2016 in anime

Events in 2016 in anime.

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Awards

• 10th Seiyu Awards

Releases

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.	[1]
9 January	Garakowa -Restore the World-	A-1 Pictures	Masashi Ishihama	67	Also known as Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai.	[2]
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.	[3]
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.	[4]
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-.	[5]
13 February	Selector Destructed WIXOSS	J.C. Staff	Takuya Satō	91	A film in the Selector Infected WIXOSS series.	[6]
20 February	Dōkyūsei	A-1 Pictures	Shouko Nakamura	60	Based on the manga Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura.	[7]
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.	[8]
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.	[9]
12 March	Digimon Adventure tri: Ketsui	Toei Animation	Keitaro Motonaga	88	The second film of Digimon Adventure tri. film series.	[10]
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.	[11]
23 April	Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions	Gallop	Satoshi Kuwabara	130	Also known as Yū☆Gi☆Ō Za Dāku Saido Obu Dimenshonzu. The third film of Yu-Gi-Oh! Series.	[12]
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.	[13]
6 May	Ajin: Shōtotsu	Polygon Pictures	Hiroyuki Seshita	106	The second film in the Ajin film trilogy.	[14] [15]
21 May	Garo: Divine Flame	MAPPA	Yuichiro Hayashi	78		[16]
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.	[17]
25 June	Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky	Sunrise	Kō Matsuo	70	Also known as Kidō Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky.	[18]
9 July	Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Square Enix	Takeshi Nozue	115	Sequel to the ONA, Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV.	[19]
23 July	Accel World: Infinite Burst	Sunrise	Masakazu Obara	82	Also known as Akuseru Warudo Infinito Bāsuto.	[20]
23 July	One Piece Film: Gold	Toei Animation	Hiroaki Miyamoto	120		[21]
19 August	Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi	64	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.	[22]
26 August	Your Name	CoMix Wave Films	Makoto Shinkai	107	Also known as Kimi no Na wa.	[23]
3 September	Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Shadow and Light~	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada	87	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.	[24]
3 September	Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito	David Production	Naokatsu Tsuda	117	The title translates to Planetarian: Man of the Stars.	[25]
9 September	Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike	TMS/8PAN	Osamu Nabeshima	60		[26]
17 September	A Silent Voice	Kyoto Animation	Naoko Yamada	130	Also known as Koe no Katachi.	[27]
23 September	Ajin: Shōgeki	Polygon Pictures	Hiroyuki Seshita	105	The third film in the Ajin film trilogy.	[14]
24 September	Digimon Adventure tri: Kokuhaku	Toei Animation	Keitaro Motonaga	105	The third film of Digimon Adventure tri. film series.	[28]
8 October	Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Beyond the Tears~	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada	87	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.	[24]
14 October	GANTZ:O	Digital Frontier	Keiichi Sato Yasushi Kawamura	96		[29]
12 November	In This Corner of the World	MAPPA	Sunao Katabuchi	129	Also known as Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni.	[30]
26 November	KanColle: The Movie	Diomedéa	Keizō Kusakawa	95	Also known as Gekijō-ban KanKore.	[31]
3 December	Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation ~Crossing the Door~	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada	88	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.	[24]
17 December	I wait for the moment that you love me. Confession Executive Committee	Qualia Animation	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	63	Also known as Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o. ~Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai~.	[32]
23 December	Pop in Q	Toei Animation	Naoki Miyahara	95	Also known as PoppinQ.	[33]
31 December	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	Wit Studio	Tetsurō Araki	107	Also known as Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri, this is a compilation film compiling the first part of the anime television of the same name.	[34]

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		[35]
6 January - 24 March	HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru	12	P.A.Works	Masakazu Hashimoto		[36]
6 January - 30 March	Sushi Police	13	KOO-KI	Tatsushi Momen		[37]
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	[38]
7 January - 30 June	Assassination Classroom	25	Lerche	Seiji Kishi	Ansatsu Kyōshitsu season 2	[39]
7 January - 31 March	Dagashi Kashi	12	Feel	Shigehito Takayanagi		[40]
7 January - 25 March	ERASED	12	A-1 Pictures	Tomohiko Itō	Boku Dake ga Inai Machi	[41]
7 January - 24 March	Girls Beyond the Wasteland	12	Project No.9	Takuya Satō	Shōjotachi wa Kōya o Mezasu ~Girls beyond the youth KOYA~	[42]
7 January - 31 March	Myriad Colors Phantom World	13	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	Musaigen no Fantomu Wārudo	[43]
7 January - 25 March	Norn9	12	Kinema Citrus Orange	Takao Abo	Norn9: Norn + Nonette	[44]
7 January - 25 March	Ojisan to Marshmallow	12	Creators in Pack	Hisayoshi Hirasawa Noriyoshi Sasaki	Ojisan and Marshmallow	[45]
7 January - 31 March	Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation	12	Telecom Animation Film	Keiichiro Kawaguchi		[46]
8 January - 25 March	Divine Gate	12	Studio Pierrot	Noriyuki Abe	Dibain Gēto	[47]
8 January - 25 March	Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn	12	Studio Gokumi AXsiZ	Munenori Nawa	Kōkaku no Pandora - Ghost Urn	[48]
8 January - 25 March	Please Tell Me! Galko-chan	12	Feel	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Oshiete! Galko-chan	[49]
8 January - 25 March	Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage	12	Studio Deen	Iku Suzuki		[50]
8 January - 25 March	Sekkō Boys	12	Liden Films	Tomoki Takuno	Sekkō Bōizu	[51]
8 January - 1 April	Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū	13	Studio Deen	Mamoru Hatakeyama	Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū	[52]
8 January - 29 January	Tabi Machi Late Show	4	CoMix Wave Films	Yuu Numata	Tabi-gai reitoshō	[53]
9 January - 26 March	BBK/BRNK	12	Sanzigen	Daizen Komatsuda	Bubuki Buranki	[54]
9 January - 26 March	Durarara!!×2 Ketsu	12	Shuka	Takahiro Omori	Durarara!!×2 The Third Arc	[55]
9 January - 26 March	Gate	12	A-1 Pictures	Takahiko Kyōgoku	Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Enryuu-hen	[56]
9 January - 26 March	Luck & Logic	12	Doga Kobo	Koichi Chigira Takashi Naoya	Raku en Rojikku	[57]
10 January - 27 March	Dimension W	12	3Hz Orange	Kanta Kamei		[58]
10 January - 26 June	Nijiiro Days	24	Production Reed	Tetsurō Amino Tomihiko Ohkubo	Rainbow Days	[59]
10 January - 27 March	Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R	12	Tatsunoko Production	Keiichiro Kawaguchi		[60]
10 January - 27 March	Ooya-san wa Shishunki!	12	Seven Arcs	Yuki Ogawa	Landlord is in Puberty	[61]
10 January - 27 March	Schwarzesmarken	12	Ixtl Liden Films	Tetsuya Watanabe	Shuvarutsesumāken	[62]
11 January - 28 March	Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue	12	Gonzo	Fumitoshi Oizaki	Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm	[63]
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	[64]
11 January - 29 March	A Simple Thinking About Blood Type	12	Assez Finaud Fabric Feel Zexcs	Yoshihisa Oyama	Ketsuekigata-kun! season 4	[65]
11 January - 28 March	Snow White with the Red Hair	12	Bones	Masahiro Ando	Akagami no Shirayuki-hime season 2	[66]
11 January - 29 March	Teekyū	12	Millepensee	Shin Itagaki	Season 7	[67]
11 January - 28 March	Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle	12	Lerche	Masaomi Ando	Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut	[68]
11 January - 3 April	Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories	13	ILCA	Takashi Taniguchi Tomohisa Ishikawa	Season 3	[69]
12 January - 29 March	Mahou Shoujo Nante Mouiidesukara	12	Pine Jam	Kazuhiro Yoneda	I've Had Enough of Being a Magical Girl	[70]
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	[71]
16 January - 9 April	Ajin: Demi-Human	13	Polygon Pictures	Hiroyuki Seshita		[72]
21 January - 24 March	Ganbare! Lulu Lolo - Tiny Twin Bears	10	Fanworks	Yūji Umoto		[73]
5 February - 26 February	Kono Danshi, Mahō ga Oshigoto Desu.	4	CoMix Wave Films	Soubi Yamamoto	This Boy, Works With Magic	[74]
6 February - 25 March 2017	Rilu Rilu Fairilu ~Yōsei no Door~	59	Studio Deen	Sakura Gojō	Rilu Rilu Fairilu: The Fairies' Door	[75]
7 February 2016 - 29 January 2017	Maho Girls PreCure!	50	Toei Animation	Masato Mitsuka	Mahō Tsukai Precure!	[76]
3 March - 28 April	Itachi Shinden-hen	7	Studio Pierrot	Hayato Date	Itachi Shinden Book: Light and Darkness	[77]
4 March - 25 March	She and Her Cat	4	Liden Films	Kazuya Sakamoto	Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows	[78]
1 April - 23 June	Kagewani: Shō	13	Tomovies	Tomoya Takashima	Kagewani -II-	[79]
1 April - 18 June	The Lost Village	12	Diomedéa	Tsutomu Mizushima	Mayoiga	[80]
1 April - 24 June	Space Patrol Luluco	13	Studio Trigger	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Uchū Patrol Luluco	[81]
1 April - 24 June	Terra Formars Revenge	13	Liden Films TYO Animations	Michio Fukuda		[82]
1 April - 24 June	Ushio and Tora	13	MAPPA Studio VOLN	Satoshi Nishimura	Ushio to Tora	[83]
2 April - 24 September	Ace Attorney	24	A-1 Pictures	Ayumu Watanabe	Gyakuten Saiban	[84]
2 April - 18 June	The Asterisk War	12	A-1 Pictures	Manabu Ono Kenji Seto	Season 2	[85]
2 April - 23 December	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable	39	David Production	Naokatsu Tsuda	JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken Daiyamondo wa Kudakenai	[86]
3 April - 17 June	Concrete Revolutio: Chōjin Gensō The Last Song	11	Bones	Seiji Mizushima		[87]
3 April - 24 September	Endride	24	Brain's Base	Keiji Gotoh	Endoraido	[88]
3 April - 19 June	Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear	12	Kinema Citrus EMT Squared	Kiyoshi Matsuda		[89]
3 April - 25 September	Macross Delta	26	Satelight	Shōji Kawamori Kenji Yasuda	Macross Δ	[90]
3 April - 11 September	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096	22	Sunrise	Kazuhiro Furuhashi		[91]
3 April - 26 June	My Hero Academia	13	Bones	Kenji Nagasaki	Boku no Hero Academia	[92]
4 April - 19 December	Age 12	24	OLM	Seiki Taichū	12-Sai. ~Chiccha na Mune no Tokimeki~ Age 12: A Little Heart-Pounding	[93]
4 April - 20 June	Bakuon!!	12	TMS/8PAN	Junji Nishimura		[94]
4 April - 19 June	Hundred	12	Production IMS	Tomoki Kobayashi	Handoreddo	[95]
4 April - 27 June	Pan de Peace!	13	Asahi Production	Hatsuki Tsuji	Peace Through Bread!	[96]
4 April -19 September	Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu	25	White Fox	Masaharu Watanabe	Re: Life in a different world from zero	[97]
4 April - 27 June	Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite	13	Bridge	Nobuhiro Kondo		[98]
5 April - 28 June	Hakuōki: Otogisōshi	13	DLE Inc.	Parako Shinohara		[99]
5 April - 21 June	Joker Game	12	Production I.G	Kazuya Nomura	Jōkā Gēmu	[100]
6 April - 29 June	Bishōjo Yūgi Unit Crane Geer	13	Kyotoma	Mr. Milkman	Beautiful Girl Play Unit Crane Game Girls	[101]
6 April - 8 June	Super Lovers	10	Studio Deen	Shinji Ishihira		[102]
6 April - 29 March 2017	Twin Star Exorcists	50	Studio Pierrot	Tomohisa Taguchi	Sōsei no Onmyōji	[103]
7 April - 23 June	Bungō Stray Dogs	12	Bones	Takuya Igarashi	Bungō Sutorei Doggusu	[104]
7 April - 29 September	Kuromukuro	26	P.A.Works	Tensai Okamura		[105]
7 April - 23 June	And you thought there is never a girl online?	12	Project No.9	Shinsuke Yanagi	Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?	[106]
7 April - 30 June	Onigiri	13	Pierrot Plus	Takashi Yamamoto		[107]
7 April - 23 June	Unhappy	12	Silver Link	Shin Ōnuma	Anne Happy	[108]
8 April - 1 July	Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto	12	Studio Deen	Shinji Takamatsu	Sakamoto desu ga?	[109]
8 April - 30 June	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	12	Wit Studio	Tetsurō Araki	Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri	[110]
8 April - 24 June	Shōnen Maid	12	8-Bit	Yusuke Yamamoto	Shōnen Meido	[111]
9 April - 25 June	Flying Witch	12	J.C.Staff	Katsushi Sakurabi	Furaingu Witchi	[112]
9 April - 25 June	Hai-Furi	12	Production IMS	Yuu Nobuta	Haisukūru Furīto	[113]
9 April - 25 June	Kiznaiver	12	Studio Trigger	Hiroshi Kobayashi	Kizunaībā	[114]
9 April - 24 September	Rin-ne	25	Brain's Base	Seiki Sugawara	Kyōkai no Rinne season 2	[115]
9 April - 25 June	Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge	12	Silver Link	Shinya Kawamo	Tanaka is Always Listless	[116]
10 April - 26 June	Sansha San'yō	12	Doga Kobo	Yasuhiro Kimura	Sansha San'yō	[117]
12 April - 28 June	Usakame	12	Millepensee	Shin Itagaki		[118]
12 April - 28 June	Wagamama High Spec	12	AXsiZ	Satoshi Shimizu	Wagahigh, Selfish High Spec	[119]
16 April - 18 June	Big Order	10	Asread	Nobuharu Kamanaka	Biggu Ōdā	[120]
16 April - 2 July	Magi: Adventure of Sinbad	13	Lay-duce	Yoshikazu Miyao	Magi: Sinbad no Bōken	[121][non-primary source needed]
23 April 2016 - 25 March 2017	Kamiwaza Wanda	47	TMS	Mitsuo Hashimoto		[122]
28 June - 21 September	Fukigen na Mononokean	13	Pierrot Plus	Akira Iwanaga	The Morose Mononokean	[123]
1 July - 16 September	Berserk	12	GEMBA Millepensee Liden Films	Shin Itagaki	Beruseruku	[124]
1 July - 23 September	Momokuri	13	Satelight	Yoshimasa Hiraike		[125]
2 July - 24 September	B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious	12	A-1 Pictures	Eiji Suganuma		[126]
2 July - 18 December	Days	24	MAPPA	Kônosuke Uda		[127]
2 July - 17 September	First Love Monster	12	Studio Deen	Takayuki Inagaki	Hatsukoi Monster	[128]
2 July - 24 September	Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate	13	J.C. Staff	Yoshitomo Yonetani	Shokugeki no Sōma: Ni no Sara	[129]
2 July - 24 September	Love Live! Sunshine!!	13	Sunrise	Kazuo Sakai	Rabu Raibu! Sanshain!!	[130]
2 July - 24 September	ReLIFE	13	TMS/Double Eagle	Tomo Kosaka	Riraifu	[131]
2 July - 24 September	Rewrite	13	8-Bit	Tensho		[132]
3 July - 25 September	Tales of Zestiria the X	13	Ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki	Teiruzu Obu Zesutiria Za Kurosu	[133]
3 July - 21 August	The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance	8	Liden Films	Noriyuki Abe	Arslan Senki: Fūjin Ranbu	[134]
3 July - 25 September	Orange	13	Telecom Animation Film TMS Entertainment	Hiroshi Hamasaki		[135]
4 July - 26 September	Bananya	13	TMS Entertainment	Kyō Yatate		[136]
4 July - 26 September	D.Gray-man Hallow	13	TMS/8PAN	Yoshiharu Ashino		[137]
4 July - 26 March 2018	Puzzle & Dragons X	89	Studio Pierrot	Hajime Kamegaki	Pazudora Kurosu	[138]
4 July - 26 December	Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan	120	J.C. Staff Egg Firm	Hiroaki Sakurai	Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan	[139]
4 July - 19 September	Show By Rock!! Short!!	12	Bones	Takahiro Ikezoe		[140]
4 July - 19 September	Sweetness and Lightning	12	TMS/3xCube	Tarou Iwasaki	Amaama to Inazuma	[141]
4 July - 19 September	Taboo-Tattoo	12	J.C. Staff	Takashi Watanabe	Taboo Tattoo	[142]
5 July - 27 September	Cheer Boys!!	12	Brain's Base	Ai Yoshimura	Cheer Danshi!!	[143]
5 July - 20 September	Fudanshi Kōkō Seikatsu	12	EMT Squared	Toshikatsu Tokoro	Rotten Boys' High School Life	[144]
5 July - 20 September	Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia	12	Production IMS	Hiroyuki Furukawa	Masō Gakuen Haiburiddo Hāto	[145]
5 July - 21 September	Scared Rider Xechs	12	Satelight	Hideto Komori	Sukāreddo Raidā Zekusu	[146]
5 July - 20 September	Servamp	12	Brain's Base	Itto Sara Hideaki Nakano	Sāvanpu	[147]
6 July - 21 September	Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!	12	Silver Link	Shin Ōnuma Masato Jinbo Ken Takahashi	Fate/ kaleid rainā, purizuma ☆ Iriya dorai!!	[148]
6 July - 28 September	Tsukiuta. The Animation	13	Studio Pierrot	Itsuro Kawasaki		[149]
7 July - 22 September	This Art Club Has a Problem!	12	Feel	Kei Oikawa	Kono Bijutsu-bu niwa Mondai ga Aru!	[150]
7 July - 22 September	OZMAFIA!!	12	Creators in Pack	Hisayoshi Hirasawa		[151]
7 July - 24 November	Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars	13	Actas	Susumu Tosaka	Regaria Za Surī Seikuriddo Sutāzu	[152]
8 July - 1 October	91 Days	12	Shuka	Hiro Kaburaki		[153]
8 July - 22 September	Amanchu!	12	J.C.Staff	Junichi Sato Kenichi Kasai		[154]
8 July - 23 September	Handa-kun	12	Diomedéa	Yoshitaka Koyama		[155]
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!	[156]
9 July - 30 September	Alderamin on the Sky	13	Madhouse	Tetsuo Ichimura	Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyō no Alderamin	[157]
9 July - 24 September	Ange Vierge	12	Silver Link	Masafumi Tamura	Anju Vieruju	[158]
9 July - 24 September	Hitori no Shita the outcast	12	Pandanium	Wang Xin Kazuhiro Toda Mitsuo Mori		[159]
9 July - 24 September	Qualidea Code	12	A-1 Pictures	Kenichi Kawamura	Kuoridia Kōdo	[160]
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"	[161]
12 July - 27 September	Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei 2nd	12	Production IMS Orange	Gorō Taniguchi	Akutivu Reido Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Daihachigakari	[162]
12 July - 27 September	Mob Psycho 100	12	Bones	Yuzuru Tachikawa	Mobu Saiko Hyaku	[163]
14 July - 22 September	Battery	11	Zero-G	Tomomi Mochizuki	Batterī	[164]
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"	[161]
28 August - 18 September	The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War	4	A-1 Pictures	Tomokazu Tokoro	Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi	[165]
1 October - 17 December	BBK/BRNK: Hoshi no Kyojin	12	Sanzigen	Daizen Komatsuda	BBK/BRNK Season 2	[166]
1 October - 30 September 2017	Digimon Universe: App Monsters	52	Toei Animation	Gou Koga	Dejimon Yunibāsu Apuri Monsutāzu	[167]
1 October - 17 December	Magical Girl Raising Project	12	Lerche	Hiroyuki Hashimoto	Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku	[168]
1 October - 17 December	Shūmatsu no Izetta	12	Ajia-do Animation Works	Masaya Fujimori	Izetta, Die Letzte Hexe, "Izetta of the End"	[169]
1 October - 18 March 2017	Time Bokan 24	24	Tatsunoko Productions	Takayuki Inagaki	Taimubokan Nijū Yon	[170]
1 October - 24 December	Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE Legend Star	13	A-1 Pictures	Takeshi Furuta	Uta no Prince-sama Season 4	[171]
2 October - 24 September 2017	Chi's Sweet Home	51	Marza Animation Planet	Kiminori Kusano	Chīzu Suīto Hōmu	[172]
2 October - 25 December	Magic-kyun Renaissance	13	Sunrise	Mitsue Yamazaki	Maji-kyun! Runessansu	[173]
2 October 2016 - 2 April 2017	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans	25	Sunrise	Tatsuyuki Nagai	Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans Season 2	[174]
2 October -	Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On	48	David Production	Mitsuru Hongo	Monsutā Hantā Sutōrīzu Raido On	[175]
2 October - 18 December	Show By Rock!!#	12	Bones	Takahiro Ikezoe
2 October - 2 July 2017	Tiger Mask W	38	Toei Animation	Toshiaki Komura	Tiger Mask Double	[176]
3 October - 18 December	Idol Memories	12	Seven Arcs Pictures	Katsuya Kikuchi	Aidorumemorīzu	[177]
3 October - 19 December	Magic of Stella	12	Silver Link	Shinya Kawamo	Stella no Mahō	[178]
3 October - 19 December	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru	12	Doga Kobo	Takashi Naoya		[179]
4 October - 29 December	Matoi the Sacred Slayer	12	White Fox	Masayuki Sakoi	Sōshin Shōjo Matoi	[180]
4 October - 20 December	Natsume Yūjin-Chō Go	11	Shuka	Takahiro Omori	Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5	[181]
4 October - 28 March 2017	Nobunaga no Shinobi	26	TMS/V1 Studio	Akitaro Daichi	"Ninja Girl & Samurai Master"	[182]
4 October - 11 December	Soul Buster	12	Studio Pierrot	Kōbun Shizuno Odahiro Watanabe	Sourubasutā	[183]
4 October - 27 March 2017	Trickster	24	TMS Entertainment Shin-Ei Animation	Masahiro Mukai	Trickster - Edogawa Ranpo 'Shōnen Tantei-dan' Yori	[184]
5 October - 28 December	Brave Witches	12	Silver Link	Kazuhiro Takamura	Strike Witches season 3	[185]
5 October - 22 March 2017	Nanbaka	25	Satelight	Shinji Takamatsu		[186]
5 October - 21 December	Nazotokine	12	Tengu Kobou	Naoya Fukushi		[187]
5 October - 21 December	Teekyu (season 8)	12	Millepensee	Shin Itagaki
6 October - 22 December	Bungō Stray Dogs	12	Bones	Takuya Igarashi	Bungō Sutorei Doggusu	[188]
6 October - 29 December	Flip Flappers	13	Studio 3Hz	Kiyotaka Oshiyama	Furippu Furappāzu	[189]
6 October - 22 December	Kiss Him, Not Me	12	Brain's Base	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda	[190]
6 October - 28 December	Sound! Euphonium	13	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	Hibike! Euphonium season 2	[191]
6 October - 22 December	Yuri!!! on Ice	12	MAPPA	Sayo Yamamoto		[192]
7 October 2016 - 31 March 2017	All Out!!	25	TMS Entertainment Madhouse	Kenichi Shimizu		[193]
7 October - 23 December	Drifters	12	Hoods Drifters Studio	Kenichi Suzuki	Dorifutāzu	[194]
8 October - 24 December	Ajin: Demi-Human	13	Polygon Pictures	Hiroyuki Seshita	Ajin: Demi-Human Season 2	[195]
8 October 2016 - 1 April 2017	Classicaloid	25	Sunrise	Yoichi Fujita	Kurashikaroido	[196]
8 October - 10 December	Haikyū!! Karasuno High School vs Shiratorizawa Academy	10	Production I.G	Susumu Mitsunaka	Haikyū!! Season 3	[197]
8 October 2016 - 18 March 2017	March Comes in Like a Lion	22	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Kenjirō Okada	Sangatsu no Lion	[198]
9 October - 25 December	Occultic;Nine	12	A-1 Pictures	Kyōhei Ishiguro Miyuki Kuroki	Okarutikku Nain	[199]
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	[200]
14 October - 23 December	The Great Passage	11	Zexcs	Toshimasa Kuroyanagi	Fune o Amu	[201]
22 October	Luger Code 1951	1	Studio Deen	Shinya Takahashi	Rugākōdo 1951	[202]

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.	[203]
5 January	Snow White with the Red Hair	1	Bones	Masahiro Ando	Bundled with volume 15 of the manga.	[204]
9 January	Koyomimonogatari		Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Tomoyuki Itamura	An original net animation that is released on an app for iOS and Android devices.	[205]
26 January	The Testament of Sister New Devil	1	Production IMS	Hisashi Saitō	Bundled with volume 7 of the manga adaptation.	[206]
27 January	My Wife is the Student Council President	1	Seven		Bundled with volume nine of the manga.	[207]
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.	[208]
29 January - spring	Queen's Blade: Grimoire	2	FORTES	Kinji Yoshimoto	Kuīnzu Bureido Gurimuwāru	[209]
4 February	Noblesse: Awakening	1	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada Kazuto Nakazawa		[210]
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).	[211]
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.	[212]
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.	[213]
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.	[214]
18 March	Bakuon!!	1			Bundled with the seventh volume of the manga.	[94]
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.	[215]
25 March	Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu	1			Included with the release of the game.	[216]
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.	[217]
30 March	Charlotte	1	P.A.Works		Released on the 7th Blu-ray/DVD volume along with episode 13 of the TV series.	[218]
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.	[219]
6 May	Ajin: Demi-Human	1	Polygon Pictures	Hiroaki Ando	Bundled with the eighth volume of the manga.	[220]
9 May	The Heroic Legend of Arslan	1	Liden Films		Bundled with the fifth limited edition of the manga.	[221]
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.	[222]
21 May - TBA	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin	2	Sunrise	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Takashi Imanishi	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.	[223]
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.	[224]
3 June	Blood Blockade Battlefront	1	Bones	Rie Matsumoto	Bundled with the official Blood Blockade Battlefront guidebook.	[225]
6 June	Drifters	1	Hoods Drifters Studio		Bundled with the fifth volume of the manga.	[226]
6 June	Hantsu × Trash	1	Hoods Entertainment		Bundled with the tenth volume of the manga.	[227]
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.	[228]
24 June - 24 August	Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear	2	Kinema Citrus EMT Squared		Included in the first and second volumes of the Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear home video release.	[229]
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.	[230]
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.	[231]
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.	[232]
4 July	Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma	1	J.C. Staff		Bundled with the 19th volume of the manga.	[233]
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.	[234]
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.	[25]
15 July	Fairy Tail	1			Bundled with the 56th volume of the manga.	[222]
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.	[235]
27 July - 21 September	Star-Myu	2	C-Station		Included in the two OVA volumes as part of an OVA project.	[236]
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.	[237]
1 August	Under the Dog	1	Kinema Citrus	Masahiro Andō	Available digitally to those who backed the Under the Dog Kickstarter campaign.	[238]
4 August - 4 November	Gintama	2	Bandai Namco Pictures	Chizuru Miyawaki	Bundled with the 65th and 66th volumes of the manga.	[239]
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.	[240]
26 August	Dimension W	1	Orange 3Hz		Bundled with the 6th volume of the Dimension W home video release.	[241]
29 August	Paradise of Innocence	1	Seven	Takashi Nishikawa	Bundled with the 10th limited edition volume of the manga.	[242]
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.	[243]
23 September	Nijiiro Days	1	Production Reed		Bundled with the 13th limited edition volume of the manga.	[244]
5 October	Myriad Colors Phantom World	1	Kyoto Animation		Bundled with the seventh volume of the Myriad Colors Phantom World home video release.	[245]
7 October	Ajin: Demi-Human	1	Polygon Pictures		Bundled with the ninth limited edition volume of the manga.	[246]
12 November	Monster Musume	1	Lerche	Tatsuya Yoshihara	Bundled with the eleventh volume of the manga.	[247]
17 November	Fairy Tail	1	A-1 Pictures		Bundled with the 58th volume of the manga.	[248]
20 December	Bakuon!!	1	TMS/8PAN		Bundled with the 9th volume of the manga.	[249]

Highest-grossing films

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

Rank	Title	Gross	Ref.
1	Your Name	$358,331,458	[250]
2	Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare	$66,265,957	[251]
3	One Piece Film: Gold	$66,207,073	[252]
4	Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016	$50,541,040	[253]
5	A Silent Voice	$31,629,474	[254]
6	Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault!	$20,816,508	[255]
7	In This Corner of the World	$19,204,593	[256]
8	Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan!	$17,000,000	[257]
9	Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel	$15,870,009	[258]
10	Rudolf the Black Cat	$12,001,747	[259]

See also

• 2016 in Japanese television (general)
• 2016 in Brazilian television
• 2016 in Polish television
• 2016 in Portuguese television
• 2016 in Spanish television
• 2016 in animation
• 2016 in television