| My favorite anime from the mid 2000's is Daphne in the Brilliant Blue. |
| If we're talking about January 1st 2000 to December 31st 2004 then: .hack//Sign Area 88 Astro Boy Azumanga Daioh Bleach Cromartie High School Dead Leaves FLCL Full Moon wo Sagashite GitS Stand Alone Complex Gundam SEED Hanada Shounen-shi Hoshi no Koe Interstella 5555 InuYasha Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Juuni Kokuki Keroro Gunsou Kino's Journey Millennium Actress Mind Game Monster Paranoia Agent S-CRY-ed Samurai Champloo Sentou Yousei Yukikaze Spirited Away Texhnolyze Yakitate!! Japan If we include 2005 then also: Arashi no Yoru ni Aria Kamichu! Mushishi Pale Cocoon Paradise Kiss Speed Grapher While ignoring some others. It was a time when anime had variety. What's more interesting is that i had no nostalgia with this era yet for some reason i feel nostalgic watching them today and i don't get that same feeling with anime released before or since (save for 1995-99 anime). Btw, Bartender and Fate came out in 2006. |
TRC_RandyApr 23, 10:19 PM
| For me, those were a pretty underwhelming years in anime, but I liked a couple of shows, like: Azumanga Daioh Digimon Frontier Digimon Tamers Monster Mushishi |
SerafosApr 23, 10:45 PM
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| Guess this is just a "Here's what I love from the mid-2000s." thread... Well then, here's two anime I loved from the mid-2000s. (Keeping it from 2004-2006 is a bit tough, but I tried. I didn't read the "early" part until after the fact, so it's all mid 2000s from me.) Angel Heart Midori no Hibi EDIT: Fine. Got some more that I loved, this time from the early half of the 2000s. Rikujou Bouei-tai Mao-chan Hanada Shounen-shi Cinderella Boy |
Daviljoe193Apr 23, 11:02 PM
Opinions are opinions, and differing opinions can co-exist. 🙂 But I don't do debate, life's too short to spend time debating people.  |
| Need to watch more of them, but Full Metal Panic is my favorite. |
| My all time favourite era for anime. |
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| My least favorite era in terms of visuals. From what I heard, it might be because the DVDRips from that time didn't preserve the same quality as the originals. |
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| It's definitely an era of anime. Idk what else to say. |
| Hmmm 2000-2005, then here's good stuff: FLCL Jinroh Hajime no Ippo Shaman King Gits SAC Naruto Wonderful Days Planetes Lunar Tsukihime Blame Innocence Midori no Hibi Elfen Lied Bleach Grenadier |
| Those were interesting times of changes. Here what I liked: 2000 - Yuusha Ou GaoGaiGar Final, Ayashi no Ceres, Furi Kuri, VanDread, Geobreeders 2: Mouryou Yuugekitai File-XX Ransen Toppa, Hidamari no Ki, Argento Soma, Inuyasha, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and Blood: The Last Vampire. 2001 - Spirit of Wonder: Shounen Kagaku Club, Nekojiru-soup, Zone of the Enders 2167 Idolo, Animation Seisaku Shinkou Kuromi-chan, The SoulTaker, Zone of the Enders Dolores,I, Metropolis, Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira, Mahou Yuugi 2D + Mahou Yuugi 3D and VanDread the Second Stage. 2002 - Fullmetal Panic!, Trava: Fist Planet, WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3, Tenchi Muyou! GXP, Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai, Azumanga Daioh, Lupin III Episode 0: `First Contact`, Princess Tutu, Sentou Yousei Yukikaze, Gun Frontier, Overman King Gainer, Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex. Hanada Shounen-shi and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe. 2003 - Macross Zero, The Big O (2003), Aru Tabibito no Nikki, Kino no Tabi (2003), Last Exile, Interstella5555 - The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, The Animatrix, Lupin III Otakara Henkyaku Daisakusen!!, Fullmetal Panic? Fumoffu, Tokyo Godfathers, Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (2003) and Planetes. 2004 - Ghost In The Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG, Area 88 (2004), Dead Leaves, Animation Seisaku Shinkou Kuromi-chan 2, Mousou Dairinin, Ghost In The Shell Innocence, Midori no Hibi, Monster, Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu, Appleseed (2004), Samurai Champloo, Steamboy, Gundam MS IGLOO: 1-nen Sensou Hiroku, Kakurenbo, Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster, Fantastic Children, Mankatsu, Gankutsuou and Yakitate!! Japan. 2005 - Karas, Sousei no Aquarion, Hachimitsu to Clover, Zettai Seigi Love Pheromone + Sore Yuke! Gedou Otometai, Fullmetal Panic! The Second Raid, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Mushishi and Pale Cocoon. 2006 - Giniro no Kami no Agito, Yomigaeru Sora: Rescue Wings, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Gintama, Black Lagoon, Oban Star-Racers, Juuousei, Gundam MS IGLOO: Mokushiroku 0079, Hachimitsu to Clover II, Usavich, Project Blue Chikyuu SOS, NHK ni Youkoso!, Toki o Kakeru Shoujo, Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society, Paprika, Black Blood Brothers, Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage, Ghost Hunt, Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi, Shin SOS Dai Tokyo Tankentai and Freedom. 2007 - Tekkon Kinkreet, Afro Samurai, Nodame Cantabile, Hidamari Sketch, Kafka Inaka Isha, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Darker Than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha, Lovely Complex, Lucky Star, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, Genius Party, Baccano!, Stranger: Mukou Hadan, Sketchbook: Full Color`s, Kidou Senshi Gundam 00, Appleseed Saga Ex Machina, Soukou Kihei Votoms: Pailsen Files and Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu (2007). 2008 - Yatterman (2008), Bus Gamer, Macross Frontier, Lupin III Green vs Red, Zettai Karen Children, Fireball, Soul Eater, Toshokan Sensou, Golgo 13 (2008), Tsumiki no Ie, Hidamari Sketch x 365, Tetsuwan Birdy Decode, Batman: Gotham Knight, Natsume Yuujinchou, Bounen no Xamdou, Lupin III Sweet Lost Night - Mahou no Lamp wa Akumu no Yokan, Sky Crawlers, Gurren Lagann Parallel Works, Detroit Metal City, Cobra The Animation: The Psychogun, Hyakko, Toradora!, Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 (2008), Mouryou no Hako, Nodame Cantabile: Paris Hen, Genius Party Beyond, Gundam MS IGLOO 2 Juuryoku Sensen and Touhou Niji Sousaku Doujin Anime: Musou Kakyou. 2009 - Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou, Kurokami The Animation, Lupin III vs Meitantei Conan, K-On!, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Senjou no Valkyria: Valkyria Chronicles, Natsu no Arashi!, Meitantei Conan: Shikkoku no Chaser, Cobra The Animation: Time Drive, Bakemonogatari, Summer Wars, Redline, Cencoroll, Mahou Sensei Negima! Mou Hitotsu no Sekai, Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, Inuyasha Kanketsuhen and Darker Than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini 2010 - Cobra The Animation (2010), Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Durarara!!, Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu, Nodame Cantabile: Finale, Katanagatari, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu, Lupin III The Last Job, Uchuu Show e Youkoso, Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn, Working!!, Soukou Kihei Votoms: Gen`ei Hen, Heroman, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei, Trigun: Badlands Rumble, Black Lagoon: Roberta`s Blood Trail, Nurarihyon no Mago, Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin, Gekijouban Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer, Otome Youkai Zakuro, Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Soredemo Machi wa Mawatte Iru, Mazinkaizer SKL and Votoms Finder. |
Haneken2086 said: This is 2024, and next year will be 2025. The anime from 2000-2005 will be twenty years old – what are your thoughts? That time span is basically the transition from old school to new school Anime, perhaps the most important era of the industry. |
This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
| while it's not the best I'm glad for it existing, because 2004 - 2014 would end up being the best 10 year stretch |
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| If I could hop in a time machine and go back, I would. |
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| Koi Kaze is an oddly specific choice to include here. From this era I guess Noir is the most notable one for me. |
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| There were quite a few great anime from that year, including many that went largely unnoticed: 2000 - Miami Guns, Strange Dawn, Banner of the Stars 2001 - The SoulTaker, Banner of the Stars II 2002 - Witch Hunter Robin, Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex, Haibane Renmei 2003 - Stratos 4, Kino no Tabi, Texhnolyze, Gungrave 2004 - Koi Kaze, Cossette no Shouzou, Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase 2005 - Gallery Fake, Stratos 4 Advance, Zettai Shounen, Basilisk, Tide-Line Blue, Canvas 2, Pale Cocoon No doubt there are more worthwhile anime in the early-mid 2000s too, as long as people are willing to give them a chance. Early digital animation is definitely contentious enough that anime from 2000-2003 in particular are often dismissed as a result. |
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| I spent most of my childhood watching some anime from that time and even when i became a bigger fan of the medium five years ago i still watched more. That era had a lot of gems especially when i glanced at the Spring 2006 line-up which had a ton of classics coming out from that season. Definitely one of my favorite periods of anime for sure. |
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| digital animation is just starting back then so i guess thats why a lot of them look off model |
| To Heart 2 (2005) a Roundly-Mediocre Anime adaption of a 2004 Visual Novel that gave me ♥My Wife♥ https://myanimelist.net/anime/471/To_Heart_2?q=to%20heart&cat=anime https://myanimelist.net/character/2385/Konomi_Yuzuhara  - Also - Ai Yori Aoshi (2002) among the Greatest Anime Romances ever conceived; https://myanimelist.net/anime/53/Ai_Yori_Aoshi?q=ai%20yori&cat=anime  |
MasterTasukeApr 24, 9:01 AM
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| My favorite anime from that time period is Futakoi Alternative (2005) |
| ラーメン食いに行こうぜ～ |
| I love most anime from that 2000 to 2005 era, my personal favorites are Kino's Journey, Chrono Crusade, Princess Tutu, Gankutsuou, FMA, Planetes, Last Exile, Ghost in the Shell SAC, Wolf's Rain, Gungrave, Eureka Seven and Noein |
| Who are you and why do you show your hostility towards a complete stranger whom you've not once spoken with before. Are you seriously asking to get blocked? Well, if that's what your intent is; to tempt me into throwing hands with someone as lowly and insignificant as you, then i may grant your wish provided you articulate yourself a bit better when trying to spite a person of my wavelength. |
| not the biggest fan of that era, but then again, I probably need to explore it more. We had some quality stuff, starting with Naruto (before fillers) and Hajime no Ippo. We also had: - Monster, - FMA2003 - Gantz (despite the filler final arc) - Midori no hibi (a bit underrated) - Samurai Shamploo - HxH99 (most episodes aired in the early 2000s) - Vandread - Digimon Tamers And let´s not forget Interstella 5555, the giant videoclip made for one of the most historically relevant albums in history of EDM. |
MichaelJacksonApr 24, 11:42 AM
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| the mid-early 2000s era is one of mine favorite era from that time period. here's a couple I enjoyed: S-CRY-ED Azumanga Daioh Fafner in the Azure FLCL GunGrave Mezzo Forte Gunslinger Girl King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final Mazinkasier Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor She, The Ultimate Weapon Shakugan no Shana Overman King Gainer Super Heavy God Gravion Full Metal Panic Mobile Suit Gundam Seed RahXephon Brigadoon Argento Soma Kino Journey Paranoia Agent Haibane Renmei Elfen Lied Eureka Seven |
I loved the art style and the overall vibe. These shows are pretty good ambassadors for that era:   |
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| Any Gundan SEED opening done by Nami Tamaki is peak 2000s openings. |
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| My top 10 anime has allot of anime from recently but they speak to me on a persona level. Yet I will say they don´t make anime as they used to. Man 80s-90s and early 2000 anime was something else that they don´t do today. Slayer, Domino tank police, Patlabor, Outlaw stars, Banner of the star, Star zinger, So so so so many great anime and the high area of sci-fi today we barely get any more show like Macross of Legend of the galatic heroes and it makes me sad. |
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| Probably one of my favourite eras for animes. There's so much amazing shows that released around this time period. |
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| I'm kinda surprised how many people here mentioned Midori no Hibi. I know I loved it for the rather unique concept and unapologetically cute romantic couple, without the ecchi stuff becoming overbearing. |
Opinions are opinions, and differing opinions can co-exist. 🙂 But I don't do debate, life's too short to spend time debating people. |
| Haven't watched that many 2000's anime but did listen to the ops of some and I say that decade has the best openings. |
| Echidna best waifu :D |
| I think that it's the entire reason behind why I got into anime in the first place and is not only the greatest anime, but some of the best media across all mediums and best art across all forms. And make no qualms about or harbor any fear of overstating the case. Inuyasha (2000), Koi Kaze (2004), Haibane Renmei (2002), and Higurashi (2006) are some of my favorite art, worlds, and stories in all of life and existence. They really changed my outlook on how much fictional media could mean and come to represent to me personally, and I'm someone who was already a movie and TV series junkie watching so many thousands of different ones years before ever properly discovering anime. So for it to change my outlook and calculus later in the game after I had already seen so much old and new, domestic and foreign, live action and animated, short and long, was really a profound and sobering experience. They're literally four of my Top 5 series. The sense of retroactive nostalgia they imbue is also ferociously potent. Some other favorites from this period, which I'll extend to include 2006 (2000 - 2003 are early 2000s to me, 2004 - 2006 are mid-2000s, and 2007 - 2009 late 2000s; the same delineation goes for any other decade), are: Ergo Proxy (2006), Elfen Lied (2004), Aishiteruze Baby (2004), The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), Gallery Fake (2005), Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (2003), Digimon Tamers (2001), Earth Maiden Arjuna (2001), Gankutsuou (2004), Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi (2006), Mujin Wakusei Survive (2003), Witch Hunter Robin (2002), Gungrave (2003), Black Lagoon (2006), Kokoro Toshokan (2001), Zettai Shounen (2005), Gakkou no Kaidan (2000), and NieA Under 7 (2000). |
WatchTillTandavaApr 25, 5:41 AM
| I got into anime around that time and a good number of my favorites come from those years. Everything did feel fresh and new because it was, at least to me. Some genres that I really like (e.g thriller) were more common then and in the second half of the the decade. I also feel like productions took more risk with making original anime and a wider variety of themes and styles. 2004 is still one of the best years in anime ever. |
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The Industry was, seemingly, mainly still in the hands of of the Japanese Boomers and Gen-Xers back then... and they brought a lot of personal life experience into their work that greatly enriched their creations in ways that are sorely, abjectly missing from modern productions in general... |
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| I really enjoyed genshiken, makes me wish I had friends like them |
| Bleach, UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie and of course Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo |
tmoverbeckApr 25, 9:27 AM
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