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Events in 2014 in anime.

Events

AnimeJapan had its first edition in March.

Accolades

The Tale of Princess Kaguya Best Animated Feature Film and Best Animation by Asia Pacific Screen Awards and the Lost Angeles Film Critics Association respectively.[1][2] Tamako Love Story won the Best New Face award at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards.[3] The Wind Rises won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year at the 37th Japan Academy Prize. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion won the Best Theatrical Film Award at the 19th Animation Kobe Awards. Attack on Titan won the 2014 Tokyo Anime Award Festival for Animation of the Year. Kill la Kill and The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! dominated at the Newtype Anime Awards. Kill la Kill received for Best Character Design, Best Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Picture (TV Broadcast) while Idolmaster was awarded Best Theme Song, Best Picture (Film), Best Director and Best Characters (Female).[4]

Hayao Miyazaki was awarded an honorary Oscar at the 6th Annual Governors Awards.[5][6]

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2014.

Release date English title Japanese title Director Studio
January 25 The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE Kagayaki no Mukōgawa e! Atsushi Nishikori A-1 Pictures
July 15 Appleseed Alpha Appleseed Alpha Shinji Aramaki Sola Digital Arts
November 11 Attack on Titan: Crimson Arrows Shingeki no Kyojin Zenpen: Guren no Yumiya Tetsuro Araki Wit Studio
April 19 Crayon Shin-chan: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes Back! Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Gachinko! Gyakushū no Robo Tō-chan Wataru Takahashi Shin-Ei Animation
October 11 Happiness Charge Pretty Cure The Movie! Ballerina of the Doll Kingdom Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!: Ningyō no Kuni no Ballerina Chiaki Kon Toei Animation
September 13 Cardfight!! Vanguard: The Movie Gekijōban Cardfight!! Vanguard: Neon Messiah Shin Itagaki, Takashi Motoki Liden Films
September 27 Gekijō-ban gdgd Yōseis tte Iu Eiga wa Dō kana…? Gekijō-ban gdgd Yōseis tte Iu Eiga wa Dō kana…? Sōta Sugahara Bouncy
March 14 Shimajiro and the Whale's Song Shimajirō to Kujira no Uta Isamu Hirabayashi Benesse Corporation
March 8 Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky Hakuōki Dai-nishō Shikon Sōkyū Osamu Yamasaki Studio Deen
March 1 Harmonie Arumoni Yasuhiro Yoshiura Studio Rikka, Ultra Super Pictures
June 13 Inazuma Eleven: Chōjigen Dream Match Inazuma Eleven: Chōjigen Dream Match Katsuhito Akiyama OLM
September 27 Konna Watashi-tachi ga Nariyuki de Heroine ni Natta Kekka www 'Narihero www' Konna Watashi-tachi ga Nariyuki de Heroine ni Natta Kekka www 'Narihero www' Sōta Sugahara Bouncy
June 21 Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen Daisuke no Bohyō Takeshi Koike Telecom Animation Film
March 1 The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader Ōkii Ichinensei to Chiisana Ninensei Ayumu Watanabe A-1 Pictures
March 1 Parol's Future Island Paroru no Miraijima Kazuaki Imai Shin-Ei Animation
March 1 Black Nest -Chronus- Kuro no Sumika -Chronus- Naoyuki Onda Studio 4°C
October 25 Santa Company Santa Company Kenji Itoso KENJI STUDIO, Nexus
August 30 Spochan Battle -for the future- Spo-chan Taiketsu: Youkai Daikessen Hiroshi Kubo Wao World
July 5 Go! Anpanman: Apple Boy and the Wishes For Everyone Soreike! Anpanman: Ringo Bōya to Minna no Negai Jun Kawagoe TMS/3xCube
August 9 Space Brothers #0 Uchū Kyōdai #0 Ayumu Watanabe A-1 Pictures
December 6 Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark Uchū Senkan Yamato 2199: Hoshi-Meguru Hakobune Makoto Bessho, Yutaka Izubuchi Xebec
October 11 Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember Uchū Senkan Yamato 2199: Tsuioku No Koukai Takao Kato[citation needed] AIC
Xebec
May 31 Yūto-kun ga Iku Yūto-kun ga Iku Ryo Higuchi Shirogumi
September 19 Yowamushi Pedal Re:RIDE Yowamushi Pedal Re:RIDE Osamu Nabeshima TMS/8PAN
April 4 Eagle Talon 7: Her Majesty's Joboob[7] Taka no Tsume 7 - Joō Heika no Joboob FROGMAN Kaeruotoko Shokai[citation needed]
February 8 Buddha 2: The Endless Journey Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Budda - Owarinaki tabi Toshiaki Komura Toei Animation, Tezuka Production
February 8 Tiger & Bunny: The Rising Tiger and Bunny Yoshitomo Yonetani Sunrise
February 22 Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace Mōretsu Pirates: Akuu no Shin'en Tatsuo Satō Satelight
February 2 Giovanni's Island Giovanni no Shima Mizuho Nishikubo Production I.G
March 8 Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita no Daimakyo ~Peko to 5-nin no Tankentai~ Shinnosuke Yakuwa Shin-Ei Animation
March 8 Pretty Rhythm All Stars Selection Prism Show☆Best Ten Movie Gekijō-ban Pretty Rhythm All Stars Selection Prism Show☆Best Ten Masakazu Hishida Tatsunoko Production
March 15 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends Purikyua All Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi Kouji Ogawa Toei Animation
March 15 Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: The Case of Takafumi Yokozawa Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai Chiaki Kon Studio Deen
April 19 Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper Meitantei Konan: Ijigen no Sunaipā Kobun Shizuno TMS Entertainment
April 26 Heaven's Lost Property Final: Eternal My Master Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Master Hisashi Saito Production IMS
April 26 Tamako Love Story Tamako no Love Story Naoko Yamada Kyoto Animation
June 7 Persona 3 The Movie: Chapter 2, Midsummer Knight's Dream Gekijōban Persona 3 Dai Ni Shō Tomohisa Taguchi A-1 Pictures
June 21 Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary Saint Seiya Legend of Sanctuary Keiichi Sato Toei Animation
July 12 K: Missing Kings K MISSING KINGS Shingo Suzuki GoHands
July 19 Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction Pokémon The Movie XY "Hakai no Mayu to Dianshī" Kunihiko Yuyama OLM
July 19 When Marnie Was There Omoide no Marnie Hiromasa Yonebayashi Studio Ghibli
August 8 Stand by Me Doraemon Stand by Me Doraemon Ryūichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki Shin-Ei Animation, Shirogumi, Robot
August 23 New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 1: Awakening Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 1 -Kakusei- Masamitsu Hidaka Sanzigen, Liden Films
November 11 Expelled From Paradise Rakuen Tsuihō - Expelled from Paradise Seiji Mizushima Toei Animation
Graphinica
December 6 The Last: Naruto the Movie The Last Naruto the Movie Tsuneo Kobayashi Pierrot
December 13 Aikatsu! the Movie Aikatsu! Yuichiro Yano Sunrise


Television series

A list of anime television series released between 1 January and 31 December 2014.

Release date English title Japanese title Director Studio
April 6 Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!! Abarenbō Rikishi!! Matsutarō Yukio Kaizawa Toei Animation
October 6 Ai Tenchi Muyo! Hiroshi Negishi AIC Plus+
July 8 Ai Mai Mi: Mousou Catastrophe Choboraunyopomi Gekijō Dainimaku Ai Mai Mi: Mōsō Catastrophe Itsuki Imazaki Seven
October 2 Aikatsu! Ryuichi Kimura Sunrise
April 10 Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky Escha & Logy no Atelier: Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi Yoshiaki Iwasaki Studio Gokumi
July 19 Baby Gamba Tomohiro Kawamura Shirogumi Inc.
July 6 Barakamon Masaki Tachibana Kinema Citrus
January 4 BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz Katsumi Hasegawa Nelvana, SynergySP, d-rights
October 18 BeyWarriors: Cyborg Kunihisa Sugishima Nelvana, SynergySP, d-rights
July 10 Black Butler: Book of Circus Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus Noriyuki Abe A-1 Pictures
April 3 Blade & Soul Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hiroshi Hamasaki Gonzo
July 14 Blade Dance of the Elementalers Seirei Tsukai no Bureidodansu Tetsuya Yanagisawa TNK
July 7 Blue Spring Ride Ao Haru Ride Ai Yoshimura Production I.G
October 10 BONJOUR Sweet Love Patisserie Bonjour Koiaji Pâtisserie Noriaki Akitaya Silver Link, Connect
June 6 Bottom Biting Bug Oshiri Kajiri Mushi Kaori, Masatsugu Arakawa Kinema Citrus
April 6 Broken Blade Break Blade Nobuyoshi Habara Production I.G, Xebec
June 7 Calimero Gaumont Animation[citation needed]
October 26 Cardfight!! Vanguard G Yui Umemoto TMS Entertainment, Sotsu, Dentsu
March 9 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate Kādofaito!! Vangādo Region Meito Hen Hatsuki Tsuji TMS/Double Eagle
April 2 Carino Coni Yuuichi Abe Robot[citation needed]
April 5 La Corda d'Oro Blue Sky Kin-iro no Corda Blue♪Sky Kōjin Ochi TYO Animations
October 5 CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon CROSS ANGE Tenshi to Ryū no Rondo Yoshiharu Ashino Sunrise
April 6 Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters Dragon Ball Kai Yasuhiro Nowatari Toei Animation
April 7 Dragon Collection Keiichiro Kawaguchi OLM
July 6 Dramatical Murder Kazuya Miura NAZ
April 5 Duel Masters VS Shinobu Sasaki Ascension
July 10 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! Shin Ōnuma, Masato Jinbo Silver Link
April 5 The File of Young Kindaichi Returns Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo Returns Yutaka Tsuchida Toei Animation
July 6 Francesca: Girls Be Ambitious Francesca Hitoshi Kumagai, Yuichiro Yano Telecom Animation Film
July 2 Free! Eternal Summer Hiroko Utsumi Kyoto Animation, Animation Do
October 5 The Fruit of Grisaia Grisaia no Kajitsu Tensho 8-Bit
September 26 Ganbare! Lulu Lolo - Tiny Twin Bears Yūji Umoto Fanworks
April 1 Gigant Shooter Tsukasa Chō-Bakuretsu I-Jigen Menko Battle Gigant Shooter Tsukasa Ryōichi Mori Fanworks, Forest Hunting One
July 3 Glasslip Junji Nishimura P.A.Works
April 3 Go-Go Tamagotchi! Jouji Shimura OLM
October 20 GraP & RodeO Taketo Shinkai Pie in the Sky
October 8 Gundam Build Fighters Try Shinya Watada Sunrise
October 2 Gundam Reconguista in G Gandamu G no Rekongisuta Yoshiyuki Tomino Sunrise
April 7 Hero Bank Yasutaka Yamamoto TMS Entertainment
October 8 Hi-sCool! Seha Girls Sōta Sugawara TMS Entertainment
July 7 Secret Princess Himegoto[8] Yūji Yanase Asahi Production
April Secret Society Eagle Talon Extreme[9] Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume EX FROGMAN DLE
October 3 I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken Shinpei Nagai Seven
May 16 Initial D: Final Stage Kashiramoji [ Initial ] D Final Stage Mitsuo Hashimoto SynergySP
April 3 Insufficient Direction Kantoku Fuyuki Todoki Azuma Tani DLE
July 11 Invaders of the Rokujyōma!? Rokujyōma no Shinryakusha!? Shin Ōnuma Silver Link
July 6 Jinsei - Life Consulting Keiichiro Kawaguchi Feel
March 22 Keroro Haruki Kasugamori Sunrise, Gathering
October 6 Konna Watashi-tachi ga Nariyuki de Heroine ni Natta Kekka www 'Narihero www' Sōta Sugahara[citation needed] Bouncy
April 2 KutsuDaru. Taka Katou[citation needed] Studio Egg
April 5 Lady Jewelpet Itsuro Kawasaki Zexcs, Studio Comet
July 4 Locodol Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita Munenori Nawa Feel
April 21 M3: The Dark Metal M3 - Sono Kuroki Hagane Junichi Sato Satelight, C2C
April 27 Lovely Movie: Lovely Muuuuuuuco! Season 2 Lovely Movie: Itoshi no Muco Season 2 Takenori Mihara Doga Kobo
October 4 Magic Kaito 1412 Susumu Kudo A-1 Pictures
July 9 Magimoji Rurumo Chikara Sakurai J.C.Staff
July 6 Always! Super Radical Gag Family Maido! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku Akitaro Daichi Studio Deen
April 1 Majin Bone Kōnosuke Uda Toei Animation
April 2 Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers Toshiaki Komura Toei Animation
August 5 Medamayaki no Kimi Itsu Tsubusu? Lareko Fanworks[10]
January 9 Me Itantei Rasukaru Shudō Jun[citation needed][citation needed]
April 6 Meshimase Lodoss-tō Senki Sorette Oishii no? Iku Suzuki Studio Deen, Studio Hibari
July 14 Minarai Diva Kōtarō Ishidate Bouncy
July 6 Mobile Suit Gundam-san Kidō Senshi Gandamu-san Mankyū Sunrise
July 8 Momo Kyun Sword Shinsuke Yanagi Tri-Slash, Project No.9
July 7 Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Gekkan Shōjo Nozaki-kun Mitsue Yamazaki Doga Kobo
October 6 Mysterious Joker Kaitō Joker Yukiyo Teramoto Shin-Ei Animation
March 10 Nandaka Velonica Michiya Katou Cyclone Graphics
April 26 Neko no Dayan Hazumu Sakuta[citation needed] Kachidoki Studio
April 1 Ninjaboy Rintaro Nintama Rantaro Tsutomu Shibayama Ajia-do
July Nyanpuku Nyaruma Takeshi Onaka Kachidoki Studio
July 12 Nobunaga Concerto Yūsuke Fujikawa[citation needed]
May 3 Ohenro Ohenro: Hachi Hachi Aruki Masato Nagamori ufotable[11]
April 7 Oreca Battle Tetsurō Amino OLM, Xebec
October 6 Orenchi no Furo Jijō[12] Sayo Aoi Asahi Production
July 11 Persona 4: The Golden Animation Seiji Kishi, Tomohisa Taguchi A-1 Pictures
April 5 Pretty Rhythm All Star Selection Masakazu Hishida Tatsunoko Production
July 5 PriPara (Prism Paradise) Makoto Moriwaki Tatsunoko Production, DongWoo A&E
July 4 Rail Wars! Rail Wars! -Nippon Kuni Yū Tetsudō Kōantai Yoshifumi Matsuda Passione
July 8 Re:␣Hamatora Seiji Kishi Lerche
July 2 Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock- Itsuro Kawasaki Studio Deen
October 4 Selector Spread Wixoss Takuya Satō J.C.Staff
July 6 Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement Sengoku Basara Judge End Takashi Sano TMS Entertainment
July 5 Shōnen Hollywood - Holly Stage for 49 Toshimasa Kuroyanagi Zexcs
January 9 Silver Spoon Season 2 Gin no Saji Dai-2-ki Tomohiko Itō, Kotomi Deai A-1 Pictures
July 3 Sin Strange Plus Hiroyuki Furukawa Seven
July 11 Tokyo ESP Shigehito Takayanagi Xebec
July 4 Tokyo Ghoul Shuhei Morita Pierrot
September 28 Tribe Cool Crew Toraibu KuruKuru Masaya Fujimori Sunrise, BN Pictures
December 31 Tsukimonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo, Tomoyuki Itamura Shaft
March 10 Wasimo Yasuhiro Imagawa Studio Deen
October 6 When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace Inō-Batoru wa Nichijō-kei no Naka de Masahiko Otsuka, Masanori Takahashi Trigger
April 17 World Fool News CoMix Wave Films[13]
October 5 World Trigger Mitsuru Hongo, Kouji Ogawa Toei Animation
October 6 Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road Osamu Nabeshima TMS Entertainment, 8PAN
July 6 Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Noboru Iguchi, Shoichiro Masumoto, Takashi Shimizu ILCA
January 4 Future Card Buddyfight Shigetaka Ikeda OLM
January 4 Recently, My Sister is Unusual Saikin, Imōto no Yōsu ga Chotto Okashiin Da Ga Hiroyuki Hata Project No.9
January 4 Seitokai Yakuindomo Hiromitsu Kanazawa GoHands
January 4 Space Dandy Shinichirō Watanabe, Shingo Natsume Bones
January 5 Buddy Complex Yasuhiro Tanabe Sunrise
January 5 Everyone Assemble! Falcom Academy Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen Pippuya Dax Production
January 5 Nobunaga the Fool Hidekazu Sato Satelight
January 5 Nobunagun Nobuhiro Kondo Bridge
January 5 Noragami Kotaro Tamura Bones
January 5 Saki: The Nationals Saki: Zenkoku-hen Manabu Ono Studio Gokumi
January 5 My Neighbor Seki: The Master of Killing Time Tonari no Seki-kun Yūji Mutoh Shin-Ei Animation
January 5 Witch Craft Works Tsutomu Mizushima J.C.Staff
January 6 D-Frag! Seiki Sugawara, Shizutaka Sugahara Brain's Base
January 6 The Pilot's Love Song Toaru Hikūshi e no Koiuta Toshimasa Suzuki TMS Entertainment, 3xCube
January 6 Robot Girls Z Hiroshi Ikehata Toei Animation
January 6 SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation Kenichi Kawamura White Fox
January 7 Hamatora: The Animation Hiroshi Kimura NAZ
January 7 Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Awakening Arc Wooser no Sono Higurashi Kakusei-hen Kenji Seto Sanzigen, Liden Films
January 7 The Love Of New Wings Atarashī tsubasa no ai Toshiaki Komura Sunrise
January 8 Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Heart Throb Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Tatsuya Ishihara Kyoto Animation
January 8 Engaged to the Unidentified Mikakunin de Shinkōkei Yoshiyuki Fujiwara Doga Kobo
January 8 Yōkai Watch Shinji Ushiro OLM
January 8 Hozuki's Coolheadedness Hōzuki no Reitetsu Hiro Kaburaki Wit Studio
January 9 Magical Warfare Mahō Sensō Yuzo Sato Madhouse
January 9 Onee-chan ga Kita Yoshihide Yuuzumi C2C
January 9 Pupa Tomomi Mochizuki Studio Deen
January 9 Sakura Trick Ken'ichi Ishikura Studio Deen
January 9 Strange+ Takashi Nishikawa Seven
January 9 Z/X Ignition Yūji Yamaguchi Telecom Animation Film
January 10 Go! Go! 575 Go! Go! Goshichigo Takebumi Anzai C2C, Lay-duce
January 10 Wake Up, Girls! Yutaka Yamamoto Ordet, Tatsunoko Production
January 10 No-Rin Shin Ōnuma Silver Link
January 11 Nisekoi: False Love Naoyuki Tatsuwa, Akiyuki Shinbo Shaft
January 11 World Conquest Zvezda Plot Sekai Seifuku - Bōryaku no Zvezda Tensai Okamura A-1 Pictures
January 12 Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono Encore Te sagure! Bukatsu mo no anko ̄ru Kōtarō Ishidate Yaoyorozu
January 12 Wizard Barristers Wizard Barristers - Benmashi Seshiru Yasuomi Umetsu Arms Corporation
January 14 Sugar Soldier
January 15 Inari Kon Kon Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha Toru Takahashi Production IMS
January 15 Maken-Ki! Two Hiraku Kaneko Xebec
February 2 HappinessCharge PreCure! Tatsuya Nagamine Toei Animation
February 4 Romantica Clock
April 3 The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sō Shigeyuki Miya Brain's Base
April 3 Riddle Story of Devil Akuma no Riddle Keizō Kusakawa Diomedéa
April 3 Selector Infected WIXOSS[14] Takuya Satō J.C.Staff
April 4 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken: Stardust Crusaders Naokatsu Tsuda, Ken'ichi Suzuki David Production
April 4 Mushishi: The Next Chapter Mushishi: Zoku-Shō Hiroshi Nagahama Artland
April 5 Dragonar Academy Seikoku no Doragunā Shunsuke Tada, Tomoyuki Kurokawa C-Station
April 5 Captain Earth Takuya Igarashi Bones
April 5 Fairy Tail (2014) Shinji Ishihira A-1 Pictures, Bridge
April 5 The Irregular at Magic High School Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei Manabu Ono Madhouse
April 5 Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire Kenzen Robo Daimidarā Tetsuya Yanagisawa TNK
April 5 Kamigami no Asobi: Ludere deorum Tomoyuki Kawamura Brain's Base
April 6 Baby Steps Masahiko Murata Pierrot
April 6 Brynhildr in the Darkness Gokukoku no Buryunhirude Kenichi Imaizumi Arms Corporation
April 6 Haikyū!! Susumu Mitsunaka Production I.G
April 6 If Her Flag Breaks Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara (Gaworare) Ayumu Watanabe Hoods Entertainment
April 6 Love Live! School Idol Project 2 Love Live! School Idol Project 2-ki Takahiko Kyōgoku Sunrise
April 6 The World Is Still Beautiful[15] Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii Hajime Kamegaki Pierrot
April 6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Katsumi Ono Studio Gallop
April 7 One Week Friends Isshūkan Friends Tarou Iwasaki Brain's Base
April 7 The Comic Artist and His Assistants Mangaka-san to Ashisutanto-san to (ManAshi) Takeshi Furuta Zexcs
April 8 Soul Eater Not! Masakazu Hashimoto Bones
April 8 Black Bullet Masayuki Kojima Kinema Citrus, Orange
April 8 Magica Wars Mahō Shōjo Taisen Ayano Ohnoki Gainax
April 9 Dai-Shogun: Great Revolution Fūun Ishin Dai Shogun Takashi Watanabe J.C.Staff, A.C.G.T
April 9 No Game No Life Atsuko Ishizuka Madhouse
April 9 Chaika - The Coffin Princess Hitsugi no Chaika Sōichi Masui Bones
April 10 Is the Order a Rabbit? Gochūmon wa Usagi Desu ka? (GochiUsa) Hiroyuki Hashimoto White Fox
April 10 Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san Shinpei Nagai Seven
April 10 Nanana's Buried Treasure Ryūgajō Nanana no Maizōkin Kanta Kamei A-1 Pictures
April 11 Ping Pong the Animation[16] Masaaki Yuasa Tatsunoko Production
April 11 Knights of Sidonia Sidonia no Kishi Kobun Shizuno Polygon Pictures
April 12 Date A Live II Keitaro Motonaga Production IMS
April 12 Mekakucity Actors Akiyuki Shinbo, Yuki Yase Shaft
July 3 Argevollen Shirogane no Ishi Arujevorun Atsushi Ōtsuki Xebec
July 5 Sword Art Online II Sword Art Online II Tomohiko Itō A-1 Pictures
July 6 Aldnoah.Zero Ei Aoki A-1 Pictures, TROYCA
July 6 Sabagebu! -Survival Game Club!- Masahiko Ohta Pierrot+
July 7 Akame ga Kill! Tomoki Kobayashi White Fox
July 8 Hanayamata Atsuko Ishizuka Madhouse
July 9 Encouragement of Climb 2 Yama no Susume Second Season Yusuke Yamamoto 8-Bit
July 9 Love Stage!! Ken'ichi Kasai J.C.Staff
July 10 Terror in Resonance Zankyō no Terror Shinichirō Watanabe MAPPA
September 27 Terra Formars Hiroshi Hamasaki Liden Films
October 2 Denki-Gai Denkigai no Honya-san Masafumi Sato Shin-Ei Animation
October 4 Lord Marksman and Vanadis Madan no Ō to Vanadis Tatsuo Satō Satelight
October 4 In Search of the Lost Future Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete (Waremete) Naoto Hosoda Feel
October 4 Laughing Under the Clouds Donten ni Warau Hiroshi Haraguchi Doga Kobo
October 4 Garo the Animation Garo -Honō no Kokuin- Yuichiro Hayashi MAPPA
October 4 Log Horizon 2 Shinji Ishihira Studio Deen
October 4 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Takahiro Miura ufotable
October 5 Celestial Method Sora no Method Masayuki Sakoi 3Hz
October 5 Wolf Girl & Black Prince Ōkami Shōjo to Kuro Ōji Kenichi Kasai TYO Animations
October 5 The Seven Deadly Sins Nanatsu no Taizai Tensai Okamura A-1 Pictures
October 6 Gugure! Kokkuri-san Yoshimasa Hiraike TMS Entertainment
October 6 Rage of Bahamut: Genesis Shingeki no Bahamut Genesis Keiichi Sato MAPPA
October 7 Amagi Brilliant Park Yasuhiro Takemoto Kyoto Animation
October 7 Yona of the Dawn Akatsuki no Yona Kazuhiro Yoneda Pierrot
October 8 Trinity Seven Hiroshi Nishikiori Seven Arcs
October 8 Parasyte ~The Maxim~ Kiseijū: Sei no Kakuritsu Kenichi Shimizu Madhouse
October 9 A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai Asami Sodeyama, Kaori Hayashi, Kenichi Konishi, Tomomi Kamiya, Yuu Nobuta[citation needed] Hoods Entertainment
October 9 Shirobako Tsutomu Mizushima P.A. Works
October 10 Psycho-Pass 2 Naoyoshi Shiotani, Kiyotaka Suzuki Production I.G.
October 10 Your Lie in April Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (KimiUso) Kyōhei Ishiguro A-1 Pictures
October 10 Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. (OreTsui) Hiroyuki Kanbe Production IMS
October 11 Ronja the Robber's Daughter Sanzoku no Musume Ronja Gorō Miyazaki Polygon Pictures, Studio Ghibli
October 13 Girl Friend BETA Girl Friend (kari) Naotaka Hayashi Silver Link
October 17 Yuki Yuna Is a Hero Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru Seiji Kishi Studio Gokumi
August 16 Hanamonogatari Akiyuki Shinbo, Tomoyuki Itamura Shaft

OVAs & Specials

A list of original video animations (OVAs), original net animations (ONAs), original animation DVDs (OADs), and specials released between 1 January and 31 December 2014. Titles listed are named after their series if their associated OVA, special, etc. was not named separately.

Release date English title Japanese title Type Director Studio
November 17 Ace of Diamond Daiya no Ace OVA Takayuki Hamana Madhouse, Production I.G
April 3 Age 12 12-Sai. OVA Masaki Ōzora SynergySP
October 17 Alice in Borderland Imawa no Kuni no Alice OVA Hideki Tachibana CONNECT, Silver Link
April 18 Sister's Log - Moyako's Monologue That Won't Stop Ane Log - Moyako Nee-san no Tomaranai Monologue OVA Tetsuo Ichimura Brain's Base
December 9 Attack on Titan: No Regrets Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku OVA Tetsuo Araki Wit Studio
October 25 Black Butler: Book of Murder Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder OVA Noriyuki Abe A-1 Pictures
December 19 Brothers Conflict Brothers Conflict OVA Jun Matsumoto Brain's Base
September 6 Chain Chronicle Chain Chronicle OVA Takeshi Mori Jūmonji
November Hyperdimension Robo Meguru Chōjikū Robo Meguru OVA Keiji Gotoh Brain's Base, Studio A-Cat
August 2 Elite Jack!! Elite Jack!! OVA Osamu Sekita Wish[citation needed]
September 18 Fantasista Stella Fantasista Stella OVA Hideya Takahashi Xebec
October 29 Fastening Days Fastening Days ONA Hiroyasu Ishida Studio Colorido
March 10 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Fate/kaleid liner Prisma ☆ Illya OVA Hiroshi Hiroyama Silver Link
October 10 Futari H - The One And Only Step Up Love Story Futari Ecchi OVA Tetsurō Amino Production Reed
April 24 School of Monsters Gakumon! ~Ōkami Shōjo wa Kujikenai~ ONA Kenshirō Morii Studio Moriken[citation needed]
July 25 Girls und Panzer: This Is the Real Anzio Battle! Girls und Panzer: Kore ga Hontō no Anzio-sen Desu! OVA Tsutomu Mizushima Actas
May 5 GJ Club@ GJ-bu@ Special Yoshiyuki Fujiwara Doga Kobo
June 16 Hayate the Combat Butler! Hayate no Gotoku! OVA Yōichi Ueda Manglobe
December 6 Hozuki's Coolheadedness Hōzuki no Reitetsu OVA Hiro Kaburagi Wit Studio
October 29 Hybrid Child Hybrid Child OVA Michio Fukuda Studio Deen
December 21 Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch OVA Masashi Kudō Arms
July 3 Inui-san! Inui-san! OVA Yūtarō Sawada Pie in the Sky[17]
November 7 Japan Animator Expo Nihon Animētā Mihon'ichi ONA Various Various
November 28 Jūza Engi Engetsu Sangokuden Jūza Engi Engetsu Sangokuden: Gaiden Kasokeshū Maboroshi Yoru OVA Naoyuki Kuzuya Anpro, teamKG
September 3 Housekeeper Ita Kaseifu ga Ita OVA Taketo Shinkai Pie in the Sky
January 17 A Town Where You Live Kimi no Iru Machi OVA Shigeyasu Yamauchi[?] GONZO
November 11 Love Stage!! Love Stage!! OVA Ken'ichi Kasai J.C.Staff
May 16 Magi: Adventure of Sinbad Magi: Sinbad no Bōken OVA Yoshikazu Miyao Lay-duce
December 26 The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History Meitantei Conan: Edogawa Conan Shissō Jiken -Chijō Saiaku no Futsukakan- Special Yasuichiro Yamamoto TMS Entertainment[18]
March 12 Mitsuwano Mitsuwano OVA Takashi Igari ZEXCS
July 18 Mushibugyo Mushibugyō OVA Takayuki Hamana Seven Arcs Pictures
January 1 Mushishi Special: Sun-Eating Shade Mushishi Tokubetsu-hen: Hihamukage Special Hiroshi Nagahama Artland
August 20 Mushi-Shi -Next Passage- Special: Path of Thorns Mushishi Zoku-Shō Tokubetsu-hen: Odoro no Michi Special Hiroshi Nagahama Artland
February 5 Natsume's Book of Friends: Sometime on a Sunny Day Natsume Yūjin-Chō: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni OVA Takahiro Ōmori Brain's Base
February 5 Natsume's Book of Friends: Nyanko-sensei & The First Errand Natsume Yūjin-Chō: Nyanko-sensei to Hajimete no Otsukai OVA Takahiro Ōmori Brain's Base
October 3 Nisekoi Nisekoi OVA Akiyuki Simbo, Naoyuki Tatsuwa Shaft
July 23 Non Non Biyori Non Non Biyori OVA Shinya Kawatsura Silver Link
August 30 One Piece 3D2Y: Overcome Ace’s Death! Luffy’s Vow to his Friends One Piece "3D2Y" Ace no Shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama to no Chikai Special Naoyuki Itou Toei Animation
August 29 Paradise of Innocence Mujaki no Rakuen OVA Hideki Araki, Takashi Nishikawa Seven
March 21 Paulette's Chair Paulette no Isu Special Hiroyasu Ishida Studio Colorido[19]
April 3 Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special I Pocket Monsters XY Tokubetsu Hen: Saikyō Mega Shinka Act I Special Kunihiko Yuyama OLM
November 6 Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special II Pocket Monsters XY Tokubetsu Hen: Saikyō Mega Shinka Act II Special Kunihiko Yuyama OLM
October 28 The Prince of Tennis II OVA vs. Genius 10 Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama OVA vs. Genius 10 OVA Hideyo Yamamoto M.S.C, Production I.G
January 22 Sunday Without God Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyōbi OVA Yūji Kumazawa Madhouse
January 29 Little Busters! EX Little Busters! EX OVA Yoshinobu Yamakawa J.C.Staff
February 17 Noragami: Stray God Noragami OAD Kotaro Tamura Bones
February 26 Extinct Device Girl: Amazing Twins Zetsumetsu Kigu Shōjo Amazing Twins OVA Junichi Sato Encourage Films
July 5 Sailor Moon Crystal Bishōjo Senshi Sailer Moon Crystal ONA Munehisa Sakai Toei Animation
August 19 Terra Formars Terra Formars OVA Hiroshi Hamasaki Liden Films
October 22 No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys' Fault I’m Not Popular! Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (WataMote) OVA Shin Ōnuma Silver Link
November 22 Riddle Story of Devil Akuma no Riddle OVA Keizō Kusakawa Diomedéa
November 26 Infinite Stratos 2: World Purge < Infinite Stratos > 2 OVA Wārudo Pāji-hen OVA Yasuhito Kikuchi 8-Bit
December 30 Tales of Zestiria: Dawn of the Shepherd Tales of Zestiria - Doushi no Yoake Special Haruo Sotozaki ufotable

Highest-grossing films

The top ten anime films of 2014 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Rank English title Gross Ref.
1 Stand By Me Doraemon $183,442,714 [20]
2 Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie +$59.19 million [21][22]
3 Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper $42,028,116 [23]
4 Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five $35,861,856 [24]
5 When Marnie Was There $33,936,662 [25]
6 Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction $26,732,338 [26]
7 Crayon Shin-chan: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes Back $17,542,129 [27]
8 Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary $11.45 million [28]
9 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends $8,526,335 [29]
10 The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! $6,234,533 [30]

Deaths

January

March

May

November

See also

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