2021 in anime

2021 in anime
Events in 2021 in anime.
Releases
Films
A list of anime films that were released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2021.
Television series
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.
Original net animations
A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.
Original video animations
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.
Deaths
February
February 8: Shūichirō Moriyama, Japanese voice actor (Adieu Galaxy Express 999, Ninja Scroll, Porco Rosso), dies from pneumonia at age 86.
February 25: Masako Sugaya, Japanese voice actress (Aim for the Ace!, Nobody's Boy Remi, Perman, Urusei Yatsura), dies at age 83 while undergoing medical treatment for an illness.
February 27: Tasuku Saitō, Japanese animation producer (Gegege no Kitarō, Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru, Tiger Mask), dies at age 87.
March
March 15:
Masahiro Anzai, Japanese voice actor (Sailor Moon, Urusei Yatsura), dies from acute heart failure at age 66.
Yasuo Otsuka, Japanese animator (Future Boy Conan, Lupin the Third, The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun), dies at age 89.
March 16: Minako Shiba, Japanese animator and character designer (Black Butler, Hikaru no Go, Noir), dies at age 50.
April
April 16: Fumio Hisamatsu, Japanese manga artist and animator (Bōken Gabotenjima, Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru, Super Jetter), dies at age 77.
April 17: Osamu Kobayashi, Japanese animation director (Beck, End of the World, Naruto: Shippuden, Paradise Kiss), dies from a colon infection caused by kidney cancer at age 57.
April 24: Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer (Doraemon, Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, Getter Robo, Tiger Mask), dies from aspiration pneumonia at age 89.
May
May 6: Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (Berserk), dies from acute aortic dissection at age 54.
May 30: Haruka Nagashima, Japanese voice actress (Idol Incidents, Shiki, Sparrow's Hotel), dies at age 33 while undergoing medical treatment for an illness.
July
July 1: Philece Sampler, American voice actress, dies from a heart attack at age 67.
August
August 17: Masami Suda, Japanese animator and character designer (Fist of the North Star, Slam Dunk, Speed Racer), dies at age 77.
September
September 7: Eiichi Yamamoto, Japanese animation director and screenwriter (Belladonna of Sadness, Cleopatra, Kimba the White Lion), dies at age 80.
September 24: Takao Saitō, Japanese manga artist (Golgo 13), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 84.
September 30: Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese music composer (Cyborg 009, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Space Runaway Ideon), dies from septic shock at age 90.
October
October 18: Christopher Ayres, American voice actor and ADR director (Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball Super, Gantz), dies from complications of COPD at age 56.
October 21: Saori Sugimoto, Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Nintama Rantarō, Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō), dies from congestive heart failure caused by anorexia at age 58.
October 29: Yoshiko Ota, Japanese voice actress (Himitsu no Akko-chan, Kimba the White Lion, Princess Knight), dies from heart failure at age 89.
November
November 5: Kinji Yoshimoto, Japanese animation director (Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, Genshiken, Queen's Blade), dies at age 55.
December
December 1: Keiko Nobumoto, Japanese screenwriter (Cowboy Bebop, Tokyo Godfathers, Wolf's Rain), dies from esophageal cancer at age 57.
December 3: Jōji Yanami, Japanese voice actor (Dragon Ball Z, Inuyasha, One Piece) and narrator (Dragon Ball), dies at age 90.
December 8: Mitsutoshi Furuya, Japanese manga artist (Dame Oyaji), dies from cancer at age 85.
December 18: Sayaka Kanda, Japanese voice actress (Japanese dub voice of Anna in the Frozen franchise, Idoly Pride, Real Girl, Sword Art Online), dies from a suspected suicide at age 35.
See also
2021 in Japanese television
Note
References
External links
Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
Years in anime
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