1983 in anime

Years in anime:	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

The events of 1983 in anime.

Events

The first original video animation (OVA), Dallos, is released.

Accolades

• Ōfuji Noburō Award: Barefoot Gen

Releases

Released	Title	Type	Director	Studio	Ref
January 9	Story of the Alps: My Annette	TV series	Kōzō Kusuba	Nippon Animation
January 9	Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman	TV series	Seiji Okuda	Tatsunoko Productions
January 10	Captain	TV series	Satoshi Dezaki	Eiken
February 5	Aura Battler Dunbine	TV series	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Nippon Sunrise
February 13	Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Film	Mamoru Oshii	Studio Pierrot
March 1	Ai Shite Knight	TV series	Osamu Kasai	Toei Animation
March 12	Crusher Joe	Film	Yasuhiko Yoshikazu	Studio Nue, Nippon Sunrise
March 12	Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil	Film	Tsutomu Shibayama	Shin-Ei Animation
March 12	Harmagedon: The Great Battle with Genma	Film	Rintaro	Madhouse
March 12	Ninja Hattori-kun NinxNin Furusato Daisakusen no Maki	Film		Shin-Ei Animation
March 12	Parman: The Birdman Has Arrived!!	Film	Shin'ichi Suzuki	Shin-Ei Animation
March 13	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo, Great Across-the-World Race	Film	Minoru Okazaki	Toei Animation
March 19	Final Yamato	Film	Tomoharu Katsumata	Group TAC, Academy Productions
March 26	Fushigi no Kuni no Alice	TV series	Shigeo Koshi, Taku Sugiyama	Nippon Animation
March 30	Lightspeed Electroid Albegas	TV series	Kozo Morishita	Toei Animation
March 31	Miyuki	TV series	Mizuho Nishikubo	Kitty Films
April 1	Armored Trooper Votoms	TV series	Ryōsuke Takahashi	Nippon Sunrise
April 2	Nanako SOS	TV series	Akira Shigino	Kokusai Eiga-sha
April 3	Kinnikuman	TV series	Yasuo Yamayoshi, Takenori Kawada, Tetsuo Imazawa	Toei Animation
April 3	Mīmu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi	TV series	Kazuyoshi Yokota	Nippon Animation
April 4	Mrs. Pepper Pot	TV series	Tatsuo Hayakawa	Studio Pierrot
April 4	Parman	TV series		Shin-Ei Animation. Tokyo Movie Shinsha
April 4	Superbook II	TV series	Masakazu Higuchi	Tatsunoko Productions
April 5	Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger	TV series	Takao Yotsuji	Kokusai Eiga-sha
April 7	Eagle Sam	TV series	Hideo Nishimaki	DAX International Inc.
April 9	Itadakiman	TV series	Hiroshi Sasagawa	Tatsunoko Productions
April 9	Lady Georgie	TV series	Shigetsuga Yoshida	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
April 29	Noel's Fantastic Trip	Film	Tsuneo Maeda	Iruka Office
May 4	Nine	TV film	Gisaburō Sugii	Group TAC
May 20	Stop!! Hibari-kun!	TV series		Toei Animation
May 28	Golgo 13: The Professional	Film	Osamu Dezaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Filmlink International
June 5	Plawres Sanshiro	TV series	Kunihiko Yuyama	Asatsu DK, Kaname Production, Toho
July 1	Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel	TV series	Osamu Kobayashi	Studio Pierrot
July 1	Serendipity the Pink Dragon	TV series	Nobuo Onuki	Zuiyo Eizo, Fuji Eight Co., Ltd.
July 3	Super Dimension Century Orguss	TV series	Noburo Ishiguro, Yasuyoshi Mikamoto	TMS Entertainment
July 6	Psycho Armor Govarian	TV series	Seiji Okuda	Knack
July 9	Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun	Film		Nippon Sunrise
July 9	Xabungle Graffiti	Film	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Nippon Sunrise
July 11	Cat's Eye	TV series	Yoshio Takeuchi	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
July 16	Unico in the Island of Magic	Film	Moribi Murano	Madhouse
July 21	Barefoot Gen	Film	Mori Masaki	Madhouse
September 16	Miyuki	TV film	Kazuyuki Izutsu	Kitty Films, Toho
September 16	Nine the Original	Film	Gisaburō Sugii	Group TAC
October 2	Genesis Climber MOSPEADA	TV series	Katsuhisa Yamada	Artmic, Tatsunoko Productions
October 7	Special Armored Battalion Dorvack	TV series	Hisataro Oniwa	Ashi Productions
October 7	Taotao	TV series	Shuichi Nakahara, Tatsuo Shimamura	Mushi Production, Studio Cosmos
October 10	Captain Tsubasa	TV series	Isamu Imakake	Tsuchida Pro
October 10	The Green Cat	OVA	Osamu Tezuka	Tezuka Productions, Maki Productions
October 20	Igano Kabamaru	TV series	Tameo Kohanawa	Group TAC
October 21	Ginga Hyōryū Vifam	TV series	Takeyuki Kanda	Nippon Sunrise
December 12	Dallos	OVA	Mamoru Oshii	Pierrot
December 18	Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration	TV film	Gisaburō Sugii	Group TAC
	Daicon IV Opening Animation	Short film
	Patalliro! Stardust Keikaku	Film		Toei Animation

See also

• 1983 in animation

References