The events of 2005 in anime.
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 dateEnglish titleDirectorStudioRuntimeJapanese titleDigital Monster X-EvolutionHiroyuki KakudouToei Animation80Dejitaru monsutā zevuoryūshonHurdleSatoshi DezakiMagic Bus90HādoruThe Prince of Tennis: A Gift from AtobeTakayuki HamanaTrans Arts30Tenisu no ōjisama: Atobe kara no Okurimono – Kimi ni Sasageru Tenipuri MatsuriThe Prince of Tennis: Two Samurais, The First GameProduction I.G65Tennis no Oujisama: Futari no Samurai The First GameAirOsamu DezakiToei Animation91Air: The Motion PictureKino's Journey: Life Goes OnTakashi WatanabeA.C.G.T29Kino no Tabi: Nanika o Suru Tame ni – Life Goes OnOne Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret IslandMamoru HosodaToei Animation91One Piece: Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no ShimaDuel Masters: Curse of the Death PhoenixWaruo SuzukiStudio Hibari45Gekijouban Duel Masters: Yami no Shiro no Maryuuou Curse of the Death PhoenixRockman. EXE: The Program of Light and DarknessTakao KatoXebec48Rockman.EXE: Hikari to Yami no ProgramThe Old CrocodileKoji YamamuraYamamura Animation12Toshi o Totta WaniDetective Conan: Strategy Above the DepthsYasuichiro YamamotoTMS Entertainment110Meitantei Conan: Suiheisenjyou no StrategyFutari wa Pretty Cure: Max Heart MovieJunji ShimizuToei Animation70Futari wa Pretty Cure: Max HeartCrayon Shin-chan: The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes ChargeYūji MutōShin-Ei Animation88Crayon Shin-chan: Densetsu o Yobu Buriburi Sanpun Pokkiri DaishingekiMobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation – Heir to the StarsYoshiyuki TominoSunrise94Kidou Senshi Z Gundam I: Hoshi wo Tsugu MonoTomorrow Will Be a Brighter DayYoshio TakeuchiAYCO89Ashita Genki ni Nare! ~Hanbun no Satsumaimo~Go! Anpanman: Happy's Big AdventureHiroyuki YanoTMS Entertainment51Soreike! Anpanman: Happy no DaibōkenKahei's OceanToshiro KuniDoga Kobo75Kahei no UmiPokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of MewKunihiko YuyamaOLM100Pocket Monster Advance Generation: Mew to Hadō no Yūsha LucarioFullmetal Alchemist: The Movie – Conqueror of ShamballaSeiji MizushimaBones104Gekijōban Hagane no Renkinjutsushi – Shamballa wo Yuku MonoNaruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of GelelHirotsugu KawasakiPierrot97Gekijyouban Naruto Daigekitotsu! Maboroshi no Chiteiiseki Dattebayo!Zatch Bell: Attack of MechavulcanTakuya IgarashiToei Animation84Konjiki no Gash Bell!!Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage KingdomItsuro KawasakiProduction I.G35Tsubasa Chronicle – Torikago no Kuni no HimegimixxxHOLiC the Movie: A Midsummer Night's DreamTsutomu Mizushima60Gekijōban xxxHOLiC – Manatsu no Yoru no YumeThe Glass RabbitSetsuko ShibuichiMagic Bus84Glass no UsagiNagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus BellsSeiji AriharaMushi Production82Nagasaki 1945 ~ Angelus no KaneFinal Fantasy VII: Advent ChildrenTetsuya NomuraVisual Works101Final Fantasy VII: Advent ChildrenPretty Cure MaxHeart The 2nd Movie: Friends of the Snow-Laden SkyJunji ShimizuToei Animation71Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2: Yukizora no TomodachiIn the Night of the StormGisaburō SugiiGroup TAC107Arashi no Yoru niMushiking: The Road to the Greatest ChampionShunji ŌgaTMS Entertainment50Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking: Greatest Champion e no MichiBlack Jack: The Two Doctors Of DarknessMakoto TezukaTezuka Productions92Black Jack: Futari no Kuroi Isha
Television series A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2005.
First run start and end datesTitle Episodes Studio DirectorAlternate title Ref – Magical Canan13AICMasahi AbeMagical Kanan – Lime-iro Ryuukitan XA.C.G.T.Tsuneo TominagaRaimui roryūkitan X kurosu ~ koi, kyō hetekudasai.~Starship OperatorsJ.C.StaffTakashi WatanabeSutāshippu operētāzu – Jinki: Extend12FeelMasahiko MurataJinki: ekusutendoXenosaga: The AnimationToei Animation Gō Koga (chief) Shigeyasu YamauchiZenosāga The animēshon – Negima!26XebecNagisa MiyazakiMahō sensei negima! – Air13Kyoto AnimationTatsuya IshiharaAIR – The World of Golden Eggs26 Plus Heads Studio CrocodileYoshihiko DaiZa wārudo obu gōruden eggusu – Ah! My GoddessAICHiroaki GōdaĀmmegamisama~tsu – Transformers Galaxy Force52Gonzo Hiroyuki Kakudō (chief) Manabu OnoToransufōmā: gyarakushīfōsu – Peach Girl25Studio CometHiroshi IshiodoriPeach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane – Gallery Fake37 TMS Entertainment Tokyo Kids Minami Machi Bugyousho Akira Nishimori (eps 1-12) Osamu Yamasaki (eps 13-37)Gyararī feiku – Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shou ga Nai!!12ZexcsHaruka NinomiyaSukisho – Witch Village Story24Uitchi vuirejji sutōrī – Ultimate Girls12Studio MatrixYuji MutohUG ☆ arutimettogāru – Mahoraba ~Heartful Days 26 Studio Deen Shinichiro KimuraMa horaba ~ Heartful days ~ – Damekko DoubutsuMagic BusSetsuko ShibuichiDamekko dōbutsu – Girls Bravo: Second Season13AICEi AokiGāruzu burabō sekando season – Shin Chou Kyou Ryo: Condor Hero II26Nippon AnimationKondoru hideo densetsu II Jōyō fūun – Buzzer Beater13TMS EntertainmentShigeyuki MiyaBUZZER BEATER – Futari wa Precure: Max Heart47Toei AnimationDaisuke NishioFutari hapuri kyua ̄ makkusu hāto – Masuda Kousuke Gekijou Gag Manga Biyori12ArtlandAkitarō DaichiMasuda kōsuke gekijō gyagumangabiyori – Koi Koi 713Studio FlagYoshitaka FujimotoKoi koi 7 – Twin Princess of Wonder Planet51Hal Film Maker Junichi Sato (chief) Shōgo KōmotoFushigiboshi no futagohime – MÄR102SynergySP Masaharu Okuwaki Keiichiro Kawaguchi (eps 53-102)Meru – Onegai My Melody52Studio CometMakoto MoriwakiOnegai mai merodi – Izumo: Flash of a Brave Sword12 Studio Kyuuma Trinet EntertainmentTsuneo TominagaIzumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki – Emma – A Victorian RomancePierrotTsuneo KobayashiEikoku Koi Monogatari Emma – The Law of Ueki51Studio DeenHiroshi WatanabeUeki no hōsoku – Taiko Drum Master26Studio BingoTaiko no Tatsujin – Comic Party Revolution13 Chaos Project Radix Yasunori Yamada (eps 5-13) (chief) Junichi Sakata (eps 1-4) Mitsuhiro Tōgō (eps 5-13)Komikku pātī revuoryūshon – Elemental Gelade26XebecShigeru UedaErementaru jereidoAquarionSatelightShōji KawamoriSōsei no akuerion – Mushiking: The Guardians of the Forest52TMS EntertainmentShigeyasu YamauchiKōchūōja mushikingu ~ mori no min no densetsu ~ – Eyeshield 21145Gallop Masayoshi Nishida (Chief) Shin Katagai (eps 104-145)Aishīrudo 21 – Strawberry 100%12MadhouseOsamu SekitaIchigo 100% – Glass Mask51Tokyo Movie ShinshaMamoru HamatsuGlass no Kamen – Loveless12J.C.StaffYū KōLOVELESS – Futakoi Alternative13 Feel Studio Flag UfotableTakayuki HiraoFutakoi orutanatibu – Best Student Council26J.C.StaffYoshiaki IwasakiGokujou Seitokai – Speed Grapher24GonzoKunihisa SugishimaSupīdo gurafā – He Is My Master12 Gainax ShaftShouji SaekiKore ga Watashi no Goshujinsama – Tsubasa Chronicle52Bee Train Kōichi Mashimo Hiroshi Morioka (2nd Season, along with Mashimo)Tsubasa kuronikuru – Zoids: Genesis50Shogakukan Music & Digital EntertainmentKazunori MizunoZoido jeneshisu – King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final Grand Glorious Gathering12SunriseYoshitomo YonetaniYuusha-Ou GaoGaiGar Final Grand Glorious Gathering – Basilisk24GonzoFumitomo KizakiBajirisuku kōga ninpōchō – Honey and Clover24J.C.StaffKen'ichi KasaiHachimitsu to kurōbā – Eureka Seven50BonesTomoki KyodaKōkyōshihen eureka sebun – presentDoraemonShin-Ei Animation Kōzō Kusuba (2005-04-15; 2005-04-15) (chief) Tsutomu Shibayama (chief) Shinnosuke Yakuwa Soichiro Zen (2009)Doraemon – Trinity Blood24GonzoTomohiro HirataToriniti Buraddo – New Legend of the Heroes of the Warring Nations – The Ten Sanada Brave Soldiers12 G&G Entertainment Group TACKeizō ShimizuShinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu: Sanada Juu Yuushi The Animation – Absolute Boy26Ajia-doTomomi MochizukiZettai Shounen – The Snow Queen36TMS EntertainmentOsamu DezakiYuki no Joou – Patalliro Saiyuuki!26Magic BusKenichi MaejimaPatariro saiyūki – Kamichu!12Brain's BaseKoji MasunariKamichu! – Ah My Buddha13Studio DeenKeitaro MotonagaAmaenaide yotsu!! – Sugar Sugar Rune51PierrotYukihiro MatsushitaShuga shuga rūn – My Wife is a High School Girl13MadhouseJun ShishidoOkusama wa joshikōseiMoeyo Ken TV Picture Magic Trinet EntertainmentToshikatsu TokoroKidō shinsenkumi moeyoken TV – D.C.S.S: Da Capo Second Season26FeelMunenori NawaD. C. S. S. ~ Da kāpo sekando shīzun ~ – Paniponi Dash!26 Gansis Shaft Shin Ōnuma Akiyuki ShinboPani poni dasshu! – Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes 13 Studio Deen Hiroshi NishikioriOkusama wa mahō shōjoGun Sword26AIC ASTAGorō TaniguchiGan × sōdo – Play Ball13Eiken Satoshi Dezaki (chief) Setsuko ShibuichiPurei bōruAkahori's Heretical Hour Love GameRadixHitoyuki MatsuiA Kahori gedō awāra buge – Suzuka26Studio CometHiroshi FukutomiSuzuka – Tide-Line Blue12Telecom Animation FilmUmanosuke IidaTaidorain burū – Shuffle!26AsreadNaoto HosodaShaffuru! – Petopeto-san13Xebec M2Akira NishimoriPetopeto-san – Full Metal Panic! The Second RaidKyoto AnimationYasuhiro TakemotoFurumetaru panikku! The Second Raid – Ichigo Mashimaro12DaumeTakuya SatōIchigo mashimaro – Oden-kun156Studio EggMichiya KatōOden-kun – Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor26OLMKatsuhito AkiyamaKyoushoku Soukou Guyver – G.I. Joe: Sigma 6GonzoKobun ShizunoG. I. Jō: Shiguma 6 – Rockman.EXE Beast25XebecTakao KatoRokkuman eguze bīsuto – Idaten Jump52Trans ArtsTakayuki HamanaIdaten janpu – Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's13Seven ArcsKeizou KusakawaMahō shōjo ririkaru nanoha ēsu – Canvas 224ZexcsItsuro KawasakiKanbasu 2 ~ nijiiro no suketchi ~ – Happy Seven: The TV Manga13Studio HibariTsutomu YabukiHappyi sebun ~ za terebi manga ~ – To heart 2OLMNorihiko SutōTo~uhāto 2 – Gunparade Orchestra24Brain's Base Yutaka Satō (Chief) Toshiya ShinoharaGanparēdo ōkesutora – Card Wang: Mix Master39Nippon Animation Soung-Cheol Ko Kenichi NishidaKādo kingu mikkusu masutā – Angel Heart50TMS EntertainmentToshiki HiranoEnjeru hātoAnimal Lane51Gallop Jongsik Nam Yukio NishimotoAnimaru yokochōCapeta52Studio CometShin MisawaKapeta – Cluster Edge25Sunrise Hitoyuki Matsui (chief) Masashi IkedaKurasutā ejjiAkagi26MadhouseYūzō SatōTōhai densetsu akagi yami ni maiorita tensai – Hell GirlStudio DeenTakahiro OmoriDjigoku shōjo – Aria the Animation13Hal Film MakerJunichi SatoARIA The ANIMATION – IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix26Production I.GMitsuru HongoIGPX -Immortal Grand Prix- – Shakugan no Shana: Season I24J.C.StaffTakashi WatanabeShakugan no shana – Bouken Ou Beet Excellion25Toei AnimationTatsuya NagamineBōken ō byito ekuserion – Black Cat24GonzoShin ItagakiBurakku kyattoMy-Otome26SunriseMasakazu ObaraMai-OtomeSolty Rei24 Gonzo AICYoshimasa HiraikeSoruti rei – Blood+50Production I.GJunichi FujisakuBuraddo purasu – Ginban Kaleidoscope12KarakuShinji TakamatsuGinban kareidosukōpu – Fighting Beauty Wulong25TMS EntertainmentYoshio SuzukiKakutō bishin bu ryū – Lamune12 Trinet Entertainment Picture MagicJun TakadaRamune – Noein: to your other self24SatelightKazuki AkaneNoein mō hitori no kimi e – Paradise Kiss12MadhouseOsamu KobayashiParadise kiss – Rozen Maiden: TraumendNomadKou MatsuoRōzen meiden toroimento – Mushishi26ArtlandHiroshi NagahamaMushishi – Dae Jang Geum: Jang Geum's Dream Sonokong