1981 in anime

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The following events occurred in the field of anime in the year 1981.

## Accolades

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* Ōfuji Noburō Award: Gauche the Cellist

## Releases

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Released  | Title  | Type  | Studio  | Director  | Notes  | Ref

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January 4 | The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island | TV series | Nippon Animation | Yoshio Kuroda |  |
February 7 | Hashire Melos! | Film | Toei Animation | Tomoharu Katsumata |  |
February 7 | Yattodetaman | TV series | Tatsunoko Productions | Hiroshi Sasagawa |  |
March 1 | Golden Warrior Gold Lightan | TV series | Tatsunoko Production | Koichi Mashimo |  |
March 4 | Beast King GoLion | TV series | Toei Animation | Katsuhito Taguchi |  |
March 6 | Hello! Sandybell | TV series | Toei Animation | Hiroshi Shitara |  |
March 7 | Ohayō! Spank | TV series | TMS Entertainment | Shigetsugu Yoshida |  |
March 14 | Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer | Film | Shin-Ei Animation | Hideo Nishimaki |  |
March 14 | The Fantastic Adventures of Unico | TV series | Madhouse | Toshio Hirata |  |
March 14 | Mobile Suit Gundam | Film | Nippon Sunrise | Yoshiyuki Tomino |  |
March 14 | Ojamanga Yamada-kun | Short film | Nihon Herald Pictures | Hiromitsu Furukawa |  |
March 14 | Swan Lake | Film | Toei Animation | Kimio Yabuki |  |
March 20 | Natsu e no Tobira | Film | Toei Animation, Madhouse | Mamoru Masaki, Toshio Hirata |  |
April 3 | Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari | TV series | Nippon Animation | Eiji Okabe |  | [1]
April 4 | Dotakon | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha | Takeshi Shirato |  |
April 7 | Belle and Sebastian | TV series | MK Company, Visual 80, Toho Company, Ltd. | Keiji Hayakawa |  |
April 7 | Little Women | TV series | Toei Animation, Kokusai Eiga-sha | Kazuya Miyazaki |  |
April 8 | Dr. Slump - Arale-chan | TV series | Toei Animation | Minoru Okazaki |  |
April 11 | Furiten-kun | Film | Toho | Taku Sugiyama |  |
April 11 | Jarinko Chie | Film | Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Toho | Isao Takahata |  |
April 16 | Queen Millennia | TV series | Toei Animation | Nobutaka Nishizawa |  |
April 20 | Tiger Mask II | TV series | Toei Animation | Kozo Morishita |  |
July 3 | GoShogun | TV series | Ashi Productions, Studio Z5 | Kunihiko Yuyama |  |
July 4 | Ashita no Joe 2 | Film | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Osamu Dezaki |  |
July 11 | Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow | Film | Nippon Sunrise | Yoshiyuki Tomino |  |
July 18 | Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island | Short film | Toei Animation | Minoru Okazaki |  |
July 18 | The Sea Prince and the Fire Child | Film | Sanrio |  |  |
July 21 | Enchanted Journey | Film | Studio Korumi | Hideo Nishimaki |  |
July 27 | Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein | TV film | Toei Animation | Kentaro Haneda |  |
August 1 | Adieu Galaxy Express 999 | Film | Toei Animation | Rintaro |  | [2]
September 7 | New Dokonjō Gaeru | TV series | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Tadao Nagahama |  |
September 28 | Ninja Hattori-kun | TV series | Shin-Ei Animation | Fumio Ikeno, Hiroshi Sasagawa |  |
October 1 | Superbook | TV series | Tatsunoko Productions | Masakazu Higuchi |  |
October 2 | Six God Combination Godmars | TV series | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Tetsuo Imazawa |  |
October 3 | Jarinko Chie | TV series | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Isao Takahata |  |
October 4 | Dash Kappei | TV series | Tatsunoko Production | Masayuki Hayashi, Seitaro Hara |  |
October 6 | Galaxy Cyclone Braiger | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha | Takao Yotsuji |  |
October 7 | Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha, Toei Animation | Takeshi Shirato |  |
October 8 | Miss Machiko | TV series | Studio Pierrot | Masami Anno |  |
October 9 | Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds | TV series | BRB Internacional, Nippon Animation |  |  |
October 10 | Ulysses 31 | TV series | DIC Audiovisuel, Tokyo Movie Shinsha |  |  |
October 14 | Urusei Yatsura | TV series | Studio Pierrot, Studio Deen | Mamoru Oshii, Kazuo Yamazaki |  |
October 23 | Fang of the Sun Dougram | TV series | Nippon Sunrise | Ryosuke Takahashi |  |
December 26 | Shunmao Monogatari Taotao | Film |  |  |  |
December 29 | Space Warrior Baldios | Film | Toei Animation |  |  |
| Daicon III | Short film |  | Hiroyuki Yamaga |  |

## See also

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* 1981 in animation

## References

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1. ^ 愛の学校 クオレ物語 (1981). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
2. ^ さよなら銀河鉄道９９９ -アンドロメダ終着駅- (1981). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

## External links

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* Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

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