2020 in anime
Events in 2020 in anime.
Releases
Films
A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2020.| Release date | Title | Studio | Director | Running time | Ref |
| The Island of Giant Insects | Passione | Takeo Takahashi | 76 | ||
| Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul | Kinema Citrus | Masayuki Kojima | 105 | ||
| High School Fleet the Movie | A-1 Pictures | Yuu Nobuta Jun Nakagawa | |||
| Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown | White Fox | Takaharu Ozaki | |||
| Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai – The Clouds Gather | Grizzly | Kaori Makita | |||
| ' | Yumeta Company | Tomohisa Taguchi | |||
| Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Propose-hen | Studio Deen | Tomoya Takahashi | |||
| Shirobako Movie | P.A.Works | Tsutomu Mizushima | |||
| ' | Production I.G | Naoyoshi Shiotani | 137 | ||
| ' | Shin-Ei Animation | Kazuaki Imai | 110 | ||
| Revue Starlight Rondo Rondo Rondo | Kinema Citrus | Tomohiro Furukawa | |||
| ' | Geek Toys | Jun Nakagawa | |||
| ' | Ufotable | Tomonori Sudō | |||
| Given | Lerche | Hikaru Yamaguchi | |||
| "Hataraku Saibō!!" Saikyō no Teki, Futatabi. Karada no Naka wa "Chō" Ōsawagi! | David Production | Hirofumi Ogura | |||
| ' | Shin-Ei Animation | Takahiko Kyogoku | |||
| L'étranger de la Plage | Studio Hibari | Akiyo Ohashi | |||
| The Magnificent Kotobuki Complete Edition | GEMBA | Tsutomu Mizushima | |||
| Love Me, Love Me Not | A-1 Pictures | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | |||
| Shika no Ō | Production I.G | Masashi Ando Masayuki Miyaji | |||
| Violet Evergarden the Movie | Kyoto Animation | Taichi Ishidate | |||
| Kud Wafter | J.C.Staff | Kentarō Suzuki | 40 | ||
| – | WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! | Asahi Production | Takaharu Ozaki | ||
| ' | Ufotable | Haruo Sotozaki | |||
| ' | Geek Toys | Jun Nakagawa | |||
| Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation Stargazer | Bibury Animation Studios | Tensho | |||
| Kimi wa Kanata | Digital Network Animation | Yoshinobu Sena | |||
| Monster Strike The Movie: Lucifer Zetsubō no Yoake | anima Dynamo Pictures | Kobun Shizuno | |||
| Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Wandering; Agaterám | Signal.MD | Kei Suezawa | |||
| Poupelle of Chimney Town | Studio 4°C | Yusuke Hirota | |||
| Q4 | OLM | Tetsuo Yajima |
Television series
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2020.| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
| – | Asteroid in Love | 12 | Doga Kobo | Daisuke Hiramaki | Koisuru Asteroid | |
| – | Darwin's Game | 11 | Nexus | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | ||
| – | Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story | 13 | Shaft | Gekidan Inu Curry | Magia Record: Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika Gaiden | |
| – | Id: Invaded | 13 | NAZ | Ei Aoki | ||
| – | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! | 12 | Science Saru | Masaaki Yuasa | Eizouken ni wa Te o Dasu na! | |
| – | Rebirth | 12 | Liden Films Osaka Studio | Shinobu Yoshioka | ||
| – | Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki | 12 | Saetta | Hisayoshi Hirasawa | ||
| – | Heya Camp | 12 | C-Station | Masato Jinbo | Heya Kyan | |
| – | Pet | 13 | Geno Studio | Takahiro Omori | ||
| – | ' | 12 | Studio Gokumi | Hiroshi Ikehata | Murenase! Seton Gakuen | |
| – | Sorcerous Stabber Orphen | 13 | Studio Deen | Takayuki Hamana | Majutsushi Orphen Haguretabi | |
| – | ' | 12 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma Mirai Minato | Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu. | |
| – | Hulaing Babies☆Petit | 12 | Gaina | Yoshinori Asao | ||
| – | number24 | 12 | PRA | Shigeru Kimiya | ||
| – | Plunderer | 24 | Geek Toys | Hiroyuki Kanbe | ||
| – | Drifting Dragons | 12 | Polygon Pictures | Tadahiro Yoshihira | Kūtei Doragonzu | |
| – | Hatena Illusion | 12 | Children's Playground Entertainment | Shin Matsuo | ||
| – | If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die | 12 | Eight Bit | Yusuke Yamamoto | Oshi ga Budōkan Ittekuretara Shinu | |
| – | Infinite Dendrogram | 13 | NAZ | Tomoki Kobayashi | ||
| – | Nekopara | 12 | Felix Film | Yasutaka Yamamoto | ||
| – | Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!! | 12 | Kinema Citrus | Seung Hui Son | ||
| – | Somali and the Forest Spirit | 12 | Satelight HORNETS | Kenji Yasuda | Somari to Mori no Kamisama | |
| – | The Case Files of Jeweler Richard | 12 | Shuka | Tarou Iwasaki | Hōsekisho Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei | |
| – | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun | 12 | Lerche | Masaomi Andō | Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun | |
| – | Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? | 11 | MAPPA Lapin Track | Kiyoshi Matsuda | Uchi Tama!? ~Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?~ | |
| – | A Certain Scientific Railgun T | 25 | J.C.Staff | Tatsuyuki Nagai | Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan T | |
| – | Haikyu!! To The Top | 13 | Production I.G | Masako Sato | ||
| – | Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga | 12 | Studio Signpost | Hidetoshi Takahashi | ||
| – | Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It | 12 | Zero-G | Toru Kitahata | Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shōmei Shite Mita | |
| – | Smile Down the Runway | 12 | Ezo'la | Nobuyoshi Nagayama | Runway de Waratte | |
| – | 22/7 | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Takao Abo | ||
| – | A Destructive God Sits Next to Me | 12 | EMT Squared | Atsushi Nigorikawa | Boku no Tonari ni Ankoku Hakaishin ga Imasu. | |
| – | Interspecies Reviewers | 12 | Passione | Yuki Ogawa | Ishuzoku Rebyuāzu | |
| – | In/Spectre | 12 | Brain's Base | Keiji Gotoh | Kyokō Suiri | |
| – | Dorohedoro | 12 | MAPPA | Yuichiro Hayashi | ||
| – June 22 | A3! Season Spring & Summer | 12 | P.A.Works 3Hz | Keisuke Shinohara | ||
| – | ARP Backstage Pass | 11 | Dynamo Pictures | Tetsuya Endo | ||
| – | Isekai Quartet | 12 | Studio Puyukai | Minoru Ashina | ||
| – | BanG Dream! | 13 | Sanzigen | Kōdai Kakimoto | ||
| – | Healin' Good PreCure | Toei Animation | Yoko Ikeda | |||
| – | Tamayomi | 12 | Studio A-Cat | Toshinori Fukushima | ||
| – | Tower of God | 13 | Telecom Animation Film | Takashi Sano | Kami no Tō | |
| – | The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? | 12 | Shin-Ei Animation SynergySP | Tatsuo Miura | Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshō! | |
| – | ' | 12 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Yūta Murano | Kakushigoto | |
| – | Bungō to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma | 13 | OLM | Toshinori Watanabe | ||
| – | Listeners | 12 | MAPPA | Hiroaki Ando | ||
| – | Sakura Wars the Animation | 12 | Sanzigen | Manabu Ono | Shin Sakura Taisen The Animation | |
| – | Wave, Listen to Me! | 12 | Sunrise | Tatsuma Minamikawa | Nami yo Kiitekure | |
| – | Arte | 12 | Seven Arcs | Takayuki Hamana | ||
| – | Major 2nd | 25 | OLM | Ayumu Watanabe | ||
| – | ' | 12 | Silver Link | Keisuke Inoue | Otome Gēmu no Hametsu Furagu Shika Nai Akuyaku Reijō ni Tensei Shiteshimatta... | |
| – | My Roomie Is a Dino | 12 | Space Neko Company Kamikaze Douga | Jun Aoki | Gal to Kyōryū | |
| – | Sing "Yesterday" for Me | 12 | Doga Kobo | Yoshiyuki Fujiwara | Yesterday o Utatte | |
| – | Ascendance of a Bookworm | 12 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Mitsuru Hongo | Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen | |
| – | Gleipnir | 13 | Pine Jam | Kazuhiro Yoneda | ||
| – | IDOLiSH7 Second Beat! | 15 | Troyca | Makoto Bessho | ||
| – | Kingdom | Studio Signpost | Kenichi Imaizumi | |||
| – | Mewkledreamy | 48 | J.C.Staff | Hiroaki Sakurai | ||
| – | Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! | 12 | C2C | Hiroki Ikeshita | Shachō, Batoru no Jikan Desu! | |
| – | Tsugu Tsugumomo | 12 | Zero-G | Ryōichi Kuraya | ||
| – | Dropkick on My Devil! | 11 | Nomad | Hikaru Sato | Jashin-chan Dropkick | |
| – | ' | 13 | CygamesPictures | Takaomi Kanasaki | ||
| – | White Cat Project: Zero Chronicle | 12 | Project No.9 | Masato Jinbo | Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle | |
| – | Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater | 12 | Doga Kobo | Takaharu Okuma | Hōkago Teibō Nisshi | |
| – | Fruits Basket | 25 | TMS/8PAN | Yoshihide Ibata | ||
| – | Shadowverse | 48 | Zexcs | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | ||
| – | ' | 12 | Trigger | Yoh Yoshinari | ||
| – | Komatta Jii-san | 13 | Kachidoki Studio | Hiroshi Namiki | ||
| – | ' | 11 | CloverWorks | Tomohiko Itō | Fugō Keiji Balance: Unlimited | |
| – | Appare-Ranman! | 13 | P.A.Works | Masakazu Hashimoto | ||
| – | Argonavis from BanG Dream! | 13 | Sanzigen | Hiroshi Nishikiori | ||
| – | ' | 13 | J.C.Staff | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Shokugeki no Sōma: Go no Sara | |
| – | ' | 12 | A-1 Pictures | Mamoru Hatakeyama | Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunōsen | |
| – | Woodpecker Detective's Office | 12 | Liden Films | Shinpei Ezaki Tomoe Makino | Kitsutsuki Tantei-dokoro | |
| – | Bessatsu Olympia Kyklos | 24 | Gosay Studio | Ryō Fujii | ||
| – | Fire Force | 24 | David Production | Tatsuma Minamikawa | En'en no Shōbōtai | |
| – | ' | 12 | Yokohama Animation Laboratory | Hiroyuki Hata | ||
| – | Super HxEros | 12 | Project No.9 | Masato Jinbo | Dokyū Hentai HxEros | |
| – | The Misfit of Demon King Academy | 13 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma Masafumi Tamura | Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha | |
| – | The God of High School | 13 | MAPPA | Sunghoo Park | ||
| – | Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation | Studio Deen | Nobuhiro Kondo | Muhyo to Rōjī no Mahōritsu Sōdan Jimusho | ||
| – | Umayon | DMM.futureworks W-Toon Studio | Seiya Miyajima | |||
| – | Deca-Dence | 12 | NUT | Yuzuru Tachikawa | ||
| – | Great Pretender | 23 | Wit Studio | Hiro Kaburagi | ||
| – | ' | 13 | White Fox | Masaharu Watanabe | Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu | |
| – | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax | 12 | Feel | Kei Oikawa | Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatteiru. Kan | |
| – | No Guns Life | 12 | Madhouse | Naoyuki Itō | ||
| – | Get Up! Get Live! | Spellbound | 88 | |||
| – | Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! | 12 | ENGI | Kazuya Miura | Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! | |
| – | Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time | 12 | Wolfsbane | Tatsumi | Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan | |
| – | Rent-A-Girlfriend | 12 | TMS Entertainment | Kazuomi Koga | Kanojo, Okarishimasu | |
| – | ' | 11 | A-1 Pictures | Manabu Ono | ||
| – | Monster Girl Doctor | 12 | Arvo Animation | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Monsutā Musume no Oisha-san | |
| – | Gibiate | Lunch Box Studio Elle | Masahiko Komino | |||
| – | ' | 12 | MAPPA | Munehisa Sakai | Koi to Producer: EVOL×LOVE | |
| – | Assault Lily Bouquet | Shaft | Shouji Saeki | |||
| – | Fly Me to the Moon | Seven Arcs | Hiroshi Ikehata | Tonikaku Kawaii | ||
| – | Rail Romanesque | 12 | Saetta | Hisayoshi Hirasawa | ||
| A3! Season Autumn & Winter | P.A.Works 3Hz | Keisuke Shinohara | ||||
| Adachi and Shimamura | Tezuka Productions | Satoshi Kuwabara | Adachi to Shimamura | |||
| Akudama Drive | Pierrot | Kazutaka Kodaka | ||||
| Attack on Titan | MAPPA | Jun Shishido Yuichiro Hayashi | Shingeki no Kyojin | |||
| By the Grace of the Gods | Maho Film | Takeyuki Yanase | Kamitachi ni Hirowareta Otako | |||
| ' | Toei Animation | Kazuya Karasawa | Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken | |||
| Ex-Arm | ||||||
| Golden Kamuy | Geno Studio | Hitoshi Nanba | ||||
| Haikyu!! To The Top | 12 | Production I.G | Masako Sato | |||
| Higurashi: When They Cry - New | Passione | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | |||
| ' | A-1 Pictures | Katsumi Ono | ||||
| I'm Standing on a Million Lives | 12 | Maho Film | Kumiko Habara | 100-Man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru | ||
| Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Doga Kobo | Tomoaki Koshida | ||||
| Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | J.C.Staff | Hideki Tachibana | Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka? | |||
| Is the Order a Rabbit? BLOOM | Encourage Films | Hiroyuki Hashimoto | Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka? BLOOM | |||
| Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- | Blade | Tetsurō Amino | ||||
| Jujutsu Kaisen | MAPPA | Seong Ho Park | ||||
| King's Raid: Heirs of the Will | OLM Sunrise Beyond | Makoto Hoshino | King's Raid: Ishi o Tsugu Mono-tachi | |||
| Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear | EMT Squared | Yuu Nobuta | ||||
| Maesetsu! | Studio Gokumi AXsiZ | Yuu Nobuta | ||||
| Moriarty the Patriot | Production I.G | Kazuya Nomura | Yūkoku no Moriāti | |||
| Mr. Osomatsu | Pierrot | Yoichi Fujita | Osomatsu-san | |||
| Ochikobore Fruit Tart | Feel | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | ||||
| Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma Mirai Minato | Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen | |||
| Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle | Doga Kobo | Mitsue Yamazaki | Maōjō de Oyasumi | |||
| Strike Witches: Road to Berlin | David Production | Kazuhiro Takamura | Dai-501 Tōgō Sentō Kōkū-dan Strike Witches: Road to Berlin | |||
| Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town | Liden Films | migmi | Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shōnen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Yō na Monogatari | |||
| Talentless Nana | Bridge | Shinji Ishihira | Munō na Nana | |||
| The Day I Became a God | P.A.Works | Yoshiyuki Asai | Kami-sama ni Natta Hi | |||
| The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc | Eight Bit | Risako Yoshida | Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Raihōsha-hen | |||
| To Your Eternity | 20 | Brain's Base | Masahiko Murata | Fumetsu no Anata e | ||
| Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION | Children's Playground Entertainment | Yukio Nishimoto | ||||
| ' | C2C | Toshiyuki Kubooka | Majo no Tabitabi | |||
| Warlords of Sigrdrifa | A-1 Pictures | Hirotaka Tokuda | Senyoku no Sigrdrifa | |||
| With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun | Team Till Dawn | Seiji Kishi | Inu to Neko Docchimo Katteru to Mainichi Tanoshii | |||
| Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon | Sunrise | Teruo Satō | Hanyō no Yashahime |
Original net animations
A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2020.| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
| – | ' | 7 | Studio Colorido | Shingo Yamashita | Poketto Monsutā Hakumei no Tsubasa | |
| Cagaster of an Insect Cage | 12 | Studio Kai | Koichi Chigira | Mushikago no Cagaster | ||
| Altered Carbon: Resleeved | 1 | Anima | Takeru Nakajima Yoshiyuki Okada | |||
| Dino Girl Gauko | 19 | Ascension | Akira Shigino | Kyōryū Shōjo Gauko | ||
| Sol Levante | 1 | Production I.G | Akira Saitoh | |||
| 7 Seeds | 12 | Studio Kai | Yukio Takahashi | |||
| – | ' | Sunrise Beyond | Shinya Watada | |||
| – | Mashin Eiyūden Wataru Shichi Tamashii no Ryūjinmaru | Sunrise | Hiroshi Kōjina | |||
| – | The House Spirit Tatami-chan | 12 | Zero-G | Rensuke Oshikiri | Zashiki-Warashi no Tatami-chan | |
| – | 12 | Production I.G Sola Digital Arts | Kenji Kamiyama Shinji Aramaki | |||
| Baki | 13 | TMS Entertainment | Toshiki Hirano | |||
| A Whisker Away | 1 | Studio Colorido | Junichi Sato Tomotaka Shibayama | Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu | ||
| Japan Sinks: 2020 | 10 | Science Saru | Pyeon-Gang Ho Masaaki Yuasa | Nihon Chinbotsu 2020 | ||
| Aggretsuko | Fanworks | Rarecho | ||||
| Dragon's Dogma | Sublimation | Shin'ya Sugai |
Original video animations
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2020.| First run start and end dates | Title | Episodes | Studio | Director | Alternate title | Ref |
| Haikyu!! Land vs. Sky | 2 | Production I.G | Susumu Mitsunaka | Haikyu!!: Riku vs. Kū | ||
| Tsugumomo | 1 | Zero-G | Ryōichi Kuraya | |||
| 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? | ||
| Strike the Blood: Kieta Seisō-hen | 1 | Connect | Hideyo Yamamoto | |||
| ' | 1 | Madhouse | Shingo Natsume | ACCA 13-Ku Kansatsu-Ka Regards | ||
| The Ones Within | 1 | Silver Link | Shin Ōnuma | Naka no Hito Genome | ||
| Queen's Blade: Unlimited | 1 | FORTES | Gabi Kisaragi | |||
| Ascendance of a Bookworm | 2 | Ajia-do Animation Works | Mitsuru Hongo | Honzuki no Gekokujō: Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiraremasen | ||
| Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? | 1 | J.C.Staff | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Tsūjou Kōgeki ga Zentai Kōgeki de ni Kai Kōgeki no Okā-san wa Suki Desuka? | ||
| We Never Learn: BOKUBEN | 1 | Studio Silver Arvo Animation | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | Bokutachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai | ||
| – | Strike the Blood IV | 12 | Connect | Hideyo Yamamoto | ||
| ' | 6 | Production I.G | Ai Yoshimura | Kabukichō Sherlock | ||
| Oresuki | 1 | Connect | Noriaki Akitaya | Ore o Suki nano wa Omae dake kayo |
Deaths
January
- January 9: Yūji Yamaguchi, Japanese animator, dies at an unknown age.
February
- February 13: Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 80.
- February 21: Hisashi Katsuta, Japanese voice actor, dies at age 86.
April
- April 12: Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor, dies of cancer at age 55.