2011 in anime

Year in review

Anime News Network's summarized the biggest events in the year in the industry as Aniplex's business plan. Theron Martin proposed this change in model to be alienating fans and predicted that it could cause backlash for the company. Carl Kimlinger highlighted the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1] The destruction caused by the earthquake and following tsunami disrupted and damaged a large portion of Japan, making it the most costly natural disaster in history.[2][3] The Ishinomori Manga Museum was damaged and would re-open in late 2012, a year and a half after the disaster.[4] Home video sales of anime DVDs in Japan between December 27, 2010 and June 26, 2011 were worth 19.6 billion yen, representing 18.8 of the DVD market; sales of Blu-ray Discs in the same period were worth 17.1 billion yen, representing 57% of the Blu-ray Disc market.[5]

Awards and praise

The Tokyo Anime Award for best movie was awarded to From Up on Poppy Hill, the award for best television series was given to Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Tiger & Bunny. The OVA award was given to Mobile Suit Gundam UC.[6] Puella Magi Madoka Magica has won numerous awards in 2011, including Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the Animation Division, the second television program to win that award.[7]

At the Mainichi Film Awards, the Animation Film Award was won by Hotarubi no Mori e and the Ōfuji Noburō Award by 663114. From Up on Poppy Hill won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Internationally, Children Who Chase Lost Voices was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

Anime News Network's editor picks, the two series of the year were Angel Beats! and Bunny Drop with Hana-Saku Iroha and Cross Game as runners-up. The two picks for movie of the year were Summer Wars and Evangelion: 2.22.[1]

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2011.

Release date English title Japanese title Director Studio
January 22 Hybrid Deka Hybrid Deka FROGMAN
January 29 Shouwa MonogatariShowa Monogatari Masahiro Murakami Wao World
February 26 Macross Frontier the Movie: The Wings of Goodbye Gekijōban Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa Shoji Kawamori Satelight
March 5 Bannō Yasai Ninninman[lower-alpha 1] Bannō Yasai Ninninman Masayuki Yoshihara P.A. Works
March 5 Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels[lower-alpha 2] Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi Yukiyo Teramoto Shin-Ei Animation
March 5 Kizuna Ichigeki[lower-alpha 3] Kizuna Ichigeki Mitsuru Hongo Ascension
March 5 O-jii-san no Lamp[lower-alpha 4] O-jii-san no Lamp Teiichi Takiguchi TMS Entertainment
March 5 Tansuwarashi[lower-alpha 5] Tansuwarashi Kazuchika Kise Production I.G
March 12 Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan Masaya Fujimori Ajia-do
March 19 One Piece 3D: Strawhat Chase[lower-alpha 6] One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase Hiroyuki Satoh Toei Animation
March 19 Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World Precure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana Takashi Otsuka Toei Animation
March 19 Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!![lower-alpha 7] Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!! Junji Shimizu Toei Animation
March 26 Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D[lower-alpha 8] Kōkaku Kidōtai STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society Kenji Kamiyama Production I.G
April 2 Xi AVANT Xi AVANT Kenji Kamiyama Production I.G
April 9 Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence Meitantei Conan: Chinmoku no Quarter Yasuichiro Yamamoto Tokyo Movie
April 16 Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Ōgon no Spy Daisakusen Sōichi Masui Shin-Ei Animation
April 29 Legend of the Millennium DragonOnigamiden Hirotsugu Kawasaki Pierrot
April 29 Tōfu Kozō Tōfu Kozō Gisaburō Sugii Lapiz
May 7 Children Who Chase Lost VoicesHoshi o Ou Kodomo Makoto Shinkai CoMix Wave Films
May 16 Muybridge's Strings Muybridge no Ito Koji Yamamura
May 17 Tatsumi Tatsumi Eric Khoo
May 28 Buddha: The Great Departure Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku Kozo Morishita Toei Animation, Tezuka Productions
June 4 Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Last Party Sengoku Basara - The Last Party Kazuya Nomura Production I.G
June 4 Treasure Hunting[lower-alpha 9] Takara Sagashi Studio Ghibli
June 13 Appleseed XIII: Tartaros[lower-alpha 10] Appleseed Sātīn ~Yuigon~ Takayuki Hamana TMS Jinni's, Production I.G
June 18 Towanoquon[lower-alpha 11] Towanoquon Umanosuke Iida Bones
June 19 Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of ClockworkSora no Otoshimono: Tokei-jikake no Angeloid Hisashi Saito, Tetsuya Yanagisawa AIC A.S.T.A.
July 2 Go! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of Miracles Soreike! Anpanman: Sukue! Kokorin to Kiseki no Hoshi Hiroyuki Yano Tokyo Movie
July 2 Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of MilosFullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi Kazuya Murata Bones
July 15 The Tibetan Dog Tibet Inu Monogatari: Kin'iro no Dao Jie Masayuki Kojima Madhouse
July 16 From Up On Poppy HillKokuriko-Zaka Kara Goro Miyazaki Studio Ghibli
July 16 Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram[lower-alpha 12] Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Shiroki Eiyū Reshiram Kunihiko Yuyama OLM, Inc. Production I.G, Xebec
July 16 Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom[lower-alpha 13] Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Kuroki Eiyū Zekrom Kunihiko Yuyama OLM, Inc. Production I.G, Xebec
July 18 Naruto the Movie: Blood PrisonGekijōban Naruto: Blood Prison Masahiko Murata Pierrot
July 26 Tekken: Blood VengeanceTekken Blood Vengeance Yōichi Mōri Digital Frontier
July 30 Alice in the Country of Hearts: Wonderful Wonder World Gekijō-ban Heart no Kuni no Alice - Wonderful Wonder World Hideaki Oba Asahi Production
August 14 The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! Shunsuke Tada M.S.C, Production I.G
August 27 Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth Hayate no Gotoku! Heaven Is a Place on Earth Hideto Komori Manglobe
August 27 Magister Negi Magi: Anime Final Mahō Sensei Negima! Anime Final Akiyuki Simbo Shaft
September 3 Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion Marudukku Sukuranburu Nenshō Susumu Kudo GoHands
September 10 A Letter to MomoMomo e no Tegami Hiroyuki Okiura Production I.G
September 17 Hotarubi no Mori eHotarubi no Mori e Takahiro Ōmori Brain's Base
October 1 The Princess and the Pilot Toaru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku Jun Shishido Madhouse
October 24 Appleseed XIII: Ouranos[lower-alpha 14] Appleseed Sātīn ~Yogen~ Takayuki Hamana TMS Jinni's, Production I.G
October 28 Hal's Flute[lower-alpha 15] Hal no Fue Hiroshi Kawamata TMS Entertainment
October 29 Suite PreCure: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts! Eiga Suite Precure: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody Yoko Ikeda Toei Animation
November 19 Scryed Alteration I Tao[lower-alpha 16] Scryed Alteration Tao Goro Taniguchi Sunrise
November 19 Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter Un-Go episode:0 Inga-ron Seiji Mizushima Bones
December 3 K-On! MovieK-On! Naoko Yamada Kyoto Animation
December 17 Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki Ryûichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki Robot, Shirogumi Inc.
December 23 Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon Yoshikazu Miyao OLM, Inc.

Television series

A list of anime television series released between 1 January and 31 December 2011.

Release date English title Japanese title Director Studio
April 6 A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku Mankyū Gathering
April 7 A-Channel A-Channel Manabu Ono Studio Gokumi
April 8 Abnormal Physiology Seminar Hen Semi Takao Kato Xebec
April 11 Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai. Tatsuyuki Nagai A-1 Pictures
June 3 Appleseed XIII Appleseed XIII Takayuki Hamana Various
April 14 Aria the Scarlet Ammo Hidan no Aria Takashi Watanabe J.C. Staff
April 10 Astarotte's Toy Astarotte no Omocha! Fumitoshi Oizaki Diomedéa
October 11 B-Daman Crossfire Cross Fight B-Daman Yoshinori Odaka SynergySP
July 7 Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 2 Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Ni! Shin Ōnuma Silver Link
February 13 Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge Mitsuo Hashimoto TMS Entertainment
October 1 Bakuman. 2 Bakuman. 2 Kenichi Kasai, Noriaki Akitaya J.C. Staff
April 4 Battle Girls: Time Paradox Sengoku Otome - Momoiro Paradox Hideki Okamoto TMS Entertainment
September 18 Battle Spirits: Heroes Battle Spirits: Heroes Akira Nishimori, Masaki Watanabe Sunrise
January 9 Beelzebub Beelzebub Yoshihiro Takamoto Pierrot+
October 8 Ben-To Ben-To Shin Itagaki David Production
April 3 Beyblade: Metal Fury Metal Fight Beyblade 4D Kunihisa Sugishima SynergySP
July 1 Blade Blade Mitsuyuki Masuhara Madhouse
July 7 Blood-C Blood-C Tsutomu Mizushima Production I.G
April 17 Blue Exorcist Ao no Exorcist Tensai Okamura A-1 Pictures
April 11 A Bridge to the Starry Skies Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi Takenori Mihara Doga Kobo
July 7 Bunny Drop Usagi Drop Kanta Kamei Production I.G
April 14 [C] – The Money of Soul and Possibility Control [C] – The Money of Soul and Possibility Control Kenji Nakamura Tatsunoko Production
January 8 Cardfight!! Vanguard Cardfight!! Vanguard Hatsuki Tsuji Studio Sakimakura, TMS Entertainment
October 10 Chibi Devi! Chibi Devi! Maki Kamitani SynergySP
October 4 Chihayafuru Chihayafuru Morio Asaka Madhouse
July 3 Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - The Animation Ikoku Meiro no Croisée Kenji Yasuda Satelight
October 1 C Cube C Cube Shin Ōnuma Silver Link
July 8 A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi Takashi Yamamoto ZEXCS
January 11 DD Fist of the North Star DD Hokuto no Ken Kajio Ajia-do Animation Works
April 16 Deadman Wonderland Deadman Wonderland Koichi Hatsumi Manglobe
October 2 Digimon Fusion: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time Digimon Xros Wars: Toki o Kakeru Shōnen Hunter-tachi Yukio Kaizawa Toei Animation
April 2 Dog Days Dog Days Keizou Kusakawa Seven Arcs
June 28 Double-J Double-J Azuma Tani DLE
January 10 Dragon Crisis! Dragon Crisis! Hideki Tachibana Studio Deen
January 6 Dream Eater Merry Yumekui Merry Shigeyasu Yamauchi J.C. Staff
April 2 Duel Masters Victory Duel Masters Victory
July 9 The Everyday Tales of a Cat God Nekogami Yaoyorozu Hiroaki Sakurai AIC Plus+
October 1 Fate/Zero Fate/Zero Ei Aoki Ufotable
April 4 Fireball Charming Fireball Charming Wataru Arakawa TMS Jinni's
January 13 Fractale Fractale Yutaka Yamamoto A-1 Pictures
January 8 Freezing Freezing Takashi Watanabe A.C.G.T
April 1 Fujilog[lower-alpha 17] Fujilog Shigeo Shichiji Uzupiyo Guraphics
October 9 Future Diary Mirai Nikki Naoto Hosoda Asread
July 2 Ganbare!! Nattō-san Ganbare!! Nattō-san Kachidoki Studio
October 12 gdgd Fairies gdgd Fairies Kōtarō Ishidate Bouncy
April 7 Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera Yoshitomo Yonetani Brain's Base
April 4 Gintama' Gintama' Yoichi Fujita Sunrise
January 7 Gosick Gosick Hitoshi Nanba Bones
April 14 Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko Akiyuki Simbo
Yukihiro Miyamoto		 Shaft
October 13 Guilty Crown Guilty Crown Tetsuro Araki, Toshiaki Yamashita Production I.G
April 5 Kaiji: Against All Rules Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen Yuzo Sato Madhouse
October 6 Haganai: I don't have many friends Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Hisashi Saito AIC Build
April 3 Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow Hanasaku Iroha Masahiro Ando P.A.Works
April 6 Happy Kappy Happy Kappy Takuya Minezawa
April 12 Hato no Oyomesan Hato no Oyomesan DLE
July 2 Heaven's Memo Pad Kami-sama no Memo-chō Katsushi Sakurabi J.C. Staff
November 28 High Score High Score Hajime Kurihara DLE
April 12 Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei Azuma Tani DLE
October 1 Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Kyōkai Senjō no Horizon Manabu Ono Sunrise
January 13 Wandering Son Hourou Musuko Ei Aoki AIC
October 2 Hunter × Hunter Hunter × Hunter Hiroshi Koujina Madhouse
April 7 Hyouge Mono Hyouge Mono Kōichi Mashimo Bee Train
July 7 The Idolmaster The Idolmaster Atsushi Nishigori A-1 Pictures
May 4 Inazuma Eleven GO Inazuma Eleven GO Katsuhito Akiyama OLM, Inc.
January 6 Infinite Stratos Infinite Stratos Yasuhito Kikuchi 8-Bit
June 10 Inumarudashi— Inumarudashi— Gathering
January 10 Is This a Zombie? Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Takaomi Kanasaki Studio Deen
April 9 Jewelpet Sunshine Jewelpet Sunshine Takayuki Inagaki Studio Comet
December 29 Justeen Justeen Yukio Nishimoto AIC
July 5 Kamisama Dolls Kamisama Dolls Seiji Kishi Brain's Base
June 6 Kayoe! Chūgaku Kayoe! Chūgaku Taketo Shinkai DLE
January 4 Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season Hiro Kaburagi Production I.G
October 14 Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam Koichi Chigira Gonzo
March 2 Little Battlers eXperience Danball Senki Naohito Takahashi OLM, Inc.
January 10 Level E Level E Toshiyuki Kato David Production, Pierrot
February 20 Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi Masayuki Yoshihara P.A. Works
October 1 Majikoi - Oh! Samurai Girls Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!! Keitaro Motonaga Lerche
October 4 Maken-Ki! Battling Venus Maken-Ki! Koichi Ohata AIC Spirits
July 10 Manyū Hiken-chō Manyū Hiken-chō Hiraku Kaneko Hoods Entertainment
April 7 Maria Holic Alive Maria Holic Alive Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomokazu Tokoro		 Shaft
October 4 Mashiroiro Symphony - The color of lovers Mashiroiro Symphony - The color of lovers Eiji Suganuma Manglobe
July 7 Mayo Chiki! Mayo Chiki! Keiichiro Kawaguchi Feel
January 8 Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū! Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū! Masahiko Ohta Bridge
October 9 Mobile Suit Gundam AGE Kidō Senshi Gundam AGE Susumu Yamaguchi Sunrise
July 1 MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G Benpineko, Koutarou Yamawaki DLE
July 5 Morita-san wa Mukuchi[lower-alpha 18] Morita-san wa Mukuchi Naotaka Hayashi Studio Gram[8]
April 25 Drucker in the Dug-Out[9] Moshi Kōkō Yakyū no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no "Management" o Yondara (Moshidora) Takayuki Hamana Production I.G
July 15 The Mystic Archives of Dantalian Dantalian no Shoka (Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian) Yutaka Uemura Gainax, Anime R
July 4 Natsume's Book of Friends Natsume Yūjin-Chō San Takahiro Ōmori Brain's Base
April 2 Nichijou - My Ordinary Life Nichijō Tatsuya Ishihara Kyoto Animation
November 6 Nihon Omoshiro Mukashi Banashi Nihon Omoshiro Mukashi Banashi Katsunari Mochizuki Crossphere
March 28 Ninja Boy Rantaro Nintama Rantaro Tsutomu Shibayama Ajia-do, Gakken
July 7 No. 6 No. 6 Kenji Nagasaki Bones
July 3 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyō Michio Fukuda Studio Deen
July 6 Nyanpire The Animation Nyanpire The Animation Takahiro Yoshimatsu Gonzo
April 18 Good Morning Ninja Team Gatchaman Ohayō Ninja-Tai Gatchaman Hisayuki Toriumi Tama Production, Tatsunoko Production
January 8 Because I Don't Like My Big Brother At All--!! Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne—!! Keitaro Motonaga ZEXCS
January 7 Otona Joshi no Anime Time Otona Joshi no Anime Time Hiroshi Kawamata The Answer Studio
September 25 Peeping Life - The Perfect Extension - Peeping Life - The Perfect Extension - Ryōichi Mori CoMix Wave Films
July 7 Penguindrum Mawaru Penguindrum Kunihiko Ikuhara Brain's Base
October 6 Persona 4 The Animation Persona 4 The Animation Seiji Kishi AIC A.S.T.A.
October 2 Phi-Brain - Puzzle of God Phi-Brain - Kami no Puzzle Junichi Sato Sunrise
April 9 Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream Masakazu Hishida Tatsunoko Production
April 12 Pū-Neko Pū-Neko DLE
January 1 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Puella Magi Madoka Magica Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Simbo Shaft
April 11 The Qwaser of Stigmata II Seikon no Qwaser II Hiraku Kaneko Hoods Entertainment
July 9 R-15 R-15 Munenori Nawa AIC
April 10 Put It All in the Ring 1: World Tournament Chapter Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen Hiroshi Ikehata Toei Animation
April 12 Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan Benpineko DLE
January 4 Rio - Rainbow Gate! Rio - Rainbow Gate! Takao Kato Xebec
July 1 Ro-Kyu-Bu! Ro-Kyu-Bu! Keizou Kusakawa Project No.9, Studio Blanc.
July 2 Sacred Seven Sacred Seven Yoshimitsu Ohashi Sunrise
April 8 Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love[lower-alpha 19] Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi Chiaki Kon Studio Deen
October 3 Sengoku Paradise Kiwami Sengoku Paradise Kiwami Katsuya Kikuchi Debris Sapporo, LMD, Milky Cartoon
October 7 Shakugan no Shana III (Final) Shakugan no Shana III (Final) Takashi Watanabe J.C. Staff
March 26 – Shiawase Haitatsu Taneko Shiawase Haitatsu Taneko Kachidoki Studio
September 3 Shimanchu MiRiKa Shimanchu MiRiKa Kyuma Oshita Soratia
April 7 Sket Dance Sket Dance Keiichiro Kawaguchi Tatsunoko Production
April 15 Sockie's Frontier Quest Sockie's Frontier Quest Kyō Yatate
April 8 Softenni! Softenni! Ryouki Kamitsubo Xebec
September 26 Squid Girl Season 2 Shinryaku!? Ika Musume Tsutomu Mizushima Diomedéa
April 3 Steins;Gate Steins;Gate Hiroshi Hamasaki, Takuya Satō, Tomoki Kobayashi White Fox
February 6 Suite Pretty Cure Suite Precure Munehisa Sakai Toei Animation
April 3 Suzy's Zoo: A Day with Witzy Suzy's Zoo Daisuki! Witzy Hidekazu Ohara Digital Media Lab
October 3 Tamayura - Hitotose Tamayura - Hitotose Junichi Sato TYO Animations
July 29 Thundercats (2011) Thundercats Sean Song, Yoshiharu Ashino Studio 4°C, Jumondo,[10] Asahi Production[11]
April 2 Tiger & Bunny Tiger & Bunny Keiichi Satō Sunrise
October 26 Tobidase! Dokan-kun Tobidase! Dokan-kun DLE
April 4 Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabō Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabō Mankyū Gathering
April 3 Toriko Toriko Akifumi Zako, Hidehito Ueda Toei Animation
April 2 Hamtaro Tottoko Hamtarō Dechu TMS Entertainment
July 4 Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel: Kyun Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!! Yoshiaki Iwasaki J.C. Staff
October 13 Un-Go Un-Go Seiji Mizushima Bones
July 2 Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000% Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000% Yuu Kou A-1 Pictures
September 3 Wagnaria!! 2 Working'!! Atsushi Ootsuki A-1 Pictures
April 3 We Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai Shinji Ushiro Nomad
April 12 Weekly Shimakō Shūkan Shimakō Frogman DLE
January 7 Wolverine Wolverine Hiroshi Aoyama, Rintaro Madhouse
April 11 The World God Only Knows Season Two Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai II Shigehito Takayanagi Manglobe
April 1 X-Men X-Men Fuminori Kizaki Madhouse
December 17 Yakimochi Caprice Yakimochi Caprice
October 3 You and Me. Kimi to Boku Mamoru Kanbe J.C. Staff
April 8 You're Being Summoned, Azazel Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san Tsutomu Mizushima Production I.G
April 11 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Satoshi Kuwabara Gallop
July 4 Yuruyuri: Happy Go Lily Yuruyuri Masahiko Ohta Doga Kobo

OVAs & Specials

A list of original video animations (OVAs), original net animations (ONAs), original animation DVDs (OADs), and specials released between 1 January and 31 December 2011. Titles listed are named after their series if their associated OVA, special, etc. was not named separately.

Release date English title Japanese title Type Director Studio
February 23 Ah! My Goddess: Together Forever Ah! My Goddess: Itsumo Futari de OVA Hiroaki Gohda AIC
January 8 Armored Trooper Votoms: Alone Again Sōkō Kihei Votoms: Koei Futatabi OVA Kazuyoshi Takeuchi Sunrise, The Answer Studio.
August 26 Astarotte's Toy! EX Astarotte no Omocha! OVA Fumitoshi Oizaki Diomedéa
July 20 Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love] Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love] OVA Takayuki Inagaki Studio Comet
February 23 Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts - Festival Baka to Test to Shōkanjū: Matsuri OVA Shin Ōnuma Silver Link
December 16 Black Jack Final Black Jack Final OVA Masayoshi Nishida, Satoshi Kuwabara Tezuka Productions
March 30 Blessing of the Campanella Shukufuku no Campanella OVA Shinji Ushiro AIC
October 26 Blue Exorcist: Kuro Runs Away From Home Ao no Exorcist: Kuro no Iede OVA Tensai Okamura A-1 Pictures
September 22 Busou Shinki: Moon Angel Busou Shinki: Moon Angel ONA Masayuki Kojima, Satoshi Shigeta Kinema Citrus, TNK
December 22 Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army ONA Romanov Higa Asread, Studio RF
August 14 Carnival Phantasm Carnival Phantasm OVA Seiji Kishi Lerche
June 15 Cat Planet Cuties Asobi ni Ikuyo! OVA Yōichi Ueda AIC Plus+
August 11 Copihan Copihan ONA Takashi Hamada Gonzo
October 8 Deadman Wonderland: Red Knife Wielder Deadman Wonderland OVA Koichi Hatsumi Manglobe
April 16 Detective Conan Magic File 2011 "The Niigata-Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio" Meitantei Conan Magic File 2011 ～Niigata ~ Tōkyō Omiyage Kapurichio～ OVA Yasuichiro Yamamoto Tokyo Movie
December 17 Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock Special Yoshihiro Ueda Toei Animation
November 11 Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans Dragon Ball: Super Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku OVA Yoshihiro Ueda Toei Animation
May 14 Everlasting Heart Kimi to Boku ONA
April 15 Fairy Tail: Welcome to Fairy Hills! Fairy Tail: Yōkoso Fairy Hills! OVA Shinji Ishihira A-1 Pictures, Satelight
December 31 Fate/Prototype Fate/Prototype OVA Seiji Kishi Lerche
April 7 Five Numbers! Norageki! OVA Hiroaki Ando Sunrise
February 26 Fortune Arterial Fortune Arterial OVA Munenori Nawa Feel, ZEXCS
January 21 Golden Kids Golden Kids ONA Takayuki Hamana Shirogumi Inc.[12]
January 28 .hack//Quantum .hack//Quantum OVA Masaki Tachibana Kinema Citrus
August 5 Hakuōki: A Memory of Snow Flowers Hakuōki Sekkaroku OVA Osamu Yamasaki Studio Deen
July 27 Hellsing: The Dawn Hellsing: The Dawn OVA Graphinica
October 29 Hidamari Sketch × SP Hidamari Sketch X SP Special Akiyuki Simbo Shaft
April 26 Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead OVA Tetsuro Araki Madhouse
July 21 Higurashi: When They Cry - Kira Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira OVA Hideki Tachibana Studio Deen
February 1 Wish Upon the Pleiades Hōkago no Pleiades ONA Shouji Saeki Gainax
December 21 A Bridge to the Starry Skies Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi OVA Takenori Mihara Doga Kobo
November 12 Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku OVA Rion Kujo Arms
November 25 Infinite Stratos Encore: Sextet of Burning Love Infinite Stratos Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujūsō OVA Yasuhito Kikuchi 8-Bit
June 10 Is This a Zombie? Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? OVA Takaomi Kanasaki Studio Deen
December 10 A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives Itsuka Tenma no Kuro-Usagi OVA Takashi Yamamoto ZEXCS
September 21 Kamisama Dolls Kamisama Dolls OVA Seiji Kishi Brain's Base
March 31 Kämpfer Kämpfer für die Liebe Special Yasuhiro Kuroda Nomad
May 25 Katteni Kaizō Katteni Kaizō OVA Akiyuki Simbo Shaft
Naoyuki Tatsuwa
October 6 Kimezō no Kimarimonku Ja Kimaranee. Featuring Sabu-Otoko Kimezō no Kimarimonku Ja Kimaranee. Featuring Sabu-Otoko ONA Yōsuke Suzuki Shin-Ei Animation
January 21 Kodomo no Jikan: Kodomo no Natsu Jikan Kodomo no Jikan: Kodomo no Natsu Jikan OVA Eiji Suganuma Studio Barcelona
December 6 Kyousogiga Kyousogiga ONA Rie Matsumoto Toei Animation
November 25 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Eiyū Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki The Animation OVA Masaki Tachibana Kinema Citrus
December 2 Lupin III: Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid Lupin III: Chi no Kokuin Eien no Mermaid Special Teiichi Takiguchi TMS Entertainment
March 3 The Magic of Chocolate Chocolate no Mahō OVA Shinichiro Kimura SynergySP
December 16 MAJOR: World Series Hen - Yume no Shunkan e MAJOR: World Series Hen - Yume no Shunkan e OVA Toshinori Fukushima OLM, Inc.
February 26 Morita-san wa Mukuchi Morita-san wa Mukuchi OVA Naotaka Hayashi Studio Gram
March 29 Nana to Kaoru Nana to Kaoru OVA Hideki Okamoto AIC Plus+
March 12 Nichijou Episode 0 Nichijou no 0-wa OVA Tatsuya Ishihara Kyoto Animation
December 1 One Piece 3D Gekisō! Trap Coaster One Piece 3D Gekisō! Trap Coaster Special Toei Animation
April 28 Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox OVA Hiroyuki Imaishi Gainax
August 1 Pikachu no Summer Bridge Story Pikachu no Summer Bridge Story Special Kunihiko Yuyama
February 3 Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl Tokubetsuhen Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl Tokubetsuhen Special OLM, Inc.
March 25 Saiyuki Gaiden Saiyuki Gaiden OVA Naoyuki Kuzuya Anpro
February 23 Supernatural the Animation Supernatural the Animation OVA Atsuko Ishizuka, Shigeyuki Miya Madhouse
December 21 Toradora!: The True Meaning of Bento Toradora!: Bentou no Gokui OVA Tatsuyuki Nagai J.C. Staff

Deaths
  • April 17 - Osamu Dezaki, film director, screenwriter
  • July 23 - Toyoo Ashida, director, character designer, animator, animation director, screenwriter

See also

Notes
  1. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
  2. 3D Remake of the 1986 film Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops
  3. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
  4. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
  5. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
  6. Part of a double feature with Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!!
  7. Part of a double feature with One Piece 3D: Strawhat Chase
  8. 3D version of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
  9. One of several short films that air at the Ghibli Museum
  10. Compilation film
  11. Series of six short films
  12. One of two versions of the fourteenth Pokemon film
  13. One of two versions of the fourteenth Pokemon film
  14. Compilation film
  15. Part of Yanase Takashi Theater
  16. Compilation film
  17. Its sequel, Fujilog 2, began airing in October of the same year.
  18. Its sequel, Morita-san wa Mukuchi 2, began airing in October of the same year
  19. Its sequel, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi 2, began airing in October of the same year.

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