# 1990 in anime

The events of 1990 in anime.

## Accolades

* Animation Film Award: Hashire! Shiroi Ōkami

## Releases

| Released | Title | Type | Director | Studio |
| December 1 | Devil Hunter Yohko | OVA series | Katsuhisa Yamada | Madhouse |
| January 4 | Umi Da! Funade Da! Nikoniko, Pun | Film | Toshio Hirata | Oh! Production |
| 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 |
| February 24 | Ojisan Kaizō Kōza | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| 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 |
| March 1 | Gdleen | OVA | Takao Kato Toyoo Ashida | Ashi Productions |
| March 1 | The Curse of Kazuo Umezu | OVA | Naoko Omi | Takahashi Studio |
| 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 |
| March 24 | Tistou, the Boy with Green Thumbs | Film | Yuji Tanno | Production I.G |
| April 3 | Obatarian | TV special | Tetsurō Amino | Sunrise |
| 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 |
| June 12 | Black Bento | Film | Tetsu Dezaki | Kyodo Eiga |
| 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 |
| July 20 | Lupin III: The Hemingway Papers | TV special | Osamu Dezaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| July 21 | Hello Kitty's Thumbelina | Film | Hidemi Kubo | Sanrio Grouper Productions |
| July 21 | Keroppi's Big Adventure with Jack and the Beanstalk | Film | Masami Hata | Sanrio Grouper Productions |
| July 21 | Kim's Cross | Film | Tengo Yamada | Tatsunoko Production |
| July 21 | Pokopon's Funny Monkey Story | Film | Masami Hata | Sanrio Grouper Productions |
| July 21 | Transformers: Zone | OVA | Hiromichi Matano | Toei Animation |
| 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 |
| August 26 | Soreike! Anpanman: Minami no Umi o Sukue! | TV special | Shunji Ōga | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| September 1 | OL Kaizo Koza | Film | Hajime Kamegaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| October 25 | The Hakkenden | OVA series | Takashi Anno | AIC Artmic |
| November 17 | Ajin Senshi | Film | Tsuneo Tominaga | Magic Bus |
| December 8 | In the Summer After the War: 1945 Karafuto | Film | Koji Chino | |
| 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 |
| December 22 | A Wind Named Amnesia | Film | Kazuo Yamazaki | Madhouse |
| December 28 | Sword for Truth | OVA | Osamu Dezaki | Toei Animation |
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