1982 in anime
# 1982 in anime

The events of 1982 in anime.

## Releases

| Released | Title | Type | Studio | Director |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| January 10 | Lucy of the Southern Rainbow | TV series | Nippon Animation | Hiroshi Saitō |
| January 23 | Gauche the Cellist | Film | Oh! Production | Isao Takahata |
| January 25 | Asari-chan | TV series | Toei Animation | Kazumi Fukushima |
| February 6 | Combat Mecha Xabungle | TV series | Nippon Sunrise | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| February 13 | Gyakuten! Ippatsuman | TV series | Tatsunoko Productions | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
| March 3 | Armored Fleet Dairugger XV | TV series | Toei Animation, Daewon Animation | Kozo Morishita |
| March 13 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Film | Toei Animation | Yoshikatsu Kasai |
| March 13 | Asari-chan Ai no Marchen Shōjo | Short film | Toei Animation | |
| March 13 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil | Film | Shin-Ei Animation | Hideo Nishimaki |
| March 13 | Kaibutsu-kun Demon Sword | Film | Shin-Ei Animation | Hiroshi Fukutomi |
| March 13 | Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space | Film | Nippon Sunrise | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| March 13 | Ohayō! Spank | Film | TMS Entertainment | Shigetsugu Yoshida |
| March 13 | Queen Millennia | Film | Toei Animation | Masayuki Akehi |
| March 18 | Magical Princess Minky Momo | TV series | Ashi Productions | Kunihiko Yuyama |
| April 5 | Don Dracula | TV series | Tezuka Productions | Masamune Ochiai |
| April 5 | The Flying House | TV series | Tatsunoko Productions | Masakazu Higuchi, Mineo Fuji |
| April 5 | Game Center Arashi | TV series | Shin-Ei Animation | Tameo Ogawa |
| April 8 | Boku Patalliro! | TV series | Toei Animation | Nobutaka Nishizawa, Daisuke Nishio |
| April 11 | Thunderbirds 2086 (in Japan as Scientific Rescue Team Technoboyager) | TV series | ITC Entertainment, Jin Productions | |
| April 24 | GoShogun | Film | Ashi Productions | |
| April 24 | Haguregumo | Film | Madhouse, Toei Animation | Mori Masaki |
| May 5 | Acrobunch | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha TMS Entertainment | Masakazu Yasumura |
| May 8 | Little Pollon | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha | Takao Yotsuji |
| June 29 | The Mysterious Cities of Gold | TV series | Studio Pierrot, DIC Audiovisuel | Bernard Deyriès, Hisayuki Toriumi |
| July 1 | The Wizard of Oz | Film | Toho, Wiz Corporation, Topcraft | Fumihiko Takayama |
| July 5 | The Kabocha Wine | TV series | Toei Animation | Kimio Yabuki |
| July 6 | Galactic Gale Baxingar | TV series | Kokusai Eiga-sha | Takao Yotsuji |
| July 10 | The Ideon: A Contact | Film | Nippon Sunrise, Sanrio | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| July 10 | The Ideon: Be Invoked | Film | Nippon Sunrise, Sanrio | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| July 23 | Space Adventure Cobra | Film | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Dezaki |
| July 28 | Arcadia of My Youth | Film | Toei Company, Tōkyū Agency | Tomoharu Katsumata |
| August 7 | Techno Police 21C | Film | Toho, Eizo, Studio Nue | Masashi Matsumoto |
| August 22 | Andromeda Stories | Film | Toei Animation | Masamitsu Sasaki |
| October 3 | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross | TV series | Studio Nue, Tatsunoko Production, Artland | Noboru Ishiguro |
| October 7 | Robby the Rascal | TV series | Knack Productions | Kazuyuki Okasako |
| October 7 | Space Cobra | TV series | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Dezaki |
| October 7 | Tokimeki Tonight | TV series | Group TAC, Toho | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
| October 10 | Warrior of Love Rainbowman | TV series | MBS, Ai Kikaku Center | Nobuhiro Okasako |
| October 12 | The New Adventures of Maya the Honey Bee | TV series | Wako Productions, Apollo Film Wien | Mitsuo Kaminashi |
| October 13 | Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX | TV series | Toei Animation | Tomoharu Katsumata |
| October 30 | Future War 198X | Film | Toei Animation | Tomoharu Katsumata, Toshio Masuda |
| December 18 | Godmars | Film | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Tetsuo Imazawa |
