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Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between 1 January and 31 December 2016.

First run start and end dates Title Eps Studio Director Original title Ref
5 January - 22 March Prince of Stride Alternative 12 Madhouse Atsuko Ishizuka
6 January - 24 March HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru 12 P.A.Works Masakazu Hashimoto
6 January - 30 March Sushi Police 13 KOO-KI Tatsushi Momen
7 January - 27 September Active Raid 24 Production IMS Gorō Taniguchi
Noriaki Akitaya
Active Raid -Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei-
Active Raid: Mobile Assault Division, Unit 8
7 January - 30 June Assassination Classroom 25 Lerche Seiji Kishi Ansatsu Kyōshitsu season 2
7 January - 31 March Dagashi Kashi 12 Feel Shigehito Takayanagi
7 January - 25 March ERASED 12 A-1 Pictures Tomohiko Itō Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
7 January - 24 March Girls Beyond the Wasteland 12 Project No.9 Takuya Satō Shōjotachi wa Kōya o Mezasu
~Girls beyond the youth KOYA~
7 January - 31 March Myriad Colors Phantom World 13 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara
7 January - 25 March Norn9 12 Kinema Citrus
Orange
Takao Abo Norn9: Norn + Nonette
7 January - 25 March Ojisan to Marshmallow 12 Creators in Pack Hisayoshi Hirasawa
Noriyoshi Sasaki
Ojisan and Marshmallow
7 January - 31 March Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation 12 Telecom Animation Film Keiichiro Kawaguchi
8 January - 25 March Divine Gate 12 Studio Pierrot Noriyuki Abe
8 January - 25 March Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn 12 Studio Gokumi
AXsiZ
Munenori Nawa Kōkaku no Pandora - Ghost Urn
8 January - 25 March Please Tell Me! Galko-chan 12 Feel Keiichiro Kawaguchi Oshiete! Galko-chan
8 January - 25 March Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage 12 Studio Deen Iku Suzuki
8 January - 25 March Sekkō Boys 12 Liden Films Tomoki Takuno
8 January - 1 April Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū 13 Studio Deen Mamoru Hatakeyama
8 January - 29 January Tabi Machi Late Show 4 CoMix Wave Films
9 January - 26 March BBK/BRNK 12 Sanzigen Daizen Komatsuda Bubuki Buranki
9 January - 26 March Durarara!!×2 Ketsu 12 Shuka Takahiro Omori Durarara!!×2 The Third Arc
9 January - 26 March Gate 12 A-1 Pictures Takahiko Kyōgoku Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Enryuu-hen
9 January - 26 March Luck & Logic 12 Doga Kobo Koichi Chigira
Takashi Naoya
10 January - 27 March Dimension W 12 3Hz
Orange
Kanta Kamei
10 January - 26 June Nijiiro Days 24 Production Reed Tetsurō Amino
Tomihiko Ohkubo
Rainbow Days
10 January - 27 March Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R 12 Tatsunoko Production Keiichiro Kawaguchi
10 January - 27 March Ooya-san wa Shishunki! 12 Seven Arcs Yuki Ogawa Landlord is in Puberty
10 January - 27 March Schwarzesmarken 12 Ixtl
Liden Films
Tetsuya Watanabe
11 January - 28 March Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue 12 Gonzo Fumitoshi Oizaki Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm
11 January - 28 March Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 12 A-1 Pictures Ryosuke Nakamura Hai to Gensō no Grimgar or Grimgar le Monde des cendres et de fantaisie
11 January - 29 March A Simple Thinking About Blood Type 12 Assez Finaud Fabric
Feel
Zexcs
Yoshihisa Oyama Ketsuekigata-kun! season 4
11 January - 28 March Snow White with the Red Hair 12 Bones Masahiro Ando Akagami no Shirayuki-hime season 2
11 January - 29 March Teekyū 12 Millepensee Shin Itagaki Season 7
11 January - 28 March Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle 12 Lerche Masaomi Ando Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
11 January - 3 April Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 13 ILCA Takashi Taniguchi
Tomohisa Ishikawa
Season 3
12 January - 29 March Mahou Shoujo Nante Mouiidesukara 12 Pine Jam Kazuhiro Yoneda I've Had Enough of Being a Magical Girl
12 January - 29 March Teekyu (season 7) 12 Millepensee Shin Itagaki
13 January - 16 March Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! 10 Studio Deen Takaomi Kanasaki Give Blessings to This Wonderful World
16 January - 9 April Ajin: Demi-Human 13 Polygon Pictures Hiroyuki Seshita
21 January - 24 March Ganbare! Lulu Lolo - Tiny Twin Bears 10 Fanworks Yūji Umoto
5 February - 26 February Kono Danshi, Mahō ga Oshigoto Desu. 4 Soubi Yamamoto This Boy, Works With Magic
6 February - 25 March 2017 Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~Yōsei no Door~ 59 Studio Deen Sakura Gojō Rilu Rilu Fairilu: The Fairies' Door
7 February 2016 - 29 January 2017 Maho Girls PreCure! 50 Toei Animation Masato Mitsuka Mahō Tsukai Precure!
3 March - 28 April Itachi Shinden-hen 7 Studio Pierrot Hayato Date Itachi Shinden Book: Light and Darkness
4 March - 25 March She and Her Cat 4 Liden Films Kazuya Sakamoto Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows
1 April - 23 June Kagewani: Shō 13 Tomovies Tomoya Takashima Kagewani -II-
1 April - 18 June The Lost Village 12 Diomedéa Tsutomu Mizushima
1 April - 24 June Space Patrol Luluco 13 Studio Trigger Hiroyuki Imaishi Uchū Patrol Luluco
1 April - 24 June Terra Formars Revenge 13 Liden Films
TYO Animations
Michio Fukuda
1 April - 24 June Ushio and Tora 13 Satoshi Nishimura Ushio to Tora
2 April - 24 September Ace Attorney 24 A-1 Pictures Ayumu Watanabe Gyakuten Saiban
2 April - 18 June The Asterisk War 12 A-1 Pictures
  • Manabu Ono
  • Kenji Seto
Season 2
2 April - 23 December JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable 39 David Production Naokatsu Tsuda
3 April - 17 June Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō The Last Song 11 Bones Seiji Mizushima
3 April - 24 September Endride 24 Brain's Base Keiji Gotoh
3 April - 19 June Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear 12 Kiyoshi Matsuda
3 April - 25 September Macross Delta 26 Satelight Shōji Kawamori
Kenji Yasuda
Macross Δ
3 April - 11 September Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 22 Sunrise Kazuhiro Furuhashi
3 April - 26 June My Hero Academia 13 Bones Kenji Nagasaki Boku no Hero Academia
4 April - 19 December Age 12 24 OLM Seiki Taichū 12-Sai. ~Chiccha na Mune no Tokimeki~
Age 12: A Little Heart-Pounding
4 April - 20 June Bakuon!! 12 TMS/8PAN Junji Nishimura
4 April - 19 June Hundred 12 Production IMS Tomoki Kobayashi
4 April - 27 June Pan de Peace! 13 Asahi Production Hatsuki Tsuji Peace Through Bread!
4 April -19 September Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 25 White Fox Masaharu Watanabe Re: Life in a different world from zero
4 April - 27 June Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite 13 Bridge Nobuhiro Kondo
5 April - 28 June Hakuōki: Otogisōshi 13 DLE Inc.
5 April - 21 June Joker Game 12 Production I.G Kazuya Nomura
6 April - 29 June Bishōjo Yūgi Unit Crane Geer 13 Kyotoma Mr. Milkman Beautiful Girl Play Unit Crane Game Girls
6 April - 8 June Super Lovers 10 Studio Deen Shinji Ishihira
6 April - 29 March 2017 Twin Star Exorcists 50 Studio Pierrot Tomohisa Taguchi
7 April - 23 June Bungō Stray Dogs 12 Bones Takuya Igarashi
7 April - 29 September Kuromukuro 26 P.A.Works Tensai Okamura
7 April - 23 June And you thought there is never a girl online? 12 Project No.9 Shinsuke Yanagi And you thought there is Never a girl online?
7 April - 30 June Onigiri 13 Pierrot Plus Takashi Yamamoto
7 April - 23 June Unhappy 12 Silver Link Shin Ōnuma Anne Happy
8 April - 1 July Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto 12 Studio Deen Shinji Takamatsu Sakamoto desu ga?
8 April - 30 June Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 12 Wit Studio Tetsurō Araki Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri
8 April - 24 June Shōnen Maid 12 8-Bit Yusuke Yamamoto
9 April - 25 June Flying Witch 12 J.C.Staff Katsushi Sakurabi
9 April - 25 June Hai-Furi 12 Production IMS Yuu Nobuta
9 April - 25 June Kiznaiver 12 Studio Trigger Hiroshi Kobayashi
9 April - 24 September Rin-ne 25 Brain's Base Seiki Sugawara Kyōkai no Rinne season 2
9 April - 25 June Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 12 Silver Link Shinya Kawamo Tanaka is Always Listless
10 April - 26 June Sansha San'yō 12 Doga Kobo Yasuhiro Kimura
12 April - 28 June Usakame 12 Millepensee Shin Itagaki
12 April - 28 June Wagamama High Spec 12 AXsiZ Satoshi Shimizu Wagahigh, Selfish High Spec
16 April - 18 June Big Order 10 Asread Nobuharu Kamanaka
16 April - 2 July Magi: Adventure of Sinbad 13 Lay-duce Yoshikazu Miyao Magi: Sinbad no Bōken [non-primary source needed]
23 April 2016 - 25 March 2017 Kamiwaza Wanda 47 TMS Mitsuo Hashimoto
28 June - 21 September Fukigen na Mononokean 13 Pierrot Plus Akira Iwanaga The Morose Mononokean
1 July - 16 September Berserk 12 GEMBA
Millepensee
Liden Films
Shin Itagaki
1 July - 23 September Momokuri 13 Satelight Yoshimasa Hiraike
2 July - 24 September B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious 12 A-1 Pictures Eiji Suganuma
2 July - 18 December Days 24 MAPPA Kônosuke Uda
2 July - 17 September First Love Monster 12 Studio Deen Takayuki Inagaki Hatsukoi Monster
2 July - 24 September Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate 13 J.C. Staff Yoshitomo Yonetani Shokugeki no Sōma: Ni no Sara
2 July - 24 September Love Live! Sunshine!! 13 Sunrise Kazuo Sakai
2 July - 24 September ReLIFE 13 TMS/Double Eagle Tomo Kosaka
2 July - 24 September Rewrite 13 8-Bit Tensho
3 July - 25 September Tales of Zestiria the X 13 Ufotable Haruo Sotozaki
3 July - 21 August The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance 8 Liden Films Noriyuki Abe Arslan Senki: Fūjin Ranbu
3 July - 25 September Orange 13 Hiroshi Hamasaki
4 July - 26 September Bananya 13 TMS Entertainment Kyō Yatate
4 July - 26 September D.Gray-man Hallow 13 TMS/8PAN Yoshiharu Ashino
4 July - Puzzle & Dragons X Studio Pierrot
4 July - 26 December Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan 120 Hiroaki Sakurai
4 July - 19 September Show By Rock!! Short!! 12 Bones Takahiro Ikezoe
4 July - 19 September Sweetness and Lightning 12 TMS/3xCube Tarou Iwasaki Amaama to Inazuma
4 July - 19 September Taboo-Tattoo 12 J.C. Staff Takashi Watanabe Taboo Tattoo
5 July - 27 September Cheer Boys!! 12 Brain's Base Ai Yoshimura Cheer Danshi!!
5 July - 20 September Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu 12 EMT Squared Toshikatsu Tokoro Rotten Boys' High School Life
5 July - 20 September Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia 12 Production IMS Hiroyuki Furukawa
5 July - 21 September Scared Rider Xechs 12 Satelight Hideto Komori
5 July - 20 September Servamp 12 Brain's Base Itto Sara
Hideaki Nakano
6 July - 21 September Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! 12 Silver Link
6 July - 28 September Tsukiuta. The Animation 13 Studio Pierrot Itsuro Kawasaki
7 July - 22 September This Art Club Has a Problem! 12 Feel Kei Oikawa Kono Bijutsu-bu niwa Mondai ga Aru!
7 July - 22 September OZMAFIA!! 12 Creators in Pack Hisayoshi Hirasawa
7 July - 24 November Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars 13 Actas Susumu Tosaka
8 July - 1 October 91 Days 12 Shuka Hiro Kaburaki
8 July - 22 September Amanchu! 12 J.C.Staff Junichi Sato
Kenichi Kasai
8 July - 23 September Handa-kun 12 Diomedéa Yoshitaka Koyama
8 July - 23 September Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! 12 Studio Comet Tomoko Miyakawa
Atsuko Takahashi
Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love! Love!
9 July - 30 September Alderamin on the Sky 13 Madhouse Tetsuo Ichimura Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Alderamin
9 July - 24 September Ange Vierge 12 Silver Link Masafumi Tamura
9 July - 24 September Hitori no Shita the outcast 12 Pandanium
  • Wang Xin
  • Kazuhiro Toda
  • Mitsuo Mori
9 July - 24 September Qualidea Code 12 A-1 Pictures Kenichi Kawamura
11 July - 26 September Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen - Mirai-hen 12 Lerche Seiji Kishi "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc"
12 July - 27 September Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei 2nd 12 Gorō Taniguchi
12 July - 27 September Mob Psycho 100 12 Bones Yuzuru Tachikawa
14 July - 22 September Battery 11 Zero-G Tomomi Mochizuki
14 July - 29 September Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen - Zetsubō-hen 13 Lerche Seiji Kishi "Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc"
28 August - 18 September The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War 4 A-1 Pictures Tomokazu Tokoro Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi
1 October - 17 December BBK/BRNK: Hoshi no Kyojin 12 Sanzigen Daizen Komatsuda BBK/BRNK Season 2
1 October - Digimon Universe: App Monsters Toei Animation Gou Koga
1 October - 17 December Magical Girl Raising Project 12 Lerche Hiroyuki Hashimoto Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku
1 October - 17 December Shūmatsu no Izetta 12 Ajia-do Animation Works Masaya Fujimori Izetta, Die Letzte Hexe, "Izetta of the End"
1 October - 18 March 2017 Time Bokan 24 24 Tatsunoko Productions Takayuki Inagaki
1 October - 24 December Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Legend Star 13 A-1 Pictures Takeshi Furuta Uta no Prince-sama Season 4
2 October - Chi's Sweet Home Marza Animation Planet
2 October - 25 December Magic-kyun Renaissance 13 Sunrise Mitsue Yamazaki
2 October 2016 - 2 April 2017 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 25 Sunrise Tatsuyuki Nagai Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans Season 2
2 October - Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On 48 David Production Mitsuru Hongo
2 October - 18 December Show By Rock!!# 12 Bones Takahiro Ikezoe
2 October - Tiger Mask W Toei Animation Toshiaki Komura Tiger Mask Double
3 October - 18 December Idol Memories 12 Seven Arcs Pictures Katsuya Kikuchi
3 October - 19 December Magic of Stella 12 Silver Link Shinya Kawamo Stella no Mahō
3 October - 19 December Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru 12 Doga Kobo Takashi Naoya
4 October - 29 December Matoi the Sacred Slayer 12 White Fox Masayuki Sakoi Sōshin Shōjo Matoi
4 October - 20 December Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go 11 Shuka Takahiro Omori Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5
4 October - 28 March 2017 Nobunaga no Shinobi 26 TMS/V1 Studio Akitaro Daichi "Ninja Girl & Samurai Master"
4 October - 11 December Soul Buster 12 Studio Pierrot Kōbun Shizuno
Odahiro Watanabe
4 October - 27 March 2017 Trickster 24 Masahiro Mukai Trickster - Edogawa Ranpo 'Shōnen Tantei-dan' Yori
5 October - 28 December Brave Witches 12 Silver Link Kazuhiro Takamura Strike Witches season 3
5 October - 22 March 2017 Nanbaka 25 Satelight Shinji Takamatsu
5 October - 21 December Nazotokine 12 Tengu Kobou Naoya Fukushi
5 October - 21 December Teekyu (season 8) 12 Millepensee Shin Itagaki
6 October - 22 December Bungō Stray Dogs 12 Bones Takuya Igarashi
6 October - 29 December Flip Flappers 13 Studio 3Hz Kiyotaka Oshiyama
6 October - 22 December Kiss Him, Not Me 12 Brain's Base Hiroshi Ishiodori Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda
6 October - 28 December Sound! Euphonium 13 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara Hibike! Euphonium season 2
6 October - 22 December Yuri!!! on Ice 12 MAPPA Sayo Yamamoto
7 October 2016 - 31 March 2017 All Out!! 25 Kenichi Shimizu
7 October - 23 December Drifters 12 Hoods Drifters Studio Kenichi Suzuki
8 October - 24 December Ajin: Demi-Human 13 Polygon Pictures Ajin: Demi-Human Season 2
8 October 2016 - 1 April 2017 Classicaloid 25 Sunrise Yoichi Fujita
8 October - 10 December Haikyū!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy 10 Production I.G Susumu Mitsunaka Haikyū!! Season 3
8 October 2016 - 18 March 2017 March Comes in Like a Lion 22 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
Kenjirō Okada
Sangatsu no Lion
9 October - 25 December Occultic;Nine 12 A-1 Pictures Kyōhei Ishiguro
Miyuki Kuroki
9 October - 25 December Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari 12 Liden Films Yoshihide Ibata The Udon Country's Golden Furball, Poco's Udon World
14 October - 23 December The Great Passage 11 Zexcs Toshimasa Kuroyanagi Fune o Amu
22 October Luger Code 1951 1 Studio Deen Shinya Takahashi

Films

A list of feature-length anime films that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2016.

Release date Title Studio Director Running time (minutes) Notes Ref
8 January Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
Tatsuya Oishi
64 The title translates to Kizumonogatari I Blood and Iron. The first in a trilogy, followed by Kizumonogatari II Nekketsu-hen and Kizumonogatari III Reiketsu-hen. It is part of the Monogatari series.
9 January Garakowa -Restore the World- A-1 Pictures Masashi Ishihama 67 Also known as Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai.
16 January Sinbad: Mahō no Lamp to Ugoku Shima Nippon Animation Shinpei Miyashita 50 Also known as Sinbad: The Magical Lamp and the Moving Island, the film is the second in a trilogy, the first being Sinbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima.
23 January Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of Rebirth A-1 Pictures Tomohisa Taguchi 105 The fourth film in the Persona 3 film series.
6 February New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Half Awake, Half Asleep Sanzigen
Liden Films
Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka 60 The third film in the Initial D anime film series. Alternatively titled Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 3 -Yumeutsutsu-.
13 February Selector Destructed WIXOSS J.C. Staff Takuya Satō 91 A film in the Selector Infected WIXOSS series.
20 February Dōkyūsei A-1 Pictures Shouko Nakamura 60 Based on the manga Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura.
27 February Gekijōban Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Gyakushū no Milky Holmes J.C. Staff Makoto Moriwaki, Hiroaki Sakurai 70 The title translates as Detective Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack. Part of the Tantei Opera Milky Holmes series.
11 March Shimajirō to Ehon no Kuni ni Benesse Corporation Isamu Hirabayashi 61 The forth film of Shimajiro film series. Also known as Shimajiro in Bookland.
12 March Digimon Adventure tri: Ketsui Toei Animation Keitaro Motonaga 88 The second film of Digimon Adventure tri. film series.
2 April Tamayura: Sotsugyō Shashin Dai-4-bu Asa -Ashita- TYO Animations Junichi Sato 58 The title translates as Tamayura: Graduation Photos Part 4: Morning -Tomorrow-. The fourth and final film of the four-part Tamayura movie series.
23 April Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Gallop Satoshi Kuwabara 130
23 April Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita: Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai Qualia Animation Tetsuya Yanagisawa 60 Based on the "Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai ~Renai Series~" Vocaloid song project by HoneyWorks.
6 May Ajin: Shōtotsu Polygon Pictures Hiroyuki Seshita 106 The second film in the Ajin film trilogy.
21 May Garo: Divine Flame MAPPA Yuichiro Hayashi 78
21 May Why We Live: The Priest Rennyo and the Yoshizaki Fire Studio Deen Hideaki Oba 83 Also known as Naze Ikiru -Rennyo Shōnin to Yoshizaki Enjō-. Based on the Buddhist text Naze Ikiru by Kentetsu Takamori.
25 June Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky Sunrise Kō Matsuo 70 Also known as Kidō Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky.
9 July Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Square Enix Takeshi Nozue 115 Sequel to the ONA, Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV.
23 July Accel World: Infinite Burst Sunrise Masakazu Obara 82
23 July One Piece Film: Gold Toei Animation Hiroaki Miyamoto 120
19 August Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
Tatsuya Oishi
The title translates to Kizumonogatari II Passionate Blood. The second in a trilogy, followed by Kizumonogatari III Reiketsu-hen. It is part of the Monogatari series.
26 August Your Name CoMix Wave Films Makoto Shinkai Also known as Kimi no Na wa.
3 September Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Shadow and Light~ Production I.G Shunsuke Tada Also known as Kuroko no Basuke: Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Kage to Hikari~. This is the first film in a trilogy of compilation films that compile the anime television's Winter Cup episodes.
3 September Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito David Production Naokatsu Tsuda
9 September Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike TMS/8PAN Osamu Nabeshima
17 September A Silent Voice Kyoto Animation Naoko Yamada Also known as Koe no Katachi.
23 September Ajin: Shōgeki Polygon Pictures Hiroyuki Seshita The third film in the Ajin film trilogy.
24 September Digimon Adventure tri: Kokuhaku Toei Animation Keitaro Motonaga The third film of Digimon Adventure tri. film series
8 October Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Beyond the Tears~ Production I.G Shunsuke Tada Also known as Kuroko no Basuke: Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Namida no Saki e~. This is the second film in a trilogy of compilation films that compile the anime television's Winter Cup episodes.
14 October GANTZ:O Digital Frontier
12 November In This Corner of the World MAPPA Sunao Katabuchi Also known as Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni.
26 November KanColle: The Movie Diomedéa Keizō Kusakawa
3 December Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Crossing the Door~ Production I.G Shunsuke Tada Also known as Kuroko no Basuke: Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Tobira no Mukō~. This is the third film in a trilogy of compilation films that compile the anime television's Winter Cup episodes.
17 December I wait for the moment that you love me. Confession Executive Committee Qualia Animation Tetsuya Yanagisawa Also known as Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o. ~Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai~.
23 December Pop in Q Toei Animation Naoki Miyahara
31 December Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Wit Studio Tetsurō Araki Also known as Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri, this is a compilation film compiling the first part of the anime television of the same name.

OVA/ONA

A list of anime that debuted on DVD, Blu-ray, online, or in other media during 2016.

Release date Title Eps Studio Director Notes Ref
4 January Nisekoi 1 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
Yukihiro Miyamoto
Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Bundled with volume 21 of the manga. The OAD adapts bonus chapters from the manga.
5 January Snow White with the Red Hair 1 Bones Masahiro Ando Bundled with volume 15 of the manga.
9 January Koyomimonogatari Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
Tomoyuki Itamura
An original net animation that is released on an app for iOS and Android devices.
26 January The Testament of Sister New Devil 1 Production IMS Hisashi Saitō Bundled with volume 7 of the manga adaptation.
27 January My Wife is the Student Council President 1 Seven Bundled with volume nine of the manga.
29 January One-Punch Man OVA #02 1 Madhouse Shingo Natsume Titled "The Pupil Who Is an Extremely Poor Talker", this OVA was included in the 2nd volume of the One-Punch Man home video release.
29 January - spring Queen's Blade: Grimoire 2 FORTES Kinji Yoshimoto
4 February Noblesse: Awakening 1 Production I.G Shunsuke Tada
Kazuto Nakazawa
6 February Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1 Sunrise Kazuki Akane Episode 5 of Code Geass: Akito the Exiled. Titled "To the Beloved" (愛シキモノタチヘ, Itoshiki Mono-tachi e).
24 February One-Punch Man OVA #03 1 Madhouse Titled "The Overly Complicated Ninja", this OVA was included in the 3rd volume of the One-Punch Man home video release.
4 March Prison School 1 J.C.Staff Tsutomu Mizushima An OAD adapting the "Mad Wax" arc, it was bundled with the limited edition of the manga's 20th volume.
9 March Sky Wizards Academy 1 Diomedéa Takayuki Inagaki An unaired "episode 13" of the TV series, the OVA was bundled with the ninth volume of the light novel series.
18 March Bakuon!! 1 Bundled with the seventh volume of the manga.
25 March One-Punch Man OVA #04 1 Madhouse Titled "Overly Pushy Bang", this OVA was included in the 4th volume of the One-Punch Man home video release.
25 March Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu 1 Included with the release of the game.
30 March - 30 September Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV 6 A-1 Pictures Soichi Masui An ONA released online; prequel to the video game Final Fantasy XV. The sixth episode will be exclusive to the Final Fantasy XV: Ultimate Collector's Edition package, which will release on 30 September 2016.
30 March Charlotte 1 P.A.Works Released on the 7th Blu-ray/DVD volume along with episode 13 of the TV series.
22 April One-Punch Man OVA #05 1 Madhouse Titled "Sisters in Various Places", this OVA was included in the 5th volume of the One-Punch Man home video release.
6 May Ajin: Demi-Human 1 Polygon Pictures Hiroaki Ando Bundled with the eighth volume of the manga.
9 May The Heroic Legend of Arslan 1 Liden Films Bundled with the fifth limited edition of the manga.
17 May Fairy Tail 1 A-1 Pictures Bundled with the 55th volume of the manga, the OVA adapts the "Fairy Penalty Game" one-shot manga.
21 May - TBA Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin 2 Sunrise
Part 3 of the OVA series, titled Dawn of Rebellion, premiered in Japanese theaters on 21 May. Part 4, titled Fateful Eve, will premiere in fall 2016.
27 May One-Punch Man OVA #06 1 Madhouse Titled "The Murder Case that is Too Impossible", this OVA is included in the 6th volume of the One-Punch Man home video release.
3 June Blood Blockade Battlefront 1 Bones Rie Matsumoto Bundled with the official Blood Blockade Battlefront guidebook.
6 June Drifters 1 Hoods Drifters Studio Bundled with the fifth volume of the manga.
6 June Hantsu x Trash 1 Hoods Entertainment Bundled with the tenth volume of the manga.
22 June Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai 1 David Production Bundled with the first volume of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable home video release.
24 June - 24 August Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear 2 Included in the first and second volumes of the Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear home video release.
24 June - 22 July Tanaka-kun is Always Listless 2 Silver Link Included in the first and second volumes of the Tanaka-kun is Always Listless home video release.
26 June RS Project -Rebirth Storage- 1 Osamu Kamei Also known as RS Keikaku -Rebirth Storage-, this is a TV special that aired on Fuji TV on 26 June 2016.
29 June - 17 August Sansha San'yō 3 Doga Kobo Included in the first, second and third volumes of the Sansha San'yō home video release.
4 July Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma 1 J.C. Staff Bundled with the 19th volume of the manga.
4 July - 2 December To Love-Ru Darkness 2 Bundled with the sixteenth and seventeenth volumes of the manga, the OVA is meant to commemorate the series' 10th anniversary.
7 July - TBA Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet 5 David Production Naokatsu Tsuda Also known as Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume, this is an ONA adaptation of the Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet visual novel developed by Key.
15 July Fairy Tail 1 Bundled with the 56th volume of the manga.
27 July - 28 September Joker Game 2 Production I.G Titled "Kuroneko Yoru no Bōken", this is included in two Blu-ray sets of the Joker Game home video release.
27 July - 21 September Star-Myu 2 C-Station Included in the two OVA volumes as part of an OVA project.
28 July My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 1 Feel Bundled with the limited edition of the My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! PS Vita game.
1 August Under the Dog 1 Kinema Citrus Masahiro Andō Available digitally to those who backed the Under the Dog Kickstarter campaign.
4 August - 4 November Gintama 2 Bandai Namco Pictures Chizuru Miyawaki Bundled with the 65th and 66th volumes of the manga.
19 August - 20 December Akatsuki no Yona: Yona of the Dawn 2 Studio Pierrot Kazuhiro Yoneda Bundled with the 21st and 22nd limited edition volumes of the manga.
26 August Dimension W 1 Orange
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Bundled with the 6th volume of the Dimension W home video release.
29 August Paradise of Innocence 1 Seven Takashi Nishikawa Bundled with the 10th limited edition volume of the manga.
3 September Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers- 1 A-1 Pictures Takaharu Ozaki A TV special that will air on Tokyo MX on 3 September.
23 September Nijiiro Days 1 Production Reed Bundled with the 13th limited edition volume of the manga.
5 October Myriad Colors Phantom World 1 Kyoto Animation Bundled with the seventh volume of the Myriad Colors Phantom World home video release.
7 October Ajin: Demi-Human 1 Polygon Pictures Bundled with the ninth limited edition volume of the manga.
12 November Monster Musume 1 Lerche Tatsuya Yoshihara Bundled with the eleventh volume of the manga.
17 November Fairy Tail 1 A-1 Pictures Bundled with the 58th volume of the manga.
20 December Bakuon!! 1 TMS/8PAN Bundled with the 9th volume of the manga.

Highest-grossing films

The following are the 10 highest-grossing anime films of 2016.

Rank Title Gross Ref.
1 Your Name $358,331,458
2 Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare $66,265,957
3 One Piece Film: Gold $66,207,073
4 Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 $50,541,040
5 A Silent Voice $31,629,474
6 Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! $20,816,508
7 In This Corner of the World $19,204,593
8 Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! $17,000,000
9 Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel $15,870,009
10 Rudolf the Black Cat $12,001,747

See also


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