2006 in anime

Events

In this year, 306 anime television programs were produced, and home video sales of anime DVDs and Laserdiscs in Japan were worth 95 billion yen.[1]

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time won the Animation Film Award and Tekkon Kinkreet won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. The inaugural Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year was awarded to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; other nominees were Arashi no Yoru Ni, Tales from Earthsea, Brave Story and Detective Conan: The Private Eye's Requiem. Paprika was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

Release date Title Studio Director Running time (minutes) Notes Ref
January 7 Origin: Spirits of the Past Gonzo Keiichi Sugiyama 94
April 15 Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! Shin-Ei Animation 96
April 15 Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem TMS Entertainment Yasuichiro Yamamoto 111
July 8 Brave Story Gonzo Koichi Chigira 112
July 15 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Madhouse Mamoru Hosoda 98
July 29 Tales from Earthsea Studio Ghibli Gorō Miyazaki 115
August 5 Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom Studio Pierrot Toshiyuki Tsuru 95
September 1 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society Production I.G Kenji Kamiyama
October 14 Atagoal Digital Frontier Mizuho Nishikubo
November 25 Paprika Madhouse Satoshi Kon 90
December 16 Bleach: Memories of Nobody Studio Pierrot Noriyuki Abe 93
December 22 Tekkonkinkreet Studio 4°C Michael Arias 110

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 3 – March 30 Kagihime Monogatari Eikyū Alice Rondo 13 Trinet Entertainment
Picture Magic		 Nagisa Miyazaki
January 3 – March 28 Magikano 13 Tokyo Kids Seiji Kishi
January 4 – March 22 Ah My Buddha (season 2) 12 Studio Deen Keitaro Motonaga Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!!
January 5 – March 23 Rakugo Tennyo Oyui 12 TNK Nobuhiro Takamoto
January 7 – June 17 Fate/stay night 24 Studio Deen Yūji Yamaguchi
January 7 – March 25 Kage Kara Mamoru! 12 Group TAC Yoshitaka Fujimoto
January 7 – December 30 Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin 51 Studio Comet Kiyoshi Fukumoto
January 8 – April 2 Tactical Roar 13 Actas Yoshitaka Fujimoto
January 8 – March 26 Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings 13 J.C.Staff Katsushi Sakurabi
January 9 – March 27 Play Ball 2nd 13 Eiken
Magic Bus		 Satoshi Dezaki
January 9 – December 25 Crash B-Daman 50 Nippon Animedia Yoshiaki Okumura
January 9 – March 27 Nerima Daikon Brothers 12 Studio Hibari Shinichi Watanabe
January 11 – March 29 Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl 12 Studio Hibari Nobuaki Nakanishi
January 12 – February 23 Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora 6 Group TAC Yukihiro Matsushita
January 13 – March 24 Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales 11 Toei Animation Tetsuo Imazawa
Hidehiko Kadota
Kouzou Nagayama
Kenji Nakamura
January 22 – April 13 Meine Liebe: Wieder 13 Bee Train Shin'ya Kawatsura
February 2 – March 30 Binchō-tan 12 Studio Deen Kazuhiro Furuhashi
February 2 – March 30 Rec 9 Shaft Ryūtarō Nakamura
February 4 – January 28, 2007 Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star 49 Toei Animation Toshiaki Komura
February 9 – March 16 Papillon Rose: The New Season 6 Studio Kelmadick Yasuhiro Matsumura
February 25 – August 12 Ergo Proxy 23 Manglobe Shūkō Murase
March 3 – April 7 Ballad of a Shinigami 6 Group TAC
Ginga-ya		 Tomomi Mochizuki Shinigami no Ballad
March 31 – April 3 Lemon Angel Project 13 Radix Daisuke Chiba
April 1 – September 30 Fighting Beauty Wulong Rebirth 25 TMS Entertainment Yoshio Suzuki
April 1 – March 31, 2007 Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! 52 J.C.Staff
Hal Film Maker		 Junichi Sato
April 1 – October 7 Yōkai Ningen Bem 26 Studio Comet Hiroshi Harada
April 2 – September 26 Aria the Natural 26 Hal Film Maker Junichi Sato
April 2 – March 25, 2007 Digimon Data Squad 48 Toei Animation Naoyuki Itō Digimon Savers
April 2 – March 25, 2007 Kiba 51 Madhouse Hiroshi Kōjina
April 2 – July 2 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 14 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu
April 2 – March 23, 2007 Onegai My Melody: Kuru Kuru Shuffle 52 Studio Comet Makoto Moriwaki
April 2 – September 24 School Rumble: 2nd Semester 24 Studio Comet Shinji Takamatsu
Takaomi Kanasaki		 School Rumble Nigakki
April 3 – March 26, 2007 BakéGyamon 51 RADIX Hiroshi Negishi
April 3 – June 19 High School Girls 12 Arms Corporation Yoshitaka Fujimoto Joshi Kōsei
April 3 – September 25 Simoun 26 Studio Deen Junji Nishimura
April 3 – September 25 Strawberry Panic! 26 Madhouse Masayuki Sakoi
April 3 – September 25 Utawarerumono 26 Oriental Light and Magic Tomoki Kobayashi
April 4 – September 26 Air Gear 25 Toei Animation Hajime Kamegaki
April 4 – March 25, 2010 Gin Tama 201 Sunrise Shinji Takamatsu
Yoichi Fujita
April 4 – September 21 Glass Fleet 26 Satelight
Gonzo		 Minoru Ōhara Glass no Kantai
April 4 – September 26 When They Cry 26 Studio Deen Chiaki Kon Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
April 4 – June 20 Makai Senki Disgaea 12 OLM, Inc. Kiyotaka Isako
April 4 – September 26 Ouran High School Host Club 26 Bones Takuya Igarashi Ōran Kōkō Host Club
April 4 – June 20 Renkin 3-kyū Magical? Pokān 12 Remic Kenichi Yatani
April 4 – June 27 Yoshinaga-san Chi no Gargoyle 13 Studio Hibari Iku Suzuki
April 5 – September 27 .hack//Roots 26 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo
April 5 – September 27 Love Get Chu 25 Radix Mitsuhiro Tōgō
April 5 – March 27, 2007 Nana 47 Madhouse Morio Asaka
April 5 – June 21 Princess Princess 12 Studio Deen Keitaro Motonaga
April 5 – September 27 Spider Riders 26 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo Spider Riders: Oracle no Yūsha-tachi
April 5 – March 26, 2008 Trotting Hamtaro Hai! 77 Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment
TMS Entertainment		 Osamu Nabeshima
April 6 – September 14 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy 24 AIC Hiroaki Gōda
April 6 – September 28 Inukami! 26 Seven Arcs Keizō Kusakawa
April 6 – June 29 Ray the Animation 13 OLM
Tezuka Productions		 Naohito Takahashi
April 6 – September 14 Yoshimune 24 AIC Spirits
Gonzo		 Hiroaki Sato
April 6 – June 25 Yume Tsukai 12 Madhouse Kazuo Yamazaki
April 6 – September 28 xxxHolic 24 Production I.G Tsutomu Mizushima
April 6 – September 28 Zegapain 26 Sunrise Masami Shimoda
April 7 – March 27, 2009 Kirarin Revolution 153 Synergy SP
G&G Entertainment		 Masaharu Okuwaki
Yoshitaka Fujimoto
April 8 – June 24 Black Lagoon 12 Madhouse Sunao Katabuchi
April 8 – July 1 Himawari! 13 Arms Shigenori Kageyama
April 8 – July 1 Nishi no Yoki Majo: Astraea Testament 13 Hal Film Maker Katsuichi Nakayama The Good Witch of the West
April 8 – February 24, 2017 The Story of Saiunkoku 39 Madhouse Jun Shishido Saiunkoku Monogatari
April 9 – October 29 Musashi Gundoh 26 ACC Production Yuki Kinoshita
April 10 – September 4 Black Jack 21 17 Tezuka Productions Satoshi Kuwabara
April 10 – March 23, 2007 Shinseiki Duel Masters Flash 24 SynergySP
G&G Entertainment
April 11 – June 24 Soul Link 12 Picture Magic Toshikatsu Tokoro
April 12 – July 19 Hime-sama Goyōjin 12 Nomad Shigehito Takayanagi
April 13 – June 22 Jyu-Oh-Sei 11 Bones Hiroshi Nishikiori
April 13 – January 11, 2007 Sasami: Magical Girls Club 26 AIC Nobuhiro Takamoto
April 13 – October 26 The Third: Aoi Hitomi no Shōjo 24 Xebec Jun Kamiya
April 15 – July 29 Tokko 13 AIC Spirits
Group TAC		 Masashi Abe
April 16 – September 20 Witchblade 24 Gonzo Yoshimitsu Ohashi
April 29 – November 4 Tsubasa Chronicle (season 2) 26 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo
Hiroshi Morioka
May 18 – August 10 Kamisama Kazoku 13 Toei Animation Kimitoshi Chioka
May 18 – August 17 Kishin Hōkō Demonbane 12 Viewworks Hidetoshi Yoshida
June 6 – March 2, 2007 Flag 13 Answer Studio Ryōsuke Takahashi
Kazuo Terada
June 29 – September 14 Binbō Shimai Monogatari 10 Toei Animation Yukio Kaizawa
June 29 – September 14 Honey and Clover II 12 J.C.Staff Tatsuyuki Nagai Hachimitsu to Clover II
July 1 – September 23 Mamotte! Lollipop 13 Studio Comet Noriyoshi Nakamura
July 1 – March 26, 2007 Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin 39 Madhouse Takaaki Ishiyama
July 1 – June 30, 2007 Powerpuff Girls Z 52 Toei Animation Megumu Ishiguro
July 1 – September 16 Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet 12 Studio Hibari
Trinet Entertainment		 Shinichiro Kimura
July 2 – December 3 Project Blue Earth SOS 6 A.C.G.T Tensai Okamura
July 3 – September 20 Coyote Ragtime Show 12 Ufotable Takuya Nonaka
July 3 – September 25 The Familiar of Zero 13 J.C.Staff Yoshiaki Iwasaki Zero no Tsukaima
July 3 – December 25 We Were There 26 Artland Akitaro Daichi Bokura ga Ita
July 4 – September 19 Muteki Kanban Musume 12 Telecom Animation Film Nobuo Tomizawa Ramen Fighter Miki
July 8 – September 30 Koi suru Tenshi Angelique 13 Satelight Susumu Kudo
July 8 – September 30 Tona-Gura! 13 Daume Tatsuya Abe
July 9 – December 17 Welcome to the N.H.K. 24 Gonzo Yūsuke Yamamoto N.H.K. ni Yōkoso!
July 12 – December 20 Chocotto Sister 24 Nomad Yasuhiro Kuroda
July 26 – October 25 Innocent Venus 12 Brain's Base Jun Kawagoe
July 27 – December 31 Night Head Genesis 24 Bee Media
Actas		 Yoshio Takeuchi
August 5 – November 5 Kemonozume 13 Madhouse Masaaki Yuasa
August 7 – October 23 Hanoka 12 Fanworks
RAMS		 Aruji Morino
August 19 – February 2, 2007 Le Chevalier D'Eon 24 Production I.G Kazuhiro Furuhashi
September 8 – November 24 Black Blood Brothers 12 Group TAC
Studio Live		 Hiroaki Yoshikawa
September 17 – September 18 A Spirit of the Sun 2 Madhouse Masayuki Kojima Taiyō no Mokushiroku
October 1 – December 24 Galaxy Angel Rune 13 Satelight Seiji Kishi
October 1 – March 25, 2007 La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo 26 Yumeta Company Kōjin Ochi
October 1 – December 24 Marginal Prince 13 Tokyo Kids
Studio T&B
Gonzo		 Takayuki Inagaki
October 2 – December 18 Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage 12 Madhouse Sunao Katabuchi
October 2 – December 18 Lovely Idol 12 AIC
TNK		 Keitaro Motonaga
October 2 – March 19, 2007 Pumpkin Scissors 24 Gonzo
AIC		 Katsuhito Akiyama
October 3 – June 26, 2007 Death Note 37 Madhouse Tetsurō Araki
October 3 – September 30, 2008 D.Gray-man 103 TMS Entertainment Osamu Nabeshima
Nana Harada
October 3 – March 27, 2007 Ghost Hunt 25 J.C.Staff Rei Mano
October 3 – March 13, 2007 Red Garden 22 Gonzo Kou Matsuo
October 3 – March 13, 2007 Shōnen Onmyōji 26 Studio Deen Kunihiro Mori
October 3 – March 27, 2007 Tokimeki Memorial Only Love 25 AIC A.S.T.A. Nobuhiro Takamoto
October 3 – March 27, 2007 The Wallflower 25 Nippon Animation Shinichi Watanabe Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
October 4 – March 14, 2007 Fist of the Blue Sky 26 A.P.P.P. Yoshihiro Yamaguchi Sōten no Ken
October 4 – March 28, 2007 The Galaxy Railways: Crossroads to Eternity 24 Planet Entertainment Tsuneo Tominaga Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari: Wasurerareta Toki no Wakusei
October 4 – March 28, 2007 Negima!? 26 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
October 4 – March 29, 2007 Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars 25 OLM, Inc. Hiroyuki Kakudō
October 4 – December 20 Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Crescent Love 12 Daume Masahiko Ohta
October 5 – December 21 009-1 12 Ishimori Productions Naoyuki Konno
October 5 – December 21 Living for the Day After Tomorrow 12 J.C.Staff Katsushi Sakurabi Asatte no Hōkō
October 5 – March 29, 2007 Buso Renkin 26 Xebec Takao Kato
October 5 – July 28, 2007 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 25 Sunrise Gorō Taniguchi
October 5 – December 21 Gin'iro no Olynssis 12 Toei Animation Katsumi Tokoro
October 5 – December 21 Happiness! 12 Artland Hiroshi Hara
October 5 – March 15, 2007 Kanon 24 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara
October 5 – March 15, 2007 Sumomomo Momomo 22 Studio Hibari Nobuaki Nakanishi
October 6 – December 22 Gift: Eternal Rainbow 12 Oriental Light and Magic Shigeru Kimiya
October 6 – December 22 Kujibiki Unbalance 12 Ajia-do Animation Works Tsutomu Mizushima
October 6 – March 30, 2007 Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o! 24 Zexcs Itsuro Kawasaki
October 7 – March 31, 2007 Ghost Slayers Ayashi 25 Bones Hiroshi Nishikiori Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi
October 7 – April 6, 2007 Hell Girl: Two Mirrors 26 Studio Deen Takahiro Omori Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori
October 7 – September 29, 2007 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple 50 TMS Entertainment Hajime Kamegaki Shijō Saikyō no Deshi: Kenichi
October 7 – October 27, 2007 Mega Man Star Force 55 Xebec Takao Kato Shooting Star Rockman
October 7 – September 29, 2007 Pururun! Shizuku-chan 51 TMS Entertainment Atsushi Yano
October 7 – September 25, 2010 Reborn! 203 Artland Kenichi Imaizumi Katekyō Hitman Reborn!
October 8 – December 24 Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru 12 Feel Munenori Nawa Otoboku: Maidens Are Falling For Me!
October 13 – December 22 Hataraki Man 11 Gallop Katsumi Ono
October 15 – December 31 Bartender 11 Palm Studio Masaki Watanabe
October 15 – September 30, 2007 Happy Lucky Bikkuriman 46 Toei Animation Tsuyoshi Koga
October 16 – February 11, 2008 Kekkaishi 52 Sunrise Kenji Kodama
November 1 – February 14, 2008 Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry 13 Studio Fantasia Tetsuya Watanabe Sōkō no Strain
November 11 – February 17, 2008 Tokyo Tribes 13 Madhouse Tatsuo Satō
December 22 – December 23 Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre 2 Nomad Kou Matsuo
December 22 – December 23 Winter Garden 2 J.C.Staff Hiroaki Sakurai

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
July 14 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer 3 Sunrise Susumu Nishizawa Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
February 10 – December 26, 2012 Hellsing Ultimate 10 Satelight
Madhouse
Graphinica		 Tomokazu Tokoro
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Yasuhiro Matsumura
March 3 – October 21, 2008 Magical Witch Punie-chan 8 Studio Barcelona Tsutomu Mizushima Dai Mahō-Tōge
March 24 – January 23, 2009 Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament 26 M.S.C Shunsuke Tada
March 24 – March 21, 2007 Kyō no Go no Ni 4 Shinkūkan
Lyrics		 Makoto Sokuza
October 11 – April 4, 2007 Baldr Force EXE Resolution 4 Trinet Entertainment
Satelight		 Takashi Yamazaki
November 24 – May 23, 2008 Freedom 7 Sunrise Shuhei Morita
November 24 – August 24, 2007 My-Otome Zwei 4 Sunrise Masakazu Obara
November 29 – August 24, 2007 Maria-sama ga Miteru 3rd 5 Studio Deen Yukihiro Matsushita
December 22 – April 25, 2007 Genshiken 3 Ajia-do Tsutomu Mizushima

References
  1. "Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.

See also
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