Looking back at Summer 1983 anime (July - September) — this is the full roster ranked by score. Whether you're catching up or revisiting favorites, the whole season's here.
In 1945, World War II is at its peak. As Japanese cities are fire-bombed and the nation is cornered by US forces, Japan is collapsing under the immense pressure. Gen Nakaoka, a bold, free-spirited young boy, lives in Hiroshima. Struggling with wartime scarcity and barely making...
Plawres is a wrestling game that the players make their robots, which are about 30 cm tall, fight in the ring. The main character, Sugata Sanshirou, is a plawres player. Using his plawrestler, Juohmaru, he beats strong rivals. (Source: ANN)
Creamy Mami is about a young girl, Yuu, who after seeing a spaceship is given the power to use magic for one year. She is also given 2 cats, Poji and Nega, to watch over and guide her. Using her magic powers to transform into the idol Creamy Mami, Yuu must work hard at acting,...
The three Kisugi sisters—Rui, Hitomi and Ai—during the day run a small cafe called "Cat's Eye." To discover the whereabouts of their father, the artist Michael Heintz, who has disappeared, Hitomi and her sisters rob art galleries as the smart and mysterious thief "Cat's Eye" in...
Based on "Unico and the Kingdom of the Sun," which was newly written as a theater version, this animated film features a battle between the wizard Kukuruku and Unico. Kukuruku builds a castle using dolls transformed from men as building parts. The story revolves around the...
Kona is a boy who has a friend: a pink dragon named Serendipity with a kind nature. They want to stop the evil captain who tries steal gold from their peaceful island.
A series of diamond robberies have taken place all over the world. When Malynera's reserves are also emptied, Patalliro and Bancoran head to Japan following a clue in the form of a mechanical spider found on the scene. However, while they're interrogating a suspect, he's...
In the year 2062, the world's two superpowers are fighting a long and brutal war. In a desperate attempt to win, pilot Kei Katsuragi is given the mission to detonate a super weapon called the Space/Time Oscillation Bomb. The bomb explodes but the results are completely...
Cinema adaption of the manga by Mitsuru Adachi.
Perman (1983) specials that were not included in the episode count when the show originally aired. The DVD Box set did include the latter two (Bird Sei e no Michi and Copy World no Nazo) as a part of the ep count as episode 222 and 415 respectively, bumping up the show's total...
In the planet Deloyer, a colony of the Earth federation, Colonel Von Stein stages a coup d'etat on behalf of the Federation chairman Donan Cashim.
Third animated movie of Old Master Q. Old Man Q, Big Potato and Mr. Chin work at a lunapark and encounter a series of unlucky events. To acquire the land of the lunapark, the director of the Landlord Company threatens to demolish the lunapark with a bomb. By a chance, Old Man Q...
An animation produced for the URACON II sci-fi convention in 1983.
In postwar Tokyo, while his mum works, Taichi spends his days alone and misses his dad who was killed in the war. Through his friendship with an old man who tends a seemingly dead cherry tree, Taichi learns about the tree and gradually becomes more positive. (Source: Treasures...
Music video for the song Minami no Shima no Hanayome-san by Noko Konoha that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Tsutomu Shibayama.
A music video about a cat named Yume (which also means "dream" in Japanese). The song itself parodies the songs Der Flohwalzer (in Japan named as Neko Fun Jatta / I Stepped on a Cat) and Beautiful Dreamer (Yumemiru Hito) depending on whether or not "Yume" is being seen as a real...
Space Gundam V was presented as a Super Robot with quasi-mystical powers that battled a villainous entity on every episode. Much like the Super Robot shows Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 and Trider G7, the robot was piloted by a pre-teen boy. Notable villains included a giant rat...
Malcontents on the Deloyer colony agitate for the independence of their world from the Earth Federation. In an unexpected coup, the elected Governor declares martial law and sets himself up as absolute dictator. With the approval of the Federation, he rules the planet with an...
The friendship between Hiroshi from Japan and Adel from the South Pacific island the two live on is severely tested when Adel finds out that his grandfather was killed in a battle with the Japanese army. Will Adel forget their quarrel when Hiroshi's life is in danger?
Sachiko is unhappy and doesn't have a lot of energy. One day, a white rabbit appears and takes her to the "Land of the Moon." There, she meets her "true self," a happy and healthy girl, and Sachiko realizes she can be just like her.
A Korean animated movie about the boy and his alien friend possessing supernatural powers.
In the far reach of space, a new star evokes. At that very moment, a horrible roaring sweeps across the universe. This sudden roaring, like a helpless howling, breaks the peace of the universe. Antarichi, a planet of peace and perfection, is overtaken by a greedy bionic human...
In this one-shot adaptation of one of Morio Kita's Dr. Mambo SF novels, the dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, regain her birthright from the usurping President Capo. (Source: Anime Encyclopedia)
Music video for the song Uma no Shippo Buta no Shippo by Kyuu Sakamoto and the NHK Tokyo Jidou Gasshoudan, that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Based on community ratings, Barefoot Gen is the highest-rated anime from Summer 1983 with a score of 7.77. Other top picks include Plastic Model Wrestling Sanshiro and Magical Angel Creamy Mami.
There are 26 anime from the Summer 1983 season tracked on MyAnimePulse, including 5 TV series, 14 movies, and 0 OVA/ONAs.
The summer anime season covers July - September. Most new anime in this season begin airing in July.
