# 1989 in anime

The events of 1989 in anime.The first year of the Heisei era.

## Accolades

* Animation Film Award: Kiki's Delivery Service

## Releases

| Released | Title | Type | Director | Studio |
| January 15 | Peter Pan: The Animated Series | TV series | Yoshio Kuroda | Nippon Animation |
| January 24 | Bombing Circuit Romance Twin | OVA film | Osamu Sekida | Lifework |
| March 11 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 11 | The Five Star Stories | Film | Kazuo Yamazaki | Sunrise |
| March 11 | Mini-Dora SOS | Film | Makoto Moriwaki | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 11 | Utsunomiko | Film | Kenji Yoshida | Nippon Animation |
| March 11 | Venus Wars | Film | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Triangle Staff |
| March 17 | Yankee Reppu-tai | OVA series | Tetsuro Imazawa | Toei Animation |
| March 18 | Warriors of the Final Holy Battle | Film | Masayuki Akehi | Toei Animation |
| March 21 | Rhea Gall Force | Film | Katsuhito Akiyama | AIC, Artmic |
| March 25 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket | OVA series | Fumihiko Takayama | Sunrise |
| April 6 | Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato | TV series | Toshihiko Nishikubo | Tatsunoko Production |
| April 15 | Ranma ½ | TV series | Tomomi Mochizuki, Tsutomu Shibayama | Studio Deen |
| April 26 | Dragon Ball Z | TV series | Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Toei Animation |
| May 27 | Wrath of the Ninja | Film | | J.C. Staff |
| June 17 | .357 Magnum | Film | Kenji Kodama | Sunrise |
| July 15 | Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone | Film | Daisuke Nishio | Toei Animation |
| July 15 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Film | Masami Hata, William Hurtz | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| July 15 | Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack | Short film | Shinji Takamatsu, Tetsuro Amino | Sunrise |
| July 15 | Patlabor: The Movie | Film | Mamoru Oshii | Studio Deen |
| July 21 | ARIEL Visual | OVA series | Junichi Watanabe | Animate, J.C.Staff |
| July 21 | The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee | TV series | Iku Suzuki | Tatsunoko Production |
| July 22 | My Melody's Little Red Riding Hood | Film | Hidemi Kubo | Sanrio, Grouper Productions |
| July 22 | Hello Kitty's Cinderella | Film | Tameo Kohanawa | Sanrio, Grouper Productions |
| July 22 | Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird | Film | Masami Hata | Sanrio, Grouper Productions |
| July 29 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Film | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli |
| August 3 | Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. | OVA series | Shinichirō Ueda | Studio Junio |
| September 1 | Angel Cop | OVA series | Ichirō Itano | Soei Shinsha |
| September 16 | Borgman: The Final Battle | Film | Kiyoshi Murayama | Ashi Production |
| September 25 | The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor | OVA series | | Visual 80 |
| September 25 | Mandaraya no Ryôta: Kuonidani Onsen Tsuyasho Sodo Tan | OVA | Yuzo Aoki | Takahashi Studio |
| October 10 | The Laughing Salesman | TV series | Toshirō Kuni | Shin-Ei Animation |
| October 11 | Patlabor: The TV Series | TV series | Naoyuki Yoshinaga | Sunrise |
| October 16 | Yawara! | TV series | Kazuo Yoshida | Toho Doga |
| November 1 | Baoh | OVA film | Hiroyuki Yokoyama | Studio Pierrot |
| November 14 | Ano Ko ni 1000% | OVA film | | |
| November 25 | Ace o Nerae! Final Stage | OVA series | Osamu Dezaki | TMS Entertainment |
| December 21 | Assemble Insert | OVA series | Ayumi Chibuki | Studio Core, Tohokushinsha Film |