[Best Anime of the 2000s]
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- StarsTomokazu SugitaDaisuke SakaguchiRie KugimiyaIn an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.
- CreatorEiichirô OdaStarsMayumi TanakaAkemi OkamuraLaurent VerninMonkey D. Luffy sets off on an adventure with his pirate crew in hopes of finding the greatest treasure ever, known as the "One Piece."
- CreatorRyôgo NaritaStarsMichael C. PizzutoJ. Michael TatumCaitlin GlassA crazy fantasy caper involving alchemists, immortals, gangsters, outlaws and an elixir of immortality, spread over several decades.
- CreatorSatoshi KonStarsShôzô ÎzukaToshihiko SekiMamiko NotoSeemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.
- CreatorKazuya TsurumakiStarsJun MizukiMayumi ShintaniIzumi KasagiMysterious things start happening when 12-year-old Naota meets a strange woman on a Vespa wielding a big guitar.
- StarsJunko TakeuchiYuki KaidaHozumi GôdaThe history of Gon Freecs, a boy who left home alone to become a Hunter. In the hard test, Gon meets Leorio, Kurapika and Killua.
- CreatorKazuki NakashimaStarsTetsuya KakiharaShizuka ItouYuri LowenthalTwo friends, Simon and Kamina, become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King, who forced mankind into subterranean villages.
- StarsMamoru MiyanoBrad SwaileVincent TongAn intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
- CreatorHiromu ArakawaStarsKent WilliamsIemasa KayumiMatthew LeonhartTwo brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.
- CreatorMasashi KishimotoStarsJunko TakeuchiMaile FlanaganKate HigginsNaruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
- CreatorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsRikiya KoyamaDavid RasnerHouko KuwashimaAmid a war between two rival ninja clans, the wandering swordsman Jubei Kibagami must protect a fabled artifact known as the "Dragon Stone" and its young guardian.
- CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako KawasumiFuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
- StarsLaura BaileyChiaki OmigawaMicah SolusodSet in the Shinigami technical school, the series revolves around a partnership between a weapon meisters and a human weapons. Trying to reach a ranking of "Death Scythe" they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch.
- StarsJ. Michael TatumBrina PalenciaMichael C. PizzutoCiel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?
- StarsBrandon PotterJad SaxtonTerri DotyMichiko is a free-willed "sexy diva" who escaped from prison, while Hatchin is a run away girl fleeing from her strict catholic foster family. The two join forces and set off on an unpredictable road trip seeking their own freedom.
- CreatorHiro MashimaMasashi SogoStarsCherami LeighTodd HaberkornTia Lynn BallardLucy, an aspiring Celestial Wizard, becomes a friend and ally to powerful wizards Natsu, Gray, and Erza, who are part of the (in)famous wizard guild, Fairy Tail.
- CreatorGorô TaniguchiIchirô ÔkouchiStarsJun FukuyamaTakahiro SakuraiJohnny Yong BoschAfter being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.
- CreatorLynn OkamotoStarsSanae KobayashiChihiro SuzukiMamiko NotoTwo university students come across a seemingly harmless girl named Lucy, unaware that she's actually a mutant serial killer with a split personality.
- CreatorShûkô MuraseStarsKôji YusaAkiko YajimaLiam O'BrienIn a post-apocalyptic future humans live in peace with androids in a domed city. However, a strange series of murders has intruded into bored inspector Re-l Mayer's life.
- CreatorYasuhiro NightowStarsKirk ThorntonLex LangSteve BlumGungrave follows the story of best friends Brandon Heat and Harry MacDowell as they join and rise in the ranks of Big Daddy's Millenion crime syndicate. The story begins in the future revealing Brandon Heat has become a creature now known as Beyond The Grave killing monsters with two very large guns and wicked looking machine gun on his back and that Harry MacDowell is now the Boss of Mellinion and has become a cruel leader who has earned himself the nickname Bloody Harry. The story strafes between the past and the future to reveal why Brandon has become a non-talking monster killer and the series of events that caused Harry to become so evil.
- CreatorTite KuboStarsJohnny Yong BoschMichelle RuffStephanie ShehHigh school student Ichigo Kurosaki, who has the ability to see ghosts, gains soul reaper powers from Rukia Kuchiki and sets out to save the world from "Hollows".
- CreatorTakashi OkazakiStarsSamuel L. JacksonPhil LaMarrYuri LowenthalA Black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal Japan.
- StarsMegumi ToyoguchiDaisuke NamikawaBrad SwaileA Japanese businessman, captured by modern-day pirates, is written off and left for dead by his company. Tired of the corporate life, he opts to stick with the mercenaries that kidnapped him, becoming part of their gang.
- CreatorAkira AmanoStarsHidenobu KiuchiHidekazu IchinoseEmily FrongilloThe baby hitman Reborn, one of the cursed 'Arcabaleno' arrives to teach Tsunayoshi 'No Good Tsuna' Sawada how to become head of the Vongola, a power crime family.
- StarsEric ValeCole BrownChihiro SuzukiIn the future, Japan is a wasteland with scattered humans in the Great Kanto Desert. A short-statured man named "Sunabozu" makes a living as a bounty hunter, but he has a weakness for the opposite sex.
- StarsMichelle RuffMona MarshallChristopher CarrollLady Ran is an often-penniless traveler with formidable samurai skills, sharp wit, and an unquenchable taste for sake. She frequently runs into but tries to ignore Lady Meow, a hand-to-hand practitioner of the Iron Cat Fist. Meow is more naive and happy-go-lucky than the no-nonsense Ran, but is somehow more resourceful with money. So together they go from town to town doing odd jobs and dispensing their own brand of justice while living the happy poverty lifestyle.
- StarsAyako KawasumiAkira KamiyaTesshô GendaA young Taiwanese assassin code named "Glass Heart" committed suicide by jumping off a building, and her heart was pierced by metal fence. Miraculously, her life was saved by heart transplantation. During her recovery she began to experience strange dreams, which lead her to Japan looking for the donor of her heart, who happens to be Kaori Makimura, former partner of City Hunter Ryo Saeba.
- StarsJeran UgokweJack StansburyMasato HagiwaraA young japanese man finds himself in a strange game to recover from his debts.
- StarsMonica RialBrittney KarbowskiDavid MatrangaA high-schooler is allergic to cats. One day he accidentally breaks a cat statue and can suddenly understand meows. Cats tell him that he must atone for the broken statue by granting them 100 wishes or he'll turn into a cat and die.
- CreatorToshifumi KawaseStarsRomi ParkKappei YamaguchiTomoko KawakamiA young student named Kousuke Ueki gets chosen to battle in a tournament. Kousuke has the power to turn garbage into trees and will fight against other students.
- StarsSayaka ÔharaMamiko NotoDaisuke SakaguchiFollow the life of Tadayasu Sawaki as he enrolls in an Agricultural University and learn about bacteria and viruses that he alone can see with the naked eye.
- DirectorEi AokiStarsMaaya SakamotoKen'ichi SuzumuraTakako HondaSeptember 1998: A recent spate of unusual suicide incidents where several high school girls fell to their death, but left no suicide note and had apparently no reason to commit suicide. In this case, no apparent relationship. Shiki discovers that there is one thing in common and there is a strange force in the shadows behind this bizarre deaths. Will she discover the culprit before someone else's life is in danger?
- StarsSayaka ÔharaJun FukuyamaKazuya NakaiKimihiro Watanuki, a high-schooler, is troubled by monsters and spirits, but meets Yuko Ichihara, a beautiful witch, who grants his wish to not be able to see them. However, there is a price.
- StarsSam RiegelPatrick SeitzVic MignognaIn the age of the Warring Countries, Japan was fragmented in semi-independent provinces, governed by feudal lords or daimyo, who confronted each other in an endless struggle for power. Ambitious daimyos from every corner of the Archipelago had shouted their battle cry. They were Takeda Shingen from Kai, Sanada Yukimura, Uesugi Kenshin from Echigo, Azai Nagamasa from Omi, Tokugawa Ieyasu from Mikawa, and many more... Those were days of unrest and chaos. As war spread throughout the country, the map of power underwent rapid and dramatic changes. In this never-ending conflict, one man finally seemed to be just one step from establishing total control over the country. He was the lord of Owari, the Sixth Heavenly Devil King. His name was Oda Nobunaga. But now, a young general clad in azure makes his unexpected appearance in this confused scenario, heading a huge army of cavalrymen from the Northern provinces. He is known as Date Masamune, the One-Eyed Dragon. And he is coming for Oda Nobunaga's head, and for ultimate supremacy!
- StarsKaori ShimizuCrispin FreemanRachael LillisA light in the sky, followed by a strange aura and grisly murders. Each character tells their own connection to the event and to a similar murder spree 5 years ago. All of the different stories are slowly tied together by seemingly minute similarities and the story of Boogiepop is unraveled.
- StarsMichelle RuffMona MarshallChristopher CarrollLady Ran is an often-penniless traveler with formidable samurai skills, sharp wit, and an unquenchable taste for sake. She frequently runs into but tries to ignore Lady Meow, a hand-to-hand practitioner of the Iron Cat Fist. Meow is more naive and happy-go-lucky than the no-nonsense Ran, but is somehow more resourceful with money. So together they go from town to town doing odd jobs and dispensing their own brand of justice while living the happy poverty lifestyle.
- CreatorToshifumi KawaseStarsMiyu IrinoYui MakinoDaisuke NamikawaSyaoran, a boy who wants to become an archeologist, and Sakura, a princess from the Clow Kingdom, are childhood friends with a close relationship. On a fateful night, Sakura lost all her memories as a result of a conspiracy to obtain her powers. In order to regain her memory, Syaoran seeks help from the witch, Yuuko. Yuuko tells Syaoran that he has to travel from one alternate reality to another to collect fragments of Sakura's memory. However, even if Sakura regains her memory, she will have no recollection of Syaoran. Travelling together with them is Kurogane, a warrior who was exiled from his country, and Fye, a magician who wants to escape from his King. With the help of a magical creature, Mokona, they set off on an exciting journey through time and space.
- StarsTakahiro SakuraiMichael C. PizzutoEiji TakemotoA mysterious man called the Medicine Seller travels along feudal Japan, uncovering and slaying evil spirits called "Mononoke".
- CreatorKinoko NasuStarsMiyuki SawashiroShelley Calene-BlackHilary HaagThree women, Canaan, a Middle Eastern assassin, Alphard, a leader of a terrorist group and Canaan's nemesis, and Maria, a victim of a horrific terrorist attack, cross paths at an anti-terrorism summit in Shanghai.
- CreatorMasaki OkayuStarsLaura BaileyJohnny Yong BoschKyle HebertA boy is fond of an angel that kills him again and again.
- CreatorHiroshi WatanabeStarsMamiko NotoMasaya MatsukazeTakako HondaWhen someone wants revenge, they post about it on a special website at midnight. Then Hell Girl appears to do their bidding.
- CreatorShôji KawamoriThomas RomainStarsRie KugimiyaKenjirô TsudaHiro ShimonoIn a futuristic world, a popular sport is Big Foot Basketball, where players ride mecha called "Big Foot" and play basketball in a giant arena. Dan JD and his companions rename it "Basquash", and then pursue their dreams come true.
- StarsAkio ÔtsukaKen'yû HoriuchiTomokazu SekiIn an alternate galaxy, there's an outlaw named Mister who's 10 days from his prison release. He escapes from prison with the help of his comrades Bishop and Katana. As they seek out to find Franka, who's been left under Mister's care by her dead father. On a journey to find Franka's father's treasure. Throughout the series, Mister is being tracked down by 2 federal investigators: Angelica and Chelsea . And Madame Marciano's Twelve Sisters, an android assassins of the Criminal Guild.
- StarsJun'ichi SuwabeHouston HayesFuminori MorisadaThe Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Akizuki Yojiro, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural with some kind of importance to him, the ornament on the end of his sword hilt waves in its direction, his eyes glow mysteriously, and he is driven to go after it. He comes across a traveling theater group who is out for revenge for the killing of the parents of the group's leader, and whose mysterious playwright likes to secretly help along events of history. Yojiro joins them to lend them his skill against their enemies, while dark conspiracy continues to follow behind him.
- StarsJ. Michael TatumLuci ChristianAaron DismukeAn undead school girl must hunt down 108 other undeads with the help of specially trained Buddhist monks, in order to gain entry into Heaven.
- CreatorDai SatôKazuhiko ShimamotoStarsYûko SanpeiKeiji FujiwaraKaori Nazuka14-year-old Renton joins the rebel GekkoState ship, co-pilots the TypeZero with the mysterious Eureka, and unknowingly becomes part of a grand scheme.
- CreatorShûkô MuraseStarsAkeno WatanabeSteve BlumKari WahlgrenWitches exist, and it is the mysterious organization STNJ's job to hunt them down. Robin is a recent trainee who joins up, and begins unraveling the secrets of both the witches and STNJ.
- StarsBrittney KarbowskiJohn SwaseyDavid WaldA force of supernatural darkness is unleashing the walking dead on Tokyo, and five high school students with extraordinary powers - and nothing in common - must band together to fight the scourge.
- StarsYukitoshi TokumotoSaeko ChibaSetsuji SatoA fire-born demon forms a detective agency in the human world with two partners. Their mission: return all escaped demons on Earth back to hell.
- StarsLuci ChristianMicah SolusodCynthia CranzBirdy is an undercover, interstellar federation agent charged with capturing the most dangerous criminals in the galaxy.
- StarsKaori Nazuka
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsColleen O'ShaughnesseyKirk ThorntonMari DevonIn the distant future, Earth's population has to live in domed cities and professional gamer Sanga and mercenary Gain Bijou build an Overman to lead a exodus out of the city.
- CreatorTahiko KimuraStarsTodd HaberkornAlexis TiptonJohn SwaseyNagasumi's in hot water after a beautiful, young mermaid named Sun saves him from drowning. The deep-sea sweetheart's dad is a merman yakuza prone to executing anyone who learns his family's scaly secret! Luckily, there's a catch - if Nagasumi agrees to marry Sun, he just might avoid sleeping with the fishes!
- StarsBrad SwaileJanyse JaudKelly SheridanKuro, a 12th-century man, flees into the mountains after losing to his brother, where he meets a strange, beautiful woman named Kuromitsu. Kuro falls in love with Kuromitsu but realizes she conceals a dark secret. She is unable to die and continues to live for thousands of years as Japan evolves into a future society.
- StarsGeneviève DoangThomas GuitardFanny BlocSaving the world from an evil madman? Not a problem for this kid. Finding his birth parents? That's the real adventure!