Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love うる星やつら３ リメンバー・マイ・ラブ] (f), Kazuo Yamazaki /Kitty.
(drawn animation)

Smurfily Ever After (tvsp), Gerard Baldwin /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Clarence Nash (voice actor) dies in Glendale, California.

CBS Storybreak (tv)/(edu), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

The Romance of Betty Boop (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

The Secret of the Sword (f), Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Bill Reed, and Gwen Wetzler /Filmation.
(drawn animation)

Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

The Velveteen Rabbit (tvsp), Mark Sottnick /Rabbit Ears.
(drawn animation)

Bobby Ni Kubittake [ボビーに首ったけ] ("Bobby's Girl") (sf), Rintaro /Madhouse.
(drawn animation)

Doraemon: Nobita no Uchu Dai Sensou [ドラえもん のび太の宇宙大戦争] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Great Star Wars") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)

Genmu Senki Leda [幻夢戦記レダ　] ("Leda's Dream War"; "Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yoko") (oav), Mamoru Oshii /Toho and Kaname Productions.
(drawn animation)

Hai Step Jun [は～い! ステップジュン] (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)

Kamui no Ken [カムイの剣] ("Dagger of Kamui"; "Revenge of the Ninja Warrior"; "The Blade of Kamui") (f), Rintaro /Madhouse.
(drawn animation)

Kido Senshi Z Gundam [機動戦士Zガンダム] ("Mobile Suit Z Gundam") (tv), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Kinnikuman: Seigi Choujin vs Kodai Choujin [キン肉マン 正義超人VS古代超人] ("Kinnikuman - Justice Superman vs. Ancient Superman") (f), Yasuo Yamayoshi /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Touch [タッチ] (tv), Group TAC.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1987)

My Little Pony: Escape From Catrina (tvsp), Jay Bacal /Marvel.
(drawn animation)

Rainbow Brite: The Beginning of Rainbowland (tvsp), Bernard Deyries /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

Rose-Petal Place II: Real Friends (tvsp), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

The Velveteen Rabbit (tvsp), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Le secret des Selenites (tv), Image. (France)
(drawn animation)

Hey! Bunboo [へーい! ブンブー] (tv)/(tvss), Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

Hono no Alpenrose [炎のアルペンローゼ・ジュディ＆ランディ] ("Alpenrose of Fire") (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Musashi no Ken [六三四の剣] ("Sword of Musashi") (tv), Eiken.
(drawn animation)

Obake No Q-Taro [オバケのQ太郎] ("Q-Taro the Ghost"), (tvss), Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1987)

Onegai! Samia Don [おねがい! サミアどん] ("Please! Samia Don") (tv)/(tvss), TMS.
(drawn animation)

Pro Golfer Saru [プロゴルファー猿] (tvss), Shin'ei.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1988)

Woolie Reitherman (Wolfgang Reitherman) (director, animator, producer) dies in Burbank, California.

Mahou no Star Magical Emi [魔法のスターマジカルエミ] ("Magical Star Magical Emi") (tv), Pierrot.
(drawn animation)

Hard Woman (tvss)/(mv), John Whitney /Digital Productions.
(cgi animation, some live action)

Take On Me (tvss)/(mv), Steve Barron, Michael Patterson (animation), and Candice Reckinger (animation).
(cgi animation, some live action)

The Wind in the Willows (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass/Rankin-Bass.
(drawn animation)

Dirty Pair [ダーティペア] (tv), Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Ginga Tetsudou no Yorou [銀河鉄道の夜] ("Night of the Galactic Railroad") (f), Gisaburo Sugii /Group TAC.
(drawn animation)

Lupin III Babylon no Ogon Densetsu [ルパン三世 バビロンの黄金伝説] ("Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon") (f), Seijun Suzuki and Shigetsu Yoshida /TMS.
(drawn animation)

Odin--Koshi Hansen Starlight [オーディーン　光子帆船スターライト] ("Odin--Photon Ship Starlight"; "Odin: Starlight Mutiny") (f), Takeshi Shirato, Toshio Masuda, and Eiichi Yamamoto /Toei.
(drawn animation)

Onboro Film ("Broken Down Film") (ss), Osamu Tezuka /Tezuka.
(drawn animation)

First Hiroshima international animation festival held.

The Centurions (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (tv), Disney.
(drawn animation)

The Fantastic World of Hanna-Barbera (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
compilation of several Hanna-Barbera shows for syndicated broadcast, the set was distributed with varying contents from 1985-1989, the shows have their own entries in this chronology

Galtar and the Golden Lance (tv), Hanna-Barbera.

G.I. Joe (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)

The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White (tvsp), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

It's Punky Brewster (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

M.A.S.K. (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

The Paw Paws (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Rambo (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

Sectaurs (tv), Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

She-Ra, Princess of Power (tv), Filmation.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1986)

Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (tv)/(tvss), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Wuzzles (tv), Disney.
(drawn animation)

Yogi's Treasure Hunt (tv), Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1988)

Les Mondes engloutis ("Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea") (tv), France Animation. (France)
(drawn animation)

Monsieur Demo (tv). (France)
(drawn animation)

Garfield's Halloween Adventure (tvsp), Phil Roman /Film Roman.
(drawn animation)

Happily Ever After (tvsp), Bill Melendez /Melendez.
(drawn animation)

Pound Puppies (tvsp), Kay Wright and Tom Ruegger /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Robotman and Friends (tvsp), Bernard Deyries /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

Star Fairies (tvsp), Mitch Schauer, Mark Seidenberg, and Richard Fogel /Hanna-Barbera.
(drawn animation)

Super Sunday (tv), Marvel.
(drawn animation)
contains Robotix (tv), Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines (tv), Jem (tv), and The Inhumanoids (tv), Marvel.

Gegege no Kitarou [ゲゲゲの鬼太郎] ("Cackling Kitarou") (tv), Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1988)

High School! Kimengumi [ハイスクール! 奇面組] ("Funny Faces in High School") (tv), Studio Comet.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1987)

Ninja Senshi Tobikage [忍者戦士飛影] ("Ninja Robots") (tv), Pierrot.
(drawn animation)

Showa Aho Soshi, Akanuke Ichiban! [昭和アホ草紙あかぬけ一番!] (tv), Tatsunoko.
(drawn animation)

Tatakae! Iczer-One Act I [戦え！！　イクサー１　] ("Fight! Iczer-One Act I") (oav), Toshihiro Hirano /AIC.
(drawn animation)
first Iczer-One series (1985-1987)

Yosei Florence ("Florence the Fairy"; "A Journey Through Fairyland") (f), Masami Hata /Sanrio.
(drawn animation)

Yume no Hoshi Button Nose [夢の星のボタンノーズ] ("Button Nose of the Star of Dreams") (tv), Sanrio.
(drawn animation)

He-Man and She-Ra-a Christmas Special (tvsp), Ernie Schmidt and Bill Reed /Filmation.
(drawn animation)

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (f), Bernard Deyries and Kimio Yabuki /DIC.
(drawn animation)

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (f), Steven Hahn /Steven Hahn Productions.
(drawn animation, some cgi animation)

The Turkey Caper (tvsp), Bill Hutten and Tony Love /Encore Enterprises.
(drawn animation)

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Sam Jaimes /Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

Bill Scott (William Scott, William John Scott III) (August 2, 1920-November 29, 1985) (voice actor, writer, producer) dies in Tujunga, California.

Robostory (tvss), Belokapi. (France)
(drawn animation)

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (tvsp), Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass /Rankin-Bass.
(puppet animation)

Rumplestiltskin (tvsp), Pino Van Lamsweerde and Sebastian Grunstra /Atkinson. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Janoschs Traumstunde ("Janosch's Dream World") (tv), Egenolf-Jeske. (Germany)
(drawn animation)

Rumik World--Honou Tripper [るーみっくわーるど　炎トリッパー] ("Rumiko Takahashi Rumik World--Fire Tripper") (oav), Osamu Ventura /Kitty Film.
(drawn animation)

Tenshi no Tamago [天使のたまご] ("Angel's Egg") (oav), Mamoru Oshii /Deen.
(drawn animation)

Vampire Hunter D (f), Toyo Ashida /Ashi.
(drawn animation)

George and the Christmas Star (tvsp), Gerald Potterton. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Quinoscopio 1 (ss), Juan Padron /ICAIC. (Cuba)
(drawn animation)
first Quinoscopio series

Sports Cartoons (tvss), Lamb-Perlman Productions. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Vampiros en la Habana ("Vampires in Havana") (f), Juan Padron /ICAIC. (Cuba)
(drawn animation)

The Velveteen Rabbit (tvsp), Pino Van Lamsweerde /Atkinson. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

Lacewood Animation founded by Sheldon Wiseman. (Canada)

Le cirque bonheur ("Happy Circus") (tvss), Folimage. (France)
(puppet animation)

C.P. and Qwikstitch (tvss). (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

David El Gnomo ("David the Gnome"), BRB Internacional. (Spain)
(drawn animation)

Dire Straits: Money for Nothing (ss)/(mv), Ken O'Neil (Ian Pearson and Gavin Blair (animation directors). (Great Britain)
(live action, some cgi animation, some drawn animation)

Een Griekse tragedie ("A Greek Tragedy") (ss), Nicole van Goethem /Cinete. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)
Annecy Festival Grand Prize winner
Academy Award: Best Short Subjects, Animation

Der Irrhahrten des Odysseus ("The Odyssey") (f), Jiri Tyller /DEFA Animation. (East Germany/Czechoslovakia)
(drawn animation)

A kíváncsi elefánt ("The Curious Ele-Phanny") (tv), Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

John Without Fear (f), Jef Carriers /Pen Film. (Belgium)
(drawn animation)

Les Triplés (tv), Télé-Hachette. (France)
(drawn animation)

Little Green Man (tvss), Pentagon Motion Pictures. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Mátyás, az igazságos ("Matthias the Just") (f), László Ujváry /Pannoniafilm. (Hungary)
(drawn animation)

Mot (tv). (France)
(drawn animation)

Murun Buchstansangur (tvss), Timothy Forder /Bevanfield. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Odyssea ("Odyssey"), Jiri Tyller /Kratky Film and DEFA. (Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic]/Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])
(cut-out animation)

Spirale et Pilou (tv). (France)
(drawn animation)

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

Zwerg Nase ("Long Nose") (sf), Katja Georg /DEFA Animation. (People's Republic of Germany [Germany])
(puppet animation)

D'Ocon Films founded by Antoni D'Ocon. (Spain)

Fantôme Animation founded by Georges Lacroix in Paris. (France)

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

Trickompany founded in Hamburg by Michael Schaack. (Federal Republic of Germany [Germany])

First Festival of Hungarian Animated Film held in Keckermet. (Hungary)

First Holland Animation Festival held. (Netherlands)

Bavi Stock 1--Hateshinaki Target ("Bavi Stock 1--Infinite Target") (oav), Shigenori Kageyama /Studio Giants.
(drawn animation)
first Bavi Stock series

Love Position--Halley no Densetsu ("Love Position--Legend of Halley") (oav), Osamu Tezuka /Tezuka.
(drawn animation)

Sengoku Majin Goshogun Etrangere ("God Warrior Goshogun Strange Lady"; "Goshogun the Time Etranger") (oav), Kunihiko Yuyama /Ashi Productions.
(drawn animation)

What's Michael (oav), Kitty Film.
(drawn animation)

Dot and the Koala (f), Yoram Gross /Yoram Gross. (Australia)
(drawn animation, some live action)

"Monkey King Conquers the Demon" (f), Ding Xian Yan /Shanghai Animation. (China)
(drawn animation)

Waltzing Matilda (ss), Michael Cusack and Richard Chataway. (Australia)
(drawn animation)