Chronology of Animation 1985
Return to 1984
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Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
January
ThunderCats (tv), Leonard Starr /Rankin-Bass (Pacific Animation (Japan)).
(drawn animation)
(1985, 1987-1989)

ThunderCats imageThunderCats

January
Shoukoujo Sara ("Young Noble Girl Sarah"; "Little Princess Sara") (tv), Fumio Kurokawa /Nippon Animation.
(drawn animation)

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)


February
The Bollo Caper (tvsp), Rick Reinert /Rick Reinert Production.
(drawn animation)

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

Clarence Nash (December 4, 1904-February 20, 1985) (voice actor) dies in Glendale, California.


February
Gwen ou Le livre de sable ("Gwen, Or The Book Of Sand") (f), Jean-François Laguionie /La Fabrique. (France)
(drawn animation)

February
Uragiri no Aozora [裏切りの大空] ("The Blue Skies of Betrayal") (oav), Eikoh Toriyumi /Project 88.
(drawn animation)
first Area 88 [エリア88] series (1985-1986)


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
March
The Adventures of Mark Twain (f), Will Vinton /Vinton.
(clay animation)

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)

March
The Care Bears Movie (f), Anna Selznick /Nelvana. (Canada)
(drawn animation)


March
Arei no Kagami ("The Way to the Virgin Space") (ss), Toei.
(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), Hiroshi Shidara /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), Yoshiyuki Tomino /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)


April
A Chipmunk Reunion (tvsp), Charles A. Nichols /Ruby-Spears.
(drawn animation)

The Magic of Doctor Snuggles (tvsp), Jim Terry /DePatie-Freleng.
(drawn animation)

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)

April
Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins (tvsp), Laura Shepherd and Ken Stephenson (animation) /Nelvana. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

April
Mop and Smiff (tvss). (Great Britain)
(drawn animation, some live action)

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

April
Choujuu Kishin Dancougar [超獣機神ダンクーガ] ("Super Beastial Machine God Dancougar") (tv), Hiroshi Kato /Ashi Production.
(drawn animation)

Hey! Bumboo [へーい! ブンブー] (tv)/(tvss), Eiji Okabe and Kenji Yoshida /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), Osamu Kobayashi /TMS.
(drawn animation)

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

April
The Return of the Bunjee (tvsp), Chris Cuddington /Hanna-Barbera Australia
(drawn animation)

United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
May
It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown (tvsp), Mendelsohn-Melendez.
(drawn animation)

Woolie Reitherman (Wolfgang Reitherman) (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985) (director, animator, producer) dies in Burbank, California.


May
Porwanie w Tiutiurlistanie ("Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan") (f), Zdzisław Kudła and Franciszek Pyter /Filmow Rysunkowych. (Poland)
(drawn animation)




June
The Raccoons (tv), Atkinson Film Arts. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

June
Money for Nothing (mv), Steve Barron /Rushes. (Great Britain)
(cgi animation, some live action)

June
Konpora Kid [コンポラキッド] ("Modern Kid") (tv), Kozo Morishita /Toei.
(drawn animation)

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


United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
July
The Black Cauldron (f), Ted Berman and Richard Rich /Disney.
(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)

July
Tony de Peltrie (ss), Pierre Lachapelle, Philippe Bergeron, Pierre Robidoux, and Daniel Langlois /Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université de Montréal. (Canada)
(cgi animation)


July
Cosmo Police Justy (oav), Motosuke Takahashi /Pierrot.
(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)


August
Cosmic Eye (f), Faith Hubley /Hubley.
(drawn animation)
contains sections from previously released films by John and Faith Hubley



August
Mahou no Princess Minky Momo: Yume no Naka no Rondo [魔法のプリンセス ミンキーモモ夢の中の輪舞] ("Magical Princess Minky Momo: The Rondo in My Dreams") (oav), Hiroshi Watanabe /Ashi Production.
(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.

August
Maikuro Teukkongdae Daiyateuron 5 [마이크로 특공대 다이야트론 5] ("Micro Commando Diatron-5"; "Space Transformers") (f), Jeong Su-yong. (Republic of Korea)
(drawn animation)

United States The Americas (excluding U.S.) Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
September
The Care Bears (tv), DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1988)

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 ("Disney's Wuzzles") (tv), Fred Wolfe and Carole Beers /Disney Television Animation (TMS (Japan)).
(drawn animation)

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

September
Droids (tv), Nelvana and Lucasfilm. (Canada/United States)
(drawn animation)

September
El mon magic del Magic Buffi (tv), D'Ocon Films. (Spain)
(drawn animation)

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

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

September
Yume Jigen Hunter Fandora [1] [夢次元ハンター ファンドラ] ("Dream Dimension Hunter Fandora") (oav).
(drawn animation)
first Yume Jigen Hunter Fandora series (1985-1986)

September
The Berenstain Bears (tv), Southern Star and Hanna-Barbera Australia. (Australia)
(drawn animation)

October
Cap'n O.G. Readmore's Jack and the Beanstalk (tvsp), Dave Bennett /Rick Reinert Productions.
(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.

October
The Adventures of the Scrabble People in "A Pumpkin Nonsense" (tvsp), Alvaro Arce and Jaime Diaz /Jaime Diaz Studios. (Argentina)
(drawn animation)

October
Clémentine ("Clementine's Enchanted Journey") (tv), René Borg and Jean Cubaud /IDDH (Hanho Heung Up (Republic of Korea). (France)
(drawn animation)

October
Aoki Ryusei SPT Layzner [蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー] ("Blue Comet SPT Layzner") (tv), Ryosuki Takahashi /Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Gegege no Kitarou [ゲゲゲの鬼太郎] ("Cackling Kitarou") (tv), Hiroki Shibata and Osamu Kasai /Toei.
(drawn animation)
(1985-1988)

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

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

Showa Aho Soshi, Akanuke Ichiban! [昭和アホ草紙あかぬけ一番!] (tv), Hidehito Ueda /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)


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Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
November
The Glo Friends Save Christmas (tvsp), Mike Joens, Lee Gunther, and George Arthur Bloom /Sunbow.
(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.


November
Alias the Jester (tvss), Chris Randall /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

Robostory (tvss), Michel Pillyser /Belokapi. (France)
(drawn animation)

November
What's Michael [ホワッツ マイケル?] (oav), Kitty Film.
(drawn animation)

November
AKOM (Animation Korea Movie) Productions founded by Nelson Shin in Seoul. (South Korea)

December
Kissyfur: Bear Roots (tvsp), Bernard Deyries /DIC Entertainment.
(drawn animation)

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

December
For Better or For Worse: The Bestest Present (tvsp), Sebastian Grunstra /Atkinson. (Canada)
(drawn animation)

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

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

December
Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar ("Asterix and Caesar's Surprise"; "Asterix Versus Caesar") (f), Gaetan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi /Gaumont. (France)
(drawn animation)

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

December
Bavi Stock 1--Hateshinaki Target [バビ・ストック I 果てしなき標的] ("Bavi Stock 1--Infinite Target") (oav), Shigenori Kageyama /Kaname Productions.
(drawn animation)
first Bavi Stock series (1985-1986)

Dirty Pair: Nolandia no Nazo [ダーティペアの大勝負 ノーランディアの謎] ("Dirty Pair: Nolandia Riddle"; "Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia") (oav), Masaharu Okuwaki /Nippon Sunrise.
(drawn animation)

Love Position--Halley no Densetsu [ラブ・ポジション ハレー伝説] ("Love Position--Legend of Halley") (oav), Osamu Tezuka /Tezuka.
(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)


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Japan
 
Australasia (excluding Japan)
no date
Tabitha St. Germain (voice actor) born in Boston, Massachusets)
no date
The Big Snit // Le P'tit chaos (ss), Richard Condie /NFB. (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)

no date
Bill the Minder (tvss), Timothy Forder /Bevanfield. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

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

Een Griekse tragedie imageEen Griekse tragedie

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)

Shahr-e Moush-ha ("City of Mice") (f), Mohammed-Ali Talebi and Marzieh Boroomand /Nama. (Iran)
(model 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])
(model 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)

no date
1982 Otaku no Video ("1982 Your Video" or "1982 Fan's Video") (oav), Takeshi Mori /Studio Fantagia and Gainax.
(drawn animation)
first Otaku no Video series

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

no date
The Dog, the Frog, and the Devil (ss), Bob Stenhouse /New Zealand National Film Unit. (New Zealand)
(drawn animation)

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

"Monkey King Conquers the Demon" [金猴降妖] (f), Te Wei, Yan Dingxian, and Lin Wenxiao /Shanghai Animation. (China)
(drawn animation)

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


Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.


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