List of animated television series of 2012
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1949–1969 |
A list of animated television series first aired in 2012.
| Title | Episodes | Country | Year | Original Channel | Notes | Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SheZow | 26 | Australia Canada | 2012–2013 | Network Ten | Flash | |
| Teenage Fairytale Dropouts | 26 | Australia Mexico | 2012–present | Seven Network | Flash | |
| The Mysterious Cities of Gold | 26 | Belgium France | 2012–2013 | TF1 La Trois |
Traditional | |
| Pirlimpimpim | 52 | Brazil | 2012–present | Rede Globo | Flash | |
| Fugget About It | 13 | Canada | 2012–2013 | Teletoon | Traditional | |
| In the Land of Heads to Slap | 39 | Canada | 2012–present | Teletoon | Traditional | |
| Littlest Pet Shop | 78 | Canada US | 2012–present | Hub Network Discovery Family YTV |
Flash | |
| Monster Math Squad | 36 | Canada | 2012–present | CBC Television | CGI | |
| Slugterra | 35 | Canada US | 2012–2013 | Teletoon Disney XD |
CGI | |
| Boonie Bears | 200 | China | 2012–present | CCTV | CGI | |
| Zou | 36 | France | 2012–2013 | Disney Junior | CGI | |
| Dufan Defender | 26 | Indonesia | 2012–present | Ancol Dreamlight | Traditional | |
| Dinofroz | 26 | Italy | 2012 | K2 | Flash | |
| Nutri Ventures – The Quest for the 7 Kingdoms | 52 | Portugal | 2012–present | RTP 2 | Traditional | |
| Tickety Toc | 52 | South Korea | 2012–present | EBS | CGI | |
| Full English | 6 | UK | 2012 | Channel 4 | Traditional | |
| The Lingo Show | 30 | UK | 2012–present | CBeebies | Flash combined with live-action footage | |
| The Numtums | 77 | UK | 2012–2014 | CBeebies | CGI | |
| Peter Rabbit | 78 | UK US | 2012–present | CBeebies Nickelodeon |
CGI | |
| Tooned | 20 | UK | 2012–present | Sky Sports F1 | CGI | |
| Tree Fu Tom | 26 | UK | 2012 | CBeebies | CGI | |
| Accel World | 24 | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX, MBS | Anime | |
| Acchi Kocchi | 12 | Japan | 2012 | TBS | Anime | |
| Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Aikatsu! | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| AKB0048 | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Nippon Television | Anime | |
| Amagami SS+ plus | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Another | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Fuji TV | Anime | |
| Aoi Sekai no Chūshin de | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Aquarion Evol | 26 | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Sequel to Genesis of Aquarion | Anime |
| Arashi no Yoru Ni Himitsu no Tomodachi | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Bakuman 3 | 25 | Japan | 2012 | NHK | Anime | |
| BakuTech! Bakugan | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| BeyWheelz | 12 | Japan US | 2012 | Cartoon Network | Anime | |
| Binbō-gami ga! | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Black Rock Shooter | 8 | Japan | 2012 | Fuji TV | Anime | |
| Bodacious Space Pirates | 26 | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX MBS TVK |
Anime | |
| Brave 10 | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Btooom! | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Busou Shinki | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Campione! | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Chitose Get You!! | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Chō Soku Henkei Gyrozetter | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Chōyaku Hyakunin isshu: Uta Koi | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Code:Breaker | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Cross Fight B-Daman eS | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Daily Lives of High School Boys | 12 | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | |
| Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Danball Senki W | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Sequel to Danball Senki | Anime | |
| Dangerous Jii-san Ja | Japan | 2012 | Kids Station | Anime | ||
| Dog Days' | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Duel Masters Victory V | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Dusk Maiden of Amnesia | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Ebiten: Kōritsu Ebisugawa Kōkō Tenmonbu | 10 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean | 24 | Japan | 2012 | Sequel to Eureka Seven | Anime | |
| The Familiar of Zero F | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Fourth and final season | Anime | |
| Fate/Zero 2 | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Folktales from Japan | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| From the New World | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Gakkatsu! | 25 | Japan | 2012 | NHK | Anime | |
| Ginga e Kickoff!! | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Gokujo. Gokurakuin Joshi Kōryō Monogatari | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Chukyo TV | Anime | |
| Gon | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Haitai Nanafa | 13 | Japan | 2012 | QAB | Anime | |
| Hayate the Combat Butler | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| High School DxD | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Hiiro no Kakera | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Hiiro no Kakera: Dai Ni Shō | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Hyōka | 22 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere 2 | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Inazuma Eleven GO2: Chrono Stone | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Inu x Boku SS | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Ixion Saga DT | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Jewelpet Kira Deco! | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation | 26 | Japan | 2012–2013 | Adaptation of 1st 12 volumes. | Anime | |
| Jormungand | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Jormungand: Perfect Order | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Joshiraku | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| K | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Kamisama Kiss | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Kids on the Slope | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Fuji TV | Anime | |
| Kill Me Baby | 13 | Japan | 2012 | TBS | Anime | |
| Kimi to Boku 2 | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Kingdom | 38 | Japan | 2012 | NHK | Anime | |
| The Knight in the Area | 37 | Japan | 2012 | TV Asahi | Anime | |
| Kokoro Connect | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imōto ga Iru! | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead | 10 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Kuroko's Basketball | 25 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Kuromajo-san ga Toru!! | 160 | Japan | 2012–present | CITV | Anime | |
| La storia della Arcana Famiglia | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX ytv |
Anime | |
| Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne 2 | 12+1 | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX ytv |
Anime | |
| Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! | 12+1 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Little Busters! | 26 | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX tvk MBS TV Aichi BS11 |
Anime | |
| Little Charo: Tōhoku Hen | 12 | Japan | 2012 | NHK | Anime | |
| Love, Elections & Chocolate | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Lychee Light Club | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX | Anime | ||
| Medaka Box | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Medaka Box Abnormal | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Monsuno | 40 | Japan US | 2012–present | TV Tokyo Nicktoons |
Anime | |
| Moyasimon Returns | 11 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Mysterious Girlfriend X | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Natsuiro Kiseki | 12 | Japan | 2012 | MBS, TBS | Anime | |
| Natsume's Book of Friends 4 | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Fourth season | Anime | |
| Natsuyuki Rendezvous | 11 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| The New Prince of Tennis | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Nisemonogatari | 11 | Japan | 2012 | Sequel to Bakemonogatari | Anime | |
| Oda Nobuna no Yabō | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Oniichan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne! | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Oshiri Kajiri Mushi | Japan | 2012 | NHK | Anime | ||
| Ozuma | 6 | Japan | 2012 | WOWOW | Anime | |
| Paboo & Mojies | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Phi Brain: Puzzle of God 2 | 25 | Japan | 2012 | NHK | Anime | |
| Picchipichi Shizuku-chan | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Psycho-Pass | 22 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Queen's Blade Rebellion | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Recorder to Randoseru | 13 | Japan | 2012 | TV Saitama | Anime | |
| Robotics;Notes | 22 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Saint Seiya Omega | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Saki Achiga-hen Episode of Side-A | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo | 24 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Sankarea | 12 | Japan | 2012 | TBS | Anime | |
| Sengoku Collection | 26 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Shiba Inuko-san | 26 | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX | Anime | |
| Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Based on a video game | Anime | |
| Senki Zesshō Symphogear | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX | Anime | |
| Shirokuma Café | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Smile PreCure! | Japan | 2012 | TV Asahi, ABC | Ninth Pretty Cure series | Anime | |
| Space Battleship Yamato 2199 | 26 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Space Brothers | 99 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Suki-tte Ii na yo. | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Sword Art Online | 25 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Tanken Driland | Japan | 2012 | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Act 2 | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Second season | Anime | |
| Tari Tari | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Teekyū | Japan | 2012 | Tokyo MX | Anime | ||
| Thermae Romae | 6 | Japan | 2012 | Fuji TV | Anime | |
| To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Tsuritama | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Upotte!! | 10 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Waiting in the Summer | 12 | Japan | 2012 | TV Aichi, KBS | Anime | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II | Japan | 2012–present | TV Tokyo | Anime | ||
| Yurumates 3D | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Yurumates 3D Plus | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| YuruYuri 2 | 12 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Zetman | 13 | Japan | 2012 | Anime | ||
| Zetsuen no Tempest | Japan | 2012 | Anime | |||
| Ben 10: Omniverse | 80 | US | 2012–2014 | Cartoon Network | Traditional | |
| Black Dynamite | 20 | US | 2012–2015 | Adult Swim | Traditional | |
| Brickleberry | 36 | US | 2012–2015 | Comedy Central | Traditional | |
| Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot | 27 | US | 2012 | Hub Network | CGI | |
| Cartoon Planet | 52 | US | 2012–2014 | Cartoon Network | Traditional | |
| The Chica Show | 40 | US | 2012–present | Sprout/NBC Kids | Traditional | |
| Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood | 55 | US | 2012–present | PBS Kids | Traditional | |
| DC Nation Shorts | 150 | US | 2012–present | Cartoon Network | Traditional | |
| Doc McStuffins | 52 | US | 2012–present | Disney Junior | CGI | |
| DreamWorks Dragons | 48 | US | 2012–2014 | Cartoon Network | CGI | |
| Gravity Falls | 40 | US | 2012–present | Disney Channel | Traditional | |
| Guess How Much I Love You | 40 | US | 2012–present | Disney Junior | Flash | |
| The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | 90 | US | 2012–2014 | Cartoon Network | Live action and Flash | |
| Kaijudo | 52 | US | 2012–2013 | Hub Network | Traditional | |
| The Legend of Korra | 52 | US | 2012–2014 | Nickelodeon | Traditional | |
| Motorcity | 20 | US | 2012–2013 | Disney XD | Flash | |
| Napoleon Dynamite | 6 | US | 2012 | Fox | Traditional | |
| Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | 104 | US | 2012–present | Disney XD | Flash | |
| Robot and Monster | 26 | US | 2012–2014 | Nickelodeon | CGI | |
| Sofia the First | 40 | US | 2012–present | Disney Junior | CGI | |
| Tales of Friendship with Winnie the Pooh | 52 | US | 2012–present | Disney Junior | Traditional | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 52 | US | 2012–present | Nickelodeon | CGI | |
| Transformers: Rescue Bots | 52 | US | 2012–present | Hub Network Discovery Family |
Traditional | |
| Tron: Uprising | 19 | US | 2012–2013 | Disney XD | CGI | |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | 52 | US | 2012–present | Disney XD | Traditional | |
| Unsupervised | 10 | US | 2012 | FX | Flash | |
| Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures | 12 | US | 2012–2013 | Disney Channel | Flash | |
| Wild Grinders | 52 | US | 2012–present | Nicktoons | Flash |