2011 in anime

The events of 2011 in anime.

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Year in review

Anime News Network's summarized the biggest events of the year in the industry as Aniplex's business plan. Theron Martin proposed this change in model to alienate fans and predicted that it could cause backlash for the company. Carl Kimlinger highlighted the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 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. The Ishinomori Manga Museum was damaged and would re-open in late 2012, a year and a half after the disaster. 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 percent 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.

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. Puella Magi Madoka Magica has won numerous awards in 2011, including the Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the Animation Division, the second television program to win that award.

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.

According to Anime News Network's editor picks, the two series of the year were Angel Beats!, 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.

Releases

Films

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

Release date	English title	Duration	Japanese title	Director	Studio	Source
January 22	Broken Blade 5	47	Bureiku bureido shisen no Hate	Tetsuro Amino Nobuyoshi Habara	Production I.G Xebec	[1]
	Hybrid Deka	45	Hybrid Deka	FROGMAN		[2]
January 29	Shouwa Monogatari	96	Showa Monogatari	Masahiro Murakami	Wao World	[3]
February 26	Macross Frontier the Movie: The Wings of Goodbye	114	Gekijōban Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa	Shoji Kawamori	8bit Satelight	[4]
March 5	Bannō Yasai Ninninman	24	Bannō Yasai Ninninman	Masayuki Yoshihara	P.A. Works	[5]
	Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels	108	Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi	Yukiyo Teramoto	Shin-Ei Animation	[6]
	Kizuna Ichigeki	24	Kizuna Ichigeki	Mitsuru Hongo	Ascension	[7]
	O-jii-san no Lamp		O-jii-san no Lamp	Teiichi Takiguchi	TMS Entertainment	[8]
	Tansuwarashi	23	Tansuwarashi	Kazuchika Kise	Production I.G	[9]
March 12	Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan	78	Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan	Masaya Fujimori	Ajia-do	[10]
March 19	One Piece 3D: Strawhat Chase	30	One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase	Hiroyuki Satoh	Toei Animation	[11]
	Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World	71	Precure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana	Takashi Otsuka		[12]
	Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!!	40	Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!!	Junji Shimizu		[13]
March 26	Broken Blade 6	52	Bureiku bureido dairokushō dōkoku no toride	Tetsuro Amino Nobuyoshi Habara	Production I.G Xebec	[14]
	Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D	108	Kōkaku Kidōtai STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society	Kenji Kamiyama	Production I.G	[15]
	Xi AVANT	3	Xi AVANT			[16]
April 16	Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence	109	Meitantei Conan: Chinmoku no Quarter	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	TMS Entertainment	[17]
April 16	Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy	108	Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Ōgon no Spy Daisakusen	Sōichi Masui	Shin-Ei Animation	[18]
April 29	Legend of the Millennium Dragon	98	Onigamiden	Hirotsugu Kawasaki	Pierrot	[19]
	Tōfu Kozō	86	Tōfu Kozō	Gisaburō Sugii	Lapiz	[20]
May 7	Children Who Chase Lost Voices	116	Hoshi o Ou Kodomo	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films	[21]
May 16	Muybridge's Strings	13	Muybridge no Ito	Koji Yamamura	Yamamura Animation, Inc.	[22]
May 28	Buddha: The Great Departure	111	Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku	Kozo Morishita	Toei Animation	[23]
June 4	Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Last Party	93	Sengoku Basara - The Last Party	Kazuya Nomura	Production I.G	[24]
	Treasure Hunting	9	Takara Sagashi		Studio Ghibli	[25]
June 6	The Tibetan Dog	90	Tibet Inu Monogatari: Kin'iro no Dao Jie	Masayuki Kojima	Madhouse	[26]
June 13	Appleseed XIII: Tartaros	84	Appleseed Sātīn ~Yuigon~	Takayuki Hamana	Jinnis Animation Studios Production I.G	[27]
June 18 – November 26	Towanoquon	48	Towanoquon	Umanosuke Iida	Bones	[28]
June 25	Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork	97	Sora no Otoshimono: Tokei-jikake no Angeloid	Hisashi Saito Tetsuya Yanagisawa	AIC ASTA	[29]
July 2	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	110	Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi	Kazuya Murata	Bones	[30]
	Go! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of Miracles	46	Soreike! Anpanman: Sukue! Kokorin to Kiseki no Hoshi	Hiroyuki Yano	Tokyo Movie	[31]
July 16	From Up On Poppy Hill	95	Kokuriko-Zaka Kara	Goro Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	[32]
	Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram	96	Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Shiroki Eiyū Reshiram	Kunihiko Yuyama	OLM, Inc. Production I.G Xebec	[33]
	Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom		Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Kuroki Eiyū Zekrom			[34]
July 26	Tekken: Blood Vengeance	92	Tekken Blood Vengeance	Yōichi Mōri	Digital Frontier	[35]
July 30	Alice in the Country of Hearts: Wonderful Wonder World	84	Gekijō-ban Heart no Kuni no Alice - Wonderful Wonder World	Hideaki Oba	Asahi Production	[36]
	Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison	102	Gekijōban Naruto: Blood Prison	Masahiko Murata	Pierrot	[37]
August 27	Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth	69	Hayate no Gotoku! Heaven Is a Place on Earth	Hideto Komori	Manglobe	[38]
	Magister Negi Magi: Anime Final	84	Mahō Sensei Negima! Anime Final	Akiyuki Simbo	Shaft	[39]
September 3	Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion	64	Marudukku Sukuranburu Nenshō	Susumu Kudo	GoHands	[40]
	The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen!	87	The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen!	Shunsuke Tada	M.S.C Production I.G	[41]
September 17	Hotarubi no Mori e	45	Hotarubi no Mori e	Takahiro Ōmori	Brain's Base	[42]
October 1	The Princess and the Pilot	99	Toaru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku	Jun Shishido	Madhouse	[43]
October 22	Hal's Flute	48	Hal no Fue	Hiroshi Kawamata	TMS Entertainment	[44]
October 24	Appleseed XIII: Ouranos	84	Appleseed Sātīn ~Yogen~	Takayuki Hamana	Jinnis Animation Studios Production I.G	[45]
October 29	Gyo	70	Gyo	Takayuki Hirao	ufotable	[46]
	Sakura no Ondo	21	Sakura no ondo	Hirao Takayuki		[47]
	Suite PreCure: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts!	71	Eiga Suite Precure: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody	Yoko Ikeda	Toei Animation	[48]
November 19	Scryed Alteration I Tao	96	Scryed Alteration Tao	Goro Taniguchi	Sunrise	[49]
	Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter	48	Un-Go episode:0 Inga-ron	Seiji Mizushima	Bones	[50]
December 3	K-On! Movie	110	K-On!	Naoko Yamada	Kyoto Animation	[51]
December 17	Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki	87	Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki	Ryûichi Yagi Takashi Yamazaki	Robot Communications Shirogumi	[52]
December 23	Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon	90	Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon	Yoshikazu Miyao	OLM, Inc.	[53]

Television series

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

Release date	English title	Eps	Japanese title	Director	Studio	Source
January 4 – March 29	Rio - Rainbow Gate!	13	Rio reinbō gēto!	Takao Kato	Xebec	[54]
January 7– March 25	Wolverine	12	Uruvuarin	Hiroshi Aoyama Rintaro (pilot)	Madhouse	[55]
January 7– April 1	Infinite Stratos		infinitto sutoratosu	Yasuhito Kikuchi	8-Bit	[56]
January 7– April 8	Dream Eater Merry	13	Yumekui merī	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	J.C. Staff	[57]
January 7– April 22	Puella Magi Madoka Magica	12	Mahō shōjo Madoka ★ magika	Yukihiro Miyamoto Akiyuki Simbo	Shaft	[58]
January 8 – April 7	Freezing		Furījingu	Takashi Watanabe	A.C.G.T	[59]
January 8 – July 2	Gosick	24	Goshikku	Hitoshi Nanba	Bones	[60]
January 8 – March 31, 2012	Cardfight!! Vanguard	65	Kādofaito!! Vuangādo	Hatsuki Tsuji	TMS Entertainment	[61]
January 9 – February 27	Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu!	8	Mitsudomo e zōryō-chū!	Masahiko Ōta	Bridge	[62]
January 9 – March 27	I Don't Like My Big Brother At All!!	12	Onīchan no koto nanka zenzen suki janain dakara ne--!!	Keitaro Motonaga	ZEXCS	[63]
January 9 – March 25, 2012	Beelzebub	60	Beelzebub	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Pierrot Plus	[64]
January 11 – March 29	Dragon Crisis!	12	Doragon kuraishisu!	Hideki Tachibana	Studio Deen	[65]
January 11 – March 30	Is This a Zombie?		Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?	Takaomi Kanasaki	Studio Deen	[66]
January 11 – April 5	Level E	13	Reberu ī	Toshiyuki Kato	David Production Pierrot	[67]
January 12 – March 30	Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season	12	Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season	Hiro Kaburagi	Production I.G	[68]
January 14 – April 1	Wandering Son	11	Hōrō musuko	Ei Aoki	AIC Classic	[69]
	Fractale		Furakutaru	Yutaka Yamamoto	A-1 Pictures	[70]
February 6 – January 29, 2012	Suite Pretty Cure	48	Suīto purikyua ♪	Munehisa Sakai	Toei Animation	[71]
–	A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education		30-sai no Hoken Taiiku	Mankyū	Gathering
–	A-Channel		A-Channel	Manabu Ono	Studio Gokumi
–	Abnormal Physiology Seminar		Hen Semi	Takao Kato	Xebec
–	Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day		Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai.	Tatsuyuki Nagai	A-1 Pictures
–	Appleseed XIII		Appleseed XIII	Takayuki Hamana	Various
–	Aria the Scarlet Ammo		Hidan no Aria	Takashi Watanabe	J.C. Staff
–	Astarotte's Toy		Astarotte no Omocha!	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Diomedéa
–	B-Daman Crossfire		Cross Fight B-Daman	Yoshinori Odaka	SynergySP
–	Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 2		Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Ni!	Shin Ōnuma	Silver Link
–	Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge		Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge	Mitsuo Hashimoto	TMS Entertainment
–	Bakuman. 2		Bakuman. 2	Kenichi Kasai Noriaki Akitaya	J.C. Staff
–	Battle Girls: Time Paradox		Sengoku Otome - Momoiro Paradox	Hideki Okamoto	TMS Entertainment
–	Battle Spirits: Heroes		Battle Spirits: Heroes	Akira Nishimori Masaki Watanabe	Sunrise
–	Ben-To		Ben-To	Shin Itagaki	David Production
–	Beyblade: Metal Fury		Metal Fight Beyblade 4D	Kunihisa Sugishima	SynergySP
–	Blade		Blade	Mitsuyuki Masuhara	Madhouse
–	Blood-C		Blood-C	Tsutomu Mizushima	Production I.G
–	Blue Exorcist		Ao no Exorcist	Tensai Okamura	A-1 Pictures
–	A Bridge to the Starry Skies		Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi	Takenori Mihara	Doga Kobo
–	Bunny Drop		Usagi Drop	Kanta Kamei	Production I.G
–	[C] – The Money of Soul and Possibility Control		[C] – The Money of Soul and Possibility Control	Kenji Nakamura	Tatsunoko Production
–	Chibi Devi!		Chibi Devi!	Maki Kamitani	SynergySP
–	Chihayafuru		Chihayafuru	Morio Asaka	Madhouse
–	Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - The Animation		Ikoku Meiro no Croisée	Kenji Yasuda	Satelight
–	C Cube		C Cube	Shin Ōnuma	Silver Link
–	A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives		Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi	Takashi Yamamoto	ZEXCS
–	DD Fist of the North Star		DD Hokuto no Ken	Kajio	Ajia-do Animation Works
–	Deadman Wonderland		Deadman Wonderland	Koichi Hatsumi	Manglobe
–	Digimon Fusion: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time		Digimon Xros Wars: Toki o Kakeru Shōnen Hunter-tachi	Yukio Kaizawa	Toei Animation
–	Dog Days		Dog Days	Keizou Kusakawa	Seven Arcs
–	Double-J		Double-J	Azuma Tani	DLE
–	Duel Masters Victory		Duel Masters Victory
–	The Everyday Tales of a Cat God		Nekogami Yaoyorozu	Hiroaki Sakurai	AIC Plus+
–	Fate/Zero		Fate/Zero	Ei Aoki	Ufotable
–	Fireball Charming		Fireball Charming	Wataru Arakawa	TMS Jinni's
–	Fujilog		Fujilog	Shigeo Shichiji	Uzupiyo Guraphics
–	Future Diary		Mirai Nikki	Naoto Hosoda	Asread
–	Ganbare!! Nattō-san		Ganbare!! Nattō-san		Kachidoki Studio
–	gdgd Fairies		gdgd Fairies	Kōtarō Ishidate	Bouncy
–	Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up		Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera	Yoshitomo Yonetani	Brain's Base
–	Gintama'		Gintama'	Yoichi Fujita	Sunrise
–	Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl		Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko	Akiyuki Simbo Yukihiro Miyamoto	Shaft
–	Guilty Crown		Guilty Crown	Tetsuro Araki Toshiaki Yamashita	Production I.G
–	Kaiji: Against All Rules		Gyakkyō Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen	Yuzo Sato	Madhouse
–	Haganai: I don't have many friends		Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai	Hisashi Saito	AIC Build
–	Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow		Hanasaku Iroha	Masahiro Ando	P.A.Works
–	Happy Kappy		Happy Kappy	Takuya Minezawa
–	Hato no Oyomesan		Hato no Oyomesan		DLE
–	Heaven's Memo Pad		Kami-sama no Memo-chō	Katsushi Sakurabi	J.C. Staff
–	High Score		High Score	Hajime Kurihara	DLE
–	Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei		Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei	Azuma Tani	DLE
–	Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere		Kyōkai Senjō no Horizon	Manabu Ono	Sunrise
–	Hunter × Hunter		Hunter × Hunter	Hiroshi Koujina	Madhouse
–	Hyouge Mono		Hyouge Mono	Kōichi Mashimo	Bee Train
–	The Idolmaster		The Idolmaster	Atsushi Nishigori	A-1 Pictures
–	Inazuma Eleven GO		Inazuma Eleven GO	Katsuhito Akiyama	OLM, Inc.
–	Inumarudashi—		Inumarudashi—		Gathering
–	Jewelpet Sunshine		Jewelpet Sunshine	Takayuki Inagaki	Studio Comet
–	Justeen		Justeen	Yukio Nishimoto	AIC
–	Kamisama Dolls		Kamisama Dolls	Seiji Kishi	Brain's Base
–	Kayoe! Chūgaku		Kayoe! Chūgaku	Taketo Shinkai	DLE
–	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing		Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam	Koichi Chigira	Gonzo
–	Little Battlers eXperience		Danball Senki	Naohito Takahashi	OLM, Inc.
–	Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi		Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi	Masayuki Yoshihara	P.A. Works
–	Majikoi - Oh! Samurai Girls		Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!!	Keitaro Motonaga	Lerche
–	Maken-Ki! Battling Venus		Maken-Ki!	Koichi Ohata	AIC Spirits
–	Manyū Hiken-chō		Manyū Hiken-chō	Hiraku Kaneko	Hoods Entertainment
–	Maria Holic Alive		Maria Holic Alive	Akiyuki Shinbo Tomokazu Tokoro	Shaft
–	Mashiroiro Symphony - The color of lovers		Mashiroiro Symphony - The color of lovers	Eiji Suganuma	Manglobe
–	Mayo Chiki!		Mayo Chiki!	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Feel
–	Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū!		Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū!	Masahiko Ohta	Bridge
–	Mobile Suit Gundam AGE		Kidō Senshi Gundam AGE	Susumu Yamaguchi	Sunrise
–	MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G		MonHun Nikki Girigiri Airū-mura G	Benpineko Koutarou Yamawaki	DLE
–	Morita-san wa Mukuchi		Morita-san wa Mukuchi	Naotaka Hayashi	Studio Gram
–	Drucker in the Dug-Out		Moshi Kōkō Yakyū no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no "Management" o Yondara (Moshidora)	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G
–	The Mystic Archives of Dantalian		Dantalian no Shoka (Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian)	Yutaka Uemura	Gainax Anime R
–	Natsume's Book of Friends		Natsume Yūjin-Chō San	Takahiro Ōmori	Brain's Base
–	Nichijou - My Ordinary Life		Nichijō	Tatsuya Ishihara	Kyoto Animation
–	Nihon Omoshiro Mukashi Banashi		Nihon Omoshiro Mukashi Banashi	Katsunari Mochizuki	Crossphere
–	Ninja Boy Rantaro		Nintama Rantaro	Tsutomu Shibayama	Ajia-do Gakken
–	No. 6		No. 6	Kenji Nagasaki	Bones
–	Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital		Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyō	Michio Fukuda	Studio Deen
–	Nyanpire The Animation		Nyanpire The Animation	Takahiro Yoshimatsu	Gonzo
–	Good Morning Ninja Team Gatchaman		Ohayō Ninja-Tai Gatchaman	Hisayuki Toriumi	Tama Production, Tatsunoko Production
–	Otona Joshi no Anime Time		Otona Joshi no Anime Time	Hiroshi Kawamata	The Answer Studio
–	Peeping Life - The Perfect Extension -		Peeping Life - The Perfect Extension -	Ryōichi Mori	CoMix Wave Films
–	Penguindrum		Mawaru Penguindrum	Kunihiko Ikuhara	Brain's Base
–	Persona 4 The Animation		Persona 4 The Animation	Seiji Kishi	AIC A.S.T.A.
–	Phi-Brain - Puzzle of God		Phi-Brain - Kami no Puzzle	Junichi Sato	Sunrise
–	Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream		Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream	Masakazu Hishida	Tatsunoko Production
–	Pū-Neko		Pū-Neko		DLE
–	The Qwaser of Stigmata II		Seikon no Qwaser II	Hiraku Kaneko	Hoods Entertainment
–	R-15		R-15	Munenori Nawa	AIC
–	Put It All in the Ring 1: World Tournament Chapter		Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen	Hiroshi Ikehata	Toei Animation
–	Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan		Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan	Benpineko	DLE
–	Ro-Kyu-Bu!		Ro-Kyu-Bu!	Keizou Kusakawa	Project No.9 Studio Blanc
–	Sacred Seven		Sacred Seven	Yoshimitsu Ohashi	Sunrise
–	Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love		Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi	Chiaki Kon	Studio Deen
–	Sengoku Paradise Kiwami		Sengoku Paradise Kiwami	Katsuya Kikuchi	Debris Sapporo LMD Milky Cartoon
–	Shakugan no Shana III (Final)		Shakugan no Shana III (Final)	Takashi Watanabe	J.C. Staff
–	Shiawase Haitatsu Taneko		Shiawase Haitatsu Taneko		Kachidoki Studio
–	Shimanchu MiRiKa		Shimanchu MiRiKa	Kyuma Oshita	Soratia
–	Sket Dance		Sket Dance	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Tatsunoko Production
–	Sockie's Frontier Quest		Sockie's Frontier Quest	Kyō Yatate
–	Softenni!		Softenni!	Ryouki Kamitsubo	Xebec
–	Squid Girl Season 2		Shinryaku!? Ika Musume	Tsutomu Mizushima	Diomedéa
–	Steins;Gate		Steins;Gate	Hiroshi Hamasaki Takuya Satō Tomoki Kobayashi	White Fox
–	Suzy's Zoo: A Day with Witzy		Suzy's Zoo Daisuki! Witzy	Hidekazu Ohara	Digital Media Lab
–	Tamayura - Hitotose		Tamayura - Hitotose	Junichi Sato	TYO Animations
–	Thundercats (2011)		Thundercats	Sean Song Yoshiharu Ashino	Studio 4°C Jumondo Asahi Production
–	Tiger & Bunny		Tiger & Bunny	Keiichi Satō	Sunrise
–	Tobidase! Dokan-kun		Tobidase! Dokan-kun		DLE
–	Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabō		Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabō	Mankyū	Gathering
–	Toriko		Toriko	Akifumi Zako Hidehito Ueda	Toei Animation
–	Hamtaro		Tottoko Hamtarō Dechu		TMS Entertainment
–	Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise		Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel: Kyun Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!!	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	J.C. Staff
–	Un-Go		Un-Go	Seiji Mizushima	Bones
–	Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000%		Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000%	Yuu Kou	A-1 Pictures
–	Wagnaria!! 2		Working'!!	Atsushi Ootsuki	A-1 Pictures
–	We Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky		Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai	Shinji Ushiro	Nomad
–	Weekly Shimakō		Shūkan Shimakō	Frogman	DLE
–	The World God Only Knows Season Two		Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai II	Shigehito Takayanagi	Manglobe
–	X-Men		X-Men	Fuminori Kizaki	Madhouse
–	Yakimochi Caprice		Yakimochi Caprice
–	You and Me.		Kimi to Boku	Mamoru Kanbe	J.C. Staff
–	You're Being Summoned, Azazel		Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san	Tsutomu Mizushima	Production I.G
–	Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal		Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal	Satoshi Kuwabara	Gallop
–	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	Eps	Japanese title	Type	Director	Studio
January 8	Armored Trooper Votoms: Alone Again	1	Sōkō kihei botomuzu koei futatabi	OVA	Kazuyoshi Takeuchi (chief) Ryousuke Takahashi	Sunrise
January 21	Golden Kids	2	Gōruden ★ kizzu	ONA	Takayuki Hamana	Shirogumi Inc.
January 22	Five Numbers!	1	Norageki!	OVA	Hiroaki Ando	Sunrise
January 27 – February 24	T.P. Sakura: Time Paladin Sakura	2	T. P. Sakura 〜 taimu paradin sakura 〜 jikūju bōei-sen	OVA	Takehiro Nakayama	Nomad
January 28 – April 7	.hack//Quantum	3	.hack//Quantum	OVA	Masaki Tachibana	Kinema Citrus
February 1	Wish Upon the Pleiades	4	Hōkago no pureadesu	ONA	Shouji Saeki	Gainax
February 2	Shin Koihime†Musou: Otome Tairan - Gakuensai da yo! Zenin Shuugou no Koto	1	Ma kohime† musō ~ otome tairan ~ gakuen-saida yo! Zen'in shūgō no koto	OVA	Nobuaki Nakanishi	Doga Kobo
February 22 – May 31	OreImo Specials	4	Ore no imōto ga kon'nani kawaii wake ga nai	ONA		AIC Build
February 23 – April 27	Supernatural the Animation	22	Sūpānachuraru za animēshon	OVA	Atsuko Ishizuka Shigeyuki Miya	Madhouse
–	Ah! My Goddess: Together Forever		Ah! My Goddess: Itsumo Futari de	OVA	Hiroaki Gohda	AIC
–	Armored Trooper Votoms: Alone Again		Sōkō Kihei Votoms: Koei Futatabi	OVA	Kazuyoshi Takeuchi	Sunrise The Answer Studio
–	Astarotte's Toy! EX		Astarotte no Omocha!	OVA	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Diomedéa
–	Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love]		Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love]	OVA	Takayuki Inagaki	Studio Comet
–	Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts - Festival		Baka to Test to Shōkanjū: Matsuri	OVA	Shin Ōnuma	Silver Link
–	Black Jack Final		Black Jack Final	OVA	Masayoshi Nishida Satoshi Kuwabara	Tezuka Productions
–	Blessing of the Campanella		Shukufuku no Campanella	OVA	Shinji Ushiro	AIC
–	Blue Exorcist: Kuro Runs Away From Home		Ao no Exorcist: Kuro no Iede	OVA	Tensai Okamura	A-1 Pictures
–	Busou Shinki: Moon Angel		Busou Shinki: Moon Angel	ONA	Masayuki Kojima Satoshi Shigeta	Kinema Citrus TNK
–	Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army		Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army	ONA	Romanov Higa	Asread Studio RF
–	Carnival Phantasm		Carnival Phantasm	OVA	Seiji Kishi	Lerche
–	Cat Planet Cuties		Asobi ni Ikuyo!	OVA	Yōichi Ueda	AIC Plus+
–	Copihan		Copihan	ONA	Takashi Hamada	Gonzo
–	Deadman Wonderland: Red Knife Wielder		Deadman Wonderland	OVA	Koichi Hatsumi	Manglobe
–	Detective Conan Magic File 2011 "The Niigata-Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio"		Meitantei Conan Magic File 2011 ～Niigata ~ Tōkyō Omiyage Kapurichio～	OVA	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	Tokyo Movie
–	Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock		Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock	Special	Yoshihiro Ueda	Toei Animation
–	Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans		Dragon Ball: Super Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku	OVA	Yoshihiro Ueda	Toei Animation
–	Everlasting Heart		Kimi to Boku	ONA
–	Fairy Tail: Welcome to Fairy Hills!		Fairy Tail: Yōkoso Fairy Hills!	OVA	Shinji Ishihira	A-1 Pictures Satelight
–	Fate/Prototype		Fate/Prototype	OVA	Seiji Kishi	Lerche
–	Fortune Arterial		Fortune Arterial	OVA	Munenori Nawa	Feel ZEXCS
–	Hakuōki: A Memory of Snow Flowers		Hakuōki Sekkaroku	OVA	Osamu Yamasaki	Studio Deen
–	Hellsing: The Dawn		Hellsing: The Dawn	OVA		Graphinica
–	Hidamari Sketch × SP		Hidamari Sketch X SP	Special	Akiyuki Simbo	Shaft
–	Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead		Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead	OVA	Tetsuro Araki	Madhouse
–	Higurashi: When They Cry - Kira		Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira	OVA	Hideki Tachibana	Studio Deen
–	A Bridge to the Starry Skies		Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi	OVA	Takenori Mihara	Doga Kobo
–	Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku		Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku	OVA	Rion Kujo	Arms
–	Infinite Stratos Encore: Sextet of Burning Love		Infinite Stratos Encore: Koi ni Kogareru Rokujūsō	OVA	Yasuhito Kikuchi	8-Bit
–	Is This a Zombie?		Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?	OVA	Takaomi Kanasaki	Studio Deen
–	A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives		Itsuka Tenma no Kuro-Usagi	OVA	Takashi Yamamoto	ZEXCS
–	Kamisama Dolls		Kamisama Dolls	OVA	Seiji Kishi	Brain's Base
–	Kämpfer		Kämpfer für die Liebe	Special	Yasuhiro Kuroda	Nomad
–	Katteni Kaizō		Katteni Kaizō	OVA	Akiyuki Simbo	Shaft
–	Kimezō no Kimarimonku Ja Kimaranee. Featuring Sabu-Otoko		Kimezō no Kimarimonku Ja Kimaranee. Featuring Sabu-Otoko	ONA	Yōsuke Suzuki	Shin-Ei Animation
–	Kodomo no Jikan: Kodomo no Natsu Jikan		Kodomo no Jikan: Kodomo no Natsu Jikan	OVA	Eiji Suganuma	Studio Barcelona
–	Kyousogiga		Kyousogiga	ONA	Rie Matsumoto	Toei Animation
–	The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky		Eiyū Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki The Animation	OVA	Masaki Tachibana	Kinema Citrus
–	Lupin III: Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid		Lupin III: Chi no Kokuin Eien no Mermaid	Special	Teiichi Takiguchi	TMS Entertainment
–	The Magic of Chocolate		Chocolate no Mahō	OVA	Shinichiro Kimura	SynergySP
–	MAJOR: World Series Hen - Yume no Shunkan e		MAJOR: World Series Hen - Yume no Shunkan e	OVA	Toshinori Fukushima	OLM, Inc.
–	Morita-san wa Mukuchi		Morita-san wa Mukuchi	OVA	Naotaka Hayashi	Studio Gram
–	Nana to Kaoru		Nana to Kaoru	OVA	Hideki Okamoto	AIC Plus+
–	Nichijou Episode 0		Nichijou no 0-wa	OVA	Tatsuya Ishihara	Kyoto Animation
–	One Piece 3D Gekisō! Trap Coaster		One Piece 3D Gekisō! Trap Coaster	Special		Toei Animation
–	Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox		Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox	OVA	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Gainax
–	Pikachu no Summer Bridge Story		Pikachu no Summer Bridge Story	Special	Kunihiko Yuyama
–	Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl Tokubetsuhen		Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl Tokubetsuhen	Special		OLM, Inc.
–	Saiyuki Gaiden		Saiyuki Gaiden	OVA	Naoyuki Kuzuya	Anpro
–	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

• 2011 in animation

External links

• Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb