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Anime-related events during the year of 1980
The events of 1980 in anime .
Releases
Released
Title
Type
Studio
Director
Notes
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January 6
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
TV series
Nippon Animation
Hiroshi Saitō
January 7
The Littl' Bits
TV series
Toei Animation
Hiroshi Sasagawa
January 8
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
TV series
Studio Pierrot
Hisayuki Toriumi , Mamoru Oshii
January 9
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey
TV series
Tatsunoko Productions
Masayuki Hayashi
February 2
Invincible Robo Trider G7
TV series
Nippon Sunrise
Katsutoshi Sasaki
February 2
Rescueman
TV series
Tatsunoko Productions
Hiroshi Sasagawa
February 3
Back to the Forest
TV film
Nippon Animation
Yoshio Kuroda
February 4
Monchhichi Twins
TV series
Ashi Productions
Hiroshi Jinsenji
February 15
Lalabel
TV series
Toei Animation
Masahiro Sasaki
March 8
Ashita no Joe: Gekijōban
Film
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Mizuho Nishikubo
March 15
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Film
Shin-Ei Animation
Hiroshi Fukutomi
March 15
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Film
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Osamu Dezaki
March 15
Phoenix 2772
Film
Tezuka Productions , Kobayashi Production , Toho
Taku Sugiyama
March 15
Twelve Months
Film
Toei Animation , Soyuzmultfilm
Kimio Yabuki , Tetsuo Imazawa
March 19
Space Emperor God Sigma
TV series
Toei Animation
Takeyuki Kanda , Katsuhiko Taguchi
April 2
Captain
TV film
Eiken
Tetsu Dezaki
April 6
King Arthur: Prince on White Horse
TV series
Toei Animation
April 7
Tsurikichi Sanpei
TV series
Nippon Animation
Yoshikata Nitta
April 15
Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha
TV series
Ashi Productions
April 26
Toward the Terra
Film
Toei Animation
Hideo Onchi
May 3
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2: Gekitō Pennant Race
Film
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Tsutomu Shibayama
May 8
Space Runaway Ideon
TV series
Sunrise
Yoshiyuki Tomino
June 30
Space Warrior Baldios
TV series
Ashi Productions
Kazuyuki Hirokawa
July 12
Magical Girl Lalabel: the Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation
TV film
Toei Animation
Hiroshi Shidara
July 16
Ganbare Genki
TV series
Toei Animation
Rintaro
July 19
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
Film
Nippon Animation
Isao Takahata , Hajime Okayasu
July 26
Makoto-chan
Film
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Tsutomu Shibayama
August 2
Be Forever Yamato
TV film
Group TAC , Academy Productions
Leiji Matsumoto , Toshio Masuda
August 19
Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned
TV film
Toei Animation
Minoru Okazaki
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August 31
Fumoon
Film
Tezuka Productions
Osamu Tezuka
September 2
Kaibutsu-kun 2
TV series
Shin-Ei Animation
Hiroshi Fukutomi
September 7
Muteking, The Dashing Warrior
TV series
Tatsunoko Production
September 28
Ojamanga Yamada-kun
TV series
Nihon Herald Pictures
Hiromitsu Furukawa
October 1
Astro Boy
TV series
Tezuka Productions
Noburo Ishiguro
October 3
Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō
TV series
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Tetsuo Imazawa
October 11
Space Battleship Yamato III
TV series
Group TAC , Academy Productions
Leiji Matsumoto , Noburo Ishiguro
October 13
Ashita no Joe 2
TV series
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Masayuki Akebi
December 13
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3: Aa Tsuppari Jinsei
Film
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Tsutomu Shibayama
December 20
Chō Ginga Densetsu
Film
Toei Animation
Toshio Takeuchi
See also
References