Portal:Anime and manga/Anniversaries/May/May 22
Manga serialization
- 2005 – Kodomo no Jikan by Kaworu Watashiya begins serialization in Comic High!
- 2009 – Hitohira by Izumi Kirihara finishes serialization in Comic High!
- 2009 – Shitsurakuen by Tōru Naomura begins serialization in Monthly Gangan Wing
Television series and specials
- 2005 – The Snow Queen begins airing on NHK
- 2011 – Everyday Mum finishes airing on TV Tokyo
Births
- 1960 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese animation and film director and co-founder of Gainax