2023 in anime

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Events in 2023 in anime.

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that was released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director(s)	Running time (minutes)	Ref
January 20	Aikatsu! Mirai e no Starway	Bandai Namco Pictures	Ryūichi Kimura
January 20	Fafner in the Azure: Behind the Line	Production I.G	Takashi Noto
January 20	SSSS.Gridman	Studio Trigger	Yoshiyuki Kaneko
January 27	Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom	Madhouse	Kotono Watanabe	116
February 17	Blue Giant	NUT	Yuzuru Tachikawa
February 17	Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation	Studio Deen	Shinji Ishihira	59
March 3	Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia	Shin-Ei Animation	Takumi Doyama
March 10	SSSS.Dynazenon	Studio Trigger	Yoshihiro Miyajima
March 24	Gekijōban Argonavis Axia	Sanzigen	Shigeru Morikawa
March 24	Gridman Universe	Studio Trigger	Akira Amemiya	118
March 31	Rakudai Majo: Fūka to Yami no Majo	Production I.G	Takayuki Hamana
April 7	Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 3	Actas	Masaki Tachibana	60
April 14	Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine	TMS Entertainment	Yuzuru Tachikawa
May 12	Psycho-Pass Providence	Production I.G	Naoyoshi Shiotani
May 20	Gekijōban Idolish7 Live 4bit Beyond the Period	Orange	Hiroshi Nishikiori Kensuke Yamamoto
May 26	Gekijōban Collar × Malice Deep Cover (part 1)	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe
May 26	The Feast of Amrita		Saku Sakamoto
June 9	Sailor Moon Cosmos (part 1)	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Tomoya Takahashi
June 16	Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King	Pierrot	Ayataka Tanemura	110
June 23	Gekijōban Collar × Malice Deep Cover (part 2)	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe
June 23	Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out	CloverWorks	Sōichi Masui
June 30	Sailor Moon Cosmos (part 2)	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Tomoya Takahashi
July 2	Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn	A-1 Pictures	Shun Enokido Takahito Sakazume
July 14	The Boy and the Heron	Studio Ghibli	Hayao Miyazaki	125
July 14	The Quintessential Quintuplets∽	Shaft	Yukihiro Miyamoto	48
July 21	Mr. Osomatsu: The Soul's Takoyaki Party and the Legendary Sleepover Party	Pierrot	Hikaru Yamaguchi
August 4	Shin Jigen! Crayon Shin-chan The Movie Chōnōryoku Dai Kessen: Tobetobe Temakizushi	Shirogumi	Hitoshi Ōne
August 8	The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh (part 2)	Alfred Imageworks Marvy Jack	Noriyuki Abe (Chief) Bob Shirahata
August 18	Sand Land	Sunrise Kamikaze Douga Anima	Toshihisa Yokoshima
September 8	City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust	Sunrise The Answer Studio	Kenji Kodama (Chief) Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
September 15	Maboroshi	MAPPA	Mari Okada Seimei Kidokoro
September 15	Precure All Stars F	Toei Animation	Yūta Tanaka
October 6	Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 4	Actas	Tsutomu Mizushima
October 13	Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage	Polygon Pictures	Hiroaki Ando
October 20	Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no Concierge-san	Production I.G	Yoshimi Itazu
October 27	Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning	Yumeta Company	Tomohisa Taguchi
November 3	Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower	Studio 4°C	Shōjirō Nishimi
November 10	Komada: A Whisky Family	P.A. Works	Masayuki Yoshihara
November 17	Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo	Toei Animation	Gō Koga
November 23	Gekijōban Pole Princess!!	Tatsunoko Production	Hitomi Ezoe
November 23	Gekijōban Sylvanian Families: Freya Kara no Okurimono		Kazuya Konaka
November 23	Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 The Last Human	Production I.G Sola Digital Arts	Kenji Kamiyama (Chief) Shinji Aramaki (Chief) Michihito Fujii
December 1	Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid	CloverWorks	Sōichi Masui
December 8	My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie	Silver Link	Keisuke Inoue	90
December 8	Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window	Shin-Ei Animation	Shinnosuke Yakuwa
December 15	The Imaginary	Studio Ponoc	Yoshiyuki Momose
December 22	Spy × Family Code: White	Wit Studio CloverWorks	Takashi Katagiri

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director(s)	Original title	Ref
January 4 – March 29	Bungo Stray Dogs (season 4)	13	Bones	Takuya Igarashi
January 4 – March 22	The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague	12	Zero-G Liber	Mankyū	Kōri Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Dōryō Joshi
January 4 – March 22	The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady	12	Diomedéa	Shingo Tamaki	Tensei Ōjo to Tensai Reijō no Mahō Kakumei
January 5 – March 23	Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister!	12	Studio Bind	Shingo Fujii	Onii-chan wa Oshimai!
January 5 – March 23	Revenger	12	Ajia-do Animation Works	Masaya Fujimori
January 5 – March 30	Spy Classroom (season 1)	12	Feel	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Spy Kyōshitsu
January 5 – March 29	Technoroid Overmind	12	Doga Kobo	Ka Hee Im
January 5 – March 29	Tomo-chan Is a Girl!	13	Lay-duce	Hitoshi Nanba	Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!
January 5 – March 29	Tsurune: The Linking Shot	13	Kyoto Animation	Takuya Yamamura	Tsurune: Tsunagari no Issha
January 6 – March 24	Farming Life in Another World	12	Zero-G	Ryōichi Kuraya	Isekai Nonbiri Nōka
January 6 – March 24	Nijiyon Animation	12	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Yūya Horiuchi
January 6 – March 24	Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (part 1)	12	J.C.Staff	Yōhei Suzuki
January 6 – March 24	The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World	12	Cloud Hearts	Masahiro Takata	Hyōken no Majutsushi ga Sekai o Suberu: Sekai Saikyō no Majutsushi de Aru Shōnen wa, Majutsu Gakuin ga Nyūgaku Suru
January 6 – March 24	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War	12	Tatsunoko Production	Hidekazu Sato	The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki Northern War
January 7 – April 1	Buddy Daddies	12	P.A. Works	Yoshiyuki Asai
January 7 – March 25	Chillin' in My 30s After Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army	12	Encourage Films	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Kaiko Sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-Dai) no Slow na Second Life
January 7 – March 25	Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte	12	Tezuka Productions	Fumihiro Yoshimura	Tsundere Akuyaku Reijō Rīzerotte to Jikkyō no Endō-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san
January 7 – March 25	Giant Beasts of Ars	12	Asahi Production	Akira Oguro	Ars no Kyojū
January 7 – March 18	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (season 4, part 2)	11	J.C.Staff	Hideki Tachibana	Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka?
January 7 – March 25	My Life as Inukai-san's Dog	12	Quad	Takashi Andō	Inu ni Nattara Suki na Hito ni Hirowareta
January 7 – March 25	The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten	12	Project No.9	Lihua Wang	Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsu no Ma ni ka Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken
January 7 – April 1	The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World	13	Studio Blanc	Nobuyoshi Nagayama (Chief) Ryōsuke Shibuya	Saikyō Onmyōji no Isekai Tenseiki
January 7 – March 25	Trigun Stampede	12	Orange	Kenji Mutō
January 7 – April 15	UniteUp!	12	CloverWorks	Shin'ichirō Ushijima
January 8 – March 26	By the Grace of the Gods (season 2)	12	Maho Film	Takeyuki Yanase	Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko
January 8 – March 26	Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack	12	OLM	Shinji Ushiro	Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san 2nd Attack
January 8 – March 26	Handyman Saitou in Another World	12	C2C	Toshiyuki Kubooka	Benriya Saitō-san, Isekai ni Iku
January 8 – July 23	Nier: Automata Ver1.1a	12	A-1 Pictures	Ryouji Masuyama
January 8 – March 26	Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement	12	Felix Film	Hiroshi Tamada	Rōgo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-Man-Mai no Kinka o Tamemasu
January 8 – March 13	Show Time! (season 2)	8	Rabbit Gate	Satoshi Miura	Showtime! ~Uta no O-nee-san Datte Shitai~
January 8 – September 24	The Misfit of Demon King Academy (season 2, part 1)	12	Silver Link	Shin Oonuma (Chief) Masafumi Tamura	Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha
January 8 – April 2	The Tale of the Outcasts	13	Ashi Productions	Yasutaka Yamamoto	Nokemono-tachi no Yoru
January 8 – April 2	Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown	13	Liden Films	Koichi Hatsumi	Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen
January 9 – March 27	High Card	12	Studio Hibari	Junichi Wada
January 9 – March 27	In/Spectre (season 2)	12	Brain's Base	Keiji Gotoh	Kyokō Suiri
January 9 – April 3	Ippon Again!	13	Bakken Record	Ken Ogiwara	Mō Ippon!
January 9 –	KJ File (season 2)		ILCA yell	Akira Funada
January 9 – March 27	The Vampire Dies in No Time (season 2)	12	Madhouse	Hiroshi Kōjina	Kyūketsuki Sugu Shinu
January 10 – September 26	Ayakashi Triangle	12	Connect	Noriaki Akitaya
January 10 – June 20	Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible	12	Pine Jam	Kazuomi Koga	Kubo-san wa Mob o Yurusanai
January 10 – March 28	Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari (part 1)	12	Bandai Namco Pictures	Ryuichi Kimura	Mononogatari
January 10 – March 28	Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity Will Save the World	12	Geek Toys	Itsuki Imazaki	Ningen Fushin no Bōkensha-tachi ga Sekai o Sukū Yō Desu
January 10 – March 28	Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire	12	Studio Comet	Naoyuki Kuzuya	Eiyū-Ō, Bu o Kiwameru Tame Tensei-Su: Soshite, Sekai Saikyō no Minarai Kishi
January 10 – June 20	Vinland Saga (season 2)	24	MAPPA	Shūhei Yabuta
January 11 – April 19	Bofuri (season 2)	12	Silver Link	Shin Oonuma	Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
January 11 – March 29	Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill	12	MAPPA	Kiyoshi Matsuda	Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hōrō Meshi
January 11 – March 14	Oh, Suddenly Egyptian God (season 2)	10	Typhoon Graphics	Katsuya Kikuchi	Tōtotsu ni Egypt Kami
January 12 – March 22	Kaina of the Great Snow Sea	11	Polygon Pictures	Hiroaki Ando	Ōyukiumi no Kaina
January 13 – March 31	D4DJ All Mix	12	Sanzigen	Seiji Mizushima (Chief) Daisuke Suzuki
January 14 – March 18	The Fire Hunter	10	Signal.MD	Junji Nishimura	Hikari no Ō
January 14 – April 1	The Fruit of Evolution (season 2)	12	Hotline	Yoshiaki Okumura (Chief) Shige Fukase	Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei
January 17 – January 31	Flaglia	6	Gaina	Itsuro Kawasaki
January 18 – April 5	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Chaos in Urbanrama	12	Studio Deen	Takayuki Hamana	Majutsushi Orphen Haguretabi: Urbanrama-hen
February 5 –	Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure		Toei Animation	Koji Ogawa	Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure
March 4	Attack on Titan: The Final Season (part 3)	1	MAPPA	Yuichiro Hayashi	Shingeki no Kyōjin: The Final Season
March 21 – March 28	Heart Cocktail Colorful	5
March 21 – March 27	Yomawari Neko	15	Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment	Kazuma Taketani
March	Shuwawan!
April 1 – June 24	Chibi Godzilla Raids Again	13	Pie in the Sky	Taketo Shinkai	Chibi Godzilla no Gyakushū
April 1 – June 24	Heavenly Delusion	13	Production I.G	Hirotaka Mori	Tengoku Daimakyō
April 1 – July 1	Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku	13	MAPPA	Kaori Makita	Jigokuraku
April 1 – September 23	Mix (season 2)	24	OLM	Tomohiro Kamitani
April 2 – October 1	Edens Zero (season 2)	25	J.C.Staff	Shinji Ishihira (Chief) Toshinori Watanabe
April 2 – June 18	My Home Hero	12	Tezuka Productions	Takashi Kamei
April 2 – June 25	My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999	13	Madhouse	Morio Asaka	Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi o Suru
April 2 – June 18	The Dangers in My Heart	12	Shin-Ei Animation	Hiroaki Akagi	Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
April 2 –	Tōsōchū: The Great Mission	49	Toei Animation	Yukio Kaizawa Kōhei Kureta
April 3 –	Bosanimal		maroyaka soket ODDJOB Inc.	Isamu Ueno
April 3 – June 19	In Another World with My Smartphone (season 2)	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni
April 3 – June 19	Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!	12	EMT Squared	Hisashi Ishii Yuu Nobuta
April 3 – June 19	The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far	12	EMT Squared Magic Bus	Noriyuki Nakamura	Tensei Kizoku no Isekai Bōken Roku
April 4 – June 20	Alice Gear Aegis Expansion	12	Nomad	Hirokazu Hanai
April 4 – June 20	Kizuna no Allele	12	Wit Studio Signal.MD	Kenichiro Komaya
April 4 – June 20	Skip and Loafer	12	P.A. Works	Kotomi Deai	Skip to Loafer
April 4 –	YouTuNya		Lesprit	Kyō Yatate
April 5 – June 21	Tokyo Mew Mew New (season 2)	12	Yumeta Company Graphinica	Takahiro Natori
April 6 – June 15	Dr. Stone: New World (part 1)	11	TMS Entertainment	Shūhei Matsushita
April 6 – July 6	KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World	12	Studio Palette	Yuki Inaba	Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudō
April 6 – June 22	KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!	12	Drive	Yujiro Abe	Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o!
April 6 – June 22	The Ancient Magus' Bride (season 2, part 1)	12	Studio Kafka	Kazuaki Terasawa	Mahō Tsukai no Yome
April 6 – June 28	The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149	12	CygamesPictures	Manabu Okamoto
April 6 – June 22	Yuri Is My Job!	12	Passione Studio Lings	Hijiri Sanpei	Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto Desu!
April 7 – June 30	I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too	13	Millepensee	Shin Itagaki (Chief) Shingo Tanabe	Isekai de Cheat Skill o Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai o mo Musō Suru: Level Up wa Jinsei o Kaeta
April 7 – June 23	Opus Colors	12	C-Station	Shunsuke Tada
April 7 – June 23	The Legendary Hero Is Dead!	12	Liden Films	Rion Kujo	Yūsha ga Shinda!
April 7 – June 23	Too Cute Crisis	12	SynergySP	Jun Hatori	Kawaisugi Crisis
April 8 – June 24	Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story (season 2)	12	Bandai Namco Pictures	Takayuki Inagaki
April 8 – June 24	Magical Destroyers	12	Bibury Animation Studios	Hiroshi Ikehata	Mahō Shōjo Magical Destroyers
April 8 – July 1	Mashle: Magic and Muscles	12	A-1 Pictures	Tomoya Tanaka
April 8 – June 24	My One-Hit Kill Sister	12	Gekkō	Hiroaki Takagi	Isekai One Turn Kill Nee-san: Ane Dōhan no Isekai Seikatsu Hajimemashita
April 8 – June 24	Otaku Elf	12	C2C	Takebumi Anzai	Edomae Elf
April 8 – June 24	Rokudo's Bad Girls	12	Satelight	Keiya Saitō	Rokudō no Onna-tachi
April 8 – June 24	The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses	12	Tezuka Productions	Satoshi Kuwabara	Megami no Café Terrace
April 8 – June 24	Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You (season 2)	12	Seven Arcs	Hiroshi Ikehata	Tonikaku Kawaii
April 9 – June 25	A Galaxy Next Door	12	Asahi Production	Ryuichi Kimura	Otonari ni Ginga
April 9 – October 8	Ao no Orchestra	24	Nippon Animation	Seiji Kishi
April 9 – June 18	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc	11	Ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen
April 9 – July 2	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (season 2)	12	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Hiroshi Kobayashi Ryo Ando	Kidō Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo
April 9 – July 2	My Clueless First Friend	13	Studio Signpost	Shigenori Kageyama	Jijō o Shiranai Tenkōsei ga Guigui Kuru
April 9 – June 25	Summoned to Another World for a Second Time	12	Studio Elle	Motoki Nakanishi	Isekai Shōkan wa Nidome Desu
April 9 – June 25	World Dai Star	12	Lerche	Yū Kinome
April 10 – June 26	Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion	12	Typhoon Graphics	Junichi Yamamoto	Kanojo ga Kōshaku-Tei ni Itta Riyū
April 11 – June 27	Dead Mount Death Play (part 1)	12	Geek Toys	Manabu Ono
April 11 – July 4	Insomniacs After School	13	Liden Films	Yūki Ikeda	Kimi wa Hōkago Insomnia
April 12 – June 28	Oshi no Ko	11	Doga Kobo	Daisuke Hiramaki
April 12 – June 27	The Marginal Service	12	3Hz	Masayuki Sakoi
April 14 – June 16	Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage	10	Wit Studio	Yōsuke Hatta	Ōsama Ranking: Yūki no Takarabako
April 20 – September 28	Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts	24	J.C.Staff	Chiaki Kon	Niehime to Kemono no Ō
May 17 –	Mamekichi Mameko NEET no Nichijō (season 2)		Tezuka Productions	Satoshi Kuwabara
June 29 – September 14	BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!!	13	Sanzigen	Kōdai Kakimoto
July 1 – September 23	Horimiya: The Missing Pieces	13	CloverWorks	Masashi Ishihama	Horimiya: Piece
July 2 – October 1	Am I Actually the Strongest?	12	Staple Entertainment	Takashi Naoya	Jitsu wa Ore, Saikyō deshita?
July 2 – September 17	Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout	12	Liden Films	Ema Yuzuhira	Ryza no Atelier: Tokoyami no Joō to Himitsu no Kakurega
July 2 – September 17	Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds	12	Studio Blanc	Nobuyoshi Nagayama
July 2 – October 1	My Tiny Senpai	12	Project No.9	Mitsutoshi Satō	Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi
July 2 – September 24	Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror	13	Sunrise	Asami Nakatani	Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror
July 3 – September 18	Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero	12	Silver Link Blade	Keisuke Inoue	Lv1 Maō to One Room Yūsha
July 3 – September 18	Masamune-kun's Revenge R	12	Silver Link	Mirai Minato	Masamune-kun no Revenge R
July 3 – September 25	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 2, part 1)	12	Studio Bind	Hiroki Hirano	Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
July 4 – September 19	Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari (part 2)	12	Bandai Namco Pictures	Ryuichi Kimura	Mononogatari
July 4 – September 19	Sweet Reincarnation	12	SynergySP	Naoyuki Kuzuya	Okashi na Tensei
July 4 – September 19	The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist	12	Studio Gokumi AXsiZ	Kazuomi Koga	Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha
July 4 – September 26	The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses	13	GoHands	Susumu Kudo (Chief) Katsumasa Yokomine	Suki na Ko ga Megane o Wasureta
July 5 – September 20	My Happy Marriage	12	Kinema Citrus	Takehiro Kubota	Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon
July 5 – September 20	Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon	12	Studio Gokumi AXsiZ	Noriaki Akitaya	Jidōhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyū ni Samayō
July 6 – December 28	Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2)	23	MAPPA	Shōta Goshozono
July 6 – September 28	Undead Girl Murder Farce	13	Lapin Track	Mamoru Hatakeyama
July 7 – September 22	Hyakushō Kizoku	12	Pie in the sky	Yūtarō Sawada
July 7 – December 15	Rurouni Kenshin	24	Liden Films	Hideyo Yamamoto
July 7 – September 22	Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (part 2)	12	J.C.Staff	Yōhei Suzuki
July 7 – September 22	The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior	12	OLM Team Yoshioka	Norio Nitta	Higeki no Genkyō to naru Saikyō Gedō Last Boss Joō wa Min no tame ni Tsukushimasu.
July 8 – September 30	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (part 2)	13	Pierrot	Tomohisa Taguchi	Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen
July 8 – September 30	Ikimono-san	12	New Deer	Atsushi Wada
July 8 – September 23	Liar, Liar	12	Geek Toys	Satoru Ono Naoki Matsuura
July 8 – September 23	My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1	12	Maho Film	Takeyuki Yanase	Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyō Desu
July 8 – October 14	Reign of the Seven Spellblades	15	J.C.Staff	Masato Matsune	Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai Suru
July 8 – September 30	Rent-A-Girlfriend (season 3)	12	TMS Entertainment	Shinya Une	Kanojo, Okarishimasu
July 8 – September 30	The Gene of AI	12	Madhouse	Yuzo Sato	AI no Idenshi
July 8 – September 30	The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today	13	GoHands	Susumu Kudo (Chief) Katsumasa Yokomine	Dekiru Neko wa Kyō mo Yūutsu
July 9 – September 24	Classroom for Heroes	12	Actas	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Eiyū Kyōshitsu
July 9 – September 24	TenPuru	12	Gekkō	Kazuomi Koga
July 9 – September 24	The Duke of Death and His Maid (season 2)	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshinobu Yamakawa	Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid
July 9 – December 25	Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead	12	Bug Films	Kazuki Kawagoe	Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto
July 10 –	Dark Gathering	25	OLM Team Masuda	Hiroshi Ikehata
July 11 – September 25	Synduality: Noir (part 1)	12	Eight Bit	Yūsuke Yamamoto
July 12 – September 20	Bungo Stray Dogs (season 5)	11	Bones	Takuya Igarashi
July 12 –	Helck	24	Satelight	Tatsuo Sato
July 13 – September 28	Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence	12	Doga Kobo	Sumie Noro	Shiro Seijo to Kuro Bokushi
July 13 – September 28	Spy Classroom (season 2)	12	Feel	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Spy Kyōshitsu
July 13 – September 28	The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! (part 2)	12	3Hz	Daisuke Tsukushi	Hataraku, Maō-sama!!
July 14 – September 29	The Great Cleric	12	Yokohama Animation Laboratory Cloud Hearts	Masato Tamagawa	Seija Musō
September 2 – September 9	The Quintessential Quintuplets~	2	Shaft	Yukihiro Miyamoto	Gotōbun no Hanayome~
September 10 – September 24	FLCL: Grunge	3	MontBlanc Pictures	Hitoshi Takekiyo
September 25 –	Chickip Dancers (season 3)		Fanworks	Rareko
September 29 – December 22	A Girl & Her Guard Dog	13	Project No.9	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Ojō to Banken-kun
September 29 –	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	28	Madhouse	Keiichirō Saitō	Sōsō no Frieren
September 30 –	Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange		Brain's Base	Masahiko Murata	Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange
October 1 –	Captain Tsubasa: Junior Youth Arc	39	Studio Kai	Katsumi Ono	Captain Tsubasa Season 2: Junior Youth-hen
October 1 – October 15	FLCL: Shoegaze	3	Production I.G NUT	Yutaka Uemura
October 1 – December 17	Overtake!	12	Troyca	Ei Aoki
October 1 –	Ragna Crimson	24	Silver Link	Ken Takahashi
October 1 –	Shangri-La Frontier	25	C2C	Toshiyuki Kubooka	Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su
October 1 – December 17	The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch	12	A-Real	Masahiro Takata	Dekoboko Majo no Oyako Jijō
October 2 – December 18	B-Project Passion*Love Call	12	Asahi Production	Mutsumi Takeda	B-Project ~Netsuretsu*Love Call~
October 2 – December 18	MF Ghost	12	Felix Film	Tomohito Naka
October 2 – December 25	Migi & Dali	13	Geek Toys CompTown	Mankyū	Migi to Dali
October 2 – December 25	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions (season 1)	13	Diomedéa	Shōta Ihata	Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
October 3 – December 19	A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life	12	Maho Film	Yuichi Nakazawa	Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudōki
October 3 – December 19	I'm in Love with the Villainess	12	Platinum Vision	Hideaki Ōba	Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijō
October 3 – December 26	Paradox Live the Animation	12	Pine Jam	Naoya Ando
October 3 – December 19	Shy	12	Eight Bit	Masaomi Andō
October 3 – December 19	The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy	12	Passione	Hiroyuki Morita	Seiken Gakuin no Makentsukai
October 3 – December 19	The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent (season 2)	12	Diomedéa	Shōta Ihata	Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannō Desu
October 4 – December 20	Bullbuster	12	NUT	Hiroyasu Aoki
October 4 – December 20	I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness	12	Zero-G Digital Network Animation	Takashi Asami	Konyaku Haki Sareta Reijō o Hirotta Ore ga, Ikenai Koto o Oshiekomu
October 4 – December 20	The Eminence in Shadow (season 2)	12	Nexus	Kazuya Nakanishi	Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!
October 4 – December 26	Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc	13	Liden Films	Koichi Hatsumi	Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen
October 5 – December 28	16bit Sensation: Another Layer	13	Studio Silver	Takashi Sakuma
October 5 – December 21	Berserk of Gluttony	12	A.C.G.T	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	Bōshoku no Berserk: Ore dake Level to Iu Gainen o Toppa Suru
October 5 – December 21	Bikkuri-Men	12	Shin-Ei Animation Lesprit	Tomohiro Tsukimisato
October 5 – December 21	KamiErabi God.app	12	Unend	Hiroyuki Seshita
October 5 – December 21	Kizuna no Allele (season 2)	12	Signal.MD Wit Studio	Kenichiro Komaya
October 5 – December 21	The Ancient Magus' Bride (season 2, part 2)	12	Studio Kafka	Kazuaki Terasawa	Mahō Tsukai no Yome
October 5 – December 21	The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons	12	Shuka	Mitsuru Hongo	Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyōdai
October 5 – December 28	Uma Musume Pretty Derby (season 3)	13	Studio Kai	Kei Oikawa
October 6 –	Beyblade X	51	OLM	Katsuhito Akiyama (Chief) Sotsu Terada
October 6 – December 22	Goblin Slayer (season 2)	12	Liden Films	Takaharu Ozaki (Chief) Misato Takada
October 6 – December 29	My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer	13	Typhoon Graphics	Takeshi Mori (Chief) Naoki Murata	Bōkensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S-Rank ni Natteta
October 6 – December 22	Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me	12	ENGI	Hideaki Ōba	Keiken Zumi na Kimi to, Keiken Zero na Ore ga, Otsukiai Suru Hanashi
October 6 – December 29	Rail Romanesque (season 2)	13	Yokohama Animation Laboratory	Michiru Ebira
October 6 – December 22	The Rising of the Shield Hero (season 3)	12	Kinema Citrus	Hitoshi Haga	Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari
October 6 – December 22	Under Ninja	12	Tezuka Productions	Satoshi Kuwabara
October 7 – November 24	Arknights: Perish in Frost	8	Yostar Pictures	Yuki Watanabe	Arknights: Fuyukomori Kaerimichi
October 7 – December 23	Girlfriend, Girlfriend (season 2)	12	SynergySP	Takatoshi Suzuki	Kanojo mo Kanojo
October 7 – December 30	Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima+	13	A-1 Pictures	Katsumi Ono
October 7 – December 23	Matsuinu	12	Point Pictures	Tetsuya Endo
October 7 – December 23	My New Boss Is Goofy	12	A-1 Pictures	Noriyuki Abe	Atarashii Jōshi wa Do Tennen
October 7 – December 23	Power of Hope: PreCure Full Bloom	12	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Takayuki Hamana	Kibō no Chikara: Otona Precure 23
October 7 – December 23	Spy × Family (season 2)	12	Wit Studio CloverWorks	Kazuhiro Furuhashi
October 7 – December 23	The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of Rust Mountain	12	OLM Sunrise Beyond	Akira Iwanaga	Saihate no Paladin: Tetsusabi no Yama no Ō
October 7 – December 23	The Kingdoms of Ruin	12	Yokohama Animation Laboratory	Keitaro Motonaga	Hametsu no Ōkoku
October 7 – December 30	The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess	12	Project No.9	Tatsuma Minamikawa	Hikikomari Kyūketsuki no Monmon
October 7 –	Undead Unluck		David Production	Yuki Yase
October 8 – December 24	A Returner's Magic Should Be Special	12	Arvo Animation	Taishi Kawaguchi	Kikansha no Mahō wa Tokubetsu Desu
October 8 –	Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig	12	Project No.9	Masayuki Takahashi	Buta no Liver wa Kanetsu Shiro
October 8 –	Four Knights of the Apocalypse	24	Telecom Animation Film	Maki Odaira	Mokushiroku no Yonkishi
October 8 – December 24	I Shall Survive Using Potions!	12	Jumondou	Nobuaki Nakanishi	Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!
October 8 – December 24	Protocol: Rain	12	Quad	Yasutaka Yamamoto (Chief) Daishi Kato	Bokura no Ameiro Protocol
October 8 – December 24	Tearmoon Empire	12	Silver Link	Yūshi Ibe	Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantōdai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story
October 8 – December 24	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You	12	Bibury Animation Studios	Hikaru Sato	Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo
October 8 –	The Diary of Ochibi-san	24	Studio Khara	Daisuke Onizuka Shogo Tsurii
October 8 – December 24	The Idolmaster Million Live!	12	Shirogumi	Shinya Watada
October 9 –	Kawagoe Boys Sing	12	evg	Jun Matsumoto
October 9 – December 25	Stardust Telepath	12	Studio Gokumi	Kaori	Hoshikuzu Telepath
October 10 – December 26	Dead Mount Death Play (part 2)	12	Geek Toys	Yoshihiro Satsuma
October 12 – December 21	Dr. Stone: New World (part 2)	11	TMS Entertainment	Shūhei Matsushita
October 13 – November 3	After-School Hanako-kun	4	Lerche	Masaki Kitamura	Hōkago Shōnen Hanako-kun
October 22 –	Dog Signal	20	Fugaku	Kazuhiro Furuhashi
October 22 –	The Apothecary Diaries	24	Toho Animation Studio OLM	Norihiro Naganuma	Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
October	Shinobanai! CryptoNinja Sakuya		Fanworks	Akifumi Nonaka
November 5	Attack on Titan: The Final Season (part 4)	1	MAPPA	Yuichiro Hayashi	Shingeki no Kyōjin: The Final Season
December 26	Dropkick on My Devil! Apocalypse Arc	1	Makaria		Jashin-chan wa Dropkick: Seikimatsu-hen
December	Umi no Minwa no Machi	25		Shinnosuke Numata

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that will debut between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director(s)	Original title	Ref
January 1	The Way of the Househusband (season 2)	5	J.C.Staff	Chiaki Kon	Gokushufudō
January 13 –	Pole Princess!!		Tatsunoko Production	Hitomi Ezoe Yoshihiro Otobe
January 19	Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre	12	Studio Deen	Shinobu Tagashira
January 26 – July 12	Record of Ragnarok (season 2)	15	Graphinica Yumeta Company	Masao Ōkubo	Shūmatsu no Walküre
January 27	Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye		TMS Entertainment	Kōbun Shizuno Hiroyuki Seshita
February 2	Make My Day	8	5 Inc.	Makoto Honda
February 4 –	Fate/Grand Order: Fujimaru Ritsuka Doesn't Get It		DLE	Tsuchida
February 16	Aggretsuko (season 5)		Fanworks	Rareko
February 17 –	Kuromi's Pretty Journey	21	Imagica Digitalscape Qzil.LA	Sachi Miura
March 8 –	Nights with a Cat (season 2)		Studio Puyukai	Minoru Ashina	Yoru wa Neko to Issho
March 10 – March 24	Shitasaki Kara Koi	3	Aqua Aris	Yoshitomo
March 21 – March 28	Petit Cool Doji Danshi no Hitokoma	2	Aqua Aris	Yū Hayata
April 3 –	Sazanami Sōshi ni Junketsu o Sasagu		Studio Hōkiboshi	Sanae Nagi
April 6 – April 11	Ensemble Stars!! Tsuioku Selection "Element"	6	Dandelion Animation Studio	Osamu Yamasaki
April 16 – May 7	Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top	4	CygamesPictures	Chengzhi Liao
May 11	Ultraman (season 3)	12	Production I.G Sola Digital Arts	Kenji Kamiyama Shinji Aramaki
May 18	Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune	6	Arect	Hideki Anbo
June 29	Ōoku: The Inner Chambers	10	Studio Deen	Noriyuki Abe
July 1 – September 23	Cute Executive Officer R	13	Project No.9	Kazuya Iwata
July 12 – August 23	Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You – High School Days	4	Seven Arcs	Hiroshi Ikehata	Tonikaku Kawaii: Joshikō-hen
July 26 – August 24	Baki Hanma (season 2)	27	TMS Entertainment	Toshiki Hirano
July 31	Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-:Hell's Requiem	15	Liden Films	Takaharu Ozaki	Bastard!! Ankoku no Hakaishin: Jigoku no Chinkonka-hen
August 1 –	Odekake Kozame		ENGI	Marina Maki
August 10 –	Amaim Warrior at the Borderline: UltraSteel Ogre-Gear	6	Sunrise Beyond	Masami Ōbari	Kyōkai Senki: Kyokkō no Sōki
September 6 –	Pokémon: Paldean Winds	4	Wit Studio	Ryohei Takeshita	Hōkago no Breath
September 7	Gamera Rebirth	6	ENGI	Hiroyuki Seshita
September 13	Phoenix: Eden17	4	Studio 4°C	Shōjirō Nishimi	Hi no Tori: Eden no Sora
September 21	Kengan Ashura (season 2)	12	Larx Entertainment	Seiji Kishi
October 5 –	I.Cinnamoroll		J.C.Staff	Miyuki Ishida
October 6 – October 20	Gundam Build Metaverse	3	Sunrise Beyond	Masami Ōbari
October 12	Good Night World	12	NAZ	Katsuya Kikuchi
October 26	Pluto	8	Studio M2	Toshio Kawaguchi
November 1	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Coleus' Dream	3	Eight Bit	Atsushi Nakayama	Tensei shita Slime datta Ken: Coleus no Yume
November 2	Onimusha		Sublimation	Takashi Miike (Chief) Shinya Sugai
November 9	Akuma-kun		Encourage Films Toei Animation	Junichi Sato (Chief) Fumitoshi Oizaki
November 17	Scott Pilgrim Takes Off	8	Science Saru	Abel Góngora
November 28	Onmyōji		Marvy Jack	Soubi Yamamoto
December 28	Pokémon Concierge		Dwarf Studios	Iku Ogawa

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that will debut between January 1 and December 31, 2023.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director(s)	Original title	Ref
March 29	Nijiyon Animation	3	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Yūya Horiuchi
April 26	Hyperdimension Neptunia: Hidamari no Little Purple	1	Okuruto Noboru	Masahiro Mukai
May 24	Stand My Heroes: Warmth of Memories	1	M.S.C	Hitomi Ezoe
May 26 –	Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Shidō-hen	6	AIC Saber Project Digital Network Animation	Hiroshi Negishi (Chief) Takashi Asami
June 23	Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Next Sky	1	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Tomoyuki Kawamura	Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Next Sky
July 27	Azur Lane: Queen's Orders	1	Yostar Pictures	Yu Yamashita
August 4	Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest	1	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	Tokubetsuhen Hibike! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest
October 20	Mask Danshi: This Shouldn't Lead to Love	1	Studio Fusion	Naoko Takeichi	Mask Danshi wa Koishitakunai no ni
October 25	The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149	1	CygamesPictures	Manabu Okamoto
December 20	Hyakushō Kizoku	2	Pie in the sky	Yūtarō Sawada

Deaths

January

• January 13: Hitoshi Yoshioka, Japanese light novelist (Idol Defense Force Hummingbird, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Yōseiki Suikoden), dies at age 62.

February

• February 5: Takako Sasuga, Japanese voice actress (voice of Monomi in the Danganronpa franchise, Akubi in Hakushon Daimao, Hata-bō in Osomatsu-kun, Twink in Princess Knight, Tarao Fuguta in Sazae-san, Hajime in Tensai Bakabon), dies at age 87.
• February 13: Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese animator and manga artist (Galaxy Express 999, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, Space Battleship Yamato, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Queen Millennia, Queen Emeraldas), dies from acute heart failure at age 85.
• February 15: Shōzō Iizuka, Japanese actor (voice of Nappa in Dragon Ball Z, Caramel Man in Dr. Slump, Dogen Awakusu in Durarara!!, Yoshio Marui in Mister Ajikko, Ryu Jose in Mobile Suit Gundam, Happosai Hieta in Nintama Rantaro), dies from acute heart failure at age 89.
• February 16: Maon Kurosaki, Japanese singer (performed theme songs for A Certain Magical Index, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Future Arc, Highschool of the Dead, Jormungand, Reincarnated as a Sword, Tokyo Ravens), dies from complications from chronic illness at age 35.
• February 23: Junnosuke Kuroda, Japanese musician and guitarist for the band Sumika (performed theme songs for A Couple of Cuckoos, Mix, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku), dies at age 34.
• February 25: Mitsuo Senda, Japanese voice actor (voice of Jeff in Giant Gorg, Elder Squirrel in Gon, Cai Ze in Kingdom, Great Toad Sage in Naruto Shippuden, Yoneo Yamada in Ojamanga Yamada-kun, Smiley in Sherlock Hound), dies from ischemic heart failure at age 82.

March

• March 2: Ryuho Okawa, Japanese religious leader (Happy Science) and anime producer (The Rebirth of Buddha, The Laws of the Universe), dies at age 66.
• March 5: Takahiro Kimura, Japanese animator (City Hunter, Idol Densetsu Eriko, Mobile Suit Victory Gundam) and character designer (Betterman, Code Geass, Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection, The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, Xenoblade Chronicles 2), dies from amyloidosis at age 58.
• March 28: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician and composer (Exception, My Tyrano: Together, Forever, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise), dies from throat cancer at age 71.

April

• April 1: Yasumichi Kushida, Japanese voice actor (voice of Ginga Hoshi in 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku, Nobusuma in Demon Prince Enma, Gorō Mikajima in Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet and Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars, Gousuke Guden in The Aquatope on White Sand), dies at age 46.
• April 26: Frank Agrama, American film director and producer, founder of Harmony Gold USA (Dragon Ball, Once Upon a Time, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, Space Pirate Captain Harlock), dies at age 93.

May

• May 22: Yasunori Arai, Japanese drummer for the band Baad (performed theme songs for Slam Dunk), dies.

June

• June 3: Manabu Ishikawa, Japanese animation producer (Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, Psycho-Pass 2, Muromi-san) and scriptwriter (Fullmetal Alchemist, Mononoke, Transformers: Cybertron, Welcome to Irabu's Office, Yozakura Quartet), dies.

July

• July 1: Ippei Kuri, Japanese manga artist, animation director (Judo Boy, Speed Racer), character designer (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie, Space Ace, Robotech II: The Sentinels), producer (Samurai Pizza Cats, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Tekkaman Blade II), and co-founder and CEO of Tatsunoko Production, dies at age 83.

August

• August 5: Nami Sano, Japanese manga artist (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto, Migi to Dali), dies from cancer at age 36.
• August 15: Shunpei Maruyama, Japanese animation producer, and former president of Actas (Girls und Panzer, Princess Principal). (death announced on this date)
• August 19: Nizo Yamamoto, Japanese art director (Attack on Tomorrow!, Castle in the Sky, Fantastic Children, Future Boy Conan, Grave of the Fireflies, Jarinko Chie, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Weathering with You) and animation director (Miyori no Mori), dies from stomach cancer at age 70.

September

• September 8: Buichi Terasawa, Japanese manga artist (Cobra, Goku Midnight Eye, Karasu Tengu Kabuto, Takeru - The Bad Boy of Yamato), dies from a heart attack at 68.

October

• October 8: Shinji Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (performed and wrote theme songs for Heaven's Lost Property, Turn A Gundam), dies at age 74.
• October 19: Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese lead vocalist for the band Buck-Tick (performed theme songs for GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018), Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, xxxHolic, Trinity Blood), dies from a brainstem hemorrhage at age 57.
• October 20: Yousuke Naka, Japanese voice actor (voice of Nobita's dad in Doraemon (1979), Ehrenberg in Legend of the Galactic Heroes Die Neue These, Mulligan in Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings), dies at age 93.
• October 24: Miyuki Ichijou, Japanese voice actress (voice of Jodie Starling in Case Closed, Cardo Nabo in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury – Prologue, Misa Takatsuki in Project ARMS, Yoshii in The House of the Lost on the Cape), dies from multiple organ failure at age 76.
• October 29: Heath, Japanese bassist for the band X Japan (performed theme songs for X), dies from colorectal cancer at age 55.

November

• November 2: Haruko Kitahama, Japanese voice actress (voice of Baron Ashura (Female) in Mazinger Z, Setsuko Ōhara in Obake no Q-Tarō, Ichimatsu and Todomatsu in Osomatsu-kun, Rafflesia in Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Mama in The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, Ruka in Triton of the Sea), dies from chronic lung disease at age 86.
• November 6: Yoshiko Miura, Japanese lyricist (wrote theme songs for Aura Battler Dunbine, Cat's Eye, Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel, God Mars, Panzer World Galient, Ronin Warriors, Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. Yawara!), dies from pneumonia at age 74.
• November 7: Ken'ichi Sakemi, Japanese novelist (Like the Clouds, Like the Wind), dies from respiratory failure at age 59.
• November 16: Hajime Kikuchi, Japanese music composer for the band Eufonius (composed music for True Tears and Konohana Kitan), dies from acute heart failure at age 44.
• November 19: Peter Spellos, American actor (voice of Von Jobina in Bastard!! (OVA), Whamon in Digimon Adventure, Grizzlymon in Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon, Gilliam in Outlaw Star, Hakim Ashmead in Planetes, Sagat in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie), dies from complications from pancreatic cancer at age 69.
• November 26: Yusuke Chiba, Japanese singer-songwriter for the band The Birthday (performed theme songs for The First Slam Dunk, Zombie-Loan, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire), dies from esophegal cancer at age 55.

December

• December 30:
  • Satoshi Iwataki, Japanese animator and character designer for Ghost Hunt and Dororo, dies from an illness at age 60.
  • Aki Yashiro, Japanese enka singer (performed theme songs for The Gokusen, and Tottemo! Luckyman), dies from anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis and interstitial lung disease at age 73.

External links

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