1988 in anime explained

The events of 1988 in anime.

Accolades

• Ōfuji Noburō Award

My Neighbor Totoro

Releases

Released	Title	Type	Director	Studio	Ref
	Himitsu no Akko-chan	TV series	Hiroki Shibata
	Little Lord Fauntleroy	TV series	Kōzō Kusuba
		OVA series	Takao Kato, Nobuyoshi Habara, Kiyoshi Murayama		^[1]
	Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter	Film
		Film
	Ultimate Teacher	OVA film
	Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter	Film
	Osomatsu-kun	TV series	Akira Shigino
		OVA series	Toshifumi Takizawa
	Sakigake!! Otokojuku	TV series	Nobutaka Nishizawa
	Salamander	OVA series
	Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer	OVA film			^[2]
	Tsurupika Hagemaru	TV series
	F	TV series
	Harbor Light Story Fashion Lala yori	OVA film
		Short film	Hiroyuki Kakudou		^[3]
		Film
		Film
	The Heated Battle of the Gods	Film	Shigeyasu Yamauchi
		Film
	Mobile Suit SD Gundam	Short film	Osamu Sekita		^[4]
	The Burning Wild Man	TV series
		OVA film
	Aim for the Ace! 2	OVA series	Noboru Furuse
	The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin	Film	Kinjiro Yoshida, Gennady Sokolskiy	Soyuzmultfilm, Life Work Corp, Sovinfilm, Aist Corporation
	Kiteretsu Daihyakka	TV series	Hiro Katsuoka, Keiji Hayakawa
	City Hunter 2	TV series	Kanetsugu Kodama
	Wowser	TV series	Keiichiro Mochizuki	Telescreen Japan
	Dagon in the Land of Weeds	TV series	Kazuyoshi Yokota
		TV series	Tetsuo Imazawa
	Sonic Soldier Borgman	TV series	Kiyoshi Murayama
	What's Michael?	TV series			^[5]
	Mashin Hero Wataru	TV series
	My Neighbor Totoro	Film
	Grave of the Fireflies	Film
	Appleseed	OVA film
		OVA series	Mamoru Oshii, Naoyuki Yoshinaga
	Topo Gigio	TV series	Noboru Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi		^[6]
	Spirit Warrior	OVA series	Ichiro Itano, Katsuhito Akiyama		^[7]
	Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers	TV series	Masashi Ikeda, Mamoru Hamatsu
	Hello! Lady Lynn	TV series	Hiroshi Shidara
		OVA series
	Dominion	OVA series		Agent 21
	Balthus - Tia's Radiance	OVA		Kusama Art	^[8]
	Mobile Suit SD Gundam	OVA series
	Toyama Sakura Space Book – His Name is Gold	OVA film	Atsutoshi Umezawa		^[9]
		OVA film	Masakatsu Iijima
		OVA film
		OVA film	Mizuho Nishikubo		^[10]
	Ironfist Chinmi	TV series	Jutaro Oba
	Natsufuku no Shōjo-tachi	TV special			^[11] ^[12]
		Film	Junichi Sato		^[13]
		Film	Kazuhisa Takenouchi
	Akira	Film
	Ryūko, the Girl with the White Flag	Film			^[14]
	Vampire Princess Miyu	OVA series
		Film	Shigeyasu Yamauchi		^[15]
	Sakigake!	Otokojuku	Film	Shigeyasu Yamauchi		^[16]
	The Tokyo Project	OVA film	Osamu Yamasaki		^[17]
	What's Michael? 2	OVA	Yoriyasu Kogawa		^[18]
	Bride of Deimos	OVA			^[19]
	Watt Poe and Our Story	OVA film		Kaname Production	^[20]
	Fair, then Partly Piggy	Short film	Toshio Hirata
	Raining Fire	Film			^[21]
	Kosuke and Rikimaru: Dragon of Konpei Island	OVA film			^[22]
	Through the Passing Seasons	OVA film	Naoyuki Yoshinaga
	Crying Freeman	OVA series	Daisuke Nishio et al.
		Film	Minoru Maeda
	New Grimm Masterpiece Theater	TV series	Hiroshi Saito
	Soreike! Anpanman	TV series	Akinori Nagaoka, Shunji Ôga
	Gunbuster	OVA series
	Yume Miru Topo Gigio	TV series	Noboru Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi		^[23]
		Film			^[24]
	Oishinbo	TV series	Yoshio Takeuchi
	Demon City Shinjuku	OVA film			^[25]
	Starship Troopers	OVA series
	Dragon Century	OVA series	Kiyoshi Fukugawa
	Stardust War	Film
	Armor Hunter Mellowlink	OVA series	Takeyuki Kanda
		OVA series
	Hades Project Zeorymer	OVA series		AIC, Half H.P. Studio
	One-Pound Gospel	OVA film
	Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01	OVA film
	Ganbare! Mōdōken Serve	TV special			^[26]
	Fairy King	OVA film	Katsuhisa Yamada		^[27]
	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	OVA series			^[28]
	Space Family Carlvinson	OVA film			^[29]
		OVA film		D.A.S.T., Soei Shinsha, Studio88
	Purple Eyes in the Dark	OVA music video	Mizuho Nishikubo		^[30]

Births

• February 4 - Ayano Niina, voice actress
• February 19 - Miyu Irino, voice actor
• March 16 - Azusa Kataoka, voice actress
• April 15 - Manami Numakura, voice actress
• June 2 - Ayaka Saitō, voice actress
• June 11 - Yui Aragaki, voice actress
• July 11 - Yuka Iguchi, voice actress
• July 12 - Risa Taneda, voice actress
• August 9 - Nozomi Yamamoto, voice actress
• September 16 - Shizuka Hasegawa, voice actress
• October 27 - Juri Nagatsuma, voice actress
• November 11 - Mikako Komatsu, voice actress
• December 6 - Nobunaga Shimazaki, voice actor
• December 14 - Ayumu Murase, voice actor
• December 26 - Arisa Noto, voice actress

See also

• 1988 in animation

External links

• Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leina: Wolf Sword Legend (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
2. Web site: Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
3. Web site: Bikkuriman: Taiichiji Seima Taisen (movie). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
4. Web site: Mobile Suit SD Gundam (OAV/movie). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
5. Web site: What's Michael? (TV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
6. Web site: Topo Gigio (TV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
7. Web site: Spirit Warrior (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
8. Web site: Balthus - Tia's Radiance (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
9. Web site: Samurai Gold (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
10. Web site: Zillion: Burning Night (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
11. Web site: Natsufuku no Shōjo-tachi (special). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
12. Web site: NHK特集 夏服の少女たち～ヒロシマ・昭和20年8月6日～ NHKティーチャーズ・ライブラリー. NHK. May 1, 2023.
13. Web site: Bikkuriman: Moen Zone no Himitsu (movie). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
14. Web site: Shirahata no Shōjo Ryūko (movie). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
15. Web site: Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (movie). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
16. Web site: Sakigake!! Otoko Juku (movie). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
17. Web site: The Tokyo Project (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
18. Web site: What's Michael? 2 (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
19. Web site: Bride of Deimos (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
20. Web site: Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
21. Web site: Raining Fire (movie). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
22. Web site: Kosuke-sama, Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitō no Ryū (special). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
23. Web site: Yumemiru Topo Gigio (TV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
24. Web site: Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie. Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
25. Web site: Demon City Shinjuku (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
26. Web site: Ganbare! Mōdōken Serve (special). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
27. Web site: Yōsei-Ō (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
28. Web site: The Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
29. Web site: Space Family Carlvinson (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.
30. Web site: Purple Eyes in the Dark (OAV). Anime News Network. May 1, 2023.