Best Anime of the 1980's
A look of the best anime of the decade from 1981 to 1990.
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- StarsMami KoyamaKenji UtsumiKazuko SugiyamaThe wacky adventures of Penguin Village and its residents, primarily the crummy inventor Senbei Norimaki and his robot daughter Arale, a superhuman but naïve girl.
- CreatorRumiko TakahashiStarsFumi HiranoToshio FurukawaSaeko ShimazuAn unlucky, womanizing high schooler becomes the unwilling target of a vivacious alien girl's affections after winning an interplanetary game of tag against her.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriKen'ichi MatsuzakiStarsArihiro HaseMari IijimaVic MignognaAn alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and her secrets lead to a desperate war against an alien enemy sent to retrieve the ship.
- DirectorOsamu DezakiStarsShigeru MatsuzakiAkiko NakamuraToshiko FujitaAfter two years in hiding, a famed space pirate with a "psychogun" for a left arm joins a bounty huntress on a quest to save her world, only to find himself battling an old enemy.
- StarsYû MizushimaMîna TominagaSanae MiyukiThe trials and travails of a supernatural girl and her family.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsNorio WakamotoMika DoiMaria KawamuraAn aspiring Japanese motocross racer is pulled into the world of Byston Well, where he is forcefully recruited into becoming the pilot of a Dunbine, a giant robot guided by his aura.
- CreatorRyôsuke TakahashiHajime YatateStarsHozumi GôdaShigeru ChibaBanjô GingaThe end of the 100 year war between the planets Bavalant and Melkia does not allow Melkian soldier Chirico Cuvie a moment of peace. His accidental involvement in a clandestine mission places him in danger, requiring him to escape and attempt to survive on what is left of his war-torn homeworld.
- StarsAkira KamiyaMinori MatsushimaSanji HaseThe lost prince of Planet Kinniku must take his place among his people. There's a few problems: he's lazy, cowardly and unskilled.
- StarsYuriko YamamotoYasuko EndôYû ShimakaGeorgie lives happily in an Australian farm with her family, but she doesn't know she was found in a wood and adopted. A gold bracelet is her only clue to the past. When her adoptive mother banishes her from the farm because both her adoptive brothers, Abel and Arthur, fall in love with her, she grows up falling in love with a British lord, Lowell. Georgie goes to London, in search of both her real family and Lowell. Soon a love triangle develops between her adoptive brothers and Lowell and a new thrilling adventure starts for them within the British aristocratic world, full of luxury and intrigues.
- CreatorKazunori ItôStarsTakako ÔtaYû MizushimaKaneta KimotsukiYuu Morisawa, an ordinary schoolgirl, leads a double life as the magical singer Creamy Mami.
- A talented football-loving 11-year-old elementary school student begins his journey as he moves to a new city and a new school.
- StarsMasako KatsukiHaruko KitahamaKeiko TodaKitajima Maya, a 13-year old girl with a talent for acting, was discovered by the reclusive actress Tsukikage. The story follows Maya's growing up, intense training, overcoming challenges, and evolving into the foremost actress of her generation.
- StarsAkira KamiyaShigeru ChibaTeiyû IchiryûsaiAfter a nuclear war turns Earth into a lawless wasteland, Kenshiro, a practitioner of the deadly master art "Hokuto Shinken", fights a succession of tyrannical warriors to restore order.
- StarsSumi ShimamotoTaeko NakanishiYukiko NashiwaAnime adaption of 1905's children's novel 'A Little Princess'. Sara Crewe arrives in London with her wealthy father to enter Miss Minchin's boarding school for young ladies. Despite an unhappy incident which makes Miss Minchin vexed with her, she leads a contented life until one day, her birthday, the news of the sudden death of her father plunges her into poverty. She is forced to do lowly work for the Seminary and in her situation, she is a welcome target to Miss Minchin and her former fellow pupil Lavinia, who once envied her wealth. But with the help of her friends she made and her own will-power she finds the strength to never give up.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoStarsNobuo TobitaShûichi IkedaHirotaka SuzuokiEight years after the One Year War, the Earth Federation creates an elite force called the Titans to hunt Zeon remnants. When Titans proves to be no better than Zeon, the Anti Earth Union Group (AEUG) is formed to restore peace in space.
- DirectorMasaharu OkuwakiStarsKyôko TongûSaeko ShimazuKeiko HanKei and Yuri travel to a mysterious planet in order to find a missing girl.
- StarsMasako NozawaJôji YanamiBrice ArmstrongSon Gokû, a fighter with a monkey tail, goes on a quest with an assortment of odd characters in search of the Dragon Balls, a set of crystals that can give its bearer anything they desire.
- StarsJanyse JaudShigeru ChibaEllen KennedyThe misadventures of a young student and his landlady's romance.
- StarsHideyuki TanakaTôru FuruyaRyô HorikawaA group a young warriors known as 'Saints', each in possession of a 'cloth' guarded by a different constellation, must protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena as she attempts to keep the Earth from being destroyed by evil forces.
- StarsAkira KamiyaKazue IkuraYôko AsagamiThe adventures of Ryo Saeba, a gun-for-hire living in the Tokyo metropolis, who will take on any dangerous job as long as it involves beautiful women.
- StarsTôru FuruyaHiromi TsuruEriko HaraKyousuke Kasuga is a completely normal Japanese high school student, with two very big problems. The first is his complete and utter inability to choose between two girls, the bright, bubbly, and overbearing Hikaru, and the moody, beautiful, Madoka. The second problem... well... he has telekinesis, and doesn't want anybody to know about it.
- StarsRyô HorikawaHideyuki TanakaKeiko YokozawaLynn's mother passed away when Lynn was only five and she now lives with her father in England who is not always able to be with her so she tries to be a strong person on her own.
- StarsTakeshi KusaoHiroshi TakemuraDaiki NakamuraAfter a thousand years of exile, Talpa, ruler of the Netherworld, returns to claim the Earth as his own. The only thing that can stop him and his minions are five young men and their mystical suits of armor.
- StarsKumiko NishiharaReiko MutôYonehiko KitagawaThis is the second series of Lady Lady. Every year at Lynn's school, an honorable "Lady Quest" is given to the most sophisticated lady. Lynn strives to receive this honor.
- StarsJôji YanamiKyle HebertMasako NozawaThe adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.
- CreatorRumiko TakahashiStarsKappei YamaguchiMegumi HayashibaraNoriko HidakaA girl is involuntarily engaged to a boy who turns female when hit with cold water and male when hit with hot.
- CreatorKazunori ItôYutaka IzubuchiMamoru OshiiStarsMîna TominagaToshio FurukawaMichihiro IkemizuThe misadventures of a police robot pilot squad and its support crew in a futuristic Tokyo.
- DirectorKazuo YoshidaStarsYui AsakaKeiju KobayashiBunta Sugawara
- StarsNoriko HidakaNathan ParsonsJames Arnold TaylorA teen acrobat of mysterious origins and a young inventor find themselves entangled in a sinister plot that involves the fate of the world.