2016 in anime
Events in 2016 in anime.
Awards
- 1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards
- 10th Seiyu Awards
Releases
TV animation series
A list of anime television series that debuted between 1 January and 31 December 2016.| First run start and end dates | Title | Eps | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
| - | Prince of Stride Alternative | 12 | Madhouse | Atsuko Ishizuka | ||
| - | HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru | 12 | P.A.Works | Masakazu Hashimoto | ||
| - | Sushi Police | 13 | KOO-KI | Tatsushi Momen | ||
| - | Active Raid | 24 | Production IMS | Gorō Taniguchi Noriaki Akitaya | Active Raid -Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei- Active Raid: Mobile Assault Division, Unit 8 | |
| - | Assassination Classroom | 25 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | Ansatsu Kyōshitsu season 2 | |
| - | Dagashi Kashi | 12 | Feel | Shigehito Takayanagi | ||
| - | ERASED | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Tomohiko Itō | Boku Dake ga Inai Machi | |
| - | Girls Beyond the Wasteland | 12 | Project No.9 | Takuya Satō | Shōjotachi wa Kōya o Mezasu ~Girls beyond the youth KOYA~ | |
| - | Myriad Colors Phantom World | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | ||
| - | Norn9 | 12 | Kinema Citrus Orange | Takao Abo | Norn9: Norn + Nonette | |
| - | Ojisan to Marshmallow | 12 | Creators in Pack | Hisayoshi Hirasawa Noriyoshi Sasaki | Ojisan and Marshmallow | |
| - | Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation | 12 | Telecom Animation Film | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | ||
| - | Divine Gate | 12 | Studio Pierrot | Noriyuki Abe | ||
| - | ' | 12 | Studio Gokumi AXsiZ | Munenori Nawa | Kōkaku no Pandora - Ghost Urn | |
| - | Please Tell Me! Galko-chan | 12 | Feel | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Oshiete! Galko-chan | |
| - | ' | 12 | Studio Deen | Iku Suzuki | ||
| - | Sekkō Boys | 12 | Liden Films | Tomoki Takuno | ||
| - | Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū | 13 | Studio Deen | Mamoru Hatakeyama | ||
| - | Tabi Machi Late Show | 4 | CoMix Wave Films | |||
| - | BBK/BRNK | 12 | Sanzigen | Daizen Komatsuda | Bubuki Buranki | |
| - | Durarara!!×2 Ketsu | 12 | Shuka | Takahiro Omori | Durarara!!×2 The Third Arc | |
| - | Gate | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Takahiko Kyōgoku | Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Enryuu-hen | |
| - | Luck & Logic | 12 | Doga Kobo | Koichi Chigira Takashi Naoya | ||
| - | Dimension W | 12 | , Orange | Kanta Kamei | ||
| - | Nijiiro Days | 24 | Production Reed | Tetsurō Amino Tomihiko Ohkubo | Rainbow Days | |
| - | Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R | 12 | Tatsunoko Production | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | ||
| - | Ooya-san wa Shishunki! | 12 | Seven Arcs | Yuki Ogawa | Landlord is in Puberty | |
| - | Schwarzesmarken | 12 | Ixtl Liden Films | Tetsuya Watanabe | ||
| - | ' | 12 | Gonzo | Fumitoshi Oizaki | Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm | |
| - | Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Ryosuke Nakamura | Hai to Gensō no Grimgar or Grimgar le Monde des cendres et de fantaisie | |
| - | A Simple Thinking About Blood Type | 12 | Assez Finaud Fabric Feel Zexcs | Yoshihisa Oyama | Ketsuekigata-kun! season 4 | |
| - | Snow White with the Red Hair | 12 | Bones | Masahiro Ando | Akagami no Shirayuki-hime season 2 | |
| - | Teekyū | 12 | Millepensee | Shin Itagaki | Season 7 | |
| - | Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle | 12 | Lerche | Masaomi Ando | Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut | |
| - | ' | 13 | ILCA | Takashi Taniguchi Tomohisa Ishikawa | Season 3 | |
| - | Mahou Shoujo Nante Mouiidesukara | 12 | Pine Jam | Kazuhiro Yoneda | I've Had Enough of Being a Magical Girl | |
| - | Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! | 10 | Studio Deen | Takaomi Kanasaki | Give Blessings to This Wonderful World | |
| - | ' | 13 | Polygon Pictures | Hiroyuki Seshita | ||
| - | Ganbare! Lulu Lolo - Tiny Twin Bears | 10 | Fanworks | Yūji Umoto | Season 3 | |
| - | Kono Danshi, Mahō ga Oshigoto Desu. | 4 | Soubi Yamamoto | This Boy, Works With Magic | ||
| - | Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~Yōsei no Door~ | 59 | Studio Deen | Sakura Gojō | Rilu Rilu Fairilu: The Fairies' Door | |
| - | Maho Girls PreCure! | 50 | Toei Animation | Masato Mitsuka | Mahō Tsukai Precure! | |
| - | Itachi Shinden-hen | 7 | Studio Pierrot | Hayato Date | Itachi Shinden Book: Light and Darkness | |
| - | She and Her Cat | 4 | Liden Films | Kazuya Sakamoto | Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows | |
| - | Kagewani: Shō | 13 | Tomovies | Tomoya Takashima | Kagewani -II- | |
| - | The Lost Village | 12 | Diomedéa | Tsutomu Mizushima | ||
| - | Space Patrol Luluco | 13 | Studio Trigger | Hiroyuki Imaishi | Uchū Patrol Luluco | |
| - | Terra Formars Revenge | 13 | Liden Films TYO Animations | Michio Fukuda | ||
| - | Ushio and Tora | 13 | Satoshi Nishimura | Ushio to Tora Season 2 | ||
| - | Ace Attorney | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Ayumu Watanabe | Gyakuten Saiban | |
| - | The Asterisk War | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Season 2 | ||
| - | ' | 39 | David Production | Naokatsu Tsuda | ||
| - | Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō The Last Song | 11 | Bones | Seiji Mizushima | ||
| - | Endride | 24 | Brain's Base | Keiji Gotoh | ||
| - | ' | 12 | Kiyoshi Matsuda | |||
| - | Macross Delta | 26 | Satelight | Shōji Kawamori Kenji Yasuda | Macross Δ | |
| - | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 | 22 | Sunrise | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | ||
| - | My Hero Academia | 13 | Bones | Kenji Nagasaki | Boku no Hero Academia | |
| - | Age 12 | 24 | OLM | Seiki Taichū | 12-Sai. ~Chiccha na Mune no Tokimeki~ Age 12: A Little Heart-Pounding | |
| - | Bakuon!! | 12 | TMS/8PAN | Junji Nishimura | ||
| - | Hundred | 12 | Production IMS | Tomoki Kobayashi | ||
| - | Pan de Peace! | 13 | Asahi Production | Hatsuki Tsuji | Peace Through Bread! | |
| - | ' | 25 | White Fox | Masaharu Watanabe | Re: Life in a different world from zero | |
| - | Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite | 13 | Bridge | Nobuhiro Kondo | ||
| - | Hakuōki: Otogisōshi | 13 | DLE Inc. | |||
| - | Joker Game | 12 | Production I.G | Kazuya Nomura | ||
| - | Bishōjo Yūgi Unit Crane Geer | 13 | Kyotoma | Mr. Milkman | Beautiful Girl Play Unit Crane Game Girls | |
| - | Super Lovers | 10 | Studio Deen | Shinji Ishihira | ||
| - | Twin Star Exorcists | 50 | Studio Pierrot | Tomohisa Taguchi | ||
| - | Bungō Stray Dogs | 12 | Bones | Takuya Igarashi | ||
| - | Kuromukuro | 26 | P.A.Works | Tensai Okamura | ||
| - | And you thought there is never a girl online? | 12 | Project No.9 | Shinsuke Yanagi | And you thought there is Never a girl online? | |
| - | Onigiri | 13 | Pierrot Plus | Takashi Yamamoto | ||
| - | Unhappy | 12 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma | Anne Happy | |
| - | Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto | 12 | Studio Deen | Shinji Takamatsu | Sakamoto desu ga? | |
| - | Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | 12 | Wit Studio | Tetsurō Araki | Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri | |
| - | Shōnen Maid | 12 | 8-Bit | Yusuke Yamamoto | ||
| - | Flying Witch | 12 | J.C.Staff | Katsushi Sakurabi | ||
| - | Hai-Furi | 12 | Production IMS | Yuu Nobuta | ||
| - | Kiznaiver | 12 | Studio Trigger | Hiroshi Kobayashi | ||
| - | Rin-ne | 25 | Brain's Base | Seiki Sugawara | Kyōkai no Rinne season 2 | |
| - | Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge | 12 | Silver Link | Shinya Kawamo | Tanaka is Always Listless | |
| - | Sansha San'yō | 12 | Doga Kobo | Yasuhiro Kimura | ||
| - | Usakame | 12 | Millepensee | Shin Itagaki | ||
| - | Wagamama High Spec | 12 | AXsiZ | Satoshi Shimizu | Wagahigh, Selfish High Spec | |
| - | Big Order | 10 | Asread | Nobuharu Kamanaka | ||
| - | ' | 13 | Lay-duce | Yoshikazu Miyao | Magi: Sinbad no Bōken | |
| - | Kamiwaza Wanda | 47 | TMS | Mitsuo Hashimoto | ||
| - | Fukigen na Mononokean | 13 | Pierrot Plus | Akira Iwanaga | The Morose Mononokean | |
| - | Berserk | 12 | GEMBA Millepensee Liden Films | Shin Itagaki | ||
| - | Momokuri | 13 | Satelight | Yoshimasa Hiraike | ||
| - | ' | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Eiji Suganuma | ||
| - | Days | 24 | MAPPA | Kônosuke Uda | ||
| - | First Love Monster | 12 | Studio Deen | Takayuki Inagaki | Hatsukoi Monster | |
| - | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate | 13 | J.C. Staff | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Shokugeki no Sōma: Ni no Sara | |
| - | Love Live! Sunshine!! | 13 | Sunrise | Kazuo Sakai | ||
| - | ReLIFE | 13 | TMS/Double Eagle | Tomo Kosaka | ||
| - | Rewrite | 13 | 8-Bit | Tensho | ||
| - | Tales of Zestiria the X | 13 | Ufotable | Haruo Sotozaki | ||
| - | The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance | 8 | Liden Films | Noriyuki Abe | Arslan Senki: Fūjin Ranbu | |
| - | Orange | 13 | Hiroshi Hamasaki | |||
| - | Bananya | 13 | TMS Entertainment | Kyō Yatate | ||
| - | D.Gray-man Hallow | 13 | TMS/8PAN | Yoshiharu Ashino | ||
| - | Puzzle & Dragons X | Studio Pierrot | ||||
| - | Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan | 120 | Hiroaki Sakurai | |||
| - | Show By Rock!! Short!! | 12 | Bones | Takahiro Ikezoe | ||
| - | Sweetness and Lightning | 12 | TMS/3xCube | Tarou Iwasaki | Amaama to Inazuma | |
| - | Taboo-Tattoo | 12 | J.C. Staff | Takashi Watanabe | Taboo Tattoo | |
| - | Cheer Boys!! | 12 | Brain's Base | Ai Yoshimura | Cheer Danshi!! | |
| - | Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu | 12 | EMT Squared | Toshikatsu Tokoro | Rotten Boys' High School Life | |
| - | Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia | 12 | Production IMS | Hiroyuki Furukawa | ||
| - | Scared Rider Xechs | 12 | Satelight | Hideto Komori | ||
| - | Servamp | 12 | Brain's Base | Itto Sara Hideaki Nakano | ||
| - | Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! | 12 | Silver Link | |||
| - | Tsukiuta. The Animation | 13 | Studio Pierrot | Itsuro Kawasaki | ||
| - | This Art Club Has a Problem! | 12 | Feel | Kei Oikawa | Kono Bijutsu-bu niwa Mondai ga Aru! | |
| - | OZMAFIA!! | 12 | Creators in Pack | Hisayoshi Hirasawa | ||
| - | ' | 13 | Actas | Susumu Tosaka | ||
| - | 91 Days | 12 | Shuka | Hiro Kaburaki | ||
| - | Amanchu! | 12 | J.C.Staff | Junichi Sato Kenichi Kasai | ||
| - | Handa-kun | 12 | Diomedéa | Yoshitaka Koyama | ||
| - | Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! | 12 | Studio Comet | Tomoko Miyakawa Atsuko Takahashi | Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love! Love! | |
| - | Alderamin on the Sky | 13 | Madhouse | Tetsuo Ichimura | Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Alderamin | |
| - | Ange Vierge | 12 | Silver Link | Masafumi Tamura | ||
| - | Hitori no Shita the outcast | 12 | Pandanium | |||
| - | Qualidea Code | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Kenichi Kawamura | ||
| - | ' | 12 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc" | |
| - | Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei 2nd | 12 | Gorō Taniguchi | |||
| - | Mob Psycho 100 | 12 | Bones | Yuzuru Tachikawa | ||
| - | Battery | 11 | Zero-G | Tomomi Mochizuki | ||
| - | ' | 13 | Lerche | Seiji Kishi | "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc" | |
| - | The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War | 4 | A-1 Pictures | Tomokazu Tokoro | Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi | |
| - | BBK/BRNK: Hoshi no Kyojin | 12 | Sanzigen | Daizen Komatsuda | BBK/BRNK Season 2 | |
| - | ' | Toei Animation | Gou Koga | |||
| - | Magical Girl Raising Project | 12 | Lerche | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku | |
| - | Shūmatsu no Izetta | 12 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Masaya Fujimori | Izetta, Die Letzte Hexe, "Izetta of the End" | |
| - | Time Bokan 24 | 24 | Tatsunoko Productions | Takayuki Inagaki | ||
| - | Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Legend Star | 13 | A-1 Pictures | Takeshi Furuta | Uta no Prince-sama Season 4 | |
| - | Chi's Sweet Home | Marza Animation Planet | ||||
| - | Magic-kyun Renaissance | 13 | Sunrise | Mitsue Yamazaki | ||
| - | ' | 25 | Sunrise | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans Season 2 | |
| - | ' | 48 | David Production | Mitsuru Hongo | ||
| - | Show By Rock!!# | 12 | Bones | Takahiro Ikezoe | ||
| - | Tiger Mask W | Toei Animation | Toshiaki Komura | Tiger Mask Double | ||
| - | Idol Memories | 12 | Seven Arcs Pictures | Katsuya Kikuchi | ||
| - | Magic of Stella | 12 | Silver Link | Shinya Kawamo | Stella no Mahō | |
| - | ' | 12 | Doga Kobo | Takashi Naoya | ||
| - | Matoi the Sacred Slayer | 12 | White Fox | Masayuki Sakoi | Sōshin Shōjo Matoi | |
| - | Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go | 11 | Shuka | Takahiro Omori | Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 | |
| - | Nobunaga no Shinobi | 26 | TMS/V1 Studio | Akitaro Daichi | "Ninja Girl & Samurai Master" | |
| - | Soul Buster | 12 | Studio Pierrot | Kōbun Shizuno Odahiro Watanabe | ||
| - | Trickster | 24 | Masahiro Mukai | Trickster - Edogawa Ranpo 'Shōnen Tantei-dan' Yori | ||
| - | Brave Witches | 12 | Silver Link | Kazuhiro Takamura | Strike Witches season 3 | |
| - | Nanbaka | 25 | Satelight | Shinji Takamatsu | ||
| - | Nazotokine | 12 | Tengu Kobou | Naoya Fukushi | ||
| - | Bungō Stray Dogs | 12 | Bones | Takuya Igarashi | ||
| - | Flip Flappers | 13 | Kiyotaka Oshiyama | |||
| - | Kiss Him, Not Me | 12 | Brain's Base | Hiroshi Ishiodori | Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda | |
| - | Sound! Euphonium | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | Hibike! Euphonium season 2 | |
| - | Yuri!!! on Ice | 12 | MAPPA | Sayo Yamamoto | ||
| - | All Out!! | 25 | Kenichi Shimizu | |||
| - | Drifters | 12 | Hoods Drifters Studio | Kenichi Suzuki | ||
| - | ' | 13 | Polygon Pictures | Ajin: Demi-Human Season 2 | ||
| - | Classicaloid | 25 | Sunrise | Yoichi Fujita | ||
| - | Haikyū!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy | 10 | Production I.G | Susumu Mitsunaka | Haikyū!! Season 3 | |
| - | March Comes in Like a Lion | 22 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Kenjirō Okada | Sangatsu no Lion | |
| - | Occultic;Nine | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Kyōhei Ishiguro Miyuki Kuroki | ||
| - | Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari | 12 | Liden Films | Yoshihide Ibata | The Udon Country's Golden Furball, Poco's Udon World | |
| - | Fune wo Amu | 11 | Zexcs | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | The Great Passage | |
| Luger Code 1951 | 1 | Studio Deen | Shinya Takahashi |
Animation films
A list of feature-length anime that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2016.| Release date | Title | Studio | Director | Running time | Notes | Ref |
| ' | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi | 64 | The title translates to Kizumonogatari I Blood and Iron. The first in a trilogy, followed by Kizumonogatari II Nekketsu-hen and Kizumonogatari III Reiketsu-hen. It is part of the Monogatari series. | ||
| Garakowa -Restore the World- | A-1 Pictures | Masashi Ishihama | 67 | Also known as Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai. | ||
| ' | Nippon Animation | Shinpei Miyashita | 50 | Also known as Sinbad: The Magical Lamp and the Moving Island, the film is the second in a trilogy, the first being '. | ||
| ' | A-1 Pictures | Tomohisa Taguchi | 105 | The fourth film in the Persona 3 film series. | ||
| New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Half Awake, Half Asleep | Sanzigen, LIDEN FILMS | Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka | 60 | The third film in the Initial D anime film series. Alternatively titled Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 3 -Yumeutsutsu-. | ||
| Selector Destructed WIXOSS | J.C. Staff | Takuya Satō | 91 | A film in the Selector Infected WIXOSS series. | ||
| Dōkyūsei | A-1 Pictures | Shouko Nakamura | 60 | Based on the manga Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura. | ||
| Gekijōban Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Gyakushū no Milky Holmes | J.C. Staff | Makoto Moriwaki, Hiroaki Sakurai | 70 | The title translates as Detective Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack. Part of the Tantei Opera Milky Holmes series. | ||
| Digimon Adventure tri: Ketsui | Toei Animation | Keitaro Motonaga | 88 | The second film of Digimon Adventure tri. film series. | ||
| Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin Dai-4-bu Asa -Ashita- | TYO Animations | Junichi Sato | 58 | The title translates as Tamayura: Graduation Photos Part 4: Morning -Tomorrow-. The fourth and final film of the four-part Tamayura movie series. | ||
| ' | Gallop | Satoshi Kuwabara | 130 | |||
| ' | Qualia Animation | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | 60 | Based on the "Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai ~Renai Series~" Vocaloid song project by HoneyWorks. | ||
| ' | Polygon Pictures | Hiroyuki Seshita | 106 | The second film in the Ajin film trilogy. | ||
| Garo -Divine Flame- | MAPPA | Yūichirō Hayashi | 78 | |||
| ' | Studio Deen | Hideaki Oba | 83 | Also known as Naze Ikiru -Rennyo Shōnin to Yoshizaki Enjō-. Based on the Buddhist text Naze Ikiru by Kentetsu Takamori. | ||
| Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky | Sunrise | Kō Matsuo | 70 | Also known as Kidō Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky. | ||
| ' | Square Enix | Takeshi Nozue | 115 | Sequel to the ONA, '. | ||
| ' | Sunrise | Masakazu Obara | 82 | |||
| ' | Toei Animation | Hiroaki Miyamoto | 120 | |||
| Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi | The title translates to Kizumonogatari II Passionate Blood. The second in a trilogy, followed by Kizumonogatari III Reiketsu-hen. It is part of the Monogatari series. | |||
| Your Name | CoMix Wave Films | Makoto Shinkai | Also known as Kimi no Na wa. | |||
| Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Shadow and Light~ | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | Also known as Kuroko no Basuke: Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Kage to Hikari~. This is the first film in a trilogy of compilation films that compile the anime television's Winter Cup episodes. | |||
| ' | David Production | Naokatsu Tsuda | ||||
| Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike | TMS/8PAN | Osamu Nabeshima | ||||
| A Silent Voice | Kyoto Animation | Naoko Yamada | Also known as Koe no Katachi. | |||
| ' | Polygon Pictures | Hiroyuki Seshita | The third film in the Ajin film trilogy. | |||
| Digimon Adventure tri: Kokuhaku | Toei Animation | Keitaro Motonaga | The third film of Digimon Adventure tri. film series | |||
| Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Beyond the Tears~ | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | Also known as Kuroko no Basuke: Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Namida no Saki e~. This is the second film in a trilogy of compilation films that compile the anime television's Winter Cup episodes. | |||
| ' | Digital Frontier | |||||
| In This Corner of the World | MAPPA | Sunao Katabuchi | Also known as Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni. | |||
| ' | Diomedéa | Keizō Kusakawa | ||||
| Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Crossing the Door~ | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | Also known as Kuroko no Basuke: Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Tobira no Mukō~. This is the third film in a trilogy of compilation films that compile the anime television's Winter Cup episodes. | |||
| Qualia Animation | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | Also known as Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o. ~Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai~. | ||||
| Pop in Q | Toei Animation | Naoki Miyahara | ||||
| Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | Wit Studio | Tetsurō Araki | Also known as Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri, this is a compilation film compiling the first part of the anime television of the same name. |
OVA/ONA
A list of anime that debuted on DVD, Blu-ray, online, or in other media during 2016.| Release date | Title | Eps | Studio | Director | Notes | Ref |
| Nisekoi | 1 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto Naoyuki Tatsuwa | Bundled with volume 21 of the manga. The OAD adapts bonus chapters from the manga. | ||
| Snow White with the Red Hair | 1 | Bones | Masahiro Ando | Bundled with volume 15 of the manga. | ||
| Koyomimonogatari | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Tomoyuki Itamura | An original net animation that is released on an app for iOS and Android devices. | |||
| The Testament of Sister New Devil | 1 | Production IMS | Hisashi Saitō | Bundled with volume 7 of the manga adaptation. | ||
| My Wife is the Student Council President | 1 | Seven | Bundled with volume nine of the manga. | |||
| One-Punch Man OVA #02 | 1 | Madhouse | Shingo Natsume | Titled "The Pupil Who Is an Extremely Poor Talker", this OVA was included in the 2nd volume of the One-Punch Man home video release. | ||
| - spring | Queen's Blade: Grimoire | 2 | FORTES | Kinji Yoshimoto | ||
| Noblesse: Awakening | 1 | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada Kazuto Nakazawa | |||
| ' | 1 | Sunrise | Kazuki Akane | Episode 5 of Code Geass: Akito the Exiled. Titled "To the Beloved". | ||
| One-Punch Man OVA #03 | 1 | Madhouse | Titled "The Overly Complicated Ninja", this OVA was included in the 3rd volume of the One-Punch Man home video release. | |||
| Prison School | 1 | J.C.Staff | Tsutomu Mizushima | An OAD adapting the "Mad Wax" arc, it was bundled with the limited edition of the manga's 20th volume. | ||
| Sky Wizards Academy | 1 | Diomedéa | Takayuki Inagaki | An unaired "episode 13" of the TV series, the OVA was bundled with the ninth volume of the light novel series. | ||
| Bakuon!! | 1 | Bundled with the seventh volume of the manga. | ||||
| One-Punch Man OVA #04 | 1 | Madhouse | Titled "Overly Pushy Bang", this OVA was included in the 4th volume of the One-Punch Man home video release. | |||
| Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu | 1 | Included with the release of the game. | ||||
| - | ' | 6 | A-1 Pictures | Soichi Masui | An ONA released online; prequel to the video game Final Fantasy XV. The sixth episode will be exclusive to the Final Fantasy XV: Ultimate Collector's Edition package, which will release on 30 September 2016. | |
| Charlotte | 1 | P.A.Works | Released on the 7th Blu-ray/DVD volume along with episode 13 of the TV series. | |||
| One-Punch Man OVA #05 | 1 | Madhouse | Titled "Sisters in Various Places", this OVA was included in the 5th volume of the One-Punch Man home video release. | |||
| ' | 1 | Polygon Pictures | Hiroaki Ando | Bundled with the eighth volume of the manga. | ||
| The Heroic Legend of Arslan | 1 | Liden Films | Bundled with the fifth limited edition of the manga. | |||
| Fairy Tail | 1 | A-1 Pictures | Bundled with the 55th volume of the manga, the OVA adapts the "Fairy Penalty Game" one-shot manga. | |||
| - TBA | ' | 2 | Sunrise | Part 3 of the OVA series, titled Dawn of Rebellion, premiered in Japanese theaters on 21 May. Part 4, titled Fateful Eve, will premiere in fall 2016. | ||
| One-Punch Man OVA #06 | 1 | Madhouse | Titled "The Murder Case that is Too Impossible", this OVA is included in the 6th volume of the One-Punch Man home video release. | |||
| Blood Blockade Battlefront | 1 | Bones | Rie Matsumoto | Bundled with the official Blood Blockade Battlefront guidebook. | ||
| Drifters | 1 | Hoods Drifters Studio | Bundled with the fifth volume of the manga. | |||
| Hantsu x Trash | 1 | Hoods Entertainment | Bundled with the tenth volume of the manga. | |||
| ' | 1 | David Production | Bundled with the first volume of the ' home video release. | |||
| - | ' | 2 | Included in the first and second volumes of the Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear home video release. | |||
| - | Tanaka-kun is Always Listless | 2 | Silver Link | Included in the first and second volumes of the Tanaka-kun is Always Listless home video release. | ||
| RS Project -Rebirth Storage- | 1 | Osamu Kamei | Also known as RS Keikaku -Rebirth Storage-, this is a TV special that aired on Fuji TV on 26 June 2016. | |||
| - | Sansha San'yō | 3 | Doga Kobo | Included in the first, second and third volumes of the Sansha San'yō home video release. | ||
| ' | 1 | J.C. Staff | Bundled with the 19th volume of the manga. | |||
| - | To Love-Ru Darkness | 2 | Bundled with the sixteenth and seventeenth volumes of the manga, the OVA is meant to commemorate the series' 10th anniversary. | |||
| - TBA | ' | 5 | David Production | Naokatsu Tsuda | Also known as Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume, this is an ONA adaptation of the Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet visual novel developed by Key. | |
| Fairy Tail | 1 | Bundled with the 56th volume of the manga. | ||||
| - | Joker Game | 2 | Production I.G | Titled "Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken", this is included in two Blu-ray sets of the Joker Game home video release. | ||
| - | Star-Myu | 2 | C-Station | Included in the two OVA volumes as part of an OVA project. | ||
| My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | 1 | Feel | Bundled with the limited edition of the My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! PS Vita game. | |||
| Under the Dog | 1 | Kinema Citrus | Masahiro Andō | Available digitally to those who backed the Under the Dog Kickstarter campaign. | ||
| - | Gintama | 2 | Bandai Namco Pictures | Chizuru Miyawaki | Bundled with the 65th and 66th volumes of the manga. | |
| - | ' | 2 | Studio Pierrot | Kazuhiro Yoneda | Bundled with the 21st and 22nd limited edition volumes of the manga. | |
| Dimension W | 1 | Orange 3Hz | Bundled with the 6th volume of the Dimension W home video release. | |||
| Paradise of Innocence | 1 | Seven | Takashi Nishikawa | Bundled with the 10th limited edition volume of the manga. | ||
| Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers- | 1 | A-1 Pictures | Takaharu Ozaki | A TV special that will air on Tokyo MX on 3 September. | ||
| Nijiiro Days | 1 | Production Reed | Bundled with the 13th limited edition volume of the manga. | |||
| Myriad Colors Phantom World | 1 | Kyoto Animation | Bundled with the seventh volume of the Myriad Colors Phantom World home video release. | |||
| 1 | Polygon Pictures | Bundled with the ninth limited edition volume of the manga. | ||||
| Monster Musume | 1 | Lerche | Tatsuya Yoshihara | Bundled with the eleventh volume of the manga. | ||
| Fairy Tail | 1 | A-1 Pictures | Bundled with the 58th volume of the manga. | |||
| Bakuon!! | 1 | TMS/8PAN | Bundled with the 9th volume of the manga. |
Highest-grossing films
The following are the 10 highest-grossing anime films of 2016.| Rank | Title | Gross | Ref. |
| 1 | Your Name | $288,803,434 | |
| 2 | ' | $66,280,000 | |
| 3 | ' | $64,364,951 | |
| 4 | ' | $50,541,040 | |
| 5 | ' | $20,816,508 | |
| 6 | In This Corner of the World | $19,204,593 | |
| 7 | A Silent Voice | $19,199,905 | |
| 8 | ' | $17,000,000 | |
| 9 | ' | $15,870,009 | |
| 10 | Rudolf the Black Cat | $12,001,747 |