# 1984 in anime

The events of 1984 in anime.

## Events

* June 22 - APPP is created

## Accolades

* Ōfuji Noburō Award: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

## Releases

| Released | Title | Type | Director | Studio |
| January 7 | Starzan S | TV series | Hidehito Ueda | Tatsunoko Production |
| January 8 | Katri, Girl of the Meadows | TV series | Hiroshi Saitō | Nippon Animation |
| February 3 | Chō Kōsoku Galvion | TV series | Koichi Ohata | Artmic, Kokusai Eiga-sha, Studio Robin |
| February 4 | Heavy Metal L-Gaim | TV series | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Nippon Sunrise |
| February 7 | Yume Senshi Wingman | TV series | Tomoharu Katsumata | Toei Animation |
| February 11 | The Star of Cottonland | Film | Shinichi Tsuji | Mushi Production |
| February 11 | Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer | Film | Mamoru Oshii | Studio Pierrot |
| February 21 | Lolita Anime | OVA series | Kuni Toniro, R. Ching, Mickey Soda, Mickey Masuda | Wonder Kids |
| March 3 | Little Memole | TV series | Osamu Kasai | Toei Animation |
| March 3 | Lupin III Part III | TV series | Yuzo Aoki, Osamu Nabeshima, Shigetsugu Yoshida | TMS |
| March 4 | Video Warrior Laserion | TV series | Kozo Morishita | Toei Animation |
| March 11 | Mirai Shōnen Conan Tokubetsu Hen-Kyodaiki Gigant no Fukkatsu | Film | Hayao Miyazaki | Nippon Animation |
| March 11 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Film | Hayao Miyazaki | Top Craft, Tokuma Shoten, Hakuhodo |
| March 17 | Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: ESP Wars | Film | Masuji Harada | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 17 | Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 18 | Gu Gu Ganmo | TV series | Yoshimichi Nitta | Toei Animation |
| April 5 | Giant Gorg | TV series | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Nippon Sunrise |
| April 7 | Showdown! The 7 Justice Supermen vs. The Space Samurais | TV special | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Toei Animation |
| April 9 | Chikkun Takkun | TV series | Hayakawa Keizi, Osamu Masami | Studio Pierrot |
| April 9 | Glass Mask | TV series | Gisaburō Sugii | Eiken |
| April 13 | Attacker You! | TV series | Kazuyuki Okaseko, Masari Sasahiro | Knack Productions |
| April 14 | Witch Era | Film | Hiroshi Fukutomi | Nippon Animation |
| April 15 | God Mazinger | TV series | Yoshio Hayakawa | TMS Entertainment |
| April 15 | Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross | TV series | Yasuo Hasegawa | Tatsunoko |
| July 6 | Persia, the Magic Fairy | TV series | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Studio Pierrot |
| July 7 | Lensman: Secret of The Lens | Film | Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kazuyuki Hirokawa | Madhouse, MK Productions |
| July 7 | Macross: Do You Remember Love? | Film | Shōji Kawamori, Noboru Ishiguro | Studio Nue, Artland, Tatsunoko, Topcraft |
| July 7 | Noozles | TV series | Taku Sugiyama | Nippon Animation |
| July 14 | The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari | Film | Kimio Yabuki | Toei Animation |
| July 14 | Kinnikuman | Film | Takeshi Shirato | Toei Animation |
| August 11 | Cream Lemon | OVA series | | |
| August 19 | Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature | TV film | Osamu Tezuka | Tezuka Productions |
| September 5 | Nine 3: Final | TV film | Gisaburō Sugii | Group TAC |
| September 5 | Birth | OVA film | Shinya Sadamitsu | Idol, Kaname Production |
| September 20 | Futari Daka | TV series | Tokizō Tsuchiya | Kokusai Eiga-sha |
| October 4 | Adventures of the Little Koala | TV series | Takashi Tanazawa | Topcraft |
| October 4 | Fist of the North Star | TV series | Toyoo Ashida | Toei Animation |
| October 5 | Elves of the Forest | TV series | Masakazu Higuchi | Zuiyo Enterprise, Shaft |
| October 5 | Panzer World Galient | TV series | Ryōsuke Takahashi | Nippon Sunrise |
| October 5 | Choriki Robo Galatt | TV series | Takeyuki Kanda, Osamu Sekita, Tetsuro Amino, Mamoru Hamazu, Hiroshi Negishi, Hideki Tonokatsu, Susumu Ishizaki, Shinya Sadamitsu | Nippon Sunrise |
| October 6 | Lensman | TV series | Hiroshi Fukutomi | MK Productions |
| October 7 | Bismark | TV series | Masami Anno | Studio Pierrot |
| October 8 | Cat's Eye | TV series | Kenji Kodama | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| October 9 | Taotao | TV series | Shuichi Nakahara, Tatsuo Shimamura | Mushi Production, Studio Cosmos |
| October 28 | Eien no Once More | OVA film | Osamu Kobayashi, Mochizuki Tomomichi | Studio Pierrot |
| October 28 | Kachua Kara no Tayori | OVA film | Takeyuki Kanda | Nippon Sunrise |
| November 6 | Sherlock Hound | TV series | Kyosuke Mikuriya, Hayao Miyazaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha, RAI |
| December 15 | Lolita Anime | OVA series | Aki Uchiyama | Nikkatsu Video |
| December 21 | Atsumatta 13-nin | OVA film | Takeyuki Kanda | Nippon Sunrise |
| December 22 | Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle | Film | Hiroki Shibata | Toei Animation |
| December 22 | Great Riot! Seigi Choujin | Film | Takeshi Shirato | Toei Animation |
| | Once Upon a Time... Space (as Galaxy Patrol PJ) | TV series | | Eiken |