The events of 1988 in anime. The final full year of the Shōwa era.
Accolades Ōfuji Noburō Award: My Neighbor Totoro
Releases Released Title Type Director Studio Ref Himitsu no Akko-chan TV series Hiroki Shibata Toei Animation Little Lord Fauntleroy TV series Kōzō Kusuba Nippon Animation Leina: Wolf Sword Legend OVA series Takao Kato, Nobuyoshi Habara, Kiyoshi Murayama Ashi Productions Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter Film Tomomi Mochizuki Ajia-do Animation Works Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars Film Noboru Ishiguro Madhouse, Artland Ultimate Teacher OVA film Toyoo Ashida J.C.Staff Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter Film Tetsu Dezaki Magic Bus Osomatsu-kun TV series Akira Shigino Studio Pierrot Aura Battler Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well OVA series Toshifumi Takizawa Sunrise Dragon's Heaven OVA series Makoto Kobayashi AIC Artmic Sakigake!! Otokojuku TV series Nobutaka Nishizawa Toei Animation Salamander OVA series Hisayuki Toriumi Studio Pierrot Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer OVA film Atsutoshi Umezawa Toei Animation Tsurupika Hagemaru TV series Hiroshi Sasagawa Shin-Ei Animation F TV series Koichi Mashimo Studio Deen Harbor Light Story Fashion Lala yori OVA film Motosuke Takahashi Studio Pierrot Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen Short film Hiroyuki Kakudou Toei Animation Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West Film Tsutomu Shibayama Shin-Ei Animation Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll Film Keiichi Hara Shin-Ei Animation The Heated Battle of the Gods Film Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Film Yoshiyuki Tomino Sunrise Mobile Suit SD Gundam Short film Osamu Sekita Sunrise The Burning Wild Man TV series Osamu Kobayashi Studio Pierrot Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition OVA film Ryosuke Takahashi Sunrise Aim for the Ace! 2 OVA series Noboru Furuse Tokyo Movie Shinsha The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin Film Kinjiro Yoshida, Gennady Sokolskiy Soyuzmultfilm, Life Work Corp, Sovinfilm, Aist Corporation Kiteretsu Daihyakka TV series Hiro Katsuoka, Keiji Hayakawa Studio Gallop City Hunter 2 TV series Kanetsugu Kodama Sunrise Wowser TV series Keiichiro Mochizuki Telescreen Japan Dagon in the Land of Weeds TV series Kazuyoshi Yokota Nippon Animation Transformers: Super-God Masterforce TV series Tetsuo Imazawa Toei Animation Sonic Soldier Borgman TV series Kiyoshi Murayama Ashi Production What's Michael? TV series Satoru Akahori Kitty Films Mashin Hero Wataru TV series Shūji Iuchi Sunrise My Neighbor Totoro Film Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli Grave of the Fireflies Film Isao Takahata Studio Ghibli Appleseed OVA film Kazuyoshi Katayama Gainax Patlabor: Early Days OVA series Mamoru Oshii, Naoyuki Yoshinaga Studio Deen Topo Gigio TV series Noboru Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi Nippon Animation Spirit Warrior OVA series Ichiro Itano, Katsuhito Akiyama AIC Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers TV series Masashi Ikeda, Mamoru Hamatsu Sunrise Hello! Lady Lynn TV series Hiroshi Shidara Toei Animation Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū OVA series Tetsu Dezaki Gainax Dominion OVA series Kōichi Mashimo Agent 21 Balthus - Tia's Radiance OVA Yukihiro Makino Kusama Art Mobile Suit SD Gundam OVA series Sunrise Toyama Sakura Space Book – His Name is Gold OVA film Atsutoshi Umezawa Toei Animation Godmars: The Untold Legend OVA film Masakatsu Iijima Tokyo Movie Shinsha Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody OVA film Yuji Moriyama Studio Fantasia Zillion: Burning Night OVA film Mizuho Nishikubo Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G Ironfist Chinmi TV series Jutaro Oba Ashi Productions Natsufuku no Shōjo-tachi TV special Toshio Hirata, Yoshiyuki Momose Madhouse Bikkuriman: Moen Zone no Himitsu Film Junichi Sato Toei Animation Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure Film Kazuhisa Takenouchi Toei Animation Akira Film Katsuhiro Otomo Tokyo Movie Shinsha Ryūko, the Girl with the White Flag Film Tetsu Dezaki Magic Bus Vampire Princess Miyu OVA series Toshiki Hirano Anime International Company Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth Film Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation Sakigake!! Otokojuku Film Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation The Tokyo Project OVA film Osamu Yamasaki Minamimachi Bugyosho Co., Ltd. What's Michael? 2 OVA Yoriyasu Kogawa Kitty Films Bride of Deimos OVA Rintaro Madhouse Watt Poe and Our Story OVA film Shigenori Kageyama Kaname Production Fair, then Partly Piggy Short film Toshio Hirata Oh! Production Raining Fire Film Seiji Arihara Mushi Production Kosuke and Rikimaru: Dragon of Konpei Island OVA film Toyoo Ashida J.C. Staff Through the Passing Seasons OVA film Naoyuki Yoshinaga Kitty Films Crying Freeman OVA series Daisuke Nishio et al. Toei Animation Hiatari Ryoko! Ka - su - mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita Film Minoru Maeda Group TAC New Grimm Masterpiece Theater TV series Hiroshi Saito Nippon Animation Soreike! Anpanman TV series Akinori Nagaoka, Shunji Ôga Tokyo Movie Shinsha Gunbuster OVA series Hideaki Anno Gainax, Studio Fantasia Yume Miru Topo Gigio TV series Noboru Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi Nippon Animation Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day Film Tomomi Mochizuki Studio Pierrot Oishinbo TV series Yoshio Takeuchi Shin-Ei Animation Demon City Shinjuku OVA film Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse Starship Troopers OVA series Tetsurō Amino Sunrise, Bandai Visual Dragon Century OVA series Kiyoshi Fukugawa Anime International Company Stardust War Film Katsuhito Akiyama AIC, Artmic Armor Hunter Mellowlink OVA series Takeyuki Kanda Sunrise Tama & Friends: Third Street Story OVA series Tsuneo Maeda Group TAC Hades Project Zeorymer OVA series Toshihiro Hirano AIC, Half H.P. Studio One-Pound Gospel OVA film Makura Saki Studio Gallop Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 OVA film Shinji Aramaki Anime International Company Ganbare! Mōdōken Serve TV special Seiji Okuda Tama Production Fairy King OVA film Katsuhisa Yamada Madhouse Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA series Noboru Ishiguro Artland, Magic Bus, Madhouse Space Family Carlvinson OVA film Kimio Yabuki Doga Kobo Violence Jack: Evil Town OVA film Ichiro Itano D.A.S.T., Soei Shinsha, Studio88 Purple Eyes in the Dark OVA music video Mizuho Nishikubo Toei Animation, Youmex
Births February 4 - Ayano Niina, voice actress February 19 - Miyu Irino, voice actor March 16 - Azusa Kataoka, voice actress April 15 - Manami Numakura, voice actress June 2 - Ayaka Saitō, voice actress June 11 - Yui Aragaki, voice actress July 11 - Yuka Iguchi, voice actress July 12 - Risa Taneda, voice actress August 9 - Nozomi Yamamoto, voice actress September 16 - Shizuka Hasegawa, voice actress October 27 - Juri Nagatsuma, voice actress November 11 - Mikako Komatsu, voice actress December 6 - Nobunaga Shimazaki, voice actor December 14 - Ayumu Murase, voice actor December 26 - Arisa Noto, voice actress
See also 1988 in animation
References
External links Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb