2024 in anime

Events in 2024 in anime.

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that were released in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

Deaths

January

• January 2: William Samples, Canadian voice actor (voice of Taihei Hiraga in Master Keaton, additional voices in Project ARMS and Inuyasha).
• January 12: Haruo Takahashi, Japanese animator (GeGeGe no Kitarō, Tensai Bakabon, Lupin the Third, Ringing Bell) and manga creator, dies at age 76.
• January 25: Tomohiro Marukawa, Japanese manga creator (The World of Narue), dies from ischemic heart disease at age 53.

February

• February 1: Greg Finley, American voice actor (voice of Captain Gloval and Anatole Leonard in the Robotech franchise, and Victor Frankenstein in Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein), director, and writer, dies at age 76.
• February 8: Bon Ishihara, Japanese voice actor (voice of the Gold-toothed Doctor in ', Johnny the Matagi in Samurai Champloo, Sōichirō Shimogamo in The Eccentric Family, Alexandre Bucock in Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, and Kenichi Yamamoto in '), dies at age 68.
• February 27: Masaaki Maeda, Japanese actor (voice of Carozzo "Iron Mask" Ronah in Mobile Suit Gundam F91), dies from ischemic heart failure at age 91.

March

• March 1: Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga creator (Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball), dies from acute subdural hematoma at age 68.
• March 8: Tarako, Japanese voice actress (voice of Momoko Sakura in Chibi Maruko-chan, Kirara in Inuyasha, Madge in Castle in the Sky), dies at age 63.
• March 10: Mutsumi Inomata, Japanese illustrator (Utsunomiko, The Weathering Continent) and character designer (Future GPX Cyber Formula, Plawres Sanshiro), dies at age 63.
• March 14: Minori Terada, Japanese voice actor (voice of Colonel Muska in Castle in the Sky), dies at age 81.

April

• April 6: Dave Underwood, American voice actor (voice of Chief in You're Under Arrest, Talos in Crusher Joe, Akai in Kite, Iga in Blue Submarine No. 6) dies at age 57.
• April 8: Osamu Sōda, Japanese novelist ('), dies at age 95 from pneumonia.
• April 11: Yasuo Muramatsu, Japanese voice actor (voice of Tom in One Piece, Pisco in Case Closed, Revil in Mobile Suit Gundam), and founder of Office Kaoru, dies at age 91.
• April 15:
• Takaaki Seki, Japanese voice actor (voice of Shutaro Kiba in Mōryō no Hako, Zhang Fei in Sōten Kōro, Onizuka in Gallery Fake, Mattis in Ronja, the Robber's Daughter), dies at age 54 from esophegal cancer.
• Reita, Japanese bassist for the band the GazettE (performed theme song for Black Butler II), dies at age 42.
• April 18: Keiko Yamamoto, Japanese voice actress (voice of Shōta Yamada in Chibi Maruko-chan, Hanako Hanazawa in Sazae-san, Bakabon in Tensai Bakabon, Choromatsu in Osomatsu-kun (1966), Sunakake Baba in the Gegege no Kitaro franchise, Kinkotsu-Obaba and Nachiguron in the Kinnikuman franchise), dies at age 83 from sepsis.

May

• May 17: Hideyuki Umezu, Japanese voice actor (voice of Diamante in One Piece, Ian Vashti in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, GP02 in Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival), dies at age 68 from interstitial pneumonia.
• May 20: Eiko Masuyama, Japanese voice actress (voice of Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third franchise, Honey Kisaragi in Cutie Honey, Mama in Tensai Bakabon, Chappy in Mahōtsukai Chappy, Lady Iyo in IkkyÅ«-san, Sumire Hoshino / Paako in Perman (1983)), dies at age 89 from pneumonia.
• May 30: Akira Shigino, Japanese animation director (Osomatsu-kun, Dino Girl Gauko, ', ', Nanako SOS, Chō Kōsoku Galvion), dies at age 70 from bile duct cancer.

June

• June 8: Keisuke Yamashita, Japanese voice actor (voice of Dan Araiso in Reideen the Brave, Hiss in Space Battleship Yamato and Space Battleship Yamato, Kazuhiko Sugiyama and Jirō Nōmura in Space Battleship Yamato, Gaulois in Tico of the Seven Seas, Goro in UFO Warrior Dai Apolon), dies at age 83.
• June 16: Hiroyuki Omori, Japanese producer (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series), dies at age 57.
• June 19: Katsue Miwa, Japanese voice actress (voice of Mitsuo Suwa/Perman No. 1 in Perman, Unico in The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic, Hirame Hirayama in Jarinko Chie, Shōta Ōhara in Obake no Q-Tarō, Fukusuke in Robot Carnival), dies at age 80 from pulmonary embolism.
• June 26: Taiki Matsuno, Japanese voice actor (voice of Hajime Kindaichi in The File of Young Kindaichi, Kōga in Inuyasha, Jun Manjōme in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Pegasus/Helios in Sailor Moon SuperS, Agumon in Digimon Data Squad, Tart in Fresh Pretty Cure!), dies at age 56 from right cerebral haemorrhage.

July

• July 10: Tom Wyner, American voice actor (voice of Devimon in Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02, narrator in Digimon Adventure 02, M. Bison in ' and the Animaze dub of Street Fighter II V), dies at age 77.
• July 12: Noriko Ohara, Japanese voice actress (voice of Nobita Nobi in the Doraemon (1979) franchise, Conan in Future Boy Conan, Doronjo in the Yatterman franchise, Peter in Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Hiyoshi Goh and Ri Katherine in Voltes V, Claudia LaSalle in the Macross franchise, Oyuki in Urusei Yatsura (1981)), dies at age 88 from an illness.
• July 13: James B. Sikking, American actor and voice actor (voice of Seiya Tsukishima in Whisper of the Heart), dies at age 90 from complications from dementia.
• July 14: Shiro Yadama, Japanese creator (Fair, then Partly Piggy), dies at age 80.
• July 22: Nobuhiro Sakata, Japanese manga creator (Dan Doh!!), dies at age 76.

August

• August 10: Rachael Lillis, American voice actress (voice of Misty and Jessie in Pokémon franchise, Utena Tenjo in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Micott Bartsch in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Yuriko Star in The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Martina in Slayers Next, Kanaka Ohno in Genshiken, Ami Kurimoto in DNA²), dies at age 55 from breast cancer.
• August 20: Atsuko Tanaka, Japanese voice actress (voice of Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell, Konan in Naruto, Lisa Lisa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), dies at age 61 from an illness.

September

• September 2: Toshiyuki Manabe, Japanese voice actor (voice of man and zombie in Hensuki), dies at age 32 from heart failure.
• September 8: Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress (voice of Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon, Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura, B-ko Daitokuji in Project A-ko), dies at age 61 from an illness.
• September 15: Yukihiro Shibutani, Japanese animator (art director for Natsume's Book of Friends, Patlabor, Case Closed, Key the Metal Idol, Sakura Wars, Kamichu!, Big Windup!, Whispered Words, ', ', ', Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Fly Me to the Moon, To Your Eternity, The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons, ') dies at age 63.
• September 20: Sayuri, Japanese singer (performed ending theme songs for ', Erased, Scum's Wish, Fate/Extra Last Encore, My Hero Academia, Edens Zero, Lycoris Recoil), dies at age 28.
• September 29: Nobuyo Ōyama, Japanese voice actress (voice of Doraemon in Doraemon (1979), Katsuo Isono in Sazae-san, Hazedon in Hazedon, Kappei Jin in Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, Monokuma in '), dies at age 90 from dementia.
• Date unknown: Shinsuke Kurihashi, Japanese manga creator (artist for Infinite Ryvius manga adaptation).

October

• October 5: Doc Harris, Canadian voice actor (narrated for the Ocean Productions English dub of Dragon Ball Z), dies at age 76.
• October 13: Shigemi Ikeda, Japanese animator (art director for My Hero Academia, Overlord, Gundam, Afro Samurai, Gantz), dies at age 69.
• October 14: Rieko Nakagawa, Japanese author and lyricist (wrote lyrics for songs in My Neighbor Totoro), dies at age 89.
• October 17: Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor and voice actor (voice of Iwa in A Letter to Momo and Kōichi Tabuchi in Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, portrayed Hikozaemon Tokugawa in Space Battleship Yamato), dies at age 76.
• October 21: Noboru Kimura, Japanese singer (lead vocalist of TALIZMAN, performed theme songs for Ultraman, Barefoot Gen, Lupin the 3rd Part II, Thunderbirds 2086, Sugata Sanshiro, Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman), is announced to have died at the age of 76.
• October 23: Ryō Kōno, Japanese art director (Space Dandy, Mob Psycho 100, Paradise Kiss, '), dies from suspected gastrointestinal bleeding.
• October 28: Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga creator (Cat Eyed Boy, Makoto-chan), dies at age 88.

November

• November 6:
• Michie Kita, Japanese voice actress (voice of Nello in Dog of Flanders, Doronpa in Obake no Q-Tarō, Franz Charming in Princess Knight, Nobuhiko Ōbayashi in Don Dracula), dies at age 89.
• Hiroki Ikeshita, Japanese animator (assistant director for Shangri-La Frontier, Handyman Saitou in Another World, Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu, director of Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle!), dies at age 47.
• November 12: Eiji Yanagisawa, Japanese voice actor (voice of Danroku in Getter Robo Armageddon, Takayanagi in Genshiken, Genzō in Naruto, Okabe-sensei in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Gunbiker and Zapper Zaku in SD Gundam Force), dies at age 57 from brainstem haemorrhage.
• November 13:
• Dan Hennessey, American voice actor and voice director (voice directed English dubs of Air Master, Power Stone, Slam Dunk, Interlude, Saint Seiya), dies at age 83 from complications of Parkinson's disease.
• Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (wrote lyrics for Astro Boy, Howl's Moving Castle, Phoenix, Big X), dies at age 92.
• November 14: Shōhei Hino, Japanese actor (voice of Granduncle in The Boy and the Heron), dies at age 75.
• November 18: Junko Hori, Japanese voice actress (voice of the titular characters in Ninja Hattori-kun, Chimpui, Cat Eyed Boy, Ikasama in Gamba no Bouken, Annie in Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, Mack the Stray Dog in Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon, Zanelli in Night on the Galactic Railroad), dies at age 89 from dementia.
• November 24: Yōji Kuri, Japanese cartoonist and author (Gokiburi-chan, Clap Vocalism, Au Fou!) dies at age 96.

December

• December 3: Jan Scott-Frazier, American animator, producer and translator, dies at age 59.
• December 11: Michio Mamiya, Japanese composer (The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun, Gauche the Cellist, Grave of the Fireflies), dies at age 95 from pneumonia.

References

External links

• Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb