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Table of years in anime:

2007 2008 2009 2010 – 2011 – 2012 2013 2014 2015

The events of 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]

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

English name Japanese name Type Demographic Regions
30-sai no Hoken Taiiku 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku TV
A Bridge to the Starry Skies Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi TV
A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi TV
A Letter to Momo Momo e no Tegami Movie
Appleseed XIII Appleseed XIII TV
Aria the Scarlet Ammo Hidan no Aria TV
Astarotte's Toy Lotte no Omocha! TV
Bakuman. Bakuman. TV
Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge TV
Beyblade: Metal Fury Metal Fight Beyblade 4D TV
Black Jack Final OVA
Blade TV
Blood-C TV
Blue Exorcist TV
Bunny Drop TV
Cardfight!! Vanguard TV
Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo Movie
[C]: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control TV
Deadman Wonderland TV
Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence Movie
DD Fist of the North Star DD Hokuto no Ken TV
Dog Days TV
Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera TV
Dragon Crisis TV
Fate/Zero TV
Fractale TV
Freezing TV
From Up On Poppy Hill Movie
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos Movie
Gundam AGE TV
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork Movie
The Idolmaster TV
Inazuma Eleven GO TV
Infinite Stratos TV
Is This a Zombie? TV
Kamisama Dolls TV
K-On! Movie Movie
Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing TV
Legend of the Millennium Dragon Movie
Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison Movie
Negima Anime Final OAV
Nichijou TV
Persona 4 The Animation TV
Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream TV
Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV
Sacred Seven TV
Saiyuki Gaiden OVA
Shouwa Monogatari Movie
Shinryaku!? Ika Musume TV
Steins;Gate TV
Suite Pretty Cure TV
Tekken: Blood Vengeance Movie
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian TV
Tiger & Bunny TV
Toriko TV
To the Forest of Firefly Lights Movie
Usagi Drop TV
Wandering Son TV
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal TV
Yuru Yuri TV

Deaths

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Anime in America: The Best (and Most Notable) of 2011". Anime News Network. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. ^ Zhang, Bo. "Top 5 Most Expensive Natural Disasters in History". AccuWeather.com. News & Video. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Victoria Kim (21 March 2011). "Japan damage could reach $235 billion, World Bank estimates". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Ishinomori Mangattan Museum re-opens after 2011 tsunami". Helen McCarthy. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Anime Makes Up 57% of Blu-Ray Sales in Japan in 1st Half of 2011". Anime News Network. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  6. ^ "Poppy Hill, Madoka Magica, Tiger & Bunny Win Tokyo Anime Fair's Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved 17 July 2013.