2011 in anime

The events of 2011 in anime.

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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
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
June 13	Appleseed XIII: Tartaros[lower-alpha 1]	Appleseed Sātīn ~Yuigon~	Takayuki Hamana	TMS Jinni's, Production I.G
October 24	Appleseed XIII: Ouranos[lower-alpha 2]	Appleseed Sātīn ~Yogen~	Takayuki Hamana	TMS Jinni's, Production I.G
March 5	Bannō Yasai Ninninman[lower-alpha 3]	Bannō Yasai Ninninman	Masayuki Yoshihara	P.A. Works
May 28	Buddha: The Great Departure	Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku	Kozo Morishita	Toei Animation, Tezuka Productions
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 9	Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence	Meitantei Conan: Chinmoku no Quarter	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	Tokyo Movie
March 5	Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels[lower-alpha 4]	Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi	Yukiyo Teramoto	Shin-Ei Animation
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
December 17	Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki	Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki	Ryûichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki	Robot, Shirogumi Inc.
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 26	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D'[lower-alpha 5]	Kōkaku Kidōtai STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society	Kenji Kamiyama	Production I.G
October 28	Hal's Flute[lower-alpha 6]	Hal no Fue	Hiroshi Kawamata	TMS Entertainment
August 27	Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth	Hayate no Gotoku! Heaven Is a Place on Earth	Hideto Komori	Manglobe
January 22	Hybrid Deka	Hybrid Deka	FROGMAN
December 23	Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon	Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon	Yoshikazu Miyao	OLM, Inc.
March 5	Kizuna Ichigeki[lower-alpha 7]	Kizuna Ichigeki	Mitsuru Hongo	Ascension
September 3	Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion	Marudukku Sukuranburu Nenshō	Susumu Kudo	GoHands
2011	Muybridge's Strings	Muybridge no Ito	Koji Yamamura	Koji Yamamura
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
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
October 1	The Princess and the Pilot	Toaru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku	Jun Shishido	Madhouse
November 19	Scryed Alteration I Tao[lower-alpha 8]	Scryed Alteration Tao	Goro Taniguchi	Sunrise
June 4	Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Last Party	Sengoku Basara - The Last Party	Kazuya Nomura	Production I.G
July 2	Go! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of Miracles	Soreike! Anpanman: Sukue! Kokorin to Kiseki no Hoshi	Hiroyuki Yano	Tokyo Movie
March 5	Tansuwarashi[lower-alpha 9]	Tansuwarashi	Kazuchika Kise	Production I.G
May 17	Tatsumi	Tatsumi	Eric Khoo
July 15	The Tibetan Dog	Tibet Inu Monogatari: Kin'iro no Dao Jie	Masayuki Kojima	Madhouse
April 29	Tōfu Kozō	Tōfu Kozō	Gisaburō Sugii	Lapiz
September 10	A Letter to Momo	Momo e no Tegami	Hiroyuki Okiura	Production I.G
May 7	Children Who Chase Lost Voices	Hoshi o Ou Kodomo	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films
July 16	From Up On Poppy Hill	Kokuriko-Zaka Kara	Goro Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli
July 2	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi	Kazuya Murata	Bones
June 19	Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork	Sora no Otoshimono: Tokei-jikake no Angeloid	Hisashi Saito, Tetsuya Yanagisawa	AIC A.S.T.A.
February 26	Macross Frontier the Movie: The Wings of Goodbye	Gekijōban Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa	Shoji Kawamori	Satelight
August 27	Magister Negi Magi: Anime Final	Mahō Sensei Negima! Anime Final	Akiyuki Simbo	Shaft
March 5	O-jii-san no Lamp[lower-alpha 10]	O-jii-san no Lamp	Teiichi Takiguchi	TMS Entertainment
March 19	One Piece 3D: Strawhat Chase[lower-alpha 11]	One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase	Hiroyuki Satoh	Toei Animation
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
March 19	Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!![lower-alpha 14]	Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!!	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation
June 18	Towanoquon[lower-alpha 15]	Towanoquon	Umanosuke Iida	Bones
April	Treasure Hunting[lower-alpha 16]	Takara Sagashi		Studio Ghibli
November 19	Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter	Un-Go episode:0 Inga-ron	Seiji Mizushima	Bones
April 2	Xi AVANT	Xi AVANT	Kenji Kamiyama	Production I.G
December 3	K-On! Movie	K-On!	Naoko Yamada	Kyoto Animation
April 29	Legend of the Millennium Dragon	Onigamiden	Hirotsugu Kawasaki	Pierrot
July 18	Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison	Gekijōban Naruto: Blood Prison	Masahiko Murata	Pierrot
January 29	Shouwa Monogatari	Showa Monogatari	Masahiro Murakami	Wao World
July 26	Tekken: Blood Vengeance	Tekken Blood Vengeance	Yōichi Mōri	Digital Frontier
September 17	Hotarubi no Mori e	Hotarubi no Mori e	Takahiro Ōmori	Brain's Base

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.[8]
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
2011	Hime Gal Paradise	Hime Gal Paradise	OVA
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

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	Nobuhiro 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[9]
April 25	Drucker in the Dug-Out[10]	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
2011	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,[11] Asahi Production[12]
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

Deaths

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

See also

• 2011 in animation

Notes

1. Compilation film
2. Compilation film
3. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
4. 3D Remake of the 1986 film Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops
5. 3D version of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
6. Part of Yanase Takashi Theater
7. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
8. Compilation film
9. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
10. Part of the Young Animator Training Project
11. Part of a double feature with Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!!
12. One of two versions of the fourteenth Pokemon film
13. One of two versions of the fourteenth Pokemon film
14. Part of a double feature with One Piece 3D: Strawhat Chase
15. Series of six short films
16. One of several short films that air at the Ghibli Museum
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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