2008 in anime
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The events of 2008 in anime.
Events
In this year, 288 anime television programs were produced and home video sales of anime DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs in Japan were worth 77.9 billion yen.[1] Animation studio 8-Bit was founded in September.
Accolades
At the Mainichi Film Awards, The Sky Crawlers won the Animation Film Award and Ponyo won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Ponyo also won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year; the other nominees were Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend 2008, The Sky Crawlers, Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear and One Piece - The Movie: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura. Internationally, La Maison en Petits Cubes won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and Le Cristal d'Annecy at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Sword of the Stranger was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film. Ponyo and The Sky Crawlers were in competition for the Golden Lion at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.
Releases
| English name | Japanese name | Type | Demographic | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Certain Magical Index | TV | |||
| Aria the Origination | TV | |||
| Birdy the Mighty Decode | TV | |||
| Black Butler | Kuroshitsuji | TV | ||
| Blade of the Immortal | TV | |||
| Blassreiter | TV | |||
| Casshern Sins | TV | |||
| Daughter of Twenty Faces | TV | |||
| Detroit Metal City | OVA | |||
| Earl and Fairy | TV | |||
| Ef: A Tale of Memories | TV | |||
| Golgo 13 | TV | |||
| .hack//G.U. Trilogy | Movie | |||
| Inazuma Eleven | TV | |||
| Junjou Romantica | TV | |||
| Kaiba | TV | |||
| Kite Liberator | Movie | |||
| Magician's Academy | TV | |||
| My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ | OVA | |||
| Net Ghost PiPoPa | TV | |||
| One Outs | TV | |||
| Psychic Squad | TV | |||
| Rosario + Vampire | TV | |||
| Ryoko's Case File | TV | |||
| Slayers Revolution | TV | |||
| Soul Eater | TV | |||
| Spice and Wolf | TV | |||
| Strike Witches | TV | |||
| Tales of the Abyss | TV | |||
| Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Guren-Hen | TV | |||
| Toradora | TV | |||
| Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk | TV | |||
| Vampire Knight | TV | |||
| Yozakura Quartet | TV | |||
| Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's | TV | |||
References
- ↑ "Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.