These are the anime that actually delivered in 1980. Every score here comes from fans rating each episode as it aired, so a strong premiere can't carry a weak finale. The ranking updates weekly. Filter by Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter, or see what's airing this week.
All Seasons 1980
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING
Ranked by fans who actually watched every episode.
Astro Boy (1980)
Kagee Grimm Douwa
Ganbare Gonbe
Mahou Shoujo Lalabel
Futago no Monchhichi
Manga Kotowaja Jiten
Makoto-chan
Doraemon's Time Capsule for 2001
Sue Cat
Don Quixote
Invincible Robo Trider G7
Tomorrow's Joe 2
Captain
Kaibutsu-kun (1980)
Sanpei the Fisherman
Time Bokan Series: Time Patroltai Otasukeman
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Moero Arthur: Hakuba no Ouji
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveller Emeraldas
Maeterlinck no Aoi Tori: Tyltyl Mytyl no Bouken Ryokou
The Littl' Bits
The New Adventures of Gigantor
Be Forever Yamato
Bocchan
Mahou Shoujo Lalabel: Umi ga Yobu Natsuyasumi
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
Ganbare Genki
Twelve Months
Space Runaway Ideon
Nijuushi no Hitomi
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy
Ojamanga Yamada-kun
Space Warrior Baldios
Tondemo Senshi Muteking
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Dinosaur
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Fumoon
Space Emperor God Sigma
Shelter
The White Whale of Mu
Back to the Forest
The Legend of Marine Snow
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of the Glass
Little Women
Toward the Terra
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Aa Tsuppari Jinsei
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Gekitou Pennant Race
Phoenix 2772
Speed
Hana no Ko Lunlun: Konnichiwa Sakura no Kuni
Eleven Cats
Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned
Joubuna Tire!
Xue Haizi
Suirin: Karma (Ni)
Kkomaeosa Ttori
Xiao Ya Ga Ga
Corazón de Date
Hoero! Bun Bun
Zhe Shi Yi Shou Ge
Dekkai Totto March
Shakishaki no Tenkousei
Samchongsa: Time Machine 001
Ujudaejang Aekkunun
Banana Spirit
Ikkyuu-san: Ooabare Yancha-hime
Sonyeon 007 Eunhateukgongdae
Ofuro no Kazoe Uta
Xiao Ma Hu
Star Fleet
Gegege no Kitarou: Kitarou Tanjou-hen
Gaegujang-i Cheonsa-deul
Hei Xiong Qi Yu Ji
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot
15 Sonyeon Uju Pyoryugi
Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri (Movie)
The Bugle-Blowing Grasshopper
Noraneko Sandogasa
Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye
Lady Oscar Special
Hei Gong Ji
San Ge Heshang
Crazy Monkey
Ie Naki Ko (Movie)
Hiromi
Zhang Fei Shen Gua
Mizu no Oto
Wasurerareta Ningyou
Yuan Yuan He Ji Qi Ren
Ding Ding Zhan Hou Wang
Jiao Jiao De Qi Yu
Bus Tei Nite...
Laolang Qingke
Ba Bai Bian Zi
Mister Synthesizer
Hachigatsu Kokonoka Nagasaki
Ulysses 31 Pilot
Kirin Tomorrow's Calendar
SShhh!
Wo de Peng You Xiao Hai Tun
Sleepy
Versailles no Bara: Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou
San Zhi Lang
Hi no Kuni Monogatari
Kagee Grimm Douwa
Astro Boy (1980)
Ganbare Gonbe
Mahou Shoujo Lalabel
Futago no Monchhichi
Manga Kotowaja Jiten
Makoto-chan
Doraemon's Time Capsule for 2001
Sue Cat
Don Quixote
Invincible Robo Trider G7
Tomorrow's Joe 2
Captain
Kaibutsu-kun (1980)
Sanpei the Fisherman
Time Bokan Series: Time Patroltai Otasukeman
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Moero Arthur: Hakuba no Ouji
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveller Emeraldas
Maeterlinck no Aoi Tori: Tyltyl Mytyl no Bouken Ryokou
The Littl' Bits
The New Adventures of Gigantor
Be Forever Yamato
Bocchan
Mahou Shoujo Lalabel: Umi ga Yobu Natsuyasumi
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
Ganbare Genki
Twelve Months
Space Runaway Ideon
Nijuushi no Hitomi
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy
Ojamanga Yamada-kun
Space Warrior Baldios
Tondemo Senshi Muteking
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Dinosaur
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Fumoon
Space Emperor God Sigma
Shelter
The White Whale of Mu
Back to the Forest
The Legend of Marine Snow
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of the Glass
Little Women
Toward the Terra
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Aa Tsuppari Jinsei
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Gekitou Pennant Race
Phoenix 2772
Speed
Hana no Ko Lunlun: Konnichiwa Sakura no Kuni
Eleven Cats
Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned
Joubuna Tire!
Xue Haizi
Suirin: Karma (Ni)
Kkomaeosa Ttori
Xiao Ya Ga Ga
Corazón de Date
Hoero! Bun Bun
Zhe Shi Yi Shou Ge
Dekkai Totto March
Shakishaki no Tenkousei
Samchongsa: Time Machine 001
Ujudaejang Aekkunun
Banana Spirit
Ikkyuu-san: Ooabare Yancha-hime
Sonyeon 007 Eunhateukgongdae
Ofuro no Kazoe Uta
Xiao Ma Hu
Star Fleet
Gegege no Kitarou: Kitarou Tanjou-hen
Gaegujang-i Cheonsa-deul
Hei Xiong Qi Yu Ji
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot
15 Sonyeon Uju Pyoryugi
Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri (Movie)
The Bugle-Blowing Grasshopper
Noraneko Sandogasa
Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye
Lady Oscar Special
Hei Gong Ji
San Ge Heshang
Crazy Monkey
Ie Naki Ko (Movie)
Hiromi
Zhang Fei Shen Gua
Mizu no Oto
Wasurerareta Ningyou
Yuan Yuan He Ji Qi Ren
Ding Ding Zhan Hou Wang
Jiao Jiao De Qi Yu
Bus Tei Nite...
Laolang Qingke
Ba Bai Bian Zi
Mister Synthesizer
Hachigatsu Kokonoka Nagasaki
Ulysses 31 Pilot
Kirin Tomorrow's Calendar
SShhh!
Wo de Peng You Xiao Hai Tun
Sleepy
Versailles no Bara: Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou
San Zhi Lang
Hi no Kuni Monogatari
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best anime of 1980 so far?
- The current number one sits at the top of this list, ranked by fans who scored every episode as it aired. The order updates weekly while the season airs.
- How are these rankings decided?
- Fans rate individual episodes, not whole shows. No critic scores, no studio hype. If a show falls apart in its second half, the ranking shows it.
