Here's your complete guide to Fall 2009 anime (October - December). Every TV series, movie, and OVA from the season, sorted by what the community rated highest.
Thwarted again by Naraku, Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, and their friends must continue their hunt for the few remaining Shikon Jewel shards, lest they fully form into a corrupted jewel at the hands of Naraku. But Naraku has plans of his own to acquire them, and will destroy...
Upon hearing news that islands in East Blue are being destroyed, Monkey D. Luffy and his crew go to investigate. On their way, however, an outlandish pirate ship appears out of the sky, helmed by the infamous pirate Shiki "the Golden Lion"—a man who ate the Float-Float Fruit and...
Known for her semblance to the Sadako character of The Ring series, Sawako Kuronuma is given the nickname "Sadako" and misunderstood to be frightening and malicious like her fictional counterpart, despite having a timid and sweet nature. Longing to make friends and live a normal...
The friendly and sincere Kobato Hanato has a wish to go to a particular place no matter what. To fulfill this desire, she is tasked with helping people in their times of distress. For each mended broken heart, a small candy-like fragment is produced and fills a special bottle....
The world of psychology is far from strange to the unusual Dr. Ichirou Irabu, a resident psychiatrist of Irabu General Hospital. He and his charming nurse Mayumi run through several patients, each suffering from a mental illness that harms their everyday life. Patients should...
Aside from her deep passion for eating cakes, the clumsy Ichigo Amano has never been successful at anything. After an encounter with Henri Lucas, a famous patissier, Ichigo's amazing tasting abilities—although unbeknownst to her—are discovered. Recognizing her talent, Henri...
The second season of Tentai Senshi Sunred.
Half retelling of the original Frontier series, half new story. Conspiracies arise within the Frontier government when Sheryl Nome arrives to the colonial fleet for her concert and is soon marked as a spy for Galaxy while childhood friends, Alto Saotome and Ranka Lee both try to...
A new Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OVA.
The student-filled Academy City is at the forefront of scientific advancement and home to the esper development program. The seven "Level 5" espers are the most powerful in Academy City, and ranked third among them is middle schooler Mikoto Misaka, an electricity manipulator...
Professor Hershel Layton—renowned archaeologist, puzzle-solver, and extraordinary gentleman—and his young aspiring apprentice Luke Triton receive a mysterious letter from his former student Janice Quatlane containing tickets to an opera at the Crown Petone. They soon discover...
1. Ningen Shikkaku 2. Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita 3. Kokoro 4. Hashire, Melos! 5. Kumo no Ito 6. Jigokuhen
Gauche Suede is highly respected among the Letter Bees—a government organization that delivers written messages to even the most remote locations. However, the Amberground, the land Gauche must traverse, is blanketed in a constant twilight and home to monsters known as Gaichuu....
In the enchanted Kingdom of Fiore, the lively Lucy Heartfilia has one wish: to join the renowned Fairy Tail—one of the many magical wizard guilds scattered around the continent. Luckily, a chance encounter with Natsu Dragneel, the "Salamander" of Fairy Tail, whisks her into the...
Ten years after the Great War against the demon-beasts, the empire rules over the world and prosperity relies on the massive use of aer. Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo are two young men who have just enrolled the ranks of the prestigious Imperial Knights. One day, they are sent to...
Condensed version of both the first and second seasons of Gundam 00 featuring some new animated sequences and some partially re-recorded dialogue.
After preventing Japan's destruction, Akira Takizawa made one final request to become the "King of Japan," before he erased his memories once again and disappeared. Leaving Saki Morimi with his cellphone, the only clue she has in regards to Akira's whereabouts is the message,...
A compilation film of four episodes of the Madhouse Aoi Bungaku Series anime, adapting Osamu Dazai's classic literary novel, No Longer Human. The film follows the story of Yozo Oba, a troubled man who is isolated, pretends to be cheerful, and descends into alcoholism and drug...
One night, as meteors streak across the star-studded sky, Shion Pavlichenko becomes a Contractor. Despite her brother's transformation, Shion's twin sister Suou continues to live a fairly ordinary life, attending middle school with her friends and getting caught up in the...
Find out what happens when Yuji accidentally triggers a found Treasure Tool while it's pointed at Shana! Then, Yuji teams up with Wilhelmina to stalk their fiery friend—whose secrecy has become unsettling. Finally, in a two-part special, Shana tracks a Denizen's trail by sorting...
Imagine living life as the vice president of the student council, passing the days eating snacks, playing games, and bonding with a harem of beautiful girls. This is exactly the kind of life that high school student Ken Sugisaki leads, or so he thinks! Usually, the officers of...
Based on the Korean drama of the same name, Yoo Jin falls in love with Joon Sang as a young girl. After losing him in an accident, she decides to marry her childhood friend. However, Yoo Jin meets someone looking exactly like her lost love, putting her in a bind.
In 2039, helper androids are widespread as general purpose electronics. Keiichiro lost his family in a traffic accident and retired from his band. One day, he finds an android of an old model in a garbage dump. He takes her home, but after taking her to a repair shop he was...
The summer of a man's boyhood memories continue. Still on the cusp between childhood and being a man, he has linked with the ghost of a young woman from the World War 2 era. She, and the ghosts of other young ladies from that time, continue adventures alongside their linked...
TV Asahi announced a new kids anime "Kaidan Restaurant (Thriller Restaurant)" based on a picture book. Each episode will consist of three stories or "dishes": the appetizer, the main dish, and dessert. The first two "dishes" will deal with an ordinary sixth-grade schoolgirl...
Following the first season, Tomoharu is now faced with a dilemma: if he doesn't form a contract with an "akuma," he risks losing his dear friend Takatsuki. However, doing so would compromise his own existence as it would result in him and his ghost friend Misao becoming an Asura...
Ever since he was a child, Tomoki Sakurai has always woke up with tears after a dream of an angel. His childhood friend Sohara Mitsuki worries about this and decides to seek the help of Eishirou Sugata, an eccentric sky maniac. He concludes that Tomoki's dream is undoubtedly...
While searching for a run-away cat the twins Riko and Rimu Mikogami find a strange device that transforms them into "Kirumin." It also enables them to turn into real animals. Their older sister Nagisa soon joins them. Now the three have cute, funny and sometimes dangerous...
Haruka's manga and anime hobby is still concealed by her dear friend Yuuto, but Yuuto's other female friend starts to feel affection and attraction towards him, so a feelings war begins among their circle of friends. Meanwhile Yuuto tries to make Haruka happy doing what she...
In a world where dead people turn into books and are stored in the Bantorra Library where anyone who reads a book can learn their past, Bantorra Library is maintained by Armed Librarians who wield psychic powers and their enemy is a religious society known as Sindeki Kyoudan.
Junpei Kousaka is a second-year high school student who has an allergy for cats—a predicament that has made him hate cats and everything related to them. Unfortunately for him, though, he is surrounded by cat lovers: his family, his estranged childhood friend, and even his crush...
Dan Bashin is a spirited teenager known for his aggressive playstyle in the card game Battle Spirits, earning him the title of "Clash King." One day, a mysterious green-haired girl transports him to the otherworldly land of "Grand Rolo," where disputes are settled by card duels....
Murasame Sumika is popular in the high school for her excellence in the marks and sports. However, she has a secret: she is in love with her classmate Kazama Ushio. Ushio also has a liking to the love between girls, but she hasn't noticed Sumika's feelings and has always been...
Extra short anime featuring Holo from BD volumes 1 and 2.
An OVA bundled with the limited edition of the tankobon of the Kyou no Go no Ni manga. The staff and the cast of the OVA are the same as those of the Kyou no Go no Ni TV anime.
Halo Legends features seven different stories set in the Halo universe, each made by a different studio. The Babysitter follows the Helljumpers, Orbital Drop Shock Troopers who are sent behind enemy lines to perform an assassination. The Duel features the tale of an ancient...
A crisis is approaching Earth with the expansion of a moving black hole, in the year 2220. A plan is devised to move over 300-million people from Earth. When the latest transportation fleet is attacked, Space Battleship Yamato comes to its defense, the ship is now commanded by...
Special shown at the Jump Super Anime Tour in 2009. In a world where the taste and texture of food is extremely important, there exist individuals known as Bishoku-ya (luxury food providers) who specialize in the acquisition of rare ingredients and animals. Toriko is one of...
Short episode bundled with the limited edition release of "Bungaku Shoujo" Minarai no, Shoushin.
Twenty-five years after Éclair and Lumière, (from the flagship Kiddy Grade series), rescued the galaxy from destruction's doorstep, the GTO (Galactic Trade Organization), created after the defeat of the GOTT (Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs), act on behalf of...
Shana-tan specials bundled with the Shakugan no Shana S Blu-ray and DVD. Episodes #1: Shakugan no Shana-tan G #2: Shakugan no Shana-tan 2dos #3: Shakugan no Shana-tan 3tri #4: Shakugan no Shana-tan FRONTIER
Mini Theater 1 Seishun Academy faces off against Rikkai University-Affiliated Middle School in an unofficial rematch. Instead of playing tennis, the players end up getting distracted by a game of Acchi Muite Poi and a battle between whose data is superior. Mini Theater 2...
Half a year after the battle in Okinawa, Excel was looking for a new Mototsumitama to revenge on Reishin. Excel met Mikami and decided to contract with her. Before making the contract, Excel looked back at the encounter with Steiner.
The operation to find a missing person goes awry when Kakashi Hatake falls victim to a suspicious trap and gets separated from his students Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno. To make matters worse, the trio is ambushed by mysterious ninjas who capture Sakura,...
Special omake episodes from the Blu-Ray releases, showing the heroines and foes in funny, uncommon situations.
The second season of White Album, also known as episodes 14-26.
Kazamatsuri Touma's favourite quiet cafe — where she reads recently bought books — will soon close, so she and Kageyama Torako look for another quiet place for Touma to read. Torako suggests the cake cafe nearby. And as it turns out the two girls really love the European cakes...
Saint Lily Gakuen no Himitsu episodes bundled with the Blu-ray editions.
During a slumber party Love comes across her old stuffed rabbit Usapyon. An abandoned toy seeking vengeance has taken over The Land of Toys and he's began to steal toys from all over. Its up to Pretty Cure to stop him and protect the feelings of children everywhere! (Source:...
After overcoming the threat of the Easter Corporation, Amu Hinamori and the Seiyo Academy Guardians return to their council duties, eliminating any stray X Eggs they find along the way. With four of the five members graduating this year, the state of next year's Guardians...
Tomoe Shiro, a formidable racer with a very promising career, experiments a U-turn when a serious accident puts his life at stake. He recovers miraculously though when his heart is replaced with the engine of his own racing car. However, because of that very reason, race...
The stories will follow the daily lives of the Tamagotchi and feature new characters and settings. (Source: ANN)
The cast of Baka to Test all get together and tell us what Christmas means to them. Joy!
Everyone handles rejection in their own way. But when Takashi turns down Fumiko's confession, the young schoolgirl unleashes her frustrations on a fanatical sprint through the neighborhood. However, a single misstep sends her soaring, and things go downhill from there... ...
The Rikkai University-Affiliated Middle School's Boys' Tennis Team stumbles upon a strange bottle. Inside, a cryptic message asks for the recipient to add another item to the bottle and toss it back into the river. Having broken the container to read the note, the team puts it...
Based on the Korean drama television series about the love between two childhood friends and the tragic events that happen. In terms of the timeline of the Winter Sonata series, it belongs in the time gap midway through episode 21. (Source: Frostii Subs)
Two short "skit-type" anime: Episode 1: "Meii Jade? (Great Doctor Jade?)" Episode 2: "Goshujin-sama to Maid (Master and Maid)"
Another version of Miracle Train: Chuo-sen e Youkoso. The first version of the Miracle Train project focused on the stations of the central Chuo line, while the new anime and related stories deal with the Oedo subway line. As a result, the anime will feature a newer cast of...
Because the Demon World Tournament winner has requested it, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama get together in front of an audience for each of them to record a morning and evening greeting. The problem is how to get Hiei to do the same.
Based on the Russian "national character" Cheburashka. The character comes from Eduard Uspensky's story about a mysterious creature who gets accidentally transported in a box of oranges to Russia.
Waking up transformed into a beautiful girl might be the stuff of some guys' fantasies, but when the suddenly effeminatized Natsuru is informed by a stuffed tiger that he's now a Kampfer, a mystical fighter who has to fight other Kampfers in female form, his life becomes a...
Elliptical Orbit: Fifteen years after its last contact with our world, a space freighter known as the Flying Dutchman requests permission to dock at a remote moon base. This mysterious ship carries liquid protons: a power source essential to the survival of Earth’s population....
DVD and BD specials of Umineko no Naku Koro ni containing the parody dubbing by the original cast.
Preview for Hanamaru Kindergarten with a few scenes not included (or different) in the anime.
The second season of Stitch!, episode numbers continue from 27.
Recap of Hidamari Sketch x 365 series included on the limited edition DVD "Hidamari Sketch Fan Disc / Mousugu! Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆".
DVD/Blu-ray specials of Umi Monogatari.
Komaneko is a female kitten who lives with her grandfather in their mountain home, where Komaneko loves to make handicraft. Komaneko is looking forward to Christmas when she can see her papa and mama, and an early present arrives at her home. The present is a cute doll, but...
Comedy anime about the generation gaps. The three main characters represent the major generations of Japanese; Yutori (teenagers), Tsumekomi (20-30s) and Dankai (middle age). Tsumekomi-chan is an office worker in a toy company and supervises the part-time working student...
In the city of Salta, a place where the sun never shines, a community of vampires lives. Hipira is a little vampire who lives the life of a typical boy, attending school and dealing with bullies along the way. However, he also has a soft spot for exploring, playing pranks on...
The members of Ohka-kai heard of a rumor of an equipment called "kondara" (Japanese slang of a roller used to level the ground), which is essential to baseball. As they discuss what a Kondara is, the hot debate goes causes the excited members to get confused. Finally, Koume...
Seven years ago, Kakeru Satsuki lost his only family left after witnessing his sister's suicide, and ended up at an orphanage. Now in high school, everything seems to be going well for Kakeru. Until one day, during an outing with his best friend Yuka Minase, the sky suddenly...
OVA added to new PSP game Tokimeki Memorial 4.
The Media Factory mascot character franchise revolves around a male rabbit that transforms into Usaru-san by wearing a monkey costume and eating bananas. The title “Usaru-san” is a portmanteau of “usagi” (rabbit) and “saru” (monkey). (Source: AniDB)
Chacha Kenomoto wants nothing more than to be an ordinary high schooler, but she is hiding a secret—she can speak to cats. Often crass and rude, the cats around the neighborhood enjoy disrupting Chacha's day by following her everywhere she goes. While Chacha struggles to dodge...
The story of the manga centers on four classmates who just entered the same junior high school together. On the first day of school, a boy named Hikaru Suzuki sees a talented girl named Sayaka performing lines from a drama on the school's rooftop, and he cannot take his eyes off...
17-year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Since that incident, Sayako...
Animated 3D movie based on a bestseller picture book by Agawa Hiroyuki, illustrated by Okabe Fuyuhiko and published in 1959 by Iwanami Shoten Publishing.
The mysterious alter ego of Amuro gets sent to the first Gundam verse. There she meets Mobile Suit Gundam protagonist Amuro Ray and a battle ensues.
The story follows Neri Ooishi, a high school girl who is a talented volleyball player. She once was the captain of an elementary school team that went all the way to the national tournament. However, she spent three years as an alternate at a junior high school renowned for its...
Music video of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody featuring Matsumoto Leiji's manga "Gin no Koshika."
Promo-like shorts, featuring Maria as a magical knight.
The second season of Eagle Talon.
A comedy anime about the life of Machiko, a sheep girl who lives in the Champs-Élysées shopping district.
Shoujo Byou (少女病) doujin musical group's Souhaku Shisuferia CD single included a music video DVD with original animation.
A girl catches a mysterious cat creature in her bucket. Soon a monster attacks her and the creature envelops her like a power suit in order to fight.
Short film by Takashi Ohashi, creatively depicting a musical score as it plays out.
A metaphorical poetry song about the real-life wish of a 15-year-old girl with a terminal illness. She was supposed to have died at the age of 10 but kept fighting to stay alive. The band Indigo Blue who made this song in her honor never had a chance to meet her directly while...
A very special episode included with the Blu-ray release. The Entrails Animals and Akane discuss philosophical topics such as existence, purpose, and low-quality merchandise.
A music video created by married artist unit Uruma Delvi about a stray dog named Shokichi.
Music video for Kenshi Yonezu's song Clock Lock Works animated by Minakata Laboratory.
Official music video for Rise by the band Fact. It was included on their 2nd full length album named after themselves, released on April 14, 2009. The album had a world-wide release but in Japan it was under the "maximum10" record label. The song also received a Steve Aoki Remix...
A short in which a student named Ai meets an alien with a time machine. Ai also appears in the short Kobe to Watashi.
The Peeping Life comedy anime series spawned five shorts for Japanese theaters. Each of the five shorts was running on the lobby monitors in T-Joy's theater chain for two weeks before being replaced by the next short. In Tokyo's Shinjuku Wald 9 cinema complex the shorts were run...
An introduction web episode to Cofun Gal no Coffy Campus Life while also covering the main cast and characters of the previous season. This episode was also included in Cofun Gal no Coffy Campus Life's DVD release.
Music video by Yoriko Mizushiri for the song Umi by Japanese band Kuchiroro that was featured on their sixth album "everyday is a symphony".
The series of comedy shorts is set in New York in the future, when plants and dinosaurs have overrun the city. Yans and Gans are carnivorous dinosaurs who spend their days scaring and hunting down the herbivore dinosaurs.
A small flower gives birth to an unknown creature with an unexpected urge to eat, but it will soon end where it started off.
A short made for the stage event BIBLO held by the University of Tokyo, to be preformed by the dance group WISH. Though the director states that the performance will be slightly different from the animated video.
Due to a sponsor issue, Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume Countdown had a Suntory designated advertising campaign that was posted online the same day as it aired on TV Asahi's airing of the main anime (but not for any other TV channel). The ads were also included on the DVD release of...
Saigo no Shudan's earliest work, it is a commercial for Adobe's Student and Teacher Edition software. Though it is unknown if Saigo no Shudan created it as an example for their portfolio or if Adobe actually paid for their animation services.
An anthology work produced by the Japan Animation Association for their Into Animation 5 festival held at the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse.
Japan's TV Asahi network will premiere a television anime adaptation of Tetsu Adachi's Baka-Kyoudai (Idiotic Siblings) manga under the title Gokyoudai Monogatari (Sibling Stories) on October 10. The original manga has been running on an irregular schedule in Kodansha's Young...
Kotatsu Neko is based on a "live-action science-fiction/fantasy romance" film of the same name which was released in Japan in 2006. The story is set in a certain neighborhood of Tokyo where two cats live under a kotatsu. Shito is a girlish white cat, while Zero is a cool black...
A mobile phone TV show broadcasted on Bee TV. The anime is most notable for its entire cast being voiced by seiyuu Sawashiro Miyuki, who plays every single character, from male to female and from human to non-human.
A comedy about three part time workers in a little convenience store and the zany customers they come in contact with. Based on the Webtoon by Ji Kang-Min.
Kamiusagi Rope and TOHO Cinemas collaboration episodes that were released online only.
The sequel to Cofun Gal no Coffy (TV), it takes place 3 year later via a college campus life comedy about 20-year-old college student Coffy, her boyfriend Nintoku-kun, her childhood friend Daniel, her love rival Dorothy, and Okehazama-sensei, who quit being a teacher and became...
A cartoon by CHUN Gye-young, which was one of the most popular cartoons in the late 1990’s, is made into an animation after 8 years of work. The film’s leading characters, with appearances typical for girls’ cartoons, are already popular as various licensed products. Four...
Hwang Soon-bok is a father of four who isn’t gifted with great looks. He likes to make plans on family occasions which, in most cases, end in disaster. His wife, Koh Young-sook, is a nice-looking lady with bit of a temper. And, there are three daughters and a son who got their...
Eddie is a frog who loves basketball. He tries to teach fellow kids how to play and tries to use his court skills off the court and gets mixed results.
Nalong, Ukkya, and Longman have teamed up to defend the Earth from alien invaders who are here to pollute the environment! Lulu forest is no longer the main threatened area as the trio travels the world and helps out other animals in need.
Takara Tomy's popular doll "Licca-chan" got it's own animation "Licca-chan and the Magical World" produced by DLE Inc. This time the theme is a telephone, based on Licca-chan's (Rika-chan's) phone, and the story has elements that capture the girls' hearts such as Magic and...
What if the boogie monster was a kaijuu? What if the kaijuu was here to keep you company? Well that's what Ken gets when a kaijuu comes out of his closet door.
Having not only a narrator that enhances the educational aspect of the show, it also stars "super" seven heroes based on the five physical senses in addition to the two mental senses (nonsense and common sense). Noonbory (the main character) is considered to have the ability for...
Full CG anime series based on artist Karoku-Kobo's series of Kokekko-san picture books. The story about the daily life of Kokekko-san, a motherly egg with chicken features that raises her chicks. Each episode is a 2-part story. (Source: AniDB)
In the city of Megalopolis, six dinosaurs are thawed out in the basement of the museum when young aspiring paleontologist and technological genius Edgar Chudley accidentally causes a city wide blackout. One year later, Edgar discovers that four of the dinos have been living in...
A Shiga prefecture promotional anime. It stars a superhero named Shigutsman, a portmanteau of "shiga" prefecture, "guts," and "man" who lives in Shiga prefecture with other superheroes. Because there is so much peace, the superheroes don't have much to do besides go to community...
Short Flash Transformers Series created by Seo-Ro Oh (오서로, Osro).
A video game nerd must beat through the game in order to time travel and meet his ex-girlfriend once more before they were apart. (Source: IMDb)
A Christmas short film by Tarafu Otani about a moldy mandarin.
Based on community ratings, InuYasha: The Final Act is the highest-rated anime from Fall 2009 with a score of 8.20. Other top picks include One Piece Film: Strong World and Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You.
There are 137 anime from the Fall 2009 season tracked on MyAnimePulse, including 46 TV series, 20 movies, and 32 OVA/ONAs.
The fall anime season covers October - December. Most new anime in this season begin airing in October.
