# 2011 in anime

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## Year in review

Anime News Network's summarized the biggest events of the year in the industry as Aniplex's business plan. Theron Martin proposed this change in model to alienate fans and predicted that it could cause backlash for the company. Carl Kimlinger highlighted the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The destruction caused by the earthquake and following tsunami disrupted and damaged a large portion of Japan, making it the most costly natural disaster in history. The Ishinomori Manga Museum was damaged and would re-open in late 2012, a year and a half after the disaster. Home video sales of anime DVDs in Japan between December 27, 2010 and June 26, 2011 were worth 19.6 billion yen, representing 18.8 percent of the DVD market; sales of Blu-ray discs in the same period were worth 17.1 billion yen, representing 57% of the Blu-ray disc market.

## Awards and praise

The Tokyo Anime Award for best movie was awarded to From Up on Poppy Hill; the award for best television series was given to Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Tiger & Bunny. The OVA award was given to Mobile Suit Gundam UC. Puella Magi Madoka Magica has won numerous awards in 2011, including the Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the Animation Division, the second television program to win that award.
At the Mainichi Film Awards, the Animation Film Award was won by Hotarubi no Mori e and the Ōfuji Noburō Award by 663114. From Up on Poppy Hill won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Internationally, Children Who Chase Lost Voices was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
According to Anime News Network's editor picks, the two series of the year were Angel Beats!, Bunny Drop with Hana-Saku Iroha, and Cross Game as runners-up. The two picks for movie of the year were Summer Wars and Evangelion: 2.22.

## Releases
### Films

A list of anime films that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2011.
| Release date | English title | Duration | Japanese title | Director | Studio |
| January 22 | Broken Blade 5 | 47 | Bureiku bureido shisen no Hate | Tetsuro AminoNobuyoshi Habara | Production I.GXebec |
| January 29 | Shouwa Monogatari | 96 | Showa Monogatari | Masahiro Murakami | Wao World |
| February 26 | Macross Frontier the Movie: The Wings of Goodbye | 114 | Gekijōban Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa | Shoji Kawamori | 8bitSatelight |
| March 5 | Bannō Yasai Ninninman | 24 | Bannō Yasai Ninninman | Masayuki Yoshihara | P.A. Works |
| March 5 | Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels | 108 | Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi | Yukiyo Teramoto | Shin-Ei Animation |
| March 5 | Kizuna Ichigeki | 24 | Kizuna Ichigeki | Mitsuru Hongo | Ascension |
| March 5 | O-jii-san no Lamp | 24 | O-jii-san no Lamp | Teiichi Takiguchi | TMS Entertainment |
| March 5 | Tansuwarashi | 23 | Tansuwarashi | Kazuchika Kise | Production I.G |
| March 12 | Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan | 78 | Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan | Masaya Fujimori | Ajia-do |
| March 19 | One Piece 3D: Strawhat Chase | 30 | One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase | Hiroyuki Satoh | Toei Animation |
| March 19 | Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World | 71 | Precure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana | Takashi Otsuka | Toei Animation |
| March 19 | Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!! | 40 | Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!! | Junji Shimizu | Toei Animation |
| March 26 | Broken Blade 6 | 52 | Bureiku bureido dairokushō dōkoku no toride | Tetsuro AminoNobuyoshi Habara | Production I.GXebec |
| March 26 | Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D | 108 | Kōkaku Kidōtai STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society | Kenji Kamiyama | Production I.G |
| March 26 | Xi AVANT | 3 | Xi AVANT | Kenji Kamiyama | Production I.G |
| April 16 | Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence | 109 | Meitantei Conan: Chinmoku no Quarter | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | TMS Entertainment |
| April 16 | Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! Operation Golden Spy | 108 | Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Ōgon no Spy Daisakusen | Sōichi Masui | Shin-Ei Animation |
| April 29 | Legend of the Millennium Dragon | 98 | Onigamiden | Hirotsugu Kawasaki | Pierrot |
| April 29 | Tōfu Kozō | 86 | Tōfu Kozō | Gisaburō Sugii | Lapiz |
| May 7 | Children Who Chase Lost Voices | 116 | Hoshi o Ou Kodomo | Makoto Shinkai | CoMix Wave Films |
| May 16 | Muybridge's Strings | 13 | Muybridge no Ito | Koji Yamamura | Yamamura Animation, Inc. |
| May 28 | Buddha: The Great Departure | 111 | Tezuka Osamu no Buddha - Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku | Kozo Morishita | Toei Animation |
| June 4 | Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Last Party | 93 | Sengoku Basara - The Last Party | Kazuya Nomura | Production I.G |
| June 4 | Treasure Hunting | 9 | Takara Sagashi | | Studio Ghibli |
| June 6 | The Tibetan Dog | 90 | Tibet Inu Monogatari: Kin'iro no Dao Jie | Masayuki Kojima | Madhouse |
| June 13 | Appleseed XIII: Tartaros | 84 | Appleseed Sātīn ~Yuigon~ | Takayuki Hamana | Jinnis Animation StudiosProduction I.G |
| June 18 – November 26 | Towanoquon | 48 | Towanoquon | Umanosuke Iida | Bones |
| June 25 | Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork | 97 | Sora no Otoshimono: Tokei-jikake no Angeloid | Hisashi SaitoTetsuya Yanagisawa | AIC ASTA |
| July 2 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | 110 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi | Kazuya Murata | Bones |
| July 2 | Go! Anpanman: Rescue! Kokorin and the Star of Miracles | 46 | Soreike! Anpanman: Sukue! Kokorin to Kiseki no Hoshi | Hiroyuki Yano | Tokyo Movie |
| July 16 | From Up On Poppy Hill | 95 | Kokuriko-Zaka Kara | Goro Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli |
| July 16 | Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram | 96 | Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Shiroki Eiyū Reshiram | Kunihiko Yuyama | OLM, Inc.Production I.GXebec |
| July 16 | Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom | 96 | Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Kuroki Eiyū Zekrom | Kunihiko Yuyama | OLM, Inc.Production I.GXebec |
| July 26 | Tekken: Blood Vengeance | 92 | Tekken Blood Vengeance | Yōichi Mōri | Digital Frontier |
| July 30 | Alice in the Country of Hearts: Wonderful Wonder World | 84 | Gekijō-ban Heart no Kuni no Alice - Wonderful Wonder World | Hideaki Oba | Asahi Production |
| July 30 | Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison | 102 | Gekijōban Naruto: Blood Prison | Masahiko Murata | Pierrot |
| August 27 | Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth | 69 | Hayate no Gotoku! Heaven Is a Place on Earth | Hideto Komori | Manglobe |
| August 27 | Magister Negi Magi: Anime Final | 84 | Mahō Sensei Negima! Anime Final | Akiyuki Simbo | Shaft |
| September 3 | Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion | 64 | Marudukku Sukuranburu Nenshō | Susumu Kudo | GoHands |
| September 3 | The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! | 87 | The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! | Shunsuke Tada | M.S.CProduction I.G |
| September 17 | Hotarubi no Mori e | 45 | Hotarubi no Mori e | Takahiro Ōmori | Brain's Base |
| October 1 | The Princess and the Pilot | 99 | Toaru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku | Jun Shishido | Madhouse |
| October 22 | Hal's Flute | 48 | Hal no Fue | Hiroshi Kawamata | TMS Entertainment |
| October 24 | Appleseed XIII: Ouranos | 84 | Appleseed Sātīn ~Yogen~ | Takayuki Hamana | Jinnis Animation StudiosProduction I.G |
| October 29 | Gyo | 70 | Gyo | Takayuki Hirao | ufotable |
| October 29 | Sakura no Ondo | 21 | Sakura no ondo | Hirao Takayuki | ufotable |
| October 29 | Suite PreCure: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts! | 71 | Eiga Suite Precure: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody | Yoko Ikeda | Toei Animation |
| November 19 | Scryed Alteration I Tao | 96 | Scryed Alteration Tao | Goro Taniguchi | Sunrise |
| November 19 | Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter | 48 | Un-Go episode:0 Inga-ron | Seiji Mizushima | Bones |
| December 1 | One Piece 3D Gekisō! Trap Coaster | 12 | One Piece 3D Gekisō! Trap Coaster | | Toei Animation |
| December 3 | K-On! Movie | 110 | K-On! | Naoko Yamada | Kyoto Animation |
| December 17 | Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki | 87 | Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki | Ryûichi YagiTakashi Yamazaki | Robot CommunicationsShirogumi |
| December 23 | Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon | 90 | Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon | Yoshikazu Miyao | OLM, Inc. |

### Television series

A list of anime television series released between 1 January and 31 December 2011.
| Release date | English title | Eps | Japanese title | Director | Studio |
| January 4 – March 29 | Rio - Rainbow Gate! | 13 | Rio reinbō gēto! | Takao Kato | Xebec |
| January 7– March 25 | Wolverine | 12 | Uruvuarin | Hiroshi AoyamaRintaro | Madhouse |
| January 7– April 1 | Infinite Stratos | 12 | infinitto sutoratosu | Yasuhito Kikuchi | 8-Bit |
| January 7– April 8 | Dream Eater Merry | 13 | Yumekui merī | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | J.C. Staff |
| January 7– April 22 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | 12 | Mahō shōjo Madoka ★ magika | Yukihiro MiyamotoAkiyuki Simbo | Shaft |
| January 8 – April 7 | Freezing | 12 | Furījingu | Takashi Watanabe | A.C.G.T |
| January 8 – July 2 | Gosick | 24 | Goshikku | Hitoshi Nanba | Bones |
| January 8 – March 31, 2012 | Cardfight!! Vanguard | 65 | Kādofaito!! Vuangādo | Hatsuki Tsuji | TMS Entertainment |
| January 9 – February 27 | Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu! | 8 | Mitsudomo e zōryō-chū! | Masahiko Ōta | Bridge |
| January 9 – March 27 | I Don't Like My Big Brother At All!! | 12 | Onīchan no koto nanka zenzen suki janain dakara ne--!! | Keitaro Motonaga | ZEXCS |
| January 9 – March 25, 2012 | Beelzebub | 60 | Beelzebub | Yoshihiro Takamoto | Pierrot Plus |
| January 11 – March 29 | Dragon Crisis! | 12 | Doragon kuraishisu! | Hideki Tachibana | Studio Deen |
| January 11 – March 30 | Is This a Zombie? | 12 | Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? | Takaomi Kanasaki | Studio Deen |
| January 11 – April 5 | Level E | 13 | Reberu ī | Toshiyuki Kato | David ProductionPierrot |
| January 12 – March 30 | Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season | 12 | Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season | Hiro Kaburagi | Production I.G |
| January 12 – April 6 | DD Fist of the North Star | 12 | DD Hokuto no Ken | Kajio | North Stars Pictures |
| January 14 – April 1 | Fractale | 11 | Furakutaru | Yutaka Yamamoto | A-1 Pictures |
| January 14 – April 1 | Wandering Son | 11 | Hōrō musuko | Ei Aoki | AIC Classic |
| February 6 – January 29, 2012 | Suite Pretty Cure | 48 | Suīto purikyua ♪ | Munehisa Sakai | Toei Animation |
| March 2 – January 11, 2012 | Little Battlers eXperience | 44 | Danbōru senki | Naohito Takahashi | OLM |
| March 26 – | Shiawase Haitatsu Taneko | | Shiawase haitatsu o mi kuji taneko | | Kachidoki Studio |
| April 1 – June 24 | X-Men | 12 | Ekkusumen | Fuminori Kizaki | Madhouse |
| April 2 – June 25 | Dog Days | 13 | Doggu deizu | Keizō Kusakawa | Seven Arcs |
| April 2 – March 31, 2012 | Duel Masters Victory | 52 | Deyueru masutāzu bikutorī | Waruo Suzuki | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment |
| April 2 – March 31, 2012 | Penguin no Mondai DX? | 52 | Pengin'no mondai DX? | | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment |
| April 3 – September 18 | Tiger & Bunny | 25 | TIGER & BUNNY (taigā Ando banī) | Keiichi Satō | Sunrise |
| April 3 – September 25 | Digimon Fusion | 24 | Dejimon kurosuu~ōzu ~ aku no desujeneraru to nanatsu no ōkoku ~ | Tetsuya Endō | Toei Animation |
| April 3 – September 25 | Hanasaku Iroha - Blossoms for Tomorrow | 26 | Hanasaku iroha | Masahiro Andō | P.A. Works |
| April 3 – September 25 | Nichijou - My Ordinary Life | 26 | Nichijou | Tatsuya Ishihara | Kyoto Animation |
| April 3 – October 4 | Suzy's Zoo: A Day with Witzy | 25 | Sūjī's Zoo daisuki! Uittsuī | Hidekazu Ohara | Digital Media Lab |
| April 3 – January 22, 2012 | Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders | 39 | Bakugan batoru burōrāzu Gundalian Invaders | Mitsuo Hashimoto | TMS Entertainment |
| April 3 – April 1, 2012 | Beyblade: Metal Fury | 52 | Metaru faito beiburēdo 4D | Kunihisa Sugishima | SynergySP |
| April 3 – March 30, 2014 | Toriko | 147 | Toriko | Akifumi ZakoHidehito Ueda | Toei Animation |
| April 4 – June 20 | We Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky | 12 | Oretachi ni tsubasa hanai - under the inosento sky. | Shinji Ushiro | Nomad |
| April 4 – June 26 | Shouwa Monogatari | 13 | Shōwa monogatari TV | Hiroshi KugimiyaMitsuhiro Tougou | WAO World |
| April 4 – June 27 | Fireball Charming | 13 | Faiabōru chāmingu | Wataru Arakawa | Jinnis Animation Studios |
| April 4 – June 27 | Fujilog | 13 | Fuji rogu | Shigeo Shichiji | Team Fujilog |
| April 4 – March 26, 2012 | Gintama' | 51 | Gintama' | Yōichi Fujita | Sunrise |
| April 5 – June 21 | Tono to Issho: Gantai no Yabō | 12 | Tono to issho gantai no yabō | Mankyū | Gathering |
| April 5 – June 28 | Battle Girls: Time Paradox | 13 | Sengoku otome ~ momoiro paradokkusu ~ | Hideki Okamoto | TMS Entertainment |
| April 6 – September 14 | Steins;Gate | 24 | STEINS;GATE | Hiroshi HamasakiTakuya SatōTomoki Kobayashi | White Fox |
| April 6 – September 28 | Kaiji: Against All Rules | 26 | Gyakkyō burai kaiji hakai-roku-hen | Yūzō Satō | Madhouse |
| April 6 – March 28, 2012 | Spellbound! Magical Princess Lilpri | 51 | Hime chen! Oto gichikku aidoru rirupuri~tsu | Masatsugu Arakawa | Telecom Animation Film |
| April 7 – June 23 | A Thirty-Year Old's Health and Physical Education | 12 | 30-Sai no hoken taiiku | Mankyū | Gathering |
| April 7 – September 29 | 47 Todoufuken | 26 | 47 Todō-fu inu | | Pollyanna Graphics |
| April 7 – January 26, 2012 | Hyouge Mono | 39 | Heuge mono | Kōichi Mashimo | Bee Train |
| April 7 – September 27, 2012 | Sket Dance | 77 | Suketto dansu | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Tatsunoko Production |
| April 8 – June 24 | A-Channel | 12 | A chan'neru | Manabu Ono | Studio Gokumi |
| April 8 – June 24 | Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up | 12 | Dororon enma-kun me 〜 ra-me-ra | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Brain's Base |
| April 8 – June 24 | Maria†Holic Alive | 12 | Maria† horikku araibu | Akiyuki Simbo (Chief)Tomokazu Tokoro | Shaft |
| April 8 – June 24 | Softenni! the Animation | 12 | Sofutenitsu | Ryouki Kamitsubo | Xebec |
| April 8 – July 1 | HenSemi | 13 | Hen zemi | Takao Kato | Xebec |
| April 8 – July 1 | You're Being Summoned, Azazel | 13 | Yondemasu yo, Azazeru-san. | Tsutomu Mizushima | Production I.G |
| April 9 – June 25 | Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love | 12 | Sekaiichi hatsukoi TV | Chiaki Kon | Studio Deen |
| April 9 – March 31, 2012 | Jewelpet Sunshine | 52 | Juerupetto Sanshain | Takayuki Inagaki | Studio Comet |
| April 9 – March 31, 2012 | Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream | 51 | Puritī rizumu ōrora dorīmu | Masakazu Hishida | Tatsunoko Production |
| April 10 – June 12 | Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen | 6 | Ringu ni kakero 1 sekai taikai-hen | Hiroshi Ikehata | Toei Animation |
| April 11 – June 26 | Astarotte's Toy | 12 | Asutarotte no omocha! | Fumitoshi Oizaki | Diomedéa |
| April 11 – June 27 | A Bridge to the Starry Skies | 12 | Hoshizora he kakaru hashi | Takenori Mihara | Doga Kobo |
| April 11 – September 24, 2012 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | 73 | Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Zexal | Satoshi Kuwabara | Gallop |
| April 12 – June 28 | The Qwaser of Stigmata II | 12 | Seikon no kueisā II | Hiraku Kaneko | Hoods Entertainment |
| April 12 – June 28 | The World God Only Knows II | 12 | Kami nomi zo shiru sekai II | Shigehito Takayanagi | Manglobe |
| April 13 – June 22 | Pū-Neko | 11 | Pu ~ neko | | DLE |
| April 13 – June 22 | Weekly Shimakō | 11 | Shūkan shimakō | FROGMAN | DLE |
| April 13 – September 14 | Genki!! Ekoda-chan | 22 | Genki!! Ekota-chan | Benpineko | DLE |
| April 13 – September 14 | Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei | 22 | Hontoni atta! Reibai sensei | Azuma Tani | DLE |
| April 13 – September 14 | Shiodome Cable TV | 22 | Shiodome kēburu terebi | FROGMAN | DLE |
| April 15 – June 24 | Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day | 11 | Ano hi mita hana no namae o bokutachi wa mada shiranai. | Tatsuyuki Nagai | A-1 Pictures |
| April 15 – June 24 | [C] – The Money of Soul and Possibility Control | 11 | 「C」 THE MONEY OF SOUL AND POSSIBILITY CONTROL | Kenji Nakamura | Tatsunoko Production |
| April 15 – July 1 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo | 12 | Hidan'no aria | Takashi Watanabe | J.C.Staff |
| April 15 – July 1 | Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl | 12 | Denpa onna to seishun otoko | Akiyuki Simbo (Chief)Yukihiro Miyamoto | Shaft |
| April 17 – July 3 | Deadman Wonderland | 12 | Deddoman wandārando | Koichi Hatsumi | Manglobe |
| April 17 – October 2 | Blue Exorcist | 25 | Ao no futsumashi | Tensai Okamura | A-1 Pictures |
| April 18 – March 29, 2013 | Ohayou Ninja-tai Gatchaman | 475 | Ohayō ninja-tai gatchaman | | Kate Arrow |
| April 25 – May 6 | Moshidora | 10 | Moshi dora | Takayuki Hamana | Production I.G |
| May 4 – April 11, 2012 | Inazuma Eleven GO | 47 | Inazuma irebun Go | Katsuhito Akiyama | OLM |
| June 6 – March 28, 2014 | Kayoe! Chugaku | 425 | Kayoe! Chū-gaku | Taketo Shinkai | DLE |
| June 10 – July 22 | Inumarudashi | 4 | Inumarudashi | Akitarou Daichi | Gathering |
| June 29 – September 14 | At that time Mr. Shimakoh moved! | 11 | Sonotoki, shimakō ga ugoita! | FROGMAN | DLE |
| June 29 – September 14 | Double-J | 11 | Daburu jiei | Azuma Tani | DLE |
| July 1 – September 16 | Blade | 12 | Bureido | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Madhouse |
| July 1 – September 23 | Ro-Kyu-Bu ~ Fast Break! | 12 | Rō-kiyu-bu! | Keizō Kusakawa | Project No.9Studio Blanc. |
| July 1 – September 29 | Monster Hunter Diary: Felyne Village on the Edge G | 13 | Monhan nikki girigiri airū-mura G | BenpinekoKoutarou Yamawaki | DLE |
| July 2 – September 24 | Heaven's Memo Pad | 12 | Kami sama no memo chō | Katsushi Sakurabi | J.C.Staff |
| July 3 – September 16 | Sacred Seven | 12 | Seikuriddo sebun | Yoshimitsu Ohashi | Sunrise |
| July 3 – September 24 | Uta no Prince Sama | 13 | Uta no ☆ purinsu sama~tsu♪ maji LOVE 1000-pāsento | Yuu Kou | A-1 Pictures |
| July 3 – December 18 | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Demon Capital | 24 | Nurarihyon no mago Sennen Makyou | Michio Fukuda | Studio Deen |
| July 4 – September 19 | Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth The Animation | 12 | Ikoku meiro no kurowāze The Animation | Kenji Yasuda | Satelight |
| July 5 – September 20 | Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise | 12 | Kaitō tenshi tsuin'enjeru 〜 kyunkyun ☆ tokimeki paradaisu!!〜 | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | J.C.Staff |
| July 5 – September 20 | Yuruyuri: Happy Go Lily | 12 | Yuru Yuri | Masahiko Ōta | Doga Kobo |
| July 5 – September 27 | Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3 | 13 | Natsume yūjinchō | Takahiro Ōmori | Brain's Base |
| July 6 – September 21 | Nyanpire The Animation | 12 | Niyanpaia The Animation | Takahiro Yoshimatsu | Gonzo |
| July 6 – September 28 | Kamisama Dolls | 13 | Kamisama dooruzu | Seiji Kishi | Brain's Base |
| July 6 – September 28 | Morita-san wa Mukuchi | 13 | Morita-san ha mukuchi. | Naotaka Hayashi | Seven |
| July 8 – September 16 | Bunny Drop | 11 | Usagi doroppu | Kanta Kamei | Production I.G |
| July 8 – September 16 | No. 6 | 11 | NO. 6 [Nanbā shikkusu] | Kenji Nagasaki | Bones |
| July 8 – September 30 | Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts 2 | 13 | Baka to tesuto to shōkanjū nitsu! | Shin Ōnuma | SILVER LINK. |
| July 8 – September 30 | Blood-C | 12 | Buraddo shī | Tsutomu Mizushima | Production I.G |
| July 8 – September 30 | Mayo Chiki! | 13 | Mayo chiki! | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | feel. |
| July 8 – December 23 | Penguindrum | 24 | Waru pingudoramu | Shōko NakamuraKunihiko Ikuhara | Brain's Base |
| July 8 – December 23 | The Idolmaster | 25 | Aidorumasutā | Atsushi Nishigori | A-1 Pictures |
| July 9 – September 24 | A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives | 12 | Itsuka tenma no kuro usagi | Takashi Yamamoto | Zexcs |
| July 9 – September 24 | The Everyday Tales of a Cat God | 12 | Nekogami yaoyorozu | Hiroaki Sakurai | AIC PLUS+ |
| July 10 – September 25 | R-15 | 12 | Aru jū-go | Munenori Nawa | AIC |
| July 11 – September 26 | Magic Breast Secret Sword Scroll | 12 | Manyū hikenchō | Hiraku Kaneko | Hoods Entertainment |
| July 16 – October 1 | The Mystic Archives of Dantalian | 12 | Dantarian no shoka | Yutaka Uemura | Gainax |
| September 18 – September 2, 2012 | Battle Spirits: Heroes | 50 | Batoru supirittsu haō (hīrōzu) | Akira NishimoriMasaki Watanabe | Sunrise |
| September 27 – December 25 | The Squid Girl 2 | 12 | Shinryaku!? Ikako | Tsutomu Mizushima (Chief)Yasutaka Yamamoto | Diomedéa |
| October 1 – December 17 | C³ - CubexCursedxCurious | 12 | Shīkyūbu | Shin Ōnuma | SILVER LINK. |
| October 1 – December 24 | Wagnaria!! 2 | 13 | Wākingu’!! | Atsushi Ōtsuki | A-1 Pictures |
| October 1 – March 24, 2012 | Bakuman. 2 | 25 | Bakuman. 2Nd shīzun | Kenichi KasaiNoriaki Akitaya | J.C.Staff |
| October 2 – December 18 | Majikoi: Oh! Samurai Girls | 12 | Shinkende watashi ni koishi nasai! | Keitaro Motonaga | Lerche |
| October 2 – December 25 | Fate/Zero | 13 | Feito/zero | Ei Aoki | ufotable |
| October 2 – December 25 | Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere | 13 | Kyōkaisenjō no horaizon | Manabu Ono | Sunrise |
| October 2 – December 26 | Fujilog 2nd Season | 13 | Fujirogu dai 2 shīzun | Shigeo Shichiji | uzupiyo Animation & Digital Works |
| October 2 – March 25, 2012 | Digimon Fusion | 25 | Dejimon kurosuu~ōzu-ji o kakeru shōnen hantā-tachi | Yukio Kaizawa | Toei Animation |
| October 2 – April 1, 2012 | Phi-Brain - Puzzle of God | 25 | Fai burein-shin no pazuru | Junichi Satō | Sunrise |
| October 2 – September 30, 2012 | B-Daman Crossfire | 52 | Kurosufaito bīdaman | Yoshinori Odaka | SynergySP |
| October 2 – September 24, 2014 | Hunter × Hunter | 148 | HUNTER×HUNTER (hantā × hantā) | Hiroshi Koujina | Madhouse |
| October 3 – December 19 | Tamayura - Hitotose | 12 | Tamayura ~ hitotose ~ | Junichi Satō | TYO Animations |
| October 4 – December 27 | You and Me. | 13 | Kimi to boku | Mamoru Kanbe | J.C.Staff |
| October 4 – March 27, 2012 | Sengoku Paradise Kiwami | 26 | Sengoku ☆ paradaisu - kyoku - (kiwami) | Katsuya Kikuchi | LMDMilky Cartoon |
| October 5 – December 21 | Maken-Ki! | 12 | Makenki~tsu | Kōichi Ōhata | AIC Spirits |
| October 5 – December 21 | Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers | 12 | Mashiro iro shinfonī - The karā of lovers - | Eiji Suganuma | Manglobe |
| October 5 – December 28 | Morita-san wa Mukuchi. 2 | 13 | Morita-san ha mukuchi. 2 | | Seven |
| October 5 – March 28, 2012 | Chihayafuru | 25 | Chihayafuru | Morio Asaka | Madhouse |
| October 7 – December 23 | Haganai: I don't have many friends | 12 | Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai | Hisashi Saito | AIC Build |
| October 7 – March 30, 2012 | Persona 4 The Animation | 25 | Perusona 4 animēshon | Seiji Kishi | AIC ASTA |
| October 8 – December 24 | Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love 2 | 12 | Sekai hatsukoi 2 | Chiaki Kon | Studio Deen |
| October 8 – March 24, 2012 | Shakugan no Shana: Season III | 24 | Shakugan no shana III – Final – | Takashi Watanabe | J.C.Staff |
| October 9 – December 25 | Ben-To | 12 | Ben tō | Shin Itagaki | David Production |
| October 9 – April 15, 2012 | The Future Diary | 26 | Mirai Nikki | Naoto Hosoda | asread. |
| October 9 – September 23, 2012 | Mobile Suit Gundam AGE | 49 | Kidō senshi Gandamu AGE | Susumu Yamaguchi | Sunrise |
| October 10 – February 17, 2014 | Chibi Devi! | 75 | Chibi ☆ debi! | Maki Kamitani | SynergySP |
| October 13 – December 29 | gdgd Fairies | 12 | Gdgd yōseis (gudaguda fearīzu) | Souta Sugahara | Bouncy |
| October 14 – December 23 | Un-Go | 11 | An-go | Seiji Mizushima | Bones |
| October 14 – March 23, 2012 | Guilty Crown | 22 | Giruti kuraun | Tetsuro Araki | Production I.G |
| October 15 – March 24, 2012 | Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing | 21 | Rasuto eguzairu - gin'yoku no famu - | Koichi Chigira | Gonzo |
| October 26 – March 14, 2012 | Tobidase! Dokan-kun | 15 | Tobidase! Dokan-kun | | DLE |
| November 28 – January 30, 2012 | High Score | 8 | Hai sukoa | Hajime Kurihara | DLE |

### OVAs, ONAs, and Specials

A list of original video animations (OVAs), original net animations (ONAs), original animation DVDs (OADs), and specials released between 1 January and 31 December 2011. Titles listed are named after their series if their associated OVA, special, etc. was not named separately.
| Release date | English title | Eps | Japanese title | Type | Director | Studio |
| January 5 | Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You - Unrequited Love | 1 | Kimi ni todoke: kataomoi | Special | Hiro Kaburagi | Production I.G |
| January 7 – March 24, 2013 | Otona Joshi no Anime Time | 4 | Otona joshi no anime taimu | Special | Hiroshi Kawamata | BonesProduction ReedThe Answer StudioWAO World |
| January 8 | Armored Trooper Votoms: Alone Again | 1 | Sōkō kihei botomuzu koei futatabi | OVA | Kazuyoshi Takeuchi (chief)Ryousuke Takahashi | Sunrise |
| January 21 | Golden Kids | 2 | Gōruden ★ kizzu | ONA | Takayuki Hamana | Shirogumi Inc. |
| January 22 | Five Numbers! | 1 | Norageki! | OVA | Hiroaki Ando | Sunrise |
| January 26 | A Certain Magical Index II: Specials | 2 | Toaru majutsu no indekkusu tan | Special | | J.C.Staff |
| January 27 – February 24 | T.P. Sakura: Time Paladin Sakura | 2 | T. P. Sakura 〜 taimu paradin sakura 〜 jikūju bōei-sen | OVA | Takehiro Nakayama | Nomad |
| January 28 – April 7 | .hack//Quantum | 3 | .hack//Quantum | OVA | Masaki Tachibana | Kinema Citrus |
| January 28 – April 7 | .hack//Quantum: Go, Our Chim Chims!! | 3 | .Hakku// kantamu eizō tokuten sore ike! Boku-ra no chimuchimu-chan!! | Special | | Kinema Citrus |
| January 28 – April 22 | Princess Jellyfish Specials | 4 | Kurage Hime Hideo retsuden ☆ | Special | | Brain's Base |
| February 1 | Wish Upon the Pleiades | 4 | Hōkago no pureadesu | ONA | Shouji Saeki | Gainax |
| February 2 | Shin Koihime†Musou: Otome Tairan - Gakuensai da yo! Zenin Shuugou no Koto | 1 | Ma kohime† musō ~ otome tairan ~ gakuen-saida yo! Zen'in shūgō no koto | OVA | Nobuaki Nakanishi | Doga Kobo |
| February 2 | The Garden of Sinners Chapter 8: Epilogue | 1 | Gekijō-ban sora no kyōkai the Garden of sinners shūshō | Special | Hikaru Kondo | ufotable |
| February 3 | Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Specials | 2 | Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl Tokubetsuhen | Special | | OLM |
| February 20 | Mai no Mahou to Katei no Hi | 1 | Mai no mahō to katei no hi | Special | Masayuki Yoshihara | P.A. Works |
| February 22 – May 31 | OreImo Specials | 4 | Ore no imōto ga kon'nani kawaii wake ga nai | ONA | | AIC Build |
| February 23 | Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku - Tadoritsuita Basho | 1 | Fōchun'ateriaru akai yakusoku tadoritsuita basho | OVA | | FeelZEXCS |
| February 23 | Mitsudomoe: Oppai Ippai Mama Genki | 1 | Mitsudomo e OPPAI IPPAI mama genki | Special | Masahiko Ōta | Bridge |
| February 23 – March 30 | Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts OVA | 2 | Baka to Test to Shōkanjū: Matsuri | OVA | Shin Ōnuma | Silver Link |
| February 23 – March 30 | Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu: Matsuri - Sentakushi Ikou nomi | 6 | Baka to tesuto to shōkanjū ~-sai ~ sentakushi ikō nomi | Special | | Silver Link |
| February 23 – April 27 | Supernatural the Animation | 22 | Sūpānachuraru za animēshon | OVA | Atsuko IshizukaShigeyuki Miya | Madhouse |
| February 23 – July 20 | Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas 2 | 13 | Seitōshi seiya THE rosuto CANVAS meiōshinwa 2 | OVA | Osamu Nabeshima | TMS Entertainment |
| February 23 – August 23, 2013 | Ah! My Goddess: Together Forever | 3 | Ah! My Goddess: Itsumo Futari de | OVA | Hiroaki Gohda | AIC |
| March 3 – January 19, 2013 | The Magic of Chocolate | 13 | Chocolate no Mahō | OVA | Shinichiro Kimura | SynergySP |
| March 6 | Kämpfer für die Liebe | 2 | Kämpfer für die Liebe | Special | Yasuhiro Kuroda | Nomad |
| March 12 | Nichijou Episode 0 | 1 | Nichijou no 0-wa | OVA | Tatsuya Ishihara | Kyoto Animation |
| March 15 | Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft | 1 | Hai yoru! Nyaruani rimenbā Mai rabu (kurafuto sensei) | Special | Azuma Tani | DLE |
| March 16 | K-On!!: Plan! | 1 | Kei on!! Keikaku! | Special | | Kyoto Animation |
| March 21 | Shimanchu MiRiKa | 1 | Shimanchu MiRiKa | Special | Kyuma Oshita | Soratia |
| March 22 – September 27 | Sekaiichi Hatsukoi OVA | 2 | Sekai hatsukoi ovua | OVA | | Studio Deen |
| March 25 – November 25 | Saiyuki Gaiden | 3 | Saiyuki Gaiden | OVA | Naoyuki Kuzuya | Anpro |
| March 25 – September 24, 2012 | Hetalia World Series Specials | 4 | Hetaria World Series ekusutora episōdo | Special | | Studio Deen |
| March 26 | Gosick: Utsukushiki Kaibutsu wa Konton no Sen wo Shimiru | 1 | Haru kitaru goshikku supesharu - utsukushiki kaibutsu wa konton no saki o mi miru - | Special | | Bones |
| March 26 | Morita-san wa Mukuchi | 1 | Morita-san wa Mukuchi | OVA | Naotaka Hayashi | Studio Gram |
| March 29 | Nana to Kaoru | 1 | Nana to Kaoru | OVA | Hideki Okamoto | AIC Plus+ |
| March 30 | Shukufuku no Campanella: La Campanella Della Benedizione | 1 | Shukufuku no kanpanera - la campanella della benedizione - | OVA | Shinji Ushiro | AIC |
| March 30 – August 24 | Freezing Specials | 6 | Hajike chau! Doki doki toraburu furījingu | Special | | A.C.G.T. |
| April 6 | Sengoku Basara Ni: Ryuko, Itadaki no Chikai! Atsuki Mirai e Kakeru Tamashii!! | 1 | Sengoku basara ni: Ryūko, itadaki no chikai! Atsuki mirai e kakeru tamashī!! | Special | Kazuya Nomura | Production I.G |
| April 13 – June 29 | Valkyria Chronicles 3 : Unrecorded Chronicles | 2 | Senjō no vuarukyuria 3 dare ga tame no jū kasa | OVA | Nobuhiro Kondō | A-1 Pictures |
| April 15 – February 29, 2012 | Seibu Tetsudou Ekiin Tako-chan | 12 | Seibu tetsudō ekiin tako-chan | ONA | Tetsuo Yasumi | Shin-Ei Animation |
| April 15 – June 17, 2013 | Fairy Tail OVA | 5 | Fearī teiru ovua | OVA | Shinji Ishihira | A-1 PicturesSatelight |
| April 15 – October 17, 2013 | Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA | 8 | OAD gakusei kaiin sōsū | OVA | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | GoHands |
| April 16 | Detective Conan Magic File 5: Niigata - Tokyo Omiyage Capriccio | 1 | Meitantei konan MAGIC FILE 2011 ~ Nīgata ~ Tōkyō omiyage kyōsō kyoku (kapurichio)~ | OVA | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | TMS Entertainment |
| April 18 | Cinderella Hime Licca-chan | 1 | Shinderera hime rika-chan | OVA | | Tatsunoko Production |
| April 18 | Oyayubi-hime Licca-chan | 1 | Oya yu bihime rika-chan | OVA | | Tatsunoko Production |
| April 18 | Shirayukihime Licca-chan | 1 | Shira yuki hime rikachan | OVA | | Tatsunoko Production |
| April 20 – September 21 | Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You Season 2 - Mini Theater | 3 | Kimi ni todoke minitodo gekijō | Special | Hiro Kaburagi | Production I.G |
| April 22 – June 23 | Detective Conan vs. Wooo | 2 | Meitantei konan vs Wooo | ONA | | TMS Entertainment |
| April 22 – July 10 | Potecco Babies (2011) | 12 | Potekko beibīzu (2011) | ONA | | Shin-Ei Animation |
| April 26 | Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead | 1 | Gakuen mokushiroku hai sukūru obu za deddo dorifutāzu Obu za deddo | OVA | Tetsuro Araki | Madhouse |
| April 28 | Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox | 1 | Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox | Special | Hiroyuki Imaishi | Gainax |
| April 29 | Amagami SS: Little Sister | 1 | Amagami SS tachibana miya-hen imōto | Special | | AIC |
| May 1 – March 1, 2012 | Kemurikusa | 2 | Kemurikusa | ONA | Tatsuki | Yaoyorozu |
| May 3 | SKET Dance: Tettei Bunseki Special | 1 | Suketto dansu tettei bunseki supesharu | Special | | Tatsunoko Production |
| May 3 – May 27 | The Squid Girl Specials | 2 | Shinryaku! Ikako mini ikako no bangai-hen | Special | | Diomedéa |
| May 11 | Maid Sama!: It's an Extra! | 1 | Kaichō ha meido-sama omakeda yo! | Special | | J.C.Staff |
| May 16 – July 26, 2012 | Plastic Neesan | 12 | + Chikku nēsan | ONA | Tsutomu Mizushima | Barnum StudioTYO Animations |
| May 23 – October 26 | Katte ni Kaizou | 6 | Katte ni kaizō | OVA | Akiyuki SimboNaoyuki Tatsuwa | Shaft |
| May 25 | Katte ni Kaizou Specials | 3 | Katte ni kaizō | Special | Akiyuki Shinbou | Shaft |
| May 25 – June 22 | Shiki Specials | 2 | Shikabane oni | Special | Tetsurou Amino | Daume |
| May 25 – October 26 | A-Channel: +A-Channel | 11 | A chan'neru | Special | | Studio Gokumi |
| May 27 | Tiger & Bunny Pilot | 1 | TIGER & BUNNY (taigā Ando banī) | Special | | Sunrise |
| May 30 | Detective Conan OVA 11: A Secret Order from London | 1 | Meitantei konan ~ rondon kara no maru hi shirei (Rondon kara no maru hi shirei) | OVA | Kōjin Ochi | TMS Entertainment |
| June 3 – January 25, 2012 | Appleseed XIII | 13 | Appurushīdo XIII | OVA | Takayuki Hamana | Jinnis Animation StudiosProduction I.G |
| June 10 – April 24, 2012 | Is This a Zombie? OVA | 2 | Kore ha zonbi desu ka? Ovua | OVA | Takaomi Kanasaki | Studio Deen |
| June 11 – August 5 | Amagami SS Short Animations | 6 | Amagami SS | OVA | | AIC |
| June 15 | Asobi ni Iku yo!: Asobi ni Oide - Owari | 1 | Asobi nī kuyo! Asobi nioi de owari | Special | Yōichi Ueda | AIC PLUS+ |
| June 15 | Cat Planet Cuties: Come Drop By | 1 | Asobi nī kuyo! Asobi nioi de | OVA | Yōichi Ueda | AIC PLUS+ |
| June 19 | Stitch: Heroes are Hard | 1 | Sutitchi!~ Zutto saikō no tomodachi ~ | Special | | Shin-Ei Animation |
| June 22 – November 23 | Softenni Specials | 6 | Sofuteni ~tsu | Special | | Xebec |
| June 22 – March 21, 2012 | Blue Exorcist: Ura Eku | 10 | Ao no futsumashi (ekusoshisuto) ura eku | Special | | A-1 Pictures |
| June 24 | Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai: Hadairo Ritsu Kyuuwari Zou!? | 1 | Oretachi ni tsubasa ha nai hadairo-ritsu kyū warimashi!? | OVA | Shinji Ushiro | Nomad |
| June 24 – June 29, 2012 | My Ordinary Life Specials | 25 | Nichijō orijinaru jikai yokoku | Special | | Kyoto Animation |
| June 29 – September 26, 2012 | Beelzebub Specials | 16 | Beruzebabu | Special | | Pierrot Plus |
| July 2 | Toei Robot Girls | 1 | Tōei robotto gāruzu | ONA | Hiroshi Ikehata | Toei Animation |
| July 6 – October 5 | The Qwaser Of Stigmata II Picture Drama | 4 | Seikon no kueisā II pikuchā dorama | Special | | Hoods Entertainment |
| July 13 | Oniichan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki ja Nai n da kara ne!! Special | 1 | Onīchan no koto nanka zenzen suki janai ndakara ne~tsu! ! Dai 13-wa imōto yori ai o komete ani no “-sei tai kansatsu-ki” | Special | | Zexcs |
| July 18 | Install Pilot | 1 | Shirushi sutōru | Special | Yoshinobu Sena | Asahi Production |
| July 20 | Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love] | 1 | Beibī purinsesu 3D paradaisu 0 [rabu] | OVA | Takayuki Inagaki | Studio Comet |
| July 21 – January 25, 2012 | Higurashi: When They Cry - Kira | 4 | Higurashi no naku koro ni-Kira | OVA | Hideki Tachibana | Studio Deen |
| July 22 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society 3D: Tachikomatic Days | 3 | Kōkaku kidōtai S. A. C. Solid sutēto Society 3D tachikoma na hibi | Special | | Production I.G |
| July 22 | Konnichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables Specials | 2 | Sekai meisaku gekijō kanketsu-ban kon'nichiwa An ~ Before Green Gables | OVA | | Nippon Animation |
| July 22 | Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette Specials | 2 | Sekai meisaku gekijō kanketsu-ban re mizeraburu shōjo kozetto | Special | | Nippon Animation |
| July 22 | Porphy no Nagai Tabi Specials | 2 | Sekai meisaku gekijō kanketsu-ban porufi no nagai tabi | OVA | | Nippon Animation |
| July 22 – September 23 | 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku Specials | 3 | 30-Sai no hoken taiiku | Special | Mankyuu | Gathering |
| July 22 – June 22, 2012 | Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream - Prism Shougekijou | 51 | Puritī rizumu ōrora dorīmu purizumu Emi gekijō | Special | | Tatsunoko Production |
| July 27 – December 26, 2012 | Hellsing: The Dawn | 3 | HELLSING THE DAWN | Special | Hiroyuki Ooshima | Graphinica |
| July 29 | Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth The Animation: Concert | 1 | Ikoku meiro no kurowāze The Animation dai 4. 5-Wa ongakkai" Récital" | Special | | Satelight |
| August 1 | Pokémon: Pikachu's Summer Bridge Story | 1 | Pikachū no samā burijji sutōrī | Special | Kunihiko Yuyama | OLM |
| August 2 | Dragon Ball Z Kai: Bring Peace to the Future! Goku's Spirit is Eternal | 1 | Doragon bōru aratame mirai ni heiwa o! Gokū no tamashī yo eien ni | Special | | Toei Animation |
| August 5 – June 27, 2012 | Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - A Memory of Snow Flowers | 6 | Hakuōki sekka-roku | OVA | Osamu Yamasaki | Studio Deen |
| August 12 – November 3 | Copihan | 7 | Kopihan | ONA | | Gonzo |
| August 14 – December 31 | Carnival Phantasm | 12 | Kānibaru fantazumu | OVA | Seiji Kishi | Lerche |
| August 16 | Moshidora Recap | 1 | Moshi dora futatabi sōshūhen | Special | | Production I.G |
| August 20 | One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - Prologue | 1 | Gekijō-ban wan pīsu episōdo obu arabasuta | Special | | Toei Animation |
| August 20 | Wandering Son Specials | 2 | Hōrō musuko | Special | | AIC Classic |
| August 25 | Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Summer Special | 1 | Tantei opera mirukyi hōmuzu samā supesharu | Special | Makoto Moriwaki | ArtlandJ.C.Staff |
| August 26 – October 21 | VitaminX Addiction | 3 | VitaminX Addiction | OVA | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Nomad |
| August 26 – October 26 | The Prince of Tennis OVA Another Story II | 4 | Tenisu no ōjisama ovua anazā sutōrī II ~ ano toki no bokura | OVA | Shunsuke Tada | Production I.G |
| August 26 – October 26 | The Prince of Tennis OVA Another Story II Bonus | 2 | Tenisu no ōjisama ovua anazā sutōrī II ~ ano toki no bokura | Special | Shunsuke Tada | Production I.G |
| September 7 | Astarotte's Toy! EX | 1 | Asutarotte no omocha! EX | OVA | Fumitoshi Oizaki | Diomedéa |
| September 7 – January 26, 2012 | Busou Shinki: Moon Angel | 10 | Busōshinki Moon enzeru | ONA | Masayuki Kojima | Kinema CitrusTNK |
| September 16 | The World God Only Knows: Four Girls and an Idol | 1 | Kami nomi zo shiru sekai: 4-ri to aidoru | OVA | Shigehito Takayanagi | Manglobe |
| September 21 – February 22, 2012 | Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu: Spinout! Sore ga Bokura no Nichijou | 6 | Baka to tesuto to shōkanjū SPINOUT! Sore ga bokura no nichijō. Ensei-chū | Special | | SILVER LINK. |
| September 21 – February 22, 2012 | Kamisama Dolls Specials | 6 | Kamisama dooruzu | Special | | Brain's Base |
| September 21 – March 21, 2012 | La croisée dans un labyrinthe étranger: Yune & Alice | 7 | Ikoku meiro no kurowāze `yune& Arisu' | Special | | Satelight |
| September 21 – March 21, 2012 | Nekogami Yaoyorozu Specials | 7 | Nekogami yaoyorozu | Special | Hiroaki Sakurai | AIC PLUS+ |
| September 22 | Haganai: Black Hotpot Gives Girls a Bad Smell | 1 | Boku ha tomodachi ga sukunai: yaminabe wa bishōjo ga zan'nen'na kusai | OVA | Hisashi Saito | AIC Build |
| September 25 – December 25 | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Demon Capital | 2 | Nurarihyon no mago | Special | | Studio Deen |
| September 26 | Goulart Knights: Evoked the Beginning White | 1 | Gurāru kishi-dan Evoked THE Beginning White | OVA | Masahiro Sonoda | Studio Blanc. |
| September 29 | Kiss Dum: Omokage | 1 | Kisu damu: Omokage | Special | | Satelight |
| September 30 – February 24, 2012 | A Dark Rabbit has Seven Lives Picture Drama | 6 | Itsuka tenma no kuro usagi pikuchā dorama | Special | | Zexcs |
| October 4 – January 7, 2012 | Manyuu Hikenchou Specials | 8 | Manyū hikenchō binyū tanren-hō chichi togi | Special | Hiraku Kaneko | Hoods Entertainment |
| October 5 – April 19, 2012 | Kimezō no Kimarimonku Ja Kimaranee. Featuring Sabu-Otoko | 12 | Kimezō no kimari monku ja Kima-ra nē. Featuring sabu otoko | ONA | | Shin-Ei Animation |
| October 8 | Deadman Wonderland: The Red Knife Wielder | 1 | Deddoman wandārando akai naifu tsukai | OVA | Koichi Hatsumi | Manglobe |
| October 10 | This Boy Can Fight Aliens | 1 | Kono danshi, uchūbito to tatakaemasu. | OVA | Soubi Yamamoto | CoMix Wave Films |
| October 10 – January 28, 2012 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky | 2 | Hideo densetsu sora no kiseki THE animēshon | OVA | Masaki Tachibana | Kinema Citrus |
| October 19 | Rio: Rainbow Gate! Special | 1 | Rio reinbō gēto! | Special | | Xebec |
| October 26 | Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts: Magical Hideyoshi Hideyoshi | 1 | Baka to tesuto to shōkanjū ni ~tsu! “Mahō Hideyoshi Hide yoshi” | Special | | SILVER LINK. |
| October 26 | Blue Exorcist: Kuro Runs Away From Home | 1 | Ao no futsumashi (ekusoshisuto) kuro no iede | Special | | A-1 Pictures |
| October 26 – March 21, 2012 | La croisée dans un labyrinthe étranger Picture Drama | 6 | Ikoku meiro no kurowāze pikuchā dorama | Special | | Satelight |
| October 28 – January 27, 2012 | Usagi Drop Specials | 4 | Usagi doroppu | Special | | Production I.G |
| October 29 – January 28, 2012 | Queen's Blade OVA | 2 | Kuīnzu bureido | OVA | Shigenori Kageyama | Arms |
| October 29 – January 28, 2012 | Queen's Blade OVA Specials | 2 | Kuīnzu bureido | Special | Shigenori Kageyama | Arms |
| October 30 – November 6 | Hidamari Sketch × SP | 2 | Hida mari suketchi ×SP | Special | Akiyuki Shinbou | Shaft |
| November 12 | Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku | 1 | Ikkitōsen-shū tsuba tōshi keppūroku | OVA | Rion Kujo | Arms |
| November 16 | YuruYuri: For Whatever Reason, Never Ending, Heart Throbbing, Pitter-patter, Paradox Eternal | 1 | Yuru Yuri dōshite ☆ tomaranai ☆ tokimeki ☆ dokidoki ☆ paradokusu ☆ etānaru | Special | | Doga Kobo |
| November 23 | Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sekai Tougou-hen | 3 | Teiruzu obu shinfonia THE animēshon sekai tōgō-hen | OVA | Haruo Sotozaki | ufotable |
| November 25 | Precure All Stars DX the Dance Live♥: Miracle Dance Stage e Youkoso | 1 | Purikyua ōru sutāzu DX the DANCE raivu ♥ ~ mirakuru dansu sutēji e yōkoso ~ | OVA | Naoki Miyahara | Toei Animation |
| November 26 | Carnival Phantasm EX Season | 1 | Kānibaru fantazumu EX sezon | OVA | Seiji Kishi | Lerche |
| December 1 | Kyousogiga | 1 | Kyousou Giga | ONA | Rie Matsumoto | Toei Animation |
| December 2 | Lupin III: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid | 1 | Rupan sansei chi no kokuin - eien no Mermaid | Special | Teiichi Takiguchi | Telecom Animation Film |
| December 5 | Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi: Kokoro Utsuri no Toukoubi - School Attendance Day | 1 | Itsuka tenma no kuro usagi kokoro utsuri no tōkō-bi ~ sukuru·-atendansu· de~i ~ | OVA | Shunsuke Fukui | Zexcs |
| December 7 | Honto ni Atta! Reibai Sensei: Gyakushuu no Kurage. | 1 | Hontoni atta! Reibai sensei gyakushū no kurage. | Special | | DLE |
| December 7 | IS: Infinite Stratos Encore - Koi ni Kogareru Rokujuusou | 1 | IS 〈infinitto sutoratosu〉ankōru “koi ni kogareru rokujūsō” | OVA | Yasuhito Kikuchi | 8bit |
| December 7 | Sengoku Basara Movie: 4-koma Gekijou - Another Last Party | 5 | Gekijō-ban sengoku basara 4koma gekijō - anazā Last pātī - | Special | | Production I.G |
| December 8 – December 23 | Inazuma Eleven Go Specials | 2 | Inazuma irebun GO tokubetsu-hen | Special | | OLM |
| December 11 | Zero Escape: VLR prologue | 1 | Kyokugen dasshutsu ADV zen'nin shiboudesu puromōshon'anime | ONA | | Gonzo |
| December 13 | R-15: R15 Shounen Hyouryuuki | 1 | Aru jū go R 15 shōnen hyōryū-ki | OVA | Daisuke Takashima | AIC |
| December 16 – January 18, 2012 | Major: World Series | 2 | Mejā wārudo shirīzu-hen | OVA | Riki Fukushima | SynergySP |
| December 17 | Battle Break | 1 | Batoru bureiku | ONA | Shinji Ushiro | OLM |
| December 17 | Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock | 1 | Doragon bōru episōdo Obu bādakku | Special | Yoshihiro Ueda | Toei Animation |
| December 17 – April 9, 2012 | Yakimochi Caprice | 2 | Yaki mochi kyōsōkyoku | Special | | AIC |
| December 17 – June 23, 2012 | Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc | 2 | Rurōni kenshin - Meiji kenkaku roman Tan - shin Kyōto-hen | OVA | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | Studio Deen |
| December 21 | Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi: Kakaru ka? Gakuensai ni Koi no Hashi | 1 | Hoshizora he kakaru hashi kakaru ka? Gakuen-sai ni koi no hashi | Special | | Doga Kobo |
| December 21 | Aria the Scarlet Ammo Special | 1 | Hidan no Aria: Butei ga Kitarite Onsen Kenshuu | Special | | J.C.Staff |
| December 21 | Toradora! Special | 1 | Tora dora! Bentō no gokui | Special | | J.C.Staff |
| December 21 – May 16, 2012 | Ben-To Picture Drama | 6 | Ben tō | Special | | David Production |
| December 21 – May 25, 2012 | Maken-Ki! Secret Training | 6 | Makenkid dokidoki~tsu! Makenki himitsu no kunren | Special | | AIC Spirits |
| December 22 – December 20, 2012 | Busō Chūgakusei Basket Army | 5 | Busō chūgakusei basuketto āmī | ONA | Romanov Higa | asreadStudioRF Inc. |
| December 29 | Gattai Robot Atranger | 1 | Gattai robotto atoranjā | OVA | Tōru Yoshida | AIC |
| December 29 | Justeen | 1 | Jasutīn | OVA | Yukio Nishimoto | AIC |
| December 31 | Fate/Prototype | 1 | Fate/Prototype | OVA | Seiji Kishi | Lerche |

## Deaths

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