2007 in anime

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Events in 2007 in anime.

Events[edit]

In this year, home video sales of anime DVDs in Japan were worth 89.4 billion yen.[1]

Accolades[edit]

At the Mainichi Film Awards, Summer Days with Coo won the Animation Film Award and A Country Doctor won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Tekkon Kinkreet won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year; the other nominees were Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, Summer Days with Coo, Piano no Mori and Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure. Internationally, 5 Centimeters Per Second won the first ever Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film, with one of the other two nominees being Summer Days with Coo.

Releases[edit]

Films[edit]

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

Release date Title Studio Director Running time (minutes) Alternate name Ref
February 14 Highlander: The Search for Vengeance Madhouse Yoshiaki Kawajiri 86 Hairandā [2]
February 17 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood A.P.P.P. Junichi Hayama 90 Jojo no kimyō na bōken: fantomu Buraddo [2]
March 3 5 Centimeters per Second CoMix Wave Inc. Makoto Shinkai 62 Byōsoku 5senchi mētoru [2]
March 3 One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - The Desert Princess and the Pirates Toei Animation Takahiro Imamura 90 Gekijō-ban wan pīsu episōdo obu arabasuta: sabaku no ōjo to kaizoku-tachi [2]
March 10 Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld Shin-Ei Animation
  • Kōzō Kusuba (chief)
  • Yukiyo Teramoto
 112 Eiga Doraemon Nobita no shin makai daibōken ~ 7-ri no mahōtsukai ~ [2]
March 17 Chō Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō 2: Shinkai no Princess de Arimasu! Sunrise 78 Chō gekijō-ban keroro gunsō 2: shinkai no purinsesu de arimasu! [2]
March 21 Fashionable Witches Love and Berry: Magic of Happiness TMS Entertainment Tomomi Mochizuki 51 Oshare majo rabu ando berī shiawase no ma hō [2]
March 31 Tetsujin 28-gou: Hakuchuu no Zangetsu Palm Studio Yasuhiro Imagawa 95 Tetsujin 28-gō hakuchū no zangetsu [2]
April 7 Japan, Our Homeland WAO World Akio Nishizawa 96 Furusato japan [3]
April 21 Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb Shin-Ei Animation Yūji Mutō 102 Eiga Kureyon shinchan arashi o yobu utau ketsu dake bakudan [3]
April 21 Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure TMS Entertainment Yasuichiro Yamamoto 105 Meitantei konan: konpeki no jorī rojā [3]
April 21 Inukami! The Movie Seven Arcs Keizō Kusakawa 26 Inu kami~tsu! The mūbī tokumei reiteki sōsa-kan kana Shirō ~tsu! [3]
April 21 Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - Byouki no Kuni - For You Shaft Ryutaro Nakamura 28 Kino no tabi - the byūtifuru wārudo - byōki no kuni - For You - [3]
April 21 Shakugan no Shana: The Movie J.C.Staff Takashi Watanabe 86 Gekijō-ban shakugan no shana [3]
April 28 Fist of the North Star: Raoh Side Story Fierce Fighting Arc TMS Entertainment Toshiki Hirano 89 Ma kyūseishu densetsu hokuto no kobushi Raō-den gekitō no shō [3]
May 19 Shin SOS Dai Tokyo Tankentai Sunrise Shinji Takagi 41 Shin esuōesu dai Tōkyō tanken-tai [3]
June 23 Kiddy Grade: Maelstrom Keiji Gotō 80 Kodakku gureido The movuie pātsu 2: Ōbāfurō no shō [3]
July 15 Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai OLM Kunihiko Yuyama 90 Poketto monsutā daiyamondo & pāru diaruga VS parukia VS dākurai [4]
July 21 The Piano Forest Madhouse Masayuki Kojima 100 Piano no mori The pāfekuto wārudo of Kai [4]
August 4 Naruto Shippuden the Movie Pierrot Hajime Kamegaki 94 Gekijō-ban naruto - naruto - shippuden [4]
August 18 Vexille Oxybot Fumihiko Sori 109 Bekushiru 2077 Nihon sakoku [4]
September 1 Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Studio Khara 101 Wevu~Angeriwon shin gekijō-ban: Jo [4]
September 15 Clannad Movie Toei Animation Osamu Dezaki 93 Gekijō-ban kuranado [4]
September 22 Aquarion: Ippatsu Gyakuten-hen Satelight Shōji Kawamori 116 Gekijō-ban akuerion - ippatsu gyakuten hen - [4]
September 29 Sword of the Stranger Bones Masahiro Andō 103 Sutorendjia - mukō hadan - [4]
October 19 Appleseed Ex Machina Digital Frontier Shinji Aramaki 101
December 22 Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion Pierrot Noriyuki Abe 95
December 22 Nezumi Monogatari - George to Gerald no Bōken Sanrio Masami Hata 52

Television series[edit]

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 5 – March 23 Shattered Angels 12 TNK Tetsuya Yanagisawa Kyō shirō to eien (towa) no sora [2]
January 5 – June 29 Saint October 26 Studio Comet Masafumi Satō Seinto okutōbā [2]
January 6 – March 24 Koi suru Tenshi Angelique: Kagayaki no Ashita 12 Satelight Susumu Kudo Koisuru tenshi anjerīku ~ kagayaki no ashita ~ [2]
January 6 – June 30 Major (Season 3) 26 Studio Hibari Riki Fukushima Mejā (dai 3 shirīzu) [2]
January 7 – April 1 Himawari!! 13 Arms Shigenori Kageyama Himawari~tsu!! [2]
January 7 – December 30 Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette 52 Nippon Animation Hiroaki Sakurai Re mizeraburu: shōjo kozetto [2]
January 8 – March 26 Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! 12 Ufotable
  • Hayato (ep 6)
  • Hazuki Mizumoto (ep 10)
  • Hiroatsu Agata (ep 4)
  • Kei Tsunematsu (ep 7)
  • Makoto Hoshino (ep 8)
  • Takahiro Miura (eps 3, 9)
  • Takayuki Hirao (5 episodes)
  • Takuro Takahashi (eps 1, 12)
 Gakuen yuto Pia manabi sutorēto! [2]
Master of Epic: The Animation Age Tetsuya Endō Masutā Obu epikku: The Animation Age [2]
Shuffle! Memories Asread Naoto Hosoda Shaffuru! Memorīzu [2]
January 12 – March 30 Hidamari Sketch Shaft Hida mari suketchi [2]
Venus Versus Virus Studio Hibari Shinichiro Kimura Vuīnasu vuāsasu vuaiarasu [2]
January 12 – June 15 Nodame Cantabile 23 J.C.Staff Ken'ichi Kasai No dame kantābire [2]
January 14 – March 25 Getsumento Heiki Mina 11 Gonzo Keiichiro Kawaguchi Getsumen to heiki mīna [2]
January 19 – April 20 Tokyo Majin 14 Shinji Ishihira Tōkyō majin gakuen kenpūchō Tō [2]
January 19 – July 20 GR: Giant Robo 13 A.C.G.T Masahiko Murata GR - jaianto robo - [2]
February 4 – January 27, 2008 Yes! PreCure 5 49 Toei Animation Toshiaki Komura Iesu! Purikyua 5 [2]
February 4 – September 1 Reideen 26 Production I.G Mitsuru Hongo Raidīn [2]
February 15 – May 3 Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova 12 Ashi Productions Masami Ōbari Kemono Sō-ki Osamu dankūga novua [2]
February 15 – March 23, 2017 Naruto: Shippuden 500 Pierrot Yasuaki Kurotsu - Naruto - shippuden [2]
February 22 – May 18 Rocket Girls 12 Mook Animation Hiroshi Aoyama Roketto gāru [2]
February 26 – May 14 Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny 12 Arms Koichi Ohata Ikkitōsen Dragon desutinī [2]
March 4 – May 27 Moonlight Mile 12 Studio Hibari Iku Suzuki Mūnraito mairu 1st shīzun - rifuto off - [3]
March 28 – June 13 Hitohira 12 Xebec M2 Akira Nishimori Hitohira [3]
April 1 – September 30 Gurren Lagann 27 Gainax Hiroyuki Imaishi Tengan toppa guren ragan [3]
April 1 – March 24, 2008 Onegai My Melody Sukkiri♪ 52 Studio Comet Makoto Moriwaki Onegai maimerodi sukkiri ♪ [3]
April 1 – March 30, 2008 Hayate the Combat Butler 52 SynergySP Keiichiro Kawaguchi Hayate no gotoku! [3]
April 1 – March 29, 2009 GeGeGe no Kitarō 100 Toei Animation Yukio Kaizawa Gegege no kitarō (2007) [3]
April 2 – My Bride is a Mermaid 26
  • Gonzo
  • AIC
 Seiji Kishi [3]
April 2 – Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers 26 Seven Arcs Keizō Kusakawa [3]
April 2 – Heroic Age 26 Xebec Takashi Noto [3]
April 3 – Idolmaster: Xenoglossia 26 Sunrise Tatsuyuki Nagai [3]
April 3 – Tōka Gettan 26 Studio Deen Yūji Yamaguchi [3]
April 3 – El Cazador de la Bruja 26 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo [3]
April 4 – Sisters of Wellber 13 Trans Arts Takayuki Hamana [3]
April 4 – Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan 13
  • Tokyo Kids
  • Yuhodo
 Nanako Shimazaki [3]
April 4 – Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o 13 Artland Tsutomu Yabuki [3]
April 4 – Oh! Edo Rocket 26 Madhouse Seiji Mizushima [3]
April 4 – Engage Planet Kiss Dum 26 Satelight
  • Yasuchika Nagaoka
  • Eiichi Satō
 [3]
April 4 – Over Drive 26 Xebec Takao Kato [3]
April 4 – Claymore 26 Madhouse Hiroyuki Tanaka [3]
April 4 – Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica 12 Ginga-ya
  • Junichi Watanabe
  • Masami Shimoda
 [3]
April 5 – Kotetsushin Jeeg 13 Actas Jun Kawagoe [3]
April 5 – Bakugan Battle Brawlers 52 TMS Entertainment Mitsuo Hashimoto [3]
April 5 – Romeo × Juliet 24 Gonzo Fumitoshi Oizaki [3]
April 5 – Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula 26 Brain's Base Keiji Gotoh [3]
April 5 – Nagasarete Airantō 26 Feel Hideki Okamoto [3]
April 6 – Kamichama Karin 26 Satelight Takashi Anno [3]
April 6 – Kōtetsu Sangokushi 25 Picture Magic
  • Satoshi Saga
  • Tetsuya Endo
 [3]
April 6 – Darker than Black 25 Bones Tensai Okamura [3]
April 7 – The Story of Saiunkoku (season 2) 39 Madhouse Jun Shishido [3]
April 7 – Kaze no Shoujo Emily 26 TMS Entertainment Harume Kosaka [3]
April 7 – Love Com 24 Toei Animation Kōnosuke Uda [3]
April 7 – Shining Tears X Wind 13 Studio Deen Hiroshi Watanabe [3]
April 7 – Sola 13 Nomad Tomoki Kobayashi [3]
April 7 – Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit 26 Production I.G Kenji Kamiyama [3]
April 7 – Toward the Terra 24
  • Minami machi Bugyōsho
  • Tokyo Kids
 Osamu Yamazaki [3]
April 7 – Blue Dragon 51 Studio Pierrot Yukihiro Matsushita [3]
April 8 – Lucky Star 24 Kyoto Animation
  • Yutaka Yamamoto
  • Yasuhiro Takemoto
 [3]
April 9 – Bokurano 24 Gonzo Hiroyuki Morita [3]
April 13 – Big Windup! 25 A-1 Pictures Tsutomu Mizushima [3]
April 13 – Kaze no Stigma 24 Gonzo Junichi Sakata [3]
April 13 – Princess Resurrection 24 Madhouse Masayuki Sakoi [3]
April 14 – Spider Riders 26 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo [3]
April 17 – Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma: Molders-hen 12 Ajia-do Animation Works Tsuneo Kobayashi [3]
April 29 – Skull Man 13 Bones Takeshi Mori [3]
April 29 – Tai Chi Chasers 39
  • JM Animation
  • Toei Animation
 Hiroki Shibata [3]
May 3 – Afro Samurai 5 Gonzo
  • Fuminori Kizaki
  • Jamie Simone
 [3]
May 12 – Dennō Coil 26 Madhouse Mitsuo Iso [3]
– Devil May Cry: The Animated Series 12 Madhouse Shin Itagaki [4]
– Wangan Midnight 26 A.C.G.T Tsuneo Tominaga [4]
– Tetsuko no Tabi 13 Group TAC Akinori Nagaoka [4]
– Nanatsuiro Drops 12 Studio Barcelona Takashi Yamamoto [4]
– School Days 12 TNK Keitaro Motonaga [4]
– Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō 13 Artland Kōichirō Sōtome [4]
– Zombie-Loan 13 Xebec M2 Akira Nishimori [4]
– Buzzer Beater (season 2) 13 TMS Entertainment Shigeyuki Miya [4]
– Code-E 12 Studio Deen Toshiyuki Katō [4]
– Dōjin Work 12 Remic Kenichi Yatani [4]
– Higurashi When They Cry: Kai 24 Studio Deen Chiaki Kon [4]
– Mushi-Uta 12 Beat Frog Kazuo Sakai [4]
– Sugarbunnies 27 Asahi Production Hiroshi Kugimiya
– Sky Girls 26
  • J.C.Staff
  • Konami
 Yoshiaki Iwasaki
– Happy Happy Clover 13 Group TAC Kazumi Nonaka
– Potemayo 12 J.C.Staff Takashi Ikehata
– Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei 12 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo
– Moetan 13 Actas Keiichiro Kawaguchi
– The Familiar of Zero: Knight of the Twin Moons 12 J.C.Staff Yū Kō
– Mononoke 12 Toei Animation Kenji Nakamura
– Shigurui 12 Madhouse Hiroshi Hamasaki
– Baccano! 16 Brain's Base Takahiro Omori
– Tokyo Majin (season 2) 12 AIC Spirits Shinji Ishihira
– Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan 2 2 Hal Film Maker Tsutomu Mizushima
– Moonlight Mile (season 2) 14 Studio Hibari Iku Suzuki
– Da Capo II 13 Feel Hideki Okamoto
– Bamboo Blade 26 AIC ASTA Hisashi Saitou
– Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku 13
  • Asahi Production
  • BeSTACK
 Masahiko Ohkura
– Fantastic Detective Labyrinth 25 Studio Deen Hiroshi Watanabe
– Kaiji 26 Madhouse Yūzō Satō
– Neuro: Supernatural Detective 25 Madhouse Hiroshi Kōjina
– Night Wizard! 13 Hal Film Maker Yuusuke Yamamoto
– Sketchbook: Full Color's 13 Hal Film Maker Yoshimasa Hiraike
– Dragonaut: The Resonance 25 Gonzo Manabu Ono
– Mokke 24
  • Madhouse
  • Tezuka Productions
 Masayoshi Nishida
– Myself ; Yourself 13 Doga Kobo Yasuhiro Kuroda
– Clannad 23 Kyoto Animation Tatsuya Ishihara
– Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun 12 AIC Spirits Koji Yoshikawa
– You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle 24
  • Studio Deen
  • Bandai Visual
 Koichi Ohata
– Shakugan no Shana Second 24 J.C.Staff Takashi Watanabe
– KimiKiss: Pure Rouge 25 J.C.Staff Ken'ichi Kasai
– Mobile Suit Gundam 00 25 Sunrise Seiji Mizushima
– Shugo Chara! 51 Satelight Kenji Yasuda
– Ef: A Tale of Memories 12 Shaft Shin Ōnuma
– Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi 50 Toei Animation Tetsuo Imazawa
– Hero Tales 26 Studio Flag Osamu Sekita
– MapleStory 25 Madhouse Takaaki Ishiyama
– Minami-ke 13 Daume Masahiko Ohta
– Pururun! Shizuku-chan Aha 51 TMS Entertainment Atsushi Yano
– Rental Magica 24 Zexcs Itsuro Kawasaki
– Prism Ark 12 Frontline Masami Ōbari
– Genshiken 2 12 Arms Kinji Yoshimoto
– Kodomo no Jikan 12 Studio Barcelona Eiji Suganuma
– Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture 11
  • Shirogumi
  • Telecom Animation Film
 Yūichirō Yano
– Shion no Ō 22 Studio Deen Toshifumi Kawase
– Ghost Hound 22 Production I.G Ryūtarō Nakamura
– Shooting Star Rockman Tribe 21 Xebec Takao Kato
– Ayakashi 12 Tokyo Kids Jun Takada

Original video animations[edit]

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2007.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate title Ref
January 1 Strike Witches 1 Gonzo Kunihisa Sugishima Sutoraikuu~itchīzu [2]
January 18 .hack//G.U. Returner Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo .HACK//G.U. RETURNER [2]
January 25 Happiness!: Watarase Jun no Kareinaru Ichinichi Artland Wa pinesu! Watarase jun no kareinaru tsuitachi [2]
January 30 Eko Eko Azarak Toei Animation Choukou Toshikazu Eko eko azaraku [2]
Tori no Uta Yoshitaka Amano Tori no uta [2]
February 23 Hokuto no Ken: Yuria-den TMS Entertainment Hidehito Ueda Ma kyūseishu densetsu hokuto no kobushi Yuria Den [2]
February 23 – April 25 Ichigo Mashimaro OVA 3 Daume Takuya Satō Ichigo mashimaro ovu~a [2]
February 28 – September 28 To Heart 2 OVA Chaos Project Yasuhisa Katō To~uhāto 2 ovua [2]
March 13 Detective Conan: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys 1 TMS Entertainment Yasuichiro Yamamoto Meitantei konan Kuma kasa kara no chōsen-jō! Kuma Ryū vs Konan & shōnen tantei-dan [2]
March 23 Bakuretsu Tenshi: Infinity Gonzo Kōichi Ōhata Ekusupurōdingu enjeru - Infinity - [2]
March 28 Lovedol: Lovely Idol OVA
  • AIC ASTA
  • TNK
 Rabudoru onsen desu ka? [2]
March 28 – August 29 Murder Princess 6 Bee Train Tomoyuki Kurokawa Mādā purinsesu [2]
April 4 – August 1 Sakura Taisen: New York AIC Ryuichi Kimura Sakura taisen nyūyōku nyūyōku [3]
April 25 – October 26 Aika R-16: Virgin Mission 3 Studio Fantasia Katsuhiko Nishijima AIKa R-16:VIRGIN MISSION [3]
April 27 – December 28 Saiyuuki Reload: Burial 3
  • Arms
  • Pierrot
 Kōichi Ōhata Saiyūki RELOAD - burial - [3]
May 25 Kiddy GiRL-AND Pilot 1 asread. [3]
May 25 – Ice 3 PPM [3]
May 25 – Sousei no Aquarion OVA 2 Satelight [3]
May 30 Initial D Battle Stage 2 1 A.C.G.T. [3]
June 8 – Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sylvarant-hen 4 ufotable [3]
June 22 – Tennis no Oujisama: Zenkoku Taikai-hen - Semifinal 6 M.S.C [3]
June 29 Sekishoku Elegy 1 Toei Animation [3]
– Koharu Biyori 3 Daume
– Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations 3 Production I.G
– Tokyo Marble Chocolate 2 Production I.G

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "Winter 2007 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn "Spring 2007 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Summer 2007 - Anime". MyAnimeList.net. Retrieved 2024-05-19.

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