1989 in anime

Table of years in anime: 1985 1986 1987 1988 – 1989 – 1990 1991 1992 1993

The events of 1989 in anime.

Accolades

• Animation Film Award: Kiki's Delivery Service

Releases

Released	Title	Type	Director	Studio	Ref
March 11	Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan	Film	Tsutomu Shibayama
March 11	The Five Star Stories	Film	Kazuo Yamazaki	Sunrise
March 11	Mini-Dora SOS	Film	Makoto Moriwaki	Shin-Ei Animation
March 11	Utsunomiko	Film	Kenji Yoshida	Nippon Animation
March 11	Venus Wars	Film	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Triangle Staff
March 18	Warriors of the Final Holy Battle	Film	Masayuki Akehi	Toei Animation
March 21	Rhea Gall Force	Film	Katsuhito Akiyama	AIC, Artmic
May 27	Wrath of the Ninja	Film		J.C. Staff
June 17	.357 Magnum	Film	Kenji Kodama	Sunrise
July 15	Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Film	Daisuke Nishio	Toei Animation
July 15	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Film	Masami Hata, William Hurtz	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
July 15	Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack	Short film	Shinji Takamatsu, Tetsuro Amino	Sunrise
July 15	Patlabor: The Movie	Film	Mamoru Oshii	Studio Deen
July 21	ARIEL Visual	OVA series	Junichi Watanabe
July 29	Kiki's Delivery Service	Film	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli
August 3	Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.	OVA series	Shinichirō Ueda	Studio Junio
September 16	Borgman: The Final Battle	Film	Kiyoshi Murayama	Ashi Production
November 1	Baoh	OVA film	Hiroyuki Yokoyama	Studio Pierrot
November 14	Ano Ko ni 1000%	OVA short film
November 25	Ace o Nerae! Final Stage	OVA series	Osamu Dezaki	TMS Entertainment
December 21	Assemble Insert	OVA series	Ayumi Chibuki	Tohokushinsha Film
	Angel Cop	OVA series	Ichirō Itano

Deaths

• February 9: Osamu Tezuka (b. 1928)