2015 in anime
Events in 2015 in anime.
Awards
- 9th Seiyu Awards
- 10th Seiyu Awards
Conventions
- January 16–18 - Otakon Vegas 2015
- March - AnimeJapan 2015
Releases
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 | Ref |
| – | Absolute Duo | 12 | 8-Bit | Atsushi Nakayama | ||
| – | Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC | 13 | Chara-ani Dax Production | Pippuya | - | |
| – | Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD | 12 | J.C. Staff Nomad | Hiroshi Nishikiori | ||
| – | Kamisama Kiss◎ | 12 | TMS/V1 Studio | Akitaro Daichi | - | |
| – | Yurikuma Arashi | 12 | Silver Link | Kunihiko Ikuhara | ||
| – | Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! | 12 | Diomedéa | Shinji Takamatsu | Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love! Handsome High School Earth Defense Club Love! | |
| – | Kantai Collection | 12 | Diomedéa | Keizō Kusakawa | KanColle | |
| – | Miritari! | 12 | Creators in Pack | Hiroshi Kimura | ||
| – | The Testament of Sister New Devil | 12 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saito | Shinmai Maō no Testament | |
| – | Fafner in the Azure: Exodus | 13 | XEBECzwei | Takashi Noto Nobuyoshi Habara | Fafner EXODUS Sōkyū no Fafner Exodus | |
| – | ' | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Kanta Kamei | Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata | |
| – | Tokyo Ghoul √A | 12 | Pierrot | Shuhei Morita | ||
| – | Unlimited Fafnir | 12 | Diomedéa | Keizō Kusakawa | Jūō Mujin no Fafnir | |
| – | Assassination Classroom | 22 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | Ansatsu Kyōshitsu | |
| – | Gourmet Girl Graffiti | 12 | Shaft | Naoyuki Tatsuwa Akiyuki Shinbo | Kōfuku Graffiti Happy Cooking Graffiti | |
| – | Death Parade | 12 | Madhouse | Yuzuru Tachikawa | ||
| – | Dog Days | 12 | Seven Arcs Pictures | Junji Nishimura Kikuchi Katsuya | Dog Days Double Dash | |
| – | Durarara!!×2 | 36 | Shuka | Takahiro Omori | - | |
| – | Kuroko's Basketball | 25 | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | Kuroko no Basket | |
| – | Shōnen Hollywood – Holly Stage for 50 | 13 | Zexcs | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | ||
| – | The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls | 13 | A-1 Pictures | Noriko Takao | ||
| – | The Rolling Girls | 12 | Wit Studio | Kotomi Deai | ||
| – | Maria the Virgin Witch | 12 | Production I.G | Gorō Taniguchi | Junketsu no Maria | |
| – | ' | 12 | Diomedéa | Inagaki Takayuki | Seiken Tsukai no World Break | |
| – | Samurai Warriors | 12 | Tezuka Productions TYO Animations | Kōjin Ochi | Sengoku Musou | |
| – | Yatterman Night | 12 | Tatsunoko Production | Tatsuya Yoshihara | Yoru no Yatterman | |
| – | Isuca | 10 | Arms | Akira Iwanaga | ||
| – | Go! Princess PreCure | 50 | Toei Animation | Yuta Tanaka | - | |
| – | Omakase! Miracle Cat-dan | 32 | OLM, Inc. | Mitsuo Hashimoto | - | |
| – | Battle Spirits Burning Soul | BN Pictures | Hajime Yatate | |||
| – | I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying | 26 | Seven | Shinpei Nagai | Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken | |
| – | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! | 13 | Feel | Kei Oikawa | Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku | |
| – | Re-Kan! | 13 | Pierrot+ | Masashi Kudo | ||
| – | 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 | |
| – | ' | 24 | J.C. Staff | Yoshitomo Yonetani | ||
| – | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Yuuki Itoh | Mahō Shōjo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid | |
| – | The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan | 16 | Satelight | Jun'ichi Wada | Nagato Yuki-chan no Shōshitsu | |
| – | Blood Blockade Battlefront | 12 | Bones | Rie Matsumoto | Kekkai Sensen | |
| – | ' | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Shinpei Ezaki | ||
| – | High School DxD BorN | 12 | TNK | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | ||
| – | ' | 39 | Studio Deen | Nobuhiro Kondo | ||
| – | Plastic Memories | 13 | Doga Kobo | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | ||
| – | Rin-ne | 25 | Brain's Base | Seiki Sugawara | Kyōkai no Rinne Rinne of the Boundary | |
| – | Seraph of the End | 12 | Wit Studio | Daisuke Tokudo | Owari no Seraph | |
| – | Ultimate Otaku Teacher | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Masato Sato | Denpa Kyōshi | |
| – | Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Revolutions | 13 | A-1 Pictures | Yuu Kou Yūki Ukai | ||
| – | Baby Steps | 25 | Pierrot | Masahiko Murata | - | |
| – | Duel Masters Versus Revolution | 51 | Ascension | Shinobu Sasaki | - | |
| – | Hello!! Kin-iro Mosaic | 12 | Studio Gokumi | Tensho | ||
| – | Rainy Cocoa | 12 | EMT Squared | Tomomi Mochizuki | Ameiro Cocoa | |
| – | Show by Rock!! | 12 | Bones | Takahiro Ikezoe | ||
| – | The Heroic Legend of Arslan | 25 | Liden Films Sanzigen | Noriyuki Abe | Arslan Senki | |
| – | ' | 10 | Production I.G | Kazuchika Kise | ||
| – | Ace of Diamond: Second Season | Madhouse Production I.G | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | |||
| – | Mikagura School Suite | 12 | Doga Kobo | Tarō Iwasaki | Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku | |
| – | Sound! Euphonium | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | Hibike! Euphonium | |
| – | Gintama° | BN Pictures | Chizuru Miyawaki | |||
| – | My Love Story!! | 24 | Madhouse | Morio Asaka | Ore Monogatari!! Oremonogatari!! | |
| – | Triage X | 10 | Xebec | Akio Takami Takao Kato | ||
| – | Etotama | 12 | Shirogumi Encourage Films | Fumitoshi Oizaki Takamitsu Hirakawa | - | |
| – | Punch Line | 12 | MAPPA | Yutaka Uemura | ||
| – | Urawa no Usagi-chan | 12 | A-Real | Mitsuyuki Ishibashi | ||
| – | Wish Upon the Pleiades | 12 | Gainax | Shōji Saeki | Hōkago no Pleiades | |
| – | Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine | 12 | Polygon Pictures | Hiroyuki Seshita | ||
| – | Nisekoi: | 12 | Shaft | Naoyuki Tatsuwa Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | ||
| – | Future Card Buddyfight 100 | 50 | OLM, Inc. Xebec | Shigetaka Ikeda | ||
| – | Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches | 12 | Liden Films | Tomoki Takuno | Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo | |
| – | The Eden of Grisaia | 10 | 8-Bit | Tensho | Le Eden de la Grisaia | |
| – | Gangsta. | 12 | Manglobe | Shukou Murase | ||
| – | Aquarion Logos | 26 | Satelight C2C | Eiichi Sato | ||
| – | Castle Town Dandelion | 12 | Production IMS | Noriaki Akitaya | Jōkamachi no Dandelion | - |
| – | Chaos Dragon: Sekiryū Sen'eki | 12 | Silver Link Connect | Masato Matsune | ||
| – | My Wife is the Student Council President | 12 | Seven | Hiroyuki Furukawa | Okusama ga Seitokaichō! | |
| – | ' | 11 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | ||
| – | Aoharu x Machinegun | 12 | Brains Base | Hideaki Nakano | Aoharu x Kikanjū | |
| – | Classroom Crisis | 13 | Lay-duce | Kenji Nagasaki | ||
| – | Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Takahiko Kyōgoku | ||
| – | Miss Monochrome | 13 | Liden Films Sanzigen | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | ||
| – | Senki Zesshō Symphogear GX | 13 | Encourage Films, Satelight | Katsumi Ono | ||
| – | Ushio and Tora | 26 | MAPPA Studio VOLN | Satoshi Nishimura | Ushio to Tora | |
| – | Wakaba Girl | 13 | Nexus | Seiji Watanabe | ||
| – | Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Mugen-hen | 13 | Sanzigen | Seiji Mizushima | ||
| – | Charlotte | 13 | P.A. Works | Yoshiyuki Asai | ||
| – | Gatchaman Crowds insight | 13 | Tatsunoko Production | Kenji Nakamura | ||
| – | ' | 12 | Passione | Takeo Takahashi | Rokka no Yūsha | - |
| – | Shimoneta | 12 | J.C. Staff | Youhei Suzuki | Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai | |
| – | Working!!! | 14 | A-1 Pictures | Yumi Kamakura | ||
| – | Dragon Ball Super | 131 | Toei Animation | Kimitoshi Chioka | ||
| – | Wakakozake | 12 | Office DCI | Minoru Yamaoka | - | |
| – | Snow White with the Red Hair | 12 | Bones | Masahiro Andō | Akagami no Shirayukihime | |
| – | My Monster Secret | 13 | TMS Entertainment | Yasutaka Yamamoto | Jitsu wa Watashi wa | |
| – | Million Doll | 11 | Asahi Production | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | ||
| – | Non Non Biyori Repeat | 12 | Silver Link | Shinya Kawamo | ||
| – | Bikini Warriors | 12 | Feel | Naoyuki Kuzuya | ||
| – | Monster Musume | 12 | Lerche | Tatsuya Yoshihara | Monster Musume no Iru Nichijō Everyday Life with Monster Girls | |
| – | Overlord | 13 | Madhouse | Naoyuki Itō | ||
| – | Seiyu's Life! | 13 | Gonzo | Hiroshi Ikehata | Sore ga Seiyū! | |
| – | To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd | 14 | Xebec | Atsushi Ootsuki | To Love-Ru –Trouble- Darkness 2nd | |
| – | ' | 12 | Studio Deen | Chiaki Kon | ||
| – | Sky Wizards Academy | 12 | Diomedéa | Takayuki Inagaki | Kūsen Madōshi Kōhosei no Kyōkan | |
| – | Suzakinishi the Animation | 12 | Feel | Yoshihiro Hiramine | - | |
| – | Danchigai | 12 | Creators in Pack | Hiroshi Kimura | ||
| – | Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! | 10 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma Masato Jinbo | ||
| – | Himouto! Umaru-chan | 12 | Doga Kobo | Masahiko Ohta | Himōto! Umaru-chan | |
| – | School-Live! | 12 | Lerche | Masaomi Ando | Gakkō Gurashi! | |
| – | Prison School | 12 | J.C. Staff | Tsutomu Mizushima | ||
| – | God Eater | 13 | Ufotable | Takayuki Hirao | - | |
| – | Makura no Danshi | 12 | Assez Finaud Fabric Feel | - | ||
| – | Diabolik Lovers More, Blood | 12 | Zexcs | Risako Yoshida | ||
| – | ' | OLM | Norio Nitta | God Apprentices: Secretive Cocotama | ||
| – | Kyo-fu! Zombie Neko | Kachidoki Studio | Hiroshi Namiki | |||
| – | Lance N' Masques | 12 | Studio Gokumi | Kyōhei Ishiguro | ||
| – | ' | 26 | Telecom Animation Film | Kazuhide Tomonaga Yūichirō Yano | - | |
| – | Young Black Jack | 12 | Tezuka Productions | Mitsuko Kase | ||
| – | Hacka Doll the Animation | 13 | Creators in Pack Studio Trigger | Ikuo Geso | ||
| – | Heavy Object | 24 | J.C. Staff | Takashi Watanabe | ||
| – | Kagewani | 13 | Tomovies | Tomoya Takashima | ||
| – | Miss Monochrome | 13 | Liden Films Sanzigen | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | ||
| – | The Asterisk War: The Academy City of the Water | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Kenji Seto | Gakusen Toshi Asterisk | |
| – | Fafner in the Azure: Exodus | 13 | XEBECzwei | Fafner in the Azure: –EXODUS- | ||
| – | Haikyū!! | 25 | Production I.G | Susumu Mitsunaka | ||
| – | K: Return of Kings | 13 | GoHands | Shingo Suzuki | ||
| – | Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo R | 22 | Toei Animation | Yoko Ikeda | The File of Young Kindaichi Returns | |
| – | Lovely Muco | 25 | DLE | ROMANoV HiGA | Itoshi no Mūko | |
| – | Noragami Aragoto | 13 | Bones | Kotaro Tamura | ||
| – | Chivalry of a Failed Knight | 12 | Silver Link Nexus | Shin Ōnuma Jin Tamamura | Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry | |
| – | Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen | 25 | White Fox | Keitaro Motonaga | Utawarerumono: The False Mask | |
| – | Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color | 12 | EMT Squared | Kazuomi Koga | Ameiro Cocoa Rainy color e Yōkoso! | |
| – | ' | 12 | Production I.G | Yoshihide Ibata | Shingeki! Kyojin Chūgakkō | |
| – | Comet Lucifer | 12 | 8-Bit | Yasuhito Kikuchi Atsushi Nakayama | ||
| – | Concrete Revolutio | 13 | Bones | Seiji Mizushima | Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō | |
| – | Komori-san Can't Decline | 12 | Artland | Kenichi Imaizumi | Komori-san wa Kotowarenai! | |
| – | ' | 25 | Sunrise | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans | |
| – | Owarimonogatari | Shaft | Akiyuki Simbo | |||
| – | Onsen Yōsei Hakone-chan | 13 | Asahi Production Production Reed | Takeyuki Yanase | - | |
| – | High School Star Musical | C-Station | Shunsuke Tada | Star-Mu | ||
| – | One-Punch Man | 12 | Madhouse | Shingo Natsume | ||
| – | Star-Myu | 12 | C-Station | Shunsuke Tada | - | |
| – | Yuruyuri San Hai! | 12 | TYO Animations | Hiroyuki Hata | ||
| – | Shin Atashin'chi | 26 | Shin-Ei Animation | Ogura Hirofumi | - | |
| – | Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA | 12 | Doga Kobo | Takashi Kawabata | Hidan no Aria AA | |
| – | DD Fist of the North Star | Doga Kobo | Akitaro Daichi | DD Hokuto no Ken | ||
| – | ' | 12 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Mankyū | ||
| – | JK Meshi! | Kyotoma, Office Noble | Huzituka | |||
| – | Mr. Osomatsu | 25 | Studio Pierrot | Yoichi Fujita | ||
| – | AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon" | 12 | Silver Link | Tomoyuki Kawamura | Tai-Madō Gakuen 35 Shiken Shōtai | |
| – | ' | 12 | TROYCA | Makoto Katō | A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru | |
| – | Dance with Devils | 12 | Brain's Base | Ai Yoshimura | ||
| – | Magical Somera-chan | 12 | Seven | Itsuki Imazaki | Fushigi na Somera-chan | |
| – | Shomin Sample | 12 | Silver Link | Masato Jinbo | Ore ga Ojō-sama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken | |
| – | Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note | 16 | Signal.MD | Kazuya Ichikawa | ||
| – | Subete ga F ni Naru | 11 | A-1 Pictures | Mamoru Kanbe | The Perfect Insider Everything Becomes F | |
| – | ' | 24 | MAPPA | Atsushi Wakabayashi | Garo: Guren no Tsuki | |
| – | The Testament of Sister New Devil BURST | 10 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saito | Shinmai Maō no Testament BURST | |
| – | Is the Order a Rabbit?? | 12 | Kinema Citrus White Fox | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka?? | |
| – | Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya | 12 | Wit Studio | Daisuke Tokudo | Owari no Seraph | |
| – | Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid | 12 | Arms | Hiraku Kaneko | ||
| – | Brave Beats | 22 | BN Pictures | Yūta Murano | - | |
| – | Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis | 26 | TMS Entertainment | Yui Umemoto | ||
| – | Ani Tore! EX'' | 12 | Rising Force | Atsushi Nigorikawa | - |
Animation films
List of anime film releases that debuts through theater screening from January 1 - December 31, 2015.| Release Date | Title | Studio | Director | Running Time | Notes | Ref |
| ' | Production I.G | Naoyoshi Shiotani | ||||
| 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. | |||
| The Case of Hana & Alice | Steve N' Steven | Shunji Iwai | ||||
| Knights of Sidonia | Polygon Pictures | Kobun Shizuno | Compilation | |||
| ' | Shin-Ei Animation | Yoshihiro Osugi | Doraemon: Nobita no Space Heroes | |||
| PriPara the Movie: Eeeeveryone, Assemble! Prism Tours | Tatsunoko Production | Masakazu Hishida | ||||
| Beyond the Boundary the Movie: I'll be There | Kyoto Animation | Taichi Ichidate | Kako-hen, the first film of the two-part film project. Compilation of anime television Beyond the Boundary. | |||
| ' | Toei Animation | |||||
| 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. | ||
| Le Labyrinthe de la Grisaia | 8-Bit | Tensho | 60 | Based on the visual novel with the same name | ||
| ' | TMS/V1 Studio | Kobun Shizuno | 19th Detective Conan film. | |||
| ' | Shin-Ei Animation | Masakazu Hashimoto | ||||
| ' | Toei Animation | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | 93 | Dragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no F, 19th Dragon Ball film | ||
| Beyond the Boundary the Movie: I'll be There | Kyoto Animation | Taichi Ichidate | Mirai-hen, the last film of the two-part film project. An original story set one year after the anime television Beyond the Boundary. | |||
| Miss Hokusai | Production I.G | Keiichi Hara | ||||
| New Initial D the Movie | Sanzigen Liden Films | Masamitsu Hidaka | 62 | Legend 2: - Racer. The second part of the three-part film. | ||
| ' | DLE | FROGMAN | Tensai Bakavon: The Resurrection of The Dog of Flanders in English | |||
| Typhoon Noruda | Studio Colorido | Yōjirō Arai | Taifū no Noruda in Japanese | |||
| Yowamushi Pedal Re:ROAD | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Nabeshima | Compilation film of Yowamushi Pedal GRANDE Road | |||
| Love Live! The School Idol Movie | Sunrise | Takahiko Kyōgoku | ||||
| Kōkaku Kidōtai Shin Gekijōban | Production I.G | Kazuya Nomura | Ghost in the Shell: New Movie in English | |||
| Attack on Titan Part II: Wings of Freedom | Wit Studio | Tetsuro Araki | Compilation | |||
| Haikyu!! the Movie: Ending and Beginning | Production I.G | Compilation. Gekijō-ban Haikyu!! Owari to Hajimari in Japanese. | ||||
| ' | Nippon Animation Shirogumi | Shinpei Miyashita | Sinbad: The Flying Princess and the Secret Island in English | |||
| The Boy and the Beast | Studio Chizu | Mamoru Hosoda | ||||
| ' | OLM, Inc. | Kunihiko Yuyama | 18th Pokémon anime movie and the second movie in the XY Series. | |||
| ' | Studio Deen | Hiroshi Watanabe | Film Version Meiji Tokyo Love Song: Crescent Moon's Serenade | |||
| Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie | TMS/8PAN | Osamu Nabeshima | Gekijōban Yowamushi Pedal in Japanese | |||
| Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement | Production IMS | Keitaro Motonaga | ||||
| Aikatsu! Music Award: Minna de Shō o MoraimaSHOW! | BN Pictures | Shinya Watada | ||||
| Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin Dai-2-bu -Hibiki- | TYO Animations | Junichi Sato | 52 | Second film of the four-part Tamayura movie series. | ||
| 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 | |||
| Haikyu!! the Movie: Winners and Losers | Production I.G | Compilation. Gekijō-ban Haikyu!! Shōsha to Haisha in Japanese. | ||||
| The Empire of Corpses | Wit Studio | Ryoutarou Makihara | Project Itoh film Shisha no Teikoku in Japanese | |||
| Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza- | Sanzigen | Seiji Kishi | Second Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime film. New story based on the manga. | |||
| Harmony | Studio 4°C | Takashi Nakamura, Michael Arias | Project Itoh film | |||
| 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 | Nippon Animation | 94 |
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 |
| Comical Psychosomatic Medicine | For All | Hirofumi Ogura | |||
| 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 | Ref |
| Twin Angel: Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!! | 2 | J.C. Staff | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | |||
| Hōzuki no Reitetsu | 3 | Wit Studio | Hiro Kaburaki | 2nd and 3rd episodes released dates May 22 and August 21, respectively | ||
| Exodus! Episode 1: Exit Tokyo | 1 | P.A. Works | Tsutomu Mizushima | Shirobako Specials 25 mins running time | ||
| ' | 1 | Sunrise | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Takashi Imanishi | Premiered on theater screening February 15 63 mins running time | ||
| Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū | 1 | Studio Deen | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Part 1 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Chaika - The Coffin Princess | 1 | Bones | Soichi Masui | Unaired original episode 24 mins running time | ||
| ' | 1 | Xebec | Tsuyoshi Nagasawa | Premieres on theaters | ||
| The Third Girls Aerial Squad Episode 1 | 1 | P.A. Works | Tsutomu Mizushima | Shirobako Specials | ||
| The Testament of Sister New Devil | 1 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saito | |||
| 1 | Wit Studio | Tetsuro Araki | Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku in Japanese Episode 2 | |||
| Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū | 1 | Studio Deen | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Part 2 | ||
| Isuca | 10 | Arms | Akira Iwanaga | Unaired Episode 11 of the anime series | ||
| Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman | 3 | Bee Media, Actas | Jun Kawagoe | Received a two-week limited theatrical release. | ||
| The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan | 1 | Satelight | Jun'ichi Wada | 25 mins running time | ||
| Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow | 1 | Sunrise | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Takashi Imanishi | |||
| Strike the Blood | 2 | Silver Link Connect | Takao Sano, Hideyo Yamamoto | |||
| The Unresurrected Phoenix | 1 | TNK | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | High School DxD unaired episode 24 mins running time | ||
| 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 | Ref. |
| 1 | ' | $61,768,190 | |
| 2 | The Boy and the Beast | $46,400,000 | |
| 3 | ' | $43,782,211 | |
| 4 | ' | $36,019,702 | |
| 5 | Love Live! The School Idol Movie | $21,700,000 | |
| 6 | ' | $19.4 million | |
| 7 | ' | $18,200,000 | |
| 8 | ' | $16,800,000 | |
| 9 | $22,000,000 | ||
| 10 | The Anthem of the Heart | $8,505,999 |
Deaths
- October 27 - Miyu Matsuki, voice actress