# 2018 in anime

Events in 2018 in anime. The final full year of the Heisei era.

## Releases
### Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2018.
| Release date | Title | Studio | Director | Running time (minutes) |
| January 6 | Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | 90 |
| February 9 | Macross Delta the Movie: Passionate Walküre | Satelight | Shoji Kawamori | 119 |
| February 10 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Rebellion Path | Sunrise | Goro Taniguchi | 132 |
| February 24 | Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | P.A.Works | Mari Okada | 115 |
| March 3 | Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple | Bones | Takuya Igarashi | 120 |
| March 3 | Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island | Shin-Ei Animation | Kazuaki Imai | 108 |
| April 7 | Servamp: Alice in the Garden | Platinum Vision | Hideaki Nakano | 58 |
| April 13 | Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~ | Shin-Ei Animation | Wataru Takahashi | 105 |
| April 13 | Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer | TMS Entertainment | Yuzuru Tachikawa | 110 |
| April 21 | Liz and the Blue Bird | Kyoto Animation | Naoko Yamada | 90 |
| May 5 | Digimon Adventure tri. Future | Toei Animation | Keitaro Motonaga | 98 |
| May 18 | Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle | Polygon Pictures | Kobun Shizuno Hiroyuki Seshita | 100 |
| May 26 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Imperial Path | Sunrise | Goro Taniguchi | 120 |
| June 2 | Peacemaker Kurogane Part 1: Belief | White Fox | Shigeru Kimiya | |
| July 7 | K: Seven Stories - R:B Blaze | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | 55 |
| July 13 | Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us | OLM Wit Studio | Tetsuo Yajima | 105 |
| July 20 | Mirai | Studio Chizu | Mamoru Hosoda | 98 |
| August 3 | My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | Bones | Kenji Nagasaki | 97 |
| August 4 | Flavors of Youth | CoMix Wave Films Haoliners Animation League | Li Haoling Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing Yoshitaka Takeuchi | 74 |
| August 4 | K: Seven Stories - Side: Blue | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | 54 |
| August 17 | Penguin Highway | Studio Colorido | Hiroyasu Ishida | 119 |
| August 18 | The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky | A-1 Pictures | Noriyuki Abe Yasuto Nishikata | 99 |
| August 22 | Movie Shimajiro Mahō no Shima no Daibōken | Benesse Corporation | Hiroshi Kawamata, Hiro Takashima | 52 |
| August 24 | Modest Heroes | Studio Ponoc | Hiromasa Yonebayashi Yoshiyuki Momose Akihiko Yamashita | 44 |
| August 24 | Drive Head: Tomica Hyper Rescue Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu | OLM Xebec | Takao Kato | 57 |
| August 25 | Non Non Biyori Vacation | Silver Link | Shinya Kawatsura | 71 |
| September 1 | I Want to Eat Your Pancreas | Studio VOLN | Shinichiro Ushijima | 108 |
| September 1 | K: Seven Stories - Side: Green | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | 52 |
| September 29 | Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond | Shuka | Takahiro Omori Hideaki Itō | 104 |
| October 5 | Monster Strike the Movie: Sora no Kanata | Orange | Hiroshi Nishikiori | 97 |
| October 6 | Garo: The Fleeting Cherry Blossom | Studio VOLN Studio M2 | Satoshi Nishimura | 82 |
| October 6 | K: Seven Stories - Lost Small World | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | 57 |
| October 19 | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation | Seven Arcs Pictures | Takayuki Hamana | 111 |
| November 3 | K: Seven Stories - Memory of Red | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | 55 |
| November 9 | Godzilla: The Planet Eater | Polygon Pictures | Kobun Shizuno Hiroyuki Seshita | 91 |
| November 10 | Zoku Owarimonogatari | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo | 148 |
| November 17 | Peacemaker Kurogane Part 2: Friend | White Fox | Shigeru Kimiya | |
| November 30 | Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative | Sunrise | Toshikazu Yoshizawa | 90 |
| December 1 | K: Seven Stories - Nameless Song | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | 58 |
| December 14 | Dragon Ball Super: Broly | Toei Animation | Tatsuya Nagamine | 100 |

### Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2018.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Original title |
| January 2 – March 27 | A Place Further than the Universe | 13 | Madhouse | Atsuko Ishizuka | Sora Yori mo Tōi Basho |
| January 4 – March 22 | Laid-Back Camp | 12 | C-Station | Yoshiaki Kyogoku | Yurucamp |
| January 4 – March 22 | Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles | 12 | Studio Gokumi AXsiZ | Kenji Seto | Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san |
| January 5 – March 23 | Junji Ito Collection | 12 | Studio Deen | Shinobu Tagashira | |
| January 5 – June 22 | Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko | 24 | Studio Gokumi | Kodai Kakimoto | |
| January 6 – June 23 | Record of Grancrest War | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Grancrest Senki |
| January 6 – March 24 | Sanrio Boys | 12 | Pierrot | Masashi Kudō | |
| January 6 – March 24 | Citrus | 12 | Passione | Takeo Takahashi | |
| January 7 – March 25 | Slow Start | 12 | CloverWorks | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | |
| January 7 – March 25 | Pop Team Epic | 12 | Kamikaze Douga | Jun Aoki Aoi Umeki | Poptepipic |
| January 7 – March 25 | Kokkoku: Moment by Moment | 12 | Geno Studio | Yoshimitsu Ohashi | |
| January 7 – March 25 | Mitsuboshi Colors | 12 | Silver Link | Tomoyuki Kawamura | |
| January 7 – June 10 | Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card | 22 | Madhouse | Morio Asaka | |
| January 7 – March 25 | School Babysitters | 12 | Brain's Base | Shūsei Morishita | Gakuen Babysitters |
| January 7 – March 25 | Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru | 12 | Doga Kobo | Tomoaki Koshida | |
| January 7 – May 19 | Idolish7 | 17 | Troyca | Makoto Bessho | |
| January 7 – March 25 | Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen | 12 | BN Pictures | Chizuru Miyawaki | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Teasing Master Takagi-san | 12 | Shin-Ei Animation | Hiroaki Akagi | |
| January 8 – March 26 | The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! | 12 | Project No.9 | Shinsuke Yanagi | Ryūō no Oshigoto! |
| January 8 – June 18 | Basilisk: The Ōka Ninja Scrolls | 24 | Seven Arcs Pictures | Junji Nishimura | |
| January 8 – June 25 | Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line | 25 | TMS/8PAN | Osamu Nabeshima | |
| January 10 – April 4 | Overlord (season 2) | 12 | Madhouse | Naoyuki Ito | |
| January 10 – March 28 | Dame×Prince Anime Caravan | 12 | Studio Flad | Makoto Hoshino | |
| January 11 – March 29 | Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody | 12 | Silver Link Connect | Shin Ōnuma | Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyōsōkyoku |
| January 11 – March 29 | How to Keep a Mummy | 12 | Eight Bit | Kaori | Miira no Kaikata |
| January 11 – April 25, 2019 | Märchen Mädchen | 12 | Hoods Entertainment | Hisashi Saito Shigeru Ueda | |
| January 11 – March 29 | Takunomi | 12 | Production IMS | Tomoki Kobayashi | |
| January 11 – April 5 | Violet Evergarden | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Taichi Ishidate | |
| January 12 – March 30 | After the Rain | 12 | Wit Studio | Ayumu Watanabe | Koi wa Ameagari no You ni |
| January 12 – March 30 | Hakumei and Mikochi | 12 | Lerche | Masaomi Ando | Hakumei to Mikochi |
| January 12 – March 30 | Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens | 12 | Satelight | Keiji Yasuda | |
| January 12 – March 30 | Dagashi Kashi (season 2) | 12 | Tezuka Productions | Satoshi Kuwabara | |
| January 12 – June 29 | Hakyū Hōshin Engi | 23 | C-Station | Masahiro Aizawa | |
| January 13 – September 28 | Beatless | 24 | Diomedéa | Seiji Mizushima | |
| January 13 – July 7 | Darling in the Franxx | 24 | CloverWorksTrigger | Atsushi Nishigori | |
| January 13 – March 31 | Killing Bites | 12 | Liden Films | Yasuto Nishikata | |
| January 13 – June 30 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Takeshi Furuta | Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu |
| January 17 – June 27 | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (season 2) | 24 | J.C.Staff | Hiroaki Sakurai | Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan |
| January 26 – March 30 | The Seven Heavenly Virtues | 10 | Bridge | Shinji Ishihira | Nanatsu no Bitoku |
| January 27 – July 29 | Fate/Extra Last Encore | 13 | Shaft | Yukihiro MiyamotoAkiyuki Shinbo | |
| February 4 – January 27, 2019 | Hugtto! PreCure | 49 | Toei Animation | Junichi Sato Akifumi Zako | |
| April 1 – March 29, 2020 | GeGeGe no Kitarō | 97 | Toei Animation | Kōji Ogawa | |
| April 2 – June 18 | Uma Musume Pretty Derby | 13 | P.A.Works | Kei Oikawa | |
| April 2 – March 25, 2019 | Beyblade Burst Turbo | 51 | OLM | Katsuhito Akiyama | Beyblade Burst Chōzetsu |
| April 2 – April 1, 2019 | Captain Tsubasa | 52 | David Production | Toshiyuki Kato | |
| April 2 – | Pazudora | | Pierrot | Hajime Kamegaki | |
| April 2 – June 18 | Magical Girl Ore | 12 | Pierrot+ | Itsuro Kawasaki | Mahō Shōjo Ore |
| April 2 – September 24 | Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits | 26 | Gonzo | Yoshiki Okuda | Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi |
| April 2 – June 18 | Omae wa Mada Gunma o Shiranai | 12 | Asahi ProductionCJT | Mankyū | |
| April 2 – June 18 | Souten no Ken Re:Genesis | 12 | Polygon Pictures | Yoshio Kazumi | |
| April 3 – September 25 | Gundam Build Divers | 25 | Sunrise | Shinya Watada | |
| April 3 – June 26 | Space Battleship Tiramisu | 13 | Gonzo | Hiroshi Ikehata | Uchū Senkan Tiramisu |
| April 3 – June 20 | Tachibanakan To Lie Angle | 12 | Creators in Pack Studio Lings | Hisayoshi Hirasawa | |
| April 3 – June 26 | The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Kaikō | 12 | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | |
| April 3 – June 19 | Tokyo Ghoul:re | 12 | Pierrot | Odahiro Watanabe | |
| April 4 – June 20 | Alice or Alice | 12 | EMT Squared | Kōsuke Kobayashi | |
| April 4 – September 26 | Last Hope | 26 | Satelight Xiamen Skyloong Media | Shoji Kawamori Hidekazu Sato | |
| April 4 – September 18 | Lupin the Third Part 5 | 24 | Telecom Animation Film | Kazuhide Tomonaga Yūichirō Yano | |
| April 4 – June 20 | Real Girl | 12 | Hoods Entertainment | Takashi Naoya | |
| April 5 – September 26, 2019 | Aikatsu Friends! | 76 | BN Pictures | Tatsuya Igarashi | |
| April 5 – June 21 | Comic Girls | 12 | Nexus | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | |
| April 5 – June 28 | Tada Never Falls in Love | 13 | Doga Kobo | Mitsue Yamazaki | Tada-kun wa Koi o Shinai |
| April 5 – June 21 | Dances with the Dragons | 12 | Seven Arcs Pictures | Hiroshi Nishikori Hirokazu Hanai | Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryū to Odoru: Dances with the Dragons |
| April 6 – September 21 | Akkun to Kanojo | 25 | Yumeta Company | Shin Katagai | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Gurazeni | 12 | Studio Deen | Ayumu Watanabe | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Hinamatsuri | 12 | Feel | Kei Oikawa | |
| April 6 – September 28 | Inazuma Eleven: Ares | 26 | OLM | Akihiro Hino Yumi Kamakura | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Lostorage conflated WIXOSS | 12 | J.C.Staff | Risako Yoshida | |
| April 6 – June 22 | Magical Girl Site | 12 | production doA | Tadahito Matsubayashi | Mahō Shōjo Site |
| April 6 – June 29 | Megalo Box | 13 | TMS/3xCube | You Moriyama | |
| April 6 – September 28 | Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama-hen | 26 | TMS/V1 Studio | Akitaro Daichi | |
| April 7 – June 23 | Amanchu! Advance | 12 | J.C.Staff | Junichi Sato Kiyoko Sayama | |
| April 7 – September 29 | My Hero Academia (season 3) | 25 | Bones | Kenji Nagasaki | Boku no Hero Academia |
| April 7 – June 23 | Devils' Line | 12 | Platinum Vision | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | |
| April 7 – September 22 | Major 2nd | 25 | OLM | Ayumu Watanabe | |
| April 8 – June 24 | Caligula | 12 | Satelight | Jun'ichi Wada | |
| April 8 – July 1 | Cute High Earth Defence Club HAPPY KISS | 12 | Studio Comet | Shinji Takamatsu | |
| April 8 – June 24 | Cutie Honey Universe | 12 | Production Reed | Akitoshi Yokoyama | |
| April 8 – July 1 | Forest of Piano | 12 | Gaina | Ryūtarō Suzuki Gaku Nakatani | Piano no Mori |
| April 8 – July 1 | Hozuki's Coolheadedness (season 2, part 2) | 13 | Studio Deen | Kazuhiro Yoneda | Hōzuki no Reitetsu |
| April 8 – May 30, 2021 | Kiratto Pri Chan | 153 | Tatsunoko Production DongWoo A&E | Hiroshi Ikehata | |
| April 8 – March 31, 2019 | Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File | 50 | Liden Films | Susumu Mitsunaka | |
| April 8 – June 24 | Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan | 12 | Zero-G | Masahiro Takata | |
| April 8 – September 23 | Okko's Inn | 24 | Madhouse DLE | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! |
| April 8 – September 30 | Persona 5: The Animation | 26 | CloverWorks | Masashi Ishihama | |
| April 8 – June 30 | Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online | 12 | 3Hz | Masayuki Sakoi | |
| April 9 – June 25 | Golden Kamuy | 12 | Geno Studio | Hitoshi Nanba | |
| April 9 – June 25 | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate (season 2) | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Shokugeki no Sōma: San no Sara |
| April 10 – June 26 | Crossing Time | 12 | Ekachi Epilka | Yoshio Suzuki | Fumikiri Jikan |
| April 10 – July 3 | High School DxD Hero | 12 | Passione | Yoshifumi Sueda | |
| April 10 – June 26 | Ladyspo | 12 | | Hiroshi Kimura | |
| April 10 – June 26 | Rokuhōdō Yotsuiro Biyori | 12 | Zexcs | Tomomi Kamiya | |
| April 11 – September 27 | Steins;Gate 0 | 23 | White Fox | Kenichi Kawamura | |
| April 12 – June 28 | Butlers: Chitose Momotose Monogatari | 12 | Silver Link | Ken Takahashi | |
| April 12 – June 28 | Last Period | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | |
| April 13 – June 29 | Doreiku | 12 | Zero-G TNK | Ryōichi Kuraya | |
| April 13 – July 19 | Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory | 12 | Xebec | Katsuichi Nakayama | |
| April 13 – June 29 | Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan | 12 | Bones | Shinji Higuchi Hiroshi Kobayashi | Hisone to Masotan |
| April 13 – June 22 | Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku | 11 | A-1 Pictures | Yoshimasa Hiraike | Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii |
| June 3 – July 7 | FLCL Progressive | 6 | Production I.G Signal.MD (#2) Production GoodBook (#5) | Katsuyuki Motohiro | |
| July 1 – September 16 | Island | 12 | Feel | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | |
| July 2 – October 1 | Hanebado! | 13 | Liden Films | Shinpei Ezaki | |
| July 2 – September 24 | Encouragement of Climb (season 3) | 13 | Eight Bit | Yusuke Yamamoto | Yama no Susume |
| July 3 – September 25 | One Room (season 2) | 13 | Zero-G | Hiroshi Gotō Ryōhei Suzuki Shūichi Suzuki | |
| July 3 – September 25 | The Thousand Musketeers | 12 | TMS/Double Eagle | Ken'ichi Kasai | Senjūshi |
| July 4 – September 5 | Back Street Girls | 10 | J.C.Staff | Chiaki Kon | |
| July 4 – December 26 | Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues | 24 | Madhouse | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Chūkan Kanriroku Tonegawa |
| July 5 – September 20 | 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams | 12 | Project No.9 | Yukina Hiiro | Yume Ōkoku to Nemureru 100-Nin no Ōji-sama |
| July 5 – December 20 | Banana Fish | 24 | MAPPA | Hiroko Utsumi | |
| July 5 – September 20 | How Not to Summon a Demon Lord | 12 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Yūta Murano | Isekai Maō to Shōkan Shōjo no Dorei Majutsu |
| July 5 – September 20 | Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou | 12 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma Mirai Minato | Sunohara-sō no Kanrinin-san |
| July 5 – December 27 | BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico | 26 | Sanzigen DMM.futureworks | | |
| July 6 – September 21 | Seven Senses of the Re'Union | 12 | Lerche | Yoshihito Nishōji | Shichisei no Subaru |
| July 6 – September 21 | Angels of Death | 12 | J.C.Staff | Kentarō Suzuki | Satsuriku no Tenshi |
| July 6 – September 21 | Chio's School Road | 12 | Diomedéa | Takayuki Inagaki | Chio-chan no Tsūgakuro |
| July 6 – September 21 | Harukana Receive | 12 | C2C | Toshiyuki Kubooka | |
| July 6 – September 21 | Ongaku Shōjo | 12 | Studio Deen | Yukio Nishimoto | |
| July 7 – January 5, 2019 | Oshiete Mahō no Pendulum: Rilu Rilu Fairilu | 26 | Studio Deen | Chisei Maeda | |
| July 7 – June 29, 2019 | Zoids Wild | 50 | OLM | Norihiko Sudō | |
| July 8 – September 30 | Cells at Work! | 13 | David Production | Kenichi Suzuki | Hataraku Saibō |
| July 8 – September 23 | The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar | 12 | EMT Squared | Kōsuke Kobayashi | Hyakuren no Haō to Seiyaku no Valkyria |
| July 8 – September 23 | Asobi Asobase | 12 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | |
| July 8 – October 7 | Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen (season 2) | 14 | BN Pictures | Chizuru Miyawaki | |
| July 8 – September 23 | Planet With | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yōhei Suzuki | |
| July 9 – September 17 | Dropkick on My Devil! | 11 | Nomad | Hikaru Sato | Jashin-chan Dropkick |
| July 9 – September 24 | Holmes of Kyoto | 12 | Seven | Noriyoshi Sasaki | Kyōto Teramachi Sanjō no Holmes |
| July 10 – September 25 | Agū: Tensai Ningyō | 12 | Studio Deen | Bob Shirahata | |
| July 10 – September 25 | Phantom in the Twilight | 12 | Liden Films | Kunihiro Mori | |
| July 10 – September 25 | Shinya! Tensai Bakabon | 12 | Pierrot+ | Toru Hosokawa | |
| July 11 – October 2 | Overlord (season 3) | 13 | Madhouse | Naoyuki Ito | |
| July 11 – September 26 | Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion | 12 | NAZ | Takayuki Kuriyama | Angolmois: Genkō Kassen-ki |
| July 11 – September 26 | Free! (season 3) | 12 | Kyoto Animation Animation Do | Eisaku Kawanami | |
| July 12 – September 27 | Revue Starlight | 12 | Kinema Citrus | Tomohiro Furukawa | Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight |
| July 12 – September 27 | Sirius the Jaeger | 12 | P.A.Works | Masahiro Ando | |
| July 13 – September 28 | High Score Girl | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiki Yamakawa | |
| July 13 – September 28 | Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King | 12 | Asread Tear Studio | Eiji Suganuma | Lord of Vermilion: Guren no Ō |
| July 14 – September 29 | Grand Blue | 12 | Zero-G | Shinji Takamatsu | |
| July 14 – September 29 | Happy Sugar Life | 12 | Ezo'la | Keizō Kusakawa Nobuyoshi Nagayama | |
| July 14 – September 29 | Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs | 12 | Xebec | Tsuyoshi Nagasawa | Yuragi-sō no Yūna-san |
| July 22 – October 14 | Tsukumogami Kashimasu | 12 | Telecom Animation Film | Masahiko Murata | |
| July 23 – October 15 | Attack on Titan (season 3, part 1) | 12 | Wit Studio | Tetsurō Araki Masashi Koizuka | Shingeki no Kyojin |
| August 3 – October 19 | Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation | 12 | Studio Deen | Nobuhiro Kondo | Muhyo to Roji no Mahōritsu Sōdan Jimusho |
| September 8 – October 13 | FLCL Alternative | 6 | Production I.G NUT Revoroot | Katsuyuki Motohiro | |
| September 30 – December 23 | Double Decker! Doug & Kirill | 13 | Sunrise | Joji Furuta | |
| October 1 – December 17 | Souten no Ken Re:Genesis (season 2) | 12 | Polygon Pictures | Yoshio Kazumi | |
| October 1 – December 17 | The Girl in Twilight | 12 | Dandelion Animation Studio Jūmonji | Jin Tamamura Yūichi Abe | Akanesasu Shōjo |
| October 1 – December 24 | Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary | 13 | Studio Deen | Hiroshi Watanabe | Ken En Ken: Aoki Kagayaki |
| October 2 – March 26, 2019 | Bakutsuri Bar Hunter | 25 | Toei Animation | Kenji Seto | |
| October 2 – March 26, 2019 | Run with the Wind | 23 | Production I.G | Kazuya Nomura | Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru |
| October 2 – December 25 | Space Battleship Tiramisu (season 2) | 13 | Gonzo | Hiroshi Ikehata | Uchū Senkan Tiramisu Zwei |
| October 2 – March 19, 2019 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 24 | Eight Bit | Yasuhito Kikuchi | Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken |
| October 2 – December 18 | Jingai-san no Yome | 12 | Saetta | Hisayoshi Hirasawa Takumi Shibata | |
| October 3 – December 19 | RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time | 12 | Geek Toys | Takuya Satō | RErideD: Koku Koe no Derrida |
| October 4 – December 20 | Between the Sky and Sea | 12 | TMS/Double Eagle | Atsushi Nigorikawa | Sora to Umi no Aida |
| October 4 – December 20 | Devidol! | 12 | | Souta Suguhara | |
| October 4 – December 20 | Gakuen Basara | 12 | Brain's Base | Minoru Ohama | |
| October 4 – December 27 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai | 13 | CloverWorks | Sōichi Masui | Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Girl-senpai no Yume o Minai |
| October 4 – December 20 | Zombie Land Saga | 12 | MAPPA | Munehisa Sakai | |
| October 5 – April 5, 2019 | A Certain Magical Index (season 3) | 26 | J.C.Staff | Hiroshi Nishikiori | Toaru Majutsu no Index |
| October 5 – December 21 | Bakumatsu | 12 | Studio Deen | Masaki Watanabe | |
| October 5 – December 28 | Bloom Into You | 13 | Troyca | Makoto Katō | Yagate Kimi ni Naru |
| October 5 – December 28 | Dakaichi | 13 | CloverWorks | Naoyuki Tatsuwa | Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. |
| October 5 – December 21 | Gurazeni (season 2) | 12 | Studio Deen | Ayumu Watanabe | |
| October 5 – March 29, 2019 | Hinomaru Sumo | 24 | Gonzo | Kōnosuke Uda Yasutaka Yamamoto | Hinomaru Zumō |
| October 5 – September 27, 2019 | Inazuma Eleven: Orion no Kokuin | 49 | OLM | Yumi Kamakura | |
| October 5 – July 28, 2019 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind | 39 | David Production | Naokatsu Tsuda | JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Ōgon no Kaze |
| October 5 – March 22, 2019 | Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan | 24 | Gathering | Kyō Yatate | |
| October 5 – December 21 | Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood. | 12 | Studio Gokumi AXsiZ | Noriyaki Akitaya | Tonari no Kyūketsuki-san |
| October 5 – December 21 | Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! | 12 | Doga Kobo | Masahiko Ohta | |
| October 5 – December 21 | Voice of Fox | 12 | Yumeta Company | Kōjin Ochi | Kitsune no Koe |
| October 6 – March 30, 2019 | Ace Attorney (season 2) | 23 | CloverWorks | Ayumu Watanabe | Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igiari! |
| October 6 – December 22 | Boarding School Juliet | 12 | Liden Films | Seiki Takuno | Kishuku Gakkō no Juliet |
| October 6 – December 29 | Iroduku: The World in Colors | 13 | P.A.Works | Toshiya Shinohara | Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara |
| October 6 – March 30, 2019 | Pingu in the City (season 2) | 26 | Dandelion Animation Studio Polygon Pictures | Naomi Iwata | |
| October 6 – February 23, 2019 | Radiant | 21 | Lerche | Daisei Fukuoka Seiji Kishi | |
| October 6 – December 22 | Sono Toki, Kanojo wa. | 12 | Master Lights | Susumu Banba | |
| October 7 – December 23 | Anima Yell! | 12 | Doga Kobo | Masako Sato | |
| October 7 – September 29, 2019 | Fairy Tail (season 9) | 51 | A-1 Pictures Bridge CloverWorks | Shinji Ishihira | |
| October 7 – December 30 | Goblin Slayer | 12 | White Fox | Takaharu Ozaki | |
| October 7 – December 23 | Release the Spyce | 12 | Lay-duce | Yō Satō | |
| October 7 – December 23 | SSSS.Gridman | 12 | Trigger | Akira Amemiya | |
| October 7 – March 31, 2019 | Sword Art Online: Alicization | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Manabu Ono | |
| October 7 – December 30 | Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight | 12 | AXsiZ | Shin Itagaki | Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc to Renkin no Kishi |
| October 8 – December 24 | Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san | 12 | DLE | Owl Todoroki | Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san |
| October 8 – December 24 | Golden Kamuy (season 2) | 12 | Geno Studio | Hitoshi Nanba | |
| October 8 – December 24 | Himote House | 12 | Bouncy | Koutarō Ishidate | |
| October 9 – October 30 | Hashiri Tsuzukete Yokattatte. | 4 | Signal.MD | Masatsugu Arakawa | |
| October 9 – December 25 | The Idolmaster SideM Wake Atte Mini! | 12 | Zero-G | Mankyū | |
| October 9 – December 25 | Tokyo Ghoul:re (season 2) | 12 | Pierrot | Odahiro Watanabe | |
| October 10 – December 26 | Conception | 12 | Gonzo | Keitaro Motonaga | |
| October 10 – December 19 | My Sister, My Writer | 10 | NAZ Magia Doraglier | Hiroyuki Furukawa | Ore ga Suki nano wa Imōto dakedo Imōto ja nai |
| October 11 – December 27 | As Miss Beelzebub Likes | 12 | Liden Films | Minato Kazuto | Beelzebub-jō no Okinimesu Mama. |
| October 11 – June 27, 2019 | Karakuri Circus | 36 | Studio VOLN | Satoshi Nishimura | |
| October 11 – December 27 | Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle | 12 | Encourage Films | Fumitoshi Oizaki | Merc Storia: Mukiryoku no Shōnen to Bin no Naka no Shōjo |
| October 12 – December 28 | Senran Kagura (season 2) | 12 | TNK | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | |
| October 18 – December 27 | Ingress: The Animation | 11 | Craftar | Yūhei Sakuragi | |
| October 22 – January 21, 2019 | Tsurune | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Takuya Yamamura | |
| October 25 – December 27 | Million Arthur | 10 | J.C.Staff | Yōhei Suzuki | Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur |

### Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2018.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Original title |
| January 5 | Devilman Crybaby | 10 | Science Saru | Masaaki Yuasa | |
| January 9 – March 27 | Kaiju Girls (season 2) | 12 | Studio Puyukai | Minoru Ashina Junichi Inaba | |
| January 20 – August 18 | Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu | 8 | OLM Xebec | Takao Kato | |
| March 2 | B: The Beginning | 12 | Production I.G | Kazuto Nakazawa Yoshinobu Yamakawa | |
| March 9 | A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- | 12 | Bones | Kazuya Murata | |
| March 23 | Sword Gai: The Animation | 12 | LandQ Studios | Takahiro Ikezoe Tomohito Naka | |
| March 31 – June 16 | Lost Song | 12 | Liden Films | Junpei Morita | |
| April 13 – September 14 | Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" | 24 | Sunrise | Katsumi Ono | |
| April 20 | Aggretsuko | 10 | Fanworks | Rarecho | Aggressive Retsuko |
| June 25 – December 17 | Baki | 26 | TMS/Double Eagle | Toshiki Hirano | |
| July 1 – | Super Dragon Ball Heroes | | Toei Animation | | Sūpā Doragon Bōru Hīrōzu |
| July 4 | Calamity of a Zombie Girl | 1 | Gonzo Stingray | Hideaki Iwami | Aru Zombie Shōjo no Sainan |
| July 30 | Sword Gai: The Animation (season 2) | 12 | LandQ Studios | Takahiro Ikezoe Tomohito Naka | |
| October 8 – December 24 | Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen | 12 | IMAGICA Image Works | Junichi Yamamoto | Otona no Bōguya-san |
| December 3 | Hero Mask | 15 | Pierrot | Hiroyasu Aoki | |
| December 10 – February 18, 2019 | Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō | 10 | Gonzo | Masato Tamagawa | |

### Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2018.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Original title |
| March 28 | The Testament of Sister New Devil Departures | 1 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saito | Shinmai Maō no Testament Departures |
| June 9 | Kase-san and Morning Glories | 1 | Zexcs | Takuya Satō | Asagao to Kase-san. |
| July 13 | Queen's Blade: Unlimited (1st OVA) | 1 | FORTES | Gabi Kisaragi | |
| October 6 | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Memory Snow | 1 | White Fox | Tatsuya Koyanagi Masaharu Watanabe | Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Memory Snow |
| November 9 | Love and Lies | 2 | Liden Films | Seiki Takuno | Koi to Uso |
| November 30 | Drifters: The Outlandish Knight | 1 | Hoods Drifters Studio | Kenichi Suzuki | |