The events of 1989 in anime.
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] |
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 | |