1989 anime
The guide lists 35 anime from 1989 (+2 on 1988). Most common genres that year: action (18%), adventure (18%), fantasy (16%) and comedy (13%). Busiest studios: Nippon Animation (3), Sunrise (3) and Toei Animation (2).
Winter 1989 season
- Transformers: Victory
- The Adventures of Peter Pan Nippon Animation
- Jushin Liger Sunrise
- Gdleen
- Obocchama-kun Shin-Ei Animation
- Riding Bean Anime International Company
- Bakusō Circuit Roman: Twin Life Work
Spring 1989 season
- Dragon Ball Z Toei Animation
- Madö King Granzört Sunrise
- Idol Densetsu Eriko Ashi Productions
- Blue Blink Tezuka Productions
- Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato Tatsunoko Production
- Shin Bikkuriman Toei Animation
- Miracle Giants Dome-kun Gallop
- Beat Shot!!
Summer 1989 season
- Legend of Lemnear Anime International Company
- Shin Captain Tsubasa
Fall 1989 season
- The Jungle Book Nippon Animation
- Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel
- Time Travel Tondekeman Ashi Productions
- Parasol Henbē NHK Broadcasting Center
- Patlabor: The TV Series Sunrise
- Ranma 1⁄2 Nettōhen Studio Deen
- Seton Dōbutsuki Eiken
- Sally the Witch 2
- The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion
- Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl Kitty Films
- The Laughing Salesman
- Chimpui Shin-Ei Animation
All 1989 anime
- Dragon Ball Z action and adventure
- The Jungle Book drama and action
- Transformers: Victory adventure and mecha
- The Adventures of Peter Pan adventure
- Madö King Granzört adventure and mecha
- Idol Densetsu Eriko drama
- Blue Blink action and fantasy
- Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato adventure
- Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel fantasy
- Time Travel Tondekeman action and fantasy
- Parasol Henbē comedy and fantasy
- Patlabor: The TV Series comedy and mecha
- Legend of Lemnear fantasy
- Jushin Liger action and science fiction
- Ranma 1⁄2 Nettōhen
- Seton Dōbutsuki
- Shin Bikkuriman
- Gdleen science fiction
- Sally the Witch 2 comedy
- The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion action and adventure
- Shin Captain Tsubasa
- Aramis no bouken
- Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl comedy and romance
- The Laughing Salesman
- Miracle Giants Dome-kun
- Chimpui
- Dash! Yonkuro
- Obocchama-kun comedy
- Dog Soldier
- Beat Shot!!
- Riding Bean
- Bakusō Circuit Roman: Twin
- Aoki Honō
- Baoh action and science fiction
- Ano Ko ni 1000%