Triangle Heart: Sazanami Joshiryō とらいあんぐるハート さざなみ女子寮

Alternative Name: 三角心2 涟漪女子宿舍 (Sān Jiǎo Xīn 2 Lián Yī Nǚ Zǐ Sù Shè)

Genre: Romance, Erotica, Adventure, Drama, Fighting, Alternative Version

Description: 

Sazanami Joshiryō, as the name suggests, is an all-girl dorm. So only girls live there, but there's one exception: Kousuke, the temporary manager. The story follows the lives of the girls and introduces them one by one.

Episode: 5 + 4

Original Run

Season 1: August 28, 2000 – April 26, 2002

Season 2: July 24, 2003 – December 26, 2003

Studio: Mook Animation (S1) / Seven Arcs (S2)

Karakuri Zōshi Ayatsuri Sakon 人形草紙あやつり左近

Alternative Name: 傀儡师左近 (Kuǐ Lěi Shī Zuǒ Jìn)

Genre: Mystery, Horror, Thriller, Supernatural, Action, Living Dolls,

               Puppeteers, Occult

Description: 

Sakon is the grandson of the famous Bunraku master, Tachibana Zaemon. He is incredibly shy and lacks confidence in himself. However, when he is with his puppet, Ukon, he is able to focus himself and his crime-solving abilities. As a contrast to traditional Bunraku puppeteering, Sakon is an expert ventriloquist. He uses his talent of mimicing and throwing voices to confront the villains and often force a confession. Ukon is a beautiful Bunraku puppet created in 1870, supposedly by the Master puppet-builder Unosuke Koizumi III. But Ukon doesn't act as a good Bunraku puppet should. When he is with Sakon, he is forward, obnoxious, flirtatious, coarse, and very egocentric. Together, Sakon and Ukon travel around Japan, solving mysteries, murders, and horrific crimes. In the meantime, Sakon's aunt Kaoruko, a young and pretty police detective, helps him out and keeps an eye on him

Episode: 26

Original Run: October 8, 1999 – March 31, 2000

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Weiß Kreuz ヴァイスクロイツ (Vaisu Kuroitsu)

Alternative Name: 白色猎人 (Bái Sè Liè Rén)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Bishounen, Tragedy, Action, Assassins

Description: 

These four men, Omi Tsukiyono, Ken Hidaka, Yohji Kudoh, and Aya Fujimiya, are a group of assassins called "Weiß." They cover their operations by working at a flower shop during the day and the basement is their hideout. This is no ordinary group: they kill the murderers, big businessmen, and other assassins that the law cannot touch. Each one is fighting for their own reasons, whether it is revenge or to help a loved one. But they soon realize that there are connections between some of their cases and try to find out what is really going on. They use whatever they can to complete their missions and kill the people that are targeted by Weiß's leader.

Episode

Season 1: 25 Episodes + 2 OVA

Season 2: 13 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1: April 8, 1998 – September 30, 1998

OVA: November 25, 1999 – February 23, 2000

Season 2: November 28, 2002 – February 20, 2003

Studio: Plum & Magic Bus (S1) / Triangle Staff & Animate Film (OVA) /

                ufotable (S2)

Ghost Stories 学校の怪談 (Gakkō no Kaidan)

Alternative Name: 学校怪谈 (Xué Xiào Guài Tán)

Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Comedy, Mystery, Ghosts/Spirits, School, 
               Demons, Detectives,  

Description: 

Ghost Stories tells the tale of Satsuki Miyanoshita, who moves with her family to the hometown of her deceased mother. On her first day of school, Satsuki; her brother Keiichirou, a first-grader; their neighbor Hajime Aoyama; Momoko Koigakubo, an older schoolmate; and Leo Kakinoki, a classmate and friend of Hajime's with a penchant for the paranormal visit the abandoned school building adjacent the current school complex and discover that the building is haunted.

It is soon after revealed that Satsuki's mother was responsible for sealing several ghosts who haunted not only the school but also the town, and now they are released due to the urbanization taking place in the surrounding area. Satsuki's mother left behind a book detailing how to exorcise the ghosts once and for all. In her first confront, Satsuki faces a demon called Amanojaku, but in the process Amanojaku is sealed within Satsuki's pet cat, Kaya. Although Amanojaku does not want to help Satsuki at first, the danger soon threatens to envelop the town and it is left up to Satsuki, her friends and Amanojaku to stop the ghosts.

Episode: 19 + 1 OVA + 2 Special

Original Run
Series: October 22, 2000 – March 24, 2001
OVA: August 24, 2001
Special: November 15, 2000 – January 3, 2001

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Angel Sanctuary 天使禁猟区 (Tenshi Kinryōku)

Alternative Name: 天使禁猎区 (Tiān Shǐ Jìn Liè Qū)

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Angels, Demons, Incest, 

               Psychological, Supernatural

Description: 

Mudou Setsuna, a high school student, loves his sister in a way that he shouldn't. He also struggles from supernatural powers. Angels and demons flocks to him as the day of his awakening draws near -- he is the angel Alexiel, the highest angel which fought against God, reborn.

Episode: 3

Original Run: May 25, 2000 – August 25, 2000

Studio: Hal Film Maker

Amazing Nurse Nanako 菜々子解体診書 (Nanako Kaitai Shinsho)

Alternative Name: 菜菜子解体诊书 (Cài Cài Zǐ Jiě Tǐ Zhěn Shū)

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Ecchi, Fanservice, Mecha, Military, 

Description: 

In the beginning, Nanako was the subject of a cyborg experiment conducted by Dr. Ogami for one of his most powerful robots. Through rigorous training, Dr. Ogami trained Nanako to withstand the pain. However, he made her too strong, and the plan ultimately failed. However, recent developments between the Pentagon and the Vatican to resurrect Jesus for the Second Coming have landed Nanako as the subject of an operation in which she will give birth to the new Jesus.

Throughout the series, we learn that Nanako is, in fact, the third clone in a series of clones cloned from the original Nanako. The original died from a mysterious illness, and an experiment to clone her was successful. However, around the age of 20, each Nanako clone dies of the same mysterious illness that claimed the life of the first Nanako. It has been Dr. Ogami's quest to cure the "Nanako illness" ever since he promised the second clone that he would heal her before she died when he was young.

Episode: 6

Original Run: July 5, 1999 – March 24, 2000 

Studio: Radix

Saiyuki 幻想魔伝最遊記 (Gensōmaden Saiyūki)

Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Demons, Onmyouji, Bishounen, 

               Comedy, Supernatural, Youkai/Monsters, Gods/Goddesses/Deities

Description: 

Many years ago, humans and demons lived in harmony. But that unity ended when demons started attacking humans and plotted a mission to unleash Gyumao - an evil demon imprisoned for thousands of years. Now, Genjo Sanzo, a rogue priest, must team up with three demons - Sha Gojyo, Son Goku, and Cho Hakkai - and embark on a perilous journey to the west to stop these demons from resurrecting Gyumao and restore the balance between humans and demons on Earth.

Episode

Season 1: 50 Episodes + 1 OVA + 1 Movie + 1 OVA + 3 OVA + 1 OVA 

                    + 3 OVA  + 2 OVA

Season 2: 25 Episodes

Season 3: 26 Episodes
Season 4: 12 Episodes

Alternative Version:  13 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1: 4 April 2000 – 27 March 2001
OVA: April 23, 1999 – August 27, 1999 
OVA: September 19, 2002
Movie: August 11, 2001
Gensomaden Saiyuki: Kibou no zaika: September 19, 2002
Saiyuki Gaiden: March 25, 2011 – November 25, 2011
Saiyuki Gaiden: Tokubetsu-hen~Kouga no Shou~: April 26, 2013
Saiyuki Reload Burial: April 28, 2007 – March 28, 2008

Season 2: October 2, 2003 – March 2, 2004

Season 3: April 1, 2004 – September 23, 2004 
Season 4: July 5, 2017 – September 20, 2017

Alternative Version: January 6, 2022 –  March 31, 2022

Studio: Studio Pierrot / Tokyo Kids (Gensoumaden Saiyuki OVA) /

               Platinum Vision (Saiyuki Reload Blast) / 

               LIDENFILMS (Alternative Version)

Wild Arms: Twilight Venom ワイルドアームズ トワイライトヴェノム

Alternative Name: 狂野历险 Twilight Venom 

                                      (Kuáng Yě Lì Xiǎn Twilight Venom)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Monsters, 

               Treasure Hunting, Body Switching, Gunslingers, Action, Sci-Fi,

               Vampires

Description: 

Wild Arms exploits the tales of Sheyenne Rainstorm, a deadly gunslinger trapped in the body of a 10-year old boy. Together with bandit Kiel Aronakus, card-throwing dame Loretta Oratorio, vampire girl Mirabelle Graceland and a weird creature named Jerusha, Sheyenne embarks on a long journey to find out about his lost past and figure out who placed him in his current body.

Episode: 22

Original Run: October 18, 1999 – March 27, 2000

Studio: Bee Train

Gravitation グラビテーション (Gurabitēshon)

Alternative Name: 萬有引力 (Wàn Yǒu Yǐn Lì)

Genre: Shounen-Ai, Idols, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Music, Showbiz, 

Description: 

Shuichi Shindou wants to create a famous band. He works on his band, hoping to get a chance in the public eye, with nothing on his mind but his musical ambitions. One night Shuichi writes song lyrics, his paper blows away, and a stranger picks it up. Yuki, a famous romance novelist who tells Shuichi that his writing skills are grade school level. 

From the moment on, Shuichi is determined to find Yuki and have him explain his rudeness... he just doesn't realize that he's experienced love at first sight. When Shuichi finally found Yuki, it's a journey of obstacles, frightening experience and haunting pasts trying to keep them apart. But, it's just the gravitation of fate and love always pulls theses lovers back together every time.  

Episode: 13 + 2 OVA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2000 – January 10, 2001
OVA: July 23, 1999 – September 22, 1999

Studio: Studio Deen (Series) / Plum (OVA)

The Candidate for Goddess 女神候補生 (Megami Kōhosei)

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Mecha, Military, Adventure

Description: 

In the future humankind has expanded and colonized other planets. Then an alien species, Victim, attacks the human colonies leaving only one planet, Zion. In an effort to stop Victim from destroying the last planet a training school, GOA, is set up to gather boys from the Zion colonies and train them to become pilots of the Ingrids AKA The Goddesses, five fighting robots that protect Zion. The boys must possess a rare blood type, EO , as well as a special ability, or EX. Zero (Candidate 88) has just arrived in GOA when he falls into the cockpit of the Ingrid Eeva-Leena. Since the synch between pilot and Ingrid are very sensitive everyone believes the Goddess will kill Zero in an attempt to synch. Just before Zero passes out he makes a full synch with the Goddess. Before he can find out more about the incident, his pilot training begins.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: January 10, 2000 – March 27, 2000
OVA: May 25, 2002

Studio: Xebec

Card Captor Sakura カードキャプターさくら (Kādokyaputā Sakura)

Alternative Name: 魔卡少女樱 (Mó Kǎ Shào Nǚ Yīng)

Genre: Magical Boy/Girl, Romance, Comedy, Magic, Adventure, School,

               Transformation, Kids

Description: 

Sakura Kinomoto was an ordinary 4th grader until the day she opened a strange book and let dozens of powerful magic cards loose on the world. Keroberos, the Guardian of the Clow Cards, informs Sakura that it is now her responsibility to find and capture the freed cards. However, much to the reluctant Sakura's dismay, things aren't going to be easy for her; simply saying magic words and waving her wand around isn't good enough. Each card is a living, thinking, and extremely powerful being. She'll have to learn to cope with her new responsibilities, as well as ordinary troubles involving love, school, family, and friends. With the support of her friend Tomoyo and a young boy with powers of his own, she must learn how to use her newly awakened magical abilities to collect each card and prevent the disaster that will befall the world if she doesn't.

Episode
Season 1: 70 Episodes + 3 Special + 3 Movie + 1 OVA
Season 2: 22 Episodes + 1 Special

Original Run
Season 1: April 7, 1998 – March 21, 2000
Special: September 25, 1998 – September 25, 1999
OVA: September 13, 2017
Season 2: January 7, 2018 – June 10, 2018
Special: April 1, 2018

Studio: Madhouse

Ceres, Celestial Legend 妖しのセレス (Ayashi no Ceres)

Alternative Name: 夢幻妖子 (Mèng Huàn Yāo Zi)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Psychological, Romance, Supernatural, 
              Bishounen, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Reincarnation

Description: 

Ceres was a tennyo (Celestial maiden) who came down from the heavens to bathe in a stream. She hung her hagoromo (robe) on a tree nearby, which was her key to returning to the heavens. But the robe was stolen and the man who had stolen it forced her to become his wife, thus producing a family full of human and tennyo blood mixed. Now, in modern day time, Aya Mikage is a descendant of Ceres, and has quite an amount tennyo blood. On her 16th birthday, she and her twin brother, Aki, are thrown a party. At the "party", Aya's grandpa plans to kill her, for she has tennyo powers unlike the rest of the family, and can actually become Ceres herself and destroy the Mikage family. Aya, however, can switch back, so this transformation happens quite frequently. With protector Yuuhi by her side, it is up to Aya to control Ceres and keep her from coming back, but her relationship with an ex-worker for her evil grandpa may be a distraction.

Episode: 24

Original Run: April 20, 2000 – September 28, 2000

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne 神風怪盗ジャンヌ (Kamikaze Kaitōu Jannu)

Alternative Name: 神风怪盗贞德 (Shén Fēng Guài Dào Zhēn Dé)

Genre: Action, Romance, Supernatural, Magical Boy/Girl, Comedy, 

               Drama, Magic, Mystery, Adventure, Kaitou/Thief, Fantasy,

               Transformation

Description: 

Marron seems to be a normal, ditsy kinda of school girl when in actuality she is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc. With her angel sidekick Finn, she attempts to seal demons which are hiding in pieces of art and possess weak-hearted people. However with sealing the demons the art disappears leaving the police and her best friend Miyako, the police chief's daughter, to suspect her to be nothing but a common art thief. More strange twists occur when a smooth talking new boy in school moves in next door along with the presence of a new "art thief" Sinbad, who races against Joan to seal demons. Now, Marron must race against the police and Sinbad to seal the demons and manage just to make it through school and a strange homelife.

Episode: 44

Original Run: February 13, 1999 – January 29, 2000

Studio: Toei Animation

Descendants of Darkness 闇の末裔 (Yami no Matsuei)

Alternative Name: 暗之末裔 (Àn Zhī Mò Yì)

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural,  Fantasy,
               Bishounen, Shinigami, Shounen-Ai, Occult, Magic, Drama,

               Detectives

Description: 

Even after death, life is full of paperwork and criminals. Tsuzuki Asato is a 26 year old, happy-go-lucky, and dorky shinigami (god of death) whose job is to makes sure that those who are dead remain dead and stay in their proper realms. Even though he's had this job for over 70 years, he is in the worst division with horrible pay. He also has a knack for not keeping partners (since shinigami work in pairs), but now he seems to have one that will stick around; stubborn, smart-mouthed, serious and defensive 16 year old, Kurosaki Hisoka. With each case they investigate, they come closer to the conspiracies of the serial killer Dr. Muraki Kazutaka. Tsuzuki's relationship with Hisoka is growing stronger and closer...but there is a dark past to how Tsuzuki died that will not give him peace.

Episode: 13

Original Run: October 2, 2000 – December 18, 2000

Studio: J.C.Staff

The Vision of Escaflowne 天空のエスカフローネ (Tenkū no Esukafurōne)

Alternative Name: 天空之艾斯嘉科尼 (Tiān Kōng Zhī Ài Sī Jiā Kē Ní)

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mecha, Romance, Drama, Isekai, War,

               Alternative Version

Description: 

High school student Hitomi is transported from Earth to the magical world of Gaea, where she meets boy prince Van Fanel, and is caught up in his quest to unite the countries of Gaea against the ominous Zaibach empire. On the way, she discovers a hidden ability and strives to unravel layers of mystery surrounding Van, his past, and the giant machine known as Escaflowne.

Episode: 26 +1 Movie + 4 Special

Original Run
Series: April 2, 1996 – September 24, 1996
Movie: June 24, 2000
Special: February 24, 2012

Studio: Sunrise & Bones