2006_in_anime

2006 in anime

Anime-related events during the year of 2006

Events in 2006 in anime.

Quick Facts

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Years:	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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.

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Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time (minutes)
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.

More information First run start and end dates, Title ...

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title
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	Yoshihiro 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	Higurashi 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	Yoshihiro 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.	Yoshihiro 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.

More information First run start and end dates, Title ...

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.

More information First run start and end dates, Title ...

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title
February 10, 2006 –May 12, 2006	The Invisible Stud	2	Y.O.U.C
February 10 – December 26, 2012	Hellsing Ultimate	10	Satelight Madhouse Graphinica	Tomokazu Tokoro Hiroyuki Tanaka Yasuhiro Matsumura
February 25, 2006 – September 25, 2006	Kininaru Roommate	2	Studio Ten
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
April 14, 2006	Sex Exchange	2	Y.O.U.C
July 25, 2006 – September 25, 2006	Ringetsu	3	Flavors Soft
July 28, 2006 – June 27, 2008	Sora no Iro Mizu no Iro	2	Himajin	Banzou Tokita
August 11, 2006 – January 12, 2007	Legend of the Pervert	2	Y.O.U.C
August 25, 2006	Sky Girls OVA	1	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki
August 25, 2006 – October 25, 2006	Jokei Kazoku Inbou	2	T-Rex
August 25, 2006 – December 22, 2006	The Night When Evil Falls	3	Dream Entertainment
September 7, 2006	Boku no Pico	1	Natural High	Katsuyoshi Yatabe
October 11 – April 4, 2007	Baldr Force EXE Resolution	4	Trinet Entertainment Satelight	Takashi Yamazaki
October 31, 2006 – December 26, 2008	Inyouchuu The Animation	2	Suzuki Mirano
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
November 25, 2005 – August 25, 2006	Innocent Blue	2
December 15, 2006 – February 23, 2007	Dyogrammaton	2	Azeta Pictures
December 22, 2006 – March 23, 2007	Ane Jiru	2	T-Rex

References

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

External links

Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

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