin-Ei Animation |
Hiroshi Fukutomi |
|
|
| September 7 |
Muteking, The Dashing Warrior |
TV series |
Tatsunoko Production |
|
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| September 28 |
Ojamanga Yamada-kun |
TV series |
Nihon Herald Pictures |
Hiromitsu Furukawa |
|
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| October 1 |
Astro Boy |
TV series |
Tezuka Productions |
Noburo Ishiguro |
|
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| October 3 |
Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō |
TV series |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Tetsuo Imazawa |
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| October 11 |
Space Battleship Yamato III |
TV series |
Group TAC, Academy Productions |
Leiji Matsumoto, Noburo Ishiguro |
|
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| October 13 |
Ashita no Joe 2 |
TV series |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Masayuki Akebi |
|
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| December 13 |
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3: Aa Tsuppari Jinsei |
Film |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Tsutomu Shibayama |
|
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| December 20 |
Chō Ginga Densetsu |
Film |
Toei Animation |
Toshio Takeuchi |
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