A list of events related to Studio Ghibli in the 1980s. These were succeeded by the events in the 1990s.
1983[]
- June - Production started on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
1984[]
- March 11 - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released.
- June 28 - Release of Nausicaä film on VHS.
- November 6 - Sherlock Hound was released.
1985[]
- June 15 - Studio Ghibli was founded.
- June 15 - Warriors of the Wind film released in cinema for English-speaking audience.
1986[]
- August 2 - Castle in the Sky was released.
1988[]
- April 9 - First figure of Mei was introduced.
- April 16 - My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies were released on the same day.
- August 3 - My Neighbor Totoro and Castle in the Sky were released on VHS.
- August 27 - My Neighbor Totoro released on VHS in almost all territories globally.
1989[]
- April 1 - Castle in the Sky dubbed by Streamline.
- July 17 - Kiki's Delivery Service was released.
- December 13 - Kiki's Delivery Service film was released on VHS.