Anime catalog

Year from: 1981 Year to: 1981 Reset

Found: 84

Urusei Yatsura

TV · 1981 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Not much is notable about the lecherous Ataru Moroboshi, but his extraordinary bad luck sticks out like the horns in an alien's head. When Earth is threatened by a fleet of alien invaders known as the Oni, Ataru is selected to represent humanity in a duel against one of them. It …

★ 7.1

Mobile Suit Gundam I

Kidou Senshi Gundam I

Movie · 1981 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: In the future, with Earth's population rapidly increasing, humanity has developed giant orbiting space colonies gathered in clusters known as "Sides." As the elites on Earth force most of the populace into space, rebellion begins to brew. In the year Universal Century 0079, one o…

★ 7.1

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

Kidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi-hen

Movie · 1981 · Action, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: As the War continues, Amuro and the White Base crew must make their way toward the Earth Federation Headquarters, Jaburo. On their way they meet several new enemies and face off against impossible odds. They fight in Operation Odessa to relieve the Earth from the clutches of the …

★ 7.2

Daicon

DAICON III Opening Animation

Movie · 1981 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: Daicon III Opening Animation An unnamed girl watches as the Science Patrol lands their aircraft. A masked individual exits the ship and approaches the girl, entrusting her with a cup of water and a simple task: to water a radish. The girl enthusiastically accepts her mission but …

★ 6.9

Dr. Slump: Arale-chan

TV · 1981 · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Dr. Slump creates a little android girl, Arale, who is very strong, happy, and totally common senseless. They live in Penguin Village where the strangest things happen (e.g., the dawn is announced by a little pig wearing a basquee) (Source: ANN)

★ 7.3

Taiyou no Kiba Dougram

TV · 1981 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The story is centered around a small group of guerilla freedom fighters on a colonial planet named Deployer, who are known as the "Deployer 7", or "Sun Fang" team. In an unexpected coup, the elected Governor of Deployer becomes dictator and rules Deployer under martial law with t…

★ 7.1

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999: Andromeda Shuuchakueki

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Despite the destruction of the mechanization home world Andromeda, the machine empire is still swept across the galaxy and Earth has become a battleground. Having returned from his journey aboard the train Galaxy Express 999, Tetsurou Hoshino joins the resistance and fights along…

★ 6.8

Ninja Hattori-kun

TV_SHORT · 1981 · Comedy

Synopsis: The everyday Sanyo family gets an unexpected surprise in the shape of a new lodger-Hattori is a ninja boy who has come down from the Iga mountains to attend normal school. Befriending Kenichi Sanyo, who is the same age as he, Hattori starts attending school undercover, occasional…

★ 5.8

Natsu e no Tobira

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: While most of the students at Marion Fiesse's boarding school have left for the summer, Marion and several of his friends have decided to stay on campus. Calling themselves "rationalists," the group prides itself on upstanding behavior, and never letting their emotions get the be…

★ 6.9

Fantastic Adventures of Unico

Unico

Movie · 1981 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Unico the Unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. However, the gods become jealous of Unico, thinking that only gods should be able to decide or let people be happy or not. Unico…

★ 6.4

Go Lion

Hyakujuu-Ou GoLion

TV · 1981 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Golion, a powerful sentient robot, abuses his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. A divine space being punishes Golion for his arrogance and abuse by seperating him into 5 different lion robots. In t…

★ 7.1

Swiss Family Robinson

Kazoku Robinson Hyouryuuki: Fushigi na Shima no Flone

TV · 1981 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: 10-year-old Flone is a very active, tomboyish sort of a girl. One day, her father receives a letter from his English friend who is now in Australia. In the letter, the friend asks her father to come down to Australia because of a serious shortage of doctors. The family decides to…

★ 7.0

Queen Millennia

Shin Taketori Monogatari: 1000-nen Joou

TV · 1981 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The year is 1999. Amamori Hajime is just a normal, everyday elementary school student, trying to study and hanging out with his crazy pals. But then one day as his father is testing a piece of equipment he has been working on, something causes it to blow up, taking the house with…

★ 6.3

Sea Prince and the Fire Child

Sirius no Densetsu

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: Gods once lived on earth, and two siblings, Oceanus - God of Water, and Hyperia - Goddess of Fire, lived in peace and dearly loved each other. However, the God of Wind, Algaroc, become jealous of the pair's happiness, and spread lies and deceit between them until their hatred for…

★ 6.6

Chie the Brat

Jarinko Chie

Movie · 1981 · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Jarinko Chie is a movie directed by Takahata in 1981. Based on the very popular manga by Etsumi HARUKI, it is about ten year old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan", who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. This sounds r…

★ 6.5

Ulysses 31

Uchuu Densetsu Ulysses 31

TV · 1981 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: It is the thirty-first century. Ulysses killed the giant Cyclops when he rescued the children and his son, Telemachus. But the ancient gods of Olympus are angry and threaten a terrible revenge: Ulysses is sentenced to travel through the universe of Olympus with a frozen crew on a…

★ 6.9

Tomorrow's Joe 2 the Movie

Ashita no Joe 2 (Movie)

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: It has been six months since the tragic accident in Joe and Rikiishi's fight. Joe believes he has overcomed Rikiishi's death and decides to make a comeback. Joe does make a successful comeback by scoring 5 KO's by body blows. Joe is then given a shot at the national title as a me…

★ 6.6

Doraemon the Movie: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer

Doraemon: Nobita no Uchuu Kaitakushi

Movie · 1981 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Nobita has been having a weird dream about a boy named Roppel and his strange companion Chami traveling in space. By a twist of fate, he met them in person where it turns out that they are real and that they were being pursued in space, causing their space vehicle to malfunction,…

★ 6.6

GoShogun

Sengoku Majin Goushougun

TV · 1981 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A meteor strikes the Earth and is found to emanate a powerful new energy called Beamler, which is used to power a battle robot, GoShogun, and a teleporting fortress, Good Thunder. The Docougar Crime Syndicate, lead by crime lord Neo Neros, try to steal the secret of the energy fr…

★ 6.7

Galaxy Cyclone Braiger

Ginga Senpuu Braiger

TV · 1981 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: In the year 2111, the solar system has been colonized. The colonized moons and planets are lawless and the police are helpless. In order to battle the evil within the solar system, Isaac Godonov creates J9, made up of himself, Blaster Kid, Stephen Bowie, and Angel Omachi. They ar…

★ 7.0

Tiger Mask Nisei

TV · 1981 · Sports

Synopsis: Second season to the original Tiger Mask, with a different cast of characters.

★ 6.6

Hello! Sandybell

TV · 1981 · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: Sandybell is a playful girl from Scotland. She is happy even if her mum died when she was little. Past secrets begin to reveal after Sandybell gets a white lily from a rich lady. After a tragic act Sandybell moves to London where she is trying to find clues to her past. (Source: …

★ 6.2

Swan Lake

Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Mizuumi

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: When Prince Siegfried spots a beautiful swan with a crown on its head, for some reason he feels compelled to follow it. He discovers that the swan is, in fact, a princess named Odette, who is under a wizard's curse that causes her to become a swan by day. The wizard, Rothbart, wa…

★ 5.0

Miss Machiko

Maicching Machiko Sensei

TV · 1981 · Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Machiko Mai is the newest teacher at Asama Elementary; she's young, beautiful, and has the perfect proportions—traits that attract the attention of not only her students, but the rest of the perverted faculty as well. Whether it's luring her in and spraying up her skirt with a ho…