Portal:Anime and manga/Anniversaries/May/May 22

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 Births
 * 2005 – The Snow Queen begins airing on NHK
 * 2011 – Everyday Mum finishes airing on TV Tokyo
 * 1960 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese animation and film director and co-founder of Gainax