# 1985 in anime

The events of 1985 in anime.

## Accolades

* Anime Grand Prix:
** Best Work: Dirty Pair
** Best Episode: episode 36 (Forever Four) of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
** Best Male Character: Tatsuya Uesugi (voiced by Yūji Mitsuya) from Touch
** Best Female Character: Four Murasame (voiced by Saeko Shimazu) from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
** Best Voice Actor: Akira Kamiya
** Best Voice Actress: Saeko Shimazu
** Best Song: opening of Dirty Pair, Ro Ro Ro Russian roulette, sung by Meiko Nakahara
* Ōfuji Noburō Award: Night on the Galactic Railroad

## Releases

| Released | Title | Type | Director | Studio |
| January 6 | Princess Sarah | TV series | Fumio Kurokawa | Nippon Animation, Aniplex |
| January 26 | Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love | Film | Kazuo Yamazaki | Studio Deen |
| February 5 | Area 88 | OVA series | Hisayuki Toriumi | Studio Pierrot |
| February 25 | Kieta 12-nin | OVA film | Takeyuki Kanda | Nippon Sunrise |
| March 1 | Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko | OVA film | Kunihiko Yuyama | Kaname Production, Toho |
| March 2 | Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam | TV series | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Nippon Sunrise |
| March 9 | Megazone 23 - Part I | Film | Noboru Ishiguro | AIC, Artland, Tatsunoko |
| March 16 | Arei no Kagami | Film | Kozo Morishita | Toei Animation |
| March 16 | The Dagger of Kamui | Film | Rintaro | Madhouse |
| March 16 | Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars | Film | Tsutomu Shibayama | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 16 | GU GU Ganmo | Film | | Toei Animation |
| March 16 | Little Memole | Film | | Toei Animation |
| March 16 | Ninja Hattori-kun + Perman: Ninja Beast Jippō vs. Miracle Egg | Film | Masuji Harada | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 16 | Seigi Choujin vs. Ancient Choujin | Film | Yasuo Yamayoshi | Toei Animation |
| March 24 | Touch | TV series | Hiroko Tokita | Group TAC, Studio Gallop |
| March 28 | Lovely Serenade | OVA film | Mochizuki Tomomichi | Studio Pierrot |
| April 4 | Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God | TV series | Seiji Okuda | Ashi Productions |
| April 18 | Musashi no Ken | TV series | Toshitaka Tsunoda | Eiken |
| April 27 | The Time Étranger | Film | Kunihiko Yuyama | Ashi Productions |
| March 28 | Long Goodbye | OVA film | | Studio Pierrot |
| April 1 | Shin Obake no Q-tarō | TV series | | Shin-Ei Animation |
| April 2 | Onegai! Samia-don | TV series | Osamu Kobayashi | Tōkyō Movie Shinsha |
| April 8 | Bumpety Boo | TV series | | Nippon Animation |
| April 8 | Honō no Alpen Rose: Judy & Randy | TV series | Hideto Ueda | Tatsunoko |
| April 13 | Lunn Flies into the Wind | OVA film | Osama Tezuka | Tezuka Productions |
| June 7 | Magical Emi, the Magic Star | TV series | Takashi Anno | Studio Pierrot |
| June 10 | Dream Hunter Rem | OVA series | Seiji Okuda | Sai Enterprise, Zain |
| June 15 | Long Goodbye: Mahō no Tenshi Creamy Mami VS Mahō no Princess Minky Momo Gekijou no Daikessen | OVA film | Mochizuki Tomomichi | Studio Pierrot |
| June 21 | Chonoryoku Shōjo Barabanba | OVA film | | Japan Home Video |
| July 13 | Captain Tsubasa: Europe Daikessen | Film | Isamu Imakake | Tsuchida Production |
| July 13 | Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! Dream Capital Mecha Police | Film | Toyoo Ashida, Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Toei Animation |
| July 13 | Legend of the Gold of Babylon | Film | Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu Yoshida | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| July 13 | Night on the Galactic Railroad | Film | Gisaburo Sugii | Group TAC |
| July 15 | Dirty Pair: The Original TV Series | TV series | Norio Kashima, Toshifumi Takizawa | Nippon Sunrise |
| July 20 | Area 88 | Film | Hisayuki Toriumi | Project 88 |
| July 20 | Cosmo Police Justy | OVA film | Motosuke Takahashi | Pierrot |
| July 28 | Magical Princess Minky Momo La Ronde in my Dream | OVA film | Hiroshi Watanabe | Ashi Productions |
| August 10 | Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight | Film | Eiichi Yamamoto, Takeshi Shirato, Toshio Masuda, Yoshinobu Nishioka | Toei Animation |
| August 21 | Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Last Red Shoulder | OVA film | Ryosuke Takahashi | Nippon Sunrise |
| August 25 | Akumatō no Purinsu | TV film | | Toei Animation |
| September 21 | The Chocolate Panic Picture Show | OVA film | Fujiwara Kamui | Tezuka Productions |
| September 21 | Genesis Climber MOSPEADA: Love Live Alive | OVA film | Katsuhisa Yamada | Artmic, Tatsunoko Productions |
| September 21 | "Kate no Kioku" Namida no Dakkai Sakusen!! | OVA film | Takeyuki Kanda | Nippon Sunrise |
| September 21 | Mujigen Hunter Fandora | OVA series | Kazuyuki Okaseko, Hiroshi Yoshida, Shigenori Kageyama | Hiro Media, Kaname Production |
| September 24 | Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party | OVA film | | Studio Deen |
| October 3 | Blue Comet SPT Layzner | TV series | Ryōsuke Takahashi | Nippon Sunrise |
| October 6 | Ninja Senshi Tobikage | TV series | Masami Annō | Studio Pierrot |
| October 12 | GeGeGe no Kitarō | TV series | Osamu Kasai, Hiroki Shibata | Toei Animation |
| October 12 | High School! Kimengumi | TV series | Hiroshi Fukutomi | Gallop, Studio Comet |
| October 19 | Dream-Star Button Nose | TV series | Masami Hata, Toshio Takeuchi, Katsuhisa Yamada, Kazuyuki Hirokawa | Sanrio, TV Asahi |
| October 19 | Fight! Iczer One | OVA series | Toshihiro Hirano | AIC |
| October 19 | A Journey Through Fairyland | Film | Masami Hata | Sanrio |
| October 21 | Chūhai Lemon LOVE 30S | OVA | Kenzo Koizumi | Tsuchida Productions, Wonder Kids |
| November 23 | Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special | Film | Osamu Kobayashi, Tomomi Mochizuki | Shueisha, Studio Pierrot |
| November 25 | What's Michael? | OVA | | Kitty Films |
| December 15 | Angel's Egg | OVA film | Mamoru Oshii | Studio DEEN, Tokuma Shoten |
| December 16 | Fire Tripper | OVA film | Osamu Uemura | Studio Pierrot |
| December 21 | Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi, Zen Nippon Jr. | Film | Isamu Imakake | Tsuchida Production |
| December 21 | Cream Lemon Special: Ami Image White Shadow | OVA film | | |
| December 21 | Vampire Hunter D | OVA film | Toyoo Ashida | Ashi Productions |
| December | Affair of Nolandia | OVA film | Masaharu Okuwaki | Nippon Sunrise |