2001 in anime

The events of 2001 in anime.

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, Spirited Away won the Animation Film Award and Kujira Tori won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Internationally, Blood: The Last Vampire was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature.

Releases

This list contains numerous notable entries of anime which debuted in 2001. It is not a complete list and represents popular works that debuted as TV, OVA and Movie releases. Web content, DVD specials, TV specials are not on this list.

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2001.

Release Date	Title	Studio	Director	Running Time (minutes)	Alternate Title
January 13	Initial D: Third Stage	Studio Deen	Shin Misawa	105
March 3	One Piece: Nejimaki-jima no Daibouken	Toei Animation	Junji Shimizu	55	One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure
March 10	Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves	Shin-Ei Animation	Tsutomu Shibayama	91	Doraemon: Nobita to Tsubasa no Yuusha-tachi
April 21	Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back	Shin-Ei Animation	Keiichi Hara	89	Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Mouretsu! Otona Teikoku no Gyakushuu
April 21	Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven	TMS Entertainment	Kenji Kodama	100	Meitantei Conan: Tengoku e no Countdown
May 26	Metropolis	Madhouse	Rintaro	113	Metoroporisu
July 2	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Square Pictures	Hironobu Sakaguchi	105	Final Fantasy
July 7	Pokémon 4Ever	OLM	Kunihiko Yuyama	79	Pokemon: Celebi Toki wo Koeta Deai
July 14	Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers	Toei Animation	Tetsuo Imazawa	50	Digimon Tamers: Boukensha-tachi no Tatakai
July 20	Spirited Away	Studio Ghibli	Hayao Miyazaki	125	Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away
July 21	Princess Arete	Studio 4°C	Sunao Katabuchi	104	Arete Hime
July 28 (Fantasia Film Festival)	Millennium Actress	Madhouse	Satoshi Kon	87	Sennen Joyū
August 18	Saiyuki: Requiem	Pierrot	Hayato Date	95	Gensoumaden Saiyuuki: Requiem - Erabarezaru Mono e no Chinkonka
August 18	Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu	Magic Bus	Tetsu Dezaki	82	The Summer of Dioxin
September 1	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Sunrise Bones (animation production) Bandai Visual	Shinichirō Watanabe	115	Gekijōban Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira Cowboy Bebop: Heaven's Door Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
December 22	Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time	Sunrise	Toshiya Shinohara	99	InuYasha: Toki wo Koeru Omoi
December 22	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Production I.G	Mitsuru Hongo	85	Sakura Taisen: Katsudou Shashin

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2001.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes (not including any OVAs)	Studio	Director	Alternate Title
January 6 – June 30	Zoids: New Century	26	Xebec	Takao Kato	Zoido Shinseiki Surasshu Zero
January 8 – December 24	Beyblade	51	Madhouse	Toshifumi Kawase	Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo
January 8 – March 26	Tales of Eternia The Animation	13	Xebec	Shigeru Ueda	Teiruzu obu etānia THE animēshon
January 9 – March 29	The Daichis: Earth's Defense Family	13	Group TAC	Tetsu Kimura	Chikyuu Bouei Kazoku
January 9 – June 26	Baki the Grappler	24	Group TAC	Hitoshi Nanba	Gurappurā Baki
January 9 – March 27	Earth Maiden Arjuna	13	Satelight	Shouji Kawamori	Chikyū Shōjo Arujuna
January 17 – March 21	Sadamitsu the Destroyer	10	Studio Deen	Kouichi Oohata	Hakaima Sadamitsu
February 4 – January 27, 2002	Motto! Ojamajo Doremi	50	Toei Animation	Takuya Igarashi	More! Useless Witch Doremi
February 18 – March 18	Salaryman Kintaro	20	JCF	Tomoharu Katsumata	Sararīman Kintarō
March 5 – February 25, 2002	Dr. Rin ni Kiitemite!	51	Studio Comet	Shin Misawa	Ask Dr. Rin
April 1 – September 23	Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer	26	Bones	Hiroshi Nishikiori	Battle Doll Angelic Layer
April 1 – January 27, 2002	Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san☆	43	Nippon Animation	Mamoru Kanbe	Princess Comet
April 1 – March 31, 2002	Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran	52	Pierrot	Tsuneo Kobayashi	Super GALS!
April 1 – March 31, 2002	Digimon Tamers	51	Toei Animation	Yukio Kaizawa	Digimon: Digital Monsters 03
April 2 – June 25	Comic Party	13	OLM	Norihiko Sudo	Komikku pātī
April 3 – September 18	Mahou Senshi Louie	24	J.C.Staff	Yoshitaka Koyama	Rune Soldier
April 3 – September 25	Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu	26	Shin-Ei Animation	Tsutomu Mizushima	Haré+Guu
April 3 – September 25	Star Ocean EX	26	Studio Deen	Shunji Yoshida Hiroshi Watanabe	Sutā ōshan EX
April 4 – June 27	Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Prétear	13	HAL Film Maker	Junichi Sato Kiyoko Sayama	Prétear: The New Legend of Snow White
April 4 – July 4	SoulTaker	13	Tatsunoko Production	Akiyuki Shinbo	Za Sōru Teikā ~Tamashii Gari~
April 4 – September 26	Sister Princess	26	Zexcs	Kiyotaka Ohata	Shisutā purinsesu
April 5 – June 28	Geneshaft	13	Satelight Studio Gazelle	Kazuki Akane	Jīnshafuto
April 6 – July 6	Haja Kyosei G Dangaiou	13	AIC	Toshiki Hirano	Great Dangaioh
April 6 – September 28	Noir	26	Bee Train	Kouichi Mashimo Yuuki Arie (Co-director)	Nowāru
April 6 – March 23, 2002	Dennou Boukenki Webdiver	52	Radix	Hiroshi Negishi Kunitoshi Okajima	Brain Adventure Record Webdiver
April 7 – March 30, 2002	Gyoten Ningen Batseelor	52	Group TAC	Yoshihiro Takamoto	Captain Fatz and the Seamorphs
April 7 – September 29	You're Under Arrest: Fast & Furious	26	Studio Deen	Shougo Koumoto	Taiho Shichau zo: Second Season
April 7 – September 29	Zone of the Enders	26	Sunrise	Tetsuya Watanabe	Zone of the Enders: Dolores
April 7 – September 29	Project ARMS	26	TMS Entertainment	Hajime Kamegaki Hirotoshi Takaya Junichi Takaoka	Purojekuto āmuzu
April 8 – September 30	Galaxy Angel	24	Madhouse	Morio Asaka	Gyarakushī enjeru
April 11 – October 28, 2002	Legend of the Condor Hero	26	Nippon Animation	Jun Takagi Keiji Hayakawa Masami Anno	Shin Chou Kyou Ryo: Condor Hero
April 12 – June 28	Steel Angel Kurumi 2	12	OLM	Naohito Takahashi Kouji Fukazawa (Co-director)	Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi 2
April 13 – June 29	Hanaukyo Maid Team	12	Daume	Yasunori Ide	Hanaukyou Maid-tai
April 14 – March 30, 2002	Go! Go! Itsutsugo Land	50	Magic Bus	Setsuko Shibuichi	Let's Go Quintuplets
April 14 – January 11, 2002	PaRappa the Rapper	30	J.C.Staff Production I.G	Kazuya Tsurumaki Hiroaki Sakurai	PaRappa the Rapper
May 3 – November 15	BASToF Syndrome	26	Dongwoo A&E		Genei Toushi Bastof Lemon
May 8 – December 4	Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars	26	Madhouse	Tatsuo Sato	Gakuen Senki Muryou
May 10 – January 31, 2002	Offside	39	Ashi Productions	Seiji Okuda	Ofusaido
May 21 – August 27	Chance Triangle Session	13	Madhouse	Susumu Kudo	Chance Pop Session
June 15 – December 7	Uniminipet	26	Dongwoo A&E		Uni Mini Pet
July 4 – September 26	I My Me! Strawberry Eggs	13	TNK	Yuuji Yamaguchi	A ~ima~imyi! Sutoroberī eggu
July 4 – September 25, 2002	Shaman King	64	Xebec	Seiji Mizushima	Shāman kingu
July 4 – December 26	s.CRY.ed	26	Sunrise	Goro Taniguchi Rion Kujo	Scryed
July 5 – December 27	Fruits Basket	26	Studio Deen	Akitaro Daichi	Furuba
July 5 – September 27	Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto	12	Madhouse TNK	Sunaga Tsukasa	Magical Meow Meow Taruto
July 6 – September 28	Cosmo Warrior Zero	13	Vega Entertainment	Kazuyoshi Yokota	Cosmowarrior Zero
July 7 – September 28, 2002	Nono-chan	61	Toei Animation	Nobutaka Nishizawa	Nonoko
July 11 – September 26	Seikai no Senki II	10	Sunrise	Yasuchika Nagaoka	Banner of the Stars II
July 24 – December 25	Grappler Baki: Saidai Tournament-hen	24	Group TAC	Katsuyoshi Yatabe	Baki the Grappler: Saidai Tournament-hen
July 30 – October 22	Samurai Girl Real Bout High School	13	Gonzo	Shinichi Tokairin	Samurai gāru riaru bauto haisu kūru
August 11 – April 26, 2004	Cubix	26	Xebec		Saiko Robot Kombock
August 13 – February 11, 2002	Captain Kuppa	26	Bee Train	Kouichi Mashimo	Sabaku no Kaizoku! Captain Kuppa
October 2 – September 24, 2002	Shiawase Sou no Okojo-san	51	Radix	Yuusuke Yamamoto	Shiawase Apartment's Okojo-san
October 2 – March 26, 2002	Kaze no Yojimbo	25	Pierrot	Hayato Date	Bodyguard of the Wind
October 2 – March 26, 2002	Final Fantasy: Unlimited	25	Gonzo	Mahiro Maeda	Fainaru fantajī: Anrimiteddo
October 3 – March 27, 2002	Chicchana Yukitsukai Sugar	24	J.C.Staff	Shinichiro Kimura	A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
October 3 – March 27, 2002	X	24	Madhouse	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	X the TV Series
October 4 – December 20	Otogi Story Tenshi no Shippo	12	Tokyo Kids	Kazuhiro Ochi	Angel Tales
October 5 – January 18, 2002	Vandread: The Second Stage	13	Gonzo	Takeshi Mori	Vuandoreddo the sekando stage
October 5 – December 28	Babel II: Beyond Infinity	13	Vega Entertainment		Babel Nisei (2001)
October 5 – December 27	Najica Dengeki Sakusen	12	Studio Fantasia	Katsuhiko Nishijima	Najica Dengeki Sakusen
October 6 – March 30, 2002	Geisters: Fractions of the Earth	26	Plum	Kouji Ito	Guystars: Fractions of the Earth
October 6 – September 27, 2003	Kirby: Right Back at Ya!	100	Studio Sign	Souji Yoshikawa	Kirby of the Stars
October 6 – March 30, 2002	Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter	26	TMS Entertainment		Project Arms 2
October 6 – December 29	Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden	12	Gainax Shaft	Hiroyuki Yamaga	Mahoromatikku
October 7 – January 26, 2003	Gekitou! Crush Gear Turbo	68	Sunrise	Shuji Iuchi	Gekitō! Kurasshugia TURBO
October 7 – October 6, 2002	Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002	52	Group TAC	Gisaburo Sugii Isamu Imakake	Captain Tsubasa
October 10 – March 26, 2003	Hikaru no Go	75	Pierrot	Susumu Nishizawa Tetsuya Endo Jun Kamiya	Hikaru's Go
October 10 – March 23, 2005	Tennis no Oujisama	178	Trans Arts	Takayuki Hamana	The Prince of Tennis
October 11 – January 17, 2002	Hellsing	13	Gonzo	Umanosuke Iida Yasunori Urata	Herushingu
October 12 – February 17, 2002	Kokoro Toshokan	13	Studio Deen	Koji Masunari	Kokoro Library
October 13 – April 6, 2002	Kasumin	26	OLM	Mitsuru Hongo	Kasumin 1st Series
October 13 – March 30, 2002	Vampiyan Kids	23	Production I.G	Masatsugu Arakawa	Nanchatte VAMPIYAN
October 13 – September 28, 2002	Groove Adventure Rave	51	Studio Deen	Takashi Watanabe	Rave Master
October 14 – August 27, 2003	Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier	50	Japan Vistec	Jun Kawagoe	Cyborg 009

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2001.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director(s)	Alternate Title
January 21	Vandread: Taidou-hen	1	Gonzo	Shinji Higuchi Takeshi Mori	Vandread Integral Vandread The Movement Stage
January 25 – July 25	Spirit of Wonder	2	Ajia-do	Takashi Anno	Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club
January 25 – June 27	Angelique: Seichi yori Ai wo Komete	3	Yumeta Company	Akira Shimizu	Angelique: From the Sanctuary with Love
February 21	Cat Soup	1	J.C.Staff	Tatsuo Satō	Nekojiru-So Nekojiru Grass
February 21	Zone of the Enders: 2167 Idolo	1	Sunrise	Tetsuya Watanabe	Z.O.E. 2167 Idolo
March 7 – December 19	Puni Puni Poemy	2	J.C.Staff	Shinichi Watanabe	Puni Puni ☆ Poemii
March 30	Animation Runner Kuromi	1	Yumeta Company	Akitarou Daichi	Animation Seisaku Shinkou Kuromi-chan
April 27 – June 22	Malice@Doll	3	Soeishinsha	Keitaro Motonaga	Marisu dōru
May 17 – January 26, 2007	Gundam Evolve	15	Sunrise	Shuko Murase Yoshitomo Yonetani	Mobile Suit Gundam Evolve
May 23 – February 6, 2002	Read or Die	3	Studio Deen	Koji Masunari	Rīdo oa Dai
June 25 – February 25, 2002	Alien 9	4	J.C.Staff	Yasuhiro Irie Jiro Fujimoto	Alien Nine
July 19 – May 23, 2003	Happy Lesson	5	Studio Kyuuma Venet Chaos Project	Hideki Tonokatsu Takafumi Hoshikawa Takeshi Yamaguchi	Happy Lesson OVA
July 21 – June 25, 2003	Bible Black	6	Studio Jam	Sho Hanebu Kazuyuki Honda
August 2	Good Morning Call	1	Production I.G	Takayuki Hamana	Guddo mōningu kōru
August 10 – May 24, 2002	One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e	4	Arms	Shigenori Kageyama	One: To a Shining Season
August 24 – January 25, 2002	10 Tokyo Warriors	3	T.P.O	Noboru Ishiguro	Tokyo Juushouden: Fuuma Gogyou Denshou
August 25	X	1	Madhouse	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	X: An Omen
September 25 – September 20, 2002	Mazinkaiser	7	Brain's Base	Masahiko Murata	Majinkaizā
November 9 – April 26, 2002	Usagi-chan de Cue!!	3	Chaos Project	Tooru Yoshida	Usagichan, It's my rabbit and it's Cue!
November 21 – March 6, 2002	Memories Off	3	E&G Films		Memorīzu ofu
December 19	Kai Doh Maru	1	Production I.G	Kanji Wakabayashi	Kaidoumaru
December 19 – March 20, 2002	Samurai X: Reflection	2	Studio Deen	Kazuhiro Furuhashi	Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Seisou-hen
December 22	Kanzen Shouri Daiteiou	1	Sunrise		Kanzen Shouri Daiteioh
	Soreyuke Marin-chan	3
	Blood Shadow	3
	Immoral Sisters	3
	Moonlight Lady	5

See also

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