The official website for the Pokémon anime franchise revealed on Monday that the first movie based on the Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! series will be titled Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Victini to Kuroki Eiyū (Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Victini and the Dark Hero). The website had already revealed in October that the first Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! film will open in Japan next summer.

The staff of the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise confirmed on November 23 that the second anime film will be called Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's, but added that it will not open until 2012. The confirmation came during the Lyrical Party IV event that day, and Gakken's Megami Magazine also discusses the news in the current issue. The retailer Mangaoh had already revealed in October that the "Lyrical Party IV" event would announce a second theatrical film and second game for the franchise.