1981 in anime From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Years in anime: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 The following events occurred in the field of anime in the year 1981. Ōfuji Noburō Award: Gauche the Cellist Releases Released Title Type Studio Director Notes Ref January 4The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious IslandTV seriesNippon AnimationYoshio Kuroda February 7Hashire Melos!FilmToei AnimationTomoharu Katsumata February 7YattodetamanTV seriesTatsunoko ProductionsHiroshi Sasagawa March 1Golden Warrior Gold LightanTV seriesTatsunoko ProductionKoichi Mashimo March 4Beast King GoLionTV seriesToei AnimationKatsuhito Taguchi March 6Hello! SandybellTV seriesToei AnimationHiroshi Shitara March 7Ohayō! SpankTV seriesTMS EntertainmentShigetsugu Yoshida March 14Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, SpaceblazerFilmShin-Ei AnimationHideo Nishimaki March 14The Fantastic Adventures of UnicoTV seriesMadhouseToshio Hirata March 14Mobile Suit GundamFilmNippon SunriseYoshiyuki Tomino March 14Ojamanga Yamada-kunShort filmNihon Herald PicturesHiromitsu Furukawa March 14Swan LakeFilmToei AnimationKimio Yabuki March 20Natsu e no TobiraFilmToei Animation, MadhouseMamoru Masaki, Toshio Hirata April 3Ai no Gakko Cuore MonogatariTV seriesNippon AnimationEiji Okabe[1] April 4DotakonTV seriesKokusai Eiga-shaTakeshi Shirato April 7Belle and SebastianTV seriesMK Company, Visual 80, Toho Company, Ltd.Keiji Hayakawa April 7Little WomenTV seriesToei Animation, Kokusai Eiga-shaKazuya Miyazaki April 8Dr. Slump - Arale-chanTV seriesToei AnimationMinoru Okazaki April 11Furiten-kunFilmTohoTaku Sugiyama April 11Jarinko ChieFilmTokyo Movie Shinsha, TohoIsao Takahata April 16Queen MillenniaTV seriesToei AnimationNobutaka Nishizawa April 20Tiger Mask IITV seriesToei AnimationKozo Morishita July 3GoShogunTV seriesAshi Productions, Studio Z5Kunihiko Yuyama July 4Ashita no Joe 2FilmTokyo Movie ShinshaOsamu Dezaki July 11Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of SorrowFilmNippon SunriseYoshiyuki Tomino July 18Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder IslandShort filmToei AnimationMinoru Okazaki July 18The Sea Prince and the Fire ChildFilmSanrio July 21Enchanted JourneyFilmStudio KorumiHideo Nishimaki July 27Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! FrankensteinTV filmToei AnimationKentaro Haneda August 1Adieu Galaxy Express 999FilmToei AnimationRintaro[2] September 7New Dokonjō GaeruTV seriesTokyo Movie ShinshaTadao Nagahama September 28Ninja Hattori-kunTV seriesShin-Ei AnimationFumio Ikeno, Hiroshi Sasagawa October 1SuperbookTV seriesTatsunoko ProductionsMasakazu Higuchi October 2Six God Combination GodmarsTV seriesTokyo Movie ShinshaTetsuo Imazawa October 3Jarinko ChieTV seriesTokyo Movie ShinshaIsao Takahata October 4Dash KappeiTV seriesTatsunoko ProductionMasayuki Hayashi, Seitaro Hara October 6Galaxy Cyclone BraigerTV seriesKokusai Eiga-shaTakao Yotsuji October 7Honey Honey no Suteki na BoukenTV seriesKokusai Eiga-sha, Toei AnimationTakeshi Shirato October 8Miss MachikoTV seriesStudio PierrotMasami Anno October 9Dogtanian and the Three MuskehoundsTV seriesBRB Internacional, Nippon Animation October 10Ulysses 31TV seriesDIC Audiovisuel, Tokyo Movie Shinsha October 14Urusei YatsuraTV seriesStudio Pierrot, Studio DeenMamoru Oshii, Kazuo Yamazaki October 23Fang of the Sun DougramTV seriesNippon SunriseRyosuke Takahashi December 26Shunmao Monogatari TaotaoFilm December 29Space Warrior BaldiosFilmToei Animation Daicon IIIShort filmHiroyuki Yamaga See also 1981 in animation References ↑ 愛の学校 クオレ物語 (1981). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 June 2014. ↑ さよなら銀河鉄道９９９ -アンドロメダ終着駅- (1981). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 June 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