Animes da temporada de Verão 2001
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
On the way to their new home, 10-year-old Chihiro Ogino's family stumbles upon a deserted theme park. Intrigued, the family investigates the park, though unbeknownst to them, it is secretly inhabited by spirits who sleep by day and appear at night. When Chihiro's mother and father eat food from a restaurant in the street, angry spirits turn them into pigs. Furthermore, a wide sea has appeared between the spirit world and the human one, trapping Chihiro, the sole human, in a land of spirits. Luckily for her though, a mysterious boy named Haku appears, claiming to know her from the past. Under his instructions, Chihiro secures a job in the bathhouse where Haku works. With only her courage and some new found friends to aid her, Chihiro embarks on a journey to turn her parents back to their original forms and return home.
Fruits Basket
Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelty and heartbreak.
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira
As the Cowboy Bebop crew travels the stars, they learn of the largest bounty yet, a huge 300 million Woolongs. Apparently, someone is wielding a hugely powerful chemical weapon, and of course the authorities are at a loss to stop it. The war to take down the most dangerous criminal yet forces the crew to face a true madman, with bare hope to succeed.
Shaman King
Shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada's about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training!
Pocket Monsters: Celebi Toki wo Koeta Deai
40 years ago, a Celebi was being attacked by a Pokémon Hunter. Luckily, a young boy named Sammy saved Celebi. Using its Time Traveling power, Celebi transported himself and Sammy 40 years into the future. There, Ash, Misty, and Brock assist Sammy to the healing lake in the forest so they can heal the wounded Celebi. Unfortunately an evil Team Rocket member, Viscious a.k.a. "The Iron Masked Marauder", tries to capture Celebi using his technology. As Ash and Co. try to get away from Viscious, they also run into Jessie, James, and Meowth, who also want to capture Celebi. Soon it becomes a race against time to get Celebi and Sammy back to the forest before Celebi is caught and is used to destroy the forest and themselves.
Grappler Baki: Saidai Tournament-hen
Baki, a great grappler needs to live up to his name being the son of the greatest grapplers of all time: Hanma Yujiro. At the Shinshinkai Organization's private arena, anything goes and the odds are always stacked against you. Current champion of the urderground tournament he fight to defend his title against the worlds strongest and best martial artists, including "the beast" his own father Yujiro.
Alien 9
Yuri Ootani, a girl who has been afraid of aliens, has been chosen to be on the alien party with the class president Kumi Kawamura, whose only intention to join the alien party is to get out of presidential duties, as well as Kasumi Tomine who is perfect at everything she does, including fighting all the aliens that come in their way.
Scryed
A strange environmental phenomenon 22 years ago in the Kanazawa prefecture caused the land to split and protrude upwards reaching unprecedented heights, creating the secluded area known as The Lost Ground. Kazuma is a young mercenary who lives in the Lost Ground, looking for any work he can find to sustain his livelihood within the harsh environment. He is one of the few people that are gifted with the Alter ability, which allows him to plaster his right arm and torso with a metallic alloy. When this mercenary encounters HOLY, an order whose purpose is to suppress and capture what they call Native Alter Users, and one of the elite members of HOLY, Ryuho, an epic rivalry begins.
Final Fantasy
A planet is overrun by a mysterious group of creatures that infect and destroy all life on Earth. Only the determination of a single woman to find a cure will prevent the world from slowly being eaten away. Yet there are those from within who are impatient for results and will do anything to win this war.
I My Me! Strawberry Eggs
Amawa Hibiki is a young man just out of college, with an education to be an athletics teacher. He's been having a hard time finding a job since he graduated, so all his money has gone towards living expenses. When his landlady demands his first payment to live in her living establishment upfront, he heads to the local middle school to get hired as a teacher. However, the principal refuses to hire him without hesitation. She will not hire men as teachers and makes it clear that she hates all men, saying they put no love into their passions and work. Amawa does not give up and with the help of his landlady, he crossdresses as a woman without a second thought, and gets hired, so he can earn money and also prove the principal wrong. Now, he has to keep his real gender a secret, and avoid strange situations, including the affections of his students (from both genders).
Gakkou no Kaidan: Kubinashi Rider!! Shi no Noroi
A headless rider terrorizes the town on the anniversary of what was his death, seeking to decapitate people like himself. When the ghost turns his headlights upon Satsuki, the gang needs to find a way to put him to sleep again, and quick! Note: This episode takes place before the final episode of the TV series, "Farewell, Amanojaku — The Descent of Ohma."
Digimon Tamers: Boukensha-tachi no Tatakai
Takato and Guilmon go on vacation to Okinawa and meet a fellow tamer, Minami. Back in Japan, a popular computer pet suddenly becomes a virus, infecting all of the computers who have it. As the virus spreads, Takato tries to figure out why digimon are all attacking his new friend, and what her connection is to the virus.
Seikai no Senki II
Due to a lack of ambassadors for the recently-conquered worlds the rapidly advancing fleet of the Bebaus brothers leave behind, Lafiel is appointed Territorial Ambassador of the planet Lobnas II. Upon arriving to the planet Jinto and Lafiel discover that the planet was used by the United Mankind as a prison planet and now has a million prisoners on the only inhabited island. The prisoners are parted in three blocks. The western where women are housed, the eastern belongs to the men and the central is mixed under the restriction that all prisoners living there are sterilized. The women in the western sector want to emigrate from the planet of fear for the men and when they do the men in the east rebel, overthrowing the guards and capturing Jinto to try to stop the emigration of the women. At the same time an enemy fleet heads toward the system forcing Lafiel to abandon Jinto.
Arete-hime
Confined in the castle tower by her father, princess Arete spends her days watching the world outside her window. Sometimes she seeks out to watch the common people at work. The knights of the kingdom compete for the right to marry her and rule the land by competing to see who can find powerful magic objects made by a long dead race of sorcerers. Arete wants none of this. She longs to meet the common people and travel to exotic lands she has only seen in the books she keeps hidden under her bed. One day the sorcerer Boax arrives in a fantastic flying machine and offers to take Arete as his wife and transform her into a proper princess.
Pikachu no Dokidoki Kakurenbo
Pikachu and the other pokemon play a game of hide and seek.
X OVA
In this prequel to the "X" TV series, a beautiful, young, bedridden dreamgazer named Kakyou remembers the life and death of a remarkable young woman whom he met in dreams. He also recounts his dreams of a tragic future in which the fate of the Earth will be decided.
Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection
Secretly operating his cruiser as a casino at sea isn’t enough for California mafia don Lukino Marcano. He’s also looking for the gold-laden boat wreckage worth the budget of a small country! Lupin sniffs out the plan to recover this long-lost treasure and brings along his partners Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko for the ride to crash Lukino’s party. But Inspector Zenigata is always on Lupin’s tail, and this time he’s got an unusually aggressive local cop for a partner! Watch as Lupin uncovers the true mystery behind the Alcatraz island prison and the sinister syndicate, the Secret Seven!
Kikumana
This work "Kikumana" is an animation of a girl called Kikumana who acts like in a stage performance, the role defeated by such an ill circumstance though she tries to find herself. The primal aim is to get the audience feeling a strange atmosphere spread from this work. The image has a pictorial atmosphere and a documentary touch at the same time. Unrealistic phenomena take place there.
Ajimu: Kaigan Monogatari
Seventeen year old Nakaido Hirosuke is just your average high school student. One morning as he arrives at the train station on his way to school, he catches sight of a beautiful girl, Ajimu Yasuna, and immediately falls for her. The two of them get to know each other and become friends, but he can't confess his feelings and she is unsure of hers. As events and other people present obstacles for the potential couple to clear, their relationship begins to develop and their feelings become clear.
HAPPY☆LESSON
One guy. Five girls. One roof. It`s a recycled idea, but it never gets old. Happy Lesson is a kinetic take on an old genre. Chitose shares his house with five ladies. One might think the continued attention of this many girls would be a good thing, but too much attention can prove to be painful. Did I mention they`re also instructors at his school (hence the title)? Not only is he the subject of their abuse at home, but at school as well. Even when things finally calm down at night, all the rooms are taken so Chitose must sleep on the couch.
Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto
Taruto is a little cat who has just moved to a new city with her master's family. Taruto spends her days making friends and exploring her new home town. She also has a knack for getting herself into trouble. And it turns out that Taruto just might be a legendary magical princess. Almost none of Taruto’s friends believe that she can use magic or that she’s a princess, but Taruto is determined to prove it to them. But Taruto's magic is so unpredictable, you never know what's going to happen when she uses it.
Motto! Ojamajo Doremi Kaeru Ishi no Himitsu
Mo~tto Ojamajo Doremi movie features the five witches Doremi, Aiko, Hazuki, Onpu, and Momoko as they visit Doremi's grandpa's home. There, they learn of the mystery of the frog stone, a magical place where magic used to mingle in the old countryside. Aiko rediscovers her love for grandpa, and Doremi learns a piece of the magical kingdom's past.
SAMURAI GIRL Real Bout High School
At Daimon High School, kids settle their disputes by dueling with each other in the school's official K-Fight battle arena. Ryoko Mitsurugi, samurai girl and undefeated K-Fight champion, is called upon by a mysterious Priestess to protect the Earth from an invasion coming from the alternate universe of Solvania. She must face battles that will test her skills, her friendships, and her heart in order to find her true strength as a samurai warrior.
Cosmo Warrior Zero
The long war between the planet Earth and the machine men is finally over, resulting in a peace that is more a victory for the machine men than the Earth. Warrius Zero lost his family in the war to the machine men but despite this he is still is a member of the Earth fleet that is now working in concert with the machine men. His ship, made up of both humans and machine men, has been given a near impossible task: capture the space pirate Captain Harlock. While Zero struggles to accomplish this task, evidence begins to surface that the peace between machine men and Earth may not be as it seems....
Gensou Maden Saiyuuki: Requiem - Erabarezaru Mono e no Chinkonka
The gang is traveling along when they find a girl in need. Of course, they all can't resist going after her. This girl isn't all that she seems... her motive or her "humanity".... and soon the whole gang has Sanzo's past on their hands and one certain young boy who can keep a grudge for decades...
ONE: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
Orihara Kouhei returns to his town after a long disappearance to fulfill the promises he made to several girls in his childhood. He suffered from memory loss and carries a tragic past. A strange ambience surrounds the OVA...It's almost like a dream, like memories from the past trying to come together in one piece but without being able to...
Good Morning Call
One year has passed since Nao and Uehara accidently moved into the same apartment. Since then, they have become an official couple. With Uehara's 16th birthday coming up, Nao's biggest worry is what to buy him. Everything is going smoothly- that is, until Nao realizes Uehara's birthday has already passed and she spent it acting as a cut model for the handsome hair stylist, Asai.
Di Gi Charat: Natsuyasumi Special
The Di Gi Charat Natsuyasumi Special was another four episode series set in America that aired almost a year after the original series from August 2, 2001 to August 3, 2001. The young American otaku, Rodoyan, is introduced in this series. • Natsuyasumi Special Episode 1 - Dejiko in America 1 • Natsuyasumi Special Episode 2 - Dejiko in America 2 When Puchiko wanted to get off a bus she couldn't reach the signal button, and the driver (looks just like Abarenbou) kept accelerating until reaching America. Soon Dejiko received a letter from Rod Young, an American boy and a big fan of Dejiko who let Puchiko stay with him, inviting Dejiko to America to visit them and pick Puchiko up. • Natsuyasumi Special Episode 3 - Depurapyogebo Debut A contest of bands was about to be held at Akihabara; the first prize is 10-year supply of nattou, Dejiko's favorite food. She decided to enroll but couldn't find enough members or instruments. • Natsuyasumi Special Episode 4 - Isn`t Anyone Here-nyo? Dejiko and gangs of Gamers went to the mountains, but when night fell people began to disappear one by one.
Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers
During the closing days of the Gryps conflict of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, two siblings — Asagi and Takuya — ride aboard a civilian transport bound for Earth. Caught in a battle between the Titans and AEUG, they must somehow guide their ship through atmospheric entry. Luckily, they're not completely alone, as they find aid from a custom-painted Zeta Gundam, whose pilot sounds a lot like One Year War ace Amuro Ray.
Di Gi Charat: Tsuyu Special
Di Gi Charat (call her Dejiko for short) and Petit Charat (the cute little charat) come down to Earth, where they want to be idols, or something like that. Rabi~en~Rose (a random girl with bunny ears) decides they`re in her way of becoming an idol herself. They all end up working at Gamers, where various otaku, children, and humanoid fingers walk in and act like morons. Contains: • Gema no Sumika • Tsusodeshiu Engeki Dan (ii ne!)
Afro-Ken
Afro Ken is a Japanese character created by the San-X company, which creates other anime-style characters such as Kogepan. He is a dog with a rainbow-coloured afro. He is innocent and blameless and always in a good mood. Afro Ken is always willing to try new things. Afro Ken is attracted to objects that look like he does. His hair changes to look like these things as he gets close to them. There is an Afro Ken Family Tree with other dog characters who have outrageous names, such as Techno Ken, Funky Ken, Lord Ken, Super Afro Ken, and Normal Ken. Unlike the others, Normal Ken does not have wild hair.
Mahou no Chocolate
Mami-chan has a crush on her school's soccer club star, Ishida-senpai, and tries against hope to work up the courage to give him chocolate for Valentine's Day. She learns from her friend Koko-chan of the mysterious Magical Chocolate. Will the magic make Mami's dream come true?
Young Harlock wo Oe! Cosmo Warrior Zero Gaiden
Pirates have kidnapped Zero in an attempt to finally defeat the notorious Captain Harlock. Harlock is bound by a promise to his friend Toshiro to protect his lab on a strange mushroom planet. Fates collide as Zero, Harlock, Sylviana and the pirate Hunter all pursue their own agendas during one decisive battle.
Sanrio Anime Sekai Gekijou
Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters star in adaptations of various fairy tales from all over the world. This entry contains: 1. Hello kitty no Shirayukihime / Hello Kitty in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (ハローキティの白雪姫) 2. Bad Badtz-maru no Ookami ga Kita! / Badtz-Maru in "The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf" (バッドばつ丸のオオカミが来た！) 3. Pochakko no Jack to Mame no ki / Pochacco in "Jack and the Beanstalk" (ポチャッコのジャックと豆の木) 4. Hello Kitty no Susama no Mimi wa Roba no Mimi / Hello Kitty & Mimmy in "The Story of King Midas" (ハローキティの王様の耳はロバの耳) 5. Hello Kitty no Hansel to Gretel / Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel in "Hansel & Gretel" (ハローキティのヘンゼルとグレーテル) 6. My Melody no Akazukin / My Melody in "Little Red Riding Hood" (マイメロディの赤ずきん) 7. Hello Kitty no Kaguya-Hime / Hello Kitty in "The Bamboo Princess" (ハローキティのかぐや姫) 8. Hangyodon no Hadaka no Ousama / Hangyodon in "The Emperor's New Clothes" (ハンギョドンのはだかの王様) 9. Hello Kitty no Nemureru Mori no Bijo / Hello Kitty in "Sleeping Beauty" (ハローキティのねむれる森の美女) 10. Bad Badtz-Maru no Ari to Kirigirisu / Badtz-Maru in "The Ants and the Grasshopper" (バッドばつ丸のアリとキリギリス) 11. Hello Kitty no Hakuchou no Ouji / Hello Kitty in "The Wild Swans" (ハローキティの白鳥の王子) 12. O Saru no Monkichi no Kin no Ono Gin no Ono / Monkichi in "Mercury and the Workmen" (おさるのもんきちの金の斧 銀の斧) 13. Hello Kitty no Kurumiwari Ningyou / Hello Kitty in "The Nutcracker" (ハローキティのくるみ割り人形) 14. Corocorokuririn no Inaka no Nezumi Tokai no Nezumi / Corocorokuririn in "The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse" (コロコロクリリンの田舎のネズミ都会のネズミ) 15. Hello Kitty no Momotarou / Hello Kitty in "Momotaro" (ハローキティの桃太郎) 16. Pompompurin no Usagi to Kame / Pompompurin in "The Tortoise and the Hare" (ポムポムプリンのウサギとカメ) 17. Hello Kitty no Cinderella / Hello Kitty in "Cinderella" (ハローキティのシンデレラ) 18. Ahiru no Pekkle no Ahiru no Drakestail / Pekkle in "Drakestail" (アヒルのペックルのアヒルのドレイクステール) 19. Kero Kero Keroppi no Arajin to Mahou no Ranpu / Keroppi in "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" (けろけろけろっぴのアラジンと魔法のランプ) 20. Hello Kitty no Match Uri no Shoujo / Hello Kitty in "The Little Match Girl" (ハローキティのマッチ売りの少女) 21. Hello Kitty no Nagagutsu o Haita Neko / Hello Kitty in "Puss in Boots" (ハローキティの長靴をはいた猫) 22. Ahiru no Pekkle no Minikui Ahiru no ko / Pekkle in "The Ugly Duckling" (アヒルのペックルのみにくいアヒルの子) 23. Hello Kitty no o Yayu bi Hime / Hello Kitty in "Thumbelina" (ハローキティのおやゆび姫) 24. Pompompurin no Kitakaze to Taiyou / Pompompurin in "The North Wind and the Sun" (ポムポムプリンの北風と太陽) 25. Hello Kitty no Yuki no Joou / Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel in "The Snow Queen" (ハローキティの雪の女王) 26. Hello Kitty no 3 Hiki no ko Buta / Hello Kitty, Mimmy, & Dear Daniel in "The Three Little Pigs" (ハローキティの3匹の子ぶた)
Seikai no Senki Tokubetsu-hen
A compilation of the Seikai no Senki series with additional footage.
Inochi no Chikyuu: Dioxin no Natsu
This film was based on a real-life 1976 accident in Italy, when deadly dioxins threatened the area surrounding a biological research laboratory where an explosion took place.
Blue Remains
Post-nuclear Earth is barren, and life can't survive on the surface, so the few remaining people have lived under-water waiting for their time to be able to go to the surface. Amamiku and her faithful computer guardians, Pyron and Mayzamik, guard the seeds that contain the DNA for life and re-growth on the surface when the air is breathable again, but not everyone wants that to happen.
Jikuu Ihoujin KYOKO: Chocola ni Omakase!
Preparing a party for her anniversary with the King, when he failed to show up Chocola decided to run away from the castle.
Kinnikuman II Sei
While the New Generation Choujins are taking part in Fan Appreciation Day, The Cyborg arrives, takes Meat hostage, and challenges Mantarou to a fight inside Tokyo Tower.
Nono-chan
Nono-chan is the eldest daughter in the Yamada family and a third-grade elementary school student. Her family consists of her father, Mr Yamada Takashi, her mother, Mrs Yamada Matsuko and her brother, Noboru, a junior high student. Together with her grandmother, the family of five makes up a pleasant Japanese family. Everyone is special and everyday is always filled with joy and surprise.
Kinniku Banzuke: Kongou-kun no Daibouken!
A group of school children are invited to compete in the strongest man competition. As the first match is starting, the bored organizer announces that all matches will now be to the death. None of the competitors have a problem with the change. Who will survive and be crowned the strongest?
Sabaku no Kaizoku! Captain Kuppa
Sometime in the future, the world was completely dried up and became all desert. They had little rivers and lakes left, which villians and dangerous animals lived. Water has become the most valueable thing on the world. Whoever can control water will rule over the world.
Tetsuwan Atom: Chikyuu Saigo no Hi
Astro Boy, helping Professor Ochinomizu with planetary exploration, discovers a trash star floating in space. On this star, robots that can no longer move have been thrown away stacked on top of each other. On this robot mountain, Astro saves a robot soldier, Bemu, that escaped from the verge of death and takes him back to Earth. "I'm tried of fighting!" "I feel the same." While Atom and Bemu are together, a warm friendship is born and goes on to deepen. However, one day, the trash star draws near to the Earth. If it hits, the Earth would have a huge explosion. The Earth is in chaos. As this happens, there is just one way to stop the crash into Earth. Only this is... What will Astro do. Will he be able to protect a peaceful Earth as well as his friendship with Bemu?
Tokyo Juushouden: Fuuma Gogyou Denshou
Long ago, in feudal Japan, there was a fierce warrior named the Demon King. He controlled a band of demons, known as the Kyouma. Only the powers of ten warriors sealed the Demon King away and kept the Kyouma under control. But now, Lord Shindigan, a powerful Kyouma is planning to free the Demon King, and the reincarnations of the ten warriors must band together and save the earth.
Mamimume★Mogacho
The wild Mogacho creates havoc on Puri Puri Island. It's a fun-filled show about his adventures with his delightful friends.
Mini Moni Yaru no da Pyon!
The very tiny adventures of the equally tiny bright and happy J-pop group Mini Moni, without a real continued plot between each short.
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Kaiketsu Naganegiman to Yakisobapanman
Yakisobapanman and Uncle Negi try to escort the young Pepper Trio and their important cargo to Vegetable Village in time for the carnival this evening but Baikinman and his gang are trying to steal the cargo. Luckily, Naganegiman keeps showing up to help fight them off, but how? Who could this mysterious masked swordsman be?
Ginga Tetsudou 999: Niji no Michishirube
Short movie screened at the 2001 Kitakyushu Expo-Festival held in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.