2006 in anime

Events in 2006 in anime.

Events

In this year, 306 anime television programs were produced, and home video sales of anime DVDs and Laserdiscs in Japan were worth 95 billion yen.^[1]

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time won the Animation Film Award and Tekkon Kinkreet won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. The inaugural Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year was awarded to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time; other nominees were Arashi no Yoru Ni, Tales from Earthsea, Brave Story and Detective Conan: The Private Eye's Requiem. Paprika was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.

Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

Release date	Title	Studio	Director	Running time (minutes)	Japanese title	Ref
January 7	Origin: Spirits of the Past	Gonzo	Keiichi Sugiyama	95	Gin'iro no kami no agito	[2]
March 4	Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III – Love Is the Pulse of the Stars	Sunrise	Yoshiyuki Tomino	100	Kidō senshi zettogandamu III - hoshi no kodō wa ai -	[2]
	One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle	Toei Animation	Kōnosuke Uda	94	Wan pīsu the mūbī: karakuri-jō no meka kyohei	[2]
March 11	Kaiketsu Zorori	Ajia-do Sunrise	Hajime Kamegaki	53	Majime ni fumaji me ka iketsu zorori nazo no otakara dai sakusen	[2]
	Fist of the North Star: Raoh Side Story Junai Arc	TMS Entertainment	Takahiro Imamura	95	Ma kyūseishu densetsu hokuto no kobushi Raō Den Jun ai no shō	[2]
	Sergeant Frog Movie	Sunrise	Junichi Satō (Chief) Nobuhiro Kondō	59	Chō gekijō-ban keroro gunsō	[2]
April 8	Tachigui – The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters	Production I.G	Mamoru Oshii	104	Tachiguishi retsuden	[3]
	Yonna in the Solitary Fortress	CoMix Wave Films	Kengo Takeuchi	33	Hanare toride no Yona	[3]
April 15	Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo!	Shin-Ei Animation	Yūji Mutō	90	Eiga Kureyon shin-chan densetsu o yobu odore! Amīgo!	[3]
	Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem	TMS Entertainment	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	111	Meitantei konan: tantei-tachi no rekuiemu	[3]
June 17	The Celestial Railroad	KAGAYA Studio	Kagaya	48	Ginga tetsudō no yoru – Fantasy Railroad in the Stars -	[3]
June 28	Aachi and Ssipak	Studio 2.0	Jo Beom-jin	87	Āchi to shīpakku	[3]
July 8	Brave Story	Gonzo	Koichi Chigira	112	Bureibu sutōrī	[4]
July 15	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Madhouse	Mamoru Hosoda	98	Toki wo kakeru shōjo	[4]
July 29	Tales from Earthsea	Studio Ghibli	Gorō Miyazaki	115	Gedo senki	[4]
August 5	Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom	Studio Pierrot	Toshiyuki Tsuru	94	Gekijō-ban naruto - naruto - dai kōfun! Mika dzuki shima no animaru sōdō datteba yo	[4]
November 25	Paprika	Madhouse	Satoshi Kon	90	Papurika	[5]
December 9	Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!	Toei Animation	Tatsuya Nagamine	20	Dejimon seibāzu the mūbī: kyūkyoku pawā! Bāsutomōdo hatsudō!!	[5]
	Pretty Cure Splash Star Tic-Tac Crisis Hanging by a Thin Thread!		Junji Shimizu	50	Eiga futari hapuri kyua supurashu Star: chikutaku kiki ippatsu!	[5]
December 16	Bleach: Memories of Nobody	Studio Pierrot	Noriyuki Abe	93	Gekijō-ban burīchi: memorī of nōbadi	[5]
December 23	Tekkonkinkreet	Studio 4°C	Michael Arias	111	Tetsu kon-kin kurīto	[5]

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
January 1 – April 1	Magikano	13	Tokyo Kids	Seiji Kishi	Majikano	[2]
January 4 – March 22	Ah My Buddha (season 2)	12	Studio Deen	Keitaro Motonaga	Amaenaide yotsu!! Katsu!!	[2]
January 4 – March 29	Eternal Alice	13	Trinet Entertainment Picture Magic	Nagisa Miyazaki	Kagi hime monogatari towa Arisu rondo	[2]
January 4 – July 10	Humanoid Monster Bem	26	Studio Comet	Hiroshi Harada	Yōkai ningen bemu	[2]
January 5 – March 23	Rakugo Tennyo Oyui	12	TNK	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Rakugo ten'nyo oyui	[2]
January 5 – March 30	Kinnikuman II Sei: Ultimate Muscle 2	13	Toei Animation	Toshiaki Komura	Kin'nikuman II yo ultimate massuru 2	[2]
January 6 – March 31	Lemon Angel Project		Radix	Daisuke Chiba	Remon Enjeru purojekuto	[2]
January 7 – June 17	Fate/stay night	24	Studio Deen	Yūji Yamaguchi	Fate/stay night	[2]
January 7 – December 30	Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin	51	Studio Comet	Kiyoshi Fukumoto	Wan wan serepū sore yuke! Tetsunoshin	[2]
January 8 – March 26	Guardian Ninja Mamoru	12	Group TAC	Yoshitaka Fujimoto	Kage kara mamoru	[2]
January 8 – April 2	Tactical Roar	13	Actas	Yoshitaka Fujimoto	Takutikaru roa	[2]
January 9 – March 26	Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings	13	J.C.Staff	Katsushi Sakurabi	Yomigaeru sora – Rescue uingusu -	[2]
January 9 – December 25	Crash B-Daman	50	Nippon Animedia	Yoshiaki Okumura	Bakudama hitto! Kurasshu bīdaman	[2]
January 10 – March 28	Play Ball 2nd	13	Eiken	Satoshi Dezaki	Purei bōru 2nd	[2]
	Nerima Daikon Brothers	12	Studio Hibari	Shinichi Watanabe	Nerima daikon burazāzu	[2]
January 12 – March 30	Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl			Nobuaki Nakanishi	Kashimashi 〜 gāru mītsu gāru 〜	[2]
January 13 – February 24	Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora	6	Group TAC	Yukihiro Matsushita	Hanbun' no tsuki ga noboru sora	[2]
January 13 – March 24	Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales	11	Toei Animation	Tetsuo Imazawa (Yotsuya Kaidan) Hidehiko Kadota (Tenshu Monogatari) Kouzou Nagayama (Tenshu Monogatari) Kenji Nakamura (Bakeneko)	Kai ~ ayakashi ~ japanīzu kurashikku Horror	[2]
January 22 – April 13	Meine Liebe: Wieder	13	Bee Train	Shinya Kawatsura	Gin'yū mokushiroku maine rībe vuīdā	[2]
February 3 – March 31	Rec	9	Shaft	Ryūtarō Nakamura	Rekku	[2]
February 3 – April 16	Binchō-tan	12	Studio Deen	Kazuhiro Furuhashi	Bin chō Tan	[2]
February 5 – January 28, 2007	Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star	49	Toei Animation	Toshiaki Komura	Futari hapuri kyua supurashu ☆ Star	[2]
February 9 – March 17	Papillon Rose: The New Season	6	Studio Kelmadick	Yasuhiro Matsumura	Papiyon rōze	[2]
February 25 – August 12	Ergo Proxy	23	Manglobe	Shūkō Murase	Erugo purakushī	[2]
March 3 – April 7	Ballad of a Shinigami	6	Ginga Ya Group TAC	Tomomi Mochizuki	Shinigami no baraddo.	[3]
April 1 – June 24	Gakuen Heaven	13	Tokyo Kids	Yukina Hiiro	Gakuen hevun	[3]
April 1 – December 21	Hula Kappa	78	Office AO		Fura kappā	[3]
April 1 – March 31, 2007	Twin Princesses of the Wonder Planet	52	HAL Film Maker J.C.Staff	Junichi Sato (chief) Shōgo Kōmoto	Fushigiboshi no futagohime	[3]
April 2 – June 25	Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House	13	Studio Hibari	Iku Suzuki	Yoshinaga-san-ka no gāgoiru	[3]
	Soul Link	12	Picture Magic	Toshikatsu Tokoro	Soul Link	[3]
April 2 – September 24	Akubi Girl	26	Tatsunoko Production		Akubi gāru	[3]
April 2 – October 1	Fighting Beauty Wulong Rebirth	25	TMS Entertainment	Yoshio Suzuki	Kakutō bishin bu ūron REBIRTH	[3]
April 2 – March 25, 2007	Digimon Data Squad	48	Toei Animation	Naoyuki Itō	Dejimon seibāzu	[3]
	Kiba	51	Madhouse	Hiroshi Kōjina	Kiba	[3]
	Onegai My Melody: Kuru Kuru Shuffle	52	Studio Comet	Makoto Moriwaki	Onegai mai merodi kurukuru shaffuru!	[3]
April 3 – July 3	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	14	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	Suzumiya haruhi no yūutsu	[3]
April 3 – September 25	Aria the Natural	26	HAL Film Maker	Junichi Sato	ARIA The NATURAL	[3]
	School Rumble: 2nd Semester		Studio Comet	Takaomi Kanasaki	Sukūru ranburu ni gakki	[3]
April 3 – March 26, 2007	BakéGyamon	51	Radix	Hiroshi Negishi	Doa ni mukau akuma	[3]
April 4 – June 20	High School Girls	12	Arms Studio Guts Studio Kelmadick	Yoshitaka Fujimoto	Mesu kōsei gāru's high	[3]
	Renkin 3-kyū Magical? Pokān		Remic	Kenichi Yatagai	Renkin 3-kyūmaji karu? Pokan	[3]
April 4 – September 26	Simoun	26	Studio Deen	Junji Nishimura	Shimūn	[3]
	Strawberry Panic!		Madhouse	Masayuki Sakoi	Sutoroberī panikku	[3]
	Utawarerumono		OLM	Tomoki Kobayashi	Utawarerumono	[3]
April 4 – March 25, 2010	Gin Tama	201	Sunrise	Shinji Takamatsu (eps 1-105) Yoichi Fujita (eps 100-201)	Gintama	[3]
April 5 – June 21	Makai Senki Disgaea	12	OLM	Kiyotaka Isako	Makai senki disugaia	[3]
April 5 – June 28	Ray the Animation	13		Naohito Takahashi	RAY THE ANIMATION	[3]
April 5 – September 22	Glass Fleet	26	Gonzo Satelight	Minoru Ōhara	Garasu no kantai ~ La legende du vent de l' univers ~	[3]
April 5 – September 27	Air Gear	25	Marvelous Entertainment Toei Animation	Hajime Kamegaki	Ea gia	[3]
	Higurashi When They Cry	26	Studio Deen	Chiaki Kon	Higurashi no naku koroni	[3]
	Love Get Chu	25	Radix	Mitsuhiro Tōgō	Rabu ge~tsu CHU ~ mirakuru seiyū hakusho ~	[3]
	Ouran High School Host Club	26	Bones	Takuya Igarashi	Ōran kōkō hosu tobu	[3]
	Spider Riders		Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo Takaaki Ishiyama	Supaidā raidāzu ~ orakuru no yūsha-tachi ~	[3]
April 5 – March 28, 2007	Nana	47	Madhouse	Morio Asaka	Nana	[3]
April 5 – March 28, 2008	Trotting Hamtaro Hai!	77	TMS Entertainment	Osamu Nabeshima	Tottoko hamutarō wai!	[3]
April 6 – June 12	Ring ni Kakero 1 Episode: The Pacific War	12	Toei Animation	Yukio Kaizawa	Ringu ni kakero 1: Nichibei kessen-hen	[3]
April 6 – June 15	Eagle Talon	11	DLE	Ryo Ono	Himitsu kessha taka no tsume	[3]
April 6 – June 22	Princess Princess	12	Studio Deen	Keitaro Motonaga	Purinsesu purinsesu	[3]
April 6 – September 14	Yoshimune	24	AIC Spirits Ginga Ya Gonzino	Hiroaki Sato	Yoshimune	[3]
April 6 – September 21	Witchblade		Gonzo	Yoshimitsu Ohashi	Uitchibureido	[3]
April 6 – September 28	.hack//Roots	26	Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo	.hack//Roots	[3]
	Inukami!		Seven Arcs	Keizō Kusakawa	Inu ka mi~tsu!	[3]
	Iron Kid		Daewon Media		Aian kiddo	[3]
	Zegapain		Sunrise	Masami Shimoda	Zēgapein	[3]
April 7 – September 15	Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy	22	AIC	Hiroaki Gōda	Ām megami sama: sorezore no tsubasa	[3]
April 7 – September 29	xxxHolic	24	Production I.G	Tsutomu Mizushima	×××horikku	[3]
April 7 – March 27, 2009	Kirarin Revolution	153	G&G Entertainment SynergySP	Masaharu Okuwaki	Kirarin ☆ reboryūshon	[3]
April 8 – July 1	The Good Witch Of The West	13	HAL Film Maker	Katsuichi Nakayama	Nishi no yoki majo: Astraea Testament	[3]
April 8 – September 30	Rockman.EXE Beast+	26	Xebec	Takao Kato	Rokkuman'eguze bīsuto purasu	[3]
April 8 – February 24, 2007	The Story of Saiunkoku	39	Madhouse	Jun Shishido	Saiunkoku monogatari	[3]
April 9 – June 25	Black Lagoon	12		Sunao Katabuchi	BLACK LAGOON	[3]
	Yume Tsukai			Kazuo Yamazaki	Yume tsukai	[3]
April 9 – July 2	Himawari!	13	Arms	Shigenori Kageyama	Himawari~tsu!	[3]
April 9 – October 8	Musashi Gundoh	26	ACC Production	Yuki Kinoshita	Gan michi musashi	[3]
April 10 – September 4	Black Jack 21	17	Tezuka Productions	Satoshi Kuwabara (chief) Makoto Tezuka	Burakku jakku 21	[3]
April 10 – March 23, 2007	Shinseiki Duel Masters Flash	24	SynergySP	Suzuki Warurou	Shin hoshi ki deyueru masutāzu furasshu	[3]
April 13 – July 13	Sasami: Magical Girls Club	13	AIC Spirits	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Sasami - mahō shōjo kurabu -	[3]
April 13 – July 20	Hime-sama Goyōjin	12	Nomad	Shigehito Takayanagi	Hime-sama goyōjin	[3]
April 14 – June 23	Jyu-Oh-Sei	11	Bones	Hiroshi Nishikiori	Jū ōsei	[3]
April 14 – October 27	The Third: Aoi Hitomi no Shōjo	24	Xebec	Jun Kamiya	Za sādo: aoi hitomi no shōjo	[3]
April 16 – July 30	Tokko	13	AIC Spirits Group TAC	Masashi Abe	Tokkō	[3]
April 29 – November 4	Tsubasa Chronicle (season 2)	26	Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo Hiroshi Morioka	Tsubasa kuronikuru dai 2 shirīzu	[3]
May 18 – August 10	Kamisama Kazoku	13	Toei Animation	Kimitoshi Chioka	Kamisama kazoku	[3]
May 19 – August 18	Kishin Hōkō Demonbane	12	View Works	Hidetoshi Yoshida	Kishin hōkō demonbein	[3]
May 20 – August 26	IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (Season 2)	13	Production I.G	Mitsuru Hongo	IGPX -Immortal Grand Prix-	[3]
June 17 – December 31	Night Head Genesis	24	Bee Media	Yoshio Takeuchi	Naito heddo jeneshisu	[4]
June 30 – September 15	Binbō Shimai Monogatari	10	Toei Animation	Yukio Kaizawa	Binbō shimai monogatari	[4]
	Honey and Clover II	12	J.C.Staff	Tatsuyuki Nagai	Hachimitsu to kurōbā II	[4]
July 1 – March 31, 2007	Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin	39	Madhouse	Takaaki Ishiyama	O togi jūshi akazukin	[4]
July 1 – June 30, 2007	Powerpuff Girls Z	52	Toei Animation	Megumu Ishiguro	Demashita~tsu! Pawapafu gāruzu Z	[4]
July 2 – September 17	Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet	12	Studio Hibari Trinet Entertainment	Shinichiro Kimura	Tsuyoki su	[4]
July 2 – September 24	Mamotte! Lollipop	13	Studio Comet	Noriyoshi Nakamura	Mamotte! Roripoppu	[4]
July 2 – December 3	Project Blue Earth SOS	6	A.C.G.T.	Tensai Okamura	Project BLUE chikyū esuōesu	[4]
July 2 – February 24, 2007	Le Chevalier D'Eon	24	Production I.G	Kazuhiro Furuhashi	Shuvu~arie Le Chevalier D' Eon	[4]
July 3 – September 25	The Familiar of Zero	13	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	Zero no tsukaima	[4]
July 4 – September 19	Coyote Ragtime Show	12	ufotable	Matsuri Ouse (chief) Takuya Nonaka	Koyōte ragutaimu shō	[4]
July 4 – December 26	We Were There	26	Artland	Kōichirō Sohtome (chief) Akitaro Daichi	Bokura ga ita	[4]
July 5 – September 20	Muteki Kanban Musume	12	Telecom Animation Film	Nobuo Tomizawa	Muteki kanban musume	[4]
July 6 – September 21	Government Crime Investigation Agent Zaizen Jotaro	11	Trans Arts	Hidetoshi Ōmori	Naikaku kenryoku hanzai kyōsei torishimari-kan zaizen jōtarō	[4]
July 8 – September 30	Koi suru Tenshi Angelique	13	Satelight	Susumu Kudo	Koisuru tenshi anjerīku ~ kokoro no mezameru toki ~	[4]
July 9 – October 1	Tona-Gura!		Daume	Tatsuya Abe	Tonagura!	[4]
July 10 – December 18	Welcome to the N.H.K.	24	Gonzo	Yusuke Yamamoto	NHK ni yōkoso!	[4]
July 12 – December 20	Chocotto Sister		Nomad	Yasuhiro Kuroda	Chokotto shisutā	[4]
July 27 – October 26	Innocent Venus	12	Brain's Base	Jun Kawagoe	Inosento vu~īnasu	[4]
August 5 – October 21	Masuda Kousuke Gekijou Gag Manga Biyori 2		Artland	Akitarō Daichi	Masuda kōsuke gekijō gyagumangabiyori 2	[4]
August 6 – November 5	Kemonozume	13	Madhouse	Masaaki Yuasa	Kemonodzume	[4]
August 8 – October 31	Hanoka	12	RAMS	Aruji Morino	HANOKA ~ hanoka ~	[4]
September 8 – November 24	Black Blood Brothers		Group TAC Studio Live	Hiroaki Yoshikawa	Burakku Buraddo burazāzu	[5]
September 16 – March 24, 2007	Silk Road Shounen Yuuto	26	OLM	Tetsuro Amino	Shiruku rōdo shōnen yūto	[5]
September 18 – May 14, 2007	Pucca		Studio B Productions (2006–08) Bazooka Studio (2018–19)	Greg Sullivan Jayson Thiessen (co-director, season 2) Joon Won Lee (season 3)	Oppai shōjo puka	[5]
September 23 – March 25, 2007	Oban Star-Racers		HAL Film Maker	Savin Yeatman-Eiffel Thomas Romain	Ōban sutār-ēsāzu	[5]
October 2 – December 25	Galaxy Angel Rune	13	Satelight	Seiji Kishi	Gyarakushī enjeru ~ n	[5]
	Marginal Prince		Tokyo Kids	Takayuki Inagaki	Mājinaru purinsu - gekkeiju no ōjitachi -	[5]
October 2 – March 26, 2007	La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo	25	Yumeta Company	Kōjin Ochi	Kin'iro no koruda ~ primo passo ~	[5]
October 3 – December 19	Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage	12	Madhouse	Sunao Katabuchi	BLACK LAGOON: The Second Barrage	[5]
	Lovely Idol		AIC ASTA TNK	Keitaro Motonaga	Rabudoru ~ raburī Idol ~	[5]
October 3 – March 18, 2007	Pumpkin Scissors	24	AIC Gonzo	Katsuhito Akiyama	Panpukin shizāzu	[5]
October 3 – April 3, 2007	Tokimeki Memorial Only Love	25	AIC ASTA	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Tokimeki memoriaru onrī rabu	[5]
October 3 – September 30, 2008	D.Gray-man	103	TMS Entertainment	Nana Harada (chief) (89 episodes) Osamu Nabeshima	Dī gureiman	[5]
October 4 – March 14, 2007	Red Garden	22	Gonzo	Kou Matsuo	Reddo gāden	[5]
October 4 – March 28, 2007	Ghost Hunt	25	J.C.Staff	Akira Mano	Gōsuto hanto	[5]
	Negima!?	26	GANSIS Shaft	Shin Ōnuma (chief) Akiyuki Shinbo	Negima!?	[5]
	Shōnen Onmyōji		Studio Deen	Kunihiro Mori	Wakaki onmyōji	[5]
	The Wallflower	25	Nippon Animation	Shinichi Watanabe	Yamato nadeshiko shichihenge	[5]
October 4 – June 27, 2007	Death Note	37	Madhouse	Tetsurō Araki	Desu nōto	[5]
October 5 – December 21	Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na	12	Daume	Masahiko Ohta	Yoake mae yori ruriiro na - kuresento rabu -	[5]
October 5 – January 11, 2007	Sasami Magical Girls Club 2	13	AIC Spirits	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Sasami ☆ mahō shōjo kurabu shīzun 2	[5]
October 5 – March 15, 2007	Fist of the Blue Sky	22	APPP	Mihiro Yamaguchi	Sōten' no kobushi	[5]
October 5 – March 29, 2007	Buso Renkin	26	Xebec	Takao Kato	Musō renkin	[5]
October 5 – March 29, 2007	The Galaxy Railways: Crossroads to Eternity	24	Planet	Tsuneo Tominaga	Ginga tetsudō monogatari ~ eien e no bunkiten ~	[5]
October 5 – March 29, 2007	Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars	25	OLM	Hiroyuki Kakudō	Sūpā robotto taisen OG - dibain uōzu -	[5]
October 5 – October 11, 2007	Artificial Insect KABUTO BORG Victory by Victory	52	G&G Entertainment	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Jinzō konchū kabutobōgu V×V	[5]
October 6 – December 22	009-1	12	Ishimori Entertainment	Naoyuki Konno	Zero zero nain wan	[5]
	Gift: Eternal Rainbow		OLM	Shigeru Kimiya	Gifuto ~ eternal rainbow	[5]
	Gin'iro no Olynssis		Toei Animation	Katsumi Tokoro	Gin'iro no orinshisu TOKITO	[5]
	Happiness!		Artland	Hiroshi Hara	Wa pinesu!	[5]
	Living for the Day After Tomorrow		J.C.Staff	Katsushi Sakurabi	Asatte no hōkō.	[5]
October 6 – March 16, 2007	Kanon	24	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara	Kanon (2006)	[5]
	Sumomomo Momomo	22	Studio Hibari	Nobuaki Nakanishi	Sumomo mo momo mo 〜 chijō saikyō no yome 〜	[5]
October 6 – March 30, 2007	Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o!	24	Zexcs	Itsuro Kawasaki	Mamoru-kun' ni megami no shukufuku wo	[5]
October 6 – July 29, 2007	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion	25	Sunrise	Gorō Taniguchi	Kōdo giasu: hangyaku no rurūshu	[5]
October 7 – December 23	Kujibiki Unbalance	12	Ajia-do	Tsutomu Mizushima	Kuji-biki ♥ anbaransu	[5]
October 7 – March 31, 2007	Ghost Slayers Ayashi	25	Bones	Hiroshi Nishikiori	Tienbao ueiuen yaokishi	[5]
October 7 – April 7, 2007	Hell Girl: Two Mirrors	26	Studio Deen	Takahiro Omori	Djigoku shōjo futagomori	[5]
October 7 – September 29, 2007	Pururun! Shizuku-chan	51	TMS Entertainment	Atsushi Yano	Pururun~tsu! Shizuku-chan	[5]
October 7 – October 27, 2007	Mega Man Star Force	55	Xebec	Takao Kato	Ryūsei no rokkuman	[5]
October 7 – September 25, 2010	Reborn!	203	Artland	Kenichi Imaizumi	Kateikyōshi Hittoman ribon!	[5]
October 8 – December 24	Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru	12	feel.	Munenori Nawa	Otome wa boku ni koishiteru	[5]
October 8 – September 30, 2007	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	50	TMS Entertainment	Hajime Kamegaki	Shijō saikyō no deshi Ken'ichi	[5]
October 13 – December 22	Hataraki Man	11	Gallop	Katsumi Ono	Hataraki man	[5]
October 15 – December 31	Bartender		Palm Studio	Masaki Watanabe	Bātendā	[5]
October 15 – September 30, 2007	Happy Lucky Bikkuriman	46	Toei Animation	Gō Koga	Iwai! (Hapi ☆ raki) Bikkuriman	[5]
October 16 – February 5, 2008	Kekkaishi	52	Sunrise	Kenji Kodama	Ketsukaishi	[5]
November 2 – February 15, 2007	Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry	13	Studio Fantasia	Tetsuya Watanabe	Sōkō no sutorein	[5]
November 12 – February 18, 2007	Tokyo Tribes		Madhouse	Tatsuo Satō	TOKYO TRIBE 2	[5]

Original net animations

A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
June 16 – March 2, 2007	Flag	13	The Answer Studio	Ryousuke Takahashi (chief) Kazuo Terada	Furaggu	[4]
July 10	Hoshizora Kiseki	1	CoMix Wave Films	Akio Watanabe Toshikazu Matsubara	Hoshizora kiseki	[4]
July 14 – September 29	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer	3	Sunrise	Susumu Nishizawa	Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer	[4]
September 29 – February 23, 2007	Kimi ga Nozomu Eien: Ayu Mayu Gekijou	7	Picture Magic	Satoshi Saga	Ayu mayu gekijō	[4]

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
January 12 – July 20	Gunparade Orchestra OVA	3	Brain's Base		Ganparēdo ōkesutora	[2]
January 18	Beyond the Train Tracks	1	Directions, Inc.	Tayuta Mikage	Tetsuro no kanata	[2]
January 22	Hellsing: Digest for Freaks		Satelight	Hideki Tonokatsu	HELLSING I OVA DIGEST FOR FREAKS	[2]
January 27	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven		Production I.G	Kenji Kamiyama	Kōkaku kidōtai S. A. C. 2 Nd gigu kojin irebun	[2]
February 10 – December 26, 2012	Hellsing Ultimate	10	Graphinica Madhouse Satelight	Hiroyuki Tanaka (eps 5-7) Kenichi Suzuki (eps 9-10) Tomokazu Tokoro (eps 1-4) Yasuhiro Matsumura (eps 8, 10)	HELLSING OVA	[2]
February 22	Jinki: Extend	1	feel.		Jinki ekusutendo dai 13-wa 'sore kara'	[2]
March 15	Detective Conan: Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid!		TMS Entertainment	Masato Sato	Meitantei konan: kieta daiya o oe! Konan, Heiji vs kiddo!	[2]
March 20	Magical Witch Punie-Chan	4	Diomedéa	Tsutomu Mizushima	Dai mahō-tōge	[2]
March 22	Ar Tonelico: The Girl Who Sings at the End of the World	1	Trans Arts	Ken Ando	Aru toneriko sekai no owari de utai tsudzukeru shōjo	[2]
March 23 – May 31	Cream Lemon: New Generation	4	Radix	Naruyo Takahashi	Kuryimu remon nyū jenerēshon	[2]
March 24	Sin in the Rain	1	Mook Animation	Hitoshi Haga	sin in the rain	[2]
	TANK S.W.A.T. 01		DOGA Productions	Romanov Higa	Keisatsu sensha-tai	[2]
March 24 – March 21, 2007	Today in Class 5-2	4	Lilix Shinkuukan	Makoto Sokuza	Kyō no go no ni	[2]
March 24 – March 23, 2007	The Prince of Tennis: National Championship Chapter	13	M.S.C	Shunsuke Tada	Tenisu no ōjisama Original vuideo Animation zenkoku taikai-hen	[2]
March 29	Memories Off #5 Togireta Film The Animation	1	Doga Kobo	Tarou Iwasaki	Memorīzu ofu# 5 togireta firumu the animēshon	[2]
	Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection	3	Bones	Seiji Mizushima	Hagane no renkinjutsushi puremiamu korekushon	[2]
March 31	Haru no Ashioto The Movie: Ourin Dakkan	1	Asahi Production		Harunoashioto The movuie – ōrin dakkan	[2]
April 26 – August 25	Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079	3	Sunrise	Takashi Imanishi	Kidō senshi Gandamu MS igurū - mokushiroku 0079 -	[3]
April 28 – May 26	Angel's Feather	2	Venet	Yasuhiro Kuroda	Enjeru zufeza	[3]
April 28 – July 28	Honey x Honey Drops		Radix	Mitsuhiro Tougou	Mitsu × mitsu doroppusu	[3]
July 21 – October 25	UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 4: Banquet of Time, Dreams, and Galaxies		TNK	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Enban kōjo waruki ~yu ̄re-ji to yume to ginga no utage	[4]
July 26	Pinky Street		Gonzo	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Pinkī sutorīto	[4]
	Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams	1		Kouichi Kimura	Nyū onitake-sha DAWN OF DREAMS THE sutōrī	[4]
August 1	Fantascope: Tylostoma		Toei Animation		Fantascope~tylostoma~	[4]
	Gendai Kibunroku Kaii Monogatari				Gendai 畸聞-Roku kaii monogatari	[4]
	Joseito			Shutaro Oku	On'na seito	[4]
	Maihime				Maihime	[4]
	Neko Machi				Neko machi	[4]
	Tsuyu no Hito Shizuku				Tsuyu no hito shizuku ~'ueda shōji' no shashin sekai o samayō ~	[4]
	You Shoumei Bijutsukan Line				Yōshōmei bijutsukan LINE	[4]
	Zakuro Yashiki				Zakuro yashiki	[4]
August 24 – March 23, 2007	Kikoushi Enma	4	Brain's Base	Mamoru Kanbe	Gōsuto masutā baru rogu	[4]
August 25	Sky Girls OVA	1	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	Sukai gāruzu	[4]
	Fushigiboshi no☆Futagohime Gyu! Recap			Shōgo Kōmoto	Fushigiboshi no futagohime Gyu! Supesharu gururi ☆ fushigi hoshi meguri	[4]
September 22 – October 22	Stratos 4 Advance Kanketsu-hen	2	Studio Fantasia	Takeshi Mori	Sutoratosu fō adovuansu kanketsu-hen	[4]
September 27	G-9	1	Toei Animation	Keita Amemiya	G-jiǔ	[4]
	Kaleido Star: Good da yo! Goood!!		Gonzo	Junichi Satō Yoshimasa Hiraike	Guddoda yo! Guuddo!!	[4]
October 25	Negima!? Haru Special!?		GANSIS Shaft	Akiyuki Simbo (chief) Shin Ōnuma	Negima!? Haru supesharu!?	[5]
October 27	Girl Meets Girl		Studio Hibari		Kashimashi ~ gāru mītsu gāru ~ shōjo wa shōjo ni koi o shita	[5]
October 27 – January 26, 2007	Underbar Summer	2	Rikuentai	Takahiro Okao	Andābā samā	[5]
November 10 – April 4, 2007	Baldr Force EXE Resolution	4	Trinet Entertainment Satelight	Takashi Yamazaki	Barudofōsu eguze resoryūshon	[5]
November 22	Negima!? Natsu Special!?	1	GANSIS Shaft	Akiyuki Simbo (chief) Shin Ōnuma	Negima!? Natsu supesharu!?	[5]
November 24 – August 24, 2007	My-Otome Zwei	4	Sunrise	Masakazu Obara	Dance - B HiME ZWEI	[5]
November 24 – May 23, 2008	Freedom	7		Shuhei Morita	FREEDOM	[5]
December 8	Shakugan no Shana: Koi to Onsen no Kougai Gakushuu!	1	J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe	Shakugan'no shana SP koi to onsen no kōgai gakushū!	[5]
December 22 – April 25, 2007	Genshiken	3	Ajia-do	Tsutomu Mizushima	Genshiken ovu~a	[5]
December 29 – July 25, 2007	Maria Watches Over Us 3rd	5	Studio Deen	Yukihiro Matsushita	Maria-sama ga miteru 〜 3 rd 〜	[5]
December 30 –April 25, 2007	The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet	4	Planet	Hideaki Oba	Ginga tetsudō monogatari ~ wasure rareta toki no wakusei ~	[5]

See also

• 2006 in Japanese television
• 2006 in Italian television
• 2006 in Serbia
• 2006 in animation
• 2006 in television