1988 anime
The guide lists 33 anime from 1988 (+2 on 1987). Most common genres that year: comedy (33%), mecha (12%), science fiction (12%) and adventure (9%). Busiest studios: Toei Animation (4), Nippon Animation (3) and Ashi Productions (2).
Winter 1988 season
- Little Lord Fauntleroy Nippon Animation
- Appleseed
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka Gallop
- F Studio Deen
- Sakigake!! Otokojuku Toei Animation
- Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun Shin-Ei Animation
- Tatakae!! Ramenman Toei Animation
- The Burning Wild Man Studio Pierrot
- Osomatsu-kun Studio Pierrot
Spring 1988 season
- Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
- Wowser
- Topo Gigio Nippon Animation
- Sonic Soldier Borgman Ashi Productions
- Dagon in the Land of Weeds Nippon Animation
- Hello! Lady Lynn Toei Animation
- Mashin Hero Wataru Sunrise
- Tokyo Vice Minamimachi Bugyōsho
- What's Michael?
- Zillion: Burning Night Production I.G
Summer 1988 season
- Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi Konami
- Ironfist Chinmi Ashi Productions
- What's Michael? 2 Kitty Films
Fall 1988 season
- Anyway!Anpanman
- Violence Jack: Evil Town
- Himitsu no Akko-chan Toei Animation
- Meimon! Daisan Yakyū-bu Studio Comet
- Oishinbo Shin-Ei Animation
- Hai! Akko Desu
- Space Family Carlvinson Doga Kobo
- One-Pound Gospel Gallop
All 1988 anime
- Transformers: Super-God Masterforce adventure and mecha
- Little Lord Fauntleroy drama
- Wowser comedy
- Appleseed science fiction
- Topo Gigio
- Sonic Soldier Borgman action
- Dagon in the Land of Weeds
- Hello! Lady Lynn
- Mashin Hero Wataru comedy and fantasy
- Anyway!Anpanman
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka
- Violence Jack: Evil Town
- Tokyo Vice
- Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi adventure
- Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody magical girl
- Mobile Police Patlabor comedy and mecha
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- Himitsu no Akko-chan comedy and romance
- Sakigake!! Otokojuku comedy
- Ironfist Chinmi
- Meimon! Daisan Yakyū-bu
- Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun comedy
- Oishinbo drama
- What's Michael? comedy
- Tatakae!! Ramenman
- The Burning Wild Man comedy
- Osomatsu-kun comedy
- Hai! Akko Desu slice of life
- Zillion: Burning Night adventure and science fiction
- Space Family Carlvinson science fiction and comedy
- What's Michael? 2 comedy
- One-Pound Gospel
- Dragon's Heaven mecha and science fiction