Anime catalog

Year from: 1989 Year to: 1989 Reset

Found: 188

Dragon Ball Z

TV · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Five years after winning the World Martial Arts tournament, Gokuu is now living a peaceful life with his wife and son. This changes, however, with the arrival of a mysterious enemy named Raditz who presents himself as Gokuu's long-lost brother. He reveals that Gokuu is a descenda…

★ 8.1

Kiki's Delivery Service

Majo no Takkyuubin

Movie · 1989 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Kiki, a 13-year-old witch-in-training, must spend a year living on her own in a distant town in order to become a full-fledged witch. Leaving her family and friends, Kiki undertakes this tradition when she flies out into the open world atop her broomstick with her black cat Jiji.…

★ 7.5

Ranma ½

Ranma 1/2

TV · 1989 · Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Ranma Saotome is a top-class martial artist and prodigy at the Saotome "Anything-Goes" school of martial arts. While training in China, he and his father meet a terrible fate when they accidentally fall into a cursed spring. Now, Ranma is cursed to turn into a girl when splashed …

★ 6.2

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

Dragon Ball Z: Ora no Gohan wo Kaese!!

Movie · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Piccolo is training at a barren cliff when a handful of mysterious enemies attacks and defeats him. These same enemies then go to Mount Paozu to steal Gohan Son's "Dragon Ball." Upon arrival, not only do they defeat Gokuu Son's spouse and father-in-law—Chi-Chi and Gyumao, respect…

★ 8.0

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou

OVA · 1989 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: Alfred Izuruha is a 10-year-old who lives in the neutral colony cluster of Side 6 and, like most boys his age, is obsessed with the war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. Unbeknownst to him, Al's next-door neighbor, Christina, is the test pilot of a protot…

★ 7.6

Patlabor: The Movie

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: The Movie

Movie · 1989 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Babylon Project is a massive renovation of Tokyo's neighborhoods, including the creation of artificial islands in the Bay. Utilizing "Labors," or robots created for the express purpose of doing work, architects and construction crews are able to more efficiently progress deve…

★ 7.6

Patlabor the Mobile Police

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor ON TELEVISION

TV · 1989 · Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the future, advanced robotics has created heavy robots ("labors") for use in a variety of functions: construction, fire-fighting, military, and more. However, though the robots are only machines, their operators are also only human—and humans sometimes turn to crime. Since a h…

★ 7.7

Ranma ½ (1989)

Ranma 1/2: Nettou-hen

TV · 1989 · Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Ranma Saotome, the boy who turns into a girl with a splash of water, always has his hands full fending off crazed admirers. One of the most fanatical is Shampoo, a girl from a tribe of Chinese Amazons who tried to kill girl Ranma, was defeated by boy Ranma, and then proposes marr…

★ 6.9

Riding Bean

OVA · 1989 · Action, Comedy, Thriller

Synopsis: Bean Bandit and his partner Rally Vincent are couriers for hire - transporting clients and delivering goods in his custom sports car "Roadbuster" for a hefty price. But when they are hired to escort a kidnapped girl named Chelsea to her home, they don't realize they're being fram…

★ 5.6

Angel Cop

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Sometime in the future, terrorism in Japan has become commonplace, and the police have become almost as brutal as criminals. A member of the Special Security Force known as Angel, is the best of the best, stopping at nothing in her fight for justice. Things get interesting for An…

★ 7.1

YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

TV · 1989 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future. Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial a…

★ 5.9

Baoh the Visitor

Baoh Raihousha

OVA · 1989 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: An innocent young man, Ikuroo, has a parasite known as Baoh implanted in his brain by an evil organization, Doress. The parasite makes him nearly immortal and gives him the ability to transform into a really powerful beastie when he's in trouble. Doress intends to use him in some…

★ 6.5

The Five Star Stories

Five Star Stories

Movie · 1989 · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Amaterasu is the god of light, the future emperor of the Joker Star System. Under the guise of young mecha conceptor Ladios Sopp, he is compelled by an old friend, Dr Ballanche, to save his two latest Fatimas Lachesis and Clotho. And so began the stories of the Joker System, as w…

★ 6.7

Venus Wars

Venus Senki

Movie · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the 21st century, mankind lives on two worlds. Following the collision of an ice asteroid, massive terraforming has made Venus a planet now capable of supporting life. Colonists from Earth tamed the hostile world and have thrived for four generations. But they also brought the…

★ 7.5

City Hunter 3

TV · 1989 · Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" know as the City Hunter. He and his sidekick Kaori Makimura are hired to solve problems that the police can't (or won't) handle. When he's not keeping the streets of Tokyo clean, Ryo is chasing the ladies, and Kaori chases after him with a giant anti-ecch…

★ 7.3

Long Life To The Ancestors

Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!

OVA · 1989 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Yomota family is small and typical: father Kinekuni (42), mother Tamiko (38), and son Inumaru (17). One day, a beautiful girl appears at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ances…

★ 4.3

Cipher

CIPHER

OVA · 1989 · Drama, Music

Synopsis: Two brothers are in the spotlight: one a movie star making a football movie, the other a musician who occasionally goes to school (to cover for his sibling). What will destiny bring them?

★ 6.2

Midnight Eye Goku

MIDNIGHT EYE: Gokuu

OVA · 1989 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Private investigator Gokuu Fuurinji is well-acquainted with Tokyo's underbelly. When he notices that every detective investigating arms dealer Genji Hakuryu has died under suspicious circumstances, Gokuu knows he is the only man for the job. Discovering the existence of modified …

★ 6.7

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (1989)

OVA · 1989 · Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Shou and his friend, Tetsurou, stumble upon a strange orb-like mechanism, the Guyver Unit, in the woods. It physically bonds with Shou and turns him into the alien soldier, Guyver. His mission is to protect the Guyver Unit from the Japanese corporation known as Chronos. They are …

★ 6.4

Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle

Saint Seiya: Saishuu Seisen no Senshi-tachi

Movie · 1989 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Lucifer has been awoken from his eternal slumber by the spirits of Eris, Abel and Poseidon. He has come to kill Athena and fulfill his heart's burning desire: becoming the strongest of all the gods. (Source: ANN)

★ 7.0

Shin Captain Tsubasa

OVA · 1989 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Shin Captain Tsubasa takes place at the International Jr. Youth tournament (U-16) in Paris, France. After defeating the Argentina Jr. Youth, Italy Jr. Youth and France Jr. Youth teams, Japan Jr. Youth reaches the final against the powerful West Germany Jr. Youth team. The giant g…

★ 5.4

Legend of Lemnear

Legend of Lemnear: Kyokuguro no Tsubasa Valkisas

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Ecchi

Synopsis: The young and beautiful Lemnear's home village is destroyed and her brother is taken away. Lemnear swears to kill the evil wizard Gardin who is responsible for the disaster. With her allies Lemnear goes on a journey to take her revenge. She doesn't know, though, that there is som…

★ 6.6

Lupin the 3rd: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty - Kiki Ippatsu!

Special · 1989 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: In this adventure, Lupin III tries to erase the files about him in the world police network. He finds out about the Ultravirus, a computer virus that controls all others and its location is only known by a little kid. Meanwhile, he steals the Statue of Liberty to look for a diamo…

★ 5.7

Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma

Youma

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Horror

Synopsis: A terrible war has ravaged the land, and now, fueled by the blood of numerous fallen warriors the Yoma, demons from hell, emerge once more. A skilled ninja seeks to end the bloodshed these demons inflict upon humanity, but to do this he must fight against his undead former best f…