2012 in anime

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Events in 2012 in anime.

Year in review

In Japanese polling, Newtype's best releases of Autumn 2011 to Summer 2012 announced the best anime series as Fate/Zero, The Idolmaster, Nisemonogatari, Tari Tari and Hyouka. For movies, the poll named only three awards for the K-On! Movie, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie and Wolf Children.[1] Another series debut was Sword Art Online. Kotaku's Richard Eisenbeis praised Sword Art Online, even before the series' conclusion, for its complex and genre-crossing storyline and intelligent portrayal of sociological and psychological issues.[2] Eisenbeis would also pick five different movies for top film of 2012, including The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki, Evangelion 3.0, Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker, One Piece Film: Z and Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles as his top five movies.[3]

Anime News Network's, Theron Martin and Carl Kimlinger listed the best anime in America of 2012 summarized the popular works that were widely released to American audiences. The two reviewers picked Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Anohana as series of the year with runners-up Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions and Kimi ni Todoke. The staff's picks for best movies of the year, were The Secret World of Arrietty and Redline.[4]

In March 2013, the Tokyo Anime Awards recognized Wolf Children for animation of the year, Sword Art Online and Kuroko's Basketball for television series of the year.[5]

At the Mainichi Film Awards, the Animation Film Award was won by Wolf Children and the Ōfuji Noburō Award was won by Combustible. Wolf Children also won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Internationally, A Letter to Momo won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film, with three of the other four nominees being also from Japan: From Up on Poppy Hill, Niji-Iro Hotaru: Eien no Natsu Yasumi and Wolf Children.

Deaths

March 20 - Noboru Ishiguro[6]

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2012.

Release date Title Studio Director Running time (minutes) Notes Ref
March 17 Strike Witches: The Movie AIC Kazuhiro Takamura 97
June 16 Library War: The Wings of Revolution Production I.G Takayuki Hamana 105
July 21 Wolf Children Studio Chizu
Madhouse		 Mamoru Hosoda 117
October 27 009 Re:Cyborg Production I.G
Sanzigen		 Kenji Kamiyama 105
November 17 Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo Studio Khara Hideaki Anno
Mahiro Maeda
Kazuya Tsurumaki		 96

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2012.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 2 – March 26 Natsume Yūjin-chō Shi 13 Brain's Base Takahiro Omori
January 5 – March 29 Amagami SS+ plus 13 AIC Tomoki Kobayashi
January 4 – March 28 The New Prince of Tennis 13 M.S.C
Production I.G		 Hideyo Yamamoto
January 5 – March 29 Kill Me Baby 13 J.C.Staff Yoshiki Yamakawa
January 5 – March 28 Recorder to Randoseru Do 13 Seven Hiroshi Kimura
January 5 – March 22 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Act 2 12 J.C.Staff
Artland		 Makoto Moriwaki
January 6 – March 21 High School DxD 12 TNK Tetsuya Yanagisawa
January 6 – March 30 Senki Zesshō Symphogear 13 Satelight
Encourage Films		 Tatsufumi Itō
January 7 – March 17 Nisemonogatari 11 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
Tatsuya Oishi
January 7 – March 24 The Familiar of Zero: F 12 J.C.Staff Yoshiaki Iwasaki Zero no Tsukaima F
January 7 – September 28 The Knight in the Area 37 Shin-Ei Animation Hirofumi Ogura
January 8 – June 24 Aquarion Evol 26 Satelight
8-Bit		 Shōji Kawamori
Yusuke Yamamoto
January 8 – June 30 Bodacious Space Pirates 26 Satelight Tatsuo Satō
January 8 – March 27 Brave 10 12 Studio Sakimakura
TMS Entertainment		 Kiyoko Sayama
January 8 – March 24 Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne 12 Xebec
Production I.G		 Tatsuo Satō
Toshimasa Suzuki		 Rinne no Lagrange
January 8 – December 30 Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki 52 Studio Deen Akitaro Daichi
January 9 – March 26 Daily Lives of High School Boys 12 Sunrise Shinji Takamatsu Danshi Kōkōsei no Nichijō
January 10 – March 27 Another 12 P.A.Works Tsutomu Mizushima
January 10 – March 27 Waiting in the Summer 12 J.C.Staff Tatsuyuki Nagai Ano Natsu de Matteru
January 11 – March 27 Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! 13 Feel Itsuro Kawasaki Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai!
January 12 – March 29 Inu x Boku SS 12 David Production Naokatsu Tsuda
January 12 – January 26 Thermae Romae 6 DLE Azuma Tani
January 23 – March 28 Gokujyo 12 LMD Futoshi Higashide
February 2 – March 22 Black Rock Shooter 8 Ordet
Sanzigen		 Shinobu Yoshioka
Hiroyuki Imaishi
February 5 – January 27, 2013 Smile PreCure! 48 Toei Animation Takashi Otsuka
March 16 – April 21 Ozuma 6 LandQ Studios
Gonzo		 Takahiro Ikezoe
Ryōsuke Takahashi
April 1 – December 23 Hiiro no Kakera 13 Studio Deen Bob Shirohata
April 1 – March 30, 2014 Saint Seiya Omega 97 Toei Animation Morio Hatano (1-51)
Tatsuya Nagamine (52-77)
Kohei Kureta (78-97)
April 1 – March 22, 2014 Space Brothers 99 A-1 Pictures Ayumu Watanabe Uchū Kyōdai
April 2 – June 25 Zetman 13 TMS Entertainment Osamu Nabeshima
April 3 – February 26, 2013 Ginga e Kickoff!! 39 TYO Animations Kōnosuke Uda
April 3 – June 26 Kimi to Boku (season 2) 13 J.C.Staff Mamoru Kanbe
April 3 – June 19 Queen's Blade Rebellion 12 Arms Yōsei Morino
April 4 – September 26 Arashi no Yoru ni 26 Sparky Animation Tetsuro Amino
April 4 – February 19, 2014 Kuromajo-san ga Toru!! 60 Shin-Ei Animation Tetsuo Yasumi
April 4 – June 27 Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine 13 TMS Entertainment Sayo Yamamoto
April 4 – June 27 Recorder to Randoseru Re 13 Seven Hiroshi Kimura
April 5 – June 7 Is This a Zombie? of the Dead 10 Studio Deen Takaomi Kanasaki Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead
April 5 – June 21 Medaka Box 12 Gainax Shouji Saeki
April 5 – June 28 Place to Place 12 AIC Fumitoshi Oizaki Acchi Kocchi
April 5 – June 28 Sankarea: Undying Love 12 Studio Deen Mamoru Hatakeyama
April 5 – September 27 Sengoku Collection 26 Brain's Base Keiji Gotoh
April 5 – March 28, 2013 Shirokuma Cafe 50 Pierrot Mitsuyuki Masuhara
April 6 – June 29 Natsuiro Kiseki 12 Sunrise Seiji Mizushima
April 7 – September 22 Accel World 24 Sunrise Masakazu Obara
April 7 – March 30, 2013 Baku Tech! Bakugan 51 Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment Takao Kato
April 7 – June 23 Fate/Zero (season 2) 12 Ufotable Ei Aoki
April 7 – March 30, 2013 Jewelpet Kira Deco! 52 Studio Comet Makoto Moriwaki
April 7 – September 22 Kuroko's Basketball 25 Production I.G Shunsuke Tada
April 7}} – June 30 Mysterious Girlfriend X 12 Hoods Entertainment Ayumu Watanabe Nazo no Kanojo X
April 7 – March 30, 2013 Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future 51 Tatsunoko Production Masakazu Hishida
April 8 – December 23, 2013 Beyblade: Shogun Steel 45 SynergySP
Nelvana Animation		 Kunihisa Sugishima
April 8 – January 2, 2013 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit 39 TMS Entertainment Hatsuki Tsuji
April 8 – June 24 Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 13 Silver Link Shin Ōnuma Tasogare Otome × Amnesia
April 8 – September 23 Phi Brain: Puzzle of God (season 2) 25 Sunrise Junichi Sato
April 8 – June 9 Upotte!! 10 Xebec Takao Kato
April 9 – May 25 Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-A 16 Studio Gokumi Manabu Ono
April 10 – June 26 Jormungand 12 White Fox Keitaro Motonaga
April 10 – June 26 Nyaruko: Crawling with Love 12 Xebec Tsuyoshi Nagasawa Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
April 12 – June 28 Kids on the Slope 12 MAPPA
Tezuka Productions		 Shinichirō Watanabe Sakamichi no Apollon
April 13 – November 20 Eureka Seven: AO 24 Bones Tomoki Kyoda
April 13 – June 28 Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan 12 Production I.G Itsuro Kawasaki
April 13 – June 28 Tsuritama 12 A-1 Pictures Kenji Nakamura
April 22 – September 16 Hyōka 22 Kyoto Animation Yasuhiro Takemoto
April 29 – July 22 AKB0048 13 Satelight Shōji Kawamori
Yoshimasa Hiraike
June 4 – February 25, 2013 Kingdom 38 Pierrot Jun Kamiya
July 1 – December 24 Chitose Get You!! 26 Silver Link Takao Sano
July 1 – September 23 Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (season 2) 12 Xebec
Production I.G		 Tatsuo Satō
Toshimasa Suzuki		 Rinne no Lagrange
July 1 – September 16 La storia della Arcana Famiglia 12 J.C.Staff Chiaki Kon
July 1 – September 23 Tari Tari 13 P.A.Works Masakazu Hashimoto
July 2 – September 17 Humanity Has Declined 12 AIC A.S.T.A. Seiji Kishi Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
July 2 – December 23 Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse 24 Ixtl
Satelight		 Masaomi Ando
July 2 – September 17 YuruYuri♪♪ 12 Doga Kobo Masahiko Ohta
July 3 – September 25 Chōyaku Hyakunin isshu: Uta Koi 13 TYO Animations Ken'ichi Kasai
July 4 – September 26 Good Luck Girl! 13 Sunrise Yōichi Fujita Binbō-gami ga!
July 5 – September 28 Joshiraku 13 J.C.Staff Tsutomu Mizushima
July 5 – September 13 Moyasimon Returns 11 Shirogumi
Telecom Animation Film		 Yūichirō Yano
July 5 – September 13 Natsuyuki Rendezvous 11 Doga Kobo Kō Matsuo
July 6 – September 21 Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero 12 Arms Rion Kujō Hagure Yūsha no Estetica
July 6 – September 28 Campione! 13 Diomedéa Keizō Kusakawa
July 6 – September 28 Love, Election and Chocolate 12 AIC Build Tōru Kitahata Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
July 6 – September 28 Nakaimo - My Sister Is Among Them! 12 Studio Gokumi Munenori Nawa Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!
July 6 – September 25 So, I Can't Play H! 12 Feel Takeo Takahashi Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai.
July 7 – September 29 Dog Days 13 Seven Arcs Junji Nishimura
July 7 – September 29 Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (season 2) 13 Sunrise Manabu Ono Kyōkaisen-jō no Horizon
July 7 – December 22 Sword Art Online 25 A-1 Pictures Tomohiko Itō
July 7 – March 30, 2013 Tanken Driland 37 Toei Animation Toshinori Fukuzawa
July 8 – September 30 Kokoro Connect 13 Silver Link Shin Ōnuma
Shin'ya Kawatsura
July 9 – September 24 The Ambition of Oda Nobuna 12 Studio Gokumi
Madhouse		 Yūji Kumazawa Oda Nobuna no Yabō
July 9 – September 24 Hakuōki Reimeiroku 12 Studio Deen Osamu Yamasaki
August 11 – October 6 BeyWheelz 13 SynergySP
Nelvana Animation		 Naoki Hishikawa
September 9 – September 8, 2013 Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes 50 Sunrise Masaki Watanabe
October 1 – December 24 Kamisama Kiss 13 TMS Entertainment Akitaro Daichi Kamisama Hajimemashita
October 1 – December 24 My Little Monster 13 Brain's Base Hiro Kaburaki Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
October 2 – September 24, 2013 Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter 51 A-1 Pictures Shinji Takamatsu
Kunihiro Mori
October 2 – November 20 Litchi DE Hikari Club 8 Kachidoki Studio Masahiro Takata
October 3 – March 27, 2013 From the New World 25 A-1 Pictures Masashi Ishihama Shin Sekai Yori
October 3 – December 19 Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life 12 Sanzigen Toyonori Yamada Ūsā no Sono-hi-gurashi
October 4 – December 20 Busou Shinki 12 8-Bit Yasuhito Kikuchi
October 4 – December 20 Btooom! 12 Madhouse Kotono Watanabe
October 4 – December 20 Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You 12 Manglobe Masashi Kudo
October 4 – December 19 Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions 12 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!
October 5 – March 29, 2013 Blast of Tempest 24 Bones Masahiro Ando Zetsuen no Tempest
October 5 – December 21 Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb 12 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
October 5 – April 5, 2013 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 26 David Production Naokatsu Tsuda
Ken'ichi Suzuki
October 5 – December 28 K 13 GoHands Shingo Suzuki
October 5 – December 21 OniAi 12 Silver Link Keiichiro Kawaguchi Onii-chan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne!
October 6 – March 30, 2013 Bakuman. 3 25 J.C.Staff Ken'ichi Kasai
Noriaki Akitaya
October 6 – December 29 Haitai Nanafa 13 Passione Hiroshi Kimura
October 6 – March 30, 2013 Ixion Saga DT 25 Brain's Base Shinji Takamatsu
October 6 – April 6, 2013 Little Busters! 26 J.C.Staff Yoshinobu Yamakawa
October 6 – December 30 Say "I love you" 13 Zexcs Takuya Satō Suki-tte Ii na yo.
October 6 – December 29 To Love-Ru Darkness 12 Xebec Atsushi Ootsuki
October 7 – September 29, 2013 B-Daman Fireblast 52 SynergySP Yoshinori Odaka
October 7 – December 30 Code:Breaker 13 Kinema Citrus Yasuhiro Irie
October 7 – March 23, 2014 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II 73 Gallop Satoshi Kuwahara
October 8 – March 31, 2016 Aikatsu! 178 Sunrise
BN Pictures		 Ryuichi Kimura
October 8 – March 15, 2013 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic 25 A-1 Pictures Koji Masunari
October 9 – March 25, 2016 Girls und Panzer 12 Actas Tsutomu Mizushima
October 9 – March 26, 2016 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou 24 J.C.Staff Atsuko Ishizuka Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo
October 10 – December 26 Jormungand: Perfect Order 12 White Fox Keitaro Motonaga
October 11 – December 27 Medaka Box Abnormal 12 Gainax Shouji Saeki
October 12 – March 22, 2013 Psycho-Pass 22 Production I.G Naoyoshi Shiotani
Katsuyuki Motohiro
October 12 – March 22, 2013 Robotics;Notes 22 Production I.G Kazuya Nomura
October 20 – April 4, 2013 World War Blue 3 5th Avenue Tetsuya Yanagisawa Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de
November 9 – May 10, 2013 Initial D Fifth Stage 14 SynergySP Mitsuo Hashimoto
December 21 – March 15, 2013 Boku no Imōto wa "Ōsaka Okan" 12 Charaction Kōtarō Ishidate

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2012.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 18 – April 18 Ai no Kusabi 4 AIC Katsuhito Akiyama
February 15 Yuri Seijin Naoko-san 1 Ufotable Tetsuya Takeuchi
March 21 – September 27, 2017 A Channel + smile 3 Studio Gokumi Manabu Ono
October 20 Arata-naru Sekai 1 Madhouse Yuzuru Tachikawa

See also

References
  1. "『アイドルマスター』7冠、『Fate/Zero』5冠！ "ニュータイプ アニメアワード"受賞結果発表！【マチ★アソビ vol.9】". Famitsu. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. "Sword Art Online Is the Smartest Anime I've Seen in Years (And It's Only Half-Done)". Kotaku. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. "Japan's Most Recommended Anime Films of 2012". Kotaku. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. "Anime in America: The Best (And Most Notable) of 2012". Anime News Network. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  5. "Wolf Children, SAO, Kuroko's Basketball Win Tokyo Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  6. "Yamato, Macross Director Noboru Ishiguro Passes Away". Animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
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