2009 in anime
Events in 2009 in anime.
Accolades
At the Mainichi Film Awards, Summer Wars won the Animation Film Award and Denshin-Bashira Elemi no Koi won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Summer Wars also won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Internationally, The Sky Crawlers, Summer Wars and First Squad were nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film.Releases
Films
A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2009.Release date | Title | Studio | Director | Running time | Notes | Ref |
' | Gonzo | Fuminori Kizaki | 100 | |||
' | Sunrise | Susumu Yamaguchi | 77 | |||
Tenjōbito to Akutobito Saigo no Tatakai | Kyoto Animation | Yoshiji Kigami | 83 | |||
' | Bones Kinema Citrus | Tomoki Kyoda Hiroshi Haraguchi | 115 | |||
First Squad | Studio 4°C | Yoshiharu Ashino | 73 | |||
' | Studio Khara | Hideaki Anno Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki | 108 | |||
' | OLM | Kunihiko Yuyama | 94 | |||
Cencoroll | Atsuya Uki | 30 | ||||
' | Studio Pierrot | Masahiko Murata | 96 | |||
Summer Wars | Madhouse | Mamoru Hosoda | 114 | |||
' | Ufotable | Shinsuke Takizawa | 121 | |||
Redline | Madhouse | Takeshi Koike | 102 | |||
' | Production I.G Polygon Pictures | Shinsuke Sato | 100 | |||
' | >Production I.G | Kanta Kamei | 110 | |||
' | Studio Nue Satelight 8-Bit | Shōji Kawamori | 120 | |||
Mai Mai Miracle | Madhouse | Sunao Katabuchi | 93 | |||
Toei Animation | Munehisa Sakai | 113 |
Television series
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2009.First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
– | ' | 12 | Feel Gainax | Masahiko Murata | - | |
– | Akikan! | 12 | Brain's Base | Yūji Himaki | - | |
– | Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th | 13 | Studio Deen | Toshiyuki Katō | - | |
– | White Album | 13 | Seven Arcs | Akira Yoshimura | - | |
– | Maria Holic | 12 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | - | |
– | ' | 13 | Asread | Kei Oikawa | - | |
– | The Girl Who Leapt Through Space | 26 | Sunrise | Masakazu Obara | Sora o Kakeru Shōjo | - |
– | Zoku Natsume Yūjin-chō | 13 | Brain's Base | Takahiro Omori | Natsume's Book of Friends | - |
– | ' | 26 | Madhouse | Jun Shishido | - | |
– | Viper's Creed | 12 | AIC Spirits Digital Frontier | Shinji Aramaki Hiroyuki Kanbe | - | |
– | Asu no Yoichi! | 12 | AIC | Rion Kujo | - | |
– | ' | 24 | Sunrise | Tsuneo Kobayashi | - | |
– | ' | 12 | Gonzo | Koichi Chigira | - | |
– | ' | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Kazuki Akane | Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02 | - |
– | The Beast Player Erin | 50 | Production I.G Trans Arts | Takayuki Hamana | Kemono no Sōja Erin | - |
– | Major S5 | 25 | SynergySP | Toshinori Fukushima | - | |
– | Rideback | 12 | Madhouse | Atsushi Takahashi | - | |
– | Slayers Evolution-R | 12 | J.C.Staff | Takashi Watanabe | - | |
– | Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai | 9 | Kyoto Animation | Yoshiji Kigami | - | |
– | Genji Monogatari Sennenki | 11 | Tezuka Productions TMS Entertainment | Osamu Dezaki | - | |
– | Fresh PreCure! | 50 | Toei Animation | Junji Shimizu Akifumi Zako | - | |
– | Mainichi Kaasan | 142 | Studio Gallop TYO Animations Dong Woo Animation | Mitsuru Hongo | - | |
– | Asura Cryin | 13 | Seven Arcs | Keizō Kusakawa | - | |
– | Pandora Hearts | 25 | Xebec | Takao Kato | - | |
– | ' | 26 | Genco Bee Train | Kōichi Mashimo | - | |
– | ' | 12 | Arms | Kinji Yoshimoto | Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi | - |
– | ' | 12 | Production I.G | Itsuro Kawasaki | Sengoku Basara | - |
– | Basquash! | 26 | Satelight | Shōji Kawamori Shin Itagaki Eiichi Sato | - | |
– | Hayate the Combat Butler!! | 25 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Hayate no Gotoku!! | - |
– | Higepiyo | 39 | Kinema Citrus | Atsushi Takeyama | - | |
– | K-On! | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Naoko Yamada | - | |
– | ' | 26 | GK Entertainment Gonzo | Takahiro Ikezoe | - | |
– | Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō | 51 | SynergySP Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment | Harume Kosaka | - | |
– | ' | 26 | Bee Media Code | Yasuhiro Imagawa | Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen | - |
– | Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Crimson S | 12 | Diomedéa | Toshimasa Suzuki | - | |
– | Valkyria Chronicles | 26 | A-1 Pictures | Yasutaka Yamamoto | - | |
– | ' | 51 | Tatsunoko Production Nelvana | Kunihisa Sugishima | Metal Fight Beyblade | - |
– | Cross Game | 50 | SynergySP | Osamu Sekita | - | |
– | Dragon Ball Z Kai | 97 | Toei Animation | Yasuhiro Nowatari | Dragon Ball Kai | - |
– | ' | 64 | Bones | Yasuhiro Irie | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist | - |
– | Guin Saga | 26 | Satelight | Atsushi Wakabayashi | - | |
– | Hanasakeru Seishōnen | 39 | Studio Pierrot | Chiaki Kon Hajime Kamegaki | - | |
– | ' | 39 | Nippon Animation | Katsuyoshi Yatabe | - | |
– | Jewelpet | 52 | Studio Comet | Nanako Sasaki | - | |
– | Natsu no Arashi! | 13 | Shaft | Shin Ōnuma Akiyuki Shinbo | - | |
– | ' | 12 | Silver Link | Keitaro Motonaga | - | |
– | Saki | 25 | Gonzo Picture Magic | Manabu Ono | - | |
– | Shangri-La | 24 | Gonzo | Makoto Bessho | - | |
– | Tears to Tiara | 26 | White Fox | Tomoki Kobayashi | - | |
– | 07-Ghost | 25 | Studio Deen | Norihiro Takamoto | - | |
– | Sōten Kōro | 26 | Madhouse | Toyoo Ashida Tsuneo Tominaga | - | |
– | ' | 26 | Asahi Production | Hiroshi Kugimiya | - | |
– | Ristorante Paradiso | 11 | David Production | Mitsuko Kase | - | |
– | First Love Limited | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiki Yamakawa | Hatsukoi Limited | - |
– | ' | 52 | TMS Entertainment Japan Vistec | Mitsuo Hashimoto | - | |
– | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | 14 | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu | - |
– | Weiß Survive | 16 | Studio Hibari | Iku Suzuki | - | |
– | Umi Monogatari | 12 | Zexcs | Yuu Kou Junichi Sato | - | |
– | Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! | 12 | Studio Hibari | Shinichiro Kimura | - | |
– | Needless | 24 | Madhouse | Masayuki Sakoi | - | |
– | Sweet Blue Flowers | 11 | J.C.Staff | Ken'ichi Kasai | Aoi Hana | - |
– | Taishō Baseball Girls | 12 | J.C.Staff | Takashi Ikehata | Taishō Yakyū Musume | - |
– | Umineko When They Cry | 26 | Studio Deen | Chiaki Kon | Umineko no Naku Koro ni | - |
– | Bakemonogatari | 12 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi | - | |
– | Canaan | 13 | P.A.Works | Masahiro Ando | - | |
– | Element Hunters | 39 | Heewon Entertainment | Yoshiaki Okumura Hunpyo Hong | - | |
– | Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei | 13 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | - | |
– | Kanamemo | 13 | Feel | Shigehito Takayanagi | - | |
– | Kuruneko | 50 | Dax Production | Akitaro Daichi | - | |
– | Princess Lover! | 12 | GoHands | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | - | |
– | GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class | 12 | AIC | Hiroaki Sakurai | - | |
– | Sora no Manimani | 12 | Studio Comet | Shinji Takamatsu | - | |
– | Spice and Wolf II | 12 | Brain's Base | Takeo Takahashi | Ōkami to Kōshinryō II | - |
– | Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 | 11 | Bones Kinema Citrus | Masaki Tachibana | - | |
– | Modern Magic Made Simple | 12 | Nomad | Yasuhiro Kuroda | Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō | - |
– | Asura Cryin | 13 | Seven Arcs | Keizō Kusakawa | - | |
– | Nyan Koi! | 12 | AIC | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | - | |
– | Kämpfer | 12 | Nomad | Yasuhiro Kuroda | - | |
– | Student Council's Discretion | 12 | Studio Deen | Takuya Satō | Seitokai no Ichizon | - |
– | ' | 27 | David Production | Toshiya Shinohara | - | |
– | White Album | 13 | Seven Arcs | Taizō Yoshida | - | |
– | A Certain Scientific Railgun | 24 | J.C.Staff | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Toaru Kagaku no Railgun | - |
– | ' | 26 | Sunrise | Yasunao Aoki | Inuyasha Kanketsu-Hen | - |
– | Shugo Chara! Party! | 25 | Satelight | Kenji Yasuda | - | |
– | Tegami Bachi | 25 | Studio Pierrot | Akira Iwanaga | - | |
– | The Sacred Blacksmith | 12 | Manglobe | Masamitsu Hidaka | Seiken no Blacksmith | - |
– | Heaven's Lost Property | 13 | AIC | Hisashi Saitō | Sora no Otoshimono | - |
– | ' | 13 | Yumeta Company | Kenichi Kasai | - | |
– | Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū | 13 | Shaft | Shin Ōnuma Ken'ichi Ishikura | - | |
– | Yumeiro Patissiere | 50 | Studio Hibari Pierrot | Iku Suzuki | - | |
– | Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu | 50 | Hal Film Maker | Soichi Masui | - | |
– | Shin Koihime Musō | 12 | Doga Kobo | Nobuaki Nakanishi | - | |
– | ' | 12 | Doga Kobo | Masami Shimoda | - | |
– | Kimi ni Todoke | 25 | Production I.G | Hiro Kaburaki | - | |
– | Kobato | 24 | Madhouse | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | - | |
– | ' | 12 | Studio Barcelona | Munenori Nawa | - | |
– | Whispered Words | 13 | AIC | Eiji Suganuma | Sasameki Koto | - |
– | 12 | Bones | Tensai Okamura | Darker than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini | - | |
– | Aoi Bungaku Series | 12 | Madhouse | Morio Asaka Tetsurō Araki Shigeyuki Miya Ryosuke Nakamura | - | |
– | Fairy Tail | 175 | A-1 Pictures Satelight | Shinji Ishihara | - | |
– | Kaidan Restaurant | 23 | Toei Animation | Yoko Ikeda | - | |
– | Kiddy Girl-and | 24 | Satelight | Keiji Gotoh | - | |
– | Kūchū Buranko | 11 | Toei Animation | Kenji Nakamura | - | |
– | Weiß Survive R | 12 | Studio Hibari | Kenji Seto | - | |
– | Hipira-kun | 12 | Sunrise | Shinji Kimura | - |
Original net animations
A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2009.First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
– | 52 | Studio Deen | Bob Shirohata | - | ||
– | Nyorōn Churuya-san | 13 | Kyoto Animation | - | ||
– | The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya | 25 | Kyoto Animation | Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yūutsu | - |
Original video animations
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2009.First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
– | ' | 4 | Studio Barcelona | - | ||
– | Strawberry Marshmallow Encore | 2 | Daume | Takuya Satō | Ichigo Mashimaro Encore | - |
– | xxxHOLiC Shunmuki | 2 | Production I.G | Tsutomu Mizushima | - | |
– | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei | 5 | Studio Deen | Toshifumi Kawase | - | |
– | Tsubasa Spring Thunder Chronicles | 2 | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | Tsubasa: Shunraiki | - |
– | Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar | 13 | AIC Spirits BeSTACK | Toshifumi Kawase | Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari | - |
– | To Love-Ru | 6 | Xebec | Takao Kato | - | |
– | Denpa teki na Kanojo | 2 | Brain's Base | Mamoru Kanbe | - | |
– | ' | 4 | David Production | Tatsuya Abe | - | |
– | Utawarerumono | 3 | Aquaplus Chaos Project | Kenichiro Katsura | - | |
' | 1 | Asread | Kei Oikawa | - | ||
– | ' | 26 | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Nabeshima | - | |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Hardcore | 1 | TNK | Keitaro Motonaga | - | ||
– | AIKa ZERO | 3 | Studio Fantasia | Noriyasu Yamauchi | - | |
– | Aki Sora | 2 | Hoods Entertainment | Takeo Takahashi | - | |
– | ' | 5 | Shaft Studio Pastoral | Akiyuki Shinbo | - | |
– | ' | 2 | Xebec | Atsushi Ōtsuki | - | |
– | 2 | Gainax | Shouji Saeki | Mahoromatic: Tadaima◇Okaeri | - | |
– | Shakugan no Shana S | 4 | J.C.Staff | Takashi Watanabe | - | |
Kowarekake no Orgel | 1 | ElectromagneticWave | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | - |