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	Running time
	A.LI.CE	GAGA Communications, Inc.	Kenichi Maejima	85
	One Piece: The Movie	Toei Animation	Junji Shimizu	50
	Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections	Toho Company	Ayumu Watanabe	27
	Digimon Adventure: Our War Game	Toei Animation	Mamoru Hosoda	41
	Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King	Shin-Ei Animation	Tsutomu Shibayama	91
	Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes	TMS Entertainment	Kenji Kodama	100
	Crayon Shin-chan: Jungle That Invites Storm	Shin-Ei Animation	Keiichi Hara	88
	Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade	Production I.G	Hiroyuki Okiura	102
	Escaflowne	Sunrise Bones	Kazuki Akane	97
	Pokemon Movie 03: Kesshoutou no Teiou Entei	OLM	Kunihiko Yuyama	73
	Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card	Madhouse	Morio Asaka	82
	The Boy Who Saw the Wind	Brain's Base	Kazuki Ōmori	97
	Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust	Madhouse	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	102
	Reign: The Conqueror	Madhouse	Rintaro Yoshinori Kanemori	101
	Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	AIC	Hiroaki Gouda	106
	Blood: The Last Vampire	Production I.G	Hiroyuki Kitakubo	48
	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	Original title
–	Popee the Performer	39	Zuiyo	Ryuuji Masuda	POPEE the ぱフォーマー POPEE the pafōmā
–	Boogiepop Phantom	12	Madhouse	Takashi Watanabe	ブギーポップは笑わない Boogiepop Phantom: Bugīpoppu wa Warawanai Boogiepop Phantom
–	Mon Colle Knights	51	Studio Deen	Yasunao Aoki	六門天外モンコレナイト Rokumon Tengai Mon Kore Naito
–	Candidate for Goddess	12	Xebec	Mitsuru Hongo	女神候補生 Megami Kōhosei
–	Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran	13	Madhouse	Akitaro Daichi	風まかせ月影蘭 Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran
–	The Super Milk-chan Show	12	Pierrot	Takahiro Oomori	OH!スーパーミルクチャン OH! Sūpā Miruku-chan
–	Mushrambo	32	Toei Animation	Tetsuo Imazawa	マシュランボー Mashuranbō
–	Miami Guns	13	Group TAC	Yoshitaka Koyama	マイアミ☆ガンズ Maiami Ganzu
–	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
–	Ojamajo Doremi Sharp	49	Toei Animation	Takuya Igarashi Shigeyasu Yamauchi	おジャ魔女どれみ#Ojamajo doremi #
–	UFO Baby	78	J.C.Staff	Hiroaki Sakurai	だぁ!だぁ!だぁ! Daa! Daa! Daa!
–	Monster Rancher	25	TMS Entertainment	Hiroyuki Yano	モンスターファーム～伝説への道～ Monsutā fāmu ~ densetsu e no michi ~
–	Digimon Adventure 02	50	Toei Animation	Hiroyuki Kakudou	デジモンアドベンチャー 02 Dejimon Adobenchā Zero Tsū
–	Hero Hero-kun	104	Studio Bogey Studio Flag	Yoshihiro Takamoto	へろへろくん
–	Gate Keepers	24	Gonzo	Junichi Sato	ゲートキーパーズ Gēto Kīpāzu
–	Platinumhugen Ordian	24	Plum	Masami Oobari	銀装騎攻オーディアン Ginsou Kikou Oodian
–	Doki Doki Densetsu Mahōjin Guru Guru	38	Nippon Animation	Jun Takagi	魔法陣グルグル
–	Saiyūki	50	Pierrot	Hayato Date	最遊記 Saiyūki
–	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
–	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
–	Hidamari no Ki	25	Madhouse	Gisaburou Sugii	陽だまりの樹 Hidamari no ki
–	Sakura Wars	25	Madhouse	Ryutaro Nakamura	サクラ大戦 Sakura Taisen
–	Boys Be...	13	HAL Film Maker	Masami Shimoda	ボーイズ・ビー Bōizu bī
–	Inspector Fabre	26	E&G Films	Masami Furukawa	ファーブル先生は名探偵 Fabre Sensei wa Meitantei
–	Banner of the Stars	13	Sunrise	Yasuchika Nagaoka	星界の戦旗 Seikai no Senki
–	Taro the Space Alien	24			うちゅう人田中太郎 Uchūjin Tanaka Tarō
–	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
–	Love Hina	24	Xebec	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	ラブひな Rabu hina
–	Ceres, Celestial Legend	24	Pierrot	Hajime Kamegaki	妖しのセレス Ayashi no Seresu
–	NieA_7	13	Triangle Staff	Takuya Sato Tomokazu Tokoro	ニアアンダーセブン NieA Under 7
–	Medabots Spirits	39	Trans Arts	Masatsugu Arakawa	メダロット魂 Medarot Damashii
–	Hamtaro	296	TMS Entertainment	Osamu Nabeshima	とっとこハム太郎 Tottoko hamutarō
–	Strange Dawn	13	HAL Film Maker	Shogo Koumoto Junichi Sato	ストレンジ・ドーン Sutorenji dōn
–	Brigadoon: Marin & Melan	26	Sunrise	Yoshitomo Yonetani	ブリガドーンまりんとメラン Burigadōn marin to meran
–	Hand Maid May	10	TNK	Shinichiro Kimura	HAND MAID メイ HAND mēdo mei
–	Dinozaurs: The Series	26	Sunrise	Kiyoshi Fukumoto	ダイノゾーン Dainozōn
–	Descendants of Darkness	13	J.C.Staff		闇の末裔 Yami no matsuei
–	Vandread	13	Gonzo	Takeshi Mori	ヴァンドレッド Vuandoreddo
–	Gravitation	13	Studio Deen	Bob Shirahata	グラビテーション Gurabitēshon
–	Gear Fighter Dendoh	38	Sunrise	Mitsuo Fukuda	GEAR戦士電童 Gia senshi dendō
–	Hajime no Ippo	75	Madhouse	Satoshi Nishimura	はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING! Hajime no ippo THE FIGHTING!
–	Argento Soma	25	Sunrise	Kazuyoshi Katayama	アルジェントソーマ Arujento sōma
–	Sci-fi Harry	20	APPP	Katsuyuki Kodera	サイファイハリー
–	Legendary Gambler Tetsuya	20	Toei Animation	Nobutaka Nishizawa	勝負師伝説哲也 Shoubushi Densetsu Tetsuya
–	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children	50	Tokyo Movie	Yoshio Takeuchi	真・女神転生デビチル Ma megami tenshō debi chiru
–	Baby Felix	65	Radix		ベイビーフィリックス Beibī firikkusu
–	Invincible King Tri-Zenon	22	E&G Films	Takashi Watanabe	無敵王トライゼノン Muteki Ou Tri-zenon
–	Inuyasha	167	Sunrise	Masashi Ikeda Yasunao Aoki	戦国御伽草子犬夜叉 Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha
–	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
–	Ghost Stories	19	Pierrot	Noriyuki Abe	学校の怪談 Gakkō no Kaidan
–	Hiwou War Chronicles	26	Bones	Tetsurou Amino	機巧奇傳ヒヲウ戦記 Karakuri Kiden Hiō Senki
–	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	Original title	Type
	Anon Sentai Ranger 5	1	Anon Pictures		アノン戦隊レンジャー5 Anon sentai renjā 5
	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	Original title
–	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
	The Prince and the Coral Sea	1	Toei Animation		サンゴの海と王子 Sango no Umi to Ouji
	First Kiss Story	1	Garyuu Studio	Kan Fukumoto	ファーストKiss☆物語 Fāsuto Kiss ☆ monogatari
–	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
	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
	Karakuri no Kimi	1	TMS Entertainment	Hirotoshi Takaya	からくりの君 Karakuri no kimi
–	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
–	FLCL	6	Gainax Production I.G	Kazuya Tsurumaki	フリクリ Furikuri
	Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman	1	Studio Live	Kenichi Takeshita	AMON デビルマン黙示録 Ēmon debiruman mokushiroku
–	Angel Sanctuary	3	HAL Film Maker	Kiyoko Sayama	天使禁猟区 Tenshi Kinryouku
–	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
–	Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten	8	Toei Animation	Yukio Kaizawa	伝心まもって守護月天！Den kokoro mamotte shugogetten
	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
–	Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi Encore	4	OLM	Naohito Takahashi	鋼鉄天使くるみ 25-28話
–	eX-Driver	6	Actas	Jun Kawagoe	エクスドライバー Ekusu doraibā
–	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
	Kirara	1	Ashi Productions	Kiyoshi Murayama	KIRARA
–	Labyrinth of Flames	2	Studio Fantasia	Katsuhiko Nishijima	炎のらびりんす Honō no rabirinsu
	Sin: The Movie	1	Phoenix Entertainment	Yasunori Urata Koubun Shizuno	sin THE MOVIE
–	De:vadasy	3	AIC	Nobuhiro Kondou	創世聖紀デヴァダシー Sōsei seiki devuadashī
–	Maetel Legend	2	Vega Entertainment	Kazuyoshi Yokota	メーテルレジェンド Mēteru rejendo
–	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