1985 anime
The guide lists 25 anime from 1985 (-1 on 1984). Most common genres that year: science fiction (22%), fantasy (14%), adventure (14%) and mecha (11%). Busiest studios: Sunrise (4), Toei Animation (2) and Tatsunoko Production (2).
Winter 1985 season
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Sunrise
- Touch Group TAC
- Princess Sara Nippon Animation
- Dallos
- Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko
- Greed
- Hai Step Jun
- Nora Filmlink International
Spring 1985 season
- Bumpety Boo NHK Broadcasting Center
- Onegai! Samia-don TMS Entertainment
- Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God
- Alpen Rose Tatsunoko Production
- Musashi no Ken Eiken
Summer 1985 season
- Dirty Pair Sunrise
- Tongari Bōshi no Memoru: Marielle no Hōsekibako Toei Animation
Fall 1985 season
- High School! Kimengumi Tsuchida Production
- Angel's Egg Studio Deen
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner Sunrise
- Ninja Senshi Tobikage Studio Pierrot
- GeGeGe no Kitarō Toei Animation
- Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia Sunrise
- Love Position: Halley Densetsu Tezuka Productions
- Shōwa Ahō Zhoshi Akanuke Ichiban! Tatsunoko Production
- Twinkle Nora Rock Me!
- What's Michael? Kitty Films
All 1985 anime
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam science fiction and mecha
- High School! Kimengumi school and comedy
- Touch
- Angel's Egg drama and fantasy
- Princess Sara drama and historical
- Dallos science fiction
- Bumpety Boo adventure
- Onegai! Samia-don fantasy
- Dirty Pair cyberpunk and science fiction
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner mecha
- Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God mecha
- Ninja Senshi Tobikage fantasy and science fiction
- Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko fantasy and adventure
- GeGeGe no Kitarō
- Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia science fiction and cyberpunk
- Greed adventure and science fiction
- Love Position: Halley Densetsu
- Alpen Rose romance and drama
- Shōwa Ahō Zhoshi Akanuke Ichiban! comedy
- Musashi no Ken coming-of-age
- Hai Step Jun
- Twinkle Nora Rock Me! action and science fiction
- Nora adventure and science fiction
- Tongari Bōshi no Memoru: Marielle no Hōsekibako
- What's Michael? comedy