Il était une fois... l'espace - la revanche des humanoides ("Once Upon A Time ... Space - The Revenge of the Humanoids") (f), Albert Barillé /Procidis. (France)
(drawn animation)

Alps Monogatari Watashi no Annette [アルプス物語 わたしのアンネット] ("Story of the Alps: My Annette") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Captain [キャプテン] (tv), Eiken.
(drawn animation)

Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman [未来警察ウラシマン] ("Future Police Urashiman") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? (tvsp), Phil Roman /Melendez.
(drawn animation)

My Smurfy Valentine (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Gran (tvss), Ivor Wood /Woodland Animations. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)

Little Miss (tvss), Flicks Films. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Zinaida Brumberg (Zinaida Semyonovna Brumberg) (director, animator) dies in Moscow. (Soviet Union [Russia])

Urusei Yatsura: Only You [うる星やつら オンリー・ユー] (f), Mamoru Oshii /Pierrot.
(drawn animation)

Winnie the Pooh and A Day for Eeyore (tvsp), Rick Reinert /Disney.
(drawn animation)

Crusher Joe [クラッシャージョウ] (f), Yoshikazu Yasuhiko /Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Doraemon: Nobita no Kaitei Kiganjou [ドラえもん のび太の海底鬼岩城] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Monstrous Underwater Castle") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! Sekai Isshu Dai Race [Dr.スランプアラレちゃん ほよよ世界一周大レース] ("Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: The Great Round-the-World Race") (sf), Minoru Okazaki /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Genma Taisen [幻魔大戦] ("The Great War of the Demon of Illusions"; "Harmagedon") (f), Rintaro /Madhouse.
(drawn animation)

Kosoku Denjin Albegus [光速雷神アルベガス] ("Light-Speed Electro-God Albegus") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Manga Aesop Monogatari [まんがイソップ物語] ("Animated Aesop's Fables") (f), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Miyuki [みゆき] (tv), Kitty Films Mitaka.
(drawn animation)

Ninja Hattori-kun Ninnin Furusato Daisakusen no Maki [忍者ハットリくん　ニンニンふるさと大作戦の巻] ("Hattori, the Little Ninja: Chapter of the Great Clash in His Native Country") (sf), Hiroshi Sasagawa /Shin'ei Doga.
(drawn animation)

Strawberry Shortcake's Housewarming Surprise (tvsp), Raymond Jafelice /Nelvana. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger [銀河疾風サスライガー] ("Galactic Gale Sasuraiger") (tv), Kokusai Eigasha.
(drawn animation)

Kinnikuman [キン肉マン] ("Muscleman") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1986)

Lady Georgie [レディージョージィ] (tv), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Manga Nihonshi [まんが日本史] ("Animated History of Japan") (tv)/(edu), Tsuchida.
(drawn animation)

Mimu Iroiro Yume no Tabi [ミームいろいろ夢の旅] ("Mimu, the Traveller of Many Dreams"; "Mimu's Dream Advenutres") (tv)/(edu), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1985)

Nanako S.O.S. [ななこSOS] (tv), Kokusai Eigasha.
(drawn animation)

Noel no Fushigina Boken [ノエルの不思議な冒険] ("Noel's Marvelous Adventures") (f), Tadao Takakuwa /Iruka Office.
(drawn animation)

Paaman [パーマン] (tv), Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1985)

Pasocon Travel Tanteidan [パソコントラベル探偵団] ("Personal Computer Travel Detective Team"; "Superbook") (tv)/(edu), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Proyakyu o Jubai Tanoshiki Miru Hoho ("Lighthearted Tales of Pro Baseball"), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Soko Kishi Votoms [装甲騎兵ボトムズ] ("Armored Trooper Votoms") (tv), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Spoon Oba-san [スプーンおばさん] ("Auntie Spoon") (tvss), Pierrot.
(drawn animation)

Time Bokan Series Itadakiman [タイムボカンシリーズ イタダキマン] ("Time Machine Series: Itadakiman") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Uchu Senkan Yamato Kanketsu Hen ("Space Battleship Yamato: Final Chapter" or "Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato--In the Name of Love") (f), Yoshinobu Nishizaki /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Bottom's Dream (ss), John Canemaker /John Canemaker Productions.
(drawn animation)

It's An Adventure, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

Golgo 13 [ゴルゴ13] ("The Professional: Golgo 13") (f), Osamu Dezaki and Akio Sugino, TMS.
(drawn animation; some cgi animation)

Stop!! Hibari-kun! [ストップ!! ひばりくん!] ("Stop!! Hibari!") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Dragon's Lair (vg), Don Bluth /Bluth Group.
(drawn animation)

Cho Jiku Seiki Orguss [超時空世紀オーガス] ("Super Dimension Century Orguss") (tv), TMS (Artland).
(drawn animation)

Choro Q Dougram [チョロQダグラム] (ss), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Document Taiyo no Kiba Dougram [ドキュメント太陽の牙ダグラム] ("The Document of Dougram: The Sun's Fang") (f), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Hadashi no Gen [はだしのゲン] ("Barefoot Gen") (f), Mamoru Mazaki /Gen Production (Madhouse).
(drawn animation)

Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami [魔法の天使 クリィミーマミ] ("Magical Angel Creamy Mami") (tv), Pierrot.
(drawn animation)

Pataliro! Stardust Keikaku ("Pataliro! Stardust Program") (sf), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Psycho Armor Govarian [サイコアーマーゴーバリアン] (tv), Knack.
(drawn animation)

Serendipity Monogatari Pure-tou no Nakamatachi [セレンディピティ物語 ピュア鳥の仲間たち] ("Serendipity Stories: Friends on Pure Island") (tv), Zuiyo.
(drawn animation)

Unico: Maho no Shinai E [ユニコ 魔法の島へ] ("Unico in the Island of Magic") (f), Norimi Murano /Sanrio (Madhouse).
(drawn animation)

Xabungle Graffiti (f), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Fire and Ice (f), Ralph Bakshi /Polyc International.
(drawn animation)

Twice Upon A Time (f), John Korty and Charles Swenson /Korty Films.
(cut-out animation)

The Biskits (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (tv)/(tvss), Mendelsohn-Melendes.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1986)

Dungeons and Dragons (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (tv), Dan Thompson /Marvel.
(drawn animation)
special five episode mini-series

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1985)

The Littles (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
(1983-1986)

Monchichis (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Mister T (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

The Pac-Man/Rubik, The Amazing Cube Hour (tv).
(drawn animation)
contains Pac-Man (tvss), Hanna-Barbera and Rubik, The Amazing Cube (tv), Ruby-Spears

The Puppy's Further Adventures (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Saturday Supercade (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)
contains Donkey Kong (tvss), Donkey Kong Jr. (tvss), Frogger (tvss), Pitfall (tvss), Q*bert (tvss), Space Ace (tvss), and Kangaroo (tvss).

Sundae in New York (ss), Jimmy Picker /Motionpicker.
(clay animation)
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Animation

Henry's Cat (tvss), Godfrey Films. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
(1986-1992)

Garfield on the Town (tvsp), Phil Roman /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

Mickey's Christmas Carol (ss), Burney Mattinson /Disney.
(drawn animation)

Mary Ellen Bute (director) dies in New York.

Otto Messmer (animator, director, writer) dies in New York.

Shalom Pharao (f), Curt Linda /Linda Film. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(drawn animation)

Fushigi no Kuni no Alice [ふしぎの国のアリス] ("Alice in Wonderland") (tv), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Ginga Hyoryu Vifam [銀河漂流バイファム] ("Galactic Castaways Vifam"; "Round Vernian Vifam") (tv), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Ika no Kabumaru [伊賀野カバ丸] (tv), Group TAC.
(drawn animation)

Kiko Soseiki Mospeada [機甲創世記モスピーダ] ("Genesis Climber Mospeada"; "Robotech") (tv), Tatsunoko and Artmic.
(drawn animation)

Manga Aesop Monogatari [まんがイソップ物語] (“Animated Aesop’s Fables”) (edu)/(tvss), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Taotao Ehonkan Sekai Doubutsu-Banashi [タオタオ絵本館 世界動ばなし] ("Taotao Picturebook Mansion World Animal Tales") (tv).
(drawn animation)

Tokuso Kihei Dorvack [特装機兵ドルバック] ("Dorvack the Special Soldier") (tv), Hisataro Oniwa /Ashi Pro.
(drawn animation)

Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls (tvsp), Candy Kugel, Al Kouzel, and Vincent Cafarelli /Buzzco Productions.
(drawn animation)

Los viajes de Gulliver ("Gulliver´s Travels") (f), Cruz Delgado /Estudio Cruz Delgado. (Spain)
(drawn animation)

The Wind in the Willows (f), Mark Hall /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)

United States of Animating Women (sf).
(drawn animation)
contains Make Me Psychic (ss), Sally Cruikshank; Delivery Man (ss), Emily Hubley; Odalisque: Three Fantasies of Pursuit (ss), Maureen Selwood; and, Interior Designs (ss), Jane Aaron.

Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, and John Pomeroy form the Bluth Group studio.

The Legend of Hiawatha (tvsp), Sebastian Grunstra /Atkinson Film-Arts. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

A princesa e o robo ("The Princess and the Robot") (f), Mauricio de Souza /Mauricio de Sousa Productions. (Brazil)
(drawn animation)

Berg Simeli ("Simeli Mountain") (f), Gunter Raetz /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany])
(puppet animation)

"The First Consequence" [Следствие Первое] (ss), Aida Zyablikova /Ekran. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(puppet animation)
first Sledstviye Vedut Kolobki [Следствие Ведут Колобки] ("Kolobuki the Consequence Conductor") series (1983)

Háry János ("John the Boaster") (f), Zsolt Richly /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Hófehér ("No-White") (f), Joseph Nepp /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

"Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah" (tvsp), Yehuda Wurtzel /Ein Gedi Films. (Israel)
(drawn animation)

Mala carodejnice // Die Kleine Hexe" ("The Little Witch") (f), Zdenek Smetana /Kratky Film and SDR. (Czechosloavakia [Czech Republic]/Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(cut-out animation)

Puteshestviye muravya [Путешествие Муравья] ("Travels of an Ant", "The Ant's Journey") (ss), Eduard Nazarov /Soyuzmultfilm. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Rocky Hollow (tvss), Bumper Films. (Great Britain)
(puppet animation)

Skywhales (ss), Phil Austin and Derek W. Hayes /Animation City. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Tchouma ("The Plague") (ss), David Takaichvili /Grouzia Films. (Soviet Union [Russia])
(drawn animation)

Vizipok-Csodapok ("Water Spider-Wonder Spider") (f), József Haui, Szabolcs Szabó, Csaba Szombati Szabó /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Hibbert Ralph Animation founded by Jerry Hibbert and Graham Ralph. (Great Britain)

La Lanterna Magica studio founded. (Italy)

Telemagination founded by John M. Mills and Elphin Lloyd-Jones. (Great Britain)

Dance of Death (ss), Dennis Tupicoff. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

Dokko Tao (f), Daiwon Animation. (South Korea)
(drawn animation)

Yu bang xiang zheng (ss), Jinqing Hu. (China)
(drawn animation)

Eric Porter (Eric Ernest Porter) (producer, director, animator) dies. (Australia)