2017 in anime

Events in 2017 in anime. This year is known as the Anime Centennial Year, and was celebrated as its 100th anniversary to commemorate the ending of the Heisei era.

Awards

• 1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards
• 11th Seiyu Awards

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2017.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time (minutes)	Notes	Ref
6 January	Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Tatsuya Oishi	83		[1]
7 January	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Part 2: Burning Life	Wit Studio	Tetsurō Araki	104		[2]
21 January	Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic	A-1 Pictures	Noriyuki Abe	100		[3]
3 February	Genocidal Organ	Manglobe	Shukō Murase	114		[4]
11 February	Ao Oni: The Animation	Studio Deen	Toshirō Hamamura	60		[5]
18 February	Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale	A-1 Pictures	Tomohiko Itō	120		[6]
25 February	Digimon Adventure tri. Loss	Toei Animation	Keitaro Motonaga	78		[7]
4 March	Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi	Shin-Ei Animation	Atsushi Takahashi	101		[8]
10 March	Shimajirō to Niji no Oashisu	Benesse Corporation	Isamu Hirabayashi	54		[9]
18 March	Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game	Production I.G	Shunsuke Tada	90		[10]
7 April	Night Is Short, Walk On Girl	Science Saru	Masaaki Yuasa	93		[11]
15 April	Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri	TMS Entertainment	Masakazu Hashimoto	103		[12]
15 April	Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter	TMS Entertainment	Kobun Shizuno	112		[13]
6 May	Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry	A-1 Pictures	Shōji Yonemura	85		[14]
19 May	Lu over the Wall	Science Saru	Masaaki Yuasa	112		[15]
17 June	The Irregular at Magic High School: The Movie – The Girl Who Summons the Stars	Eight Bit	Risako Yoshida	90		[16]
15 July	No Game No Life: Zero	Kadokawa Animation	Atsuko Ishizuka	105		[17]
15 July	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	OLM	Kunihiko Yuyama	97		[18]
18 August	Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo Nobuyuki Takeuchi	90		[19]
26 August	Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow	Silver Link	Shin Ōnuma	90		[20]
30 September	Digimon Adventure tri. Coexistence	Toei Animation	Keitaro Motonaga	85		[21]
14 October	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower	Ufotable	Tomonori Sudō	120		[22]
11 November	Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Zenpen - Benio, Hana no 17-sai	Nippon Animation	Kazuhiro Furuhashi	97		[23]
17 November	Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters	Polygon Pictures	Kōbun Shizuno	88		[24]
9 December	Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1	Actas	Tsutomu Mizushima	47		[25]

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between 1 January and 31 December 2017.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Original title	Ref
3 January – 21 March	Ai Mai Mi Surgical Friends	12	Seven	Itsuki Imazaki		[26]
4 January – 29 March	Akiba's Trip: The Animation	13	Gonzo	Hiroshi Ikehata		[27]
5 January – 23 March	Masamune-kun's Revenge	12	Silver Link	Mirai Minato	Masamune-kun no Revenge	[28]
5 January – 23 March	Seiren	12	Studio Gokumi AXsiZ	Tomoki Kobayashi
5 January – 23 March	Urara Meirocho	12	J.C.Staff	Youhei Suzuki
6 January – 24 March	Fuuka	12	Diomedéa	Keizō Kusakawa		[29]
6 January – 15 May	Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club	13	J.C.Staff A.C.G.T	Susumu Kudo	Minami Kamakura Kōkō Joshi Jitensha-Bu
6 January – 31 March	Saga of Tanya the Evil	12	NUT	Yutaka Uemura	Yōjo Senki
7 January – 25 March	Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga	12	A-1 Pictures	Koichi Hatsumi	Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen
7 January – 26 March	Interviews with Monster Girls	12	A-1 Pictures	Ryou Andou	Demi-chan wa Kataritai	[30]
8 January – 25 March	Chain Chronicle	12	Telecom Animation Film Graphinica	Masashi Kudō
8 January – 26 March	ēlDLIVE	12	Pierrot	Takeshi Furuta Tomoya Tanaka
8 January – 27 March	Idol Incidents	12	MAPPA Studio VOLN	Daisuke Yoshida	Idol Jihen
8 January – 26 March	Nyanko Days	12	EMT Squared	Yoshimasa Hiraike
8 January – 29 April	Tales of Zestiria the X (season 2)	13	Ufotable	Haruo Sotozaki		[31]
9 January – 26 June	Little Witch Academia	25	Trigger	Yoh Yoshinari
9 January – 27 March	Gabriel DropOut	12	Doga Kobo	Masahiko Ohta
10 January – 28 March	ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.	12	Madhouse	Shingo Natsume		[32]
10 January – 28 March	Hand Shakers	12	GoHands	Shingo Suzuki Hiromichi Kanazawa
10 January – 28 March	Kemono Friends	12	Yaoyorozu	Tatsuki		[33]
10 January – 26 June	Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation	25	TMS/8PAN	Osamu Nabeshima
11 January – 29 March	Chaos;Child	12	Silver Link	Masato Jinbo		[34]
11 January – 29 March	One Room	12	Typhoon Graphics
11 January – 29 March	Piacevole!	12	Zero-G	Hiroaki Sakurai
11 January – 1 April	Schoolgirl Strikers	13	J.C.Staff	Hiroshi Nishikiori
12 January – April 6	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	13	Kyoto Animation	Yasuhiro Takato	Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon	[35]
12 January – 30 March	Scum's Wish	12	Lerche	Masaomi Ando	Kuzu no Honkai
21 January – 22 April	BanG Dream!	13	Issen Xebec	Atsushi Ootsuki		[36]
5 February – 28 January 2018	Kirakira PreCure a la Mode	49	Toei Animation	Kohei Kureta Yukio Kaizawa
18 February – 25 February	Dragon Dentist	2
1 April – 17 June	Attack on Titan (season 2)	12	Wit Studio Production I.G	Tetsurō Araki Masashi Koizuka	Shingeki no Kyojin	[37]
1 April –	Future Card Buddyfight X		OLM, Inc. Xebec
1 April – 30 September	My Hero Academia (season 2)	25	Bones	Kenji Nagasaki	Boku no Hero Academia	[38]
1 April –	The Silver Guardian		Haoliners Animation League	Masahiko Ohkura	Gin no Guardian	[39]
2 April – 25 June	Alice & Zouroku	12	J.C.Staff	Katsushi Sakurabi
2 April – 25 June	Granblue Fantasy The Animation	12	A-1 Pictures	Ayako Kurata Yuuki Itoh
3 April – 26 March 2018	Beyblade Burst Evolution	51	OLM	Katsuhito Akiyama
3 April – 19 June	Frame Arms Girl	12	Zexcs Studio A-Cat	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
3 April – 19 June	The Laughing Salesman NEW	12	Shin-Ei Animation	Hirofumi Ogura		[40]
3 April – 19 June	Tsugumomo	12	Zero-G	Ryōichi Kuraya
4 April – 20 June	Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor	12	Liden Films	Minato Kazuto		[41]
4 April – 27 March 2018	Idol Time PriPara	51	Tatsunoko Production DongWoo A&E	Makoto Moriwaki
4 April – 20 June	The Royal Tutor	12	Bridge	Katsuya Kikuchi	Ōshitsu Kyōshi Haine
5 April – 21 June	Armed Girl's Machiavellism	12	Silver Link	Hideki Tachibana	Busō Shōjo Machiavellism
5 April –	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations		Pierrot	Noriyuki Abe Hiroyuki Yamashita		[42]
5 April – 13 September	Sagrada Reset	24	David Production	Shinya Kawatsura	Sakurada Reset
5 April – 20 September	Sakura Quest	25	P.A. Works	Soichi Masui
6 April – 22 June	Clockwork Planet	12	Xebec	Tsuyoshi Nagasawa		[43]
6 April – 22 June	Kabukibu!	12	Studio Deen	Kazuhiro Yoneda
6 April – 22 June	Love Tyrant	12	EMT Squared	Atsushi Nigorikawa	Ren'ai Bōkun
6 April – 29 June	Tsuki ga Kirei	12	Feel	Seiji Kishi
7 April – 23 June	Hinako Note	12	Passione	Takeo Takahashi Toru Kitahata
7 April – 30 June	Kado: The Right Answer	12	Toei Animation	Kazuya Murata	Seikai Suru Kado
7 April – 29 September	Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul (season 2)	24	MAPPA	Keiichi Sato	Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul
7 April – 30 March 2018	Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Maho no Kagami	51	Studio Deen	Nana Imanaka Sakura Gojo
7 April – 23 June	Twin Angel Break	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki
8 April – 24 June	Eromanga Sensei	12	A-1 Pictures	Ryohei Takeshita
8 April – 16 September	Re:Creators	22	Troyca	Ei Aoki
9 April – 25 June	ID-0	12	Sanzigen	Gorō Taniguchi
9 April – 25 June	The Eccentric Family (season 2)	12	P.A. Works	Masayuki Yoshihara	Uchōten Kazoku
10 April – 26 June	Grimoire of Zero	12	White Fox	Tetsuo Hirakawa	Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho
11 April – 27 June	Anonymous Noise	12	Brain's Base	Hideya Takahashi
11 April – 27 June	WorldEnd	12	Satelight C2C		Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?	[44]
12 April – 28 June	Kenka Bancho Otome: Girl Beats Boys	12	A-Real Project No.9	Noriaki Saito
12 April – 28 June	Room Mate	12	Typhoon Graphics
13 April – 28 September	Gamers!	12	Pine Jam	Manabu Okamoto
14 April – 23 June	Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat	11	A-1 Pictures	Kanta Kamei	Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Flat
14 April – 30 June	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria	12	J.C.Staff	Yōhei Suzuki	Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria
14 April – 29 July	Seven Mortal Sins	12	Artland TNK	Kinji Yoshimoto	sin Nanatsu no Taizai
15 April – 16 December	100% Pascal-sensei	36	OLM	Yo Miura
15 April – 8 July	Atom: The Beginning	12	OLM Production I.G Signal.MD	Katsuyuki Motohiro Tatsuo Satō		[45]
15 April – 16 December	PriPri Chi-chan!!	36	OLM, Inc.	Takahiro Ikezoe
15 April – 23 December	Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu	37	OLM Xebec	Takao Kato
10 May – 25 September 2019	Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS	120	Gallop	Masahiro Hosoda Katsuya Asano
1 July – 23 September	Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic	12	Doga Kobo	Hiroaki Akagi
1 July – 23 September	Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler	12	MAPPA	Yuichiro Hayashi
1 July – 23 September	Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu	13	Ufotable	Toshiyuki Shirai
1 July – 30 September	Senki Zesshō Symphogear AXZ	13	Satelight	Katsumi Ono
2 July – 17 September	Battle Girl High School	12	Silver Link	Noriaki Akitaya
2 July – 17 September	Clean Freak! Aoyama kun	12	Studio Hibari	Kazuya Ichikawa	Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun
2 July – 30 December	Fate/Apocrypha	25	A-1 Pictures	Yoshiyuki Asai
2 July – 24 September	Knight's & Magic	13	8-Bit	Yusuke Yamamoto
3 July – 25 December	Elegant Yokai Apartment Life	26	Shin-Ei Animation	Mitsuo Hashimoto	Yōkai Apāto no Yūga na Nichijō
3 July – 18 September	Restaurant to Another World	12	Silver Link	Masato Jinbo	Isekai Shokudō
4 July – 19 September	Aho-Girl	12	Diomedéa	Keizō Kusakawa Shingo Tamaki
4 July – 19 September	Love and Lies	12	Liden Films	Seiki Takuno	Koi to Uso
4 July – 19 September	Nana Maru San Batsu	12	TMS Entertainment	Masaki Ōzora	7O3X Fastest Finger First
4 July – 19 September	Tsuredure Children	12	Studio Gokumi	Hiraku Kaneko
5 July – 20 September	NTR: Netsuzou Trap	12	Creators in Pack	Hisayoshi Hirasawa
5 July – 20 September	Saiyuki Reload Blast	12	Platinum Vision	Hideaki Nakano
6 July – 28 September	Convenience Store Boy Friends	12	Pierrot	Hayato Date	Konbini Kareshi
6 July – 21 September	Dive!!	12	Zero-G	Kaoru Suzuki
7 July – 29 September	18if	13	Gonzo	Kōji Morimoto
7 July – 29 September	Action Heroine Cheer Fruits	12	Diomedéa	Keizō Kusakawa		[46]
7 July – 22 December	Altair: A Record of Battles	24	MAPPA	Kazuhiro Furuhashi	Shōkoku no Altair
7 July – 29 September	Chronos Ruler	13	Project No.9	Masato Matsune
7 July – 29 September	Made in Abyss	13	Kinema Citrus	Masayuki Kojima
7 July – 22 September	Vatican Miracle Examiner	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshitomo Yonetani
8 July – 23 September	Hitorijime My Hero	12	Encourage Films	Yukina Hiiro
8 July – 17 December	Welcome to the Ballroom	24	Production I.G	Yoshimi Itazu	Ballroom e Yōkoso
9 July – 24 September	A Centaur's Life	12	Haoliners Animation League	Fumitoshi Oizaki Naoyuki Konno	Centaur no Nayami
9 July – 24 September	Princess Principal	12	Studio 3Hz Actas	Masaki Tachibana
10 July – 25 September	Angel's 3Piece!	12	Project No.9	Shinsuke Yanagi	Tenshi no 3P!
11 July – 26 September	In Another World With My Smartphone	12	Production Reed	Takeyuki Yanase	Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni
11 July – 19 December	Magical Circle Guru Guru	24	Production I.G	Hiroshi Ikehata	Mahōjin Guru Guru
11 July – 26 September	New Game!!	12	Doga Kobo	Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
11 July – 26 September	Musekinin Galaxy Tylor	12	Seven	Hiroshi Kimura
12 July – 27 September	Classroom of the Elite	12	Lerche	Seiji Kishi Hiroyuki Hashimoto	Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e
12 July – 27 September	Clione no Akari	12	Drop	Naoya Ishikawa
12 July – 27 September	Teekyu (season 9)	12	Millepensee	Shin Itagaki
12 July – 13 September	My First Girlfriend Is a Gal	10	NAZ	Hiroyuki Furukawa	Hajimete no Gal
12 July – 27 September	Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat	12	DMM.futureworks W-Toon Studio	Kenshirō Morii	Nora to Ōjo to Noraneko Heart
14 July – 29 September	Hell Girl: The Fourth Twilight	12	Studio Deen	Takahiro Omori	Jigoku Shōjo: Yoi no Togi
22 July – 7 October	The Reflection	12	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Nagahama
2 October – 18 December	UQ Holder!	12	J.C.Staff	Youhei Suzuki
3 October – 30 March 2021	Black Clover	170	Pierrot	Tatsuya Yoshihara		[47]
3 October – 20 December	Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (season 3)	12	J.C.Staff	Yoshitomo Yonetani
3 October – 26 December	Infini-T Force	12	Tatsunoko Digital Frontier	Kiyotaka Suzuki
3 October – 19 December	Juni Taisen: Zodiac War	12	Graphinica	Naoto Hosoda
3 October – 26 December	Osake wa Fūfu ni Natte kara	13	Creators in Pack	Hisayoshi Hirasawa Saori Tachibana
3 October – 26 December	Sengoku Night Blood	12	Typhoon Graphics	Katsuya Kikuchi
4 October – 20 December	Konohana Kitan	12	Lerche	Hideki Okamoto
4 October – 20 December	Urahara	12	EMT Squared	Amika Kubo
5 October – 22 December	Dynamic Chord	12	Pierrot	Shigenori Kageyama
5 October – 28 December	Just Because!	12	Pine Jam	Atsushi Kobayashi
5 October – 21 December	King's Game The Animation	12	Seven	Noriyoshi Sasaki
6 October – 22 December	Girls' Last Tour	12	White Fox	Takaharu Ozaki	Shōjo Shūmatsu Ryokō
6 October – 22 December	Kino's Journey ~The Beautiful World~ The Animated Series	12	Lerche (studio)	Tomohisa Taguchi
6 October – 8 December	Recovery of an MMO Junkie	10	Signal.MD	Kazuyoshi Yaginuma	Netojū no Susume
6 October – 17 November	Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Washio Sumi Chapter	7	Studio Gokumi	Seiji Kishi Daisei Fukuoka
7 October – 23 December	Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond	12	Bones	Shigehito Takayanagi	Kekkai Sensen & Beyond	[48]
7 October –	ClassicaLoid (season 2)		Sunrise	Yoichi Fujita		[49]
7 October – 23 December	Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth	12	M.S.C	Hideyo Yamamoto		[50]
7 October – 23 December	Dies Irae	18	A.C.G.T	Susumu Kudo		[51]
7 October – 30 March 2018	Garo: Vanishing Line	24	MAPPA	Sunghoo Park
7 October – 31 December	Hozuki's Coolheadedness (season 2)	13	Studio Deen	Kazuhiro Yoneda	Hōzuki no Reitetsu
7 October – 23 December	Land of the Lustrous	12	Orange	Takahiko Kyōgoku	Hōseki no Kuni
7 October – 30 December	Love Live! Sunshine!! (season 2)	13	Sunrise	Kazuo Sakai		[52]
7 October – 30 March 2019	Pingu in the City	52		Naomi Iwata	Pingū in za Shiti
7 October – 24 March 2018	The Ancient Magus' Bride	24	Wit Studio	Norihiro Naganuma	Mahō Tsukai no Yome
7 October – 30 December	The Idolmaster SideM	13	A-1 Pictures	Miyuki Kuroki Takahiro Harada
7 October – 24 March 2018	Time Bokan: The Villains' Strike Back	24	Tatsunoko Productions	Takayuki Inagaki
7 October – 23 December	Two Car	12	Silver Link	Masafumi Tamura
8 October – 24 December	Anime-Gataris	12	Wao World	Kenshirō Morii
8 October – 24 December	A Sister's All You Need	12	Silver Link	Shin Ōnuma	Imōto Sae Ireba Ii.
8 October – 24 December	Blend S	12	A-1 Pictures	Ryōji Masuyama
8 October –	Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z		OLM, Inc.	Nobuhiro Kondo
8 October – 24 December	Children of the Whales	12	J.C.Staff	Kyōhei Ishiguro	Kujira no Kora wa Sajō ni Utau
8 October – 24 December	Himouto! Umaru-chan R (season 2)	12	Doga Kobo	Masahiko Ohta
9 October – 7 January 2018	Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter	12	Millepensee	Shin Itagaki	Wake Up, Girls! Shin Shō
12 October – 22 December	Inuyashiki	11	MAPPA	Keiichi Sato Shuhei Yabuta
12 October – 13 December	My Girlfriend is Shobitch	10	Diomedéa Studio Blanc	Nobuyoshi Nagayama	Boku no Kanojo ga Majime Sugiru Shojo Bitch na Ken
24 November – 5 January 2018	Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Hero Chapter	6	Studio Gokumi	Seiji Kishi Daisei Fukuoka

ONAs/OVAs

Release date	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director
12 January	Chōyū Sekai[53]	20	Asahi Production	Hatsuki Tsuji
12 April	Augmented Reality Girls Trinary	34	Feel	Keiichiro Kawaguchi

Highest-grossing films

The following are the 10 highest-grossing anime films of 2017.

Rank	Title	Gross	Ref.
1	Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter	$65,807,130	[54][55]
2	Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi	$63,796,378	[a]
3	Mary and the Witch's Flower	$41,978,431	[61]
4	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	$37,552,407	[62][63]
5	Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale	$29,322,339	[64][b]
6	Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?	$26,630,702	[68][c]
7	Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri	$16,145,597	[72]
8	Kuroko's Basketball The Movie:Last Game	$7,313,308	[73]
9	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel Ch.1 - Presage Flower	$6,763,368	[74]
10	No Game No Life: Zero	$6,356,284	[75][d]

Notes

1. Doraemon the Movie 2017 box office:

   • Japan – ¥4.43 billion^[56] ($40,364,465)
   • China – CN¥149 million^[57] ($22,045,333)
   • South Korea & Turkey – $1,117,335^[58]
   • Hong Kong – HK$8.16 million^[59] (US$1,047,067)
   • Italy – $92,755^[60]
2. By October 1, 2017, Sword Art Online The Movie had grossed a total of over ¥4.3 billion worldwide.^[65] After October 5, 2017, the film grossed a further $41,652 in China,^[66] and $14,702 in Argentina.^[67]
3. Fireworks had grossed $26 million by 3 December 2017, including $10.7 million in China, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom, and $15.3 million in other territories including Japan.^[69] The film went on gross $11,943,229 in China, $525,280 in the United States and Canada, $46,664 in Thailand and Bolivia,^[70] $191,137 in South Korea, and $91,155 in Spain and the United Kingdom.^[71]
4. The original release of the film in 2017-18 grossed a total of $4,386,487 worldwide and the 2019 re-release in China grossed a further $1,969,797. Therefore, including all releases, the total gross becomes $6,356,284.