The events of 2000 in anime.

Years in anime: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Centuries: 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Events

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In this year, 124 anime television programs were produced.[1]

Accolades

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At the Mainichi Film Awards, Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections won the Animation Film Award and Blood: The Last Vampire won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. The Old Man and the Sea won the Grand prix du court métrage at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

Releases

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Films

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A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2000.

Release date Title Studio Director(s) Running time (minutes)
February 5 A.LI.CE GAGA Communications, Inc. Kenichi Maejima 85
March 4 One Piece: The Movie Toei Animation Junji Shimizu 50
March 4 Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections Toho Company Ayumu Watanabe 27
March 4 Digimon: The Movie Toei Animation Mamoru Hosoda 41
March 11 Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King Shin-Ei Animation Tsutomu Shibayama 91
March 22 Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes TMS Entertainment Kenji Kodama 100
April 22 Crayon Shin-chan: Jungle That Invites Storm Shin-Ei Animation Keiichi Hara 88
June 3 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Production I.G Hiroyuki Okiura 102
June 24 Escaflowne Sunrise

Bones

Kazuki Akane 97
July 8 Pokemon Movie 03: Kesshoutou no Teiou Entei OLM Kunihiko Yuyama 73
July 15 Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card Madhouse Morio Asaka 82
July 22 The Boy Who Saw the Wind Brain's Base Kazuki Ōmori 97
August 25 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Madhouse Yoshiaki Kawajiri 102
October 7 Reign: The Conqueror Madhouse Rintaro

Yoshinori Kanemori

101
October 21 Ah! My Goddess: The Movie AIC Hiroaki Gouda 106
November 18 Blood: The Last Vampire Production I.G Hiroyuki Kitakubo 48
December 21 Rokumon Tengai Mon Colle Knights Movie: Densetsu no Fire Dragon Studio Deen Yasunao Aoki 32

Television series

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A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2000.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director(s) Original title
January 3December 28, 2001 Popee the Performer 39 Zuiyo Ryuuji Masuda POPEE the ぱフォーマー POPEE the pafōmā
January 5March 22 Boogiepop Phantom 12 Madhouse Takashi Watanabe ブギーポップは笑わない Boogiepop Phantom: Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai Boogiepop Phantom
January 10December 25 Mon Colle Knights 51 Studio Deen Yasunao Aoki 六門天外モンコレナイト Rokumon Tengai Mon Kore Naito
January 20March 27 Candidate for Goddess 12 Xebec Mitsuru Hongo 女神候補生 Megami Kōhosei
January 26April 19 Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran 13 Madhouse Akitaro Daichi 風まかせ月影蘭 Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran
January 27April 13 The Super Milk-chan Show 12 Pierrot Takahiro Oomori OH!スーパーミルクチャン OH! Sūpā Miruku-chan
February 5September 23 Mushrambo 32 Toei Animation Tetsuo Imazawa マシュランボー Mashuranbō
February 5May 20 Miami Guns 13 Group TAC Yoshitaka Koyama マイアミ☆ガンズ Maiami Ganzu
February 6September 30, 2001 Mighty Cat Masked Niyander 83 Sunrise Tomomi Mochizuki ニャニがニャンだー ニャンダーかめん Nyani ga Nyandaa Nyandaa Kamen
February 6January 28, 2001 Ojamajo Doremi Sharp 49 Toei Animation Takuya Igarashi

Shigeyasu Yamauchi

おジャ魔女どれみ#Ojamajo doremi #
March 28February 26, 2002 UFO Baby 78 J.C.Staff Hiroaki Sakurai だぁ!だぁ!だぁ! Daa! Daa! Daa!
April 1September 30 Monster Rancher 25 TMS Entertainment Hiroyuki Yano モンスターファーム~伝説[レジェンド]への道~ Monsutā fāmu ~ densetsu [rejendo] e no michi ~
April 2March 25, 2001 Digimon Adventure 02 50 Toei Animation Hiroyuki Kakudou デジモンアドベンチャー 02 Dejimon Adobenchā Zero Tsū
April 3January 2, 2001 Hero Hero-kun 104 Studio Bogey

Studio Flag

Yoshihiro Takamoto へろへろくん
April 3September 18 Gate Keepers 24 Gonzo Junichi Sato ゲートキーパーズ Gēto Kīpāzu
April 4September 19 Platinumhugen Ordian 24 Plum Masami Oobari 銀装騎攻オーディアン Ginsou Kikou Oodian
April 4December 26 Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru 38 Nippon Animation Jun Takagi 魔法陣グルグル
April 4March 27, 2001 Saiyūki 50 Pierrot Hayato Date 最遊記 Saiyūki
April 5October 4 Time Bokan 2000: Kaitou Kiramekiman 26 Tatsunoko Production Hiroshi Sasagawa タイムボカン2000 怪盗きらめきマン Taimu bokan 2000 kaitō kiramekiman
April 5December 27 Transformers: Robots in Disguise 39 Gallop

Dongwoo A&E

Osamu Sekita トランスフォーマー カーロボット Transformers: Car Robots
April 5September 20 Hidamari no Ki 25 Madhouse Gisaburou Sugii 陽だまりの樹 Hidamari no ki
April 8September 23 Sakura Wars 25 Madhouse Ryutaro Nakamura サクラ大戦 Sakura Taisen
April 11July 4 Boys Be... 13 HAL Film Maker Masami Shimoda ボーイズ・ビー Bōizu bī
April 11October 17 Inspector Fabre 26 E&G Films Masami Furukawa ファーブル先生は名探偵 Fabre Sensei wa Meitantei
April 14July 14 Banner of the Stars 13 Sunrise Yasuchika Nagaoka 星界の戦旗 Seikai no Senki
April 17March 26, 2001 Taro the Space Alien 24 うちゅう人田中太郎 Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō
April 18September 29, 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 224 Gallop Kunihisa Sugishima 遊☆戯☆王デュエルモンスターズ Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu
April 19September 27 Love Hina 24 Xebec Yoshiaki Iwasaki ラブ ひな Rabu hina
April 20September 28 Ceres, Celestial Legend 24 Pierrot Hajime Kamegaki 妖しのセレス Ayashi no Seresu
April 26July 19 NieA_7 13 Triangle Staff Takuya Sato

Tomokazu Tokoro

ニアアンダーセブン NieA Under 7
July 7March 30, 2001 Medabots Spirits 39 Trans Arts Masatsugu Arakawa メダロット魂 Medarot Damashii
July 7March 31, 2006 Hamtaro 296 TMS Entertainment Osamu Nabeshima とっとこハム太郎 Tottoko hamutarō
July 11September 26 Strange Dawn 13 HAL Film Maker Shogo Koumoto

Junichi Sato (Co-director)

ストレンジ・ドーン Sutorenji dōn
July 21February 9, 2001 Brigadoon: Marin & Melan 26 Sunrise Yoshitomo Yonetani ブリガドーン まりんとメラン Burigadōn marin to meran
July 26September 27 Hand Maid May 10 TNK Shinichiro Kimura HAND MAID メイ HAND mēdo mei
July 28November 30 Dinozaurs: The Series 26 Sunrise Kiyoshi Fukumoto ダイノゾーン Dainozōn
October 2December 18 Descendants of Darkness 13 J.C.Staff 闇の末裔 Yami no matsuei
October 3December 19 Vandread 13 Gonzo Takeshi Mori ヴァンドレッド Vuandoreddo
October 4January 10, 2001 Gravitation 13 Studio Deen Bob Shirahata グラビテーション Gurabitēshon
October 4June 27, 2001 Gear Fighter Dendoh 38 Sunrise Mitsuo Fukuda GEAR戦士電童 Gia senshi dendō
October 4March 27, 2002 Hajime no Ippo 75 Madhouse Satoshi Nishimura はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! Hajime no ippo THE FIGHTING!
October 6March 22, 2001 Argento Soma 25 Sunrise Kazuyoshi Katayama アルジェント ソーマ Arujento sōma
October 6March 23, 2001 Sci-fi Harry 20 APPP Katsuyuki Kodera サイファイハリー
October 7March 24, 2001 Legendary Gambler Tetsuya 20 Toei Animation Nobutaka Nishizawa 勝負師伝説哲也 Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya
October 7September 29, 2001 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children 50 Tokyo Movie Yoshio Takeuchi 真・女神転生 デビチル Ma megami tenshō debi chiru
October 8June 29, 2001 Baby Felix 65 Radix ベイビーフィリックス Beibī firikkusu
October 14March 17, 2001 Invincible King Tri-Zenon 22 E&G Films Takashi Watanabe 無敵王トライゼノン Muteki Ou Tri-zenon
October 16September 13, 2004 Inuyasha 167 Sunrise Masashi Ikeda

Yasunao Aoki

戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉 Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha
October 16January 8, 2001 Android Kikaider: The Animation 13 Radix

Studio OX

Tensai Okamura 人造人間キカイダーTHE ANIMATION Jinzou Ningen Kikaider: The Animation
October 22March 25, 2001 Ghost Stories 19 Pierrot Noriyuki Abe 学校の怪談 Gakkō no Kaidan
October 24May 1, 2001 Hiwou War Chronicles 26 Bones Tetsurou Amino 機巧奇傳ヒヲウ戦記 Karakuri Kiden Hiō Senki
November 26May 29, 2001 Dotto! Koni-chan 26 Shaft Shinichi Watanabe ドッと!KONIちゃん Dotto! Konī-chan

Original net animations

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A list of original net animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2000.

Release date English name Episodes Studio Director(s) Original title Type
January 26 Anon Sentai Ranger 5 1 Anon Pictures アノン戦隊レンジャー5 Anon sentai renjā 5
December 28 Azumanga Web Daioh 1 Ajia-do Hiroshi Nishikiori あずまんがWEB大王 Azumanga WEB daiō ONA

Original video animations

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A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2000.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director(s) Original title
January 21March 21, 2003 The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final 8 Sunrise Yoshitomo Yonetani

Yuuji Yamaguchi

勇者王ガオガイガーFINAL Yūsha-ō gaogaigā FINAL
February The Prince and the Coral Sea 1 Toei Animation サンゴの海と王子 Sango no Umi to Ouji
February 14 First Kiss Story 1 Garyuu Studio Kan Fukumoto ファーストKiss☆物語 Fāsuto Kiss ☆ monogatari
March 20November 22 Go! Anpanman: Playing with the robot is fun! 2 それいけ! アンパンマン おうたとてあそび たのしいね Sore ike! Anpanman outa to teasobi tanoshī ne
March 22 Black Jack: Sora Kara Kita Kodomo 1 Tezuka Productions Shinji Seya ブラック・ジャック 空からきた子ども Black Jack: Sora kara Kita Kodomo
March 24 Karakuri no Kimi 1 TMS Entertainment Hirotoshi Takaya からくりの君 Karakuri no kimi
March 25June 27 Angelique: White Wing Memoirs 2 Yumeta Company アンジェリーク ~白い翼のメモワール~ Angelique: Shiroi Tsubasa no Memoire
April 26March 16, 2001 FLCL 6 Gainax

Production I.G

Kazuya Tsurumaki フリクリ Furikuri
May 24 Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman 1 Studio Live Kenichi Takeshita AMON デビルマン黙示録 Ēmon debiruman mokushiroku
May 25August 25 Angel Sanctuary 3 HAL Film Maker Kiyoko Sayama 天使禁猟区 Tenshi Kinryouku
May 25January 25, 2002 JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Adventure 7 APPP Yasuhito Kikuchi

Hideki Futamura Noboru Furuse

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ADVENTURE Jojo no kimyō nabōken adobenchā
June 23November 30, 2001 Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten 8 Toei Animation Yukio Kaizawa 伝心 まもって守護月天!Den kokoro mamotte shugogetten
June 23 Space Travelers The Animation 1 Robot Films Takashi Ui スペーストラベラーズ The Animation Supesu toraberaz The Animation
July 19October 4 Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi Encore 4 OLM Naohito Takahashi 鋼鉄天使くるみ 25-28話
July 25September 25, 2001 eX-Driver 6 Actas Jun Kawagoe エクスドライバー Ekusu doraibā
July 26March 23, 2001 Geobreeders 2: Mouryou Yuugekitai File-XX Ransen Toppa 4 Chaos Project Shin Misawa ジオブリーダーズ2 魍魎遊撃隊
September 21 Kirara 1 Ashi Productions Kiyoshi Murayama KIRARA
September 25December 21 Labyrinth of Flames 2 Studio Fantasia Katsuhiko Nishijima 炎のらびりんす Honō no rabirinsu
October 24 Sin: The Movie 1 Phoenix Entertainment Yasunori Urata

Koubun Shizuno (Co-director)

sin THE MOVIE
November 25January 25, 2001 De:vadasy 3 AIC Nobuhiro Kondou 創世聖紀デヴァダシー Sōsei seiki devuadashī
December 13March 7, 2001 Maetel Legend 2 Vega Entertainment Kazuyoshi Yokota メーテルレジェンド Mēteru rejendo
December 21June 25, 2001 Shin Getter Robo vs. Neo Getter Robo 4 Brain's Base Jun Kawagoe 真ゲッターロボ対ネオゲッターロボ Shin Getter Robo tai Neo Getter Robo
Try Z 1
Koihime 2
A Heat for All Seasons 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Industry Group Head Says Anime is a Bubble that Burst (Update 2)". Anime News Network. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
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