# 1994 in anime

The events of 1994 in anime.

## Accolades

* Animation Film Award: Pom Poko

## Releases

| Released | Title | Type | Director | Studio |
| | Dragon Pink | OVA series | Takashi Takai, Wataru Fujii | Pink Pineapple |
| | F³: Frantic, Frustrated & Female | OVA series | Masakazu Akan | AIC, Pink Pineapple |
| January 2 | Kageyama Tamio no Double Fantasy | TV special | Katsumi Terahigashi | Shin-Ei Animation |
| January 7 | Akazukin Chacha | TV series | Hatsuki Tsuji | Gallop |
| January 14 | Kibun wa Uaa Jitsuzai OL Kōza | Film | Tetsuo Yasumi | Group TAC |
| January 16 | Tico of the Seven Seas | TV series | Jun Takagi | Nippon Animation |
| January 21 | Dirty Pair Flash | TV series | Tsukasa Sunaga | Sunrise, Bandai Visual |
| January 22 | Kattobase! Dreamers —Carp Tanjō Monogatari― | Film | Yoshinori Kanemori | Madhouse |
| February 5 | Brave Police J-Decker | TV series | Shinji Takamatsu | Sunrise |
| February 21 | Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend Director's Edition | Film | Hideki Takayama | West Cape, Team Mu |
| March 12 | Doraemon: Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 12 | Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming | Film | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Toei Animation |
| March 13 | Marmalade Boy | TV series | Akinori Yabe | Toei Animation |
| March 19 | Sailor Moon S | TV series | Kunihiko Ikuhara | Toei Animation |
| March 21 | Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals | OVA series | Rintaro | Madhouse |
| March 21 | Plastic Little | OVA | Satoshi Urushihara | KSS |
| April 2 | Montana Jones | TV series | Tetsuo Imazawa | Studio Junio |
| April 5 | Haō Taikei Ryū Knight | TV series | Toshifumi Kawase | Sunrise |
| April 5 | Red Baron | TV series | Akio Sakai | Tōkyō Movie Shinsha |
| April 8 | Thunder Jet | TV series | Seiji Okuda | Easy Film |
| April 9 | Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report | Film | Masakatsu Iijima | Studio Pierrot |
| April 21 | New Cutie Honey | OVA series | Yasuchika Nagaoka | Toei Animation |
| April 22 | G Gundam | TV series | Yasuhiro Imagawa | Sunrise |
| April 23 | Crayon Shin-chan: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom | Film | Hiro Yūki | Shin-Ei Animation |
| May 21 | Dohyō no Oni-tachi | Film | Naoyuki Yoshinaga | Studio Deen |
| May 21 | Dosukoi! Wanpaku Dohyō | Film | Seijiro Kamiyama | Mook Animation |
| May 24 | Dengeki Oshioki Musume Gōtaman: Gōtaman Tanjō-hen | OVA | Iku Suzuki | Studio Kikan |
| June 11 | J League o 100-bai Tanoshiku Miru Hōhō!! | Film | Itsumichi Isomura | Ajia-do Animation Works |
| June 23 | Iria: Zeiram the Animation | OVA series | Tetsurō Amino | Ashi Productions |
| July 8 | Magical Twilight | OVA series | Toshiaki Komura | Pink Pineapple |
| July 9 | Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly | Film | Yoshihiro Ueda | Toei Animation |
| July 9 | Slam Dunk: Conquer the Nation, Hanamichi Sakuragi! | Film | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Toei Animation |
| July 9 | Sangokushi (dai 3-bu): Harukanaru Taichi | Film | Tomoharu Katsumata | Enoki Films |
| July 16 | Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture | Film | Masami Ōbari | Studio Wombat, Yumeta Company |
| July 16 | Pom Poko | Film | Isao Takahata | Studio Ghibli |
| July 16 | Soreike! Anpanman: Ririkaru Majikaru Mahō no Gakkō | Film | Akinori Nagaoka, Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| July 16 | The Life of Guskou Budori | Film | Ryutaro Nakamura | Kyōdō Eiga Zenkoku Keiretsu Kaigi |
| July 29 | Lupin III: Dragon of Doom | TV special | Masaharu Okuwaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| August 6 | Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | Film | Gisaburō Sugii | Group TAC, SEDIC, Sony Music Entertainment |
| August 20 | Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Great Paradise Battle!! | Film | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Toei Animation |
| August 21 | Baki the Grappler | OVA | Yuji Asada | Knack Productions |
| August 21 | Captain Tsubasa: The Most Powerful Opponent! Holland Youth | OVA | Yoriyasu Kogawa | J.C.Staff |
| August 25 | Cosmic Fantasy: Galaxy Cougar's Trap | OVA | Kazuhiro Ochi | Tokuma Shoten |
| September 8 | Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture | TV film | Hiroshi Ishiodori | Studio Comet |
| September 21 | I'm Not an Angel | OVA | Hiroko Tokita | Group TAC |
| September 24 | You're Under Arrest | OVA series | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | Studio Deen |
| October 5 | Blue Seed | TV series | Jun Kamiya | Production I.G. |
| October 7 | DNA² | TV series | Jun'ichi Sakata | Madhouse, Studio Deen |
| October 8 | Darkside Blues | Film | Nobuyasu Furukawa | J.C.Staff |
| October 16 | Macross 7 | TV series | Tetsurō Amino | Studio Nue, Ashi Productions |
| October 13 | Magical Circle Guru Guru | TV series | Nobuaki Nakanishi | TV Asahi |
| October 17 | Magic Knight Rayearth | TV series | Toshihiro Hirano | Tōkyō Movie Shinsha |
| October 21 | Captain Tsubasa J | TV series | Junichi Sato | Studio Comet |
| October 24 | Dengeki Oshioki Musume Gōtaman R: Ai to Kanashimi no Final Battle | OVA | Hiroshi Yoshida | Studio Kikan |
| November 6 | Get Going! Godzilland | OVA series | Seinosuke Tanaka & Osamu Nakayama | Gakken Video |
| December 4 | Sailor Moon S: The Movie | Film | Hiroki Shibata | Toei Animation |
| December 16 | Key the Metal Idol | OVA series | Hiroaki Satō | Studio Pierrot |