The following events occurred in the field of anime in the year 1981.

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

Accolades

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Releases

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Released Title Type Studio Director Notes Ref
January 4 The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island TV series Nippon Animation Yoshio Kuroda
February 7 Hashire Melos! Film Toei Animation Tomoharu Katsumata
February 7 Yattodetaman TV series Tatsunoko Productions Hiroshi Sasagawa
March 1 Golden Warrior Gold Lightan TV series Tatsunoko Production Koichi Mashimo
March 4 Beast King GoLion TV series Toei Animation Katsuhito Taguchi
March 6 Hello! Sandybell TV series Toei Animation Hiroshi Shitara
March 7 Ohayō! Spank TV series TMS Entertainment Shigetsugu Yoshida
March 14 Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer Film Shin-Ei Animation Hideo Nishimaki
March 14 The Fantastic Adventures of Unico TV series Madhouse Toshio Hirata
March 14 Mobile Suit Gundam Film Nippon Sunrise Yoshiyuki Tomino
March 14 Ojamanga Yamada-kun Short film Nihon Herald Pictures Hiromitsu Furukawa
March 14 Swan Lake Film Toei Animation Kimio Yabuki
March 20 Natsu e no Tobira Film Toei Animation, Madhouse Mamoru Masaki, Toshio Hirata
April 3 Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari TV series Nippon Animation Eiji Okabe [1]
April 4 Dotakon TV series Kokusai Eiga-sha Takeshi Shirato
April 7 Belle and Sebastian TV series MK Company, Visual 80, Toho Company, Ltd. Keiji Hayakawa
April 7 Little Women TV series Toei Animation, Kokusai Eiga-sha Kazuya Miyazaki
April 8 Dr. Slump - Arale-chan TV series Toei Animation Minoru Okazaki
April 11 Furiten-kun Film Toho Taku Sugiyama
April 11 Jarinko Chie Film Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Toho Isao Takahata
April 16 Queen Millennia TV series Toei Animation Nobutaka Nishizawa
April 20 Tiger Mask II TV series Toei Animation Kozo Morishita
July 3 GoShogun TV series Ashi Productions, Studio Z5 Kunihiko Yuyama
July 4 Ashita no Joe 2 Film Tokyo Movie Shinsha Osamu Dezaki
July 11 Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow Film Nippon Sunrise Yoshiyuki Tomino
July 18 Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island Short film Toei Animation Minoru Okazaki
July 18 The Sea Prince and the Fire Child Film Sanrio
July 21 Enchanted Journey Film Studio Korumi Hideo Nishimaki
July 27 Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein TV film Toei Animation Kentaro Haneda
August 1 Adieu Galaxy Express 999 Film Toei Animation Rintaro [2]
September 7 New Dokonjō Gaeru TV series Tokyo Movie Shinsha Tadao Nagahama
September 28 Ninja Hattori-kun TV series Shin-Ei Animation Fumio Ikeno, Hiroshi Sasagawa
October 1 Superbook TV series Tatsunoko Productions Masakazu Higuchi
October 2 Six God Combination Godmars TV series Tokyo Movie Shinsha Tetsuo Imazawa
October 3 Jarinko Chie TV series Tokyo Movie Shinsha Isao Takahata
October 4 Dash Kappei TV series Tatsunoko Production Masayuki Hayashi, Seitaro Hara
October 6 Galaxy Cyclone Braiger TV series Kokusai Eiga-sha Takao Yotsuji
October 7 Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken TV series Kokusai Eiga-sha, Toei Animation Takeshi Shirato
October 8 Miss Machiko TV series Studio Pierrot Masami Anno
October 9 Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds TV series BRB Internacional, Nippon Animation
October 10 Ulysses 31 TV series DIC Audiovisuel, Tokyo Movie Shinsha
October 14 Urusei Yatsura TV series Studio Pierrot, Studio Deen Mamoru Oshii, Kazuo Yamazaki
October 23 Fang of the Sun Dougram TV series Nippon Sunrise Ryosuke Takahashi
December 26 Shunmao Monogatari Taotao Film
December 29 Space Warrior Baldios Film Toei Animation
Daicon III Short film Hiroyuki Yamaga

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 愛の学校 クオレ物語 (1981). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
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