The following is a list of Japanese television programs by date of first broadcast in Japan. For an alphabetical list, see:

List of Japanese television series This is a list of Japanese television series. The programs are listed alphabetically and are followed by the genre of the show and the date of the original run. For a chronological list, see List of Japanese television programs by date. 0&ndash ...

1960s

1960

*February 1 – ''

Tetsujin 28-go , known as simply ''Tetsujin 28'' in international releases, is a 1956 manga written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created '' Giant Robo''. The series centers on the adventures of a young boy named Shotaro Kaneda, who ...

1961

*April 3 – ''

Minna no Uta , literally ''Everyone's Songs'' (English title: ''Songs for Everyone''), is a five-minute NHK TV and radio program which is broadcast several times daily. The program started on April 3, 1961. It is one of NHK's long-running programs. The pr ...

'' * May 1 – '' Instant History''

1962

*June 25 – ''

Otogi Manga Calendar , also known as was a black and white Japanese anime series that aired from 1961 to 1964. It is the first anime television series. Story The show was about historical events through a character who was not aware of "what happened on this day ...

1963

*January 1 – ''

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan by its original name , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 '' tankōbon'' ...

'' *September 4 – ''

Sennin Buraku is a manga series by Kō Kojima which ran in the adult magazine ''Weekly Asahi Geinō'', published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan. It is the longest running comic with only one artist, being published weekly since October 1956, and the longest-r ...

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8 Man or or is a manga and superhero anime created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. 8 Man is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, pre-dating ''Kamen Rider.'' The manga was published ...

1964

*June 7 – ''

Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru , also known as ''Samurai Kid'', is a Japanese anime series produced by Toei Animation. 65 episodes aired from 7 June 1964 until 31 August 1965. It tells the story of a ninja's pupil that controlled the wind. It was based on the manga by ...

'' *August 3 – ''

Big X is a science fiction manga series and an anime series by Osamu Tezuka, based on actual experiments conducted by the Nazis to create secret weapons toward the end of World War II. The anime, which was Tokyo Movie Shinsha's first work, is c ...

1965

*April 4 – '' Dolphin Prince'' *May 8 – ''

Space Ace ''Space Ace'' is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the '' Dragon's Lair'' game, followed b ...

'' *June 3 – '' Prince Planet'' *June 6 – ''

The Amazing 3 ''The Amazing 3'', or , is a Japanese comic series and a black-and-white Japanese animated television series created by Osamu Tezuka in the 1960s. It involves the adventures of three agents from outer space who are sent to Earth to determ ...

'' *August 29 – ''

Obake no Q-tarō is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio and later Fujiko F. FujioThe series was written under "Fujiko Fujio" initially. When Fujiko F. Fujio and Fujiko A. Fujio decided to separate, Fujiko F. Fujio took over this series. about the ...

'' *October 6 – ''

Kimba the White Lion ''Kimba the White Lion'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese '' shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka which was serialized in the '' Manga Shōnen'' magazine from November 1950 to April 1954. An anime based on ...

1966

*February 5 – ''

Osomatsu-kun is a comedy manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' magazine from 1962 to 1969. The series revolves around a group of sextuplet brothers who cause all sorts of mischief. It has been adapted into ...

'' *March 7 – ''

Marude Dameo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenji Morita ( 森田拳次). The series stars an elementary school boy named , who has little success with anything he tries, and a robot named , which is good with housekeeping. It was ...

'' *October 1 – '' Robotan'' *October 5 – '' New Jungle Emperor: Go Ahead Leo!'' *October 6 – '' Hang On! Marine Kid'' *December 5 – ''

Sally the Witch , also known as ''Sunny the Witch'', is one of the popular anime magical girls of what would eventually become a genre in Japan. Due to its characteristics, it may be considered the first shōjo anime as well; while titles such as ''Him ...

'' *December 31 – '' King of the World: The King Kong Show'' * '' Leo the Lion'' * '' Ninja Hattori-kun Ninja Hattori-kun + Ninja Monster Jippou''

1967

*January 7 – ''

Gokū no Daibōken is a Japanese anime series that was directed by Gisaburō Sugii is a Japanese anime director and Nihonga artist. He is best known for his work as director of the ''Touch'' series, the movie adaptation of the '' Arashi no Yoru ni'' childr ...

'' *April 1 – ''

Ōgon Bat is a Japanese superhero created by Suzuki Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu in 1931 who originally debuted in a ''kamishibai'' (paper theater). Ōgon Bat is considered by some to be the world's first superhero, and is a precursor to later superhero c ...

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Perman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist duo Fujiko Fujio about a clumsy boy, Mitsuo Suwa, who is chosen to apprentice to a powerful superhero to save the world along with other superheroes. The manga series ...

'' *April 2 – '' Princess Knight'' *April 2 – ''

Speed Racer ''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese media franchise about Auto racing, automobile racing. ''Mach GoGoGo'' was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun W ...

'' *April 5 – '' King Kong & 001/7 Tom Thumb'' *October 7 – ''

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1968

*January 3 – ''

GeGeGe no Kitarō , originally known as , is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as ''yōkai'', a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters ...

'' *March 30 – '' Star of the Giants'' *April 5 – ''

Cyborg 009 is a Japanese science fiction manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in many different Japanese magazines, including '' Monthly Shōnen King'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', '' Shōnen Big Comic'', ''COM'', ' ...

'' *April 21 – '' Kaibutsu-kun'' *October 2 – ''

Dokachin the Primitive Boy is an anime created by Tatsunoko Productions and often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu is a nickname for Tatsuo) and " sea dragon", the inspiration f ...

'' *October 3 – ''

Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Sabu may refer to: Film and comics *Sabu, Japanese name of 1966 Speed Racer's mechanic in original manga and its anime adaptation *Sabu, 1971 character in Chacha Chaudhary Indian comic books * ''Sabu'' (film), 2002 Japanese period drama directed b ...

'' *October 7 – '' Yōkai Ningen Bem''

1969

*January 6 – ''

Himitsu no Akko-chan is a popular pioneering magical girl manga and anime that ran in Japan during the 1960s. The manga was drawn and written by Fujio Akatsuka, and was published in '' Ribon'' from 1962 to 1965. It predates the '' Mahōtsukai Sunny'' ( ...

'' *January 13 – '' Undersea Boy Marine'' *April 2 – ''

Judo Boy is a Japanese anime television series created by Tatsuo Yoshida and directed by Ippei Kuri. The series aired on Fuji TV from April 2, 1969, to September 24, 1969, totaling 26 episodes. Two manga adaptations were created, the first publish ...

'' *April 4 – ''

Mōretsu Atarō is a Japanese comedy manga series written by Fujio Akatsuka. It was serialized from 1967 to 1970 in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday''. Two anime television adaptations were produced by Toei Doga (now known as Toei Animation), and aired TV Asahi (t ...

'' *April 6 – ''

Dororo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka's childhood memory of his friends pronouncing as ''dororo'' inspired the title of the series. ''Dororo'' was first serialized in Shogakukan's ''W ...

'' *April 6 – ''

Kamui the Ninja is a manga series written and drawn by Sanpei Shirato. Set in feudal Japan, it tells the story of a low-born ninja who has fled his clan. The series combines historical adventure with social commentary and themes of oppression and rebelli ...

'' *October 2 – ''

Tiger Mask is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji. The series was first published in Kodansha's ''Bokura Magazine'' from 1968 to 1970 and was later published in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1970 to ...

'' *October 5 – ''

The Genie Family is an anime television series by Tatsunoko Productions. that originally ran from October 1969 to September 1970, with a total of 52 episodes on Fuji TV. It tells the story of a boy who finds a bottle with a mysterious power - each time its ...

'' *October 5 – ''

Moomin The Moomins ( sv, Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white ...

'' *October 5 – ''

Sazae-san is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the ''Asahi Shimbun'' wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for the ...

'' *October 7 – '' Flower Action 009ノ1'' *December 7 – '' Attack No. 1''

1970s

1970

*April 1 – ''

Ashita no Joe is a Japanese boxing manga series written by Asao Takamori (a pen name of Japanese author and manga writer Ikki Kajiwara, and one that's a variation on his real name) and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. The story follows a young man named ...

'' *April 7 – ''

The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' *April 13 – ''

Akaki Chi no Eleven is manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara with drawings by Mitsuyoshi Sonoda. An anime adaption directed by Ken Yamada and produced by Kimio Ikeda, Hiroshi Mishima and Takahashi Noboyuki for Tokyo TV Doga aired between 1970 and 1971, which cons ...

'' *October 4 – ''

Inakappe Taishō is Japanese manga series by Noboru Kawasaki and serialized by Shogakukan in '' Shogakukan no Gakushū Zasshi''. The manga series won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award. An anime adaptation was created by Tatsunoko Productions. Daizaemon makes ...

'' *October 5 – '' Norakuro'' *November 2 – '' Mahō no Mako-chan''

1971

*January 1 – ''

Hyppo and Thomas is an anime created by Tatsunoko Productions. Thomas is a cunning bird who sponges on Kaba, the good-natured hippopotamus. Although Thomas is a dependent, living in Hyppo's big mouth, he always acts lordly and tries to outsmart his simplemind ...

'' *January 3 – '' Andersen Monogatari'' *January 5 – ''

Daichūshingura (Dai Chushingura) is a Japanese television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in th ...

'' *April 8 – ''

Wandering Sun , also known as ''Nozomi in the Sun'', is a Japanese manga series written by Keisuke Fujikawa and illustrated by Mayumi Suzuki. It also received an anime adaptation by Mushi Productions which ran for 26 episodes in 1971. Both Yoshiyuki ...

'' *September 25 – ''

Tensai Bakabon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujio Akatsuka, which began publication on April 9, 1967, in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. It is about the misadventures of a dim-witted boy (Bakabon) and his idiotic father, the latte ...

'' *October 3 – '' Marvelous Melmo'' *October 4 – ''

Sarutobi Ecchan known in some countries as ''Hela Supergirl'', is a Japanese manga series by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was originally named , but was changed in 1971 when Toei Animation adapted it into an anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn a ...

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'' *October 24 – ''

Lupin The Third Part I ''Lupin the 3rd Part I: The Classic Adventures'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment. Part of the ''Lupin III'' franchise, it is the first anime television adaptation of the ''Lupin III'' manga series created b ...

'' *September 1 – '' Shin Obake no Q-tarō''

1972

*January 4 – '' Pinocchio: The Series'' *January 9 – ''

New Moomin is the second anime television series adaptation of the Moomin book series by the Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson. It is a remake of the 1969-1970 ''Moomin'' series, which was loosely based on the books. It was produced in 1972 by ...

'' *April 1 – '' Triton of the Sea'' *April 3 – ''

Mahōtsukai Chappy (shortly known as ''Chappy'') is an anime series that debuted in TV Asahi (then known as NET, or Nihon Educational Television) in 1972. It is the fifth magical girl anime in history (the sixth if one counts Osamu Tezuka's Marvelous Melmo), an ...

'' *July 8 – ''

Devilman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called " Amon" with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to batt ...

'' *October 1 – ''

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman is a Japanese animated franchise about a five-member superhero ninja team created by Tatsuo Yoshida and produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The original anime series, which debuted in 1972, was eponymously entitled ''Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatcham ...

'' *October 4 – ''

Astroganger is a Japanese Super Robot anime series created by Knack Productions. It consisted of 26 episodes and originally aired from October 4, 1972, to March 28, 1973. Plot An alien woman named Maya crash-lands on Earth. Her homeworld was destroyed by ...

'' *October 5 – ''

Tamagon the Counselor , also known as ''Eggzavier the Eggasaurus'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Tatsunoko Productions. The series was paired with '' Hyppo and Thomas'' as part of ''Tic Tac Toons.'' Synopsis Tatsunoko's description of the seri ...

'' *October 7 – '' Dokonjō Gaeru'' *December 3 – ''

Mazinger Z is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later was reissued in Kodansha ''TV Magazin ...

1973

*January 1 – ''

Babel II is a Japanese 1971 manga series by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was translated into an animated format in 1973 as a television series, in 1992 as an original video animation series and in 2001 as a thirteen-episode television series. Yokoyama' ...

'' *January 2 – '' Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog'' *January 7 – ''

Fables of the Green Forest is an anime television series based on a series of books published in the 1910s and 1920s by Thornton W. Burgess which ran on the Japanese network Fuji Television from 7 January 1973 to 30 December 1973. It consists of 52 episodes and was pr ...

'' *April 1 – ''

Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ''tankōbon'' volumes and ...

'' *April 2 – ''

Little Wansa is a mascot for Sanwa Bank designed by Osamu Tezuka. It was later turned into a manga series by Tezuka and an anime series from 1973. The hero of Wansa-kun was Wansa, a puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends much of the ...

'' *September 24 – ''

Edo o Kiru or ''Slashing Edo'' was a popular ''jidaigeki'' on Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System. During the decades from its 1973, premiere until 1994, finale, 214 episodes aired. It lasted through eight series, with several casts and settings. It ran on Mon ...

'' *October 1 – ''

Miracle Girl Limit-chan is a Japanese magical girl anime television series consisting in 25 episodes. It was directed by Takeshi Tamiya and Masayuki Akehi, and it was first broadcast on TV Asahi (then NET) in 1973. Based on an original story by Shinji Nagashima a ...

'' *October 2 – ''

Casshan ''Casshan'', also known in Japan as , is an anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida in 1973. The ''Casshern'' franchise also includes a 1993 original video animation titled '' Casshan: Robot Hunter'', and a 2004 ...

'' *October 3 – '' Karate Baka Ichidai'' *October 4 – '' Dororon Enma-kun'' *October 5 – ''

Aim for the Ace! ''Aim for the Ace!'', known in Japan as , is a manga series written and illustrated by Sumika Yamamoto. The series tells the story of Hiromi Oka, a high school student who wants to become a professional tennis player as she struggles ag ...

'' *October 13 – ''

Cutie Honey is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. First appearing in ''Weekly Shōnen Champions 41st issue of 1973, the series ran until April 1974. It follows an android girl named Honey Kisaragi, who trans ...

1974

*January 6 – ''

Heidi, Girl of the Alps is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Eizo and is based on the novel '' Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning'' by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata and features contributions by numerous other anime fi ...

'' *April 1 – ''

Chargeman Ken! is a science fiction anime series created by Tetsuji Suzukawa and Eiji Tanaka and animated by Knack Productions (now ICHI Corporation). It was directed by Noboru Miura and written by Masaaki Wakuda, Toyohiro Andō and Yoshio Tamado, with the ...

'' *April 1 – ''

Majokko Megu-chan is a popular magical girl anime series. The manga was created by Tomô Inoue and Makiho Narita, while the 72-episode anime series was produced by Toei Animation between 1974 and 1975. This series is considered an important forerunner of the pr ...

'' *April 2 – ''

Dame Oyaji is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Furuya. It was serialized by Shogakukan in '' Shōnen Sunday'' from September 23, 1970 (issue 43) to July 28, 1982 (issue 30). ''Dame Oyaji'' received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga ...

'' *April 3 – ''

Vicky the Viking ''Vicky the Viking'', known as ''Wickie und die starken Männer'' () in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It ...

'' *April 4 – ''

Getter Robo is a Japanese mecha media franchise created by Ken Ishikawa and Go Nagai. An anime television series produced by Toei Animation was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 4, 1974, to May 8, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes. The manga was seria ...

'' *April 4 – ''

New Honeybee Hutch is an anime cartoon series and a sequel to '' The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee''. Plot The sequel starts some time after the events of the first series, as Hutch and his sister, Aya, lose their mother, the Queen Bee, after an attack of ...

'' *April 5 – ''

Hoshi no Ko Chobin is a Japanese anime television series consisting of 26 episodes. It was created by Shotaro Ishinomori and directed by Rintaro. The anime series produced by Studio Zero was broadcast on TBS between 5 April and 27 September 1974. A manga ve ...

'' *September 8 – ''

Great Mazinger is a Japanese manga comic book and anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai. The story is a sequel and direct continuation of '' Mazinger Z'' series after its initial success. The series was aired on Japanese television in 1974, ...

'' *October 4 – '' Ganbare!! Robocon'' *October 4 – ''

Hurricane Polymar is a Japanese anime and OVA series produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The show was created by Tatsuo Yoshida, who had produced many of Tatsunoko's series. Other romanizations of the name include ''Hurricane Polymer'', and ''Hariken Polyma ...

'' *October 5 – '' First Human Giatrus'' *October 6 – ''

The Song of Tentomushi is manga series by Noboru Kawasaki published from 1973 to 1975 by Shogakukan in their elementary school study magazines in the ''Shogakukan no Gakushō Zasshi'' series. The manga was collected in four volumes. An anime series adapted from th ...

'' *October 6 – ''

Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series produced and written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975 ...

'' *October 15 – '' Calimero''

1975

*January 5 – '' Dog of Flanders'' *April 1 – ''

Maya the Honey Bee is an anime television series produced first by Zuiyo Enterprise and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation of Osaka. After the first 6 episodes, Zuiyo Enterprise would split into Zuiyo Company and Nippon Animation, which retained the rights of th ...

'' *April 4 – ''

Brave Raideen is a super robot anime series. Produced by Tohokushinsha, Asahi News Agency and Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise), it aired on Nihon Educational Television (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a total of 50 episodes. Th ...

'' *April 4 – ''

La Seine no Hoshi is Japanese anime series by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise), which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV from April 4, 1975 and finished its run on December 26, 1975, spanning a total of 39 episodes. The title translates to English as "The Star o ...

'' *April 5 – ''

Don Chuck Monogatari is a Japanese anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. Howev ...

'' *April 7 – '' Ganba no Bōken'' *May 15 – ''

Getter Robo G , known as ''Starvengers'' in the United States, is a super robot anime series by Toei Animation based on ''Hundred Demons Empire'' arc of ''Getter Robo'' manga by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa. This direct sequel to ''Getter Robo'' was broadc ...

'' *July 2 – '' Tekkaman: The Space Knight'' *October 1 – '' Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures'' *October 3 – ''

Kum-Kum is a Japanese animated television series, consisting of 26 episodes. The plot and characters were created by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and it was directed by Rintaro and first broadcast on TBS between 3 October 1975 and 26 March 1976. The name wa ...

'' *October 4 – ''

Time Bokan is a Japanese anime series first aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1975 to December 25, 1976 throughout Japan every Saturday at 6:30pm, with a total of 61 30-minute episodes. It was produced by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft ...

'' *October 5 – ''

Grendizer , known as '' Grandizer'' in the United States, is a Japanese Super Robot anime television series and manga created by manga artist Go Nagai. It is the third entry in the ''Mazinger'' series, however it is non-canon due to '' Mazinger Z: ...

'' *October 5 – '' Steel Jeeg'' *October 6 – ''

The Adventures of Pepero is a 26-episode anime television series created by Tatsuya Ono and Sumio Takahashi and aired on the NET Network from 1975-10-06 to 1976-03-29 in Japan. It has since been then translated and broadcast in several languages worldwide. The sto ...

'' *October 6 – '' Ganso Tensai Bakabon'' *October 7 – ''

Laura, the Prairie Girl is a Japanese anime television series based on the novels ''Little House in the Big Woods'' and ''Little House on the Prairie'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Twenty-six half-hour episodes were released between 1975 and 1976. Characters ; Laura Ingal ...

'' *October 15 – '' Ikkyū-san''

1976

*January 2 – '' Huckleberry no Bōken'' *January 4 – ''

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother is a Japanese animated television series directed by Isao Takahata that aired in 1976. It is loosely based on a small part of the Italian novel ''Heart'' (') created by Edmondo De Amicis, i.e., a monthly tale (''racconto mensile'') ''From t ...

'' *April 1 – ''

Gaiking is a Japanese Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as ''Dino-Mecha Gaiking'' or simply ''Gaiking''. It ran from April 1976 through January 1977 and co ...

'' *April 4 – ''

Gowappa 5 Gōdam is a Japanese Mecha anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and aired in 1976. There were 36 episodes. It is the second installment to Takara's ''Magne-Robo'' Franchise. Outline ''Gowappa'' was the first super robot anime to feature ...

'' *April 6 – '' UFO Warrior Dai Apolon'' *April 17 – ''

Chōdenji Robo Combattler V ''Combattler V'', full name , is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Toei Dōga and animated by Soeisha (later renamed as Nippon Sunrise) that aired from 1976 to 1977. It is the first part of the ''Robot Romance Trilogy'' o ...

'' *April 27 – '' Piccolino no Bōken'' *July 1 – ''

Groizer X is an anime series aired from 1976 to 1977. There were 36 episodes. It is also referred to as ''Gloyzer X'' and ''Gloizer X''. Story The Gaira aliens, hidden in the Arctic, plan to conquer Earth. Captured and forced to work for the aliens, ...

'' *July 5 – ''

Blocker Gundan 4 Machine Blaster is an anime series aired from 1976 to 1977 in Japan. There are 38 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is also known as "''Blocker Army IV Machine Blaster''", "''Blocker Corps IV''", "''Blocker Army IV''", "''Blocker Corps''", "''Machine B ...

'' *September 5 – ''

Magne Robo Gakeen is a Japanese anime television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisemen ...

'' *October 1 – ''

Candy Candy is a Japanese series created by Kyoko Mizuki. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardley is a blonde girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long hair, worn in pigtails with bows. ''Candy Candy'' first appeared as a man ...

'' *October 1 – ''

Hoka Hoka Kazoku is a Japanese anime television series which aired weekdays on the Fuji TV Network in Japan between October 1, 1976, and March 31, 1982, for a total of 1428 five-minute episodes. It was sponsored by the National Federation of Agricultural Co-o ...

'' *October 3 – ''

Little Lulu and Her Little Friends is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, based on Little Lulu comic by US cartoonist Marjorie Henderson Buell (Marge). The series was animated and directed by Fumio Kurokawa. Plot The series follows the everyday ...

'' *October 3 – '' Paul's Miraculous Adventure'' *October 6 – '' Dokaben''

1977

*January 1 – '' Time Bokan Series Yatterman'' *January 2 – ''

Rascal the Raccoon is a Japanese animated series by Nippon Animation. It is based on the 1963 autobiographical novel '' Rascal, A Memoir of a Better Era'' by Sterling North. In the past, Rascal, the popular fictional raccoon character in a kid's anime, manife ...

'' *February 3 – ''

Jetter Mars is an anime series directed by Rintaro and written by Osamu Tezuka. Originally planned by Tezuka as a full-color remake of the original anime adaptation of his popular manga series ''Astro Boy'', unfavorable circumstances during the pre-prod ...

'' *March 3 – '' Mechander Robo'' *March 6 – ''

Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace is a Japanese science fiction anime series created by Leiji Matsumoto with Dan Kobayashi. ''Danguard Ace'' is Matsumoto's only contribution to the mecha genre. Synopsis Danguard Ace takes place on a future Earth in which natural resource ...

'' *March 18 – ''

Daitetsujin 17 is a 1977 ''tokusatsu'' series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It revolves around a giant battle robot commanded by a young boy who fights the giant robots of an evil organization bent on world conquest. It is similar to '' ...

'' *April 3 – '' Ganbaron'' *April 4 – ''

Attack on Tomorrow was an anime series aired in 1977 in Japan. There were 23 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is often mistakenly believed to be a spinoff of the earlier and more popular, series '' Attack No. 1'' (1969-1971), due in part to the involvement ...

'' *April 9 – '' Chōgattai Majutsu Robo Ginguiser'' *June 4 – ''

Chōdenji Machine Voltes V , popularly known as simply ''Voltes V '' (pronounced as "Voltes Five") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Dōga and animated by Nippon Sunrise (formerly known as Soeisha). It is the second installment of the ''Robot Ro ...

'' *June 7 – '' Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac'' *July 3 – ''

Chojin Sentai Barattack is a Japanese mecha anime produced by Toei Animation, and is the final installment to Takara's ''Magne-Robo'' Franchise. It follows the adventures of five teenagers as they fight against an evil alien force using the titular combining mecha, ...

'' *September 18 – ''

Ippatsu Kanta-kun ''Ippatsu Kanta-kun'' is a Japanese anime series created by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft. Along with Temple the Balloonist, it was one of the last works for which Tatsunoko co-founder Tatsuo Yoshida was credited as a creato ...

'' *September 22 – '' Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix'' *October 1 – '' Shin Kyoujin no Hoshi'' *October 1 – '' Temple the Balloonist'' *October 2 – '' Nobody's Boy: Remi'' *October 3 – ''

Lupin III Part II ''Lupin the 3rd Part II'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment. Part of the ''Lupin III'' franchise, it is the second anime television adaptation of the ''Lupin III'' manga series created by Monkey Punch. Althou ...

'' *October 8 – ''

Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 is a Super Robot anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshitake Suzuki, featuring character design by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and produced by Sunrise. It was first broadcast on Japanese TV in 1977. The series lasted for 23 episodes. Stor ...

'' *October 17 – ''

Dinosaur War Izenborg is a Japanese television program produced by Tsuburaya Productions that aired from 1977 to 1978 on TV Tokyo. It combined Tsuburaya's trademark suitmation tokusatsu techniques with anime. The show ran for 39 episodes. Plot Dinosaurs reappea ...

'' *October 29 – '' Wakakusa no Charlotte'' *December 13 – ''

Angie Girl is a 1977 Japanese animated television series produced by Nippon Animation. Plot The first scene opens with a letter of arrival from Sherlock Holmes' niece, Angie Islington, a young 12-year-old noble girl who loves to investigate cases. ...

'' *December 23 – '' Yakyū-kyō no Uta''

1978

*January 1 – ''

The Story of Perrine is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is the fourth production in the ''World Masterpiece Theater'' series (''Calpis Family Theater'' back then). It is based on the French novel '' En Famille'' by Hector Malot. The original aired ...

'' *January 7 – ''

Abarenbō Shōgun (Abarenbō Shōgun) was a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa ''shōgun''. The program started in 1978 under the title '' ...

'' *March 6 – ''

Majokko Tickle , also known as ''Magical Girl Tickle'' or ''Tickle the Witch Girl'', is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier (and more popular) '' Cutie Honey'', ''Majokko Tickle'' is closer to the more traditional mo ...

'' *March 14 – ''

Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. It was serialized in ''Play Comic'' from 1977 to 1979, with the chapters collected into five ''tankōbon'' volumes by Akita Shoten. The series follows the titular Capt ...

'' *April 1 – ''

Tōshō Daimos is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Dōga and animated by Nippon Sunrise, directed by Tadao Nagahama as his last work. It is the third and final installment of the ''Robot Romance Trilogy'', following '' Chōdenji Robo Co ...

'' *April 2 – '' Starzinger'' *April 4 – ''

Future Boy Conan , also known as ''Conan, The Boy in Future'', is a Japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction anime series. It is an adaptation of American science-fiction writer Alexander Key's 1970 novel ''The Incredible Tide''. It was broadcast for twent ...

'' *April 10 – '' Ikkyū-san'' *May 17 – '' Spider-Man'' *June 3 – '' Haikara-san ga Tōru'' *June 3 – ''

Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 , also known as ''The Unchallengeable Daitarn 3'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate, and animated by Sunrise. It was first broadcast on Japanese TV in 1978. The series lasted for 40 episodes. T ...

'' *July 4 – '' The Adventures of the Little Prince'' *September 14 – ''

Galaxy Express 999 is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer ...

'' *October 1 – '' Gatchaman II'' *October 3 – ''

The Yagyu Conspiracy is a Japanese television jidaigeki (period drama) that was broadcast from 1978 to 1979. It is adapted from the 1978 film ''Shogun's Samurai'' starring Sonny Chiba, who reprises his role in the series. Plot After the death of Tokugawa Hidetada, h ...

'' *October 8 – ''

Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...

'' *October 14 – '' Shin Ace o Nerae!'' *October 14 – ''

Space Battleship Yamato II , also known as ''Star Blazers: The Comet Empire'' or ''Star Blazers II'', is a Japanese military science fiction anime series produced by Academy Productions. It is the sequel to ''Space Battleship Yamato'' and an adaptation of the movie '' Ar ...

'' *November 7 – '' Captain Future''

1979

*January 7 – '' Anne of Green Gables'' *February 3 – ''

Zenderman is a Japanese anime television series which first aired from February 3, 1979, to January 26, 1980, on every Saturday from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm with a total of 52 episodes. It is the third show in the sequence of " Time Bokan Series" produced by ...

'' *February 9 – ''

Hana no Ko Lunlun , translated to English as ''The Flower Child Lunlun'' and ''Lulu, The Flower Angel'', is a magical girl anime by Toei Animation, focusing on a theme of flowers in its stories. It was directed by Hiroshi Shidara and written by Shiro Jinbo. I ...

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'' *March 21 – '' Mirai Robo Daltanious'' *April 2 – ''

'' *April 2 – ''

Josephina the Whale is a Japanese anime television series consisting of 24 episodes. It was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Yoshikata Nitta; it was first broadcast on Tokyo Channel 12 (now TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquia ...

'' *April 4 – '' The Ultraman'' *April 7 – '' Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel'' *April 7 – ''

Mobile Suit Gundam , also known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is an anime television series, produced and animated by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcastin ...

'' *April 14 – '' Shin Kyoujin no Hoshi II'' *September 9 – '' King Arthur'' *October 6 – ''

Misha Misha (russian: Миша), also known as Mishka (russian: Мишка) or The Olympic Mishka (russian: Олимпийский Мишка), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He wa ...

'' *October 7 – ''

Gatchaman Fighter is the direct sequel to ''Gatchaman II''. In the continuing saga, a surviving fragment of Leader X mutates into Leader Z, and recruits megalomaniac Count Egobossler to create an army to conquer the world. In order to defeat this new enemy, th ...

'' *October 7 – ''

Gordian Warrior is a Japanese anime television series that aired in 1979 to 1981. There were 73 episodes. It is also referred to as ''Champion of Gordian'' or ''Gardian''. Original Story The Earth had become a wasteland of deserts as the survivors work to ...

'' *October 9 – ''

Manga Sarutobi Sasuke is a 24-episode anime series about the young Sarutobi Sasuke, a legendary ninja. It was first aired from October 9, 1979, to April 29, 1980, on Tokyo 12 Channel (now TV Tokyo), and was later dubbed in several languages. The whole 24-episode ru ...

'' *October 10 – ''

The Rose of Versailles , also known as ''Lady Oscar'' and ''La Rose de Versailles'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was originally serialized in the manga magazine ''Margaret'' from 1972 to 1973, while a revival of the ser ...

'' *October 13 – ''

Space Carrier Blue Noah is a science fiction anime television series produced by Office Academy which ran in Japan from October 13, 1979 through March 30, 1980. It was later distributed overseas in English by West Cape Corporation under the name "''Thundersub''". T ...

1980s

1980

*January 6 – ''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the no ...

'' *January 7 – ''

The Littl' Bits is a Japanese anime television series with 26 episodes, produced in 1980 by Tatsunoko Productions in Japan in cooperation with TV Tokyo (then an independent station; what became the TV Tokyo network was not organised until 1982, thus the show ...

'' *January 8 – ''

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' ( sv, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, literally ''Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden'') is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive t ...

'' *January 9 – '' Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey'' *February 2 – '' Invincible Robo Trider G7'' *February 2 – ''

Rescueman ''Rescueman'', known in Japan as , is the fourth in the ''Time Bokan'' series. Burning with ambitions to become the most beautiful woman, the most renowned scientist, and the greatest hero the world has ever known, three villains - Atasha, Sek ...

'' *February 4 – '' Monchhichi Twins'' *February 15 – ''

Lalabel is a magical girl anime television series by Toei Animation. It aired from 15 February 1980 to 27 February 1981 on TV Asahi. A 15-minute film called was released in Japan on July 12, 1980. Story Lalabel is a magical girl who lives happily ...

'' *March 19 – '' Space Emperor God Sigma'' *April 6 – '' King Arthur: Prince on White Horse'' *April 7 – '' Tsurikichi Sanpei'' *April 15 – '' Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha'' *May 8 – ''

Space Runaway Ideon is a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise, created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, produced immediately following his most famous work, ''Mobile Suit Gundam''. It first premiered on TV Tokyo from 1980 to 1981, followed by two ...

'' *June 30 – ''

Space Warrior Baldios is a 1980 Japanese super robot mecha anime series. A film with the same title was released on December 19, 1981. Production The anime television series was produced by Ashi Productions and Kokusai Eiga-sha with a feature film (with a strong ...

'' *July 12 – '' Magical Girl Lalabel: the Sea Calls for a Summer Vacation'' *July 16 – ''

Ganbare Genki is a Japanese sports manga by Yū Koyama about Genki Horiguchi, a boy who is raised by a single father, and who wants to be a boxer like him. It was adapted as an anime television series by Toei Animation. The manga received the Shogakukan Ma ...

'' *September 2 – '' Kaibutsu-kun 2'' *September 7 – ''

Muteking, The Dashing Warrior is an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions for Fuji TV. It ran from September 7, 1980, to September 27, 1981. Twelve-year-old Rin Yuki loyally supported his father when the world laughed at the scientist for saying that E ...

'' *September 28 – '' Ojamanga Yamada-kun'' *October 1 – ''

'' *October 3 – '' Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō'' *October 11 – ''

Space Battleship Yamato III , also known as ''Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars'', is a Japanese military science fiction anime series produced by Academy Productions. It is the sequel to ''Space Battleship Yamato II'' created by Yoshinobu Nishizaki and Leiji Matsumoto. It a ...

'' *October 13 – '' Ashita no Joe 2''

1981

*January 4 – '' The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island'' *February 7 – ''

Yattodetaman is the fifth installment in the '' Time Bokan'' series, produced by Tatsunoko Productions and directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa. In this series, two royal houses battle for the power to rule the Kingdom of Fir. In order to secure the Kingdom, two r ...

'' *March 1 – '' Golden Warrior Gold Lightan'' *March 4 – ''

Beast King GoLion is a Japanese super robot anime television series. The animation from ''GoLion'' was edited and trimmed to create the version of the American '' Voltron: Defender of the Universe'' series, with new names and dialogue. In 2008, ''GoLion'' was ...

'' *March 6 – ''

Hello! Sandybell is an anime series made by Toei Animation in 1981. It was aired in Japan by TV Asahi. In the original title when it was first made in Japan, an "E" was added to the title; "Sandybelle". Similarly to ''Silver Fang'', the show is relatively un ...

'' *March 7 – ''

Ohayō! Spank is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and drawn by Shizue Takanashi. The series has been adapted as an anime television series, broadcast in Japan from 1981 to 1982 for 66 episodes, and a theatrical movie released in 1982 ...

'' *April 3 – ''

Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari ''Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari'' ( ja, 愛の学校クオレ物語, Ai no Gakkō Kuore Monogatari, lit=The Story of Cuore, School of Love) is an anime television series, based on the 1886 novel ''Cuore, Libro per i Ragazzi'' (''Heart (novel), H ...

'' *April 4 – '' Dotakon'' *April 7 – '' Belle and Sebastian'' *April 7 – '' Little Women'' *April 8 – '' Dr. Slump - Arale-chan'' *April 16 – ''

Queen Millennia is a manga series by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the ''Sankei Shimbun'' and '' Nishinippon Sports'' newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime television seri ...

'' *April 20 – '' Tiger Mask II'' *July 3 – ''

GoShogun is a super robot anime series created by Takeshi Shudo. It was produced and aired in 1981 in Japan, with a movie special released in 1982 and a film sequel, ''GoShogun: The Time Étranger'' or ''Time Stranger'', in 1985. Its title has bee ...

'' *September 3 – '' Manga Mito Kōmon'' *September 7 – '' New Dokonjō Gaeru'' *September 28 – ''

Ninja Hattori-kun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the Fujiko Fujio duo (and later by Fujiko A. Fujio) which was serialized between 1964 and 1988. It was later adapted into a television drama that aired on TV Asahi from 1966 ...

'' *October 1 – '' Superbook'' *October 2 – ''

Six God Combination Godmars is the title of a 1980s mecha anime television series that was popular during its broadcast between 1981 and 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. The series consists of 64 episodes and 2 special presentations. Other loosely translated names a ...

'' *October 3 – ''

Jarinko Chie is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in ''Manga Action'' between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 bound volumes, making it the 45th longest manga released. ''Jarinko Chie'' ...

'' *October 4 – '' Dash Kappei'' *October 6 – ''

Galaxy Cyclone Braiger is a mecha anime series aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan. There were 39 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include "''Braiger''", "''Bryger''", "''Brygar''", "''Galactic Whirlwind Bryger''", "''Galactic Cyclone Braiger''", and "''C ...

'' *October 7 – ''

Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken is a shōjo manga by Hideko Mizuno first published in 1968 and made into a 29-episode anime television series in 1981 by Kokusai Eiga-sha (Movie International Company, Ltd.). The anime was released in the English language in the United States ...

'' *October 8 – ''

Miss Machiko ''Miss Machiko'', also known as is a manga series written by Takeshi Ebihara. It was serialized in Japan in ''Shōnen Challenge'' from May 1980 through February 1982. The individual chapters were collected and published in eight ''t ...

'' *October 14 – ''

Urusei Yatsura is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1978 to February 1987. Its 366 individual chapters were published in 34 ''tankōbon'' volume ...

'' *October 23 – ''

Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23, 1981 to March 25, 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, ''Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun'', sum ...

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1982

*January 10 – ''

Lucy of the Southern Rainbow is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. This 1982 adaptation is part of the studio's popular ''World Masterpiece Theater'' franchise, based on the 1982 novel ''Southern Rainbow'' by Australian writer Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001), ...

'' *January 25 – '' Asari-chan'' *February 6 – ''

Combat Mecha Xabungle is a Japanese mecha anime television series created by Sunrise and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It was broadcast on the Nagoya TV and TV Asahi networks weekly from February 6, 1982, to January 29, 1983. Promotional toys were produced by Cl ...

'' *February 13 – ''

Gyakuten! Ippatsuman is a Japanese anime television series broadcast from February 13, 1982 to March 26, 1983, comprising 58 episodes. It is the sixth entry to the ''Time Bokan'' series by Tatsunoko Productions and the second series to feature a super robot as th ...

'' *March 3 – ''

Armored Fleet Dairugger XV is a mecha anime and manga, mecha anime series aired in Japan from 1982 to 1983. It is also referred to as ''Dairugger 15'', ''Dairugger XV'', ''Armored Armada Dairugger XV'', ''Armored Squadron Dairugger XV'', or ''Machine Platoon Dairugger ...

'' *March 18 – ''

Magical Princess Minky Momo is a Japanese magical-girl anime franchise by Ashi Productions. The original series ran between 1982 and 1983 on TV Tokyo and inspired three OVAs between 1985 and 1987. A second television series, titled , ran on NTV between 1991 and ...

'' *April 5 – ''

Don Dracula is a manga by Osamu Tezuka that began serialization in 1979. An anime television series aired from April 5 to April 26, 1982. Plot After living in Transylvania for several years, Count Dracula has moved to Japan. (The English summary on the ...

'' *April 5 – '' The Flying House'' *April 5 – '' Game Center Arashi'' *April 8 – '' Boku Patalliro!'' *April 17 – ''

Thunderbirds 2086 ''Thunderbirds 2086'' is the English dubbed version of the Japanese anime series , loosely inspired by the original Gerry Anderson Supermarionation series '' Thunderbirds''. The English dub was produced by ITC Entertainment, the original produ ...

'' *May 5 – '' Acrobunch'' *May 8 – ''

Little Pollon , is a musical Greek mythology-based Japanese anime series, based on the 1977 manga series '' Olympus no Pollon'' (, , "Pollon of Olympus") by Hideo Azuma. ''Olympus no Pollon'' was serialized in ''Princess'' magazine from 1977 to 1979, per t ...

'' *June 29 – ''

The Mysterious Cities of Gold ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'', originally released in Japan as and released in France as ''Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or'', is an animated series which was co-produced by DiC Audiovisuel and Studio Pierrot. Set in 1532, the series fo ...

'' *July 5 – ''

The Kabocha Wine is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Miura. It was serialized in Kodansha's '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1981 to 1984. ''The Kabocha Wine'' received the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category ...

'' *July 6 – ''

Galactic Gale Baxingar is a mecha anime series that aired from 1982 to 1983 in Japan. There were 39 episodes released. Other loosely translated names include ''Baxinger'', ''Galaxy Gale Baxingar'', ''Galactic Stormwind Baxingar'' and ''Cosmo Rangers''. In addition ...

'' *October 3 – ''

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross is an anime television series from 1982. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war. It is the first part of two franchises: The ''Super D ...

'' *October 7 – '' Space Cobra'' *October 7 – ''

Robby the Rascal , known in the United States as ''Robby the Rascal'', is a 39-episode anime television series created by Ken Ishikawa (manga artist), Ken Ishikawa and produced by Knack Productions, Knack animation studio. The series aired on TV Tokyo in Japan ...

'' *October 7 – ''

Tokimeki Tonight is a Japanese manga series by Koi Ikeno. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Ribon'' from July 1982 to October 1994. An anime television series directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa was adapted from the manga and was broadcast on Nippon ...

'' *October 10 –''

Warrior of Love Rainbowman is a tokusatsu series created by Kōhan Kawauchi. This was the first superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from October 6, 1972 to September 18, 1973, with a total of 52 episodes. Mitsuru ...

'' *October 12 – '' The New Adventures of Maya the Honey Bee'' *October 13 – '' Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX''

1983

*January 9 – ''

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman is a Japanese manga series written by Hirohisa Soda, illustrated by Noboru Akashi and Haruka Inui and was published by Akita Shoten in Weekly Shonen Champion. It was adapted into an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Productions a ...

'' *January 9 – '' Story of the Alps: My Annette'' *January 10 – '' Captain'' *February 5 – ''

Aura Battler Dunbine is an anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sotsu and Sunrise (company), Sunrise. ''Dunbine'' is set in Byston Well, a parallel world that resembles the countryside of medieval Europe with kingdoms ruled by mo ...

'' *March 1 – ''

Ai Shite Knight is a shōjo manga created in the early 1980s by Kaoru Tada. An anime adaptation was released in 1983 until 1984, running for 42 episodes by Toei Animation. A live action adaptation was also produced. The manga is licensed in English by M'z ...

'' *March 26 – ''

Fushigi no Kuni no Alice is an anime adaptation of the 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' which ran on the TV Tokyo network and other local stations across Japan from October 10, 1983 to March 26, 1984. The series was a Japanese-German co-production betwee ...

'' *March 30 – ''

Lightspeed Electroid Albegas is an anime series that aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan, Latin America, Spain and Italy. There were 45 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. Other loosely translated names are "''Arbegas''", "''Arebegas''", "''Lightspeed ElectroGod Arbegas''" a ...

'' *March 31 – '' Miyuki'' *April 1 – ''

Armored Trooper Votoms is a Japanese military science fiction mecha anime series produced by Nippon Sunrise, created and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi and featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. Following directly in the footsteps of Takahashi' ...

'' *April 2 – ''

Nanako SOS is a seinen manga series created by Hideo Azuma which ran in ''Popcorn'' and ''Just Comic'' (both published by Kobunsha) from April 1980 to July 1986. The series was adapted into 39-episode anime television series produced by Kokusai Eiga-s ...

'' *April 3 – ''

Kinnikuman is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago. It follows Suguru Kinniku, a superhero who must win a wrestling tournament to retain the title of prince of Planet Kinniku. ...

'' *April 3 – '' Mīmu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi'' *April 4 – '' Mrs. Pepper Pot'' *April 4 – ''

'' *April 4 – '' Superbook II'' *April 5 – ''

Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger is a mecha anime series that aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan. There were 43 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include ''Sasuryger'', ''Sasreiger'', ''Galaxy Whirlwind Sasuraiger'' and ''Wonder Six''. It is the sequel to '' Galac ...

'' *April 7 – '' Eagle Sam'' *April 9 – ''

Itadakiman is the seventh in the ''Time Bokan'' series. Plot The story begins in the year 20XX. Oshaka School in Kamakuland is a world-renowned school where only those who are pure and clearheaded descendants of Priest Sanzo's clan may be admitted. The ...

'' *April 9 – '' Lady Georgie'' *May 20 – '' Stop!! Hibari-kun!'' *June 5 – ''

Plawres Sanshiro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jirō Gyū. It was serialized in the Akita Shoten magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from 1982 to 1985. An anime television series adaptation was broadcast from 1983 to 1984. Overview ...

'' *July 1 – ''

Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel is a magical girl anime television series produced by Pierrot which aired from 1983 to 1984 on Nippon Television. It went on to have four OVA adaptions and featured in other Studio Pierrot special presentations. A three-volume manga wa ...

'' *July 1 – ''

Serendipity the Pink Dragon is an anime television series produced by ZUIYO Enterprise that aired on NTV on 1 July 1983, ending on 23 December. The series was based on the ''Serendipity'' books by Stephen Cosgrove and character designs for the animation version were do ...

'' *July 3 – ''

Super Dimension Century Orguss is an anime science fiction series. It inspired an Original Video Animation, OVA sequel series called ''Orguss 02''. ''Orguss'' was the second part of ''The Super Dimension (disambiguation), Super Dimension'' trilogy from Big West Advertising ...

'' *July 6 – ''

Psycho Armor Govarian is a Japanese anime television series created by Go Nagai. It was produced by Knack Productions and TV Tokyo. The series was originally broadcast from to in Japan. Besides Japan, it was also broadcast in South Korea in 1988 by MBC where it ...

'' *July 11 – '' Cat's Eye'' *October 2 – ''

Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (literally "Armored Genesis MOSPEADA") is an anime science fiction series created by Shinji Aramaki and Hideki Kakinuma. The 25-episode television series ran from late 1983 to early 1984 in Japan. MOSPEADA stands for Military Operation Soldi ...

'' *October 7 – '' Special Armored Battalion Dorvack'' *October 7 – '' Taotao'' *October 10 – '' Captain Tsubasa'' *October 18 – ''

Chōshichirō Edo Nikki (''Choshichiro's Edo Diaries'') was a long-running prime-time television series in Japan. The title character was Matsudaira Choshichiro Nagayori, the son of Tokugawa Tadanaga. The premise of the show focuses on Tadanaga's death as a result of a ...

'' *October 20 – '' Igano Kabamaru'' *October 21 – ''

Ginga Hyōryū Vifam is a 1983 Mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise, loosely based on Jules Verne's novel '' Deux ans de vacances''. It was officially drafted by Yoshiyuki Tomino, the creator of ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' and planned by both Takey ...

1984

*February 3 – '' Chō Kōsoku Galvion'' *October 7 – '' Star Musketeer Bismark'' *October 8 – '' Cat's Eye'' *November 6 -"

Sherlock Hound is an anime television series produced by RAI and Tokyo Movie Shinsha. Based on the character Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, almost all the characters are depicted as anthropomorphic dogs. The show featured regular appearances of ...

1985

*April 1 – '' Shin Obake no Q-tarō'' *April 4 – ''

Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God is a Super Robot anime television series produced by Ashi Productions, directed by Seiji Okuda and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It ran on TBS for 38 episodes from 5 April 1985 to 27 December 1985. The TV anime was licensed by Central ...

'' *April 8 – '' Bumpety Boo'' *July 15 – '' Dirty Pair: The Original TV Series'' *October 3 – '' Blue Comet SPT Layzner'' *October 12 – ''

1986

*January 6 – '' Robotan'' *January 11 – ''

Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV was a Japanese television variety show aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System around the mid-1980s. Starring Ken Shimura and Cha Kato, former members of the group The Drifters from ''Hachiji Dayo! Zen'in Shugo'', the irreverent and satirical program ...

'' *February 26 – '' Dragon Ball'' *October 6 – '' Bosco Adventure''

1987

*August 31 – '' 8 Man Has Returned'' *October 1 – '' FNN Date Line'' *October 2 – '' Chibikko Kaiju Yadamon'' *October 4 – ''

Norakuro-kun is a Japanese manga series created by Suihō Tagawa, originally published by Kodansha in '' Shōnen Kurabu'', and one of the first series' to be reprinted in tankōbon format. The titular protagonist, Norakuro, or Norakuro-'' kun'', ...

'' *October 12 – ''

1988

*January 9 – ''

'' *February 13 – ''

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Ulysses 31 (french: link=no, Ulysse 31) is an anime series (1981) that updates the Greek mythology of Odysseus (known as "Ulixes" or "Ulysses" in Latin) to the 31st century. The show comprises 26 half-hour episodes as a co-production between DIC Audiovis ...

1989

*March 18 – '' Osomatsu-kun: Suika no Hoshi Kara Konnichiwa Plaisance!'' *April 25 – '' Dragon Ball Z'' *October 3 – '' Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!'' *October 9 – '' Sally the Witch 2''

1990s

1990

*January 6 – '' Heisei Genius Bakabon'' *April 21 – ''

1991

*November 2 – ''

'' *December 8 – ''

Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji {{nihongo, ''Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji'', ダウンタウンのごっつええ感じ, , roughly "Downtown's Feeling Real Good", was a Japanese variety show. It premiered on December 8, 1991 and ended its run on November 2, 1997. It aired on Fuj ...

1992

*April 5 – '' Chōdendō Robo Tetsujin 28-go FX'' *October 15 – '' Calimero''

1993

*April 5 – ''

Close-up Gendai , Also known as ''Today's Close-Up'', is a current affairs television programme produced by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The programme broadcasts on Mondays through Wednesdays at 19:30 - 19:57 ( UTC+9) on NHK G channel, which also airs o ...

'' *April 18 – '' Back to the Giatrus Days''

1995

*October 1 – ''

Asayan ''Asayan'', originally known as was a talent search variety show that aired on TV Tokyo from 1995 to 2002. Some idols that were originally discovered through Asayan auditions produced by Tsunku, formed groups that worked under the umbrella gro ...

1996

*January 7 – ''

'' *February 7 – ''

Dragon Ball GT is a 1996–1997 Japanese anime television series based on Akira Toriyama's ''Dragon Ball'' manga. Produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered in Japan on Fuji TV and ran for 64 episodes from February 1996 to November 1997. Unlike th ...

'' *April 3 – '' First Human Gon'' *October 2 – ''

Raideen the Superior , also known as "Brave Reideen" or "Heroic Raydeen", is a super robot anime series created by Tohokushinsha and Produced by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise). It aired on Nihon Educational Television (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 2 ...

1997

*January 7 – ''

Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, a ...

'' *January 9 – ''

'' *April 1 – '' Pokémon'' *April 17 – '' Dotch Cooking Show'' *July 19 – ''

Flame of Recca is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Anzai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 1995 to February 2002, with its chapters collected in 33 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series was ad ...

1998

*April 5 – ''

'' *April 7 – ''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon'' ...

1999

*January 31 – '' Moero!! Robocon'' *October 11 – ''

Ainori , literally "Ride together", or "Car pool" but can also be read as "love ride", is a popular television program that runs Monday evenings from 11 pm in Japan on Fuji TV. It debuted on October 11, 1999. The show originally ended on March 23, 2009 ...

'' *October 19 – ''

Rerere no Tensai Bakabon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujio Akatsuka, which began publication on April 9, 1967, in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. It is about the misadventures of a dim-witted boy (Bakabon) and his idiotic father, the latte ...

2000s

2000

*July 1 – ''

Food Fight A food fight is a form of chaotic collective behavior, in which foodstuffs are thrown at others in the manner of projectiles. These projectiles are not made nor meant to harm others, but to simply ignite a fight filled with spontaneous food ...

'' *October 8 – '' Baby Felix''

2001

*April 21 – '' Ashita Ga Arusa'' *July 4 – '' Fighting Girl'' *October 6 – '' Babel II 2 - Beyond Infinity'' *October 14 – '' Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier''

2002

*February 4 – '' Friends'' *April 4 – '' .hack//Sign'' *April 8 – ''

Azumanga Daioh is a Japanese '' yonkoma'' comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized from February 1999 to May 2002 in the monthly magazine ''Dengeki Daioh'' by MediaWorks; three additional chapters were publishe ...

2003

*January 8 – '' .hack//Legend of the Twilight'' *April 15 – ''

Baribari Value {{Nihongo, '' Baribari Value '', 世界バリバリ★バリュー, Sekai Baribari ★ Baryuu (or ''Baribari Value Around the World'') is a weekly panel game show that is being broadcast from 22:00 ( JST) until 22:54 every Wednesday; it is produced ...

'' *October 4 – ''

Chouseishin Gransazer , (translated into English as ''Ultra Instinct Star Gods and the GranSazers'' or ''Super Star Gods and the GranSazers'' or also known as only ''GranSazers'') is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, produced by Toho Company Ltd., and Konami. The ser ...

2004

*January 15 – ''

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'' *October 2 – ''

Genseishin Justirisers , translated into English as ''Phantom Star God Justirisers'' is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho and airing on TV Tokyo. This series is the second in Toho's Seishin (Star God) series. The show aired 51 episodes between October 2, ...

'' *October 5 – '' Bleach''

2005

*January 13 – ''

Fugo Keiji is a 2005 Japanese drama broadcast by TV Asahi based on a novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Synopsis Miwako Kanbe, the granddaughter of a millionaire, becomes a detective and starts working at a police station where there are few women. Her style, ele ...

'' *March 28 – '' Evening 5'' *April 4 – '' Attack No. 1'' *April 10 – '' Aikurushii'' *April 15 – ''

'' *July 8 – ''

Dragon Zakura is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norifusa Mita. Serialized in ''Weekly Morning'' from 2003 to 2007, it was released into 21 ''tankōbon'' by Kodansha between October 22, 2003, and August 23, 2007. It was adapted into l ...

'' *October 1 – ''

Chousei Kantai Sazer-X translated as ''Super Star Fleet Sazer-X'' is a tokusatsu superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and Konami. This series is the third in Toho's Seishin (Star God) series. The series lasted 38 episodes and was the last of the Chousei ...

'' *November 12 – '' Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu''

2006

*April 1 – '' Yōkai Ningen Bem'' *April 5 – '' .hack//Roots'' *October 5 – '' 009-1'' *October 5 – '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion''

2007

*March 3 – ''

Reideen ''Reideen'' (stylized as ''REIDEEN'') is a Japanese animated television series remake of the 1975 Super Robot anime ''Brave Raideen''. It was produced by Production I.G and directed by Mitsuru Hongo. Which was originally broadcast on the sat ...

'' *April 1 – ''

2008

*January 10 – '' Hakaba Kitarō'' *January 14 – ''

Yatterman is a Japanese anime television series broadcast from January 1, 1977 to January 27, 1979, comprising 108 episodes. It is the second and longest show in the ''Time Bokan'' series by Tatsunoko Productions. The series succeeded ''Time Bokan'' a ...

'' *April 6 – '' Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2'' *October 1 – ''

AKBingo! ''AKBingo!'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese television variety show featuring Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The show aired weekly on Nippon Television. In each episode, members of AKB48 and occasionally their sister groups participate in ...

2009

*April 5 – ''

Dragon Ball Kai ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' (known in Japan as ) is a revised version of the anime series '' Dragon Ball Z'', produced in commemoration of its 20th anniversary. Produced by Toei Animation, the series was originally broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from A ...

'' *September 5 – '' Jungle Taitei - Yūki ga Mirai wo Kaeru'' *October 12 - ''

Fairy Tail ''Fairy Tail'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 ' ...

'' *November 14 – ''

Gaiji Keisatsu is a Japanese television drama mini-series that aired on NHK from 14 November 2009 to 19 December 2009. It is based on the novel of the same name written and released in Japan by Aso Iku. The TV show follow a female police officer who was rec ...

2010s

2010

*January 2 – '' Cobra the Animation: Rokunin no Yuushi'' *April 1 - ''

Maid Sama! is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly '' shōjo'' magazine '' LaLa'' from December 2005 to September 2013, with its chapters collected in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 26-episode anime adaptati ...

'' *April 17 – '' Kaibutsu-kun'' *July 5 – ''

Asu no Hikari o Tsukame is a Japanese television drama series which first aired on Tokai TV in 2010. Cast First season *Alice Hirose *Mayo Kawasaki * Sachi Funaki * Yūya Shimizu *Ikkei Watanabe *Shin Yazawa * Ryōga Hayashi * Tetsuji Sakakibara *Naruki Matsukawa ...

2011

*April 8 – ''

Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera , also known as ''Satanikus!'', is a Japanese horror-comedy anime and manga series created by Go Nagai. It's one of Nagai's most famous works in Japan, although not very well known in the rest of the world. In 2006, it would ...

'' *April 17 – ''

Blue Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the i ...

'' *October 22 – '' Yōkai Ningen Bem''

2012

*October 20 – '' World War Blue''

2013

*April 6 – '' Tetsujin 28-go Gao!''

2014

*July 5 – '' Aldnoah.Zero'' *July 6 – ''

Akame ga Kill! is a Japanese manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Tetsuya Tashiro. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''Monthly Gangan Joker'' from March 2010 to December 2016, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The s ...

'' *July 8 – '' Ai Mai Mi: Mousou Catastrophe'' *July 16 – '' ST Aka to Shirō no Sōsa File'' *October 2 – '' Binta! ~Bengoshi Jimuin Minowa ga Ai de Kaiketsushimasu~'' *October 2 – '' Denkigai no Honya-san'' *October 5 - ''

World Trigger , also known in short form as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. It was initially serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2013 to November 2018, and transferred to ''Jump Square'' in December ...

'' *October 6 – ''

Ai Tenchi Muyo! is a Japanese anime series produced by AIC. The series is the 6th installment of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise and is sponsored by the city of Takahashi, Okayama in order to promote tourism for the city, and several new characters are based ...

'' *October 6 – ''

When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace aka InoBato is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōta Nozomi with illustrations by 029. SB Creative has published it in thirteen volumes from 2012 to 2018 under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kōsuke Kurose w ...

'' *October 7 – '' Akatsuki no Yona'' *October 16 – '' Dear Sister'' *October 16 – ''

Yuki Yuna is a Hero is a Japanese magical girl anime television series created by Takahiro, produced by Studio Gokumi and directed by Seiji Kishi as part of a media project called Takahiro IV Project. The series aired in Japan between October 17 and ...

2015

*January 9 – ''

Kaiki Renai Sakusen is a Japanese comedy television drama series broadcast on TV Tokyo. It premiered on January 9, 2015 and ended on March 28, 2015. Cast * Kumiko Asō *Maki Sakai (born 17 May 1970 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. The fourth rehouse gi ...

'' *January 10 - ''

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls is a Japanese free-to-play simulation video game co-developed by Cygames and Bandai Namco Studios for the Mobage social network platform for mobile phones. It was first released on November 28, 2011, for feature phones, and compatibilit ...

'' *January 11 – '' Yoru no Yatterman'' *April 9 – ''

Urawa no Usagi-chan is a Japanese anime television series aimed to promote Urawa in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The series aired in Japan from April to June 2015. A second season titled ''Musasino!'' was scheduled to premiere in July 2017, but was delayed to July ...

'' *October 1 - '' Kami-sama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama'' *October 5 - ''

One-Punch Man is a Japanese superhero manga series created by One. It tells the story of Saitama, a superhero who, because he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, grows bored from a lack of challenge. One wrote the original webcomic manga ve ...

2016

*January 17 - ''

Kazoku no Katachi is a 2016 Japanese television drama created by Noriko Goto, starring Shingo Katori, Juri Ueno, Kiko Mizuhara, Jun Fubuki and Toshiyuki Nishida. It premiered on TBS on Sundays at 21:00 ( JST) from January 17, 2016 to March 20, 2016. Cast * S ...

'' *April 1 - '' Rage of Bahamut: Manaria Friends'' *April - ''

Omukae desu is a Japanese ''shōjo manga'' series written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka and published by Hakusensha, with serialization from 1999 to 2002 on ''LaLa'' and with five volumes compiling the chapters. A one-shot sequel volume was published in ...

'' *April - ''

Sono 'Okodawari', Watashi ni mo Kure yo!! is a Japanese comedy manga written and illustrated by Tōru Seino. It was published in Kodansha's ''Monthly Morning Two'' from November 2014 to October 2015. and later in ''Morning'' from December 2015 to April 2018, with its chapters collect ...

'' *July 4 - ''

New Game! ''New Game!'' is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Shōtarō Tokunō, which was serialized in Houbunsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Manga Time Kirara Carat'' from January 2013 to August 2021 and is licensed in English by Seven Seas E ...

'' *July 9 - ''

Ultraman Orb is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and broadcast on TV Tokyo. This series is the 28th entry to the ''Ultra Series'', released to commemorate its 50th anniversary of the Ultra Series and is the first one si ...

'' *October 1 - ''

Bloodivores ''space-time prisoners'' (时空囚徒) is a vampire survival action (genre), action Chinese webcomic written and illustrated by Bai Xiao. On October 1, 2016, a Chinese-Japanese animation adaptation titled began airing. The series is directed ...

'' *October 5 - '' Cheating Craft'' *October 5 - ''

To Be Hero is a Japanese-Chinese animated comedy television series produced by Emon and animated by Studio LAN and supervised by Shinichi Watanabe. The production was produced in China, with modifications to the show for the Japanese broadcast. The sh ...

'' *October 5 - ''

Yuri on Ice is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. The series was produced by MAPPA, directed and written by Sayo Yamamoto with original scripts by Mitsurō Kubo under the chief direction of Jun Shishido. Character designs ...

'' *October 6 - '' Keijo!!!!!!!!''

2017

*January 5 - ''

Seiren is an original Japanese romantic comedy anime television series directed by Tomoki Kobayashi at Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. It aired on TBS between January 5 and March 23, 2017. The series is structured like an anthology series, with every four ...

'' *January 10 - ''

Kemono Friends is a Japanese media franchise created by manga artist Mine Yoshizaki. The first project was a mobile game developed by Nexon, which ran from March 2015 to December 2016. A manga by Furai was serialized in Kadokawa's '' Monthly Shōn ...

'' *January 11 - ''

Hand Shakers is a Japanese action anime television series produced by GoHands with collaboration of production company Frontier Works and publisher Kadokawa. It aired from January 10 to March 28, 2017. A sequel named '' W'z'', which is set a decade after t ...

'' *January 12 - '' Chōyū Sekai'' *January - ''

Tokyo Tarareba Musume is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Kiss'' magazine from March 2014 to April 2017 and later collected in nine bound volumes. It is licensed for an English-language ...

'' *April 1 - '' The Silver Guardian'' *April - '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' *April 8 - ''

Eromanga Sensei is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. ASCII Media Works has published thirteen volumes in the series under its Dengeki Bunko imprint from December 2013 to August 2022. A manga adaptati ...

2018

*April 6 - ''

Magical Girl Site is a Japanese magical girl manga series written and illustrated by Kentarō Satō. It is a spin-off of ''Magical Girl Apocalypse''. The series is about a severely tormented, abused and suicidal high school student named Aya, who gains the ...

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Nyanko Days is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Tarabagani. It has been serialized since August 2014 in Media Factory's ''Comic Cune'' magazine and as of September 2016, it has been collected into a single '' tankōbon'' vo ...

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