2005 in anime

The events of 2005 in anime.

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Events

Home video sales of anime DVDs and Laserdiscs in Japan in this year were worth 97.1 billion yen.

• May 9 - A-1 Pictures is created

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa won the Animation Film Award and tough guy! won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Internationally, Howl's Moving Castle was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film and was also nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the fifth consecutive year an anime was nominated for the award. Hayao Miyazaki received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival.

Releases

Films

A list of anime films that debuted in theaters between 1 January and 31 December 2005.

Release date	English title	Japanese title	Director	Studio
February 5	Air	Air: The Motion Picture	Osamu Dezaki	Toei Animation
December 10	In the Night of the Storm	Arashi no Yoru ni	Gisaburō Sugii	Group TAC
June 30	Tomorrow Will Be a Brighter Day	Ashita Genki ni Nare! ~Hanbun no Satsumaimo~	Shinichi Nakada Yoshio Takeuchi	AYCO
December 17	Black Jack: The Two Doctors Of Darkness	Black Jack: Futari no Kuroi Isha	Makoto Tezuka	Tezuka Productions
2005	Consultation Room	Shinsatsushitsu	Kei Oyama
April 17	Crayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge	Crayon Shin-chan: Densetsu o Yobu Buriburi Sanpun Pokkiri Daishingeki	Yūji Mutō	Shin-Ei Animation
April 9	Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths	Meitantei Conan: Suiheisenjyou no Strategy	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	Tokyo Movie
January 3	Digital Monster X-Evolution	Digital Monster X-Evolution	Hiroyuki Kakudou	Toei Animation
March 12	Duel Masters: Curse of the Death Phoenix	Gekijouban Duel Masters: Yami no Shiro no Maryuuou Curse of the Death Phoenix	Waruo Suzuki	Studio Hibari
August 31	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Isao Nakajima, Tetsuya Nomura	Visual Works
July 23	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa	Gekijōban Hagane no Renkinjutsushi - Shamballa wo Yuku Mono	Seiji Mizushima	Bones
December 10	Pretty Cure MaxHeart The 2nd Movie: Friends of the Snow-Laden Sky	Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no Tomodachi	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation
April 16	Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart	Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation
September 9	The Glass Rabbit	Glass no Usagi	Setsuko Shibuichi	Magic Bus
May 5	Haruwo	Haruwo	Tact Aoki
May 7	Hurdle	Hurdle	Satoshi Dezaki	Magic Bus
July 16	KAHEY - A Certain Captain's Life	Kahei no Umi	Toshiro Kuni	Doga Kobo
February 19	Kino's Journey: Life Goes On	Kino no Tabi: Nanika o Suru Tame ni - Life Goes On	Takashi Watanabe	A.C.G.T
December 17	Mushiking: The Road to the Greatest Champion	Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no Michi	Shunji Ōga	TMS Entertainment
September 9	Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells	Nagasaki 1945 ~ Angelus no Kane	Seiji Arihara	Mushi Production
August 6	Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel	Gekijyouban Naruto Daigekitotsu! Maboroshi no Chiteiiseki Dattebayo!	Hirotsugu Kawasaki	Pierrot
August 6	The Old Crocodile	Toshi o Totta Wani	Koji Yamamura	Yamamura Animation
March 5	One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island	One Piece: Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima	Mamoru Hosoda	Toei Animation
July 16	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	Pocket Monster Advance Generation: Mew to Hadō no Yūsha Lucario	Kunihiko Yuyama	OLM
January 29	The Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First Game	Tennis no Oujisama: Futari no Samurai The First Game	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G
March 12	Rockman. EXE: The Program of Light and Darkness	Rockman.EXE: Hikari to Yami no Program	Takao Kato	Xebec
July 16	Go! Anpanman: Happy's Big Adventure	Soreike! Anpanman: Happy no Daibōken	Hiroyuki Yano	Tokyo Movie
January 29	The Prince of Tennis: Atobe Kara no Okurimono	Tennis no Oujisama: Atobe Kara no Okurimono	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G, Trans Arts Co.
August 17	Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom	Tsubasa Chronicle - Torikago no Kuni no Himegimi	Itsuro Kawasaki	Production I.G
August 20	xxxHOLiC the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream	Gekijōban xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume	Tsutomu Mizushima	Production I.G
August 6	Zatch Bell: Attack of Mechavulcan	Konjiki no Gash Bell!!	Takuya Igarashi	Toei Animation

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2005.

First run start and end dates	Title	Episodes	Studio	Director	Alternate title	Ref
2005	Taiko Drum Master				Taiko no Tatsujin
January 1 – December 10	D.I.C.E.	40	Xebec	Jun Kamiya	Dinobreaker
January 1 – March 26	Magical Canan	13	AIC	Masahi Abe
January 5 – March 30	Starship Operators	13	J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe
January 5 – March 23	Xenosaga: The Animation	12	Toei Animation	Shigeyasu Yamauchi Tsuyoshi Kouga
January 6 – March 24	Jinki: Extend	13	Feel	Masahiko Murata
January 6 – July 7	Ah! My Goddess	26	AIC	Hiroaki Gōda	Aa! Megami-sama
January 6 – March 31	Air	13	Kyoto Animation	Tatsuya Ishihara
January 6 – June 29	Negima!	26	TV Tokyo	Nagisa Miyazaki	Mahō Sensei Negima!
January 8 – September 24	Gallery Fake	37	Tokyo Movie Tokyo Kids	Akira Nishimori Osamu Yamasaki
January 8 – December 31	Transformers Galaxy Force	52	Gonzo	Hiroyuki Kakudō Manabu Ono
January 10 – June 26	Mahoraba ~Heartful Days	26	Studio Deen	Shinichiro Kimura
January 10 – March 28	Ultimate Girls	12	Studio Matrix	Yuji Mutoh	UG☆Ultimate Girls
April 2 – June 18	Emma – A Victorian Romance	12	Pierrot	Tsuneo Kobayashi	Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma
April 2 – June 25, 2005	Koi Koi 7	13	Studio Flag Trinet Entertainment	Yoshitaka Fujimoto
April 2 – March 25, 2006	Fushigiboshi no Futagohime	51	Hal Film Maker	Junichi Sato Shogo Koumoto	Twin Princess of Wonder Planet
April 3 – March 26, 2006	Onegai My Melody	52	Studio Comet	Makoto Moriwaki	My Melody
April 3 – January 28, 2007	MÄR	102	SynergySP	Masaharu Okuwaki Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Märchen Awakens Romance
April 4 – June 27	Comic Party Revolution	13	Chaos Project Radix Ace Entertainment	Junichi Sakata Mitsuhiro Tōgō
April 4 – March 27, 2006	The Law of Ueki	51	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Watanabe	ALT
April 5 – September 27	Elemental Gelade	26	Xebec	Shigeru Ueda
April 5 – June 21	Strawberry 100%	12	Madhouse	Osamu Sekita	Ichigo 100%
April 6 – September 28	Best Student Council	26	J.C.Staff	Yoshiaki Iwasaki	Gokujō Seitokai
April 6 – March 19, 2008	Eyeshield 21	145	Gallop	Masayoshi Nishida Shin Katagai
April 7 – June 30	Futakoi Alternative	13	Feel Studio Flag Ufotable	Takayuki Hirao
April 7 – June 30	He Is My Master	12	Gainax Shaft	Shouji Saeki	Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama
April 7 – June 30	Loveless	12	J.C.Staff	Yū Kō
April 9 – November 4, 2006	Tsubasa Chronicle	52	Bee Train	Kōichi Mashimo Hiroshi Morioka
April 10 – March 26, 2006	Zoids: Genesis	50	OLM, Inc.	Kazunori Mizuno
April 12 – September 20	Basilisk	24	Gonzo	Fumitomo Kizaki	Bajirisuku ~Kōga Ninpō Chō~
April 14 – September 26	Honey and Clover	24	J.C.Staff	Ken'ichi Kasai	Hachimitsu and Clover
April 15 –	Doraemon		Shin-Ei Animation
April 17 – April 2, 2006	Eureka Seven	50	Bones	Tomoki Kyoda	Kōkyōshihen Eureka Seven
April 28 – October 6	Trinity Blood	24	Gonzo	Tomohiro Hirata
May 21 – November 19	Absolute Boy	26	Ajia-do Animation Works	Tomomi Mochizuki	Zettai Shōnen
June 29 – September 27, 2005	Kamichu!	12	Brain's Base	Koji Masunari
July 1 – September 16	Ah My Buddha	13	Studio Deen	Keitaro Motonaga	Amaenaide yo!!
July 2 – September 24	My Wife is a High School Girl	13	Madhouse	Jun Shishido	Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei
July 3 – December 25	Paniponi Dash!	26	Gansis Shaft	Shin Ōnuma Akiyuki Shinbo
July 4 – December 26	Gun Sword	26	AIC ASTA	Gorō Taniguchi	GUN×SWORD
July 4 – September 25	Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes	13	Studio Deen	Hiroshi Nishikiori
July 7 – January 5, 2006	Shuffle!	26	Asread	Naoto Hosoda
July 7 – December 29, 2005	Suzuka	26	Studio Comet	Hiroshi Fukutomi
July 9 – October 1	Petopeto-san	13	Xebec M2	Akira Nishimori
September 10 – October 28, 2006	G.I. Joe: Sigma 6	26	Gonzo	Kobun Shizuno
October 3 – September 25, 2006	Angel Heart	50	TMS	Toshiki Hirano
October 4 – April 4, 2006	Hell Girl	26	Studio Deen	Takahiro Omori	Jigoku Shōjo
October 6 – March 30, 2006	Black Cat	24	Gonzo	Shin Itagaki
October 6 – March 30, 2006	My-Otome	26	Sunrise	Masakazu Obara
October 6 – December 29, 2005	Aria the Animation	13	Hal Film Maker	Junichi Sato
October 6 – March 23, 2006	Shakugan no Shana	24	J.C.Staff	Takashi Watanabe
October 6 – March 30, 2006	SoltyRei	24	Gonzo AIC	Yoshimasa Hiraike
October 8 – September 23, 2006	Blood+	50	Production I.G	Junichi Fujisaku
October 11 – December 27, 2005	Lamune	12	Trinet EntertainmentPicture Magic	Jun Takada
October 20 – January 26, 2006	Rozen Maiden: Traumend	12	Nomad	Kou Matsuo
October 23 – June 19, 2006	Mushishi	26	Artland	Hiroshi Nagahama	Mushi-Shi
November 1 – March 25, 2006	Fighting Beauty Wulong	25	TMS Entertainment	Yoshio Suzuki	Kakutō Bishin Ūron
November 3 – May 11, 2006	Ginga Legend Weed	26	Studio Deen	Toshiyuki Kato	Ginga Densetsu Weed
November 4 – May 12, 2006	Karin	24	J.C.Staff	Shinichiro Kimura
November 5 – August 26, 2006	IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix	26	Production I.G	Mitsuru Hongo

OVAs & Specials

A list of original video animations (OVAs), original net animations (ONAs), original animation DVDs (OADs), and specials released between 1 January and 31 December 2005. Titles listed are named after their series if their associated OVA, special, etc. was not named separately.

Release date	English title	Japanese title	Type	Director	Studio
January 25	After Class Lesson	Houkago: Nureta Seifuku	OVA		T-Rex
August 28	Air In Summer	Air In Summer	Special	Tatsuya Ishihara	Kyoto Animation
February 14	Rain, the Little Girl, and My Letter	Ame to Shoujo to Watashi no Tegami	ONA	Empire Boy
February 25	The Guts!	The Guts!	OVA		Animac
August 14	Bincho-tan Jishu Seisaku Movie - Aozora ni Wasure Mono	Binchou-tan	OVA	Naoya Ishikawa	Ishikawa Prodiction
2005	Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy	Bleach: The Sealed Sword Frenzy	OVA	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot
August 13	Boku no Bokugo	Boku no Bokugo	Special	Yoshio Takeuchi
May 18	I Love My Younger Sister	Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru: Secret Sweethearts - Kono Koi wa Himitsu	OVA	Yukiyo Teramoto
May 27	Moke Moke Taishou Dendo Musume Arisa	Arisa	OVA		Enzo Animation
2005	Detective Conan: The Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boys' Secret Investigation	Detective Conan: Hyōteki wa Kogoro! Shōnen Tanteidan Maruchichōsa	OVA	Masato Sato	Tokyo Movie
November 16	Dore Dore no Uta	Dore Dore no Uta	Special	Osamu Tanabe	Studio Ghibli
June 10	Gold Throbber	Shuudan Chikan Densha	OVA		Y.O.U.C
June 23	Eien no Aseria	Eien no Aseria	OVA	Naoto Hashimoto	Studio Matrix
March 31	Embracing Love: Cherished Spring	Haru o Daiteita	OVA	Yoshikata Nitta	Trinet Entertainment
February 24	Fighting Fantasy Girl Rescue Me: Mave-chan	Sentou Yousei Shoujo Tasukete! Mave-chan	OVA	Takeshi Mori	Studio Fantasia
September 23	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man	OVA	Kenji Kamiyama	Production I.G
March 13	Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan	Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan	OVA	Tsutomu Mizushima	Hal Film Maker
March 10	Growlanser IV	Growlanser IV	OVA	Masahiko Murata	Feel, ZEXCS
January 28	Guardian Hearts Power Up!	Guardian Hearts Power Up!	OVA	Yasuhiro Kuroda	VENET
May 27	Super Robot Wars: Original Generation	Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation The Animation	OVA	Jun Kawagoe	Brain's Base
October 28	Maid in Heaven	Maid in Heaven SuperS	OVA		Shinkuukan
November 2	Fafner: Arcadian Memory
August 25	Boin	boin ボイン	OVA		Shindeban Film
August 26	Banner of the Stars III	Seikai no Senki III	OVA	Yasuchika Nagaoka	Sunrise, Ehrgeiz
December 9	Virgin Auction	処女オークション	OVA		Y.O.U.C
December 10, 2005	Pale Cocoon	ペイル・コクーン	OVA
December 23	True Blue Gaiden	トゥルー ブルー 外伝	OVA		Himajin Planning

See also

• 2005 in animation

External links

• Japanese animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb