In this year, 288 anime television programs were produced and home video sales of anime DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs in Japan were worth 77.9 billion yen.[1] Animation studio 8-Bit was founded in September.
A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2008.
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2008.
First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
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January 1}} – {{dts|March 25}} | Sisters of Wellber Zwei | 13 | Trans Arts | Takayuki Hamana |
January 3}} – {{dts|March 27}} | Rosario + Vampire | 13 | Gonzo | Takayuki Inagaki |
January 4}} – {{dts|March 21}} | Footprints in the Sand | 12 | Zexcs | Hideki Tachibana |
January 4}} – {{dts|March 29}} | Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de | 13 | A.C.G.T | Susumu Kudo | They Are My Noble Masters |
January 5}} – {{dts|March 8}} | Hatenkō Yūgi | 10 | Studio Deen | Nobuhiro Takamoto |
January 5}} – {{dts|June 28}} | Major S4 | 26 | SynergySP | Toshinori Fukushima |
January 5}} – {{dts|June 28}} | Trinity Soul | 26 | A-1 Pictures | Atsushi Matsumoto |
January 5}} – {{dts|March 29}} | (Zoku) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei | 13 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo |
January 6}} – {{dts|March 30}} | Okawari | 13 | Asread | Naoto Hosoda |
January 6}} – {{dts|December 28}} | Porphy no Nagai Tabi | 52 | Nippon Animation | Tomomi Mochizuki |
January 6}} – {{dts|March 22}} | Letters from the Departed | 12 | J.C.Staff | Tatsuo Satō |
January 6}} – {{dts|March 30}} | True Tears | 13 | P.A.Works | Junji Nishimura |
January 8}} – {{dts|March 31}} | Aria the Origination | 13 | Hal Film Maker | Junichi Sato |
January 8}} – {{dts|April 1}} | Il Teatrino | 13 | Artland | Hiroshi Ishidori |
January 9}} – {{dts|March 26}} | Spice and Wolf | 13 | Imagin | Takeo Takahashi | Ōkami to Kōshinryō |
January 10}} – {{dts|March 20}} | Kitarō of the Graveyard | 11 | Toei Animation | Kimitoshi Chioki | Hakaba Kitarō |
January 14}} – {{dts|September 27, 2009}} | Yatterman | 60 | Tatsunoko Production | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
February 3}} – {{dts|July 6}} | Mnemosyne | 6 | Xebec Genco | Shigeru Ueda |
February 3}} – {{dts|January 25, 2009}} | Yes PreCure 5 GoGo! | 48 | Toei Animation | Toshiaki Komura |
March 31}} – {{dts|September 26}} | Chi's Sweet Home | 104 | Madhouse | Mitsuyuki Masuhara |
April 1}} – {{dts|September 23}} | Chocolat! | 27 | Asahi Production | Hiroshi Kugimiya |
April 1}} – {{dts|June 20}} | The Aegis of Uruk | 12 | Gonzo | Koichi Chigira |
April 2}} – {{dts|March 30, 2011}} | Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's | 154 | Gallop | Katsumi Ono |
April 3}} – {{dts|October 2}} | Allison & Lillia | 26 | Madhouse | Masayoshi Nishida | Allison to Lillia |
April 3}} – {{dts|June 19}} | Kure-nai | 12 | Brain's Base | Kō Matsuo |
April 3}} – {{dts|February 19, 2009}} | Kyo Kara Maoh! (season 3) | 39 | Studio Deen | Junji Nishimura |
April 3}} – {{dts|June 26}} | Kei | 13 | Production I.G | Tsutomu Mizushima |
April 4}} – {{dts|June 28}} | Amatsuki | 13 | Studio Deen | Kazuhiro Furuhashi |
April 4}} – {{dts|September 25}} | Itazura na Kiss | 25 | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Yamazaki |
April 4}} – {{dts|September 26}} | Macross Frontier | 25 | Satelight | Yasuhito Kikuchi Shōji Kawamori |
April 4}} – {{dts|September 26}} | To Love-Ru | 26 | Xebec | Takao Kato |
April 5}} – {{dts|September 27}} | Blassreiter | 24 | Gonzo | Ichirō Itano |
April 5}} – {{dts|March 28, 2009}} | Trials of the Seven Shadows | 51 | Studio Pierrot | Yukihiro Matsushita | Blue Dragon: Tenkai no Shichi Ryū |
April 5}} – {{dts|June 28}} | Second Season | 13 | Feel | Hideki Okamoto |
April 5}} – {{dts|June 21}} | Kamen no Maid Guy | 12 | Madhouse | Masayuki Sakoi |
April 5}} – {{dts|June 21}} | Kanokon | 12 | Xebec | Atsushi Ōtsuki |
April 5}} – {{dts|March 27, 2010}} | Penguin no Mondai | 100 | Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment | Jun Kamiya |
April 6}} – {{dts|September 28}} | Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 | 25 | Sunrise | Gorō Taniguchi |
April 6}} – {{dts|September 28}} | Nabari no Ou | 26 | J.C.Staff | Kunihisa Sugishima |
April 6}} – {{dts|June 29}} | Neo Angelique Abyss | 13 | Yumeta Company | Shin Katagai |
April 6}} – {{dts|March 29, 2009}} | Net Ghost PiPoPa | 51 | Studio Hibari | Shinichiro Kimura |
April 6}} – {{dts|March 29, 2009}} | Onegai My Melody Kirara☆ | 52 | Studio Comet | Makoto Moriwaki |
April 6}} – {{dts|September 14}} | Our Home's Fox Deity. | 24 | Zexcs | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Wagaya no Oinari-sama. |
April 6}} – {{dts|September 14}} | Special A | 24 | AIC Gonzo | Miyao Yoshikazu |
April 6}} – {{dts|March 29, 2009}} | Zettai Karen Children | 51 | SynergySP | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Psychic Squad |
April 7}} – {{dts|March 29, 2010}} | Hakken Taiken Daisuki! Shimajirō | 101 | Pierrot+ | Akira Shigino Masahiro Nakata |
April 7}} – {{dts|September 29}} | Monochrome Factor | 24 | A.C.G.T | Yuu Kou |
April 7}} – {{dts|March 30, 2009}} | Soul Eater | 51 | Bones | Takuya Igarashi |
April 7}} – {{dts|June 30}} | Vampire Knight | 13 | Studio Deen | Kiyoko Sayama |
April 8}} – {{dts|June 24}} | Glass Maiden | 12 | Studio Fantasia | Mitsuko Kase | Crystal Blaze |
April 8}} – {{dts|September 30}} | The Revelation | 26 | Madhouse | Hiroshi Aoyama |
April 10}} – {{dts|June 26}} | Junjo Romantica | 12 | Studio Deen | Chiaki Kon |
April 10}} – {{dts|July 24}} | Kaiba | 12 | Madhouse | Masaaki Yuasa |
April 10}} – {{dts|June 26}} | Library War | 12 | Production I.G | Takayuki Hamana | Toshokan Sensō |
April 11}} – {{dts|March 27, 2009}} | Golgo 13 | 50 | The Answer Studio | Shunji Oga |
April 12}} – {{dts|October 4}} | Kyōran Kazoku Nikki | 26 | Nomad | Yasuhiro Kuroda |
April 12}} – {{dts|September 27}} | Nijū Mensō no Musume | 22 | Bones Telecom Animation Film | Nobuo Tomizawa |
June 2}} – {{dts|November 24}} | RoboDz Kazagumo Hen | 26 | Toei Animation The Walt Disney Company | Daisuke Nishio |
June 11}} – {{dts|August 27}} | Great Guardians | 12 | Arms | Koichi Ohata |
June 21}} – {{dts|December 20}} | Telepathy Shōjo Ran | 26 | TMS Entertainment |
July 1}} – {{dts|September 16}} | Code 044 | 12 | Madhouse | Osamu Dezaki |
July 2}} – {{dts|September 17}} | Sekirei | 12 | Seven Arcs | Keizō Kusakawa |
July 2}} – {{dts|September 24}} | Slayers Revolution | 13 | J.C.Staff | Takashi Watanabe |
July 2}} – {{dts|September 24}} | Summer Skies | 12 | Hal Film Maker | Osamu Kobayashi | Mahōtsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora |
July 3}} – {{dts|September 18}} | Antique Bakery | 11 | Nippon Animation Shirogumi | Yoshiaki Okumura |
July 3}} – {{dts|September 25}} | Hidamari Sketch × 365 | 13 | Shaft | Akiyuki Shinbo |
July 3}} – {{dts|September 25}} | Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu | 12 | Studio Barcelona | Munenori Nawa |
July 3}} – {{dts|September 18}} | Strike Witches | 12 | Gonzo | Kazuhiro Takamura |
July 4}} – {{dts|September 26}} | Decode | 13 | A-1 Pictures | Kazuki Akane | Tetsuwan Birdy Decode |
July 5}} – {{dts|September 27}} | Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo | 13 | Doga Kobo | Tarō Iwasaki |
July 7}} – {{dts|September 22}} | Mission-E | 12 | Studio Deen | Toshiyuki Katō |
July 7}} – {{dts|September 29}} | Natsume's Book of Friends | 13 | NAS | Takahiro Omori | Natsume Yūjin-chō |
July 7}} – {{dts|September 30}} | World Destruction | 13 | Production I.G | Shunsuke Tada |
July 8}} – {{dts|September 21}} | Rondo of Princesses | 12 | J.C.Staff | Yū Kō | Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo |
July 8}} – {{dts|September 23}} | Koihime Musō | 12 | Doga Kobo | Nobuaki Nakanishi |
July 8}} – {{dts|September 14}} | Second Age | 13 | Yumeta Company | Shin Katagai |
July 14}} – {{dts|December 29}} | Blade of the Immortal | 13 | Bee Train Production I.G | Kōichi Mashimo | Mugen no Jūnin |
September 7}} – {{dts|September 6, 2009}} | Shounen Toppa Bashin | 50 | Sunrise | Mitsuru Hongo |
September 28}} – {{dts|December 23}} | The Earl and the Fairy | 12 | Artland | Kōichirō Sōtome | Hakushaku to Yōsei |
October 1}} – {{dts|March 15, 2009}} | Casshern Sins | 24 | Madhouse Tatsunoko Production | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
October 1}} – {{dts|December 24}} | Hyakko | 13 | Nippon Animation | Michio Fukuda |
October 2}} – {{dts|December 18}} | Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | 12 | TNK | Keitaro Motonaga |
October 2}} – {{dts|December 24}} | Rosario + Vampire Capu2 | 13 | Gonzo | Takayuki Inagaki | Rosario to Vampire Capu2 |
October 2}} – {{dts|December 25}} | Aka | 13 | Feel Gainax | Masahiko Murata |
October 2}} – {{dts|March 26, 2009}} | Toradora! | 25 | J.C.Staff | Tatsuyuki Nagai |
October 2}} – {{dts|December 18}} | Yozakura Quartet | 12 | Nomad | Kou Matsuo |
October 3}} – {{dts|March 27, 2009}} | Astro Fighter Sunred | 26 | AIC A.S.T.A. | Seiji Kishi | Tentai Senshi Sunred |
October 3}} – {{dts|March 27, 2009}} | Black Butler | 24 | A-1 Pictures | Toshiya Shinohara | Kuroshitsuji |
October 3}} – {{dts|March 26, 2009}} | Clannad After Story | 24 | Kyoto Animation | Tatsuya Ishihara |
October 3}} – {{dts|March 20, 2009}} | Linebarrels of Iron | 24 | Gonzo | Masamitsu Hidaka | Kurogane no Linebarrels |
October 4}} – {{dts|March 19, 2009}} | A Certain Magical Index | 24 | J.C.Staff | Hiroshi Nishikiori | Toaru Majutsu no Index |
October 4}} – {{dts|April 4, 2009}} | Three Vessels | 26 | Studio Deen | Hiroshi Watanabe | Jigoku Shōjo: Mitsuganae |
October 4}} – {{dts|December 27}} | Kannagi | 13 | A-1 Pictures | Yutaka Yamamoto |
October 4}} – {{dts|December 20}} | Kemeko Deluxe! | 12 | Hal Film Maker | Tsutomu Mizushima |
October 4}} – {{dts|September 26, 2009}} | Shugo Chara!! Doki— | 51 | Satelight | Kenji Yasuda |
October 4}} – {{dts|March 28, 2009}} | Tales of the Abyss | 26 | Sunrise | Kenji Kodama |
October 5}} – {{dts|December 21}} | Zero | 12 | AIC Spirits Asread | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
October 5}} – {{dts|April 27, 2011}} | Inazuma Eleven | 127 | OLM | Katsuhito Akiyama Yoshikazu Miyao |
October 5}} – {{dts|December 28}} | Kyō no Go no Ni | 13 | Xebec | Tsuyoshi Nagasawa |
October 5}} – {{dts|December 21}} | Macademi Wasshoi! | 12 | Hal Film Maker Zexcs | Takaomi Kanzaki |
October 6}} – {{dts|March 29, 2008}} | Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (season 2) | 25 | Sunrise | Seiji Mizushima |
October 6}} – {{dts|December 29}} | Vampire Knight Guilty | 13 | Studio Deen | Kiyoko Sayama |
October 7}} – {{dts|December 23}} | A Tale of Melodies | 12 | Shaft | Shin Ōnuma |
October 7}} – {{dts|December 30}} | Mōryō no Hako | 13 | Madhouse | Ryosuke Nakamura |
October 7}} – {{dts|December 23}} | Kurozuka | 12 | Madhouse | Tetsurō Araki |
October 7}} – {{dts|March 31, 2009}} | One Outs | 25 | Madhouse | Yuzo Sato |
October 8}} – {{dts|March 25, 2009}} | Stitch! | 25 | Madhouse | Masami Hata |
October 9}} – {{dts|December 18}} | Paris-Hen | 11 | J.C.Staff | Chiaki Kon |
October 9}} – {{dts|March 26, 2009}} | Tytania | 26 | Artland | Noboru Ishiguro |
October 10}} – {{dts|December 25}} | Legends of the Dark King | 13 | Satelight | Masashi Abe | Ten no Haō Hokuto no Ken Raō Gaiden |
October 12}} – {{dts|December 27}} | Junjo Romantica (season 2) | 12 | Studio Deen | Chiaki Kon |
October 15}} – {{dts|December 31}} | Chaos;Head | 12 | Madhouse | Takaaki Ishiyama |
October 15}} – {{dts|March 18, 2009}} | Michiko & Hatchin | 22 | Manglobe | Sayo Yamamoto | Michiko to Hatchin |
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A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2008.
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2008.
1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-04/industry-group-head-says-anime-is-a-bubble-that-burst|title= Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)|date=2009-05-04|accessdate= 2014-01-09|work= Anime News Network}}
{{Years in anime}}