# 2015 in anime

Events in 2015 in anime.

## Awards

* 9th Seiyu Awards (held in 2015, awarded works from 2014)
* 10th Seiyu Awards (held in 2016, awarded works from 2015)

## Conventions

* January 16–18 - Otakon Vegas 2015
* March - AnimeJapan 2015

## Releases
### Films

List of anime film releases that debuts through theater screening from January 1 - December 31, 2015.
| Release Date | Title | Studio | Director | Running Time (minutes) | Notes |
| January 9 | Psycho-Pass: The Movie | Production I.G | Naoyoshi Shiotani | | |
| January 31 | Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova DC- | Sanzigen | Seiji Kishi | | First Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime film. Compilation of the TV series Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- with extra scenes. |
| February 20 | The Case of Hana & Alice | Steve N' Steven | Shunji Iwai | | |
| March 6 | Knights of Sidonia | Polygon Pictures | Kobun Shizuno | | Compilation |
| March 7 | Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes | Shin-Ei Animation | Yoshihiro Osugi | | Doraemon: Nobita no Space Heroes |
| March 7 | PriPara the Movie: Eeeeveryone, Assemble! Prism Tours | Tatsunoko Production | Masakazu Hishida | | |
| March 13 | Shimajirō to Ōkina Ki | Benesse Corporation | Isamu Hirabayashi | 60 | Shimajiro and the Mother Tree, the third Shimajiro live action Anime film. Compilation of anime television Shimajiro |
| March 14 | Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past | Kyoto Animation | Taichi Ichidate | | Compilation of anime television Beyond the Boundary |
| March 14 | Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪ | Toei Animation | | | |
| April 5 | Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin Dai-1-bu Me -Kizashi- | TYO Animations | Junichi Sato | 51 | Tamayura: Graduation Photos Part I: Sprout. Tamayura sequel. First film of the four-part Tamayura movie series. |
| April 12 | Le Labyrinthe de la Grisaia | 8-Bit | Tensho | 60 | Based on the visual novel with the same name |
| April 18 | Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno | TMS/V1 Studio | Kobun Shizuno | | 19th Detective Conan film. |
| April 18 | Crayon Shin-Chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! | Shin-Ei Animation | Masakazu Hashimoto | | |
| April 18 | Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' | Toei Animation | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | 93 | Dragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no F, 19th Dragon Ball film |
| April 25 | Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future | Kyoto Animation | Taichi Ichidate | | An original story set one year after the anime television Beyond the Boundary |
| May 9 | Miss Hokusai | Production I.G | Keiichi Hara | | |
| May 23 | New Initial D the Movie | Sanzigen Liden Films | Masamitsu Hidaka | 62 | Legend 2: - Racer. The second part of the three-part film. |
| May 23 | Tensai Bakavon: Yomigaeru Flanders no Inu | DLE | FROGMAN | | Tensai Bakavon: The Resurrection of The Dog of Flanders in English |
| June 5 | Typhoon Noruda | Studio Colorido | Yōjirō Arai | | Taifū no Noruda in Japanese |
| June 12 | Yowamushi Pedal Re:ROAD | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Nabeshima | | Compilation film of Yowamushi Pedal GRANDE Road |
| June 13 | Love Live! The School Idol Movie | Sunrise | Takahiko Kyōgoku | | |
| June 20 | Kōkaku Kidōtai Shin Gekijōban | Production I.G | Kazuya Nomura | | Ghost in the Shell: New Movie in English |
| June 25 | Attack on Titan Part II: Wings of Freedom | Wit Studio | Tetsuro Araki | | Compilation |
| July 3 | Haikyu!! the Movie: Ending and Beginning | Production I.G | | | Compilation. Gekijō-ban Haikyu!! Owari to Hajimari in Japanese. |
| July 4 | Sinbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima | Nippon Animation Shirogumi | Shinpei Miyashita | | Sinbad: The Flying Princess and the Secret Island in English |
| July 11 | The Boy and the Beast | Studio Chizu | Mamoru Hosoda | | |
| July 18 | The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa | OLM, Inc. | Kunihiko Yuyama | | 18th Pokémon anime movie and the second movie in the XY Series. |
| July 18 | Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Yumihari no Serenade | Studio Deen | Hiroshi Watanabe | | Film Version Meiji Tokyo Love Song: Crescent Moon's Serenade |
| August 22 | Aikatsu! Music Award: Minna de Shō o MoraimaSHOW! | BN Pictures | Shinya Watada | | |
| August 22 | Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement | Production IMS | Keitaro Motonaga | 72 | |
| August 22 | Hikawa Maru Monogatari | Mushi Production | Shunji Ōga | 90 | |
| August 28 | Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie | TMS/8PAN | Osamu Nabeshima | | Gekijōban Yowamushi Pedal in Japanese |
| August 29 | Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin Dai-2-bu -Hibiki- | TYO Animations | Junichi Sato | 52 | Second film of the four-part Tamayura movie series. |
| September 19 | The Anthem of the Heart | A-1 Pictures | Tatsuyuki Nagai | | Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da. in Japanese Anthem of the Heart -Beautiful Word, Beautiful World- is the complete English name |
| September 18 | Haikyu!! the Movie: Winners and Losers | Production I.G | | | Compilation. Gekijō-ban Haikyu!! Shōsha to Haisha in Japanese. |
| October 2 | The Empire of Corpses | Wit Studio | Ryoutarou Makihara | | Project Itoh film Shisha no Teikoku in Japanese |
| October 3 | Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza- | Sanzigen | Seiji Kishi | | Second Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime film. New story based on the manga. |
| November 13 | Harmony | Studio 4°C | Takashi Nakamura, Michael Arias | | Project Itoh film |
| November 21 | Digimon Adventure tri: Saikai | Toei Animation | Keitaro Motonaga | | First film of Digimon Adventure tri. film series |
| November 28 | Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin Dai-3-bu -Akogare- | TYO Animations | Junichi Sato | 51 | Third film of the four-part Tamayura movie series. |
| December 23 | Chibi Maruko-chan: Italia Kara Kita Shōnen | Nippon Animation | Jun Takagi [ja] | 94 | |

### Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2015.
| First Run Start and End Dates | Title | Eps | Studio | Director | Alternate Title |
| January 4 – March 22 | Absolute Duo | 12 | 8-Bit | Atsushi Nakayama | |
| January 4 – March 29 | Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC | 13 | Chara-ani Dax Production | Pippuya | |
| January 4 – March 28 | Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD | 12 | J.C. Staff Nomad | Hiroshi Nishikiori | |
| January 5 – March 30 | Kamisama Kiss◎ | 12 | TMS/V1 Studio | Akitaro Daichi | |
| January 5 – March 31 | Yurikuma Arashi | 12 | Silver Link | Kunihiko Ikuhara | |
| January 6 – March 24 | Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! | 12 | Diomedéa | Shinji Takamatsu | Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love! Handsome High School Earth Defense Club Love! |
| January 7 – March 25 | Kantai Collection | 12 | Diomedéa | Keizō Kusakawa | KanColle |
| January 7 – March 25 | Miritari! | 12 | Creators in Pack | Hiroshi Kimura | |
| January 7 – March 25 | The Testament of Sister New Devil | 12 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saito | Shinmai Maō no Testament |
| January 8 – April 15 | Fafner in the Azure: Exodus | 13 | XEBECzwei | Takashi Noto Nobuyoshi Habara | Fafner EXODUS Sōkyū no Fafner Exodus |
| January 8 – March 26 | Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Kanta Kamei | Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata |
| January 8 – March 26 | Tokyo Ghoul √A | 12 | Pierrot | Shuhei Morita | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Unlimited Fafnir | 12 | Diomedéa | Keizō Kusakawa | Jūō Mujin no Fafnir |
| January 9 – June 19 | Assassination Classroom | 22 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | Ansatsu Kyōshitsu |
| January 9 – March 27 | Gourmet Girl Graffiti | 12 | Shaft | Naoyuki Tatsuwa Akiyuki Shinbo | Kōfuku Graffiti Happy Cooking Graffiti |
| January 9 – March 27 | Death Parade | 12 | Madhouse | Yuzuru Tachikawa | |
| January 10 – March 28 | Dog Days'' | 12 | Seven Arcs Pictures | Junji Nishimura Kikuchi Katsuya | Dog Days Double Dash |
| January 10 – March 26, 2016 | Durarara!!×2 | 36 | Shuka | Takahiro Omori | |
| January 10 – July 1 | Kuroko's Basketball (season 3) | 25 | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | Kuroko no Basket |
| January 10 – April 4 | Shōnen Hollywood – Holly Stage for 50 | 13 | Zexcs | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | |
| January 10 – April 11 | The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls | 13 | A-1 Pictures | Noriko Takao | |
| January 10 – March 28 | The Rolling Girls | 12 | Wit Studio | Kotomi Deai | |
| January 11 – March 29 | Maria the Virgin Witch | 12 | Production I.G | Gorō Taniguchi | Junketsu no Maria |
| January 11 – March 29 | World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman | 12 | Diomedéa | Inagaki Takayuki | Seiken Tsukai no World Break |
| January 11 – March 29 | Samurai Warriors | 12 | Tezuka Productions TYO Animations | Kōjin Ochi | Sengoku Musou |
| January 11 – March 29 | Yatterman Night | 12 | Tatsunoko Production | Tatsuya Yoshihara | Yoru no Yatterman |
| January 23 – March 27 | Isuca | 10 | Arms | Akira Iwanaga | |
| February 1 – January 31, 2016 | Go! Princess PreCure | 50 | Toei Animation | Yuta Tanaka | |
| March 31 – February 23, 2016 | Omakase! Miracle Cat-dan | 32 | OLM, Inc. | Mitsuo Hashimoto | |
| April 1 – | Battle Spirits Burning Soul | | BN Pictures | Hajime Yatate | |
| October 3, 2014 – June 25, 2015 | I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying | 26 | Seven | Shinpei Nagai | Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken |
| April 2 – June 25 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! | 13 | Feel | Kei Oikawa | Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku |
| April 2 – June 25 | Re-Kan! | 13 | Pierrot+ | Masashi Kudo | |
| April 3 – June 26 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | 12 | J.C. Staff | Yoshiki Yamakawa | DanMachi Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka |
| April 3 – September 25 | Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma | 24 | J.C. Staff | Yoshitomo Yonetani | |
| April 3 – June 19 | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Yuuki Itoh | Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid |
| April 3 – July 17 | The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan | 16 | Satelight | Jun'ichi Wada | Nagato Yuki-chan no Shōshitsu |
| April 4 – October 4 | Blood Blockade Battlefront | 12 | Bones | Rie Matsumoto | Kekkai Sensen |
| April 4 – June 20 | Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Shinpei Ezaki | |
| April 4 – June 20 | High School DxD BorN | 12 | TNK | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | |
| April 4 – December 26 | Jewelpet: Magical Change | 39 | Studio Deen | Nobuhiro Kondo | |
| April 4 – June 27 | Plastic Memories | 13 | Doga Kobo | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | |
| April 4 – September 20 | Rin-ne | 25 | Brain's Base | Seiki Sugawara | Kyōkai no Rinne Rinne of the Boundary |
| April 4 – June 20 | Seraph of the End | 12 | Wit Studio | Daisuke Tokudo | Owari no Seraph |
| April 4 – September 26 | Ultimate Otaku Teacher | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Masato Sato | Denpa Kyōshi |
| April 4 – June 28 | Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Revolutions | 13 | A-1 Pictures | Yuu Kou Yūki Ukai | |
| April 5 – September 20 | Baby Steps (season 2) | 25 | Pierrot | Masahiko Murata | |
| April 5 – March 27, 2016 | Duel Masters Versus Revolution | 51 | Ascension | Shinobu Sasaki | |
| April 5 – June 21 | Hello!! Kin-iro Mosaic | 12 | Studio Gokumi | Tensho | |
| April 5 – June 21 | Rainy Cocoa | 12 | EMT Squared | Tomomi Mochizuki | Ameiro Cocoa |
| April 5 – June 21 | Show by Rock!! | 12 | Bones | Takahiro Ikezoe | |
| April 5 – September 27 | The Heroic Legend of Arslan | 25 | Liden Films Sanzigen | Noriyuki Abe | Arslan Senki |
| April 5 – June 14 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise | 10 | Production I.G | Kazuchika Kise | |
| April 6 – | Ace of Diamond: Second Season | | Madhouse Production I.G | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Mikagura School Suite | 12 | Doga Kobo | Tarō Iwasaki | Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku |
| April 7 – June 23 | Teekyu (season 4) | 12 | Millepensee | Shin Itagaki | |
| April 7 – June 30 | Sound! Euphonium | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | Hibike! Euphonium |
| April 8 – | Gintama° | | BN Pictures | Chizuru Miyawaki | |
| April 8 – September 23 | My Love Story!! | 24 | Madhouse | Morio Asaka | Ore Monogatari!! Oremonogatari!! |
| April 8 – June 10 | Triage X | 10 | Xebec | Akio Takami Takao Kato | |
| April 9 – June 25 | Etotama | 12 | Shirogumi Encourage Films | Fumitoshi Oizaki Takamitsu Hirakawa | |
| April 9 – June 25 | Punch Line | 12 | MAPPA | Yutaka Uemura | |
| April 9 – June 25 | Urawa no Usagi-chan | 12 | A-Real | Mitsuyuki Ishibashi | |
| April 9 – June 24 | Wish Upon the Pleiades | 12 | Gainax | Shōji Saeki | Hōkago no Pleiades |
| April 10 – June 26 | Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine | 12 | Polygon Pictures | Hiroyuki Seshita | |
| April 10 – June 26 | Nisekoi: | 12 | Shaft | Naoyuki Tatsuwa Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | |
| April 11 – March 26, 2016 | Future Card Buddyfight 100 | 50 | OLM, Inc. Xebec | Shigetaka Ikeda | |
| April 12 – June 28 | Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches | 12 | Liden Films | Tomoki Takuno | Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo |
| April 19 – June 21 | The Eden of Grisaia | 10 | 8-Bit | Tensho | Le Eden de la Grisaia |
| July 1 – September 27 | Gangsta. | 12 | Manglobe | Shukou Murase | |
| July 2 – December 24 | Aquarion Logos | 26 | Satelight C2C | Eiichi Sato | |
| July 2 – September 17 | Castle Town Dandelion | 12 | Production IMS | Noriaki Akitaya | Jōkamachi no Dandelion |
| July 2 – September 17 | Chaos Dragon: Sekiryū Sen'eki | 12 | Silver Link Connect | Masato Matsune | |
| July 2 – September 17 | My Wife is the Student Council President | 12 | Seven | Hiroyuki Furukawa | Okusama ga Seitokaichō! |
| July 2 – September 17 | Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace | 11 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | |
| July 3 – September 18 | Aoharu x Machinegun | 12 | Brains Base | Hideaki Nakano | Aoharu x Kikanjū |
| July 3 – September 25 | Classroom Crisis | 13 | Lay-duce | Kenji Nagasaki | |
| July 3 – September 18 | Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Takahiko Kyōgoku | |
| July 3 – September 25 | Miss Monochrome (season 2) | 13 | Liden Films Sanzigen | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | |
| July 3 – September 25 | Senki Zesshō Symphogear GX | 13 | Encourage Films, Satelight | Katsumi Ono | |
| July 3 – December 25 | Ushio and Tora | 26 | MAPPA Studio VOLN | Satoshi Nishimura | Ushio to Tora |
| July 3 – September 25 | Wakaba Girl | 13 | Nexus | Seiji Watanabe | |
| July 3 – September 25 | Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Mugen-hen | 13 | Sanzigen | Seiji Mizushima | |
| July 4 – September 26 | Charlotte | 13 | P.A. Works | Yoshiyuki Asai | |
| July 4 – September 26 | Gatchaman Crowds insight | 13 | Tatsunoko Production | Kenji Nakamura | |
| July 4 – September 19 | Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers | 12 | Passione | Takeo Takahashi | Rokka no Yūsha |
| July 4 – September 19 | Shimoneta | 12 | J.C. Staff | Youhei Suzuki | Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai |
| July 4 – December 26 | Working!!! | 14 | A-1 Pictures | Yumi Kamakura | |
| July 5 – March 25, 2018 | Dragon Ball Super | 131 | Toei Animation | Kimitoshi Chioka | |
| July 5 – September 20 | Wakakozake | 12 | Office DCI | Minoru Yamaoka | |
| July 6 – September 21 | Snow White with the Red Hair | 12 | Bones | Masahiro Andō | Akagami no Shirayukihime |
| July 6 – September 28 | My Monster Secret | 13 | TMS Entertainment | Yasutaka Yamamoto | Jitsu wa Watashi wa |
| July 6 – September 21 | Million Doll | 11 | Asahi Production | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | |
| July 6 – September 21 | Non Non Biyori Repeat | 12 | Silver Link | Shinya Kawamo | |
| July 7 – September 22 | Bikini Warriors | 12 | Feel | Naoyuki Kuzuya | |
| July 7 – September 22 | Monster Musume | 12 | Lerche | Tatsuya Yoshihara | Monster Musume no Iru Nichijō Everyday Life with Monster Girls |
| July 7 – September 22 | Teekyu (season 5) | 12 | Millepensee | Shin Itagaki | |
| July 7 – September 29 | Overlord | 13 | Madhouse | Naoyuki Itō | |
| July 7 – September 29 | Seiyu's Life! | 13 | Gonzo | Hiroshi Ikehata | Sore ga Seiyū! |
| July 7 – October 29 | To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd | 14 | Xebec | Atsushi Ootsuki | To Love-Ru –Trouble- Darkness 2nd |
| July 8 – September 23 | Junjō Romantica 3 | 12 | Studio Deen | Chiaki Kon | |
| July 8 – September 23 | Sky Wizards Academy | 12 | Diomedéa | Takayuki Inagaki | Kūsen Madōshi Kōhosei no Kyōkan |
| July 8 – September 23 | Suzakinishi the Animation | 12 | Feel | Yoshihiro Hiramine | |
| July 9 – September 24 | Danchigai | 12 | Creators in Pack | Hiroshi Kimura | |
| July 9 – September 26 | Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! | 10 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma Masato Jinbo | |
| July 9 – September 24 | Himouto! Umaru-chan | 12 | Doga Kobo | Masahiko Ohta | Himōto! Umaru-chan |
| July 9 – September 24 | School-Live! | 12 | Lerche | Masaomi Ando | Gakkō Gurashi! |
| July 11 – September 26 | Prison School | 12 | J.C. Staff | Tsutomu Mizushima | |
| July 12 – March 26, 2016 | God Eater | 13 | Ufotable | Takayuki Hirao | |
| July 13 – September 28 | Makura no Danshi | 12 | Assez Finaud Fabric Feel | | |
| August 30 – November 30 | Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure | 26 | Telecom Animation Film | Kazuhide Tomonaga Yūichirō Yano | |
| September 23 – December 9 | Diabolik Lovers More, Blood | 12 | Zexcs | Risako Yoshida | |
| October 1 – | Kami-sama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama | | OLM | Norio Nitta | God Apprentices: Secretive Cocotama |
| October 1 – | Kyo-fu! Zombie Neko | | Kachidoki Studio | Hiroshi Namiki | |
| October 1 – December 17 | Lance N' Masques | 12 | Studio Gokumi | Kyōhei Ishiguro | |
| October 1 – December 17 | Young Black Jack | 12 | Tezuka Productions | Mitsuko Kase | |
| October 2 – December 25 | Hacka Doll the Animation | 13 | Creators in Pack Studio Trigger | Ikuo Geso | |
| October 2 – March 25, 2016 | Heavy Object | 24 | J.C. Staff | Takashi Watanabe | |
| October 2 – December 25 | Kagewani | 13 | Tomovies | Tomoya Takashima | |
| October 2 – December 18 | Miss Monochrome (season 3) | 13 | Liden Films Sanzigen | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | |
| October 3 – June 18, 2016 | The Asterisk War: The Academy City of the Water | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Kenji Seto | Gakusen Toshi Asterisk |
| October 3 – | Fafner in the Azure: Exodus (2nd season) | 13 | XEBECzwei | | Fafner in the Azure: –EXODUS- |
| October 3 – March 27, 2016 | Haikyū!! (season 2) | 25 | Production I.G | Susumu Mitsunaka | |
| October 3 – December 26 | K: Return of Kings | 13 | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | |
| October 3 – March 26, 2016 | Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo R | 22 | Toei Animation | Yoko Ikeda | The File of Young Kindaichi Returns |
| October 3 – March 26, 2016 | Lovely Muco (season 3) | 25 | DLE | ROMANoV HiGA | Itoshi no Mūko |
| October 3 – December 25 | Noragami Aragoto | 13 | Bones | Kotaro Tamura | |
| October 3 – December 19 | Chivalry of a Failed Knight | 12 | Silver Link Nexus | Shin Ōnuma Jin Tamamura | Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry |
| October 3 – March 26, 2016 | Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen | 25 | White Fox | Keitaro Motonaga | Utawarerumono: The False Mask |
| October 4 – December 27 | Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color | 12 | EMT Squared | Kazuomi Koga | Ameiro Cocoa Rainy color e Yōkoso! |
| October 4 – December 20 | Attack on Titan: Junior High | 12 | Production I.G | Yoshihide Ibata | Shingeki! Kyojin Chūgakkō |
| October 4 – December 20 | Comet Lucifer | 12 | 8-Bit | Yasuhito Kikuchi Atsushi Nakayama | |
| October 4 – December 27 | Concrete Revolutio | 13 | Bones | Seiji Mizushima | Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō |
| October 4 – December 20 | Komori-san Can't Decline | 12 | Artland | Kenichi Imaizumi | Komori-san wa Kotowarenai! |
| October 4 – March 27, 2016 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | 25 | Sunrise | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans |
| October 4 – | Owarimonogatari | | Shaft | Akiyuki Simbo | |
| October 4 – December 27 | Onsen Yōsei Hakone-chan | 13 | Asahi Production Production Reed | Takeyuki Yanase | |
| October 5 – | High School Star Musical | | C-Station | Shunsuke Tada | Star-Mu |
| October 5 – December 21 | One-Punch Man | 12 | Madhouse | Shingo Natsume | |
| October 5 – December 25 | Star-Myu | 12 | C-Station | Shunsuke Tada | |
| October 5 – December 21 | Yuruyuri San Hai! | 12 | TYO Animations | Hiroyuki Hata | |
| October 6 – April 5, 2016 | Shin Atashin'chi | 26 | Shin-Ei Animation | Ogura Hirofumi | |
| October 6 – December 22 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA | 12 | Doga Kobo | Takashi Kawabata | Hidan no Aria AA |
| October 6 – | DD Fist of the North Star | | Doga Kobo | Akitaro Daichi | DD Hokuto no Ken |
| October 6 – December 22 | Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji | 12 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Mankyū | |
| October 6 – December 22 | Teekyu (season 6) | 12 | Millepensee | Shin Itagaki | |
| October 6 – | JK Meshi! | | Kyotoma, Office Noble | Huzituka | |
| October 6 – March 28, 2016 | Mr. Osomatsu | 25 | Studio Pierrot | Yoichi Fujita | |
| October 7 – December 23 | AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon" | 12 | Silver Link | Tomoyuki Kawamura | Tai-Madō Gakuen 35 Shiken Shōtai |
| October 7 – December 23 | Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation | 12 | TROYCA | Makoto Katō | A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru |
| October 7 – December 23 | Dance with Devils | 12 | Brain's Base | Ai Yoshimura | |
| October 7 – December 23 | Magical Somera-chan | 12 | Seven | Itsuki Imazaki | Fushigi na Somera-chan |
| October 7 – December 23 | Shomin Sample | 12 | Silver Link | Masato Jinbo | Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken |
| October 7 – January 27, 2016 | Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note | 16 | Signal.MD | Kazuya Ichikawa | |
| October 8 – December 17 | Subete ga F ni Naru | 11 | A-1 Pictures | Mamoru Kanbe | The Perfect Insider Everything Becomes F |
| October 9 – April 1, 2016 | Garo: Crimson Moon | 24 | MAPPA | Atsushi Wakabayashi | Garo: Guren no Tsuki |
| October 9 – December 11 | The Testament of Sister New Devil BURST | 10 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saito | Shinmai Maō no Testament BURST |
| October 10 – December 26 | Is the Order a Rabbit?? | 12 | Kinema Citrus White Fox | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka?? |
| October 10 – December 26 | Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya | 12 | Wit Studio | Daisuke Tokudo | Owari no Seraph |
| October 10 – December 26 | Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid | 12 | Arms | Hiraku Kaneko | |
| October 11 – March 27, 2016 | Brave Beats | 22 | BN Pictures | Yūta Murano | |
| October 11 – April 10, 2016 | Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis | 26 | TMS Entertainment | Yui Umemoto | |
| October 12 – December 28 | Ani Tore! EX | 12 | Rising Force | Atsushi Nigorikawa | |

### Original net animation

List of streamed anime series debuts from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
| Release Start Date | Title | Studio | Director | Notes | Ref |
| February 13 | Comical Psychosomatic Medicine | For All | Hirofumi Ogura | | |
| April 16 | Ninja Slayer From Animation | Trigger | Akira Amemiya | | |

### OVA/OAV

List of anime that are debuted as DVD, Blu-ray, and other media releases in 2015.
| Release Date | Title | Eps | Studio | Director | Notes |
| January 30 | Twin Angel: Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!! | 2 | J.C. Staff | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | |
| February 23 | Hōzuki no Reitetsu | 3 | Wit Studio | Hiro Kaburaki | 2nd and 3rd episodes released dates May 22 and August 21, respectively |
| February 25 | Exodus! Episode 1: Exit Tokyo | 1 | P.A. Works | Tsutomu Mizushima | Shirobako Specials 25 mins running time |
| February 28 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I - Blue-Eyed Casval | 1 | Sunrise | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Takashi Imanishi | Premiered on theater screening February 15 63 mins running time |
| March 6 | Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū | 1 | Studio Deen | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Part 1 |
| March 26 | Senran Kagura: Estival Versus – Festival Eve Full of Swimsuits | 1 | Hoods Entertainment | Shigeru Ueda | Bundled with the PlayStation 4 edition of the Senran Kagura: Estival Versus game's Nyuu Nyuu DX Pack Premium |
| March 10 | Chaika - The Coffin Princess | 1 | Bones | Soichi Masui | Unaired original episode 24 mins running time |
| May 30 | Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F | 1 | Xebec | Tsuyoshi Nagasawa | Premieres on theaters |
| June 21 | The Third Girls Aerial Squad Episode 1 | 1 | P.A. Works | Tsutomu Mizushima | Shirobako Specials |
| January 22 | The Testament of Sister New Devil | 1 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saito | |
| April 9 | Attack on Titan: No Regrets | 1 | Wit Studio | Tetsuro Araki | Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku in Japanese Episode 2 |
| August 7 | Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū | 1 | Studio Deen | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Part 2 |
| August 26 | Isuca | 10 | Arms | Akira Iwanaga | Unaired Episode 11 of the anime series |
| October 17 | Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman | 3 | Bee Media, Actas | Jun Kawagoe | Received a two-week limited theatrical release. |
| October 26 | The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan | 1 | Satelight | Jun'ichi Wada | 25 mins running time |
| October 31 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow | 1 | Sunrise | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Takashi Imanishi | |
| November 25 | Strike the Blood | 2 | Silver Link Connect | Takao Sano, Hideyo Yamamoto | |
| December 9 | The Unresurrected Phoenix | 1 | TNK | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | High School DxD unaired episode 24 mins running time |
| December 25 | Tokyo Ghoul: Jack | 1 | Pierrot | Tadahito Matsubayashi | |

## Highest-grossing films

The top ten anime films of 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Gross |
| 1 | Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' | $61,768,190 |
| 2 | The Boy and the Beast | $46,400,000 |
| 3 | Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno | $43,782,211 |
| 4 | Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes | $36,019,702 |
| 5 | Love Live! The School Idol Movie | $21,700,000 |
| 6 | Yo-Kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! | $19.4 million |
| 7 | Crayon Shin-Chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! | $18,200,000 |
| 8 | Boruto: Naruto the Movie | $16,800,000 |
| 9 | Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages | $22,000,000 |
| 10 | The Anthem of the Heart | $8,505,999 |

## Deaths

* October 27 - Miyu Matsuki, voice actress