Portal:Anime and manga/Anniversaries/February/February 9

February 9:

Film releases
 * 2001 – Touch: Cross Road (TV film, NTV)

Television series and specials
 * 1979 – Hana no Ko Lunlun begins airing on TV Asahi

Deaths
 * 1989 – Osamu Tezuka (b.1928), an animator and manga artist, considered the "god of manga"