# 2000 in anime

The events of 2000 in anime.

## Events

In this year, 124 anime television programs were produced.

## Accolades

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
### Films

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 Adventure: Our War Game | 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

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 3 – December 28, 2001 | Popee the Performer | 39 | Zuiyo | Ryuuji Masuda | POPEE the ぱフォーマー POPEE the pafōmā |
| January 5 –March 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 10 – December 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 20 – March 27 | Candidate for Goddess | 12 | Xebec | Mitsuru Hongo | 女神候補生 Megami Kōhosei |
| January 26 – April 19 | Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran | 13 | Madhouse | Akitaro Daichi | 風まかせ月影蘭 Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran |
| January 27 – April 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 5 – September 23 | Mushrambo | 32 | Toei Animation | Tetsuo Imazawa | マシュランボー Mashuranbō |
| February 5 – May 20 | Miami Guns | 13 | Group TAC | Yoshitaka Koyama | マイアミ☆ガンズ Maiami Ganzu |
| February 6 – September 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 6 – January 28, 2001 | Ojamajo Doremi Sharp | 49 | Toei Animation | Takuya Igarashi Shigeyasu Yamauchi | おジャ魔女どれみ#Ojamajo doremi # |
| March 28 – February 26, 2002 | UFO Baby | 78 | J.C.Staff | Hiroaki Sakurai | だぁ!だぁ!だぁ! Daa! Daa! Daa! |
| April 1 – September 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 2 – March 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 3 – January 2, 2001 | Hero Hero-kun | 104 | Studio Bogey Studio Flag | Yoshihiro Takamoto | へろへろくん |
| April 3 – September 18 | Gate Keepers | 24 | Gonzo | Junichi Sato | ゲートキーパーズ Gēto Kīpāzu |
| April 4 – September 19 | Platinumhugen Ordian | 24 | Plum | Masami Oobari | 銀装騎攻オーディアン Ginsou Kikou Oodian |
| April 4 – December 26 | Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru | 38 | Nippon Animation | Jun Takagi | 魔法陣グルグル |
| April 4 – March 27, 2001 | Saiyūki | 50 | Pierrot | Hayato Date | 最遊記 Saiyūki |
| April 5 – October 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 5 – December 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 5 – September 20 | Hidamari no Ki | 25 | Madhouse | Gisaburou Sugii | 陽だまりの樹 Hidamari no ki |
| April 8 – September 23 | Sakura Wars | 25 | Madhouse | Ryutaro Nakamura | サクラ大戦 Sakura Taisen |
| April 11 – July 4 | Boys Be... | 13 | HAL Film Maker | Masami Shimoda | ボーイズ・ビー Bōizu bī |
| April 11 – October 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 14 – July 14 | Banner of the Stars | 13 | Sunrise | Yasuchika Nagaoka | 星界の戦旗 Seikai no Senki |
| April 17 – March 26, 2001 | Taro the Space Alien | 24 | | | うちゅう人田中太郎 Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō |
| April 18 – September 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 19 – September 27 | Love Hina | 24 | Xebec | Yoshiaki Iwasaki | ラブ ひな Rabu hina |
| April 20 – September 28 | Ceres, Celestial Legend | 24 | Pierrot | Hajime Kamegaki | 妖しのセレス Ayashi no Seresu |
| April 26 – July 19 | NieA_7 | 13 | Triangle Staff | Takuya Sato Tomokazu Tokoro | ニアアンダーセブン NieA Under 7 |
| July 7 – March 30, 2001 | Medabots Spirits | 39 | Trans Arts | Masatsugu Arakawa | メダロット魂 Medarot Damashii |
| July 7 – March 31, 2006 | Hamtaro | 296 | TMS Entertainment | Osamu Nabeshima | とっとこハム太郎 Tottoko hamutarō |
| July 11 – September 26 | Strange Dawn | 13 | HAL Film Maker | Shogo Koumoto Junichi Sato (Co-director) | ストレンジ・ドーン Sutorenji dōn |
| July 21 – February 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 26 – September 27 | Hand Maid May | 10 | TNK | Shinichiro Kimura | HAND MAID メイ HAND mēdo mei |
| July 28 – November 30 | Dinozaurs: The Series | 26 | Sunrise | Kiyoshi Fukumoto | ダイノゾーン Dainozōn |
| October 2 – December 18 | Descendants of Darkness | 13 | J.C.Staff | | 闇の末裔 Yami no matsuei |
| October 3 – December 19 | Vandread | 13 | Gonzo | Takeshi Mori | ヴァンドレッド Vuandoreddo |
| October 4 – January 10, 2001 | Gravitation | 13 | Studio Deen | Bob Shirahata | グラビテーション Gurabitēshon |
| October 4 – June 27, 2001 | Gear Fighter Dendoh | 38 | Sunrise | Mitsuo Fukuda | GEAR戦士電童 Gia senshi dendō |
| October 4 – March 27, 2002 | Hajime no Ippo | 75 | Madhouse | Satoshi Nishimura | はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! Hajime no ippo THE FIGHTING! |
| October 6 – March 22, 2001 | Argento Soma | 25 | Sunrise | Kazuyoshi Katayama | アルジェント ソーマ Arujento sōma |
| October 6 – March 23, 2001 | Sci-fi Harry | 20 | APPP | Katsuyuki Kodera | サイファイハリー |
| October 7 – March 24, 2001 | Legendary Gambler Tetsuya | 20 | Toei Animation | Nobutaka Nishizawa | 勝負師伝説哲也 Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya |
| October 7 – September 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 8 – June 29, 2001 | Baby Felix | 65 | Radix | | ベイビーフィリックス Beibī firikkusu |
| October 14 – March 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 16 – September 13, 2004 | Inuyasha | 167 | Sunrise | Masashi Ikeda Yasunao Aoki | 戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉 Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha |
| October 16 – January 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 22 – March 25, 2001 | Ghost Stories | 19 | Pierrot | Noriyuki Abe | 学校の怪談 Gakkō no Kaidan |
| October 24 – May 1, 2001 | Hiwou War Chronicles | 26 | Bones | Tetsurou Amino | 機巧奇傳ヒヲウ戦記 Karakuri Kiden Hiō Senki |
| November 26 – May 29, 2001 | Dotto! Koni-chan | 26 | Shaft | Shinichi Watanabe | ドッと!KONIちゃん Dotto! Konī-chan |

### Original net animations

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

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 21 – March 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 20 – November 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 25 – June 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 26 – March 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 25 – August 25 | Angel Sanctuary | 3 | HAL Film Maker | Kiyoko Sayama | 天使禁猟区 Tenshi Kinryouku |
| May 25 – January 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 23 – November 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 19 – October 4 | Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi Encore | 4 | OLM | Naohito Takahashi | 鋼鉄天使くるみ 25-28話 |
| July 25 – September 25, 2001 | eX-Driver | 6 | Actas | Jun Kawagoe | エクスドライバー Ekusu doraibā |
| July 26 – March 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 25 – December 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 25 – January 25, 2001 | De:vadasy | 3 | AIC | Nobuhiro Kondou | 創世聖紀デヴァダシー Sōsei seiki devuadashī |
| December 13 – March 7, 2001 | Maetel Legend | 2 | Vega Entertainment | Kazuyoshi Yokota | メーテルレジェンド Mēteru rejendo |
| December 21 – June 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 |
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