Events in 2019 in

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. The first year of the

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Releases

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2019.

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2019.

Original net animations

A list of

original net animation An original net animation (ONA), known in Japan as , is an anime that is directly released onto the Internet. ONAs may also have been aired on television if they were first directly released on the Internet. The name mirrors original video animati ...

s that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2019.

Original video animations

A list of

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA ...

s that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2019.

Deaths

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*January 6: , 78, Japanese voice actor *January 25: Maeghan Albach, 44, American voice actress *February 1:

Kinryū Arimoto was a Japanese actor and voice actor formerly employed by Production Baobab. He also practiced kenpo, earning the black belt rank of shodan. Though his birth name was Yoshitaka, a kanji mistranslation led to his name being read as Kinryū, whi ...

, 78, Japanese voice actor *February 26: Yasuta Sato, 94, founder of

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, collaborating to ''BeyBlade'', ''Pretty Rhythm'', ''Ryukendo'' and others, *March 26:

Fuyumi Shiraishi was a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Career Fuyumi was previously affiliated with Aoni Production and after she left Aoni and joined Ken Production founded by the late Kenji Utsumi until the time of her death. Death Shiraishi di ...

, 82, Japanese voice actor, radio announcer *April 5:

Wowaka Wowaka (stylized as wowaka, ; 4 November 19875 April 2019), also known as Genjitsutouhi-P (), was a Japanese musician. Considered to be a pioneer in the Vocaloid industry, wowaka was internationally acclaimed for his musical work over a career s ...

, 31, Japanese musician; performed "Polaris", one of ending themes from anime series '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations''. *April 11:

Monkey Punch , known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Lupin III''. Life and career Katō was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido; he began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when h ...

, 81, creator of ''

Lupin III , also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsèn ...

'' *April 16:

Kiyoshi Kawakubo was a Japanese voice actor. He was from Yokohama, Japan. Kiyoshi was part of 81 Produce. __TOC__ Notable roles TV drama *''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983) (Torii Mototada) *''Dokuganryū Masamune'' (1987) (Sirakawa Yoshichika) Anime television *''3 ...

, 89, Japanese voice actor *June 10:

Yuzuru Fujimoto was a Japanese voice actor. Filmography Television animation ;1960s *'' Gigantor'' (1963) – Narrator *''Ōgon Bat'' (1967) – Narrator *'' Yōkai Ningen Bem'' (1968) – Narrator ;1970s *'' Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'' (1972) – A detec ...

, 83, Japanese voice actor *July 18: Notable people killed in the Kyoto Animation arson attack ** Naomi Ishida, 49, Japanese colorist **

Yoshiji Kigami was a Japanese animator, director and storyboarder. He started working at Shin-Ei Animation, later became part of Animaruya and then he became affiliated with Kyoto Animation. Career When he was young, Kigami was a big fan of Disney movies and ...

, 61, Japanese animator, director, and storyboarder **

Futoshi Nishiya was a Japanese animator, director and character designer. Career After graduating from a vocational college in Osaka, he began to work at Kyoto Animation. His first work as a key animator was ''Inuyasha'' in 2003 (which was contracted from S ...

, 37, Japanese animator, director, and character designer **

Yasuhiro Takemoto was a Japanese animator and television and film director. He worked at Kyoto Animation for almost his entire animation career after joining the company in 1996 until his death in 2019. Career After graduating, he entered at the prestigious Yoyo ...

, 47, Japanese director *July 28:

Yuu Shimaka was a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Production Baobab, and subsequently with Production Aigumi. He was the Japanese voice of the Disney character Goofy. Filmography Film *''Kagemusha'' (1980) – Hara Jingorō #2 Television an ...

, 70, Japanese voice actor *August 3: , 86, Japanese animator *August 31:

Michael Lindsay Michael Lindsay (May 9, 1963 – August 31, 2019) was an American voice actor who worked largely in anime, credited often as Dylan Tully. His most prominent roles were Kisuke Urahara in ''Bleach'', Kankuro in ''Naruto'', Greymon and Joe Kido in ...

, 56, American voice actor

Notes

References

External links

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