2009 in anime
# 2009 in anime

Events in 2009 in anime.

## Accolades

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

### Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2009.

| Release date | Title | Studio | Director | Running time (minutes) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| January 25 | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Gonzo | Fuminori Kizaki | 100 |
| March 7 | Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors | Sunrise | Susumu Yamaguchi | 77 |
| April 18 | Tenjōbito to Akutobito Saigo no Tatakai | Kyoto Animation | Yoshiji Kigami | 83 |
| April 25 | Eureka Seven: Pocketful of Rainbows | Bones Kinema Citrus | Tomoki Kyoda Hiroshi Haraguchi | 115 |
| May 13 | First Squad | Studio 4°C | Yoshiharu Ashino | 73 |
| June 27 | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | Studio Khara | Hideaki Anno Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki | 108 |
| July 18 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life | OLM | Kunihiko Yuyama | 94 |
| July 28 | Cencoroll | | Atsuya Uki | 30 |
| August 1 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire | Studio Pierrot | Masahiko Murata | 96 |
| August 1 | Summer Wars | Madhouse | Mamoru Hosoda | 114 |
| August 8 | The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder – Part 2 | Ufotable | Shinsuke Takizawa | 121 |
| August 14 | Redline | Madhouse | Takeshi Koike | 102 |
| August 22 | Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror | Production I.G Polygon Pictures | Shinsuke Sato | 100 |
| October 3 | Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike | >Production I.G | Kanta Kamei | 110 |
| November 21 | Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime | Studio Nue Satelight 8-Bit | Shōji Kawamori | 120 |
| November 21 | Mai Mai Miracle | Madhouse | Sunao Katabuchi | 93 |
| December 12 | One Piece Film: Strong World | Toei Animation | Munehisa Sakai | 113 |

### Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2009.

| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| January 1 – March 26 | Shikabane Hime: Kuro | 12 | Feel Gainax | Masahiko Murata | |
| January 3 – March 28 | Akikan! | 12 | Brain's Base | Yūji Himaki | |
| January 3 – March 28 | Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th | 13 | Studio Deen | Toshiyuki Katō | |
| January 3 – March 28 | White Album | 13 | Seven Arcs | Akira Yoshimura | |
| January 4 – March 23 | Maria Holic | 12 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | |
| January 4 – March 29 | Minami-ke: Okaeri | 13 | Asread | Kei Oikawa | |
| January 5 – June 29 | The Girl Who Leapt Through Space | 26 | Sunrise | Masakazu Obara | Sora o Kakeru Shōjo |
| January 5 – March 30 | Zoku Natsume Yūjin-chō | 13 | Brain's Base | Takahiro Omori | Natsume's Book of Friends (season 2) |
| January 6 – June 30 | Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger | 26 | Madhouse | Jun Shishido | |
| January 6 – March 24 | Viper's Creed | 12 | AIC Spirits Digital Frontier | Shinji Aramaki Hiroyuki Kanbe | |
| January 8 – March 26 | Asu no Yoichi! | 12 | AIC | Rion Kujo | |
| January 8 – June 18 | Kurokami: The Animation | 24 | Sunrise | Tsuneo Kobayashi | |
| January 8 – March 26 | The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk | 12 | Gonzo | Koichi Chigira | |
| January 9 – March 27 | Birdy the Mighty: Decode (season 2) | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Kazuki Akane | Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02 |
| January 10 – December 26 | The Beast Player Erin | 50 | Production I.G Trans Arts | Takayuki Hamana | Kemono no Sōja Erin |
| January 10 – July 4 | Major S5 | 25 | SynergySP | Toshinori Fukushima | |
| January 11 – March 29 | Rideback | 12 | Madhouse | Atsushi Takahashi | |
| January 12 – April 6 | Slayers Evolution-R | 12 | J.C.Staff | Takashi Watanabe | |
| January 14 – March 11 | Sora o Miageru Shōjo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai | 9 | Kyoto Animation | Yoshiji Kigami | |
| January 15 – March 26 | Genji Monogatari Sennenki | 11 | Tezuka Productions TMS Entertainment | Osamu Dezaki | |
| February 1 – January 31, 2010 | Fresh PreCure! | 50 | Toei Animation | Junji Shimizu Akifumi Zako | |
| April 1 – March 25, 2012 | Mainichi Kaasan | 142 | Studio Gallop TYO Animations Dong Woo Animation | Mitsuru Hongo | |
| April 2 – June 25 | Asura Cryin' | 13 | Seven Arcs | Keizō Kusakawa | |
| April 2 – September 24 | Pandora Hearts | 25 | Xebec | Takao Kato | |
| April 2 – September 24 | Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom | 26 | Genco Bee Train | Kōichi Mashimo | |
| April 2 – June 18 | Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin | 12 | Arms | Kinji Yoshimoto | Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi |
| April 2 – June 18 | Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings | 12 | Production I.G | Itsuro Kawasaki | Sengoku Basara |
| April 3 – October 1 | Basquash! | 26 | Satelight | Shōji Kawamori Shin Itagaki Eiichi Sato | |
| April 3 – September 18 | Hayate the Combat Butler!! | 25 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Hayate no Gotoku!! |
| April 3 – February 26, 2010 | Higepiyo | 39 | Kinema Citrus | Atsushi Takeyama | |
| April 3 – June 26 | K-On! | 13 | Kyoto Animation | Naoko Yamada | |
| April 3 – September 25 | Slap-up Party: Arad Senki | 26 | GK Entertainment Gonzo | Takahiro Ikezoe | |
| April 4 – March 27, 2010 | Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō | 51 | SynergySP Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment | Harume Kosaka | |
| April 4 – September 26 | Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! | 26 | Bee Media Code | Yasuhiro Imagawa | Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen |
| April 4 – June 20 | Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica Crimson S | 12 | Diomedéa | Toshimasa Suzuki | |
| April 4 – September 26 | Valkyria Chronicles | 26 | A-1 Pictures | Yasutaka Yamamoto | |
| April 5 – March 28, 2010 | Beyblade: Metal Fusion | 51 | Tatsunoko Production Nelvana | Kunihisa Sugishima | Metal Fight Beyblade |
| April 5 – March 28, 2010 | Cross Game | 50 | SynergySP | Osamu Sekita | |
| April 5 – March 27, 2011 | Dragon Ball Z Kai | 97 | Toei Animation | Yasuhiro Nowatari | Dragon Ball Kai |
| April 5 – July 4, 2010 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | 64 | Bones | Yasuhiro Irie | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist |
| April 5 – September 27 | Guin Saga | 26 | Satelight | Atsushi Wakabayashi | |
| April 5 – February 14, 2010 | Hanasakeru Seishōnen | 39 | Studio Pierrot | Chiaki Kon Hajime Kamegaki | |
| April 5 – December 27 | Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables | 39 | Nippon Animation | Katsuyoshi Yatabe | |
| April 5 – March 28, 2010 | Jewelpet | 52 | Studio Comet | Nanako Sasaki | |
| April 5 – June 29 | Natsu no Arashi! | 13 | Shaft | Shin Ōnuma Akiyuki Shinbo | |
| April 5 – June 21 | Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity | 12 | Silver Link | Keitaro Motonaga | |
| April 6 – September 28 | Saki | 25 | Gonzo Picture Magic | Manabu Ono | |
| April 6 – September 14 | Shangri-La | 24 | Gonzo | Makoto Bessho | |
| April 6 – September 28 | Tears to Tiara | 26 | White Fox | Tomoki Kobayashi | |
| April 7 – September 22 | 07-Ghost | 25 | Studio Deen | Norihiro Takamoto | |
| April 7 – September 30 | Sōten Kōro | 26 | Madhouse | Toyoo Ashida Tsuneo Tominaga | |
| April 7 – September 29 | Sugarbunnies: Fleur | 26 | Asahi Production | Hiroshi Kugimiya | |
| April 8 – June 24 | Ristorante Paradiso | 11 | David Production | Mitsuko Kase | |
| April 11 – June 27 | First Love Limited | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiki Yamakawa | Hatsukoi Limited |
| April 12 – May 9, 2010 | Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia | 52 | TMS Entertainment Japan Vistec | Mitsuo Hashimoto | |
| May 22 – September 11 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | 14 | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara | Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu |
| June 5 – September 18 | Weiß Survive | 16 | Studio Hibari | Iku Suzuki | |
| June 24 – September 17 | Umi Monogatari | 12 | Zexcs | Yuu Kou Junichi Sato | |
| June 25 – September 10 | Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! | 12 | Studio Hibari | Shinichiro Kimura | |
| July 2 – December 10 | Needless | 24 | Madhouse | Masayuki Sakoi | |
| July 2 – September 10 | Sweet Blue Flowers | 11 | J.C.Staff | Ken'ichi Kasai | Aoi Hana |
| July 2 – September 24 | Taishō Baseball Girls | 12 | J.C.Staff | Takashi Ikehata | Taishō Yakyū Musume |
| July 2 – December 24 | Umineko When They Cry | 26 | Studio Deen | Chiaki Kon | Umineko no Naku Koro ni |
| July 3 – September 25 | Bakemonogatari | 12 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi | |
| July 4 – September 26 | Canaan | 13 | P.A.Works | Masahiro Ando | |
| July 4 – March 27, 2010 | Element Hunters | 39 | Heewon Entertainment | Yoshiaki Okumura Hunpyo Hong | |
| July 4 – September 26 | (Zan) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei | 13 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo Yukihiro Miyamoto | |
| July 5 – September 27 | Kanamemo | 13 | Feel | Shigehito Takayanagi | |
| July 5 – June 13, 2010 | Kuruneko | 50 | Dax Production | Akitaro Daichi | |
| July 5 – September 20 | Princess Lover! | 12 | GoHands | Hiromitsu Kanazawa | |
| July 6 – September 21 | GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class | 12 | AIC | Hiroaki Sakurai | |
| July 7 – September 22 | Sora no Manimani | 12 | Studio Comet | Shinji Takamatsu | |
| July 9 – September 24 | Spice and Wolf II | 12 | Brain's Base | Takeo Takahashi | Ōkami to Kōshinryō II |
| July 9 – September 17 | Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 | 11 | Bones Kinema Citrus | Masaki Tachibana | |
| July 11 – September 26 | Modern Magic Made Simple | 12 | Nomad | Yasuhiro Kuroda | Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō |
| October 1 – December 24 | Asura Cryin' (season 2) | 13 | Seven Arcs | Keizō Kusakawa | |
| October 1 – December 17 | Nyan Koi! | 12 | AIC | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | |
| October 2 – December 17 | Kämpfer | 12 | Nomad | Yasuhiro Kuroda | |
| October 2 – December 18 | Student Council's Discretion | 12 | Studio Deen | Takuya Satō | Seitokai no Ichizon |
| October 2 – April 2, 2010 | Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra | 27 | David Production | Toshiya Shinohara | |
| October 2 – December 25 | White Album (season 2) | 13 | Seven Arcs | Taizō Yoshida | |
| October 3 – March 20, 2010 | A Certain Scientific Railgun | 24 | J.C.Staff | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Toaru Kagaku no Railgun |
| October 3 – March 29, 2010 | Inuyasha: The Final Act | 26 | Sunrise | Yasunao Aoki | Inuyasha Kanketsu-Hen |
| October 3 – March 27, 2010 | Shugo Chara! Party! | 25 | Satelight | Kenji Yasuda | |
| October 3 – March 27, 2010 | Tegami Bachi | 25 | Studio Pierrot | Akira Iwanaga | |
| October 3 – December 19 | The Sacred Blacksmith | 12 | Manglobe | Masamitsu Hidaka | Seiken no Blacksmith |
| October 4 – December 27 | Heaven's Lost Property | 13 | AIC | Hisashi Saitō | Sora no Otoshimono |
| October 4 – December 27 | Miracle Train: Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso | 13 | Yumeta Company | Kenichi Kasai | |
| October 4 – December 27 | Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū | 13 | Shaft | Shin Ōnuma Ken'ichi Ishikura | |
| October 4 – September 26, 2010 | Yumeiro Patissiere | 50 | Studio Hibari Pierrot | Iku Suzuki | |
| October 5 – September 20, 2010 | Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu | 50 | Hal Film Maker | Soichi Masui | |
| October 5 – December 21 | Shin Koihime Musō | 12 | Doga Kobo | Nobuaki Nakanishi | |
| October 6 – December 22 | 11eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo | 12 | Doga Kobo | Masami Shimoda | |
| October 6 – March 30, 2010 | Kimi ni Todoke | 25 | Production I.G | Hiro Kaburaki | |
| October 6 – March 23, 2010 | Kobato | 24 | Madhouse | Mitsuyuki Masuhara | |
| October 6 – December 22 | Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza | 12 | Studio Barcelona | Munenori Nawa | |
| October 7 – December 30 | Whispered Words | 13 | AIC | Eiji Suganuma | Sasameki Koto |
| October 8 – December 24 | Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor | 12 | Bones | Tensai Okamura | Darker than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini |
| October 11 – December 27 | Aoi Bungaku Series | 12 | Madhouse | Morio Asaka Tetsurō Araki Shigeyuki Miya Ryosuke Nakamura | |
| October 12 – March 30, 2013 | Fairy Tail | 175 | A-1 Pictures Satelight | Shinji Ishihira | |
| October 13 – June 8, 2010 | Kaidan Restaurant | 23 | Toei Animation | Yoko Ikeda | |
| October 15 – March 25, 2010 | Kiddy Girl-and | 24 | Satelight | Keiji Gotoh | |
| October 15 – December 24 | Kūchū Buranko | 11 | Toei Animation | Kenji Nakamura | |
| December 4 – March 26, 2010 | Weiß Survive R | 12 | Studio Hibari | Kenji Seto | |
| December 21 – December 25 | Hipira-kun | 12 | Sunrise | Shinji Kimura | |

### Original net animations

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| January 24 – March 5, 2010 | Hetalia: Axis Powers | 52 | Studio Deen | Bob Shirohata | |
| February 13 – May 15 | Nyorōn Churuya-san | 13 | Kyoto Animation | | |
| February 13 – May 15 | The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya | 25 | Kyoto Animation | | Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yūutsu |

### Original video animations

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| January 21 – July 24 | Kodomo no Jikan: Ni Gakki | 4 | Studio Barcelona | | |
| January 23 – March 25 | Strawberry Marshmallow Encore | 2 | Daume | Takuya Satō | Ichigo Mashimaro Encore |
| February 17 – June 26 | xxxHOLiC Shunmuki | 2 | Production I.G | Tsutomu Mizushima | |
| February 25 – August 21 | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei | 5 | Studio Deen | Toshifumi Kawase | |
| March 17 – May 15 | Tsubasa Spring Thunder Chronicles | 2 | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada | Tsubasa: Shunraiki |
| March 20 – March 19, 2010 | Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar | 13 | AIC Spirits BeSTACK | Toshifumi Kawase | Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari |
| April 3 – April 2, 2010 | To Love-Ru | 6 | Xebec | Takao Kato | |
| May 1 – December 4 | Denpa teki na Kanojo | 2 | Brain's Base | Mamoru Kanbe | |
| May 19 – May 29 | Dogs: Bullets & Carnage | 4 | David Production | Tatsuya Abe | |
| June 5 – June 23, 2010 | Utawarerumono | 3 | Aquaplus Chaos Project | Kenichiro Katsura | |
| June 23 | Minami-ke: Betsubara | 1 | Asread | Kei Oikawa | |
| June 24 – July 20, 2011 | Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas | 26 | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Nabeshima | |
| June 26 | Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Hardcore | 1 | TNK | Keitaro Motonaga | |
| July 5 – August 25 | AIKa ZERO | 3 | Studio Fantasia | Noriyasu Yamauchi | |
| July 30 – November 17 | Aki Sora | 2 | Hoods Entertainment | Takeo Takahashi | |
| September 17 – November 17, 2010 | Mahō Sensei Negima!: Mō Hitotsu no Sekai | 5 | Shaft Studio Pastoral | Akiyuki Shinbo | |
| October 4 – October 10 | Kanokon: Manatsu no Daishanikusai | 2 | Xebec | Atsushi Ōtsuki | |
| October 17 – October 24 | Mahoromatic: I'm Home! | 2 | Gainax | Shouji Saeki | Mahoromatic: Tadaima◇Okaeri |
| October 23 – September 29 | Shakugan no Shana S | 4 | J.C.Staff | Takashi Watanabe | |
| December 31 | Kowarekake no Orgel | 1 | ElectromagneticWave | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | |
