2024 in anime

Events in 2024 in anime.

Years in anime:	2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
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Years:	2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that will be released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director(s)	Running time (minutes)	Ref
January 5	Bloody Escape: Jigoku no Tōsō Geki	Polygon Pictures	Gorō Taniguchi	97
January 12	Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp	Shaft	Tatsuya Oishi	144
January 26	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Mitsuo Fukuda	124
January 27	Eiga Given: Hiiragi Mix	Lerche	Noriko Hashimoto	70
February 2	Ōmuro-ke: Dear Sisters	Passione Studio Lings	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	43
February 16	Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle	Production I.G	Susumu Mitsunaka	85
March 1	Paripi Kōmei: Road to Summer Sonia	P.A. Works	Shū Honma	119
	Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony	Shin-Ei Animation	Kazuaki Imai	120
March 22	Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (part 1)	Production +h.	Tomoyuki Kurokawa
April 12	Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram	TMS Entertainment	Chika Nagaoka	111
	Kuramerukagari	Team OneOne	Shigeyoshi Tsukahara	62
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April 19	Blue Lock: Episode Nagi	Eight Bit	Shunsuke Ishikawa	91
May 10	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (part 1)	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Yoshimitsu Ohashi
	Trapezium	CloverWorks	Masahiro Shinohara	94
	Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top	CygamesPictures	Chengzhi Liao	98
May 17	Iris the Movie: Full Energy!!	Studio Gokumi	Hiroshi Ikehata	60
May 24	My Oni Girl	Studio Colorido	Tomotaka Shibayama	112
	Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era	CygamesPictures	Ken Yamamoto	108
	Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (part 2)	Production +h.	Tomoyuki Kurokawa
June 7	Bocchi the Rock! Re:	CloverWorks	Keiichirō Saitō
	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (part 2)	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Yoshimitsu Ohashi
June 14	A Few Moments of Cheers	100studio Hurray!	POPREQ	68
	Rabbits Kingdom the Movie	Studio Sign	Masayoshi Ozaki	94
June 21	Ōmuro-ke: Dear Friends	Passione Studio Lings	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	43
June 28	Anpanman: Baikinman and Lulun in the Picture Book	TMS Entertainment	Jun Kawagoe	64
	Look Back	Studio Durian	Kiyotaka Oshiyama	58
July 5	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (part 3)	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Yoshimitsu Ohashi
July 19	Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 (part 1)	Studio Mother	Harutoshi Fukui (Chief) Naomichi Yamato
	Ghost Cat Anzu	Shin-Ei Animation Miyu Productions	Yōko Kuno Nobuhiro Yamashita	90
	Gekijōban SutoPuri Hajimari no Monogatari: Strawberry School Festival!!!!	Liden Films	Naoki Matsuura
July 26	Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain	EOTA	Kenji Nakamura
August 2	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (part 4)	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Yoshimitsu Ohashi
	My Hero Academia: You're Next	Bones	Tensai Okamura
August 9	Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re:	CloverWorks	Keiichirō Saitō
	Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki	Shin-Ei Animation	Shinobu Sasaki
August 16	Touken Ranbu Dо̄den: Chikashi Samuraira Umonora	DOMERICA	Kazuya Ichikawa
	Zegapain STA	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Masami Shimoda
August 30	The Colors Within	Science Saru	Naoko Yamada
September 6	Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Final Chapter (part 1)	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Tomoyuki Kawamura
September 13	Wonderful PreCure! The Movie	Toei Animation	Naoki Miyahara
September 20	Eiga Given: Umi e	Lerche
	Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom	Madhouse	Naoyuki Itō
	The Quintessential Quintuplets*	Bibury Animation Studios	Masato Jinbo
September 27	BanG Dream! Spring Sunshine, Lost Cat	Sanzigen	Kōdai Kakimoto
October 4	Fureru	CloverWorks	Tatsuyuki Nagai
October 25	Ganbatte Ikimasshoi	Studio Moe Reirs	Yūhei Sakuragi
November 8	Attack on Titan The Movie: The Last Attack	MAPPA	Yuichiro Hayashi	145
	BanG Dream! Sing, Songs That Become Us & Film Live	Sanzigen	Kōdai Kakimoto
	Fuuto Tantei: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō	Studio Kai	Yousuke Kabashima
November 22	Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 (part 2)	Studio Mother	Harutoshi Fukui (Chief) Naomichi Yamato
November 29	Pui Pui Molcar the Movie: MOLMAX		Mankyū
	Solo Leveling: ReAwakening	A-1 Pictures	Shunsuke Nakashige
	Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror			89
December 20	Gekijōban Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninjatai Saikyō no Gunshi	Ajia-do Animation Works	Masaya Fujimori

Television series

A list of anime television series that will debut between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director(s)	Original title	Ref
January 3 – March 20	Ishura	12	Passione Sanzigen (CGI)	Takeo Takahashi (Chief) Yuki Ogawa
January 3 – March 27	Classroom of the Elite (season 3)	13	Lerche	Seiji Kishi (Chief) Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Chief) Yoshihito Nishōji	Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e
	Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage		Project No.9	Shinsuke Yanagi	Jaku-kyara Tomozaki-kun 2nd Stage
	Gushing over Magical Girls		Asahi Production	Masato Suzuki Atsushi Ōtsuki	Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete
January 4 – March 21	Chained Soldier	12	Seven Arcs	Junji Nishimura (Chief) Gorō Kuji	Mato Seihei no Slave
January 4 – June 13	Delicious in Dungeon	24	Trigger	Yoshihiro Miyajima	Dungeon Meshi
January 5 – March 22	My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered	12	Okuruto Noboru	Masakazu Hishida	Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyōsugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga marude Aite ni Naranain Desu ga
	Sasaki and Peeps		Silver Link	Mirai Minato	Sasaki to Pii-chan
January 6 – March 30	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	13	Studio Add Shin-Ei Animation	Takahide Ogata	Chiyu Mahō no Machigatta Tsukaikata
	Mashle: Magic and Muscles – The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc	12	A-1 Pictures	Tomoya Tanaka	Mashle: Kami Shinkakusha Kōho Senbatsu Shiken-hen
January 6 – March 23	Pon no Michi		OLM	Tatsuma Minamikawa
	Tales of Wedding Rings		Staple Entertainment	Takashi Naoya	Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari
January 6 – March 27	Stick It on Around! Koinu		Opera House	Ai Ikegaya	Hari Maware! Koinu
January 6 – March 23	A Sign of Affection		Ajia-do Animation Works	Yūta Murano	Yubisaki to Renren
	The Demon Prince of Momochi House		Drive	Bob Shirahata	Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ōji
January 7 – March 24	7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!		Studio Kai Hornets	Kazuya Iwata	Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijō wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyū Kimamana Hanayome Seikatsu o Mankitsu Suru
	The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids		Studio Polon	Mitsutaka Noshitani	Saikyō Tank no Meikyū Kōryaku
	Banished from the Hero's Party (season 2)		Studio Flad	Makoto Hoshino (Chief) Satoshi Takafuji	Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita 2nd
January 7 – March 31	The Dangers in My Heart (season 2)	13	Shin-Ei Animation	Hiroaki Akagi	Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
	Solo Leveling	12	A-1 Pictures	Shunsuke Nakashige	Ore dake Level Up na Ken
January 7 – March 24	Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga		Studio VOLN	Daisuke Yoshida	Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen
	Fluffy Paradise		EMT Squared	Jun'ichi Kitamura	Isekai de Mofumofu Nadenade Suru Tameni Ganbattemasu
January 8 – March 25	High Card (season 2)		Studio Hibari	Junichi Wada
	The Unwanted Undead Adventurer		Connect	Noriaki Akitaya	Nozomanu Fushi no Bōkensha
January 8 – June 24	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy (season 2)	25	J.C.Staff	Shinji Ishihira	Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dōchū
January 8 – March 25	Mr. Villain's Day Off	12	Shin-Ei Animation SynergySP	Yoshinori Odaka	Kyūjitsu no Warumono-san
January 9 – March 26	Synduality: Noir (part 2)		Eight Bit	Yusuke Yamamoto
	'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess		Pine Jam	Yōko Kanemori	Hime-sama "Gōmon" no Jikan desu
	The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil		Children's Playground Entertainment	Itsuro Kawasaki	Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru
	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!		Silver Link Blade	Mirai Minato (Chief) Misuzu Hoshino	Dosanko Gyaru wa Namaramenkoi
	Villainess Level 99		Jumondou	Minoru Yamaoka	Akuyaku Reijō Level 99: Watashi wa Ura Boss Desu ga Maō dewa Arimasen
January 10 – March 27	Doctor Elise		Maho Film	Kumiko Habara	Gekai Elise
January 10 – April 3	Shaman King: Flowers	13	Bridge	Takeshi Furuta
January 11 – March 28	Delusional Monthly Magazine	12	OLM Team Yoshioka	Chizuru Miyawaki	Gekkan Mōsō Kagaku
January 11 – April 4	Sengoku Youko (part 1)	13	White Fox	Masahiro Aizawa	Sengoku Yōko: Yonaoshi Kyōdai-hen
	Metallic Rouge		Bones	Yutaka Izubuchi (Chief) Motonobu Hori
January 11 – March 28	Brave Bang Bravern!	12	CygamesPictures	Masami Ōbari	Yūki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern
	Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!		Satelight	Yoshiko Okuda	Sanjūsai made Dōtei Da to Mahōtsukai ni Nareru rashii
January 12 – March 29	Isekai Onsen Paradise		BloomZ Wolfsbane	Tomonori Mine	Meitō "Isekai no Yu" Kaitaku-ki: Arafō Onsen Mania Tensei-saki wa, Nonbiri Onsen Tengoku Deshita
	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash		Studio Massket	Shigeyasu Yamauchi (Chief) Naoki Horiuchi	Saijaku Tamer wa Gomihiroi no Tabi o Hajimemashita
January 12 – April 5	The Witch and the Beast		Yokohama Animation Laboratory	Takayuki Hamana	Majo to Yajū
January 12 – June 21	Urusei Yatsura (season 2)	23	David Production	Takahiro Kamei Hideya Takahashi Yasuhiro Kimura	Urusei yatsura dai 2-ki
January 13 – March 30	Snack Basue	12	Studio Puyukai	Minoru Ashina
January 13 – April 6	Bucchigiri?!		MAPPA	Hiroko Utsumi
January 14 – March 17	The Fire Hunter (season 2)	10	Signal.MD	Junji Nishimura	Hikari no Ō
	Meiji Gekken: 1874		Tsumugi Akita Animation Lab	Jin Tamamura
January 14 – March 31	Kingdom (season 5)	13	Pierrot Studio Signpost	Kenichi Imaizumi
February 4 –	Wonderful PreCure!		Toei Animation	Masanori Sato
February 11 – May 5	Ninja Kamui	13	E&H Production Sola Entertainment	Sunghoo Park
April 1 – June 24	Gods' Games We Play	13	Liden Films	Tatsuya Shiraishi	Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru
April 1 – June 24	Train to the End of the World	12	EMT Squared	Tsutomu Mizushima	Shūmatsu Train Doko e Iku?
April 2 – May 21	Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honnōji	8	DOMERICA	Kazuya Ichikawa
April 2 – September 24	Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf	25	Passione	Takeo Takahashi (Chief) Hijiri Sanpei	Ōkami to Kōshinryō: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf
April 2 – June 18	I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability	12	Tsumugi Akita Animation Lab	Jin Tamamura	Tensei Shitara Dai Nana Ōji Datta no de, Kimama ni Majutsu o Kiwamemasu
April 2 – June 18	The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases	12	Studio Deen Marvy Jack	Kazuomi Koga	Dekisokonai to Yobareta Moto Eiyū wa, Jikka kara Tsuihōsareta node Suki Katte ni Ikiru Koto ni Shita
April 3 –	Chibi Godzilla Raids Again (season 2)		Pie in the Sky	Taketo Shinkai	Chibi Godzilla no Gyakushū
April 4 – June 20	A Condition Called Love	12	East Fish Studio	Tomoe Makino	Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai
April 4 – June 20	Bartender: Glass of God	12	Liber	Ryōichi Kuraya	Bartender: Kami no Glass
April 4 – June 20	Laid-Back Camp (season 3)	12	Eight Bit	Shin Tosaka	Yuru Camp: Season 3
April 5 – June 21	Re:Monster	12	Studio Deen	Takayuki Inagaki
April 5 – June 21	A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics	12	SynergySP Studio Comet	Masafumi Satō	Henjin no Salad Bowl
April 5 – June 21	Nijiyon Animation (season 2)	12	Bandai Namco Filmworks	Yūya Horiuchi
April 5 – June 21	Astro Note	12	Telecom Animation Film	Shinji Takamatsu (Chief) Haruki Kasugamori
April 5 – June 21	An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride	12	Brain's Base	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Maō no Ore ga Dorei Elf o Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dō Medereba Ii?
April 5 – June 28	The Irregular at Magic High School (season 3)	13	Eight Bit	Jimmy Stone	Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei
April 5 – June 28	Wind Breaker	13	CloverWorks	Toshifumi Akai
April 5 – September 27	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (season 3)	24	Eight Bit	Atsushi Nakayama	Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
April 6 – September 21	Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master	20	Pierrot	Yoshiaki Kyōgoku	Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai
April 6 – June 15	Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included	12	Okuruto Noboru	Kenta Ōnishi	One Room, Hiatari Futsū, Tenshi-tsuki
April 6 – June 22	Highspeed Etoile	12	Studio A-Cat	Keitaro Motonaga
April 6 – June 22	The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (season 1)	12	Polygon Pictures	Mankyū
April 6 – June 29	Girls Band Cry	13	Toei Animation	Kazuo Sakai
April 6 – June 29	Tonbo! (season 1)	13	OLM	Jin Gu Oh	Ōi! Tonbo
April 7 – June 16	Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again	11	Gekkō	Masayoshi Nishida	Jii-san Baa-san Wakagaeru
April 7 – June 23	As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (season 1)	12	Studio Mother	Takao Kato	Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru
April 7 – June 23	Blue Archive the Animation	12	Yostar Pictures Candy Box	Daigo Yamagishi
April 7 – June 23	Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night	12	Doga Kobo	Ryōhei Takeshita	Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai
April 7 – June 23	The Duke of Death and His Maid (season 3)	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshinobu Yamakawa	Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid
April 7 – June 23	Vampire Dormitory	12	Studio Blanc	Nobuyoshi Nagayama
April 7 – June 30	Go! Go! Loser Ranger!	12	Yostar Pictures	Keiichi Sato	Sentai Daishikkaku
April 7 – June 30	Sound! Euphonium 3	13	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	Hibike! Euphonium 3
April 7 – June 30	Tonari no Yōkai-san	13	Liden Films	Aimi Yamauchi
April 7 –	Himitsu no AiPri		OLM DongWoo A&E	Junichi Fujisaku Kentaro Yamaguchi
April 7 – October 6	Mission: Yozakura Family	27	Silver Link	Mirai Minato	Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen
April 7 –	Shinkalion: Change the World		Signal.MD Production I.G	Kenichiro Komaya
April 7 – September 29	The Fable	25	Tezuka Productions	Ryōsuke Takahashi
April 8 – June 24	Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	Lv2 kara Cheat datta Moto Yūsha Kōho no Mattari Isekai Life
April 8 – July 1	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 2, part 2)	12	Studio Bind	Ryōsuke Shibuya	Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
April 9 – June 25	Rinkai!	12	TMS Entertainment	Takaaki Ishiyama
April 9 – June 25	Tadaima, Okaeri	12	Studio Deen	Shinji Ishihira
April 9 – June 25	Unnamed Memory (season 1)	12	ENGI	Kazuya Miura
April 10 – June 19	KonoSuba (season 3)	11	Drive	Takaomi Kanasaki (Chief) Yujiro Abe	Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! 3
April 10 – June 26	Date A Live V	12	Geek Toys	Jun Nakagawa
April 10 – June 26	Mysterious Disappearances	12	Zero-G	Tomomi Mochizuki	Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi
April 10 – June 26	The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio	12	Connect	Hideki Tachibana	Seiyū Radio no Ura Omote
April 10 – July 3	Oblivion Battery	12	MAPPA	Makoto Nakazono	Bōkyaku Battery
April 11 – June 27	Viral Hit	12	Okuruto Noboru	Masakazu Hishida	Kenka Dokugaku
April 12 – July 25	The Misfit of Demon King Academy (season 2, part 2)	12	Silver Link	Shin Oonuma (Chief) Masafumi Tamura	Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha
April 13 – June 22	Black Butler: Public School Arc	11	CloverWorks	Kenjirou Okada	Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkō-hen
April 13 – June 29	Kaiju No. 8	12	Production I.G	Shigeyuki Miya Tomomi Kamiya	Kaijū 8-gō
April 14 –	Whisper Me a Love Song	12	Cloud Hearts Yokohama Animation Laboratory	Akira Mano	Sasayaku You ni Koi o Utau
April 14 – June 30	The New Gate	12	Cloud Hearts Yokohama Animation Laboratory	Tamaki Nakatsu
May 4 – October 12	My Hero Academia (season 7)	21	Bones	Kenji Nagasaki (Chief) Naomi Nakayama	Boku no Hero Academia 7
May 12 – June 30	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc	8	Ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen
July 2 – September 24	Shy (season 2)	12	Eight Bit	Masaomi Andō
July 2 – September 17	My Wife Has No Emotion	12	Tezuka Productions	Fumihiro Yoshimura	Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjō ga Nai
July 2 – September 24	The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible	12	Yumeta Company	Shin Katagai	Shinmai Ossan Bōkensha, Saikyō Party ni Shinu Hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru
July 3 – September 18	Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian	12	Doga Kobo	Ryota Itoh	Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san
July 3 – October 6	Oshi no Ko (season 2)	13	Doga Kobo	Daisuke Hiramaki
July 3 –	Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority		Satelight	Tatsuo Sato	Tasūketsu
July 3 – September 18	The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human	12	Studio A-Cat	Norihiko Nagahama	Maō-gun Saikyō no Majutsushi wa Ningen Datta
July 4 – September 19	Days with My Stepsister	12	Studio Deen	Takehiro Ueno	Gimai Seikatsu
July 4 – September 19	Red Cat Ramen	12	E&H Production	Hisatoshi Shimizu	Ramen Aka Neko
July 4 – September 19	Twilight Out of Focus	12	Studio Deen	Toshinori Watanabe	Tasogare Outfocus
July 5 –	2.5 Dimensional Seduction	24	J.C.Staff	Hideki Okamoto	2.5-jigen no Lilysa
July 5 – September 27	Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells	12	Seven Arcs	Michio Fukuda	Hazure Waku no "Jōtai Ijō Skill" de Saikyō ni Natta Ore ga Subete o Jūrin Suru made
July 5 – September 20	I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I'm the Strongest? I'm Not Even an Adventurer Yet!	12	OLM	Dai Fukuyama	Ore wa Subete o "Parry" Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyō wa Bōkensha ni Naritai
July 5 – September 27	Nier: Automata Ver1.1a (part 2)	12	A-1 Pictures	Ryouji Masuyama
July 5 – September 20	Pseudo Harem	12	Nomad	Toshihiro Kikuchi	Giji Harem
July 5 – September 27	Senpai Is an Otokonoko	12	Project No.9	Shinsuke Yanagi	Senpai wa Otokonoko
July 5 – September 20	The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (season 2)	12	Tezuka Productions	Satoshi Kuwabara	Megami no Café Terrace
July 6 – September 21	A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero	12	Gekkō	Tomoki Kobayashi	Mob kara Hajimaru Tansaku Eiyūtan
July 6 – September 21	Dahlia in Bloom	12	Typhoon Graphics Imagica Infos	Yōsuke Kubo	Madōgushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai: Kyō kara Jiyū na Shokunin Life
July 6 – September 28	Dungeon People	12	OLM	Sayaka Yamai	Dungeon no Naka no Hito
July 6 – September 28	Grendizer U	13	Gaina	Mitsuo Fukuda (Chief) Shun Kudō
July 6 – September 28	Quality Assurance in Another World	13	100studio Studio Palette	Kei Umabiki	Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru
July 6 – September 28	Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin	13	P.A. Works	Masayuki Yoshihara	Tensui no Sakuna-hime
July 6 – September 7	Suicide Squad Isekai	10	Wit Studio	Eri Osada
July 6 – September 28	The Elusive Samurai	12	CloverWorks	Yuta Yamazaki	Nige Jōzu no Wakagimi
July 7 –	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest		J.C.Staff	Shinji Ishihira (Chief) Toshinori Watanabe
July 7 – September 22	Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc		Production I.G	Akira Sato	Kinnikuman Kanpeki Chо̄jin Shiso-hen
July 7 – September 22	Head Start at Birth	12			0-Saiji Start Dash Monogatari
July 7 – September 15	Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary	10	Lapin Track	Mamoru Kanbe	Shōshimin Series
July 7 – September 22	My Deer Friend Nokotan	12	Wit Studio	Masahiko Ohta	Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan
July 7 – September 23	Narenare: Cheer for You!	12	P.A. Works	Kōdai Kakimoto	Nanare Hananare
July 7 – September 22	Plus-Sized Elf	12	Elias	Toshikatsu Tokoro	Elf-san wa Yaserarenai
July 7 –	Tower of God (season 2)		The Answer Studio	Kazuyoshi Takeuchi (Chief) Akira Suzuki	Kami no Tō
July 7 – September 29	Wistoria: Wand and Sword	12	Actas Bandai Namco Pictures	Tatsuya Yoshihara	Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria
July 8 – September 23	A Journey Through Another World	12	EMT Squared	Atsushi Nigorikawa	Isekai Yururi Kikō: Kosodate Shinagara Bōkensha Shimasu
July 8 – September 23	Mayonaka Punch	12	P.A. Works	Shū Honma
July 8 – September 23	VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream	12	TNK	Takuya Asaoka	VTuber Nanda ga Haishin Kiriwasuretara Densetsu ni Natteta
July 9 – September 24	No Longer Allowed in Another World	12	Atelier Pontdarc	Shigeki Kawai	Isekai Shikkaku
July 9 – September 24	The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies	12	Bones	Akiyo Ohashi	Katsute Mahō Shōjo to Aku wa Tekitai Shiteita
July 10 – September 25	Love Is Indivisible by Twins	12	ROLL2	Motoki Nakanishi	Koi wa Futago de Warikirenai
July 10 –	Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (season 2)		Silver Link Studio Palette	Yuki Inaba	Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen
July 12 – September 13	Bye Bye, Earth	10	Liden Films	Yasuto Nishikata
July 13 – September 28	Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?	12	Project No.9	Tatsuma Minamikawa	Naze Boku no Sekai wo Dare mo Oboeteinainoka?
July 14 – October 6	Atri: My Dear Moments	13	Troyca	Makoto Katō
July 14 – September 29	Too Many Losing Heroines!	12	A-1 Pictures	Shōtarō Kitamura	Make Heroine ga Ōsugiru!
July 18 –	Sengoku Youko (part 2)		White Fox	Masahiro Aizawa
August 8 –	Delico's Nursery		J.C.Staff	Hiroshi Nishikiori
August 16 – October 18	Rick and Morty: The Anime	10	Telecom Animation Film	Takashi Sano
September 29 –	As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (season 2)		Studio Mother	Takao Kato	Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru
September 29 – October 20	Uzumaki	4	Fugaku	Hiroshi Nagahama
October 1 –	I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History		Maho Film	Yūji Yanase	Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo
October 1 –	Let This Grieving Soul Retire!		Zero-G	Masahiro Takata	Nageki no Bōrei wa Intai Shitai
October 2 –	Acro Trip		Voil	Ayumu Kotake
October 2 –	Re:Zero (season 3)	16	White Fox	Masahiro Shinohara
October 2 –	Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister	24	Drive	Yujiro Abe	Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi
October 3 –	365 Days to the Wedding		Ashi Productions	Hiroshi Ikehata	Kekkon Surutte, Hontō desu ka?
October 3 –	Blue Box		Telecom Animation Film	Yuichiro Yano	Ao no Hako
October 3 –	KamiErabi God.app (season 2)		Unend	Hiroyuki Seshita
October 3 –	Kinokoinu: Mushroom Pup		C-Station	Kagetoshi Asano	Kinoko Inu
October 3 –	Negative Positive Angler		NUT	Yutaka Uemura
October 3 –	The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal		M.S.C	Yoshinobu Tokumoto	Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup Semifinal
October 3 –	Trillion Game		Madhouse	Yūzō Satō
October 4 –	Dandadan		Science Saru	Fūga Yamashiro
October 4 –	Hamidashi Creative		Hayabusa Film	Hisayoshi Hirasawa (Chief) Shige Fukase
October 4 –	Loner Life in Another World		Hayabusa Film Passione	Akio Kazumi	Hitoribotchi no Isekai Kōryaku
October 4 –	Magilumiere Co. Ltd.		Studio Moe J.C.Staff	Masahiro Hiraoka	Kabushiki Gaisha Magilumiere
October 4 –	Mechanical Arms		TriF Studio	Sae Okamoto	Mecha-Ude
October 4 –	Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance		Liden Films	Hideyo Yamamoto	Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Kyoto Dōran
October 5 –	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (part 3)		Pierrot Films	Tomohisa Taguchi (Chief) Hikaru Murata	Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen
October 5 –	Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan	14	Eight Bit	Yūji Haibara (Chief) Shintarō Inokawa
October 5 –	Demon Lord, Retry! R		Gekkō	Kazuomi Koga	Maō-sama, Retry! R
October 5 –	How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer		Ashi Productions	Kazuomi Koga	Gōkon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi
October 5 –	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (season 5)		J.C.Staff	Hideki Tachibana	Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka
October 5 –	Orb: On the Movements of the Earth	25	Madhouse	Kenichi Shimizu	Chi: Chikyū no Undō ni Tsuite
October 5 –	Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online (season 2)		A-1 Pictures	Masayuki Sakoi
October 5 –	The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (season 2)	12	Polygon Pictures	Mankyū Takeshi Iwata
October 5 –	The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians		J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe (Chief) Masato Matsune	Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi
October 5 –	Tōhai		East Fish Studio	Jun Hatori
October 5 –	Tonbo! (season 2)		OLM	Jin Gu Oh	Ōi! Tonbo
October 6 –	Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga		Studio VOLN	Daisuke Yoshida	Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen
October 6 –	Kagaku Manga Survival		Gallop	Masahiro Hosoda
October 6 –	Love Live! Superstar!! (season 3)		Bandai Namco Filmworks	Takahiko Kyogoku
October 6 –	MF Ghost (season 2)		Felix Film	Tomohito Naka
October 6 –	Murai in Love		J.C.Staff	Yoshiki Yamakawa	Murai no Koi
October 6 –	Puniru Is a Cute Slime		Toho Animation Studio	Yūshi Ibe	Puniru wa Kawaii Slime
October 6 –	PuniRunes Puni 2		OLM Digital	Kunihiko Yuyama (Chief) Hiroshi Ikehata
October 6 –	Ranma ½		MAPPA	Kōnosuke Uda
October 6 –	The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest		Studio Elle	Keisuke Ōnishi	Party kara Tsuihō Sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyō ni Tsuki
October 6 –	The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (season 2)		Telecom Animation Film	Maki Odaira	Nanatsu no Taizai: Mokushiroku no Yon-kishi
October 6 –	TsumaSho		Studio Signpost	Noriyuki Abe	Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru
October 6 –	You Are Ms. Servant		Felix Film	Ayumu Watanabe	Kimi wa Meido-sama
October 7 –	After School Hanako-kun (season 2)	4	Lerche	Masaki Kitamura	Hōkago Shōnen Hanako-kun
October 7 –	Haigakura		Typhoon Graphics	Junichi Yamamoto
October 7 –	Neko ni Tensei Shita Oji-san		Studio Eight Colors	Rio Takahiro Kawakoshi
October 7 –	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions (season 2)		Diomedéa	Shōta Ihata	Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri
October 7 –	The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan		Felix Film GA-CREW	Yuta Takamura	Saikyō no Shienshoku "Wajutsushi" dearu Ore wa Sekai Saikyō Clan o Shitagaeru
October 7 –	Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii		Studio Deen	Toshifumi Kawase	Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
October 8 –	A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!		Satelight	Katsumi Ono	Yōkai Gakkō no Sensei Hajimemashita!
October 8 –	Natsume's Book of Friends (season 7)		Shuka	Takahiro Omori (Chief) Hideki Ito	Natsume Yūjin-chō Shichi
October 8 –	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (season 2)		TMS Entertainment	Osamu Yamasaki (Chief) Hiroshi Kubo	Seirei Gensōki
October 9 –	The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor		J.C.Staff	Kentarō Suzuki	Yarinaoshi Reijō wa Ryūtei Heika o Kōryaku-chū
October 10 –	Nina the Starry Bride		Signal.MD	Kenichiro Komaya	Hoshifuru Ōkoku no Nina
October 10 –	Tono to Inu		OLM Live2D Creative Studio	Haruki Kasugamori
October 11 –	Dragon Ball Daima		Toei Animation	Yoshitaka Yashima Aya Komaki
October 11 –	Goodbye, Dragon Life		SynergySP Vega Entertainment	Kenichi Nishida	Sayonara Ryūsei, Konnichiwa Jinsei
October 13 –	Demon Lord 2099		J.C.Staff	Ryō Andō	Maō 2099
October 13 –	Shangri-La Frontier (season 2)		C2C	Toshiyuki Kubooka	Shangri-La Frontier: Kusogē Hunter, Kamigē ni Idomantosu
October 14 –	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (season 3)	16	Asread	Akira Iwanaga	Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō
October 19 –	Blue Miburo		Maho Film	Kumiko Habara	Ao no Miburo
November 14 –	Murder Mystery of the Dead		Ziine Studio	Tomohiro Ishii

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that will debut between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director(s)	Original title	Ref
January 21	Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation	1	E&H Production	Sunghoo Park	Monsters: Ippaku Sanjō Hiryū Jigoku
January 25	Chikomaru		Pie in the sky	Haruka Suzuki
February 23 – March 15	Great Pretender: Razbliuto	4	Wit Studio	Hiro Kaburagi
March 20 – May 1	Sand Land: The Series	13	Sunrise Kamikaze Douga Anima	Toshihisa Yokoshima
April 1 –	Rokurō no Dai Bōken		Planet Studio	Tsutomu Yabuki	Jantama Kan!!
April 17	The Grimm Variations	6	Wit Studio	Various	Grimm Kumikyoku
April 25 – July 18	Mahjong Soul Kan!!	13	Alke	Kazuomi Koga	Jantama Kan!!
May 2 – July 17	Time Patrol Bon	24	Bones	Masahiro Ando
May 23	Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf	8	NAZ	Atsushi Ikariya
May 24 – September 20	Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (series edition)	18	Production +h.	Tomoyuki Kurokawa
June 6	Baki Hanma vs. Kengan Ashura	1	TMS Entertainment	Toshiki Hirano	Hanma Baki vs Kengan Ashura
June 22 – August 6	Rising Impact	26	Lay-duce	Hitoshi Nanba
July 6 – October 19	Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season	14	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo (Chief) Midori Yoshizawa
July 19	Chi's Sweet Summer Vacation	12	Marza Animation Planet	Kiminori Kusano	Koneko no Chi: Ponponra Natsuyasumi
August 1	Kimi ni Todoke (season 3)	5	Production I.G	Kenichi Matsuzawa
August 15	Kengan Ashura (season 2, part 2)	16	Larx Entertainment	Seiji Kishi
August 29	Terminator Zero	8	Production I.G	Masashi Kudō
October 4 – November 29	Duel Masters Lost: Tsuioku no Suishō	4	J.C.Staff	Riki Fukushima
October 17	Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance	6	Sunrise SAFEHOUSE	Erasmus Brosdau	Kidō Senshi Gundam: Fukushū no Requiem
December 4 –	Nights with a Cat (season 3)		Studio Puyukai	Minoru Ashina	Yoru wa Neko to Issho
December 5	Beastars (season 3, part 1)		Orange	Shinichi Matsumi
December 21 –	Duel Masters Lost: Gekka no Shinigami		J.C.Staff	Riki Fukushima

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that will debut between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director(s)	Original title	Ref
March 15	My Happy Marriage	1	Kinema Citrus	Takehiro Kubota	Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon
April 1	Shin Yaranai ka	1	Anime Tokyo Studio Kingyoiro	Pierre Itō

Deaths

January

• January 2: William Samples, Canadian voice actor (voice of Taihei Hiraga in Master Keaton, additional voices in Project ARMS and Inuyasha).
• January 12: Haruo Takahashi, Japanese animator (GeGeGe no Kitarō, Tensai Bakabon, Lupin the Third, Ringing Bell) and manga creator, dies at age 76.
• January 25: Tomohiro Marukawa, Japanese manga creator (The World of Narue), dies from ischemic heart disease at age 53.

February

• February 1: Greg Finley, American voice actor (voice of Captain Gloval and Anatole Leonard in the Robotech franchise, and Victor Frankenstein in Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein), director, and writer, dies at age 76.
• February 8: Bon Ishihara, Japanese voice actor (voice of the Gold-toothed Doctor in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Johnny the Matagi in Samurai Champloo, Sōichirō Shimogamo in The Eccentric Family, Alexandre Bucock in Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, and Kenichi Yamamoto in Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars), dies at age 68.
• February 27: Masaaki Maeda, Japanese actor (voice of Carozzo "Iron Mask" Ronah in Mobile Suit Gundam F91), dies from ischemic heart failure at age 91.

March

• March 1: Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga creator (Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball), dies from acute subdural hematoma at age 68.
• March 8: Tarako, Japanese voice actress (voice of Momoko Sakura in Chibi Maruko-chan, Kirara in Inuyasha, Madge in Castle in the Sky), dies at age 63.
• March 10: Mutsumi Inomata, Japanese illustrator (Utsunomiko, The Weathering Continent) and character designer (Future GPX Cyber Formula, Plawres Sanshiro), dies at age 63.
• March 14: Minori Terada, Japanese voice actor (voice of Colonel Muska in Castle in the Sky), dies at age 81.

April

• April 6: Dave Underwood, American voice actor (voice of Chief in You're Under Arrest, Talos in Crusher Joe, Akai in Kite, Iga in Blue Submarine No. 6) dies at age 57.
• April 8: Osamu Sōda, Japanese novelist (Bokura no Nanokakan Sensō), dies at age 95 from pneumonia.
• April 11: Yasuo Muramatsu, Japanese voice actor (voice of Tom in One Piece, Pisco in Case Closed, Revil in Mobile Suit Gundam), and founder of Office Kaoru, dies at age 91.
• April 15:
  • Takaaki Seki, Japanese voice actor (voice of Shutaro Kiba in Mōryō no Hako, Zhang Fei in Sōten Kōro, Onizuka in Gallery Fake, Mattis in Ronja, the Robber's Daughter), dies at age 54 from esophegal cancer.
  • Reita, Japanese bassist for the band the GazettE (performed theme song for Black Butler II), dies at age 42.
• April 18: Keiko Yamamoto, Japanese voice actress (voice of Shōta Yamada in Chibi Maruko-chan, Hanako Hanazawa in Sazae-san, Bakabon in Tensai Bakabon, Choromatsu in Osomatsu-kun (1966), Sunakake Baba in the Gegege no Kitaro franchise, Kinkotsu-Obaba and Nachiguron in the Kinnikuman franchise), dies at age 83 from sepsis.

May

• May 17: Hideyuki Umezu, Japanese voice actor (voice of Diamante in One Piece, Ian Vashti in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, GP02 in Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival), dies at age 68 from interstitial pneumonia.
• May 20: Eiko Masuyama, Japanese voice actress (voice of Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third franchise, Honey Kisaragi in Cutie Honey, Mama in Tensai Bakabon, Chappy in Mahōtsukai Chappy, Lady Iyo in Ikkyū-san, Sumire Hoshino / Paako in Perman (1983)), dies at age 89 from pneumonia.
• May 30: Akira Shigino, Japanese animation director (Osomatsu-kun, Dino Girl Gauko, Crayon Shin-chan: Roar! Kasukabe Animal Kingdom, Crayon Shin-chan: Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride, Nanako SOS, Chō Kōsoku Galvion), dies at age 70 from bile duct cancer.

June

• June 8: Keisuke Yamashita, Japanese voice actor (voice of Dan Araiso in Reideen the Brave, Hiss in Space Battleship Yamato and Space Battleship Yamato, Kazuhiko Sugiyama and Jirō Nōmura in Space Battleship Yamato, Gaulois in Tico of the Seven Seas, Goro in UFO Warrior Dai Apolon), dies at age 83.
• June 16: Hiroyuki Omori, Japanese producer (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series), dies at age 57.
• June 19: Katsue Miwa, Japanese voice actress (voice of Mitsuo Suwa/Perman No. 1 in Perman, Unico in The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic, Hirame Hirayama in Jarinko Chie, Shōta Ōhara in Obake no Q-Tarō, Fukusuke in Robot Carnival), dies at age 80 from pulmonary embolism.
• June 26: Taiki Matsuno, Japanese voice actor (voice of Hajime Kindaichi in The File of Young Kindaichi, Kōga in Inuyasha, Jun Manjōme in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Pegasus/Helios in Sailor Moon SuperS, Agumon in Digimon Data Squad, Tart in Fresh Pretty Cure!), dies at age 56 from right cerebral haemorrhage.

July

• July 10: Tom Wyner, American voice actor (voice of Devimon in Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, narrator in Digimon Adventure 02, M. Bison in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie and the Animaze dub of Street Fighter II V), dies at age 77.
• July 12: Noriko Ohara, Japanese voice actress (voice of Nobita Nobi in the Doraemon (1979) franchise, Conan in Future Boy Conan, Doronjo in the Yatterman franchise, Peter in Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Hiyoshi Goh and Ri Katherine in Voltes V, Claudia LaSalle in the Macross franchise, Oyuki in Urusei Yatsura (1981)), dies at age 88 from an illness.
• July 13: James B. Sikking, American actor and voice actor (voice of Seiya Tsukishima in Whisper of the Heart), dies at age 90 from complications from dementia.
• July 14: Shiro Yadama, Japanese creator (Fair, then Partly Piggy), dies at age 80.
• July 22: Nobuhiro Sakata, Japanese manga creator (Dan Doh!!), dies at age 76.

August

• August 10: Rachael Lillis, American voice actress (voice of Misty and Jessie in Pokémon franchise, Utena Tenjo in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Micott Bartsch in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Yuriko Star in The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Martina in Slayers Next, Kanaka Ohno in Genshiken, Ami Kurimoto in DNA²), dies at age 55 from breast cancer.
• August 20: Atsuko Tanaka, Japanese voice actress (voice of Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell, Konan in Naruto, Lisa Lisa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), dies at age 61 from an illness.

September

• September 2: Toshiyuki Manabe, Japanese voice actor (voice of man and zombie in Hensuki), dies at age 32 from heart failure.
• September 8: Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress (voice of Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon, Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, B-ko Daitokuji in Project A-ko), dies at age 61 from an illness.
• September 15: Yukihiro Shibutani, Japanese animator (art director for Natsume's Book of Friends, Patlabor, Case Closed, Key the Metal Idol, Sakura Wars, Kamichu!, Big Windup!, Whispered Words, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, Godzilla: The Planet Eater, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Fly Me to the Moon, To Your Eternity, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride) dies at age 63.
• September 20: Sayuri, Japanese singer (performed ending theme songs for Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace, Erased, Scum's Wish, Fate/Extra Last Encore, My Hero Academia, Edens Zero, Lycoris Recoil), dies at age 28.
• September 29: Nobuyo Ōyama, Japanese voice actress (voice of Doraemon in Doraemon (1979), Katsuo Isono in Sazae-san, Hazedon in Hazedon, Kappei Jin in Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, Monokuma in Danganronpa: The Animation), dies at age 90 from dementia.
• Date unknown: Shinsuke Kurihashi, Japanese manga creator (artist for Infinite Ryvius manga adaptation).

October

• October 5: Doc Harris, Canadian voice actor (narrated for the Ocean Productions English dub of Dragon Ball Z), dies at age 76.
• October 13: Shigemi Ikeda, Japanese animator (art director for My Hero Academia, Overlord, Gundam, Afro Samurai, Gantz), dies at age 69.
• October 14: Rieko Nakagawa, Japanese author and lyricist (wrote lyrics for songs in My Neighbor Totoro), dies at age 89.
• October 17: Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor and voice actor (voice of Iwa in A Letter to Momo and Kōichi Tabuchi in Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, portrayed Hikozaemon Tokugawa in Space Battleship Yamato), dies at age 76.
• October 21: Noboru Kimura, Japanese singer (lead vocalist of TALIZMAN, performed theme songs for Ultraman, Barefoot Gen, Lupin the 3rd Part II, Thunderbirds 2086, Sugata Sanshiro, Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman), is announced to have died at the age of 76.
• October 23: Ryō Kōno, Japanese art director (Space Dandy, Mob Psycho 100, Paradise Kiss, Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card), dies from suspected gastrointestinal bleeding.
• October 28: Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga creator (Cat Eyed Boy, Makoto-chan), dies at age 88.

November

• November 6: Michie Kita, Japanese voice actress (voice of Nello in Dog of Flanders, Doronpa in Obake no Q-Tarō, Franz Charming in Princess Knight, Nobuhiko Ōbayashi in Don Dracula), dies at age 89.
• November 12: Eiji Yanagisawa, Japanese voice actor (voice of Danroku in Getter Robo Armageddon, Takayanagi in Genshiken, Genzō in Naruto, Okabe-sensei in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Gunbiker and Zapper Zaku in SD Gundam Force), dies at age 57 from brainstem haemorrhage.
• November 13:
  • Dan Hennessey, American voice actor and voice director (voice directed English dubs of Air Master, Power Stone, Slam Dunk, Interlude, Saint Seiya), dies at age 83 from complications of Parkinson's disease.
  • Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (wrote lyrics for Astro Boy, Howl's Moving Castle, Phoenix, Big X), dies at age 92.
• November 14: Shōhei Hino, Japanese actor (voice of Granduncle in The Boy and the Heron), dies at age 75.
• November 18: Junko Hori, Japanese voice actress (voice of the titular characters in Ninja Hattori-kun, Chimpui, Cat Eyed Boy, Ikasama in Gamba no Bouken, Annie in Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, Mack the Stray Dog in Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon, Zanelli in Night on the Galactic Railroad), dies at age 89 from dementia.

External links

• Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb