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The following events occurred in the field of anime in the year 1981.
| Released
|
Title
|
Type
|
Studio
|
Director
|
Notes
|
Ref
|
| January 4 |
The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island |
TV series |
Nippon Animation |
Yoshio Kuroda |
|
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| February 7 |
Hashire Melos! |
Film |
Toei Animation |
Tomoharu Katsumata |
|
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| 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 |
|
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| 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 |
|
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| 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 |
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