| Released |
Title |
Type |
Director |
Studio |
Ref |
| January 4 | Umi Da! Funade Da! Nikoniko, Pun | Film | Toshio Hirata | Oh! Production | [1][better source needed] |
| January 7 | Chibi Maruko-chan | TV series | Yumiko Suda Tsutomu Shibayama | Nippon Animation | |
| January 14 | My Daddy Long Legs | TV series | Kazuyoshi Yokota | Nippon Animation | |
| January 26 | Be-Bop High School | OVA series | Toshihiko Arisako Hiroyuki Kakudō Junichi Fujise | Toei Animation | |
| January 26 | Ankoku Shinwa | OVA series | Takashi Anno | Ajia-do Animation Works | |
| February 1 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water | TV series | Hideaki Anno | Gainax | |
| February 3 | Brave Exkaiser | TV series | Katsuyoshi Yatabe | Sunrise | |
| February 23 | 1+2=Paradise | OVA series | Junichi Watanabe | J.C.Staff | [2][better source needed] |
| February 24 | Ojisan Kaizō Kōza | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [3][better source needed] |
| March | Fujiko F. Fujio's SF (Slightly Mysterious) Short Theater | OVA series | Hiroshi Sasagawa Hidetoshi Owashi Yoshihiro Takamoto Satoshi Dezaki Tomomi Mochizuki Tsuneo Tominaga | Gallop Magic Bus Animation 21 | [4][better source needed] |
| March 1 | Gdleen | OVA | Takao Kato Toyoo Ashida | Ashi Productions | |
| March 1 | The Curse of Kazuo Umezu | OVA | Naoko Omi | Takahashi Studio | [5][better source needed] |
| March 3 | Mashin Hero Wataru 2 | TV series | Shuji Iuchi | Sunrise | |
| March 10 | Chinpui: Eri-sama Katsudō Daishashin | Film | Mitsuru Hongo | Shin-Ei Animation | |
| March 10 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Shin-Ei Animation | |
| March 10 | Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest | Film | Daisuke Nishio | Toei Animation | |
| March 21 | Carol: A Day in a Girl's Life | OVA | Tetsu Dezaki Tsuneo Tominaga | Magic Bus | |
| March 21 | Like the Clouds, Like the Wind | TV film | Hisayuki Toriumi | Pierrot | |
| March 21 | Sol Bianca | OVA | Katsuhito Akiyama Hiroki Hayashi | AIC | |
| March 23 | Guardian of Darkness | OVA series | Osamu Yamazaki | J.C.Staff | [6][better source needed] |
| March 24 | Tistou, the Boy with Green Thumbs | Film | Yuji Tanno | Production I.G | [7][better source needed] |
| April 3 | Obatarian | TV special | Tetsurō Amino | Sunrise | [8][better source needed] |
| April 5 | Taiman Blues: Ladies-hen - Mayumi | OVA series | Tetsu Dezaki | Magic Bus | |
| April 6 | NG Knight Ramune & 40 | TV series | Hiroshi Negishi | TV Tokyo | |
| April 12 | Moomin | TV series | Hiroshi Saitô Masayuki Kojima | Telecable Benelux B.V. Telescreen Japan Inc. Visual 80 | |
| April 13 | Samurai Pizza Cats | TV series | Kunitoshi Okajima | Tatsunoko Production | |
| April 25 | Burning Blood | OVA series | Osamu Dezaki | Magic Bus | |
| April 25 | I am THE Reiko Shiratori! | OVA | Mitsuru Hongo | Ajia-do Animation Works | |
| April 28 | Flight of the White Wolf | Film | Yosei Maeda | Group TAC | |
| May 25 | AD Police Files | OVA series | Takamasa Ikegami Akira Nishimori | Artmic AIC | |
| May 25 | Yagami-kun's Family Affairs | OVA series | Shin'ya Sadamitsu | Kitty Film Mitaka Studio | |
| June 4 | Summer with Kuro | Film | Takeshi Shirato | GEN Productions | [9][better source needed] |
| June 12 | Black Bento | Film | Tetsu Dezaki | Kyodo Eiga | [10][better source needed] |
| June 23 | Gude Crest – The Emblem of Gude | Film | Kazuhito Kikuchi | J.C.Staff | |
| June 23 | Milky Passion: Dougenzaka - Ai no Shiro | OVA | Takashi Imanishi | Animation 501 Continental Shobo | |
| June 29 | Heisei no Cinderella: Kiko-sama Monogatari | TV special | | Studio Comet | |
| June 30 | Record of Lodoss War | OVA series | Akinori Nagaoka | Madhouse | |
| July 3 | Fujiko Fujio A no Mumako | TV special | Toshirō Kuni | Shin-Ei Animation | |
| July 7 | Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might | Film | Daisuke Nishio | Toei Animation | |
| July 7 | Kennosuke-sama | Film | Minoru Okazaki | Toei Animation | |
| July 7 | Pink: Water Bandit, Rain Bandit | Film | Toyoo Ashida | Toei Animation | |
| July 14 | Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman no Gyakushuu | Film | Akinori Nagaoka | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [11][better source needed] |
| July 20 | Lupin III: The Hemingway Papers | TV special | Osamu Dezaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [12][better source needed] |
| July 21 | Hello Kitty's Thumbelina | Film | Hidemi Kubo | Sanrio Grouper Productions | [13][better source needed] |
| July 21 | Keroppi's Big Adventure with Jack and the Beanstalk | Film | Masami Hata | Sanrio Grouper Productions | [14][better source needed] |
| July 21 | Kim's Cross | Film | Tengo Yamada | Tatsunoko Production | [15][better source needed] |
| July 21 | Pokopon's Funny Monkey Story | Film | Masami Hata | Sanrio Grouper Productions | [16][better source needed] |
| July 21 | Transformers: Zone | OVA | Hiromichi Matano | Toei Animation | [17][better source needed] |
| July 27 | Nineteen 19 | OVA | Koichi Chigira | Madhouse | |
| August 24 | Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction | OVA | Tetsu Dezaki | Magic Bus | |
| August 25 | City Hunter: Bay City Wars | Film | Kenji Kodama | Sunrise | |
| August 25 | City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy | Film | Kenji Kodama | Sunrise | |
| August 25 | "Eiji" | Film | Mizuho Nishikubo | I.G Tatsunoko | [18][better source needed] |
| August 26 | Soreike! Anpanman: Minami no Umi o Sukue! | TV special | Shunji Ōga | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [19][better source needed] |
| September 1 | OL Kaizo Koza | Film | Hajime Kamegaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | [20][better source needed][21][better source needed] |
| September 2 | Magical Tarurūto-kun | TV series | Masahiko Ohkura | Toei Animation | |
| October 1 | Aries: Shinwa no Seiza Miya | OVA | Mitsuo Kusakabe | Studio Sign | |
| October 3 | Musashi, the Samurai Lord | TV series | Akira Shigino | Pierrot | |
| October 6 | RPG Densetsu Hepoi | TV series | | Nihon Ad Systems | |
| October 10 | The Three-Eyed One | TV series | Hidehito Ueda | Tezuka Productions | |
| October 12 | Sunset on Third Street | TV series | Hidehito Ueda | Group TAC | [22][better source needed] |
| October 17 | Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku | TV special | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Toei Animation | |
| October 21 | Osu!! Karate Bu | OVA series | Osamu Sekida | J.C.Staff | [23][better source needed] |
| October 25 | The Hakkenden | OVA series | Takashi Anno | AIC Artmic | |
| November 17 | Ajin Senshi | Film | Tsuneo Tominaga | Magic Bus | [24][better source needed] |
| December 1 | Devil Hunter Yohko | OVA series | Katsuhisa Yamada | Madhouse | |
| December 8 | In the Summer After the War: 1945 Karafuto | Film | Koji Chino | | [25][better source needed] |
| December 15 | Chibi Maruko-chan | Film | Yumiko Suda Tsutomu Shibayama | Nippon Animation | |
| December 21 | Circuit no Ōkami II: Modena no Tsurugi | OVA | Yoshihide Kuriyama | Gainax | |
| December 21 | Mad Bull 34 | OVA series | Satoshi Dezaki | Magic Bus | [26][better source needed] |
| December 22 | A Wind Named Amnesia | Film | Kazuo Yamazaki | Madhouse | [27][better source needed] |
| December 28 | Sword for Truth | OVA | Osamu Dezaki | Toei Animation | [28][better source needed] |
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