# 1982 in anime

The events of 1982 in anime.

## Releases

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