2007 in anime

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Events in 2007 in anime.

Events

In this year, home video sales of anime DVDs in Japan were worth 89.4 billion yen.[1]

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, Summer Days with Coo won the Animation Film Award and A Country Doctor won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Tekkon Kinkreet won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year; the other nominees were Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, Summer Days with Coo, Piano no Mori and Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure. Internationally, 5 Centimeters Per Second won the first ever Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film, with one of the other two nominees being Summer Days with Coo.

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time (minutes)	Notes	Ref
February 17	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood	A.P.P.P.	Jūnichi Hayama	100
March 3	5 Centimeters per Second	CoMix Wave Inc.	Makoto Shinkai	63
March 10	Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld	Shin-Ei Animation	Yukiyo Teramoto	112
March 17	Chō Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō 2: Shinkai no Princess de Arimasu!	Sunrise	Junichi Sato Susumu Yamaguchi	77
April 21	Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb	Shin-Ei Animation	Yūji Mutō
April 21	Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	TMS Entertainment	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	95
June 5	Highlander: The Search for Vengeance	Madhouse Imagi Animation Studios	Yoshiaki Kawajiri Hiroshi Hamasaki	85
July 14	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	OLM	Kunihiko Yuyama	90
August 4	Naruto Shippuden the Movie	Studio Pierrot	Hajime Kamegaki	95
September 1	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Studio Khara	Hideaki Anno Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki	98
September 29	Sword of the Stranger	Bones	Masahiro Andō	102
October 19	Appleseed Ex Machina	Digital Frontier	Shinji Aramaki	101
December 22	Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion	Studio Pierrot	Noriyuki Abe	95

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
January 4 – February 1	Afro Samurai	5	Gonzo	Fuminori Kizaki Jamie Simone
January 4 – June 28	Saint October	26	Studio Comet	Masafumi Satō
January 5 – March 23	Koi suru Tenshi Angelique: Kagayaki no Ashita	12	Satelight	Susumu Kudo
January 5 – March 23	Shattered Angels	12	TNK	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	Kyōshirō to Towa no Sora
January 6 – March 31	Himawari!!	13	Arms	Shigenori Kageyama
January 7 – December 30	Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette	52	Nippon Animation	Hiroaki Sakurai
January 7 – March 25	Shuffle! Memories	12	Asread	Naoto Hosoda
January 8 – March 26	Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!	12	Ufotable	Team Manabibeya
January 11 – March 29	Hidamari Sketch	12	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Ryōki Kamitsubo
January 11 – June 26	Nodame Cantabile	23	J.C.Staff	Ken'ichi Kasai
January 11 – March 29	Venus Versus Virus	12	Studio Hibari	Shinichiro Kimura
January 13 – March 24	Getsumento Heiki Mina	11	Gonzo	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
January 19 – July 6	GR: Giant Robo	13	A.C.G.T	Masahiko Murata
January 19 – April 20	Tokyo Majin	14	AIC Spirits	Shinji Ishihira
February 4 – May 26	Moonlight Mile	12	Studio Hibari	Iku Suzuki
February 4 – January 27, 2008	Yes! PreCure 5	49	Toei Animation	Toshiaki Komura
February 15 – May 3	Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova	12	Ashi Productions	Masami Ōbari
February 15 – March 23, 2017	Naruto: Shippuden	500	Pierrot	Hayato Date Masa'aki Kumagai Yasuaki Kurotsu
February 21 – May 17	Rocket Girls	12	Mook Animation	Hiroshi Aoyama
February 26 – May 14	Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny	12	Arms	Koichi Ohata
March 3 – September 1	Reideen	26	Production I.G	Mitsuru Hongo
March 28 – June 13	Hitohira	12	Xebec M2	Akira Nishimori
April 1 – March 29, 2009	GeGeGe no Kitarō	100	Toei Animation	Yukio Kaizawa
April 1 – September 30	Gurren Lagann	27	Gainax	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
April 1 – September 30	Heroic Age	26	Xebec	Takashi Noto
April 1 – March 30, 2008	Hayate the Combat Butler	52	SynergySP	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Hayate no Gotoku!
April 1 – September 23	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers	26	Seven Arcs	Keizō Kusakawa
April 1 – September 30	My Bride is a Mermaid	26	Gonzo AIC	Seiji Kishi	Seto no Hanayome
April 1 – March 24, 2008	Onegai My Melody Sukkiri♪	52	Studio Comet	Makoto Moriwaki
April 2 – September 24	El Cazador de la Bruja	26	Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo
April 3 – September 25	Engage Planet Kiss Dum	26	Satelight	Yasuchika Nagaoka Eiichi Satō
April 3 – June 26	Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o	13	Artland	Tsutomu Yabuki
April 3 – September 26	Oh! Edo Rocket	26	Madhouse	Seiji Mizushima
April 3 – September 25	Over Drive	26	Xebec	Takao Kato
April 3 – June 26	Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan	13	Tokyo Kids Wonderfarm	Nanako Shimazaki
April 3 – June 26	Sisters of Wellber	13	Trans Arts Production I.G	Takayuki Hamana
April 3 – June 19	Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica	12	Ginga-ya	Junichi Watanabe Masami Shimoda
April 3 – September 25	Sugarbunnies	27	Asahi Production	Hiroshi Kugimiya
April 3 – September 24	Tōka Gettan	26	Studio Deen	Yūji Yamaguchi
April 4 – September 26	Claymore	26	Madhouse	Hiroyuki Tanaka
April 4 – September 24	Idolmaster: Xenoglossia	26	Sunrise	Tatsuyuki Nagai
April 4 – September 26	Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula	26	Brain's Base	Keiji Gotoh
April 4 – September 26	Nagasarete Airantō	26	Feel	Hideki Okamoto
April 4 – September 26	Romeo × Juliet	24	Gonzo	Fumitoshi Oizaki
April 5 – March 20, 2008	Bakugan Battle Brawlers	52	TMS Entertainment Nelvana Animation	Mitsuo Hashimoto
April 5 – March 29, 2008	Blue Dragon	51	Studio Pierrot	Yukihiro Matsushita
April 5 – September 28	Darker than Black	25	Bones	Tensai Okamura
April 5 – September 27	Kōtetsu Sangokushi	25	Picture Magic	Satoshi Saga Tetsuya Endo
April 5 – July 12	Kotetsushin Jeeg	13	Actas	Jun Kawagoe
April 6 – September 29	Kamichama Karin	26	Satelight	Takashi Anno
April 6 – June 29	Shining Tears X Wind	13	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe
April 7 – September 29	Love Com	24	Toei Animation	Kōnosuke Uda	Lovely Complex
April 7 – September 29	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit	26	Production I.G	Kenji Kamiyama	Seirei no Moribito
April 7 – June 30	Sola	13	Nomad	Tomoki Kobayashi
April 7 – March 8, 2008	The Story of Saiunkoku (season 2)	39	Madhouse	Jun Shishido	Saiunkoku Monogatari
April 7 – September 22	Toward the Terra	24	Minamimachi Bugyōsho Tokyo Kids	Osamu Yamazaki	Terra e...
April 8 – September 25	Bokurano	24	Gonzo	Hiroyuki Morita
April 8 – September 16	Lucky Star	24	Kyoto Animation	Yutaka Yamamoto Yasuhiro Takemoto
April 12 – September 27	Big Windup!	25	A-1 Pictures	Tsutomu Mizushima	Ōkiku Furikabutte
April 12 – September 21	Kaze no Stigma	24	Gonzo	Junichi Sakata
April 13 – September 28	Princess Resurrection	24	Madhouse	Masayuki Sakoi	Kaibutsu Ōjo
April 14 – October 13	Spider Riders	26	Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo	Spider Riders: Yomigaeru Taiyō
April 16 – July 2	Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma: Molders-hen	12	Ajia-do Animation Works	Tsuneo Kobayashi
April 28 – July 22	Skull Man	13	Bones	Takeshi Mori
May 12 – December 1	Dennō Coil	26	Madhouse	Mitsuo Iso
June 8 – September 13, 2008	Wangan Midnight	26	A.C.G.T	Tsuneo Tominaga
June 14 – September 6	Devil May Cry: The Animated Series	12	Madhouse	Shin Itagaki
June 24 – September 23	Tetsuko no Tabi	13	Group TAC	Akinori Nagaoka
July 2 – September 30	Nanatsuiro Drops	12	Studio Barcelona	Takashi Yamamoto
July 3 – September 27	School Days	12	TNK	Keitaro Motonaga
July 3 – September 18	Code-E	12	Studio Deen	Toshiyuki Katō
July 3 – September 11	Zombie-Loan	13	Xebec M2	Akira Nishimori
July 4 – September 26	Buzzer Beater (season 2)	13	TMS Entertainment	Shigeyuki Miya
July 4 – September 19	Dōjin Work	12	Remic	Kenichi Yatani
July 4 – September 26	Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō	13	Artland	Kōichirō Sōtome
July 5 – October 4	Mushi-Uta	12	Beat Frog	Kazuo Sakai
July 5 – December 27	Sky Girls	26	J.C.Staff Konami	Yoshiaki Iwasaki
July 6 – September 28	Happy Happy Clover	13	Group TAC	Kazumi Nonaka
July 6 – December 17	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai	24	Studio Deen	Chiaki Kon
July 6 – September 21	Potemayo	12	J.C.Staff	Takashi Ikehata
July 7 – September 22	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei	12	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo
July 8 – September 23	Moetan	13	Actas	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
July 9 – September 24	The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons	12	J.C.Staff	Yū Kō	Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi
July 12 – September 27	Mononoke	12	Toei Animation	Kenji Nakamura
July 19 – October 12	Shigurui	12	Madhouse	Hiroshi Hamasaki
July 26 – November 1	Baccano!	16	Brain's Base	Takahiro Omori
January 27 – October 12	Tokyo Majin (season 2)	12	AIC Spirits	Shinji Ishihira
August 11 – November 10	Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan 2	2	Hal Film Maker	Tsutomu Mizushima	Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan 2
September 13 – December 13	Moonlight Mile (season 2)	14	Studio Hibari	Iku Suzuki
October 1 – December 24	Da Capo II	13	Feel	Hideki Okamoto
October 2 – April 2, 2008	Bamboo Blade	26	AIC ASTA	Hisashi Saitou
October 2 – December 25	Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku	13	Asahi Production BeSTACK	Masahiko Ohkura
October 2 – March 25, 2008	Fantastic Detective Labyrinth	25	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe	Suteki Tantei Labyrinth
October 2 – April 1, 2008	Kaiji	26	Madhouse	Yūzō Satō
October 2 – March 25, 2008	Neuro: Supernatural Detective	25	Madhouse	Hiroshi Kōjina	Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro
October 2 – December 25	Night Wizard!	13	Hal Film Maker	Yuusuke Yamamoto
October 2 – December 25	Sketchbook: Full Color's	13	Hal Film Maker	Yoshimasa Hiraike
October 3 – March 26, 2008	Dragonaut: The Resonance	25	Gonzo	Manabu Ono
October 3 – March 25, 2008	Mokke	24	Madhouse Tezuka Productions	Masayoshi Nishida
October 3 – December 26	Myself ; Yourself	13	Doga Kobo	Yasuhiro Kuroda
October 4 – March 27, 2008	Clannad	23	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara
October 4 – December 20	Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun	12	AIC Spirits	Koji Yoshikawa	Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun
October 4 – March 27, 2008	You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle	24	Studio Deen Bandai Visual	Koichi Ohata	Taiho Shichauzo: Full Throttle
October 5 – March 28, 2008	Shakugan no Shana Second	24	J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe
October 6 – March 29, 2008	KimiKiss: Pure Rouge	25	J.C.Staff	Ken'ichi Kasai
October 6 – March 29, 2008	Mobile Suit Gundam 00	25	Sunrise	Seiji Mizushima
October 6 – September 27, 2008	Shugo Chara!	51	Satelight	Kenji Yasuda
October 7 – December 22	Ef: A Tale of Memories	12	Shaft	Shin Ōnuma
October 7 – September 28, 2008	Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi	50	Toei Animation	Tetsuo Imazawa
October 7 – March 30, 2008	Hero Tales	26	Studio Flag	Osamu Sekita
October 7 – March 30, 2008	MapleStory	25	Madhouse	Takaaki Ishiyama
October 7 – December 30	Minami-ke	13	Daume	Masahiko Ohta
October 7 – September 28, 2008	Pururun! Shizuku-chan Aha	51	TMS Entertainment	Atsushi Yano
October 7 – March 23, 2008	Rental Magica	24	Zexcs	Itsuro Kawasaki
October 8 – December 23	Prism Ark	12	Frontline	Masami Ōbari
October 11 – December 27	Genshiken 2	12	Arms	Kinji Yoshimoto
October 12 – December 28	Kodomo no Jikan	12	Studio Barcelona	Eiji Suganuma
October 12 – December 21	Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture	11	Shirogumi Telecom Animation Film	Yūichirō Yano
October 13 – March 22, 2008	Shion no Ō	22	Studio Deen	Toshifumi Kawase
October 18 – April 2, 2008	Ghost Hound	22	Production I.G	Ryūtarō Nakamura
November 3 – March 29, 2008	Shooting Star Rockman Tribe	21	Xebec	Takao Kato
December 12 – March 5, 2008	Ayakashi	12	Tokyo Kids	Jun Takada

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
April 25 – October 26	Aika R-16: Virgin Mission	3	Studio Fantasia	Katsuhiko Nishijima
November 16 – March 17, 2008	Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations	3	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada
December 5	Tokyo Marble Chocolate	2	Production I.G	Naoyoshi Shiotani

References

1. "Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.

See also

• 2007 in animation