1980 in anime From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Years in anime: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 The events of 1980 in anime. Released Title Type Studio Director Notes Ref January 6The Adventures of Tom SawyerTV seriesNippon AnimationHiroshi Saitō January 7The Littl' BitsTV seriesTatsunoko ProductionMasayuki Hayashi January 8The Wonderful Adventures of NilsTV seriesStudio PierrotHisayuki Toriumi, Mamoru Oshii January 9Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous JourneyTV seriesAcademy ProductionHiroshi Sasagawa February 2Invincible Robo Trider G7TV seriesNippon SunriseKatsutoshi Sasaki February 2RescuemanTV seriesTatsunoko ProductionsHiroshi Sasagawa February 3Back to the ForestTV filmNippon AnimationYoshio Kuroda February 4Monchhichi TwinsTV seriesAshi ProductionsHiroshi Jinsenji February 15LalabelTV seriesToei AnimationMasahiro Sasaki March 8Ashita no Joe: GekijōbanFilmTokyo Movie ShinshaMizuho Nishikubo March 15Doraemon: Nobita's DinosaurFilmShin-Ei AnimationHiroshi Fukutomi March 15Nobody's Boy: RemiFilmTokyo Movie ShinshaOsamu Dezaki March 15Phoenix 2772FilmTezuka Productions, Kobayashi Production, TohoTaku Sugiyama March 15Twelve MonthsFilmToei Animation, SoyuzmultfilmKimio Yabuki, Tetsuo Imazawa March 19Space Emperor God SigmaTV seriesToei AnimationTakeyuki Kanda, Katsuhiko Taguchi April 2CaptainTV filmEikenTetsu Dezaki April 6King Arthur: Prince on White HorseTV seriesToei Animation April 7Tsurikichi SanpeiTV seriesNippon AnimationYoshikata Nitta April 15Zukkoke Knight - Don De La ManchaTV seriesAshi Productions April 26Toward the TerraFilmToei AnimationHideo Onchi May 3Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2: Gekitō Pennant RaceFilmTokyo Movie ShinshaTsutomu Shibayama May 8Space Runaway IdeonTV seriesSunriseYoshiyuki Tomino June 30Space Warrior BaldiosTV seriesAshi ProductionsKazuyuki Hirokawa July 12Magical Girl Lalabel: the Sea Calls for a Summer VacationTV filmToei AnimationHiroshi Shidara July 16Ganbare GenkiTV seriesToei AnimationRintaro July 193000 Leagues in Search of MotherFilmNippon AnimationIsao Takahata, Hajime Okayasu July 26Makoto-chanFilmTokyo Movie ShinshaTsutomu Shibayama August 2Be Forever YamatoTV filmGroup TAC, Academy ProductionsLeiji Matsumoto, Toshio Masuda August 19Dracula: Sovereign of the DamnedTV filmToei AnimationMinoru Okazaki[1] August 31FumoonFilmTezuka ProductionsOsamu Tezuka September 2Kaibutsu-kun 2TV seriesShin-Ei AnimationHiroshi Fukutomi September 7Muteking, The Dashing WarriorTV seriesTatsunoko Production September 28Ojamanga Yamada-kunTV seriesNihon Herald PicturesHiromitsu Furukawa October 1Astro BoyTV seriesTezuka ProductionsNoburo Ishiguro October 3Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gōTV seriesTokyo Movie ShinshaTetsuo Imazawa October 11Space Battleship Yamato IIITV seriesGroup TAC, Academy ProductionsLeiji Matsumoto, Noburo Ishiguro October 13Ashita no Joe 2TV seriesTokyo Movie ShinshaMasayuki Akebi December 13Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3: Aa Tsuppari JinseiFilmTokyo Movie ShinshaTsutomu Shibayama December 20Chō Ginga DensetsuFilmToei AnimationToshio Takeuchi See also 1980 in animation References ↑ Justin Sevakis (4 June 2009). "Buried Garbage - Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 July 2014. External links Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb vteYears in animeHistory of anime Before 1917 1917–1938 1939–1945 1946–1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Related Articles