2008 in anime

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Events in 2008 in anime.

Events[edit]

In this year, 288 anime television programs were produced and home video sales of anime DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs in Japan were worth 77.9 billion yen.[1] Animation studio 8-Bit was founded in September.

Accolades[edit]

At the Mainichi Film Awards, The Sky Crawlers won the Animation Film Award and Ponyo won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Ponyo also won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year; the other nominees were Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend 2008, The Sky Crawlers, Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear and One Piece - The Movie: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura. Internationally, La Maison en Petits Cubes won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and Le Cristal d'Annecy at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Sword of the Stranger was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film. Ponyo and The Sky Crawlers were in competition for the Golden Lion at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.

Releases[edit]

Films[edit]

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2008.

Release date Title Studio Director Running time (minutes) Alternate title Ref
February 9 The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain ufotable Mitsuru Obunai 59 Gekijō-ban sora no kyōkai the Garden of sinners daisanshō “tsūkaku zanryū” [2]
March 1 Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel Toei Animation
  • Junichi Satō (chief)
  • Susumu Yamaguchi
 113 Chō gekijō-ban keroro gunsō 3 keroro tai keroro tenkū daisakusen de arimasu! [2]
March 1 One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus - Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura Sunrise Junji Shimizu 95 Wan pīsu episōdo obu choppā + fuyu ni saku, kiseki no sakura [2]
April 19 Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Hero of Kinpoko Shin-Ei Animation Mitsuru Hongo 93 Kureyon shin-chan cho ~ arashi o yobu kinpoko no yūsha [3]
April 19 Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear TMS Entertainment Yasuichiro Yamamoto 116 Meitantei konan senritsu no furu sukoa [3]
May 24 The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine ufotable Teiichi Takiguchi 46 Gekijō-ban sora no kyōkai the Garden of sinners daiyonshō “garan no hora” [3]
May 31 Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume: Watashi wo Aishita Kuro Oolong-Cha DLE FROGMAN 90 Himitsukessha taka no tsume THE mūbī II watashi o aishita kuro ūroncha [3]
July 19 Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior OLM Kunihiko Yuyama 96
July 19 Ponyo Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki 100
October 26 Kite Nightmare Arms Tim Burton 65

Television series[edit]

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2008.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 2 – March 26 Sisters of Wellber Zwei 13 Trans Arts Takayuki Hamana Uerubēru no monogatari ~ shisutāzu of Wellber ~ dainimaku [2]
January 3 – March 27 Rosario + Vampire Gonzo Takayuki Inagaki Rozario to banpaia [2]
January 4 – March 21 H2O: Footprints in the Sand 12 Zexcs Hideki Tachibana H 2 O ~ suna no ue no ashiato ~ [2]
January 5 – March 8 Hatenkō Yūgi 10 Studio Deen Yoshihiro Takamoto Hatenkō yugi [2]
January 5 – June 28 Major S4 26 SynergySP Riki Fukushima Mejā (dai 4 shirīzu) [2]
Persona: Trinity Soul A-1 Pictures Jun Matsumoto Perusona 〜 toriniti Sōru 〜 [2]
January 6 – March 23 Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed 12 J.C.Staff Tatsuo Satō Shigofumi [2]
January 6 – March 30 They Are My Noble Masters 13 A.C.G.T Susumu Kudo Kimi ga aruji de shitsuji ga ore de [2]
True Tears P.A.Works Junji Nishimura Hontō no namida [2]
(Zoku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo Zoku sayonara zetsubō-sensei [2]
January 6 – December 28 Porphy no Nagai Tabi 52 Nippon Animation Tomomi Mochizuki Porufi no nagai tabi [2]
January 7 – March 31 Minami-ke: Okawari 13 Asread Naoto Hosoda Minami ke ~ o kawari ~ [2]
January 8 – April 1 Aria the Origination 13 Hal Film Maker Junichi Sato Aria ji orijinēshon [2]
January 8 – April 1 Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino 13 Artland Hiroshi Ishidori Gan suringā gāru - IL TEATRINO - [2]
January 9 – March 26 Noramimi 12 TMS Entertainment Yoshitaka Koyama Noramimi [2]
January 9 – March 26 Spice and Wolf 13 Imagin Takeo Takahashi Ōkami to kōshinryō [2]
January 11 – March 21 Kitarō of the Graveyard 11 Toei Animation Kimitoshi Chioki Hakaba kitarō [2]
January 14 – March 3 Moegaku★5 40 AIC Spirits Yoshihiro Takamoto Mo egaku ★ 5 [2]
January 14 – September 27, 2009 Yatterman 60 Tatsunoko Production Hiroshi Sasagawa Yattāman [2]
February 3 – January 25, 2009 Yes PreCure 5 GoGo! 48 Toei Animation Toshiaki Komura Iesu! Purikyua 5 GoGo! [2]
February 4 – July 7 Mnemosyne 6 Xebec Shigeru Ueda Munemoshune - munemoshune no musume tachi - [2]
March 15 – March 29 Bus Gamer 3 Studio Izena Naoyuki Kazuya Basu gēmā [2]
March 31 – Chi's Sweet Home 104 Madhouse Mitsuyuki Masuhara [3]
April 1 – Sugarbunnies: Chocolat! 27 Asahi Production Hiroshi Kugimiya [3]
April 2 – Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's 154 Gallop Katsumi Ono [3]
April 3 – Allison & Lillia 26 Madhouse Masayoshi Nishida [3]
April 3 – Kyo Kara Maoh! (season 3) 39 Studio Deen Junji Nishimura [3]
April 4 – Macross Frontier 25 Satelight
  • Yasuhito Kikuchi
  • Shōji Kawamori
 [3]
April 4 – xxxHolic: Kei 13 Production I.G Tsutomu Mizushima [3]
April 4 – To Love-Ru 26 Xebec Takao Kato [3]
April 4 – Kure-nai 12 Brain's Base Kō Matsuo [3]
April 5 – The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk 12 Gonzo Koichi Chigira [3]
April 5 – Itazura na Kiss 25 TMS Entertainment Osamu Yamazaki [3]
April 5 – Penguin no Mondai 100 Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Jun Kamiya [3]
April 5 – Kanokon 12 Xebec Atsushi Ōtsuki [3]
April 5 – Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows 51 Studio Pierrot Yukihiro Matsushita [3]
April 5 – Amatsuki 13 Studio Deen Kazuhiro Furuhashi [3]
April 6 – Onegai My Melody Kirara☆ 52 Studio Comet Makoto Moriwaki [3]
April 6 – Zettai Karen Children 51 SynergySP Keiichiro Kawaguchi [3]
April 6 – Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 25 Sunrise Gorō Taniguchi [3]
April 6 – Kamen no Maid Guy 12 Madhouse Masayuki Sakoi [3]
April 6 – Blassreiter 24 Gonzo Ichirō Itano [3]
April 6 – Da Capo II: Second Season 13 Feel Hideki Okamoto [3]
April 6 – Net Ghost PiPoPa 51 Studio Hibari Shinichiro Kimura [3]
April 7 – Hakken Taiken Daisuki! Shimajirō 101 Pierrot+ Akira Shigino
Masahiro Nakata 		[3]
April 7 – Special A 24
  • AIC
  • Gonzo
 Miyao Yoshikazu [3]
April 7 – Soul Eater 51 Bones Takuya Igarashi [3]
April 7 – Neo Angelique Abyss 13 Yumeta Company Shin Katagai [3]
April 7 – Nabari no Ou 26 J.C.Staff Kunihisa Sugishima [3]
April 7 – Our Home's Fox Deity. 24 Zexcs Yoshiaki Iwasaki [3]
April 8 – Vampire Knight 13 Studio Deen Kiyoko Sayama [3]
April 8 – Monochrome Factor 24 A.C.G.T Yuu Kou [3]
April 9 – Real Drive 26 Production I.G Kazuhiro Furuhashi [3]
April 9 – Glass Maiden 12 Studio Fantasia Mitsuko Kase [3]
April 9 – Top Secret: The Revelation 26 Madhouse Hiroshi Aoyama [3]
April 11 – Junjo Romantica 12 Studio Deen Chiaki Kon [3]
April 11 – Library War 12 Production I.G Takayuki Hamana [3]
April 11 – Kaiba 12 Madhouse Masaaki Yuasa [3]
April 12 – Golgo 13 50 The Answer Studio Shunji Oga [3]
April 12 – Kyōran Kazoku Nikki 26 Nomad Yasuhiro Kuroda [3]
April 13 – Nijū Mensō no Musume 22
  • Bones
  • Telecom Animation Film
 Nobuo Tomizawa [3]
April 13 – Legend of the Condor Hero III 26 Nippon Animation [3]
– RoboDz Kazagumo Hen 26 Toei Animation Daisuke Nishio
– Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians 12 Arms Koichi Ohata
– Telepathy Shōjo Ran 26 TMS Entertainment
– Ultraviolet: Code 044 12 Madhouse Osamu Dezaki
– Sekirei 12 Seven Arcs Keizō Kusakawa
– Slayers Revolution 13 J.C.Staff Takashi Watanabe
– Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies 12 Hal Film Maker Osamu Kobayashi
– Antique Bakery 11
  • Nippon Animation
  • Shirogumi
 Yoshiaki Okumura
Hidamari Sketch × 365 13 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
– Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu 12 Studio Barcelona Munenori Nawa
– Strike Witches 12 Gonzo Kazuhiro Takamura
– Birdy the Mighty: Decode 13 A-1 Pictures Kazuki Akane
– Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo 13 Doga Kobo Tarō Iwasaki
– Mission-E 12 Studio Deen Toshiyuki Katō
– Natsume's Book of Friends 13 Brain's Base Takahiro Omori
– World Destruction 13 Production I.G Shunsuke Tada
– The Familiar of Zero: Rondo of Princesses 12 J.C.Staff Yū Kō
– Koihime Musō 12 Doga Kobo Nobuaki Nakanishi
– Neo Angelique Abyss: Second Age 13 Yumeta Company Shin Katagai
– Blade of the Immortal 13 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo
– Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Bashin 50 Sunrise Mitsuru Hongo
– The Earl and the Fairy 12 Artland Kōichirō Sōtome
– Casshern Sins 24
  • Madhouse
  • Tatsunoko Production
 Shigeyasu Yamauchi
– Hyakko 13 Nippon Animation Michio Fukuda
– Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka 12 TNK Keitaro Motonaga
– Rosario + Vampire Capu2 13 Gonzo Takayuki Inagaki
– Shikabane Hime: Aka 13
  • Feel
  • Gainax
 Masahiko Murata
– Toradora! 25 J.C.Staff Tatsuyuki Nagai
– Yozakura Quartet 12 Nomad Kou Matsuo
– Astro Fighter Sunred 26 AIC A.S.T.A. Seiji Kishi
– Black Butler 24 A-1 Pictures Toshiya Shinohara
– Clannad After Story 24 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara
– Linebarrels of Iron 24 Gonzo Masamitsu Hidaka
– A Certain Magical Index 24 J.C.Staff Hiroshi Nishikiori
– Hell Girl: Three Vessels 26 Studio Deen Hiroshi Watanabe
– Kannagi 13 A-1 Pictures Yutaka Yamamoto
– Kemeko Deluxe! 12 Hal Film Maker Tsutomu Mizushima
– Shugo Chara!! Doki— 51 Satelight Kenji Yasuda
– Tales of the Abyss 26 Sunrise Kenji Kodama
– Ga-Rei: Zero 12
  • AIC Spirits
  • Asread
 Hiroshi Nishikiori
– Inazuma Eleven 127 OLM
  • Katsuhito Akiyama
  • Yoshikazu Miyao
– Kyō no Go no Ni 13 Xebec Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
– Macademi Wasshoi! 12
  • Hal Film Maker
  • Zexcs
 Takaomi Kanzaki
– Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (season 2) 25 Sunrise Seiji Mizushima
– Vampire Knight Guilty 13 Studio Deen Kiyoko Sayama
– Ef: A Tale of Melodies 12 Shaft Shin Ōnuma
– Mōryō no Hako 13 Madhouse Ryosuke Nakamura
– Kurozuka 12 Madhouse Tetsurō Araki
– One Outs 25 Madhouse Yuzo Sato
– Stitch! 25 Madhouse Masami Hata
– Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen 11 J.C.Staff Chiaki Kon
– Tytania 26 Artland Noboru Ishiguro
– Legends of the Dark King 13 Satelight Masashi Abe
– Junjo Romantica (season 2) 12 Studio Deen Chiaki Kon
– Chaos;Head 12 Madhouse Takaaki Ishiyama
– Michiko & Hatchin 22 Manglobe Sayo Yamamoto

Original net animations[edit]

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2008.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
March 24 – September 1 Ikuze! Gen-san 24 Nippon Animation Yoshiaki Okumura Iku ze ~tsu! Minamoto-san [2]
April 3 Yurumi to Shimeru 1 Opera House Yurumi to shimeru [3]
April 19 – November 14 Penguin Musume♥Heart 22 Picture Magic Hitoyuki Matsui Pengin musume ♥ ha~a to [3]
April 25 – July 3 Hennako-chan 6 Gonzo Hen'nako-chan [3]
May 2 – May 8, 2009 Candy Boy 7 AIC Takafumi Hoshikawa Candyboy ~ to aru futago shimai no nanigenai nichijō-banashi ~ [3]
– Xam'd: Lost Memories 26 Bones Masayuki Miyaji
– Time of Eve 6 Studio Rikka Yasuhiro Yoshiura

Original video animations[edit]

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2008.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 17 School Days: Valentine Days 1 TNK Keitaro Motonaga School Days 「Valentine Days」 [2]
February 21 – November 21 My-Otome 0: S.ifr 3 Sunrise Hirokazu Hisayuki Dance - YiHiME 0 ~ S. Ifr ~ [2]
February 22 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Special Edition - Black Rebellion 1 Sunrise Goro Taniguchi Kōdo giasu hangyaku no rurūshu SPECIAL EDITION burakku REBELLION [2]
February 28 The iDOLM@STER Live For You! 1 Actas Keiichiro Kawaguchi Aidorumasutā raibu fō yū! [2]
February 29 – March 28 Yotsunoha 2 Hal Film Maker Hiroshi Nishikiori Yotsunoha [2]
March 7 – August 1 Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Elysion 6 Toei Animation Tomoharu Katsumata Seitōshi seiya meiō hādesu erishion-hen [2]
March 21 Kite Liberator 1 Arms Yasuomi Umetsu Kaito ribereitā [2]
March 26 Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki 1 APPP Kobun Shizuno Ma kyūseishu densetsu hokuto no kobushi toki-den [2]
March 26 Saishuu Shiken Kujira Progressive 1 Zexcs Nagisa Miyazaki Saishū shiken kujira Progressive [2]
March 26 School Days: Magical Heart Kokoro-chan 1 TNK Keitaro Motonaga Sukūru deizu ~ majikaru hāto ☆ kokoro-chan ~ [2]
March 26 – August 8 To Heart 2 AD 2 Chaos Project Yasuhisa Katō To~uhāto 2 [2]
April 1 – September 26 Amuri in Star Ocean 3 Studio Hibari Yoshitomo Yonetani Hoshi no umi no amuri [3]
April 2 Green vs. Red 1 TMS Entertainment Shigeyuki Miya Rupan sansei GREEN vs RED [3]
April 19 Detective Conan: Kudou Shinichi - The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab 1 TMS Entertainment Yasuichiro Yamamoto Meitantei konan Magic File 2 ~ kudō shin'ichi nazo no kabe to kuroirabu jiken ~ [3]
April 25 – June 27 Naisho no Tsubomi 3 Studio Kikan Akira Shigino Naisho no tsubomi [3]
April 25 – January 23, 2009 The Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament Finals 7 M.S.C Shunsuke Tada Tenisu no ōjisama Original vu~ideo Animation zenkoku taikai-hen Final [3]
– Detroit Metal City 12 Studio 4°C Hiroshi Nagahama
– Penguin Musume Heart 22 Picture Magic Hitoyuki Matsui
– Cobra the Animation 6 Magic Bus
  • Buichi Terasawa
  • Kenichi Maejima
– Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel 2 Nomad Tatsuyuki Nagai
– MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front 3 Sunrise Takashi Imanishi
– Switch 2 Actas Naoki Oohira
Tegami Bachi: Hikari to Ao no Gensō Yawa 1 Studio Pierrot Mamoru Kanbe
– Kissxsis 12 Feel Munenori Nawa

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Winter 2008 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba "Spring 2008 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

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