2003 in anime

Table of years in anime: 1999 2000 2001 2002 – 2003 – 2004 2005 2006 2007

The events of 2003 in anime.

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, Tokyo Godfathers won the Animation Film Award and Winter Days won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Internationally, Millennium Actress was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the third consecutive year an anime was nominated for the award.

Releases

This list contains numerous notable entries of anime which debuted in 2003. It is not a complete list and represents popular works that debuted as TV, OVA and Movie releases. Web content, DVD specials, TV specials are not on this list.

English name	Japanese name	Type	Demographic	Regions
Air Master		TV
Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi		TV
Animatrix		OVA
Astro Boy		TV
Battle Programmer Shirase		OVA
Beyblade G Revolution		TV
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo		TV
Bottle Fairy		TV
Chrono Crusade		TV
Cinderella Boy		TV
Da Capo		TV
Di Gi Charat Nyo		TV
D.N.Angel		TV
Fullmetal Alchemist	鋼の錬金術師	TV
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu		TV
Galaxy Angel A		TV
Green Green		TV
Gungrave		TV
Gunparade March		TV
Gunslinger Girl		TV
.hack//Legend Of The Twilight		TV
Hand Maid Mai		TV
Happy Lesson Advance		TV
Ikkitousen		TV
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem		Movie
InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler		Movie
Kino's Journey		TV
Last Exile		TV
Licensed by Royal		TV
Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose		OVA
Maburaho		TV
MegaMan: Axess		TV
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok		TV
Ninja Scroll: The Series		TV
Onegai Twins		TV
One Piece The Movie: Dead End Adventure		Movie
Parasite Dolls		OVA
Peace Maker Kurogane		TV
Planetes		TV
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker		Movie
Popolocrois		TV
Read Or Die		TV
Saiyuki Reload		TV
Scrapped Princess		TV
Shadow Star Narutaru		TV
Someday's Dreamers		TV
Sonic X	ソンイックｘ	TV
Texhnolyze		TV
Tokyo Godfathers		Movie
Twin Spica		TV
Ultra Maniac		TV
Wolf's Rain		TV
Zatch Bell!		TV