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April 2:

Film releases
 * 1999 – Marco: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Television series and specials
 * 1967 – Perman begins airing on TBS
 * 1967 – Princess Knight begins airing on Fuji TV
 * 1967 – Speed Racer begins airing on Fuji TV
 * 1969 – Judo Boy begins airing on Fuji TV
 * 1973 – Little Wansa begins airing on KTV
 * 1974 – Dame Oyaji begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1978 – Starzinger begins airing on Fuji TV
 * 1979 – Doraemon begins airing on TV Asahi
 * 1980 – Captain special airs on NTV
 * 1983 – Nanako SOS begins airing on Fuji TV
 * 1985 – Onegai! Samia Don begins airing on NHK
 * 1988 – City Hunter 2 begins airing on Yomiuri TV
 * 1989 – Bikkuriman finishes airing on ABC
 * 1989 – Miracle Giants Dome-kun begins airing on NTV
 * 1993 – Mobile Suit Victory Gundam begins airing on TV Asahi
 * 1995 – Jura Tripper begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1995 – Tenchi Universe begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1996 – The Vision of Escaflowne begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1997 – Grander Musashi begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1997 – Haunted Junction begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1997 – Maze begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1997 – Revolutionary Girl Utena begins airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1998 – Legend of Basara begins airing on Chiba TV
 * 2009 – Kurokami: The Animation begins airing on TV Asahi
 * 2009 – Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin begins airing on AT-X
 * 2009 – Sengoku Basara begins airing on CBC
 * 2010 – B Gata H Kei begins airing on Tokyo MX and KBS
 * 2010 – Demon King Daimao begins airing on Tokyo MX
 * 2018 – Magical Girl Ore begins airing on Tokyo MX
 * 2018 – Omae wa Mada Gunma o Shiranai begins airing on Animax
 * 2018 – Uma Musume Pretty Derby begins airing on Tokyo MX