Best Animation movies of 1980s

Actors : Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Yasushi Yokoyama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Norio Nishikawa,
Directors : Isao Takahata,

Chie Takemoto is a small dependable girl, who lives in Osaka with her dad. She has to goals - to get her troublesome father, who runs a tavern, some work and then get him to make up with her mother, who left him.

Actors : Hideyuki Tanaka, Akira Kamiya, Toshio Furukawa, Michiko Kawai,

Cosmo Academy has set a test for ten of its applicants to survive on a spaceship for 2 months. But there is an eleventh member aboard.

Actors : Antonín Procházka, Otakar Brousek, Helena Vondrácková, Nada Konvalinková,
Directors : Karel Zeman,

Young knight John travels the world in search of fame and fortune, but also to help others and prove himself. However, things go dire fast and he becomes burdened with life's hardships. But then he meets a pretty water nymph, Mary.

Actors : Keith Scott, Kim Deacon, Robyn Moore,
Directors : Yoram Gross,

Young girl Dot and her friend Nelson the dolphin find Tonga, a beached whale who lost her family in whalers attack and wants to die. Dot believes that Moby Dick could convince Tonga to live, so Nelson takes Dot to Antarctica to find him.

Actors : Susana Klein, Pelusa Suero, Enrique Conlazo, María Marchi,
Directors : Manuel García Ferré,

Actors : Fumi Hirano, Akira Kamiya, Toshio Furukawa, Saeko Shimazu,
Directors : Kazuo Yamazaki,

A curse placed on Lum as an infant manifests itself in the present day, causing her to be taken to another dimension. Lum's husband, Ataru Moroboshi is turned into a hippo, and attempts to find Lum with the help of her friends.

Actors : Saffron Henderson, Masako Nozawa, Kathleen Barr, Masako Ikeda,
Directors : Rintaro,

It's been three years since the destruction of planet La Maetel, but the Machine Empire is as great of a threat as ever. Teen Tetsuro, now a rebel fighter, learns that Galaxy Express 999 is returning and that Maetel is on it.

Actors : Milan Simácek, Dagmar Havlová, Zaneta Fuchsová, Pavel Zednícek,
Directors : Jindrich Polák,

Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a scientist find a way to use their pets as fuel? Live action film with stop-motion octopuses.

Actors : Run Sasaki, Hiraku Takemura, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Noriko Ohara,

Amid a supposedly simple escort mission, Joe and his crew experience a failure during their warp travel. They wake up just to find out that the passengers are missing. To make things worse,...

Actors : Joe Blake, J. David Brimmer, Judy Dodd, Banjô Ginga,
Directors : Shunji Ôga,

Set in a world of fantasy and adventure, Amon is a young warrior embarking on a quest to avenge the death of his mother. When the hunt leads him ultimately to the kingdom of Valhiss, Amon ...

Actors : Gregory Snegoff, Kerrigan Mahan, Diane Michelle, Iona Morris,

Re-edited version of a Japanese TV serial combined with a direct-to-video anime, released in the U.S. as a feature.

Actors : Héctor Lee, Cristina Camargo, Alfonso Obregon, Francisco Colmenero,

Young caterpillar Katy leaves her cherry-leaf tree home and her three sisters one day to learn more about the world and herself. She explores the nearby forest and meets various animals, other insects and even the spirit of Mother Nature.

Actors : Steve Kramer, Kerrigan Mahan, Lara Cody, Wendee Lee,
Directors : Kôichi Mashimo,

WWWA Trouble Consultants Kei and Yuri team up with a petty thief to stop a mad scientist and his legions of mutated creatures.

Actors : Anouk Aimée, Mathieu Demy, Paul Grimault, Jean-Charles Rousseau,

While working at his editing table cartoon maker Paul Grimault is visited by a little clown, the star of his movie "Le Roi et l'Oiseau". Paul, who is delighted, shows his guest several ...

Actors : Kikuo Kaneuchi, Reiko Nanao, Kazuo Kamiya, Keiko Suzuka,

This is the classic story of the young boy Aladdin who is tricked by and evil wizard to go inside the cave that holds a great treasure and there is an old lamp that he needs to bring to him...

Actors : Ed Rosser, Arthur Dignam, Peter Ustinov, Keith Michell,
Directors : Alex Stitt,

This is an animated story covering the ancient legend of Beowulf, as narrated in a Monty Pythonesque way by Grendel himself, the "monster" in the legend.

Actors : Milan Simácek, Dagmar Havlová, Zaneta Fuchsová, Pavel Zednícek,
Directors : Jindrich Polák,

While on vacation with their bickering parents, young Eva and her little brother Johnny find in a polluted lake two strange friendly sentient octopuses made of strange material that attracts electricity. They take them as pets.

Actors : Toni Berger, Adelheid Arndt, Henry van Lyck, Elisabeth Karg,
Directors : Ulrich König,

The farm where Hatschipuh (a gnome) and his friends live is about to be sold because the owners are going bankrupt. The gnomes need to help the family and rescue the farm. Live action film with animated gnomes.

Actors : Keiichi Nanba, Keiko Han, Toshiko Fujita, Taeko Nakanishi,
Directors : Hiroshi Fukutomi,

Colonel Yamaki is looking for Locke, an ESPer with powers are far beyond imaginable. He is supposed to enroll him on a mission to investigate Lady Kahn, a millionaire tycoon who is raising an army of ESPers for an unknown reason.

Actors : Michael Bell, Lorne Greene, Margery Gray, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Directors : Robert Taylor,

Orphan Heidi lives with her grandpa in Swiss Alps. She brings joy to all there. However, her aunt takes her to the city to live as a servant girl to a cold rich strict family and their nice but sad handicapped daughter.