2007 in anime

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Events in 2007 in anime .

Events

In this year, home video sales of anime DVDs in Japan were worth 89.4 billion yen. ^[1]

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, Summer Days with Coo won the Animation Film Award and A Country Doctor won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Tekkon Kinkreet won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year; the other nominees were Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone , Summer Days with Coo , Piano no Mori and Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure . Internationally, 5 Centimeters Per Second won the first ever Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film, with one of the other two nominees being Summer Days with Coo .

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time (minutes)	Alternate name	Ref
February 14	Highlander: The Search for Vengeance	Madhouse	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	86	Hairandā	[2]
February 17	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood	A.P.P.P.	Junichi Hayama	90	Jojo no kimyō na bōken: fantomu Buraddo	[2]
March 3	5 Centimeters per Second	CoMix Wave Inc.	Makoto Shinkai	62	Byōsoku 5senchi mētoru	[2]
	One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - The Desert Princess and the Pirates	Toei Animation	Takahiro Imamura	90	Gekijō-ban wan pīsu episōdo obu arabasuta: sabaku no ōjo to kaizoku-tachi	[2]
March 10	Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld	Shin-Ei Animation	Kōzō Kusuba (chief) Yukiyo Teramoto	112	Eiga Doraemon Nobita no shin makai daibōken ~ 7-ri no mahōtsukai ~	[2]
March 17	Chō Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō 2: Shinkai no Princess de Arimasu!	Sunrise	Junichi Sato (chief) Susumu Yamaguchi	78	Chō gekijō-ban keroro gunsō 2: shinkai no purinsesu de arimasu!	[2]
March 21	Fashionable Witches Love and Berry: Magic of Happiness	TMS Entertainment	Tomomi Mochizuki	51	Oshare majo rabu ando berī shiawase no ma hō	[2]
March 31	Tetsujin 28-gou: Hakuchuu no Zangetsu	Palm Studio	Yasuhiro Imagawa	95	Tetsujin 28-gō hakuchū no zangetsu	[2]
April 7	Japan, Our Homeland	WAO World	Akio Nishizawa	96	Furusato japan	[3]
April 21	Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb	Shin-Ei Animation	Yūji Mutō	102	Eiga Kureyon shinchan arashi o yobu utau ketsu dake bakudan	[3]
	Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure	TMS Entertainment	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	105	Meitantei konan: konpeki no jorī rojā	[3]
	Inukami! The Movie	Seven Arcs	Keizō Kusakawa	26	Inu kami~tsu! The mūbī tokumei reiteki sōsa-kan kana Shirō ~tsu!	[3]
	Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - Byouki no Kuni - For You	Shaft	Ryutaro Nakamura	28	Kino no tabi - the byūtifuru wārudo - byōki no kuni - For You -	[3]
	Shakugan no Shana: The Movie	J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe	86	Gekijō-ban shakugan no shana	[3]
April 28	Fist of the North Star: Raoh Side Story Fierce Fighting Arc	TMS Entertainment	Toshiki Hirano	89	Ma kyūseishu densetsu hokuto no kobushi Raō-den gekitō no shō	[3]
May 19	Shin SOS Dai Tokyo Tankentai	Sunrise	Shinji Takagi	41	Shin esuōesu dai Tōkyō tanken-tai	[3]
June 23	Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom	asread Gonzo	Keiji Gotō	80	Kodakku gureido The movuie pātsu 2: Ōbāfurō no shō	[3]
July 15	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	OLM	Kunihiko Yuyama	90	Poketto monsutā daiyamondo & pāru diaruga VS parukia VS dākurai	[4]
July 21	The Piano Forest	Madhouse	Masayuki Kojima	100	Piano no mori The pāfekuto wārudo of Kai	[4]
August 4	Naruto Shippuden the Movie	Pierrot	Hajime Kamegaki	94	Gekijō-ban naruto - naruto - shippuden	[4]
August 18	Vexille	Oxybot	Fumihiko Sori	109	Bekushiru 2077 Nihon sakoku	[4]
September 1	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Studio Khara	Hideaki Anno (chief) Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki	101	Wevu~Angeriwon shin gekijō-ban: Jo	[4]
September 15	Clannad Movie	Toei Animation	Osamu Dezaki	93	Gekijō-ban kuranado	[4]
September 22	Aquarion: Ippatsu Gyakuten-hen	Satelight	Shōji Kawamori	116	Gekijō-ban akuerion - ippatsu gyakuten hen -	[4]
September 29	Sword of the Stranger	Bones	Masahiro Andō	103	Sutorendjia - mukō hadan -	[4]
October 19	Appleseed Ex Machina	Digital Frontier	Shinji Aramaki	104	Ekusu makina	[5]
October 27	Afro Samurai the Movie	Gonzo		116	Afuro samurai gekijō-ban	[5]
November 10	Yes! Precure 5 Movie: Kagami no Kuni no Miracle Daibouken!	Toei Animation	Tatsuya Nagamine	70	Eiga iesu! Purikyua 5 kagami no kuni no mirakuru dai bōken!	[5]
December 1	The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View	ufotable	Ei Aoki	50	Gekijō-ban sora no ryōiki the Garden of sinners daiisshō `miwatasu keshiki'	[5]
December 22	.hack//G.U. Trilogy	CyberConnect2	Hiroshi Matsuyama	93	.hack//G.U. Trilogy	[5]
	Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion	Pierrot	Noriyuki Abe	95	Gekijō-ban burīchi The DiamondDust reberion mōhitotsu no kōri wa maru	[5]
	Nezumi Monogatari - George to Gerald no Bōken	Madhouse	Masami Hata	52	Nezumi monogatari jōji to jerarudo no bōken	[5]
December 29	The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1	ufotable	Takuya Nonaka	60	Gekijō-ban sora no ryōiki the Garden of sinners dainishō `satsujin sōsa (zenpen)'	[5]

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
January 5 – March 23	Shattered Angels	12	TNK	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	Kyō shirō to eien (towa) no sora	[2]
January 5 – June 29	Saint October	26	Studio Comet	Masafumi Satō	Seinto okutōbā	[2]
January 6 – March 24	Koi suru Tenshi Angelique: Kagayaki no Ashita	12	Satelight	Susumu Kudo	Koisuru tenshi anjerīku ~ kagayaki no ashita ~	[2]
January 6 – June 30	Major (Season 3)	26	Studio Hibari	Riki Fukushima	Mejā (dai 3 shirīzu)	[2]
January 7 – April 1	Himawari!!	13	Arms	Shigenori Kageyama	Himawari~tsu!!	[2]
January 7 – December 30	Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette	52	Nippon Animation	Hiroaki Sakurai	Re mizeraburu: shōjo kozetto	[2]
January 8 – March 26	Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!	12	Ufotable	Hayato (ep 6) Hazuki Mizumoto (ep 10) Hiroatsu Agata (ep 4) Kei Tsunematsu (ep 7) Makoto Hoshino (ep 8) Takahiro Miura (eps 3, 9) Takayuki Hirao (5 episodes) Takuro Takahashi (eps 1, 12)	Gakuen yuto Pia manabi sutorēto!	[2]
	Master of Epic: The Animation Age		Gonzo Palm Studio	Tetsuya Endō	Masutā Obu epikku: The Animation Age	[2]
	Shuffle! Memories		Asread	Naoto Hosoda	Shaffuru! Memorīzu	[2]
January 12 – March 30	Hidamari Sketch		Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo (chief) Ryōki Kamitsubo	Hida mari suketchi	[2]
	Venus Versus Virus		Studio Hibari	Shinichiro Kimura	Vuīnasu vuāsasu vuaiarasu	[2]
January 12 – June 15	Nodame Cantabile	23	J.C.Staff	Ken'ichi Kasai	No dame kantābire	[2]
January 14 – March 25	Getsumento Heiki Mina	11	Gonzo	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Getsumen to heiki mīna	[2]
January 19 – April 20	Tokyo Majin	14	AIC Spirits BeSTACK	Shinji Ishihira	Tōkyō majin gakuen kenpūchō Tō	[2]
January 19 – July 20	GR: Giant Robo	13	A.C.G.T	Masahiko Murata	GR - jaianto robo -	[2]
February 4 – January 27, 2008	Yes! PreCure 5	49	Toei Animation	Toshiaki Komura	Iesu! Purikyua 5	[2]
February 4 – September 1	Reideen	26	Production I.G	Mitsuru Hongo	Raidīn	[2]
February 15 – May 3	Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova	12	Ashi Productions	Masami Ōbari	Kemono Sō-ki Osamu dankūga novua	[2]
February 15 – March 23, 2017	Naruto: Shippuden	500	Pierrot	Yasuaki Kurotsu	- Naruto - shippuden	[2]
February 22 – May 18	Rocket Girls	12	Mook Animation	Hiroshi Aoyama	Roketto gāru	[2]
February 26 – May 14	Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny		Arms	Koichi Ohata	Ikkitōsen Dragon desutinī	[2]
March 4 – May 27	Moonlight Mile		Studio Hibari	Iku Suzuki	Mūnraito mairu 1st shīzun - rifuto off -	[3]
March 28 – June 13	Hitohira		Xebec M2	Akira Nishimori	Hitohira	[3]
April 1 – September 30	Gurren Lagann	27	Gainax	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Tengan toppa guren ragan	[3]
April 1 – March 24, 2008	Onegai My Melody Sukkiri♪	52	Studio Comet	Makoto Moriwaki	Onegai maimerodi sukkiri ♪	[3]
April 1 – March 30, 2008	Hayate the Combat Butler		SynergySP	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Hayate no gotoku!	[3]
April 1 – March 29, 2009	GeGeGe no Kitarō	100	Toei Animation	Yukio Kaizawa	Gegege no kitarō (2007)	[3]
April 2 – September 24	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers	26	Seven Arcs	Keizō Kusakawa	Mahō shōjo ririkaru nanoha sutoraikāzu	[3]
April 2 – October 1	Heroic Age		Xebec	Takashi Noto (chief) Toshimasa Suzuki	Hiroikku eiji	[3]
	My Bride is a Mermaid		Gonzo AIC	Seiji Kishi	Seto no hanayome	[3]
April 3 – September 25	El Cazador de la Bruja		Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo	Eru Kazado	[3]
	Idolmaster: Xenoglossia		Sunrise	Tatsuyuki Nagai	Aidorumasutā zenogurashia	[3]
	Sugarbunnies		Asahi Production	Hiroshi Kugimiya		[3]
	Toka Gettan: The Moonlight Lady Returns		Studio Deen	Yūji Yamaguchi	Tōka gettan	[3]
April 4 – June 20	Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica	12	Ginga-ya	Junichi Watanabe (chief) Masami Shimoda	Shinkyoku sōkai porifonika	[3]
April 4 – June 27	Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o	13	Artland	Ken Ando (chief) Tsutomu Yabuki	Kono aozora ni yakusoku wo ― ~ yōkoso tsugumi ryō e ~	[3]
	Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan		Tokyo Kids Yuhodo	Nanako Shimazaki	Seinto bīsuto ~ kōin jojishi tenshi Tan ~	[3]
	Sisters of Wellber		Trans Arts	Takayuki Hamana	Uerubēru no monogatari shisutāzu of Wellber	[3]
April 4 – September 26	Engage Planet Kiss Dum	26	Satelight	Yasuchika Nagaoka (chief) Eiichi Satō	Kisudamu - ENGAGE planet -	[3]
	Oh! Edo Rocket		Madhouse	Seiji Mizushima	Ōedo roketto	[3]
	Over Drive		Xebec	Takao Kato	Ōbā doraivu	[3]
	Claymore		Madhouse	Hiroyuki Tanaka	Kureimoa	[3]
April 5 – July 12	Kotetsushin Jeeg	13	Actas	Jun Kawagoe	Kōtetsu-shin jīgu	[3]
April 5 – September 26	Romeo × Juliet	24	Gonzo	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Romio × Jurietto	[3]
April 5 – September 27	Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula	26	Brain's Base	Keiji Gotoh	Hatagami taisen gigantikku fōmyura	[3]
	Nagasarete Airantō		Feel	Hideki Okamoto	Nagasarete airantō	[3]
April 5 – March 27, 2008	Bakugan Battle Brawlers	52	TMS Entertainment	Mitsuo Hashimoto	Bakugan batoru burōrāzu	[3]
April 6 – September 28	Darker than Black	25	Bones	Tensai Okamura	Darker zan burakku - kuro no keiyakusha -	[3]
	Kamichama Karin	26	Satelight	Takashi Anno	Kamichama karin	[3]
	Kōtetsu Sangokushi	25	Picture Magic	Tetsuya Endo (chief) Satoshi Saga	Kōtetsu sangokushi	[3]
April 7 – June 30	Shining Tears X Wind	13	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe	Shainingu tiāzu kurosu u~indo	[3]
	Sola		Nomad	Tomoki Kobayashi	sola	[3]
April 7 – September 22	Toward the Terra	24	Minami machi Bugyōsho Tokyo Kids	Osamu Yamazaki	Chikyū e…	[3]
April 7 – September 29	Kaze no Shoujo Emily	26	TMS Entertainment	Harume Kosaka	Kaze no shōjo emirī	[3]
	Love Com	24	Toei Animation	Kōnosuke Uda	Rabu ★ kon	[3]
	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit	26	Production I.G	Kenji Kamiyama	Seirei no moribito	[3]
April 7 – March 8, 2008	The Story of Saiunkoku (season 2)	39	Madhouse	Jun Shishido	Saiunkoku monogatari dai 2 shirīzu	[3]
April 7 – March 29, 2008	Blue Dragon	51	Studio Pierrot	Yukihiro Matsushita	Burū doragon	[3]
April 8 – September 17	Lucky Star	24	Kyoto Animation	Yutaka Yamamoto (op; ed; eps 1-4) Yasuhiro Takemoto (eps 5-24)	Raki suta	[3]
April 9 – September 25	Bokurano		Gonzo	Hiroyuki Morita	Boku-ra no	[3]
April 13 – September 21	Kaze no Stigma			Junichi Sakata	Kaze no sutiguma	[3]
April 13 – September 28	Big Windup!	25	A-1 Pictures	Tsutomu Mizushima	Ōkiku furikabutte	[3]
April 13 – September 28	Princess Resurrection		Madhouse	Masayuki Sakoi	Kaibutsu ōjo	[3]
April 14 – October 13	Spider Riders	26	Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo	Supaidā raidāzu ~ yomigaeru taiyō ~	[3]
April 17 – July 3	Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma: Molders-hen	12	Ajia-do Animation Works	Tsuneo Kobayashi	Eikoku koi monogatari ema ~ merudāsu-hen ~	[3]
April 29 – July 22	Skull Man	13	Bones	Takeshi Mori	Sukaru man	[3]
April 29 – January 20, 2008	Tai Chi Chasers	39	JM Animation Toei Animation	Hiroki Shibata	Taikyokuken senjimon	[3]
May 3 – May 4	Afro Samurai	5	Gonzo	Fuminori Kizaki Takeshi Koike (Pilot)	Afuro samurai	[3]
May 12 – December 1	Dennō Coil	26	Madhouse	Mitsuo Iso	Dendō koiru	[3]
June 14 – September 6	Devil May Cry: The Animated Series	12		Shin Itagaki	Debiru mei Kurai	[4]
June 15 – September 13, 2008	Wangan Midnight	26	A.C.G.T	Tsuneo Tominaga	Wangan middonaito	[4]
June 24 – September 23	Tetsuko no Tabi	13	Group TAC	Akinori Nagaoka	Tetsuko no tabi	[4]
July 3 – September 18	Nanatsuiro Drops	12	Diomedéa	Takashi Yamamoto	Nanatsuiro doroppusu	[4]
July 4 – September 12	Zombie-Loan	11	Xebec M2	Akira Nishimori	Zonbi rōn	[4]
July 4 – September 19	Code-E	12	Studio Deen	Toshiyuki Katō	CODE-E	[4]
	Dōjin Work		Remic	Kenichi Yatagai	Dōjin wāku	[4]
July 4 – September 26	Buzzer Beater (season 2)	13	TMS Entertainment	Shigeyuki Miya	Buzā bītā dai 2-ki	[4]
	Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō		Artland	Kōichirō Sōtome	Kenkō zenra-kei suiei-bu umishō	[4]
July 4 – September 27	School Days	12	TNK	Keitaro Motonaga	Sukūru deizu	[4]
July 6 – September 28	Happy Happy Clover	13	Group TAC	Kazumi Nonaka	Wa pihapi kurōbā	[4]
July 6 – October 5	Mushi-Uta	12	Beat Frog	Kazuo Sakai	Mushi uta	[4]
July 6 – December 18	Higurashi When They Cry: Kai	24	Studio Deen	Chiaki Kon	Higurashi no naku koro ni: kai	[4]
July 6 – December 28	Sky Girls	26	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	Sukai gāruzu	[4]
July 7 – September 22	Potemayo	12		Takashi Ikehata	Pote ma yo	[4]
July 8 – September 23	Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei		Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo	Sayonara zetsubō-sensei	[4]
July 9 – September 24	Moetan	13	Actas	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Moetan	[4]
	The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons	12	J.C.Staff	Yū Kō	Zero no tsukaima ~ futatsuki no kishi ~	[4]
July 13 – September 28	Mononoke		Toei Animation	Kenji Nakamura	Mononoke	[4]
July 19 – October 11	Shigurui		Madhouse	Hiroshi Hamasaki	Shigurui	[4]
July 27 – October 12	Tokyo Majin (season 2)		AIC Spirits BeSTACK	Shinji Ishihira	Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuuchou: Tou Dai Ni Maku	[4]
July 27 – November 2	Baccano!	13	Brain's Base	Takahiro Omori	Bakkāno!	[4]
September 13 – December 13	Moonlight Mile (season 2)	14	Studio Hibari	Iku Suzuki	Mūnraito mairu 2 nd shīzun - Touch down -	[5]
October 2 – December 25	Da Capo II	13	Feel	Hideki Okamoto	D. C. II ~ da kāpo II ~	[5]
	Sketchbook: Full Color's		Hal Film Maker	Yoshimasa Hiraike	Suketchi bukku ~ full karā' s ~	[5]
October 2 – April 1, 2008	Bamboo Blade	26	AIC ASTA	Hisashi Saito	Banbū burēdo	[5]
October 3 – December 26	Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku	13	Asahi Production BeSTACK	Masahiko Ohkura	Burū doroppu ~ tenshi-tachi no gikyoku ~	[5]
	Myself ; Yourself		Doga Kobo	Yasuhiro Kuroda	Mai serufu; yuaserufu	[5]
	Night Wizard!		Hal Film Maker	Yuusuke Yamamoto	Naitou~izādo	[5]
October 3 – March 16, 2008	Mokke	24	Madhouse Tezuka Productions	Masayoshi Nishida	Mokke	[5]
October 3 – March 26, 2008	Fantastic Detective Labyrinth	25	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe	Suteki tantei ☆ rabirinsu	[5]
	Neuro: Supernatural Detective		Madhouse	Hiroshi Kōjina	Majin tantei nōgami neuro	[5]
October 3 – April 2, 2008	Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor	26		Yūzō Satō	Gyakkyō burai kaiji urutimeito Survivor	[5]
October 4 – March 27, 2008	Dragonaut: The Resonance	25	Gonzo	Manabu Ono	Doragonōtsu - za resonansu -	[5]
October 5 – December 21	Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun	12	AIC Spirits	Koji Yoshikawa	Goshūshō-sama ninomiya-kun	[5]
October 5 – March 28, 2008	Clannad	23	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	CLANNAD	[5]
	Shakugan no Shana Second	24	J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe	Shakugan no shana II – Second –	[5]
	You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle	23	Studio Deen	Koichi Ohata	Taiho shichau zo Furusu rottoru	[5]
October 6 – March 22, 2008	Duel Masters Zero	24	Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment	Waruo Suzuki	Deyueru masutāzu zero	[5]
October 6 – March 29, 2008	Mobile Suit Gundam 00	25	Sunrise	Seiji Mizushima	Kidō senshi Gandamu 00	[5]
October 6 – September 27, 2008	Shugo Chara!	51	Satelight	Kenji Yasuda	Shugo kyara!	[5]
October 7 – December 23	Ef: A Tale of Memories	12	Shaft	Shin Ōnuma	ef - a tale of memories.	[5]
October 7 – March 23, 2008	KimiKiss: Pure Rouge	24	J.C.Staff	Ken'ichi Kasai	Kimikisu pure rouge	[5]
October 7 – March 30, 2008	MapleStory	25	Madhouse	Takaaki Ishiyama	Meipuru sutōrī	[5]
October 7 – September 28, 2008	Pururun! Shizuku-chan Aha	51	TMS Entertainment	Atsushi Yano	Pururuntsu! Shizuku-chan a hatsu☆	[5]
October 7 – October 5, 2008	Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi	50	Toei Animation	Tetsuo Imazawa	Hatarakizzu maihamu gumi	[5]
October 8 – December 24	Prism Ark	12	Frontline	Masami Ōbari	Purizumu āku	[5]
October 8 – December 31	Minami-ke	13	Daume	Masahiko Ohta	Minami ke	[5]
October 8 – March 24, 2008	Rental Magica	24	Zexcs	Itsuro Kawasaki	Rentaru magika	[5]
October 8 – March 31, 2008	Hero Tales	26	Studio Flag	Osamu Sekita	Jūshin'enbu - hīrō TALES -	[5]
October 10 – December 26	Genshiken 2	12	Arms	Kinji Yoshimoto	Genshiken 2	[5]
October 12 – December 21	Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture	11	Shirogumi Telecom Animation Film	Yūichirō Yano	Moyashi mon	[5]
October 12 – December 28	Kodomo no Jikan	12	Diomedéa	Eiji Suganuma	Kodomo no jikan	[5]
October 14 – March 23, 2008	Shion no Ō	22	Studio Deen	Toshifumi Kawase	Shion' no ō - The Flowers of Hard Blood	[5]
October 18 – April 4, 2008	Ghost Hound		Production I.G	Ryūtarō Nakamura	Shinryōgari	[5]
November 3 – March 29, 2008	Shooting Star Rockman Tribe	21	Xebec	Takao Kato	Ryūsei no rokkuman toraibu	[5]
December 12 – February 27, 2008	Ayakashi	12	Tokyo Kids	Jun Takada	Ayakashi	[6]

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
January 1	Strike Witches	1	Gonzo	Kunihisa Sugishima	Sutoraikuu~itchīzu	[2]
January 18	.hack//G.U. Returner		Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo	.HACK//G.U. RETURNER	[2]
January 25	Happiness!: Watarase Jun no Kareinaru Ichinichi		Artland		Wa pinesu! Watarase jun no kareinaru tsuitachi	[2]
January 30	Eko Eko Azarak		Toei Animation	Choukou Toshikazu	Eko eko azaraku	[2]
	Tori no Uta			Yoshitaka Amano	Tori no uta	[2]
February 23	Hokuto no Ken: Yuria-den		TMS Entertainment	Hidehito Ueda	Ma kyūseishu densetsu hokuto no kobushi Yuria Den	[2]
February 23 – April 25	Ichigo Mashimaro OVA	3	Daume	Takuya Satō	Ichigo mashimaro ovu~a	[2]
February 28 – September 28	To Heart 2 OVA		Chaos Project	Yasuhisa Katō	To~uhāto 2 ovua	[2]
March 13	Detective Conan: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys	1	TMS Entertainment	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	Meitantei konan Kuma kasa kara no chōsen-jō! Kuma Ryū vs Konan & shōnen tantei-dan	[2]
March 23	Bakuretsu Tenshi: Infinity		Gonzo	Kōichi Ōhata	Ekusupurōdingu enjeru - Infinity -	[2]
March 28	Lovedol: Lovely Idol OVA		AIC ASTA TNK		Rabudoru onsen desu ka?	[2]
March 28 – August 29	Murder Princess	6	Bee Train	Tomoyuki Kurokawa	Mādā purinsesu	[2]
April 4 – August 1	Sakura Taisen: New York		AIC	Ryuichi Kimura	Sakura taisen nyūyōku nyūyōku	[3]
April 25 – October 26	Aika R-16: Virgin Mission	3	Studio Fantasia	Katsuhiko Nishijima	AIKa R-16:VIRGIN MISSION	[3]
April 27 – December 28	Saiyuuki Reload: Burial		Arms Pierrot	Kōichi Ōhata	Saiyūki RELOAD - burial -	[3]
May 25	Kiddy GiRL-AND Pilot	1	asread.	Keiji Gotou	Kidi gārando	[3]
May 25 – September 25	Ice	3	PPM	Makoto Kobayashi	Aisu - aisu -	[3]
May 25 – November 22	Sousei no Aquarion OVA	2	Satelight	Shōji Kawamori	Ovu~a “sōsei no akuerion”	[3]
May 30	Initial D Battle Stage 2	1	A.C.G.T.	Fumitsugu Yamaguchi	inisharu D BATTLE sutēji 2	[3]
June 8 – December 21	Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sylvarant-hen	4	ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki	Teiruzu obu shinfonia THE animēshon shiruvu~aranto-hen	[3]
June 22 – January 25, 2008	Tennis no Oujisama: Zenkoku Taikai-hen - Semifinal	6	M.S.C		Tenisu no ōjisama zenkoku taikai-hen Semifinal	[3]
June 29	Sekishoku Elegy	1	Toei Animation	Seiichi Hayashi	Akairo erejī	[3]
July 4	Iblard Jikan		Studio Ghibli	Naohisa Inoue	Ibarādo jikan	[4]
August 8	Flag Director's Edition: Issenman no Kufura no Kiroku		The Answer Studio	Kou Matsuo	Reddo gāden: deddo gāruzu	[4]
	Red Garden: Dead Girls		Gonzo		Furaggu direkutā' s edishon ichi sen man no kufura no kiroku	[4]
August 11 – November 10	Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan 2	2	HAL Film Maker	Tsutomu Mizushima	Bokusatsu tenshido kuro-chan 2 [sekando]	[4]
September 7	Blame! Prologue		Production I.G	Shigeyuki Watanabe	BLAME! (2007)	[4]
September 11 – January 21, 2011	Kodomo no Jikan OVA	3	Diomedéa		Kodomo no jikan ovu~a	[4]
September 21	Aria the OVA: Arietta	1	HAL Film Maker	Junichi Satō	Aria The ovu~a ~ ARIETTA ~	[4]
October 15 – March 10, 2008	Indian Summer	3	Daume	Takayuki Inagaki	Koharu biyori	[5]
October 24	Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase	1	Madhouse	Kitarō Kōsaka	Nasu sūtsukēsu no wataridori	[5]
October 25	Gurren Lagann: My Gurren is Shiny!!		Gainax	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Tengantoppa gurenragan ore no Guren wa pikkapika!!	[5]
October 26 – March 28, 2008	Kyou kara Maou! R	5	Studio Deen	Junji Nishimura	Kyō kara maō! R	[5]
October 26 – August 25, 2008	Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files	12	The Answer Studio	Ryousuke Takahashi	Sōkō kihei botomuzu pēruzen fairuzu	[5]
November 16 – March 17, 2008	Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations	3	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada	Tsubasa tōkyō REVELATIONS	[5]
November 19 – January 21, 2008	Blow the Flute Jaguar!		Kaeruotoko Shokai	Frogman	Pyū to fuku! Jagā	[5]
November 22	Tweeny Witches the Adventures	6	Studio 4°C	Yoshiharu Ashino	Mahō shōjo taiarusu the Adventure	[5]
November 26 – April 28, 2008	Strait Jacket	3	feel.	Shinji Ushiro	Sutoreito jaketto	[5]
December 5	Tokyo Marble Chocolate	2	Production I.G	Naoyoshi Shiotani	Tōkyō māburu chokorēto	[5]
December 21 – December 19, 2008	Rumbling Hearts OVA	4	Brain's Base	Hideki Takayama	Kimi ga nozomu eien ~ Next sezon ~	[5]
December 26 – March 26, 2008	Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan		Chaos Project	Yūji Moriyama	Yawaraka Sangokushi tsukisase!! Robukochan	[5]

See also

• 2007 in animation

References

1. "Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)". Anime News Network . 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
2. "Winter 2007 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
3. "Spring 2007 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
4. "Summer 2007 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
5. "Fall 2007 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
6. "Winter 2008 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

External links

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