Best Sci-Fi Anime of 1985

10,000 years into the future, the world has transformed into a vastly different realm. Monsters freely roam the land, and while people possess advanced technology like high-powered weapons and cybernetic horses, they live a modest existence more reminiscent of centuries past. The narrative centers on a small hamlet suffering from monster attacks and living under the shadow of Count Magnus Lee, a powerful vampire lord who has ruled for millennia. When a young girl is bitten by the Count and chosen as his current plaything, she seeks the help of a quiet, wandering stranger named D. It so happens that D is one of the world's finest vampire hunters, and he takes it upon himself to cut through Magnus Lee's many minions and put an end to the Count's reign.

In the year Universal Century 0087, after the conclusion of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon, the Federation creates an elite unit called the Titans to hunt down remaining Zeon forces. However, the Titans become just as oppressive, leading to the formation of the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG) to oppose their tyranny. Seventeen-year-old Kamille Bidan lives in the colony Green Noa, which houses a Titan base. Following a clash with a Titan officer, Kamille becomes involved in an attack orchestrated by former Zeon ace Char Aznable, who now fights for the AEUG under the alias Quattro Bajeena. Circumstances cause Kamille to seize a prototype Gundam belonging to the Titans, pulling him into the dangerous conflict.

When you are facing a serious crisis, you can contact the World Welfare Work Association, abbreviated as WWWA. They dispatch a group of skilled and proficient operatives known as Trouble Consultants to handle your issues. However, if the team assigned to you happens to be the Dirty Pair, resolving your problem might result in extensive destruction.

In the realm of Megazone 23, Shougo Yahagi is a young man obsessed with motorcycles, living in a society saturated with rock music and J-pop idols. The residents enjoy a peaceful existence, guided by a computer program posing as the pop star Eve, a fact unknown to them. Shougo's main concerns revolve around his bike and chasing attractive women like Yui Takanaka, who dreams of becoming a dancer. His everyday life takes a drastic turn when his friend Shinji Nakahara reveals details about a secret project—the Garland, a motorcycle that can transform into a robot. After a military ambush, Shougo seizes the Garland and flees into the city. With help from Yui and her friends, he manages to evade his pursuers while gradually learning that their tranquil society is actually an elaborate illusion.

Nagisa is an ordinary schoolgirl with typical morning habits: waking up late, rushing to school, and meeting friends along the way. One morning, she notices a woman in a strange uniform staring at her, which makes her uneasy. Later that day, while looking out the window, Nagisa sees a ball bouncing on its own before it hurtles toward her, shattering the window glass but leaving her unharmed. When she turns back to the front of the classroom, she finds a gaping, tooth-filled mouth inches from her face, and the room is empty. She screams, and suddenly everything returns to normal—she is standing, and her classmates are staring at her in confusion, wondering why she screamed.

When Lum was born, a mailing error prevented a witch who was a family friend from receiving an invitation to the celebration. Enraged, the witch placed a curse on Lum, ensuring she would never find happiness with her True Love. In the present day, a new amusement park opens in Tomobiki, and the group heads there to enjoy the attractions on its opening day. During a magic act, Ataru is magically turned into a giant pink hippopotamus. As Lum searches for the magician responsible for transforming her Darling, the situation becomes increasingly absurd and surreal.

Youko Asagiri has harbored a secret crush on a classmate for over a year and a half. She writes a piano piece to express her feelings, but when the moment arrives, she loses her nerve and falls through the ground. Suddenly, Youko finds herself in the mysterious world of Ashanti. There, she meets a talking dog named Lingam, who explains that Ashanti is a twin realm to Noa, Youko’s home world. Once connected, these worlds were separated by the warrior Leda to protect Noa’s people. Youko’s unexpected arrival has temporarily reopened the link between the two realms, attracting the evil forces of Zell, who want to make this connection permanent. The villains from Zell steal Youko’s cassette player, believing it to be the legendary "Heart of Leda," which is essential to their wicked plans. Youko escapes by transforming into Leda’s warrior form. Armed with her new powers, can she protect the people of Noa and find her way back home?

In the film Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space War, Papi, the tiny leader of a distant planet, flees to Earth after a military coup seizes control of his world. He is warmly received by Doraemon, Nobita, and their companions, and finds comfort on Earth. But soon, Papi learns that his pursuers have followed him. Wanting to shield his newfound human friends from the conflict, he tries to keep them away from the danger. Nonetheless, Doraemon, Nobita, Gian, Suneo, and Shizuka set out on an exciting mission to protect and hide Papi from those chasing him.

In a version of 1996 that never was, humanity has achieved long-distance space travel and established colonies on the Moon and Mars. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union continues to intensify, with both superpowers building military installations in space while the threat of nuclear war looms over Earth and its off-world settlements. A United Nations project aimed at fostering peace through cultural exchange is scheduled to begin on Mars. The "Cosmic Culture Club," a group of sixteen teenagers and their teacher Elizabeth, arrives at the UN facility there. Among them is Anna, a fourteen-year-old who serves as the narrator. Without warning, four unidentified humanoid robots—called Super Powered Tracers—erupt into fierce combat nearby. The UN base is caught in the crossfire and destroyed, leaving only six members of the Cosmic Culture Club alive: Elizabeth, Arthur, Roan, David, Simone, and Anna. Stranded in the middle of a war zone, these survivors witness the battle's conclusion as one of the SPTs lands close to them. Its hatch opens, and the pilot declares, "Earth is at stake."

One ordinary afternoon, Suzuko is returning from school when she meets Shu, a child from her neighborhood, at a park. She decides to accompany him home, but they never arrive. A massive gas explosion engulfs them, yet instead of perishing instantly, Suzuko awakens on a Sengoku-period battlefield covered in corpses. When marauding bandits attack, a boy named Shukumaru—who is scavenging the battlefield to feed his starving village—rescues her. Though they manage to escape to his village, Suzuko is determined to find Shu and returns to the battlefield every day, with Shukumaru following along. Despite his coarse manners and complete lack of modern courtesy, Suzuko gradually grows fond of him. What fate lies in store for this young girl amid the violent turmoil of Japanese history?

The Dirty Pair set course for the planet Ookbar, hunting down a vanished young woman. Kei and Yuri managed to follow Missinie's trail into Nolandia's woodlands, yet their progress hit a wall thanks to the Chief of Security, who proved more obstacle than aid. Still, a bit of red tape was never enough to stop the Dirty Pair.

Emperor Muge, from the depths of outer space, sets his sights on a new target for conquest: the remote planet Earth. Gathering all the forces of his personal Empire of Death, he presents a threat far greater than anything humanity has ever encountered. His power is amplified by the betrayal of Shapiro Keats, an ambitious Earthling who has been reborn as an informant for the Empire. One human army after another falls before the Empire's seemingly unstoppable robotic war machines. Yet a new team may hold the key to stopping them: Shinobu, a top-tier pilot; Sara, Shapiro's former lover; and Ryo, an unlikely but courageous young hero. Together, they control a revolutionary weapon developed in a secret laboratory hidden beneath a lake in Japan. Enter Dancouga, the Super Beast Machine God—and the fight is only beginning!

This adaptation of Mikuriya Satomi's 1980 manga follows a different route than the original story. The plot that started in the prequel reaches its climax in this second OVA.

Ninja Senshi Tobikage follows a boy named Joe Maya who resides on Mars. While on Mars, Joe observes an interplanetary battle between aliens. The forces of Planet Zaboom are attacking the princess of Planet Radorio, who fled from the emperor of Zaboom—whose scheme is to take over the universe—and made a crash landing on Mars. Joe unintentionally boards the princess's ship, setting off a series of events that change their destinies. Joe and his companions command three powerful mecha beasts to fight the emperor of Zaboom and his army, but they face overwhelming odds. Just when hope appears gone, a mysterious ninja robot known as Tobikage emerges seemingly from nowhere to lend aid. By combining with the three mechanical beasts, Tobikage gains unmatched strength, and with this ally's help, Joe battles the forces of Zaboom.

By the year 2099, humanity has spread across the Solar System, colonizing multiple worlds through advances in space travel. Seeking to push beyond these achievements, the starship Starlight is launched on a new mission. When the crew rescues a mysterious girl from debris drifting near the asteroid fields, they set course on a dangerous voyage toward the Canopus system, searching for the planet called only "Odin"—believed to hold the key to all life.

Four decades after the events of the original TV series, Remy Shimada—former pilot of the GoShogun—is caught in a catastrophic accident while heading to a gathering with her old robot-piloting comrades. As they hurry to her bedside, Remy teeters on the edge of life and death, swept up in visions of her past. Even more bizarrely, she finds herself in a hallucination where she and her friends, all restored to their youth, are stranded in a strange city crawling with violent fanatics. The reunion Remy hoped for quickly turns nightmarish when each member of the team receives a sinister letter foretelling their brutal deaths. With only two days left before their predicted end—both in the real world and inside her dream—Remy must find a way out of the City of Fate, clinging to the memories of her companions for strength, even as they gather around her hospital bed in the waking world.

In an era where warp travel has become a reality and space criminals are rampant, Princess Fandora works as a bounty hunter with her partner Que. Fandora possesses the red magical Jewel of Lupia, which she uses when conventional weapons are ineffective. While pursuing the space criminal Red Eye Geran, they arrive in the kingdom of Lemia, where a mysterious evil religious leader has seized control from the legitimate rulers. This leader holds a blue jewel that, if combined with the Jewel of Lupia, could unify the dimensions of the universe—ushering in either an age of peace or an age of terror. Thus, Fandora and this individual are fated to meet.

Justy Kaizard serves as a hunter for the Cosmo Police, employing his formidable psychic powers to capture over two hundred criminal espers, among them the infamous Magnamam Vega. In the downtime between his perilous assignments, Justy spends time with his two sisters—one of whom is his secretly adopted sibling, Astaris Vega, the daughter of the criminal esper he once defeated. With his successes fueling growing hostility among galactic outlaws, they conspire to remove him from the picture so they can maintain their rule of disorder.

Short film/pilot from year 1985 for the Royal Space Force movie that came out two years later.

The narrative follows Daichi Meguru, a young boy, and Mayu, a pilot, as they escape their ruined home planet and begin a journey across space. During their travels, an android named Zero covertly boards their ship while they pass through Halley's Mirror.

Jun is a highly intelligent young girl who spends her time tinkering with various inventions. Her efforts eventually lead to the creation of two small robots, Kichinosuke and Yukinojo, who become her closest companions. Because of her exceptional intellect, Jun enrolls in college at an unusually young age, where she meets and develops feelings for a boy in her class named Zero. Zero has a passion for motorbikes and little interest in academics, often skipping his lectures. Having fallen behind in his studies, he is significantly older than the other students and endures ridicule because of it. Meanwhile, Jun is far too young and small to be in college and is also mocked for her age. Thanks to their shared love of mechanics, Zero feels a connection with Jun and agrees to have dinner with her at Harbor, the restaurant run by Jun's parents. What follows is a long series of lighthearted adventures and quarrels as little Jun tries to win the heart of her charming prince, who is twice her age.

After watching a film about the legendary mecha city called Mechapolis, Arale and her friends from Penguin Village find themselves wishing it were real. That very night, the kids are mysteriously whisked away and arrive in the actual Mechapolis. There, they discover that for one magical evening, every desire they have will come true. But with that kind of power, chaos is sure to follow...

The universe has been subjugated under the brutal military rule of the tyrannical Ventika empire. Yet the rebel police-state planet G.P.P has discovered a young girl named Muma who might just be the key to overthrowing the Ventika once and for all. Though her potential is frightening, Muma suffers from memory loss and is locked away in a maximum-security prison. To break her out and protect her, G.P.P sends one of its most hardened elite agents: Agent Kate. After Kate successfully completes this mission, she is immediately given another assignment: rescue yet another person vital to the empire's downfall. That person is Bavi Stock, an incredibly talented young man, but he too is currently imprisoned on a purpose-built Ventika prison planet. Can Agent Kate manage to extract him? And what exactly is Bavi Stock capable of? Bavi Stock is a two-part OAV series, beginning with Bavi Stock 1: Endless Target, followed by Bavi Stock 2: The Revenge of Iyzeman.

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This story follows Ivy, a cyborg with advanced technology for detecting evil, who is tasked with protecting the universe from threats. After she is infected by a virus launched by an enemy, her only chance for survival is Diatron 5—a microscopic mecha that enters her body to fight the infection. Helping in this mission are two young individuals, a space fortress named "Star Wars," and Diatron's creator. The villains include Mary, an androgynous female, her blue-skinned sibling (who strongly resembles Spock), and their army of robot fighters and green demon-like aliens.

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In the year D.C. 2060, one year after the events of VIFAM, the story unfolds on the planet Kukto, which has largely returned to peace, though small-scale conflicts still persist. The Thirteen are summoned to the region by the newly established Kukto government, made up of former rebels. The arrival of two unexpected visitors triggers a new narrative centered around the quest for lost memories.

This installment is a side story that fits between episodes 18 and 21 of the series. It falls under the mystery genre, so the narrator deliberately withholds the full details of the events. As the Janus makes its way toward Taut, an unforeseen incident occurs.

Crossover film combining two works by Motoo Abiko. Both casts become involved when an alien egg falls from the sky, which then hatches into a monster that seeks to destroy the Earth. It was screened as a double feature alongside Doraemon: Nobita no Little Star Wars.

Summary of The Super Dimension Century Orguss TV series.

The story takes place in the future during the Mechatronics Era. In this time, schools hover in the Tokyo sky at altitudes of roughly 2000 to 3000 meters. At home, people enjoy freedom of movement because everyone possesses a built-in flight mechanism that enables them to fly. As a result, transportation has become very convenient.