1980 anime
The guide lists 26 anime from 1980 (+5 on 1979). Most common genres that year: adventure (32%), mecha (18%), science fiction (15%) and drama (9%). Busiest studios: Nippon Animation (3), Toei Animation (3) and Sunrise (2).
Winter 1980 season
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Studio Pierrot
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Nippon Animation
- Invincible King Trider G7 Sunrise
- Lalabel, the Magical Girl Toei Animation
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey
- Space Emperor God Sigma
- Rescueman
Spring 1980 season
- Space Runaway Ideon Sunrise
- Space Warrior Baldios Ashi Productions
- Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha Ashi Productions
- Mū no Hakugei TMS Entertainment
- Sue Cat Knack Productions
- King Arthur: Prince on White Horse Toei Animation
- Ganbare Gonbe Tsuchida Production
- Fisherman Sanpei Nippon Animation
Summer 1980 season
- Muteking, The Dashing Warrior
- Ganbare Genki Toei Animation
- Ojamanga Yamada-kun
Fall 1980 season
- Space Battleship Yamato III
- Ruy, the Little Cid BRB Internacional
- The New Adventures of Gigantor TMS Entertainment
- Astro Boy
- Hoero! Bun Bun
- Manga Kotowaza Jiten TV Tokyo
All 1980 anime
- Space Battleship Yamato III science fiction and adventure
- Zoids mecha
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils fantasy and adventure
- Space Runaway Ideon drama and science fiction
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer drama
- Invincible King Trider G7 mecha
- Muteking, The Dashing Warrior action and science fiction
- The Littl' Bits fantasy and adventure
- Lalabel, the Magical Girl magical girl
- Space Warrior Baldios drama and adventure
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey romance and adventure
- Ruy, the Little Cid comedy
- The New Adventures of Gigantor mecha and adventure
- Space Emperor God Sigma adventure and mecha
- Astro Boy action and adventure
- Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha
- Hoero! Bun Bun
- Rescueman science fiction
- Mū no Hakugei science fiction
- Sue Cat adventure
- King Arthur: Prince on White Horse adventure
- Manga Kotowaza Jiten
- Ganbare Gonbe
- Ganbare Genki
- Fisherman Sanpei
- Ojamanga Yamada-kun slice of life and comedy