1988 in anime

Years in anime: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

The events of 1988 in anime.

Accolades

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Releases

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Released Title Type Director Studio Ref
January 9 Himitsu no Akko-chan TV series Hiroki Shibata Toei Animation
January 10 Little Lord Fauntleroy TV series Kōzō Kusuba Nippon Animation
February 5 Leina: Wolf Sword Legend OVA series Takao Kato, Nobuyoshi Habara, Kiyoshi Murayama Ashi Productions [1]
February 6 Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter Film Tomomi Mochizuki Ajia-do Animation Works
February 6 Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars Film Noboru Ishiguro Madhouse, Artland
February 6 Ultimate Teacher OVA film Toyoo Ashida J.C.Staff
February 6 Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter Film Tetsu Dezaki Magic Bus
February 13 Osomatsu-kun TV series Akira Shigino Studio Pierrot
February 25 Aura Battler Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well OVA series Toshifumi Takizawa Sunrise
February 25 Sakigake!! Otokojuku TV series Nobutaka Nishizawa Toei Animation
February 25 Salamander OVA series Hisayuki Toriumi Studio Pierrot
March 1 Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer OVA film Atsutoshi Umezawa Toei Animation [2]
March 3 Tsurupika Hagemaru TV series Hiroshi Sasagawa Shin-Ei Animation
March 9 F TV series Koichi Mashimo Studio Deen
March 11 Harbor Light Story Fashion Lala yori OVA film Motosuke Takahashi Studio Pierrot
March 12 Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen Short film Hiroyuki Kakudou Toei Animation [3]
March 12 Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West Film Tsutomu Shibayama Shin-Ei Animation
March 12 Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll Film Keiichi Hara Shin-Ei Animation
March 12 The Heated Battle of the Gods Film Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation
March 12 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Film Yoshiyuki Tomino Sunrise
March 12 Mobile Suit SD Gundam Short film Osamu Sekita Sunrise [4]
March 14 The Burning Wild Man TV series Osamu Kobayashi Studio Pierrot
March 19 Armored Trooper VOTOMS: The Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition OVA film Ryosuke Takahashi Sunrise
March 25 Aim for the Ace! 2 OVA series Noboru Furuse Tokyo Movie Shinsha
March 26 The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin Film Kinjiro Yoshida, Gennady Sokolskiy Soyuzmultfilm, Life Work Corp, Sovinfilm, Aist Corporation
March 27 Kiteretsu Daihyakka TV series Hiro Katsuoka, Keiji Hayakawa Studio Gallop
April 2 City Hunter 2 TV series Kanetsugu Kodama Sunrise
April 5 Wowser TV series Keiichiro Mochizuki Telescreen Japan
April 9 Dagon in the Land of Weeds TV series Kazuyoshi Yokota Nippon Animation
April 12 Transformers: Super-God Masterforce TV series Tetsuo Imazawa Toei Animation
April 13 Sonic Soldier Borgman TV series Kiyoshi Murayama Ashi Production
April 15 What's Michael? TV series Satoru Akahori Kitty Films [5]
April 15 Mashin Hero Wataru TV series Shūji Iuchi Sunrise
April 16 My Neighbor Totoro Film Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli
April 16 Grave of the Fireflies Film Isao Takahata Studio Ghibli
April 21 Appleseed OVA film Kazuyoshi Katayama Gainax
April 25 Patlabor: Early Days OVA series Mamoru Oshii, Naoyuki Yoshinaga Studio Deen
April 27 Topo Gigio TV series Noboru Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi Nippon Animation [6]
April 29 Spirit Warrior OVA series Ichiro Itano, Katsuhito Akiyama AIC [7]
April 30 Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers TV series Masashi Ikeda, Mamoru Hamatsu Sunrise
May 12 Hello! Lady Lynn TV series Hiroshi Shidara Toei Animation
May 25 Mahjong Hishō-den: Naki no Ryū OVA series Tetsu Dezaki Gainax
May 27 Dominion OVA series Kōichi Mashimo Agent 21
May 25 Balthus - Tia's Radiance OVA Yukihiro Makino Kusama Art [8]
May 25 Mobile Suit SD Gundam OVA series Sunrise
June Toyama Sakura Space Book – His Name is Gold OVA film Atsutoshi Umezawa Toei Animation [9]
June 5 Godmars: The Untold Legend OVA film Masakatsu Iijima Tokyo Movie Shinsha
June 20 Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody OVA film Yuji Moriyama Studio Fantasia
June 21 Zillion: Burning Night OVA film Mizuho Nishikubo Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G [10]
July 2 Ironfist Chinmi TV series Jutaro Oba Ashi Productions
July 7 Natsufuku no Shōjo-tachi TV special Toshio Hirata, Yoshiyuki Momose Madhouse [11][12]
July 9 Bikkuriman: Moen Zone no Himitsu Film Junichi Sato Toei Animation [13]
July 9 Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure Film Kazuhisa Takenouchi Toei Animation
July 16 Akira Film Katsuhiro Otomo Tokyo Movie Shinsha
July 21 Ryūko, the Girl with the White Flag Film Tetsu Dezaki Magic Bus [14]
July 21 Vampire Princess Miyu OVA series Toshiki Hirano Anime International Company
July 23 Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth Film Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation [15]
July 23 Sakigake!! Otokojuku Film Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation [16]
July 25 The Tokyo Project OVA film Osamu Yamasaki Minamimachi Bugyosho Co., Ltd. [17]
July 25 What's Michael? 2 OVA Yoriyasu Kogawa Kitty Films [18]
July 31 Bride of Deimos OVA Rintaro Madhouse [19]
August 12 Watt Poe and Our Story OVA film Shigenori Kageyama Kaname Production [20]
August 23 Fair, then Partly Piggy Short film Toshio Hirata Oh! Production
September 15 Raining Fire Film Seiji Arihara Mushi Production [21]
September 23 Kosuke and Rikimaru: Dragon of Konpei Island OVA film Toyoo Ashida J.C. Staff [22]
September 25 Through the Passing Seasons OVA film Naoyuki Yoshinaga Kitty Films
September Crying Freeman OVA series Daisuke Nishio et al. Toei Animation
October 1 Hiatari Ryoko! Ka - su - mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita Film Minoru Maeda Group TAC
October 2 New Grimm Masterpiece Theater TV series Hiroshi Saito Nippon Animation
October 3 Soreike! Anpanman TV series Akinori Nagaoka, Shunji Ôga Tokyo Movie Shinsha
October 7 Gunbuster OVA series Hideaki Anno Gainax, Studio Fantasia
October 7 Yume Miru Topo Gigio TV series Noboru Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi Nippon Animation [23]
October 8 Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day Film Tomomi Mochizuki Studio Pierrot [24]
October 17 Oishinbo TV series Yoshio Takeuchi Shin-Ei Animation
October 25 Demon City Shinjuku OVA film Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse [25]
October 25 Starship Troopers OVA series Tetsurō Amino Sunrise, Bandai Visual
October 26 Dragon Century OVA series Kiyoshi Fukugawa Anime International Company
November 2 Stardust War Film Katsuhito Akiyama AIC, Artmic
November 21 Armor Hunter Mellowlink OVA series Takeyuki Kanda Sunrise
November 21 Tama & Friends: Third Street Story OVA series Tsuneo Maeda Group TAC
November 26 Hades Project Zeorymer OVA series Toshihiro Hirano AIC, Half H.P. Studio
December 2 One-Pound Gospel OVA film Makura Saki Studio Gallop
December 16 Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 OVA film Shinji Aramaki Anime International Company
December 18 Ganbare! Mōdōken Serve TV special Seiji Okuda Tama Production [26]
December 21 Fairy King OVA film Katsuhisa Yamada Madhouse [27]
December 21 Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA series Noboru Ishiguro Artland, Magic Bus, Madhouse [28]
December 21 Space Family Carlvinson OVA film Kimio Yabuki Doga Kobo [29]
December 21 Violence Jack: Evil Town OVA film Ichiro Itano D.A.S.T., Soei Shinsha, Studio88
Purple Eyes in the Dark OVA music video Mizuho Nishikubo Toei Animation, Youmex [30]

Births

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Leina: Wolf Sword Legend (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Mobile Suit SD Gundam (OAV/movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  5. ^ "What's Michael? (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Topo Gigio (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  7. ^ "Spirit Warrior (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  8. ^ "Balthus - Tia's Radiance (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  9. ^ "Samurai Gold (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "Zillion: Burning Night (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  11. ^ "Natsufuku no Shōjo-tachi (special)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  12. ^ "NHK特集 夏服の少女たち～ヒロシマ・昭和20年8月6日～ NHKティーチャーズ・ライブラリー". NHK. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  13. ^ "Bikkuriman: Moen Zone no Himitsu (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  14. ^ "Shirahata no Shōjo Ryūko (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  15. ^ "Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  16. ^ "Sakigake!! Otoko Juku (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  17. ^ "The Tokyo Project (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  18. ^ "What's Michael? 2 (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  19. ^ "Bride of Deimos (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  20. ^ "Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  21. ^ "Raining Fire (movie)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  22. ^ "Kosuke-sama, Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitō no Ryū (special)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  23. ^ "Yumemiru Topo Gigio (TV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  24. ^ "Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  25. ^ "Demon City Shinjuku (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  26. ^ "Ganbare! Mōdōken Serve (special)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  27. ^ "Yōsei-Ō (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  28. ^ "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  29. ^ "Space Family Carlvinson (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  30. ^ "Purple Eyes in the Dark (OAV)". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
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