| Released | Title | Type | Studio | Director | Ref |
| January 10 | Lucy of the Southern Rainbow | TV series | Nippon Animation | Hiroshi Saitō | |
| January 23 | Gauche the Cellist | Film | Oh! Production | Isao Takahata | |
| January 25 | Asari-chan | TV series | Toei Animation | Kazumi Fukushima | |
| February 6 | Combat Mecha Xabungle | TV series | Nippon Sunrise | Yoshiyuki Tomino | |
| February 13 | Gyakuten! Ippatsuman | TV series | Tatsunoko Productions | Hiroshi Sasagawa | |
| March 3 | Armored Fleet Dairugger XV | TV series | Toei Animation, Daewon Animation | Kozo Morishita | |
| March 13 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Film | Toei Animation | Yoshikatsu Kasai | |
| March 13 | Asari-chan Ai no Marchen Shōjo | Short film | Toei Animation | | [1] |
| March 13 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil | Film | Shin-Ei Animation | Hideo Nishimaki | |
| March 13 | Kaibutsu-kun Demon Sword | Film | Shin-Ei Animation | Hiroshi Fukutomi | |
| March 13 | Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space | Film | Nippon Sunrise | Yoshiyuki Tomino | |
| March 13 | Ohayō! Spank | Film | TMS Entertainment | Shigetsugu Yoshida | |
| March 13 | Queen Millennia | Film | Toei Animation | Masayuki Akehi | |
| March 18 | Magical Princess Minky Momo | TV series | Ashi Productions | Kunihiko Yuyama | |
| April 5 | Don Dracula | TV series | Tezuka Productions | Masamune Ochiai | |
| April 5 | The Flying House | TV series | Tatsunoko Productions | Masakazu Higuchi, Mineo Fuji | |
| April 5 | Game Center Arashi | TV series | Shin-Ei Animation | Tameo Ogawa | |
| April 8 | Boku Patalliro! | TV series | Toei Animation | Nobutaka Nishizawa, Daisuke Nishio | |
| April 11 | Thunderbirds 2086 (in Japan as Scientific Rescue Team Technoboyager) | TV series | ITC Entertainment, Jin Productions | | |
| April 24 | GoShogun | Film | Ashi Productions | | |
| April 24 | Haguregumo | Film | Madhouse, Toei Animation | Mori Masaki | |
| May 5 | Acrobunch | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha
TMS Entertainment | Masakazu Yasumura | |
| May 8 | Little Pollon | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha | Takao Yotsuji | |
| June 29 | The Mysterious Cities of Gold | TV series | Studio Pierrot, DIC Audiovisuel | Bernard Deyriès, Hisayuki Toriumi | |
| July 1 | The Wizard of Oz | Film | Toho, Wiz Corporation, Topcraft | Fumihiko Takayama | |
| July 5 | The Kabocha Wine | TV series | Toei Animation | Kimio Yabuki | |
| July 6 | Galactic Gale Baxingar | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha | Takao Yotsuji | |
| July 10 | The Ideon: A Contact | Film | Nippon Sunrise, Sanrio | Yoshiyuki Tomino | |
| July 10 | The Ideon: Be Invoked | Film | Nippon Sunrise, Sanrio | Yoshiyuki Tomino | |
| July 23 | Space Adventure Cobra | Film | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Dezaki | |
| July 28 | Arcadia of My Youth | Film | Toei Company, Tōkyū Agency | Tomoharu Katsumata | |
| August 7 | Techno Police 21C | Film | Toho, Eizo, Studio Nue | Masashi Matsumoto | |
| August 22 | Andromeda Stories | Film | Toei Animation | Masamitsu Sasaki | |
| October 3 | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross | TV series | Studio Nue, Tatsunoko Production, Artland | Noboru Ishiguro | |
| October 7 | Robby the Rascal | TV series | Knack Productions | Kazuyuki Okasako | |
| October 7 | Space Cobra | TV series | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Dezaki | |
| October 7 | Tokimeki Tonight | TV series | Group TAC, Toho | Hiroshi Sasagawa | |
| October 10 | Warrior of Love Rainbowman | TV series | MBS, Ai Kikaku Center | Nobuhiro Okasako | |
| October 12 | The New Adventures of Maya the Honey Bee | TV series | Wako Productions, Apollo Film Wien | Mitsuo Kaminashi | |
| October 13 | Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX | TV series | Toei Animation | Tomoharu Katsumata | |
| October 30 | Future War 198X | Film | Toei Animation | Tomoharu Katsumata, Toshio Masuda | |
| December 18 | Godmars | Film | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Tetsuo Imazawa | |
