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 21 Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb Shin-Ei Animation Yūji Mutō
April 21 Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure TMS Entertainment Yasuichiro Yamamoto 95
July 14 Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai OLM Kunihiko Yuyama 90
August 4 Naruto Shippuden the Movie Pierrot Hajime Kamegaki 95
September 1 Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Studio Khara 98
September 29 Sword of the Stranger Bones Masahiro Andō 102
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 – Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! 12 Ufotable Team Manabibeya [2]
January 8 – Master of Epic: The Animation Age 12 Tetsuya Endō [2]
January 8 – Shuffle! Memories 12 Asread Naoto Hosoda [2]
January 12 – Nodame Cantabile 23 J.C.Staff Ken'ichi Kasai [2]
January 12 – Hidamari Sketch 12 Shaft [2]
January 12 – Venus Versus Virus 12 Studio Hibari Shinichiro Kimura [2]
January 14 – Getsumento Heiki Mina 11 Gonzo Keiichiro Kawaguchi [2]
January 19 – GR: Giant Robo 13 A.C.G.T Masahiko Murata [2]
January 19 – Tokyo Majin 14 AIC Spirits Shinji Ishihira [2]
February 4 – Yes! PreCure 5 49 Toei Animation Toshiaki Komura [2]
February 4 – Reideen 26 Production I.G Mitsuru Hongo [2]
February 15 – Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova 12 Ashi Productions Masami Ōbari [2]
February 15 – Naruto: Shippuden 500 Pierrot [2]
February 22 – Rocket Girls 12 Mook Animation Hiroshi Aoyama [2]
February 26 – Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny 12 Arms Koichi Ohata [2]
– Afro Samurai 5 Gonzo
  • Fuminori Kizaki
  • Jamie Simone
– Moonlight Mile 12 Studio Hibari Iku Suzuki
– Hitohira 12 Xebec M2 Akira Nishimori
– GeGeGe no Kitarō 100 Toei Animation Yukio Kaizawa
– Gurren Lagann 27 Gainax Hiroyuki Imaishi
– Heroic Age 26 Xebec Takashi Noto
– Hayate the Combat Butler 52 SynergySP Keiichiro Kawaguchi
– Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers 26 Seven Arcs Keizō Kusakawa
– My Bride is a Mermaid 26
  • Gonzo
  • AIC
 Seiji Kishi
– Onegai My Melody Sukkiri♪ 52 Studio Comet Makoto Moriwaki
– El Cazador de la Bruja 26 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo
– Engage Planet Kiss Dum 26 Satelight
  • Yasuchika Nagaoka
  • Eiichi Satō
– Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o 13 Artland Tsutomu Yabuki
– Oh! Edo Rocket 26 Madhouse Seiji Mizushima
– Over Drive 26 Xebec Takao Kato
– Saint Beast: Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan 13
  • Tokyo Kids
  • Wonderfarm
 Nanako Shimazaki
– Sisters of Wellber 13
  • Trans Arts
  • Production I.G
 Takayuki Hamana
– Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica 12 Ginga-ya
  • Junichi Watanabe
  • Masami Shimoda
– Sugarbunnies 27 Asahi Production Hiroshi Kugimiya
– Tōka Gettan 26 Studio Deen Yūji Yamaguchi
– Claymore 26 Madhouse Hiroyuki Tanaka
– Idolmaster: Xenoglossia 26 Sunrise Tatsuyuki Nagai
– Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula 26 Brain's Base Keiji Gotoh
– Nagasarete Airantō 26 Feel Hideki Okamoto
– Romeo × Juliet 24 Gonzo Fumitoshi Oizaki
– Bakugan Battle Brawlers 52
  • TMS Entertainment
  • Nelvana Animation
 Mitsuo Hashimoto
– Blue Dragon 51 Studio Pierrot Yukihiro Matsushita
– Darker than Black 25 Bones Tensai Okamura
– Kōtetsu Sangokushi 25 Picture Magic
  • Satoshi Saga
  • Tetsuya Endo
– Kotetsushin Jeeg 13 Actas Jun Kawagoe
– Kamichama Karin 26 Satelight Takashi Anno
– Shining Tears X Wind 13 Studio Deen Hiroshi Watanabe
– Love Com 24 Toei Animation Kōnosuke Uda
– Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit 26 Production I.G Kenji Kamiyama
– Sola 13 Nomad Tomoki Kobayashi
– The Story of Saiunkoku (season 2) 39 Madhouse Jun Shishido
– Toward the Terra 24
  • Minamimachi Bugyōsho
  • Tokyo Kids
 Osamu Yamazaki
– Bokurano 24 Gonzo Hiroyuki Morita
– Lucky Star 24 Kyoto Animation
  • Yutaka Yamamoto
  • Yasuhiro Takemoto
– Big Windup! 25 A-1 Pictures Tsutomu Mizushima
– Kaze no Stigma 24 Gonzo Junichi Sakata
– Princess Resurrection 24 Madhouse Masayuki Sakoi
– Spider Riders 26 Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo
– Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma: Molders-hen 12 Ajia-do Animation Works Tsuneo Kobayashi
– Skull Man 13 Bones Takeshi Mori
– Dennō Coil 26 Madhouse Mitsuo Iso
– Wangan Midnight 26 A.C.G.T Tsuneo Tominaga
– Devil May Cry: The Animated Series 12 Madhouse Shin Itagaki
– Tetsuko no Tabi 13 Group TAC Akinori Nagaoka
– Nanatsuiro Drops 12 Studio Barcelona Takashi Yamamoto
– School Days 12 TNK Keitaro Motonaga
– Code-E 12 Studio Deen Toshiyuki Katō
– Zombie-Loan 13 Xebec M2 Akira Nishimori
– Buzzer Beater (season 2) 13 TMS Entertainment Shigeyuki Miya
– Dōjin Work 12 Remic Kenichi Yatani
– Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō 13 Artland Kōichirō Sōtome
– Mushi-Uta 12 Beat Frog Kazuo Sakai
– Sky Girls 26
  • J.C.Staff
  • Konami
 Yoshiaki Iwasaki
– Happy Happy Clover 13 Group TAC Kazumi Nonaka
– Higurashi When They Cry: Kai 24 Studio Deen Chiaki Kon
– 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]
– Aika R-16: Virgin Mission 3 Studio Fantasia
– 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.

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