2021 in anime

Events in 2021 in anime.

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that were released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time	Ref
	Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie 2	GoHands	Hiromitsu Kanazawa	80
	Gintama: The Final	Bandai Namco Pictures	Chizuru Miyawaki	104
	Sailor Moon Eternal	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Chiaki Kon	80
	Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor	Shuka	Takahiro Omori Hideki Itō	51
	Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 1	Actas	Masaki Tachibana	53
	Sailor Moon Eternal	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Chiaki Kon	80
	Tokyo 7th Sisters Movie: Bokura wa Aozora ni Naru	LandQ Studios	Takayuki Kitagawa	77
	Aria the Crepuscolo	J.C.Staff	Junichi Sato Takahiro Natori	60
	Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time	Studio Khara	Katsuichi Nakayama Kazuya Tsurumaki Mahiro Maeda	155
	Shimajiro to Sora Tobufune	Benesse Corporation	Tomohiro Kawamura	59
	Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3	Actas	Tsutomu Mizushima	48
	Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet	TMS/V1Studio	Tomoka Nagaoka	110
	BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Yakusoku	Sanzigen	Kōdai Kakimoto Atsushi Mimura	77
	Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Paladin; Agaterám	Production I.G	Kazuto Arai	96
	Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars	Polygon Pictures	Hiroyuki Seshita Tadahiro Yoshihira	110
	Pompo: The Cinéphile	CLAP	Takayuki Hirao	90
	Revue Starlight the Movie	Kinema Citrus	Tomohiro Furukawa	120
	Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko	Studio 4°C	Ayumu Watanabe	120
	Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash	Sunrise	Shūkō Murase	95
	Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch	Liden Films	Seiki Takuno	104
	BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Song I am.	Sanzigen	Kōdai Kakimoto Atsushi Mimura	70
	Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light	Studio Deen	Takayuki Hamana	79
	Kakushigoto	Ajia-do Animation Works	Yūta Murano	78
	Belle	Studio Chizu	Mamoru Hosoda	122
	Kud Wafter	J.C.Staff	Kentarō Suzuki	40
	Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop	Signal.MD Sublimation	Kyōhei Ishiguro	90
	The Adventures on the Magic Island of Qiaohu	Benesse Corporation		120
	Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy	Shin-Ei Animation	Wataru Takahashi	112
	Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon	CloverWorks	Toshifumi Akai	94
	My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission	Bones	Kenji Nagasaki	104
	BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage	Sanzigen	Tomomi Umetsu	84
	Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!!	Studio Gokumi AXsiZ	Munenori Nawa	82
	Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Licht - The Nameless Girl	Silver Link	Shin Oonuma	95
	The House of the Lost on the Cape	David Production	Shinya Kawatsura	100
	Inu-Oh	Science SARU	Masaaki Yuasa	98
	Free! The Final Stroke	Kyoto Animation	Eisaku Kawakami	90
	Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 2	Actas	Masaki Tachibana	56
	Child of Kamiari Month	Liden Films	Takana Shirai	99
	Macross Delta the Movie: Absolute Live!!!!!!	Satelight	Shōji Kawamori	124
	Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205: Zensho -TAKE OFF-	Satelight	Kenji Yasuda	103
	Dakaichi: Spain Arc	CloverWorks	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	78
	Bright: Samurai Soul	Arect	Kyōhei Ishiguro	80
	Sing a Bit of Harmony	J.C.Staff	Yasuhiro Yoshiura	108
	Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night	A-1 Pictures	Ayako Kōno	97
	Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Aoi Tsukiyo no Mahō no Ko	Fanworks	Takahiro Omori	65
	Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War	Production I.G Sola Digital Arts	Kenji Kamiyama Shinji Aramaki Michihito Fujii	118
	Summer Ghost	Flat Studio	loundraw	40
	Gekijōban Argonavis: Ryūsei no Obligato	Sanzigen	Shigeru Morikawa	89
	Eureka - Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution	Bones	Tomoki Kyoda	116
	Aria the Benedizione	J.C.Staff	Junichi Sato Takahiro Natori	60
	Hula Fulla Dance	Bandai Namco Pictures	Seiji Mizushima Shinya Watada	109
	My Tyrano: Together, Forever	Tezuka Productions	Kōbun Shizuno	108
	Jujutsu Kaisen 0	MAPPA	Sunghoo Park	105
	Sorairo Utility	Yostar Pictures	Kengo Saitō	14
	The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc	Eight Bit	Risako Yoshida	71

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Original title	Ref
–	Otherside Picnic	12	Liden Films Felix Film	Takuya Satō	Ura Sekai Picnic
–	Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town	12	Liden Films	migmi	Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shōnen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Yō na Monogatari
–	Gekidol	12	Hoods Entertainment	Shigeru Ueda
–	Uma Musume Pretty Derby	13	Studio Kai	Kei Oikawa
–	I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol	12	Lay-duce	Hitoshi Nanba
–	Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World	12	White Fox	Masaharu Watanabe	Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
–	Beastars	12	Orange	Shin'ichi Matsumi
–	Heaven's Design Team	12	Asahi Production	Sōichi Masui	Tenchi Sōzō Dezain-bu
–	Hortensia Saga	12	Liden Films	Yasuto Nishikata
–	Laid-Back Camp: Season 2	13	C-Station	Yoshiaki Kyogoku	Yuru Camp: Season 2
–	LBX Girls	12	Studio A-Cat	Keitaro Motonaga	Sōkō Musume Senki
–	Show by Rock!! Stars!!	12	Kinema Citrus	Takahiro Ikezoe Daigo Yamagishi
–	2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team	12	David Production	Yasuhiro Kimura	2.43: Seiin Kōkō Danshi Volley-bu
–	Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki	12	Project No.9	Shinsuke Yanagi	Jaku-kyara Tomozaki-kun
–	Idolls!	10	Shin-Ei Animation	Shōta Nakano
–	So I'm a Spider, So What?	24	Millepensee	Shin Itagaki	Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?
–	The Promised Neverland	11	CloverWorks	Mamoru Kanbe	Yakusoku no Neverland
–	The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬	12	Bibury Animation Studios	Kaori	Go-Tōbun no Hanayome
–	Back Arrow	24	Studio VOLN	Gorō Taniguchi
–	Cells at Work!!	8	David Production	Hirofumi Ogura	Hataraku Saibō!!
–	Project Scard: Scar on the Praeter	13	GoHands	Shingo Suzuki
–	The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter	12	Okuruto Noboru	Kenta Ōnishi	Ore Dake Haireru Kakushi Danjon ~Kossori Kitaete Sekai Saikyō~
–	WIXOSS Diva(A)Live	12	J.C.Staff	Masato Matsune
–	Aikatsu Planet!	25	Bandai Namco Pictures	Ryūichi Kimura	Aikatsu Puranetto!
–	Cells at Work! Code Black	13	Liden Films	Hideyo Yamamoto	Hataraku Saibō! Black
–	Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist	12	Platinum Vision	Hideaki Ōba	Kaibyōi Ramune
–	Horimiya	13	CloverWorks	Masashi Ishihama
–	Idoly Pride	12	Lerche	Yū Kinome
–	Kemono Jihen	12	Ajia-do Animation Works	Masaya Fujimori
–	SK8 the Infinity	12	Bones	Hiroko Utsumi
–	Skate-Leading Stars	12	J.C.Staff	Gorō Taniguchi Toshinori Fukushima
–	World Trigger	12	Toei Animation	Morio Hatano
–	Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki	12	Saetta	Hisayoshi Hirasawa	Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki 3 Satsume
–	Ex-Arm	12	Visual Flight	Yoshikatsu Kimura
–	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation	11	Studio Bind	Manabu Okamoto	Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
–	Non Non Biyori Nonstop	12	Silver Link	Shinya Kawatsura
–	Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!	12	Candy Box Yostar Pictures	Masato Jinbo	Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin!
–	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	12	Eight Bit	Atsushi Nakayama	Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
–	True Cooking Master Boy	12	NAS	Itsuro Kawasaki	Shin Chūka Ichiban!
–	Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!	12	Bones Nomad	Satonobu Kikuchi
–	Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table	12	Studio Deen	Shinji Ishihira	Log Horizon: Entaku Hōkai
–	Redo of Healer	12	TNK	Takuya Asaoka	Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi
–	The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement	24	Studio Deen	Susumu Nishizawa	Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan
–	Wonder Egg Priority	12	CloverWorks	Shin Wakabayashi
–	World Witches Take Off!	12	acca effe Giga Production	Fumio Ito	World Witches Hasshin Shimasu!
–	Dr. Stone: Stone Wars	11	TMS/8PAN	Shinya Iino
–	Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Battle of Kimluck	11	Studio Deen	Takayuki Hamana	Majutsushi Orphen Haguretabi: Kimluck-hen
–	D4DJ Petit Mix	26	DMM.futureworks W-Toon Studio	Seiya Miyajima
–	Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House	12	J.C.Staff	Yōhei Suzuki	Maiko-san chi no Makanai-san
– January 30, 2022	Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure	46	Toei Animation	Yutaka Tsuchida	Toropikarūju! Purikyua
–	My Hero Academia	25	Bones	Kenji Nagasaki Masahiro Mukai	Boku no Hero Academia 5
–	Godzilla Singular Point	13	Bones Orange	Atsushi Takahashi
–	Shaman King	52	Bridge	Joji Furuta
–	Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori	25	Ajia-do Animation Works Bandai Namco Pictures	Takahide Ogata
–	SSSS.Dynazenon	12	Trigger	Akira Amemiya
–	Burning Kabaddi	12	TMS Entertainment	Kazuya Ichikawa	Shakunetsu Kabaddi
–	Let's Make a Mug Too	12	Nippon Animation	Jun Kamiya	Yakunara Magu Kappu mo
– March 26, 2022	Sushi Sumo	52	Shirogumi	Yūta Sukegawa	Dosukoi Sushi-Zumō
–	Those Snow White Notes	12	Shin-Ei Animation	Hiroaki Akagi	Mashiro no Oto
–	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song	13	Wit Studio	Shinpei Ezaki
–	Combatants Will Be Dispatched!	12	J.C.Staff	Hiroaki Akagi	Sentōin, Hakenshimasu!
–	Dragon Goes House-Hunting	12	Signal.MD	Haruki Kasugamori	Dragon, Ie o Kau.
–	Farewell, My Dear Cramer	13	Liden Films	Seiki Takuno	Sayonara Watashi no Kuramā
–	Mazica Party		OLM	Shinji Ushiro
–	Megalobox 2: Nomad	13	TMS Entertainment	Yō Moriyama
–	Moriarty the Patriot	13	Production I.G	Kazuya Nomura	Yūkoku no Moriarty
–	I Became a Kuro-Gyaru, so I Fucked My Best Friend.	8	Irawiasu	Chokkō	Kuro-Gyaru ni Natta Kara Shinyū to Shite Mita.
–	Higehiro	13	Project No.9	Manabu Kamikita	Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshi Kōsei o Hirō.
–	Koikimo	12	Nomad	Naomi Nakayama	Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui
–	Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor	12	Liden Films DOMERICA	Kazuya Ichikawa	Seven Knights Revolution: Eiyū no Keishōsha
–	Fruits Basket: The Final	13	TMS/8PAN	Yoshihide Ibata
–	Iii Icecrin	12	Shin-Ei Animation TIA	Juria Matsumura	Ai Ai Ai Aisukurin
–	Mars Red	13	Signal.MD	Kouhei Hatano
–	Odd Taxi	13	OLM P.I.C.S.	Baku Kinoshita
–	The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent	12	Diomedéa	Shōta Ihata	Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannō Desu
–	The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	12	Eight Bit	Yuji Ikuhara	Tensura Nikki Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
–	Full Dive	12	ENGI	Kazuya Miura	Kyūkyoku Shinka shita Full Dive RPG ga Genjitsu yori mo Kusoge Dattara
–	Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood	12	Bakken Record	Susumu Kudo
–	Super Cub	12	Studio Kai	Toshiro Fujii
–	Fairy Ranmaru	12	Studio Comet	Kōsuke Kobayashi Masakazu Hishida
–	Zombie Land Saga Revenge	12	MAPPA	Munehisa Sakai
–	Backflip!!	12	Zexcs	Seishirō Nagaya Toshimasa Kuroyanagi	Bakuten!!
–	How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω	10	Tezuka Productions Okuruto Noboru	Satoshi Kuwabara	Isekai Maō to Shōkan Shōjo no Dorei Majutsu Ω
–	Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z	41	OLM	Takahiro Ikezoe Kentarō Yamaguchi	Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkarion Zetto
–	Blue Reflection Ray	24	J.C.Staff	Risako Yoshida
–	I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level	12	Revoroot	Nobukage Kimura	Suraimu Taoshite Sanbyaku-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Reberu Makkusu ni Nattemashita
–	The World Ends with You the Animation	12	DOMERICA Shin-Ei Animation	Kazuya Ichikawa	Subarashiki Kono Sekai: The Animation
–	Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Churutto!	12	DMM.futureworks W-Toon Studio	Seiya Miyajima
–	86	11	A-1 Pictures	Toshimasa Ishii
–	Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART!	12	Seven	Tokihiro Sasaki	Battle Athletes Daiundōkai ReSTART!
–	Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro	12	Telecom Animation Film	Hirokazu Hanai	Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san
–	Edens Zero	25	J.C.Staff	Shinji Ishihira Yūshi Suzuki
–	Mewkledreamy Mix!	50	J.C.Staff	Hiroaki Sakurai
–	Pretty Boy Detective Club	12	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Hajime Ootani	Bishōnen Tanteidan
–	Shadows House	13	CloverWorks	Kazuki Ohashi
–	Tokyo Revengers	24	Liden Films	Koichi Hatsumi
–	Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly	12	NAZ	Takehiro Kubota	Itazuraguma no Gloomy
–	To Your Eternity	20	Brain's Base	Masahiko Murata	Fumetsu no Anata e
–	Osamake	12	Doga Kobo	Takashi Naoya	Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy
–	Cestvs: The Roman Fighter	11	Bandai Namco Pictures Logic&Magic	Toshifumi Kawase Kazuya Monma
–	Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun	21	Bandai Namco Pictures	Makoto Moriwaki	Mairimashita! Iruma-kun
–	Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu	15	Passione	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu
–	Peach Boy Riverside	12	Asahi Production	Shigeru Ueda
–	Scarlet Nexus	26	Sunrise	Hiroyuki Nishimura
–	Girlfriend, Girlfriend	12	Tezuka Productions	Satoshi Kuwabara	Kanojo mo Kanojo
–	My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X	12	Silver Link	Keisuke Inoue	Otome Gēmu no Hametsu Furagu Shika Nai Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Shite Shimatta... X
–	Ore, Tsushima	12	Fanworks Space Neko Company	Jun Aoki
–	Remake Our Life!	12	Feel	Tomoki Kobayashi	Bokutachi no Rimeiku
–	The Case Study of Vanitas	12	Bones	Tomoyuki Itamura	Vanitasu no Karute
–	The Honor Student at Magic High School	13	Connect	Hideki Tachibana	Mahōka Kōkō no Yūtōsei
–	Getter Robo Arc	13	Bee Media Studio A-Cat	Jun Kawagoe
–	How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom	13	J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe	Genjitsushugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki
–	Idolish7: Third Beat!	13	Troyca	Makoto Bessho
–	Kageki Shojo!!	13	Pine Jam	Kazuhiro Yoneda
–	Re-Main	12	MAPPA	Masafumi Nishida Kiyoshi Matsuda
–	The Detective Is Already Dead	12	ENGI	Manabu Kurihara	Tantei wa Mō, Shinde Iru.
–	The Duke of Death and His Maid	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshinobu Yamakawa	Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid
–	Fire in His Fingertips 2: My Boyfriend is a Firefighter	8	Studio Hōkiboshi	Toshihiro Watase	Yubisaki Kara Honki no Netsujō Tsū-Koibito wa Shōbōshi-
–	Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan	13	Studio Blanc	Nobuyoshi Nagayama	Uramichi Oniisan
–	Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles	12	TMS Entertainment	Osamu Yamasaki
–	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	12	Eight Bit	Atsushi Nakayama	Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
–	Drugstore in Another World	12	EMT Squared	Masafumi Satō	Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life - Isekai ni Tsukurō Drugstore
–	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy	12	C2C	Shinji Ishihira	Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dōchū
–	Tsukipro the Animation	13	PRA	Shigeru Kimiya
–	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S	12	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara Yasuhiro Takemoto	Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon S
–	The Aquatope on White Sand	24	P.A. Works	Toshiya Shinohara	Shiroi Suna no Akuatōpu
–	The Dungeon of Black Company	12	Silver Link	Mirai Minato	Meikyū Burakku Kanpanī
–	D_Cide Traumerei the Animation	13	Sanzigen	Yoshikazu Kon
–	I'm Standing on a Million Lives	12	Maho Film	Kumiko Habara	100-Man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru
–	Love Live! Superstar!!	12	Sunrise	Takahiko Kyogoku
–	Battle Game in 5 Seconds	12	SynergySP Vega Entertainment	Meigo Naito Nobuyoshi Arai	Deatte 5-byō de Batoru
–	Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory	10	Asread	Shunsuke Nakashige	Megami-ryō no Ryōbo-kun
–	Night Head 2041	12	Shirogumi	Takamitsu Hirakawa
–	Sonny Boy	12	Madhouse	Shingo Natsume
–	The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace	11	MAPPA	Seimei Kidokoro	Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi
–	Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - Eve of Awakening	8	Shaft	Gekidan Inu Curry Yukihiro Miyamoto	Magia Record: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika Gaiden - Kakusei Zenya
–	The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!	20	Silver Link	Mirai Minato	Jahī-sama wa Kujikenai!
–	Fena: Pirate Princess	12	Production I.G	ToyGerPROJECT Kazuto Nakazawa Tetsuya Takahashi Saki Fujii	Kaizoku Ōjo
–	Everything for Demon King Evelogia	9	Studio Hōkiboshi	Sanae Nagi	Maō Evelogia ni Mi o Sasage yo
–	Kimi to Fit Boxing	12	Imagineer Story Effect	Junpei Morita
–	Megaton Musashi	13	OLM	Akihiro Hino Shigeharu Takahashi
–	Selection Project	13	Doga Kobo	Daisuke Hiramaki
–	Blue Period	12	Seven Arcs	Koji Masunari Katsuya Asano
–	"Deji" Meets Girl	12	Liden Films	Ushio Tazawa
–	Let's Make a Mug Too: Second Kiln	12	Nippon Animation	Jun Kamiya	Yakunara Mug Cup Mo Niban Kamo
–	Restaurant to Another World	12	OLM	Masato Jinbo	Isekai Shokudō
– January 2, 2022	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act	24	Sunrise	Masakazu Hishida	Hanyō no Yashahime: Ni no Shō
–	Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter	12	Studio Gokumi	Seiji Kishi	Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru: Dai-Mankai no Shō
–	86	12	A-1 Pictures	Toshimasa Ishii
–	Digimon Ghost Game	67	Toei Animation	Kimitoshi Chioka Masato Mitsuka
–	Mieruko-chan	12	Passione	Yuki Ogawa
–	Muteking the Dancing Hero	12	Tatsunoko Production Tezuka Productions	Ryōsuke Takahashi Yūzō Satō
–	Tesla Note	13	Gambit	Michio Fukuda
–	The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window	12	Zero-G	Daiji Iwanaga Yoshitaka Yasuda	Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru
–	Waccha PriMagi!		Tatsunoko Production Dongwoo A&E	Junichi Sato Kōsuke Kobayashi
–	Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut	12	Arvo Animation	Akitoshi Yokoyama	Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu
–	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation	12	Studio Bind	Manabu Okamoto	Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
–	The Vampire Dies in No Time	12	Madhouse	Hiroshi Kōjina	Kyūketsuki Sugu Shinu
–	Amaim Warrior at the Borderline	13	Sunrise Beyond	Nobuyoshi Habara	Kyōkai Senki
–	Chickip Dancers	26	Fanworks	Rareko
–	The Fruit of Evolution	12	Hotline	Yoshiaki Okumura	Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei
–	Banished from the Hero's Party	13	Wolfsbane Studio Flad	Makoto Hoshino	Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita
–	PuraOre! Pride of Orange	12	C2C	Takebumi Anzai
–	Takt Op. Destiny	12	MAPPA Madhouse	Yuuki Itoh
–	The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat	12	Silver Link Studio Palette	Masafumi Tamura	Sekai Saikō no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru
–	Komi Can't Communicate	12	OLM	Ayumu Watanabe Kazuki Kawagoe	Komi-san wa, Komyushō desu
–	Muv-Luv Alternative	12	Yumeta Company Graphinica	Yukio Nishimoto
–	Sakugan	12	Satelight	Jun'ichi Wada
–	Platinum End	24	Signal.MD	Hideya Takahashi Kazuchika Kise
–	World's End Harem	11	Studio Gokumi AXsiZ	Yuu Nobuta	Shūmatsu no Harem
–	Taisho Otome Fairy Tale	12	SynergySP	Jun Hatori	Taishō Otome Otogi Banashi
–	The Faraway Paladin	12	Children's Playground Entertainment	Yuu Nobuta	Saihate no Paladin
–	Visual Prison	12	A-1 Pictures	Takeshi Furuta Tomoya Tanaka
–	World Trigger	14	Toei Animation	Morio Hatano
–	Build Divide -#00000 (Code Black)-	12	Liden Films	Yuki Komada
–	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train Arc	7	Ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen
–	Lupin the 3rd Part 6	24	TMS Entertainment	Eiji Suganuma
–	My Senpai Is Annoying	12	Doga Kobo	Ryota Itoh	Senpai ga Uzai Kōhai no Hanashi
–	Shikizakura	12	Sublimation	Shinya Sugai Gō Kurosaki
–	Ancient Girl's Frame	12	Seven Stone	Gong Zhenhua	Tōshinki Jīzu Furēmu
–	Rumble Garanndoll	12	Lerche	Masaomi Andō	Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shōjo
–	Deep Insanity: The Lost Child	12	Silver Link	Shin Oonuma
–	Kaginado	12	Liden Films Kyoto Studio	Kazuya Sakamoto
–	180-Byō de Kimi no Mimi o Shiawase ni Dekiru ka?	12	Ekachi Epilka Indivision	Yoshinobu Kasai
–	Ranking of Kings	23	Wit Studio	Yōsuke Hatta	Ōsama Ranking
–	Blade Runner: Black Lotus	13	Sola Digital Arts	Shinji Aramaki Kenji Kamiyama
–	Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc		TMS Entertainment		Meitantei Conan Keisatsu Gakkō-hen Wairudo Porisu Sutōrī
–	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc	11	Ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki	Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yūkaku-hen
–	Kanashiki Debu Neko-chan	10	Cyclone Graphics	Michiya Katō

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Original title	Ref
	Cute Executive Officer	13	Project No.9	Kazuya Iwata	Yōjo Shachō
–	Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen	12	IMAGICA Lab	Junichi Yamamoto	Otona no Bōguya-san
–	Vlad Love	12	Drive	Mamoru Oshii Junji Nishimura
	High-Rise Invasion	12	Zero-G	Masahiro Takata	Tenkū Shinpan
	Pacific Rim: The Black	7	Polygon Pictures	Hiroyuki Hayashi Jae-hong Kim	Pacific Rim: Ankoku no Tairiku
	Oshiete Hokusai!: The Animation	10	CoMix Wave Films	Naoto Iwakiri
	B: The Beginning Succession	6	Production I.G	Kazuto Nakazawa Itsuro Kawasaki
–	Powerful Pro Yakyū Powerful Kōkō-hen	4	CloverWorks	Tetsuaki Watanabe
–	Hetalia: World Stars	12	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe
–	Beyblade Burst QuadDrive	52	OLM	Jin Gu Oh	Beiburēdo Bāsuto Dainamaito Batoru
	The Way of the Househusband	5	J.C.Staff	Chiaki Kon	Gokushufudō
–	Night World	3	Studio Daisy	Ryōsuke Sawa	Yoru no Kuni
	Yasuke	6	MAPPA	Takeshi Satou LeSean Thomas
–	Ningen Kaishūsha
	Etotama	1	Shirogumi Encourage Films	Fumitoshi Oizaki
	Eden	4	Qubic Pictures CGCG Studio Inc.	Yasuhiro Irie
–	Artiswitch	6	Sunrise	Kazuma Ikeda
	Record of Ragnarok	12	Graphinica	Masao Ōkubo	Shūmatsu no Valkyrie
	Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness	4	TMS Entertainment Quebico	Eiichirō Hasumi
–	Assault Lily Fruits	13	Shaft	Shouji Saeki
–	Pokémon Evolutions	8	OLM	Daiki Tomiyasu
–	The Heike Story	11	Science SARU	Naoko Yamada	Heike Monogatari
–	Ganbare Doukichan	12	Atelier Pontdarc	Kazuomi Koga
–	Tawawa on Monday 2	12	Yokohama Animation Laboratory	Yuki Ogawa	Getsuyōbi no Tawawa 2
	Star Wars: Visions	9
	Baki Hanma	12	TMS Entertainment	Toshiki Hirano
–	Rich Police Cash		Sorajima Studio	Shoya Miki	Rich Kaikan Cash
	The Way of the Househusband	5	J.C.Staff	Chiaki Kon	Gokushufudō
–	Gundam Breaker Battlogue	6	Sunrise	Masami Obari
	Super Crooks	13	Bones	Motonobu Hori
–	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean	38	David Production	Kenichi Suzuki Toshiyuki Kato	JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken: Stone Ocean
	Neko de Yokereba	5	Gonpi	hironovski
	Aggretsuko	10	Fanworks	Rareko
–	Oni no Hanayome wa Taberaretai	2	Magia
–	The Missing 8		Wit Studio	Naoki Yoshibe

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2021.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Original title	Ref
	Planetarian: Snow Globe	1	Okuruto Noboru	Jin Tamamura
–	Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku	2	Lapin Track	Yayoi Takano	Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
	Don't Stay Gold	1	Grizzly	Kaori Makita	Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai
	Alice in Deadly School	1	Hoods Entertainment	Shigeyasu Yamauchi
	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?	1	J.C.Staff	Hideki Tachibana	Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka?
	Kaguya-sama: Love Is War	1	A-1 Pictures	Mamoru Hatakeyama	Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen
–	Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki	2	Project No.9	Shinsuke Yanagi	Jaku-kyara Tomozaki-kun
–	Fate/Grand Carnival	2	Lerche	Seiji Kishi
	Isekai Cheat Magician: Starry Night Festival	1	Encourage Films	Daisuke Tsukushi	Yoiboshi no Matsuri to Majutsushi
	Laid-Back Camp: Traveling Rin Shima	1	C-Station	Yoshiaki Kyogoku	Yuru Camp: Tabi-suru Shima Rin
	Fly Me to the Moon ~SNS~	1	Seven Arcs	Hiroshi Ikehata	Tonikaku Kawaii ~SNS~
–	The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy From the West and the Knight of the Mountain Haze	3	Studio Kafka	Kazuaki Terasawa	Mahō Tsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shōnen to Seiran no Kishi
	Alice Gear Aegis: Heart Pounding! Actress Packed Mermaid Grand Prix!		Nomad	Hirokazu Hanai
–	Hakuoki	3	Studio Deen	Osamu Yamasaki
	Given: On the Other Hand	1	Lerche	Akiyo Ōhashi	Given: Uragawa no Sonzai
	Girls und Panzer das Finale: Daikon War!	1	Actas

Deaths

February

February 8: Shūichirō Moriyama, Japanese voice actor, dies from pneumonia at age 86.February 25: Masako Sugaya, Japanese voice actress, dies at age 83 while undergoing medical treatment for an illness.February 27: Tasuku Saitō, Japanese animation producer, dies at age 87.

March

March 15:

* Masahiro Anzai, Japanese voice actor, dies from acute heart failure at age 66.
* Yasuo Otsuka, Japanese animator, dies at age 89.March 16: Minako Shiba, Japanese animator and character designer, dies at age 50.

April

April 16: Fumio Hisamatsu, Japanese manga artist and animator, dies at age 77.April 17: Osamu Kobayashi, Japanese animation director, dies from a colon infection caused by kidney cancer at age 57.April 24: Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer, dies from aspiration pneumonia at age 89.

May

May 6: Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist, dies from acute aortic dissection at age 54.May 30: Haruka Nagashima, Japanese voice actress, dies at age 33 while undergoing medical treatment for an illness.

July

July 1: Philece Sampler, American voice actress, dies from a heart attack at age 67.

August

August 17: Masami Suda, Japanese animator and character designer, dies at age 77.

September

September 7: Eiichi Yamamoto, Japanese animation director and screenwriter, dies at age 80.September 24: Takao Saitō, Japanese manga artist, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 84.September 30: Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese music composer, dies from septic shock at age 90.

October

October 18: Christopher Ayres, American voice actor and ADR director, dies from complications of COPD at age 56.October 21: Saori Sugimoto, Japanese voice actress, dies from congestive heart failure caused by anorexia at age 58.

October 29: Yoshiko Ota, Japanese voice actress, dies from heart failure at age 89.

November

November 5: Kinji Yoshimoto, Japanese animation director, dies at age 55.

December

December 1: Keiko Nobumoto, Japanese screenwriter, dies from esophageal cancer at age 57.December 3: Jōji Yanami, Japanese voice actor and narrator, dies at age 90.December 8: Mitsutoshi Furuya, Japanese manga artist, dies from cancer at age 85.December 18: Sayaka Kanda, Japanese voice actress, dies from a suspected suicide at age 35.