# 2019 in anime

Events in 2019 in anime. The first year of the Reiwa era.

## Releases
### Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2019.
| Release date | Title | Studio | Director(s) | Running time (minutes) |
| January 4 | Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow | Sunrise | Kazuo Sakai | 100 |
| January 4 | Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn | Kinema Citrus | Masayuki Kojima | 119 |
| January 12 | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly | Ufotable | Tomonori Sudō | 117 |
| January 18 | Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight | Kinema Citrus | Masayuki Kojima | 108 |
| January 25 | Even if the World Will End Tomorrow | Craftar | Yūhei Sakuragi | 95 |
| January 25 – March 8 | Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System | Production I.G | Naoyoshi Shiotani | |
| February 8 | City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes | Sunrise | Kenji Kodama | 95 |
| February 8 | The Saga of Tanya the Evil | NUT | Yutaka Uemura | 115 |
| February 9 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection | Sunrise | Gorō Taniguchi | 114 |
| February 15 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion | J.C.Staff | Katsushi Sakurabi | 82 |
| February 16 | The Royal Tutor | Tear Studio | Katsuya Kikuchi | 60 |
| March 1 | Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration | Shin-Ei Animation | Shinnosuke Yakuwa | 111 |
| March 2 – May 4 | King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars | Tatsunoko Production | Masakazu Hishida | |
| March 15 | Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation | Bibury Animation Studio | Tensho | 90 |
| March 15 | Mr. Osomatsu: The Movie | Pierrot | Yoichi Fujita | 108 |
| March 29 | Trinity Seven: Heavens Library & Crimson Lord | Seven Arcs Pictures | Hiroshi Nishikiori | 60 |
| April 5 | Laidbackers | Studio Gokumi | Kiyomitsu Sato Hiroyuki Hashimoto | 59 |
| April 12 | Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire | TMS Entertainment | Tomoka Nagaoka | 109 |
| April 19 | Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~ | Shin-Ei Animation | Masakazu Hashimoto | |
| April 19 | Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | 100 |
| April 26 | The Wonderland | Signal.MD | Keiichi Hara | 115 |
| May 10 | Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato | Wit Studio | Tetsurō Araki | 82 |
| May 17 – November 5, 2021 | Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond | IG Zwei | Takashi Noto | |
| May 24 | Promare | Trigger | Hiroyuki Imaishi | 111 |
| May 31 | Fujiko Mine's Lie | Telecom Animation Film | Takeshi Koike | 57 |
| June 7 | Children of the Sea | Studio 4°C | Ayumu Watanabe | 111 |
| June 14 | For Whom The Alchemist Exists | Satelight | Shōji Kawamori Masanori Takahashi | 118 |
| June 14 | Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom | A-1 Pictures | Takeshi Furuta Tomoka Nagaoka | 84 |
| June 15 | Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 | Actas | Tsutomu Mizushima | 54 |
| June 15 | Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl | CloverWorks | Sōichi Masui | 89 |
| June 21 | Ride Your Wave | Science SARU | Masaaki Yuasa | 96 |
| June 29 | Cencoroll 2 | Anime Innovation Tokyo | Atsuya Uki | 25 |
| June 29 | Frame Arms Girl: Kyakkyau Fufu na Wonderland | Zexcs Studio A-Cat | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | 82 |
| July 5 | Free! Road to the World – Dream | Kyoto Animation | Eisaku Kawanami | 120 |
| July 12 | Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution | OLM | Kunihiko Yuyama Motonori Sakakibara | 98 |
| July 19 | Weathering with You | CoMix Wave Films | Makoto Shinkai | 114 |
| August 2 | Dragon Quest: Your Story | Shirogumi | Takashi Yamazaki Ryūichi Yagi Makoto Hanabusa | 102 |
| August 9 | One Piece: Stampede | Toei Animation | Takashi Otsuka | 101 |
| August 21 | Shimajiro to Ururu no Heroland | Benesse Corporation | Takamitsu Kawamura, Ryoji Aoki | 58 |
| August 23 | Ni no Kuni | OLM | Yoshiyuki Momose | 106 |
| August 30 | KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Crimson Legend | J.C.Staff | Takaomi Kanasaki | 90 |
| September 6 | Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll | Kyoto Animation | Haruka Fujita | 90 |
| September 13 | BanG Dream! Film Live | Sanzigen | Tomomi Umetsu | 72 |
| September 20 | Hello World | Graphinica | Tomohiko Itō | 100 |
| September 27 – November 29 | The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | |
| October 5 | Blackfox | 3Hz | Kazuya Nomura Keisuke Shinohara | 90 |
| October 11 | Her Blue Sky | CloverWorks | Tatsuyuki Nagai | 108 |
| October 22 | Human Lost | Polygon Pictures | Katsuyuki Motohiro Fuminori Kizaki | 110 |
| October 25 | Kimi dake ni Motetainda | Signal.MD | Shun Kudō | 54 |
| October 26 | Saekano the Movie: Finale | CloverWorks | Kanta Kamei (Chief) Akihisa Shibata | 116 |
| December 13 | Seven Days War | Ajia-do Animation Works | Yūta Murano | 87 |
| December 20 | My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising | Bones | Kenji Nagasaki | 104 |

### Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2019.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director(s) | Original title |
| January 3 – March 28 | BanG Dream! (season 2) | 13 | Sanzigen | Kōdai Kakimoto | |
| January 4 – March 29 | Boogiepop and Others | 18 | Madhouse | Shingo Natsume | Boogiepop wa Warawanai |
| January 4 – March 22 | The Price of Smiles | 12 | Tatsunoko Production | Toshimasa Suzuki | Egao no Daika |
| January 5 – March 30 | The Morose Mononokean (season 2) | 13 | Pierrot+ | Itsuro Kawasaki | Fukigen na Mononokean |
| January 5 – March 30 | W'z | 13 | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki Hiromitsu Kanazawa | |
| January 6 – March 24 | How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno | 12 | Lesprit | Tomohiro Yamanashi | Ueno-san wa Bukiyō |
| January 7 – June 24 | Dororo | 24 | MAPPA Tezuka Productions | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | |
| January 7 – April 1 | Mob Psycho 100 II | 13 | Bones | Yuzuru Tachikawa | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Circlet Princess | 12 | Silver Link | Hideki Tachibana | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Kakegurui ×× | 12 | MAPPA | Yuichiro Hayashi Kiyoshi Matsuda | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Pastel Memories | 12 | Project No.9 | Yasuyuki Shinozaki | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Rainy Cocoa side G | 12 | EMT Squared | Hisashi Ishii | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Real Girl (season 2) | 12 | Hoods Entertainment | Takashi Naoya | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan | 12 | Creators in Pack (#2, 5) Ascension (#3) Zero-G (#4) | | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me | 12 | Doga Kobo | Daisuke Hiramaki | Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! |
| January 9 – March 27 | Kemurikusa | 12 | Yaoyorozu | Tatsuki | |
| January 9 – March 27 | Meiji Tokyo Renka | 12 | TMS/V1 Studio | Akitaro Daichi | |
| January 9 – March 27 | My Roommate Is a Cat | 12 | Zero-G | Kaoru Suzuki | Dōkyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue. |
| January 9 – June 26 | The Rising of the Shield Hero | 25 | Kinema Citrus | Takao Abo | Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari |
| January 10 – March 28 | Dimension High School | 12 | Asmik Ace Polygon Magic | Yuichi Abe | Chō Jigen Kakumei Anime: Dimension Hai Sukūru |
| January 10 – March 28 | Girly Air Force | 12 | Satelight | Katsumi Ono | |
| January 10 – March 28 | Grimms Notes the Animation | 12 | Brain's Base | Seiki Sugawara | |
| January 10 – March 28 | Revisions | 12 | Shirogumi | Gorō Taniguchi | |
| January 10 – March 28 | The Quintessential Quintuplets | 12 | Tezuka Productions | Satoshi Kuwabara | 5-Tōbun no Hanayome |
| January 11 – March 29 | B-Project: Zecchō Emotion | 12 | BN Pictures | Makoto Moriwaki | |
| January 11 – March 29 | Date A Live III | 12 | J.C.Staff | Keitaro Motonaga | |
| January 11 – March 29 | Hulaing Babies | 12 | Gaina | Yoshinori Asao | |
| January 11 – March 29 | The Promised Neverland | 12 | CloverWorks | Mamoru Kanbe | Yakusoku no Neverland |
| January 12 – March 30 | Bermuda Triangle: Colorful Pastrale | 12 | Seven Arcs Pictures | Junji Nishimura | |
| January 12 – March 30 | Domestic Girlfriend | 12 | Diomedéa | Shōta Ihata | Domestic na Kanojo |
| January 12 – March 30 | Endro! | 12 | Studio Gokumi | Kaori | |
| January 12 – March 30 | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunōsen |
| January 12 – March 30 | Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka | 12 | Liden Films | Hideyo Yamamoto | Mahō Shōjo Tokushusen Asuka |
| January 12 – March 16 | Mini Toji | 10 | Project No.9 | Yuu Nobuta | |
| January 13 – March 31 | The Magnificent Kotobuki | 12 | GEMBA | Tsutomu Mizushima | Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai |
| January 14 – April 1 | Kemono Friends (season 2) | 12 | Tomason | Ryuichi Kimura | |
| January 20 – March 24 | Mysteria Friends | 10 | CygamesPictures | Hideki Okamoto | Manaria Friends |
| January 27 – April 14 | Forest of Piano (season 2) | 12 | Gaina | Hiroyuki Yamaga | Piano no Mori |
| February 3 – January 26, 2020 | Star Twinkle PreCure | 49 | Toei Animation | Hiroaki Miyamoto | |
| April 2 – March 31, 2020 | Ace of Diamond Act II | 52 | Madhouse | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Daiya no Ēsu |
| April 2 – October 1 | YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | 26 | Feel | Tetsuo Hirakawa | Kono yo no hate de koi o utau Shōjo YU-NO |
| April 4 – June 20 | Bakumatsu Crisis | 12 | Studio Deen | Mitsutoshi Satō | |
| April 4 – June 27 | Million Arthur (season 2) | 13 | J.C.Staff | Yōhei Suzuki | Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur |
| April 4 – June 20 | Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki | 12 | Saetta | Hisayoshi Hirasawa | |
| April 5 – June 21 | Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu | 12 | C2C | Takebumi Anzai | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Ao-chan Can't Study! | 12 | Silver Link | Keisuke Inoue | Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyō ga Dekinai |
| April 6 – September 28 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 26 | Ufotable | Haruo Sotozaki | Kimetsu no Yaiba |
| April 6 – September 21 | Fruits Basket | 25 | TMS/8PAN | Yoshihide Ibata | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Joshi Kausei | 12 | Seven | Tadayoshi Sasaki | |
| April 6 – June 29 | Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life | 13 | Platinum Vision | Ryōma Mizuno | Kono Oto Tomare! |
| April 6 – September 28 | Mix | 24 | OLM | Odahiro Watanabe | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Nobunaga teacher's young bride | 12 | Seven | Tadayoshi Sasaki | Nobunaga Sensei no Osanazuma |
| April 6 – June 22 | Over Drive Girl 1/6 | 12 | Studio A-Cat | Keitaro Motonaga | Chō Kadō Gāru 1/6 |
| April 6 – June 22 | Senryu Girl | 12 | Connect | Masato Jinbo | Senryū Shōjo |
| April 7 – June 23 | Afterlost | 12 | Madhouse | Shigeyuki Miya | Shōmetsu Toshi |
| April 7 – June 23 | Fairy Gone | 12 | P.A.Works | Kenichi Suzuki | |
| April 7 – July 7 | Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine | 12 | TMS Entertainment | Susumu Kudo | |
| April 7 – June 23 | Midnight Occult Civil Servants | 12 | Liden Films | Tetsuya Watanabe | Mayonaka no Occult Kōmuin |
| April 7 – June 30 | Ultramarine Magmell | 13 | Pierrot+ | Hayato Date | Gunjō no Magmell |
| April 7 – June 30 | We Never Learn: BOKUBEN | 13 | Studio Silver Arvo Animation | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Bokutachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai |
| April 8 – March 23, 2020 | I'm From Japan | 50 | ODDJOB | Isamu Ueno | Jimoto ga Japan |
| April 8 – June 24 | Namu Amida Butsu! -Rendai Utena- | 12 | Asahi Production | Akira Oguro | |
| April 8 – June 24 | RobiHachi | 12 | Studio Comet | Shinji Takamatsu | |
| April 8 – June 24 | Why the Hell are You Here, Teacher!? | 12 | Tear Studio | Hiraku Kaneko (Chief) Toshikatsu Tokoro | Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!? |
| April 9 – June 25 | Isekai Quartet | 12 | Studio Puyukai | Minoru Ashina | |
| April 9 – July 2 | One-Punch Man (season 2) | 12 | J.C.Staff | Chikara Sakurai | |
| April 9 – June 25 | Strike Witches: 501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off! | 12 | acca effe Giga Production | Fumio Ito | World Witches Series 501 Butai Hasshinshimasu! |
| April 10 – October 2 | Carole & Tuesday | 24 | Bones | Shinichirō Watanabe (Chief) Motonobu Hori | |
| April 10 – June 26 | The Helpful Fox Senko-san | 12 | Doga Kobo | Tomoaki Koshida | Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san |
| April 10 – June 26 | Wise Man's Grandchild | 12 | Silver Link | Masafumi Tamura | Kenja no Mago |
| April 11 – June 20 | Sarazanmai | 11 | MAPPA Lapin Track | Nobuyuki Takeuchi (Chief) Kunihiko Ikuhara | |
| April 12 – June 28 | Bungo Stray Dogs (season 3) | 12 | Bones | Takuya Igarashi | |
| April 15 – July 1 | King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars | 12 | Tatsunoko Production | Masakazu Hishida | |
| April 29 – July 1 | Attack on Titan (season 3, part 2) | 10 | Wit Studio | Tetsurō Araki Masashi Koizuka | Shingeki no Kyojin |
| July 1 – September 16 | Star-Myu (season 3) | 12 | C-Station | Shunsuke Tada | |
| July 1 – September 16 | To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts | 12 | MAPPA | Jun Shishido | Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e |
| July 2 – September 17 | Are You Lost? | 12 | Ezo'la | Nobuyoshi Nagayama | Sōnan desu ka? |
| July 2 – September 17 | Magical Sempai | 12 | Liden Films | Fumiaki Usui | Tejina Senpai |
| July 3 – September 18 | Astra Lost in Space | 12 | Lerche | Masaomi Andō | Kanata no Asutora |
| July 3 – September 18 | How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? | 12 | Doga Kobo | Mitsue Yamazaki | Dumbbell Nan-Kilo Moteru? |
| July 4 – September 19 | Demon Lord, Retry! | 12 | Ekachi Epilka | Hiroshi Kimura | Maō-sama, Ritorai! |
| July 4 – September 19 | If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord | 12 | Maho Film | Takeyuki Yanase | Uchi no Ko no Tame Naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maō mo Taoseru Kamoshirenai. |
| July 5 – December 13 | Dr. Stone | 24 | TMS/8PAN | Shinya Iino | |
| July 5 – December 27 | Fire Force | 24 | David Production | Yuki Yase | En'en no Shōbōtai |
| July 5 – September 26 | Granbelm | 13 | Nexus | Masaharu Watanabe | |
| July 5 – September 20 | O Maidens in Your Savage Season | 12 | Lay-duce | Masahiro Ando Takurō Tsukada | Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo |
| July 5 – September 20 | Wasteful Days of High School Girls | 12 | Passione | Takeo Takahashi (Chief) Hijiri Sanpei | Joshi Kōsei no Mudazukai |
| July 6 – September 28 | Senki Zesshō Symphogear XV | 13 | Satelight | Katsumi Ono | |
| July 6 – September 28 | The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note | 13 | Troyca | Makoto Katō | Rōdo Erumeroi II-sei no Jikenbo |
| July 7 – August 11 | Business Fish | 12 | IANDA | Takashi Sumida | |
| July 7 – December 22 | Ensemble Stars! | 24 | David Production | Yasufumi Soejima Masakazu Hishida | |
| July 7 – September 29 | Re:Stage! Dream Days♪ | 12 | Yumeta Company Graphinica | Shin Katagai | |
| July 7 – September 22 | Teasing Master Takagi-san (season 2) | 12 | Shin-Ei Animation | Hiroaki Akagi | Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san |
| July 7 – September 22 | The Ones Within | 12 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma | Naka no Hito Genome [Jikkyōchū] |
| July 7 – December 29 | Vinland Saga | 24 | Wit Studio | Shuhei Yabuta | |
| July 8 – October 7 | Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest | 13 | White Fox Asread | Kinji Yoshimoto | Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō |
| July 8 – September 30 | Cop Craft | 12 | Millepensee | Shin Itagaki | |
| July 8 – September 1 | Fire in His Fingertips: My Childhood Friend is a Firefighter | 8 | Studio Hōkiboshi | Toshihiro Watase | Yubisaki kara Honki no Netsujō: Osana Najimi wa Shōbōshi |
| July 8 – September 23 | Hensuki: Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She's a Cutie? | 12 | Geek Toys | Itsuki Imazaki | Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasuka? |
| July 8 – September 23 | Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga | 12 | Studio Deen | Noriyuki Abe | |
| July 10 – September 25 | Isekai Cheat Magician | 12 | Encourage Films | Daisuke Tsukushi | |
| July 11 – September 19 | Given | 11 | Lerche | Hikaru Yamaguchi | |
| July 12 – September 27 | A Certain Scientific Accelerator | 12 | J.C.Staff | Nobuharu Kamanaka | Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator |
| July 12 – September 27 | The Demon Girl Next Door | 12 | J.C.Staff | Hiroaki Sakurai | Machikado Mazoku |
| July 13 – September 28 | Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Tsūjou Kōgeki ga Zentai Kōgeki de ni Kai Kōgeki no Okā-san wa Suki Desuka? |
| July 13 – September 28 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (season 2) | 12 | J.C.Staff | Hideki Tachibana | Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka? |
| July 14 – October 13 | BEM | 12 | LandQ Studios | Yoshinori Odaka | |
| July 30 – October 15 | Try Knights | 12 | Gonzo | Tadayoshi Sasaki | |
| October 1 – December 24 | Bananya and the Curious Bunch | 13 | Gathering | Kyō Yatate | Bananya: Fushigi na Nakamatachi |
| October 2 – December 18 | After School Dice Club | 12 | Liden Films | Kenichi Imaizumi | Hōkago Saikoro Kurabu |
| October 2 – September 30, 2020 | Ahiru no Sora | 50 | Diomedéa | Keizō Kusakawa (Chief) Shingo Tamaki | |
| October 2 – December 27 | Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious | 12 | White Fox | Masayuki Sakoi | Kono Yūsha ga Ore Tsuē Kuse ni Shinchō Sugiru |
| October 2 – December 18 | Kemono Michi: Rise Up | 12 | ENGI | Kazuya Miura | Hataage! Kemonomichi |
| October 2 – December 25 | Oresuki | 12 | Connect | Noriaki Akitaya | Ore o Suki nano wa Omae dake kayo |
| October 2 – February 26, 2020 | Radiant (season 2) | 21 | Lerche | Daisei Fukuoka Seiji Kishi | |
| October 3 – December 26 | Ascendance of a Bookworm | 14 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Mitsuru Hongo | Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen |
| October 3 – March 20, 2020 | Azur Lane | 12 | Bibury Animation Studio | Tensho | |
| October 3 – December 19 | High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World | 12 | Project No.9 | Shinsuke Yanagi | Chōjin-Kokoseitachi wa Isekai demo Yoyu de Ikinuku Yōdesu! |
| October 4 – December 27 | Granblue Fantasy The Animation (season 2) | 12 | MAPPA | Yui Umemoto | |
| October 4 – December 13 | Young Disease Outburst Boy | 11 | Studio Deen | Kazuya Ichikawa | Chūbyō Gekihatsu Boy |
| October 4 – October 16, 2020 | Zoids Wild Zero | 50 | OLM | Takao Kato | |
| October 5 – March 28, 2020 | Aikatsu on Parade! | 25 | BN Pictures | Shishō Igarashi | |
| October 5 – March 21, 2020 | Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia | 21 | CloverWorks | Toshifumi Akai | Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majū Sensen Babylonia |
| October 5 – December 28 | Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life (season 2) | 13 | Platinum Vision | Ryōma Mizuno | Kono Oto Tomare! |
| October 5 – December 21 | Val × Love | 12 | Hoods Entertainment | Takashi Naoya | |
| October 5 – March 7, 2020 | Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun | 23 | BN Pictures | Makoto Moriwaki | Mairimashita! Iruma-kun |
| October 6 – December 22 | Actors: Songs Connection | 12 | Drive | Osamu Yamasaki | |
| October 6 – December 22 | African Office Worker | 12 | Hotzipang | Tetsuya Tatamitani | Africa no Sararīman |
| October 6 – January 27, 2020 | Babylon | 12 | Revoroot | Kiyotaka Suzuki | |
| October 6 – December 22 | Fairy Gone (season 2) | 12 | P.A.Works | Kenichi Suzuki | |
| October 6 – December 29 | Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit | 12 | ANIMA&CO. | Takayuki Kuriyama (Chief) Harume Kosaka | Keishichou Tokumu-bu Tokushu Kyouaku-han Taisaku-Shitsu Dai-Nana-ka -Tokunana- |
| October 6 – December 29 | We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (season 2) | 13 | Studio Silver Arvo Animation | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Bokutachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai |
| October 7 – December 23 | Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! | 12 | Project No.9 | Masahiko Ohta | Watashi, Nōryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! |
| October 7 – March 30, 2020 | Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle | 25 | Gonzo | Masaki Tachibana | |
| October 7 – December 23 | Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth | 12 | M.S.C | Hideyo Yamamoto | |
| October 8 – January 7, 2020 | Kandagawa Jet Girls | 12 | TNK | Hiraku Kaneko | |
| October 8 – December 24 | Z/X Code reunion | 12 | Passione | Yoshifumi Sueda | |
| October 9 – March 25, 2020 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods | 24 | Studio Deen | Susumu Nishizawa | Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin |
| October 10 – December 26 | Assassins Pride | 12 | EMT Squared | Kazuya Aiura | |
| October 10 – December 26 | Beastars | 12 | Orange | Shin'ichi Matsumi | |
| October 10 – December 26 | No Guns Life (part 1) | 12 | Madhouse | Naoyuki Itō | |
| October 10 – December 26 | Stars Align | 12 | Eight Bit | Kazuki Akane | Hoshiai no Sora |
| October 11 – March 27, 2020 | Case File nº221: Kabukicho | 24 | Production I.G | Ai Yoshimura | Kabukichō Syarokku |
| October 11 – December 27 | True Cooking Master Boy | 12 | NAS | Itsuro Kawasaki | Shin Chūka Ichiban! |
| October 12 – December 28 | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fourth Plate | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Shokugeki no Sōma: Shin no Sara |
| October 12 – April 4, 2020 | My Hero Academia (season 4) | 25 | Bones | Kenji Nagasaki (Chief) Masahiro Mukai | Boku no Hero Academia 4 |
| October 13 – January 18, 2020 | Chidori RSC | 12 | 3Hz | Masanori Takahashi | |
| October 13 – December 29 | Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld (part 1) | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Manabu Ono | |
| October 13 – December 29 | Tenka Hyakken ~Meiji-kan e Yōkoso!~ | 12 | Liden Films | Daisuke Hashimoto | |
| October 22 – March 24, 2020 | Chihayafuru (season 3) | 24 | Madhouse | Morio Asaka | |
| October 24 – December 12 | Psycho-Pass (season 3) | 8 | Production I.G | Naoyoshi Shiotani | |
| October 25 – December 20 | Hi Score Girl (season 2) | 9 | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment | Yoshiki Yamakawa | |

### Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2019.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director(s) | Original title |
| January 17 | Ikebukuro | 1 | Shaft | Yukio Takatsu | |
| February 14 – August 8 | Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators | 26 | BN Pictures | Daisuke Nakajima | |
| February 17 | Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn – Prologue | 1 | Satelight | | |
| April 1 | Ultraman | 13 | Production I.G Sola Digital Arts | Kenji Kamiyama Shinji Aramaki | |
| April 19 | Rilakkuma and Kaoru | 13 | Dwarf | Masahito Kobayashi | |
| May 11 – July 27 | Miru Tights | 12 | Yokohama Animation Laboratory | Yuki Ogawa | |
| June 14 | Aggretsuko (season 2) | 10 | Fanworks | Rarecho | |
| June 28 | 7 Seeds | 12 | Gonzo | Yukio Takahashi | |
| July 19 – January 23, 2020 | Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya | 12 | Toei Animation | Yoshiharu Ashino | |
| July 31 – October 31 | Kengan Ashura | 24 | Larx Entertainment | Seiji Kishi | |
| August 15 | Cannon Busters | 12 | Satelight Yumeta Company | LeSean Thomas (Chief) Takahiro Natori | |
| August 23 | Hero Mask (season 2) | 9 | Pierrot | Hiroyasu Aoki | |
| October 4 – December 20 | Null & Peta | 12 | Shin-Ei Animation | Hirofumi Ogura | |
| October 10 – March 26, 2020 | Blade of the Immortal -Immortal- | 24 | Liden Films | Hiroshi Hamasaki | Mugen no Jūnin: Immortal |
| October 10 – December 26 | Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise | 13 | Sunrise Beyond | Shinya Watada | |
| November 22 | Dino Girl Gauko | 20 | Ascension | Akira Shigino | Kyōryū Shōjo Gauko |
| November 28 | Levius | 12 | Polygon Pictures | Hiroyuki Seshita (Chief) Keisuke Ide | |
| December 3 | Obsolete (part 1) | 6 | Buemon | Hiroki Yamada Seiichi Shirato | |
| December 30 | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened | 6 | J.C.Staff | Hiroaki Sakurai | Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan: Psi Shidō-Hen |

### Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2019.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director(s) | Original title |
| January 3 – February 27 | Ikki Tousen: Western Wolves | 3 | Arms | Takashi Watanabe (Chief) Mitsutoshi Satō | |
| January 16 | Eromanga Sensei | 2 | A-1 Pictures | Ryohei Takeshita | |
| January 30 | It's My Life | 1 | Creators in Pack | Hisayoshi Hirasawa | |
| February 27 | Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san | 1 | DLE | Ouru Todoroki | Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san |
| March 6 | The Thousand Musketeers | 1 | TMS/Double Eagle | Kenichi Kasai | Senjūshi |
| March 19 – September 22 | Golden Kamuy (2nd/3rd OVAs) | 2 | Geno Studio | Hitoshi Nanba | |
| March 20 | Hi Score Girl: Extra Stage | 3 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiki Yamakawa | |
| March 29 | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku – Youth | 1 | A-1 Pictures | Yoshimasa Hiraike | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii |
| June 14 | Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Prisma Phantasm | 1 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma | |
| June 20 | The Island of Giant Insects | 1 | Passione | Takeo Takahashi | Kyochū Rettō |
| July 8 | Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation: Nepu no Natsuyasumi | 1 | Okuruto Noboru | Masahiro Mukai | Chō Jigen Game Neptune The Animation |
| July 9 | Magimoji Rurumo | 2 | J.C.Staff | Chikara Sakurai | |
| July 9 – November 27, 2020 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 5 | Eight Bit | Yasuhito Kikuchi | Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken |
| September 10 | The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún | 1 | Wit Studio | Yūtarō Kubo Satomi Maiya | Totsukuni no Shōjo |
| September 25 – November 22 | Midnight Occult Civil Servants | 3 | Liden Films | Tetsuya Watanabe | Mayonaka no Occult Kōmuin |
| September 25 | Mob Psycho 100 | 1 | Bones | Yuzuru Tachikawa | |
| September 26 | Is the Order a Rabbit?? ~Sing For You~ | 1 | production doA | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka? |
| November 1 | We Never Learn: BOKUBEN | 1 | Studio Silver Arvo Animation | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Bokutachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai |
| November 8 | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Hyōketsu no Kizuna | 1 | White Fox | Kenichi Kawamura (Chief) Masaharu Watanabe | Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu |
| November 13 | YuruYuri, | 1 | Lay-duce | Daigo Yamagishi | |
| November 20 | Bean Bandit | 1 | Passione | Ken'ichi Sonoda (Chief) Yū Aoki | |
| November 22 | Fragtime | 1 | Tear Studio | Takuya Satō | |
| December 8 | Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan | 2 | David Production | Toshiyuki Kato Yasufumi Soejima | Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai |

## Deaths

* January 6: Fusako Amachi [ja], 78, Japanese voice actor
* January 25: Maeghan Albach, 44, American voice actress
* February 1: Kinryū Arimoto, 78, Japanese voice actor
* February 26: Yasuta Sato, 94, founder of Takara Tomy, collaborating to BeyBlade, Pretty Rhythm, Ryukendo and others,
* March 26: Fuyumi Shiraishi, 82, Japanese voice actor, radio announcer
* April 5: Wowaka, 31, Japanese musician; performed "Polaris", one of ending themes from anime series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
* April 11: Monkey Punch, 81, creator of Lupin III
* April 16: Kiyoshi Kawakubo, 89, Japanese voice actor
* June 10: Yuzuru Fujimoto, 83, Japanese voice actor
* July 18: Notable people killed in the Kyoto Animation arson attack
** Naomi Ishida, 49, Japanese colorist
** Yoshiji Kigami, 61, Japanese animator, director, and storyboarder
** Futoshi Nishiya, 37, Japanese animator, director, and character designer
** Yasuhiro Takemoto, 47, Japanese director
* July 28: Yuu Shimaka, 70, Japanese voice actor
* August 3: Kazuko Nakamura, 86, Japanese animator
* August 31: Michael Lindsay, 56, American voice actor