The events of 1989 in anime.The first year of the Heisei era.
Accolades Animation Film Award: Kiki's Delivery Service
Releases Released Title Type Director Studio Ref Peter Pan: The Animated Series TV series Yoshio Kuroda Nippon Animation Bombing Circuit Romance Twin OVA film Osamu Sekida Lifework Goku Midnight Eye OVA series Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse, Inc. Cynical Hysterie Hour: Henshin! Film Kiriko Kubo Studio Gallop Manga Hajimete Omoshiro Juku TV series Hirochika Muraishi Dax International Riding Bean OVA film Yasuo Hasegawa AIC, Artmic Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol OVA film Kenichi Yatagai AIC, Youmex Cipher the Video OVA film Tsuneo Tominaga Magic Bus Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan Film Tsutomu Shibayama Shin-Ei Animation The Five Star Stories Film Kazuo Yamazaki Sunrise Dorami-chan: Mini-Dora SOS!!! Film Makoto Moriwaki Shin-Ei Animation Soreike! Anpanman: Kirakira Boshi no Namida Film Akinori Nagaoka Tokyo Movie Shinsha The Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure Film Kunihiko Yuyama Gallop Utsunomiko Film Kenji Yoshida Nippon Animation Venus Wars Film Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Triangle Staff Himitsu no Akko-chan Film Hiroki Shibata Toei Animation Transformers: Victory TV series Yoshikata Nitta Toei Animation Yankee Reppu-tai OVA series Tetsuro Imazawa Toei Animation Osomatsu-kun: Suika no Hoshi Kara Konnichiwa zansu! Film Akira Shigino Studio Pierrot Warriors of the Final Holy Battle Film Masayuki Akehi Toei Animation Rhea Gall Force Film Katsuhito Akiyama AIC, Artmic Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket OVA series Fumihiko Takayama Sunrise Bye Bye, Lady Liberty TV special Osamu Dezaki Tokyo Movie Shinsha Miracle Giants Dome-kun TV series Takashi Watanabe Gallop Alfred J. Kwak TV series Hiroshi Saitō Telescreen Japan Inc, Teleimage Inc, Visual '80 Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato TV series Toshihiko Nishikubo Tatsunoko Production Blue Blink TV series Osamu Tezuka Tezuka Productions Madö King Granzört TV series Shūji Iuchi Sunrise Cynical Hysterie Hour: Yoru wa Tanoshii Film Kiriko Kubo Studio Gallop Hengen Taima Yakō Karura Mau! Nara Onryō Emaki Film Takaaki Ishiyama Ginga Teikoku Ranma ½ TV series Tomomi Mochizuki, Tsutomu Shibayama Studio Deen Akuma-kun TV series Junichi Sato Toei Animation Dragon Ball Z TV series Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation Beat Shot!! OVA film Takashi Akimoto Studio Fantasia, C.MOON, Gainax, Magic Bus Wrath of the Ninja Film Osamu Yamazaki J.C. Staff City Hunter: .357 Magnum Film Kenji Kodama Sunrise Cynical Hysterie Hour: Utakata no Uta Film Kiriko Kubo Studio Gallop Akuma-kun Film Junichi Sato Toei Animation Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Film Daisuke Nishio Toei Animation Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Film Masami Hata, William Hurtz Tokyo Movie Shinsha Himitsu no Akko-chan: Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri Film Hiroki Shibata Toei Animation Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack Short film Shinji Takamatsu, Tetsuro Amino Sunrise Patlabor: The Movie Film Mamoru Oshii Studio Deen Blue Sonnet OVA series Takeyuki Kanda Mushi Production, Tatsunoko Production ARIEL Visual OVA series Junichi Watanabe Animate, J.C.Staff The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee TV series Iku Suzuki Tatsunoko Production My Melody's Little Red Riding Hood Film Hidemi Kubo Sanrio, Grouper Productions Hello Kitty's Cinderella Film Tameo Kohanawa Sanrio, Grouper Productions Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird Film Masami Hata Sanrio, Grouper Productions Riki-Oh: The Walls of Hell OVA film Satoshi Dezaki Trans Arts Kiki's Delivery Service Film Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. OVA series Shinichirō Ueda Studio Junio Kankara Sanshin Film Osamu Kobayashi Tokyo Animation Film Cinderella Express OVA film Kouichi Sasaki, Michio Mishima, Nanako Shimazaki Nichiei Agency, Nihon Eizō, Studio Look Tezuka Osamu Monogatari: Boku wa Son Gokû TV special Masami Hata, Rintaro Tezuka Productions Angel Cop OVA series Ichirō Itano Soei Shinsha Borgman: The Final Battle Film Kiyoshi Murayama Ashi Production The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor OVA series Koichi Ishiguro Visual '80 Mandaraya no Ryôta: Kuonidani Onsen Tsuyasho Sodo Tan OVA Yuzo Aoki Takahashi Studio Megazone 23 Part III OVA series Kenichi Yatagai, Shinji Aramaki AIC, Artland The Jungle Book TV series Fumio Kurokawa Nippon Animation Momotaro Densetsu TV series Akinori Yabe Knack Productions Dash! Yonkuro TV series Hitoshi Nanba Staff 21, Aubekku & Tokyu Agency Project A-ko 4: FINAL OVA film Yūji Moriyama Pony Canyon, Soeishinsha, A.P.P.P., Studio Fantasia Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past OVA film Hiroyuki Ebata Animate Film, J.C. Staff Sally the Witch TV series Osamu Kasai Toei Animation The Laughing Salesman TV series Toshirō Kuni Shin-Ei Animation Seton Dōbutsuki TV series Takeshi Shirato Eiken Patlabor: The TV Series TV series Naoyuki Yoshinaga Sunrise The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion TV series Takashi Ui, Rintaro Tezuka Productions Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon OVA series Satoshi Dezaki Visual '80 Time Patrol Bon TV special Kunihiko Yuyama Staff 21, Gallop City Hunter 3 TV series Kenji Kodama Sunrise Yawara! TV series Kazuo Yoshida Toho Doga Magical Hat TV series Akira Shigino Studio Pierrot Wrestler Gundan Seisenshi Robin Jr. TV series Masaharu Okuwaki Tokyo Movie Shinsha Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga Film Hidemi Kubo Aubec, AVN Baoh OVA film Hiroyuki Yokoyama Studio Pierrot Cybernetics Guardian OVA film Koichi Ohata AIC ASMIK Chimpui TV series Mitsuru Hongo Shin-Ei Animation Ise-wan Taifu Monogatari Film Seijirō Kōyama Mushi Production Demon Hunter Makaryūdo OVA film Yukio Okamoto Studio Fantasia, C.MOON Ano Ko ni 1000% OVA film Takehiro Miyano Visual '80 Blue Flames OVA film Noboru Ishiguro Artland Ace o Nerae! Final Stage OVA series Osamu Dezaki TMS Entertainment Dragon Quest TV series Katsuhisa Yamada, Rintarō, Takeyuki Kanda Studio Comet Ogami Matsugoro OVA film Hidetoshi Ōmori Nippon Animation Assemble Insert OVA series Ayumi Chibuki Studio Core, Tohokushinsha Film Inamura no Hi OVA film Gakken Super Mario's Fire Brigade OVA film Mamoru Kanbe Studio Junio, Aoni Production
Deaths February 9: Osamu Tezuka (b. 1928) See also 1989 in animation
References
External links Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb