2009 in anime
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| Years: | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 |
Events in 2009 in anime.
Accolades[edit]
At the Mainichi Film Awards, Summer Wars won the Animation Film Award and Denshin-Bashira Elemi no Koi won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Summer Wars also won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Internationally, The Sky Crawlers, Summer Wars and First Squad were nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Releases[edit]
Films[edit]
A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2009.
| Release date | Title | Studio | Director | Running time (minutes) | Alternate title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 16 | Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Super Snail Adventure | Creative Power Entertaining |
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85 | Yukaina yagi to ōkina ōkina ōkami: Maiagaru | [1] |
| January 17 | Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files Movie | The Answer Studio | Ryousuke Takahashi | 118 | Sōkō kihei botomuzu pēruzen fairuzu gekijō-ban | [1] |
| January 25 | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Gonzo | Fuminori Kizaki | 100 | Afuro samurai Resurrection | [1] |
| January 31 | Chocolate Underground the Movie |
|
Takayuki Hamana | 87 | Chokorēto andāguraundo ~ bokura no chiyokorēto sensō ~ | [1] |
| March 7 | Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer | Shin-Ei Animation |
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98 | Eiga Doraemon shin nobita no uchū kaitakushi | [1] |
| Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors | Sunrise |
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78 | Chō gekijō-ban keroro gunsō gekishin doragon'uoriāzu de arimasu! | [1] | |
| March 14 | Kara no Kyoukai Remix: Gate of Seventh Heaven | ufotable |
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61 | Sora no kyōkai Remix - Gate of seventh hebun - | [1] |
| March 20 | Precure All Stars Movie DX: Minna Tomodachi☆Kiseki no Zenin Daishuugou! | Toei Animation | Takashi Otsuka | 70 | Eiga purikyua ōru sutāzu DX min'na tomodachi ~tsu☆ kiseki no zen'in dai shūgō! | [1] |
| April 18 | Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Yasuichiro Yamamoto | 111 | Meitantei konan shikkoku no cheisā | [2] |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Roar! Kasukabe Animal Kingdom | Shin-Ei Animation | Akira Shigino | 96 | Kureyon shin-chan otakebe! Kasukabe yasei ōkoku | [2] | |
| Munto Movie | Kyoto Animation | Yoshiji Kigami | 90 | Tenjōbito to akutobito saigo no tatakai | [2] | |
| April 22 | Gurren Lagann: The Lights in the Sky are Stars | Gainax | Hiroyuki Imaishi | 125 | Gekijō-ban tengan toppa guren ragan ragan-hen | [2] |
| April 25 | Eureka Seven: Pocketful of Rainbows |
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115 | Kōkyōshihen eureka sebun poketto ga niji de ippai | [2] | |
| April 28 | Baton | Titmouse | Ryuhei Kitamura | 65 | Baton | [2] |
| May 9 | Pattenlai! ~A Water Story of the Southern Islands~! | Mushi Production | Noboru Ishiguro | 90 | Pattenrai!! ~ Minami no shima no mizu monogatari ~ | [2] |
| May 13 | First Squad: The Moment of Truth | Studio 4°C | Yoshiharu Ashino | 73 | Fāsuto sukuwaddo | [2] |
| June 13 | Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai | Production I.G | Mizuho Nishikubo | 72 | Miyamoto musashi ― futaken ni haseru yume ― | [2] |
| July 11 | The Asylum Session | CoMix Wave Films | Tact Aoki | 65 | Ajīru sesshon | [3] |
| July 18 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | OLM | Kunihiko Yuyama | 94 | Poketto monsutā daiyamondo & pāru aruseusu chōkoku no jikūhe | [3] |
| July 27 | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | Khara |
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112 | Wevuangeriwon shin gekijō-ban: Yabu | [3] |
| July 28 | Cencoroll |
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Atsuya Uki | 26 | Senkorōru | [3] |
| August 1 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire | Pierrot | Masahiko Murata | 95 | Naruto - shippuden hi no ishi o tsugu mono | [3] |
| Summer Wars | Madhouse | Mamoru Hosoda | 114 | Samāu~ōzu | [3] | |
| August 8 | The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder – Part 2 | ufotable | Shinsuke Takizawa | 121 | Gekijō-ban sora no ryōiki the Garden of sinners dai 7-shō `satsujin sōsa (kōhen)' | [3] |
| August 14 | Redline | Madhouse | Takeshi Koike | 102 | Reddo rain | [3] |
| August 15 | Mai-Mai Miracle | Sunao Katabuchi | 95 | Mai mai shinko to Chitose no mahō | [3] | |
| August 22 | Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror |
|
Akio Nishizawa | 98 | Hottarake no shima ~ Haruka to mahō no kagami ~ | [3] |
| Symphony in August | WAO World | Shinsuke Satō | 112 | 8 Tsuki no shinfonī ― Shibuya 2002 ~ 2003 | [3] | |
| September 12 | Yona Yona Penguin | Madhouse | Rintarō | 87 | Yona yona pengin | [3] |
| September 19 | Duel Masters: Lunatic God Saga | Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions |
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71 | Gekijō-ban deyueru masutāzu kokugatsu no shintei | [3] |
| September 26 | Eden of The East Compilation: Air Communication; Higashi no Eden Recap | Production I.G | Kenji Kamiyama | 123 | Higashi no eden sōshūhen Air komyunikēshon | [3] |
| October 3 | Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike | Kanta Kamei | 110 | Teiruzu obu vuesuperia | [4] | |
| October 9 | King of Thorn | Sunrise | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Ibara no ō | [4] | |
| October 16 | Tailenders | Picograph |
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27 | Teiruendāzu | [4] |
| October 17 | The Rebirth of Buddha | Group TAC | Takaaki Ishiyama | 114 | Budda saitan | [4] |
| October 31 | Fresh Pretty Cure!: The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!? | Toei Animation | Junji Shimizu | 70 | Eiga furesshu purikyua! Omocha no kuni wa himitsu ga ippai!? | [4] |
| November 21 | Macross Frontier: The False Songstress | Shōji Kawamori | 119 | Gekijō-ban makurosu efu kokū utahime ~ itsuwari nō tahime ~ | [4] | |
| November 28 | Eden of The East: The King of Eden | Production I.G | Kenji Kamiyama | 82 | Higashi no eden gekijō-ban I The King of eden | [4] |
| December 12 | One Piece Film: Strong World | Toei Animation | Munehisa Sakai | 115 | Wan pīsu firumu sutorongu wārudo | [4] |
| Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection | Enagio |
|
135 | Uchū senkan yamato fukkatsu-hen | [4] | |
| December 19 | Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva |
|
Masakazu Hashimoto | 99 | Reiton kyōju to eien no uta-hime | [4] |
Television series[edit]
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2009.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio(s) | Director(s) | Alternate title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 – March 26 | Corpse Princess: Kuro | 12 |
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Masahiko Murata | Shitai | [1] |
| January 3 – March 28 | Maria Watches Over Us Season 4 | 13 | Studio Deen | Toshiyuki Kato | Maria-sama ga miteru 〜 4 th 〜 | [1] |
| January 4 – March 22 | Maria Holic | 12 | Shaft | Maria† horikku | [1] | |
| January 4 – March 29 | Akikan! | Brain's Base | Yuji Himaki | Akikan! | [1] | |
| White Album | 13 | Seven Arcs |
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Howaito arubamu | [1] | |
| January 5 – March 30 | Minami-ke: Okaeri | 13 | asread. | Kei Oikawa | Minami ke okaeri | [1] |
| – | Viper's Creed | 12 |
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| – | The Girl Who Leapt Through Space | 26 | Masakazu Obara | |||
| – | Zoku Natsume Yūjin-chō | 13 | Takahiro Omori | |||
| – | Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger | 26 | Jun Shishido | |||
| – | Asu no Yoichi! | 12 | Rion Kujo | |||
| – | The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk | 12 | Koichi Chigira | |||
| – | Kurokami: The Animation | 24 | Tsuneo Kobayashi | |||
| – | The Beast Player Erin | 50 | Takayuki Hamana | |||
| – | Major S5 | 25 | Toshinori Fukushima | |||
| – | Birdy the Mighty: Decode (season 2) | 12 | Kazuki Akane | |||
| – | Koukaku no Regios | 24 | Itsurou Kawasaki | |||
| Rideback | 12 | Atsushi Takahashi | ||||
| Slayers Evolution-R | 12 | Takashi Watanabe | ||||
| Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai | 9 | Yoshiji Kigami | ||||
| Genji Monogatari Sennenki | 11 | Osamu Dezaki | ||||
| Fresh PreCure! | 50 |
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| Mainichi Kaasan | 142 | Mitsuru Hongo | ||||
| Asura Cryin' | 13 | Keizō Kusakawa | ||||
| Pandora Hearts | 25 | Takao Kato | ||||
| Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | ||||
| Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin | 12 | Kinji Yoshimoto | ||||
| Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings | 12 | Itsuro Kawasaki | ||||
| Basquash! | 26 |
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| Hayate the Combat Butler!! | 25 | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | ||||
| Higepiyo | 39 | Atsushi Takeyama | ||||
| K-On! | 13 | Naoko Yamada | ||||
| Slap-up Party: Arad Senki | 26 | Takahiro Ikezoe | ||||
| Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō | 51 | Harume Kosaka | ||||
| Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! | 26 | Yasuhiro Imagawa | ||||
| Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Crimson S | 12 | Toshimasa Suzuki | ||||
| Valkyria Chronicles | 26 | Yasutaka Yamamoto | ||||
| Beyblade: Metal Fusion | 51 | Kunihisa Sugishima | ||||
| Cross Game | 50 | Osamu Sekita | ||||
| Dragon Ball Z Kai | 97 | Yasuhiro Nowatari | ||||
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | 64 | Yasuhiro Irie | ||||
| Guin Saga | 26 | Atsushi Wakabayashi | ||||
| Hanasakeru Seishōnen | 39 |
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| Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables | 39 | Katsuyoshi Yatabe | ||||
| Jewelpet | 52 | Nanako Sasaki | ||||
| Natsu no Arashi! | 13 |
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| Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity | 12 | Keitaro Motonaga | ||||
| Saki | 25 | Manabu Ono | ||||
| Shangri-La | 24 | Makoto Bessho | ||||
| Tears to Tiara | 26 | Tomoki Kobayashi | ||||
| 07-Ghost | 25 | Norihiro Takamoto | ||||
| Sōten Kōro | 26 |
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| Sugarbunnies: Fleur | 26 | Hiroshi Kugimiya | ||||
| Ristorante Paradiso | 11 | Mitsuko Kase | ||||
| First Love Limited | 12 | Yoshiki Yamakawa | ||||
| Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia | 52 | Mitsuo Hashimoto | ||||
| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | 14 | Tatsuya Ishihara | ||||
| Weiß Survive | 16 | Iku Suzuki | ||||
| Umi Monogatari | 12 |
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| Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! | 12 | Shinichiro Kimura | ||||
| Needless | 24 | Masayuki Sakoi | ||||
| Sweet Blue Flowers | 11 | Ken'ichi Kasai | ||||
| Taishō Baseball Girls | 12 | Takashi Ikehata | ||||
| Umineko When They Cry | 26 | Chiaki Kon | ||||
| Bakemonogatari | 12 |
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| Canaan | 13 | Masahiro Ando | ||||
| Element Hunters | 39 |
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| (Zan) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei | 13 |
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| Kanamemo | 13 | Shigehito Takayanagi | ||||
| Kuruneko | 50 | Akitaro Daichi | ||||
| Princess Lover! | 12 | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | ||||
| GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class | 12 | Hiroaki Sakurai | ||||
| Sora no Manimani | 12 | Shinji Takamatsu | ||||
| Spice and Wolf II | 12 | Takeo Takahashi | ||||
| Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 | 11 | Masaki Tachibana | ||||
| Modern Magic Made Simple | 12 | Yasuhiro Kuroda | ||||
| Asura Cryin' (season 2) | 13 | Keizō Kusakawa | ||||
| Nyan Koi! | 12 | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | ||||
| Kämpfer | 12 | Yasuhiro Kuroda | ||||
| Student Council's Discretion | 12 | Takuya Satō | ||||
| Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra | 27 | Toshiya Shinohara | ||||
| White Album (season 2) | 13 | Taizō Yoshida | ||||
| A Certain Scientific Railgun | 24 | Tatsuyuki Nagai | ||||
| Inuyasha: The Final Act | 26 | Yasunao Aoki | ||||
| Shugo Chara! Party! | 25 | Kenji Yasuda | ||||
| Tegami Bachi | 25 | Akira Iwanaga | ||||
| The Sacred Blacksmith | 12 | Masamitsu Hidaka | ||||
| Heaven's Lost Property | 13 | Hisashi Saitō | ||||
| Miracle Train: Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso | 13 | Kenichi Kasai | ||||
| Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū | 13 |
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| Yumeiro Patissiere | 50 | Iku Suzuki | ||||
| Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu | 50 | Soichi Masui | ||||
| Shin Koihime Musō | 12 | Nobuaki Nakanishi | ||||
| 11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo | 12 | Masami Shimoda | ||||
| Kimi ni Todoke | 25 | Hiro Kaburaki | ||||
| Kobato | 24 | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | ||||
| Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza | 12 | Munenori Nawa | ||||
| Whispered Words | 13 | Eiji Suganuma | ||||
| Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor | 12 | Tensai Okamura | ||||
| Aoi Bungaku Series | 12 |
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| Fairy Tail | 175 | Shinji Ishihira | ||||
| Kaidan Restaurant | 23 | Yoko Ikeda | ||||
| Kiddy Girl-and | 24 | Keiji Gotoh | ||||
| Kūchū Buranko | 11 | Kenji Nakamura | ||||
| Weiß Survive R | 12 | Kenji Seto | ||||
| Hipira-kun | 12 | Shinji Kimura |
Original net animations[edit]
A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2009.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy Boy: Nonchalant Talk of the Certain Twin Sisters in Daily Life | 7 | Takafumi Hoshikawa | ||||
| Hetalia: Axis Powers | 52 | Bob Shirohata | ||||
| Nyorōn Churuya-san | 13 | Yasuhiro Takemoto | ||||
| The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya | 25 | Yasuhiro Takemoto |
Original video animations[edit]
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2009.
| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
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| Kodomo no Jikan: Ni Gakki | 4 | |||||
| Strawberry Marshmallow Encore | 2 | Takuya Satō | ||||
| xxxHOLiC Shunmuki | 2 | Tsutomu Mizushima | ||||
| Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei | 5 | Toshifumi Kawase | ||||
| Tsubasa Spring Thunder Chronicles | 2 | Shunsuke Tada | ||||
| Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar | 13 | Toshifumi Kawase | ||||
| To Love-Ru | 6 | Takao Kato | ||||
| Denpa teki na Kanojo | 2 | Mamoru Kanbe | ||||
| Dogs: Bullets & Carnage | 4 | Tatsuya Abe | ||||
| Utawarerumono | 3 | Kenichiro Katsura | ||||
| Minami-ke: Betsubara | 1 | Kei Oikawa | ||||
| Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas | 26 | Osamu Nabeshima | ||||
| Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Hardcore | 1 | Keitaro Motonaga | ||||
| AIKa ZERO | 3 | Noriyasu Yamauchi | ||||
| Aki Sora | 2 | Takeo Takahashi | ||||
| Mahō Sensei Negima!: Mō Hitotsu no Sekai | 5 | Akiyuki Shinbo | ||||
| Kanokon: Manatsu no Daishanikusai | 2 | Atsushi Ōtsuki | ||||
| Mahoromatic: I'm Home! | 2 | Shouji Saeki | ||||
| Shakugan no Shana S | 4 | Takashi Watanabe | ||||
| Kowarekake no Orgel | 1 | Keiichiro Kawaguchi |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Winter 2009 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Spring 2009 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Summer 2009 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Fall 2009 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
External links[edit]
- Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb