The events of 2000 in anime.
In this year, 124 anime television programs were produced.[1]
At the Mainichi Film Awards, won the Animation Film Award and 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.
A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2000.
| A.LI.CE | GAGA Communications, Inc. | Kenichi Maejima | 85 | ||
| Toei Animation | Junji Shimizu | 50 | |||
| Toho Company | Ayumu Watanabe | 27 | |||
| Toei Animation | Mamoru Hosoda | 41 | |||
| Shin-Ei Animation | Tsutomu Shibayama | 91 | |||
| Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes | TMS Entertainment | Kenji Kodama | 100 | ||
| Shin-Ei Animation | Keiichi Hara | 88 | |||
| Production I.G | Hiroyuki Okiura | 102 | |||
| Escaflowne | SunriseBones | Kazuki Akane | 97 | ||
| Pokemon Movie 03: Kesshoutou no Teiou Entei | OLM | Kunihiko Yuyama | 73 | ||
| Madhouse | Morio Asaka | 82 | |||
| The Boy Who Saw the Wind | Brain's Base | Kazuki Ōmori | 97 | ||
| Madhouse | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | 102 | |||
| Madhouse | RintaroYoshinori Kanemori | 101 | |||
| AIC | Hiroaki Gouda | 106 | |||
| Production I.G | Hiroyuki Kitakubo | 48 | |||
| Rokumon Tengai Mon Colle Knights Movie: Densetsu no Fire Dragon | Studio Deen | Yasunao Aoki | 32 |
A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2000.
| – | 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 | |||
| – | 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 | ||
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| – | 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 IgarashiShigeyasu 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[レジェンド]への道～ Monsutā fāmu ~ densetsu [rejendo] 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 BogeyStudio 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 | |||
| – | 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 | GallopDongwoo 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 SatoTomokazu 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 KoumotoJunichi Sato (Co-director) | ストレンジ・ドーン Sutorenji dōn | |||
| – | 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 | |||
| – | 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 | |||
| – | 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 IkedaYasunao Aoki | 戦国御伽草子 犬夜叉 Sengoku Otogizōshi Inuyasha | |||
| – | 13 | RadixStudio 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 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anon Sentai Ranger 5 | 1 | Anon Pictures | アノン戦隊レンジャー5 Anon sentai renjā 5 | ||||
| 1 | Ajia-do | Hiroshi Nishikiori | あずまんがWEB大王 Azumanga WEB daiō | ONA |
A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2000.
| – | The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final | 8 | Sunrise | Yoshitomo YonetaniYuuji 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 | |||
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| 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 | GainaxProduction I.G | Kazuya Tsurumaki | フリクリ Furikuri | ||
| 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 KikuchiHideki FutamuraNoboru 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 | ||
| 1 | Phoenix Entertainment | Yasunori UrataKoubun Shizuno (Co-director) | 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 |