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Mitsuteru Yokoyama passed away on Apr.15. He created many famous cartoons like "Babiru II", "Mahou Tsukai Sally", "Tetsujin 28 gou (Iron Man No.28)". The new anime series of Tetsujin 28-gou have just started on TV and it is quite good quality. However before seeing their conclusion, he was unfortunately killed by fire.
Kaicho / Apr.16,2004
There was a fire at the Yamagiwa Soft-kan in Akihabara yesterday. Although the first to the third floors were burned and there were 120 people inside a hall then, all of them escaped and there were no dead.
Kaicho / Feb.11, 2004
Anison Ranking in Apr.2003.
RankTitleScore
1Last Exile648
2Kiddy Grade589
3Sora no Stellvia564
4Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto460
5Stratos 4445
6Juunikokuki 393
7Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED379
8Galaxy Angel354
9The Big-O353
10Gunparade March321
11Wandaba Style314
12Puchipuri * Yucy286
13Nanaka 6/17280
14Narue no Sekai247
15Wolf's Rain241
16Princess Tutu237
17.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu225
18Kaleidstar219
19Full Moon o Sagashite201
20Airmaster197

Kaicho / Jun.24,2003
Anison Ranking in Jan.2003.
RankTitleScore
1Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto658
2Galaxy Angel654
3Kiddy Grade634
4Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED504
5Haibane Renmei476
6The Big-O475
7.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu440
8Nanaka 6/17422
9Oja-majo Doremi Dokkaaan409
10Puchipuri * Yucy384
11Juunikokuki 363
12Stratos 4330
13Princess Tutu320
14Wolf's Rain258
15HeatGuy J236
16Raimuiro Senkitan216
17Overman King-Gainer216
18Full Moon o Sagashite207
19Rizelmine199
20Hikaru no Go185

Kaicho / Jun.21,2003
Anison Ranking in Nov.2002.
RankTitleScore
1Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED668
2Galaxy Angel665
3Haibane Renmei549
4Kiddy Grade533
5Princess Tutu503
6Sister Princess Repure433
7Puchipuri * Yucy386
8The Big-O339
9HeatGuy J338
10Juunikokuki 319
11Rizelmine312
12Witch Hunter ROBIN295
13Mirumo de Pon227
14Hikaru no Go221
15Oja-majo Doremi Dokkaaan207
16Kasumin203
17Overman King-Gainer197
18Spiral -Suiri no Kizuna-188
19Tenshi na Konamaiki172
20Tokyo MyuMyu162

Kaicho / Jun.16,2003
Anison Ranking in Oct.2002. I'll upload recent results in a few days (^_^;
RankTitleScore
1Azumanga Daiou944
2Ai Yori Aoshi669
3Princess Tutu597
4Pita Ten483
5Chobits462
6UFO Princess Walkure444
7.hack//SIGN370
8Mirumo de Pon351
9Juunikokuki 295
10Rahxephon264
11Full Moon o Sagashite242
12Tenchi Muyo! GXP241
13Hikaru no Go208
14Witch Hunter ROBIN207
15Asagiri no Miko193
16Overman King-Gainer181
17Shiawase-sou no Okojo-san177
18Oja-majo Doremi Dokkaaan175
19Riku no Bouei-tai Mao-chan174
20Tokyo MyuMyu171

Kaicho / Jun.14,2003
(From the Animaxis news letter) NHK opened Anime World NHK, the national television station of Japan that airs anime related programs on BS2 (satellite channel); such as "Eisei Anime Gekijyo" (Satellite Anime Theater), "BS Meisaku Anime Gekijyo" (BS Anime Theater of Masterworks), "BS Manga Yawa" (BS Manga Night Stories) and so on, had opened a site to introduce the latest information relating their anime titles titled "Anime World"on March 31.
RadHaz / Apr.7,2003
The Draemon exhibition started at Sogou Museum of Art. Many works (artwork, CG, music, etc) by many artists are displayed.
Kaicho / Mar.21,2003

The DVD box of Phan Phan Pharmacy(1998-1999) will be released in this summer at last. This anime had been well known as a masterpiece, but I suppose its peculiar way of program (combination of three animes in the same program) was an obstacle to releasing. Its detailed contents and price have not decided yet. The detail is here.
Kaicho / Mar.16,2003


Anime Ranking in August.
RankTitleScore
1Azumanga Daiou763
2.hack//SIGN463
3Chobits413
4Ai Yori Aoshi377
5Mirumo de Pon347
6Pita Ten314
7Rahxephon261
8UFO Princess Walkure259
9Hikaru no Go259
10Tenchi Muyo! GXP245
11Oja-majo Doremi Dokkaaan230
12Witch Hunter ROBIN220
13Full Moon o Sagashite212
14Riku no Bouei-tai Mao-chan211
15Tokyo MyuMyu196
16Juunikokuki 174
17G-on Riders171
18Inuyasha146
19The Prince of Tennis132
20One Piece130

Kaicho / Sep.2,2002
New Animes in September
TitleStartChannelDirector
Overman King-GainerSep 7,2002WOWOWTomino, Yoshiyuki
Hungry Heart -Wild Striker-Sep 11,2002Animax, Fuji-TVHaga, Hitoshi
Mohoromatic -Motto Utsukushii Mono-(Mohoromatic -Something More Beautiful-)Sep 26,2002BS-IYamaga, Hiroyuki
Putipuri * Yucy(PetitPrincess * Yucy)Sep 30,2002NHK BS-2Otsuka, Masahiko
Boukensha(Adventurers)UnknownNHK BS-2Kurokawa, Fumio

Kaicho / Aug.28,2002
Anime Ranking in July.
RankTitleScore
1Azumanga Daiou965
2Figure 17578
3Chobits571
4Pita Ten569
5Ai Yori Aoshi553
6.hack//SIGN496
7Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai438
8Mirumo de Pon417
9Shichinin no Nana402
10Rahxephon383
11Rizelmine319
12Hikaru no Go317
13Tenchi Muyo! GXP309
14Full Metal Panic295
15Full Moon o Sagashite221
16Happy Lesson205
17Oja-majo Doremi Dokkaaan201
18Tokyo MyuMyu198
19Juunikokuki 184
20The Prince of Tennis172

Kaicho / Aug.26,2002
New Animes in August
TitleStartChannelDirector
Princess TutuAug 16,2002KidsStation, TVK, TVSSatou, Jun-ichi / Kawamoto, Shougo
Ki Fither TaerangAug 21,2002NHK BS-2Unknown
Maou Dante(Dante the Satan)Aug 31,2002UnknownMaejima, Ken-ichi

Kaicho / Aug.6,2002
Matsumoto Reiji demanded to stop broadcasting his newest TV series of "Captain Harlock" on Anime Theater-X. When he checked the anime before the air, he found "Star of David" on a weapon which attacks the earth.
He said "I went pale when I found it. I thought correction of the cut was not enough and I'd better stop broadcasting this work. Political, ideal, religious, and national viewpoints should be respected. This work absolutely goes against my principle."
It's true that generally Japanese creators don't take care of religious viewpoints (unbelievably, they don't have any malice in the most cases), but some have considerable insight.
The start of "Captain Harlock" is not certain now, including whether it really starts someday.
Kaicho / Jun.24,2002
Anime Ranking in May.
RankTitleScore
1Azumanga Daiou742
2Chobits693
3Ai Yori Aoshi619
4Pita Ten551
5Rahxephon470
6Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai406
7Figure 17376
8Rizelmine337
9Full Metal Panic334
10.hack//SIGN291
11Oja-majo Doremi Dokkaaan278
12Hikaru no Go264
13Mirumo de Pon251
14Tenchi Muyo! GXP242
15Tokyo MyuMyu206
16Shichinin no Nana161
17Full Moon o Sagashite151
18Happy Lesson145
19The Prince of Tennis125
20Atashi'n-chi118

Kaicho / Jun.11,2002
Anime Ranking in April.
RankTitleScore
1Chitchana Yukitsukai Sugar643
2Rahxephon444
3Galaxy Angel428
4Figure 17385
5Kanon340
6Onegai Teacher299
7Hikaru no Go290
8Hajime no Ippo252
9Full Metal Panic244
10Oja-majo Doremi Dokkaaan198
11Shichinin no Nana187
12Kasumin181
13The Prince of Tennis172
14FF:U135
15Shaman King112
16Inuyasha106
17Daa! Daa! Daa!97
18Cyborg 00982
19I My Me! Strawberry Egg81
20Kaze no Youjinbou78

Kaicho / Jun.10,2002
Anime Ranking in February.
RankTitleScore
1Chitchana Yukitsukai Sugar472
2Onegai Teacher402
3Fruits Basket396
4Comet-san358
5Figure 17287
6Scryed280
7Moootto! Oja-majo Doremi269
8Kokoro Toshokan249
9Rahxephon238
10Shichinin no Nana208
11Full Metal Panic186
12Hellsing181
13Hikaru no Go180
14Kasumin178
15Vandread the 2nd Stage165
16Kanon162
17Najika Dengeki Sakusen138
18Gakuen Senki Muryou133
19FF:U117
20Hajime no Ippo114

Kaicho / Jun.9,2002
OVA ranking in 2002
#TitleStartScore
1 Gunbuster - Top o Nerae 1988/10/07289
2 Mahou Tsukai Tai! 1996/05/25180
3 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki 1992/09/25172
4 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
(Legend of Galactic Heroes)
1988/12/21135
5 Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083 1991/05/23124
6 R.O.D 2001/05/23101
7 Macross Plus 1994/08/2583
8 FLCL 2000/05/0176
9 Rurouni Kenshin -Tsuioku-hen- 1999/02/2070
10 Hunter x Hunter 2001/12/1769
11 Giant Robo the Animation - The Day the Earth Stops 1992/07/2364
11 Shimpi no Sekai - El Hazard 1995/05/2664
13 Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 1989/03/2555
14 Bubblegum Crisis 1987/02/2554
14 Megazone 23 1985/03/0954
14 Aika 1997/04/2554
17 Ah! My Goddess 1993/02/2151
18 Kyuuketsuki Miyu 1988/07/2149
19 Sakura Taisen 1997/12/1847
20 Honoo no Tenkousei
(Change Student of Flames)
1991/05/2146

Kaicho / Mar.16,2002
Movie Anime Ranking in 2002.
#TitleStartScore
1 Lupin III - The Castle of Cagliostro 1979/12/15199
2 Nausiccaa 1984/03/11179
3 Macross - Do you remember love? 1984/07/21177
4 Laputa - Castle in the Sky 1986/08/02173
5 Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor
(Patlabor the Mobile Police)
1989/07/15170
6 Wings of Honneamise 1987/03/14120
7 Urusei Yatsura2 - Beautiful Dreamer 1984/02/11114
8 Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor 2 1993/08/07102
9 Ginga Tetsudou 999
(Galaxy Express Three-nine)
1979/08/0499
10 Kidou Senkan Nadesio - the prince of darkness 1998/08/0898
11 Kidou Senshi Gundam-III Meguriai Sora 1982/03/1392
12 Taiho Shichauzo the Movie
(You're Under Arrest)
1999/04/2491
13 Akira 1988/07/1676
14 Mimi o Sumaseba
(Whisper of the Heart)
1995/07/1566
15 Crusher Joe 1983/03/1265
16 Macross Plus 1995/10/0760
17 Majo no Takkyuubin
(Kiki's Delivery Service)
1989/07/2959
18 The End of Evangelion 1997/07/1958
18 Tonari no Totoro
(My Neighbor Totoro)
1988/04/1658
20 Gyakushuu no Char
(Char's Strike Back)
1988/03/1253

Kaicho / Mar.13,2002
TV Anime Ranking in 2002.
#TitleStartScore
1 Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995/10/04265
2 Cowboy Bebop 1998/04/03247
3 Mobile Suite Gundam 1979/04/07220
4 Card Captor Sakura 1998/04/07161
5 Mugen no Ryvius
(Infinite Ryvius)
1999/10/06149
6 Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
(The Secret of Blue Water)
1990/04/13107
7 Kidou Senkan Nadesico
(Martian Successor Nadesico)
1996/08/10100
8 Urusei Yatsura 1981/10/1499
9 Kidou Senshi Z Gundam
(Mobile Suit Z Gundam)
1985/03/0287
10 Maison Ikkoku 1986/03/2684
11 TRIGUN 1998/04/0182
11 Macross 1982/10/0382
13 Mirai Shounen Conan
(Future Boy Conan)
1978/04/0474
14 Shoujo Kakumei Utena 1997/04/0271
15 Mishoujo Senshi Sailormoon 1992/03/0770
16 Fushigi Mahou Phan Phan Pharmacy 1998/02/1463
17 Uchuu Senkan Yamato
(Star Blazer)
1977/08/0662
17 Turn-A Gundam 1999/04/0962
19 Magical Stage - Fancy Lala 1998/04/0561
20 Kodomo no Omocha
(Children's Toy)
1996/04/0555

Kaicho / Mar.12,2002
Anime Ranking in February
RankTitlePoint
1Chitchana Yukitsukai Sugar480
2Onegai Teacher401
3Fruits Basket395
4Comet-san363
5Figure 17287
6Scryed280
7Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi268
8Kokoro Toshokan257
9Rahxephon235
10Shichinin no Nana
(Seven Nanas)
210
11Full Metal Panic189
12Hellsing181
Kasumin181
14Hikaru no Go180
15Vandread the 2nd Stage168
16Kanon163
17Najica Dengeki Sakusen142
18Gakuen Senki Muryou133
19FF:U123
20Hajime no Ippo
(First Step)
114
This vote was an open ballot by anime fans in Kanto region with descriptive method.
Kaicho / Mar.10,2002
Anime Song Ranking in December.
RankTitlePoint
1For Fruits Basket (Fruits Basket OP)943
2Reckless fire (Scryed OP)715
3Sugar Baby Love (Chitchana Yukitsukai Sugar OP)657
4Chiisana Inori [Tiny Praying] (Fruits Basket ED)606
5Beagle (Kokoro Toshokan OP)549
6NAJICA (Najica Dengeki Sakusen OP)528
7Drastic my soul (Scryed ED)511
8Tsuki wa Miteru [The moon is looking at everything] (Kokoro Toshokan EP)449
9Miracle Power (Comet-san OP)365
10Serenade (Fruits Basket)363
11Snow flower (Chitchana Yukitsukai Sugar ED)358
12Oja Majo de Bang Bang (Moootto Oja-Majo Doremi OP)355
13Cool - Logos naki World [Cool - The world without Logos](Hellsing OP)333
14Butterfly Kiss (Rave OP)331
15Kaerimichi [the Way to Home] (Mahoromatic OP)287
16Justice(Vandread the 2nd Stage OP)279
17Mogeta no Uta [Mogeta's Song] (Fruits Basket)275
18Over the FANTASY (FF:U OP)254
19Take (Gakuen Senki Muryou OP)253
20I am (Inuyasha OP)246

Kaicho / Dec.21,2001
Anime Ranking in November
RankTitlePoint
1Fruits Basket929
2Chitchana Yukitsukai Sugar640
3Scryed635
4Najika Dengeki Sakusen438
5Hellsing423
6Vandread the 2nd Stage376
7Comet-san317
8Gakuen Senki Muryou278
9Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi277
10Kokoro Toshokan276
11Kasumin274
12Hikaru no Go252
13Cyborg 009202
14Daa! Daa! Daa!188
15Okojo-san187
16Inuyasha184
17Hajime no Ippo
(First Step)
153
18FF:U(Final Fantasy Unlimited)132
19Tenshi no Shippo131
20Tennis no Ouji-sama125

Kaicho / Dec.18,2001
Matsumoto Reiji got a decoration (Purple Ribbon Medal) today. This decoration is given to people who have rendered distinguished service to Japan, and it's given to some cartoonists before: Akatsuka Fujio, Hasegawa Machiko, Shouji Sadao, etc. By the way, it's wonder for me that Tezuka Osamu didn't get any decorations. Maybe he refused them when he was offered informally.
Kaicho / Nov.3,2001
Love Hina will come back as OVA series. It'll start in January next, and be concluded in 3 volumes. Keitaro's sister, Kanako, will appear as a new character.
Kaicho / Nov.2,2001
Anime Ranking in October.
RankAmimeScore
1 Fruits Basket 882
2Noir763
3 Scryed 628
4Hare Nochi Guu379
5Angelic Layer343
6Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi308
7Z.O.E. Dolores,i296
8Comet-san258
9I! My! Me! Strawberry Egg235
10Sister Princess213
11Gakuen Senki Muryou212
12Hajime no Ippo159
13Daa! Daa! Daa!154
14Inuyasha152
15Taiho Shichauzo
(You're Under Arrest)
150
16Shaman King144
17Detective Conan117
18Webdiver110
19Magical Nyan-Nyan Taruto105
20Mahou Senshi Riui
(Louie the Rune Soldier)
95

Kaicho / Oct.29,2001
"Candy Candy Trial" finished at last. The Supreme Court gave decision on Oct.25, and it was almost the same as Tokyo High Court(Mar.2000), and Tokyo District Court(Feb.1999). That means Igarashi,Yumiko lost her case at last, and it was confirmed that Mizuki and Igarashi had the same right on Candy's illustration. I don't expect their reconciliation, but I wish Candy will be saved from needless dispute.
Kaicho / Oct.26,2001
Anime Song ranking in Sep.
RankTitlePoint
1Coppelia no Hitsugi [Coppelia's Coffin](Noir OP)975
2For Fruit Basket (Fruit Basket OP)918
3Be My Angel (Angelic Layer OP)749
4Love Tropicana (Hare nochi Guu OP)736
5Love Destiny (Sister Princess OP)651
6Chiisana Inori [Small Prayer] (Fruit Basket EP)602
7Kirei na Kanjou [Pure Emotion](Noir ED)515
8Reckless fire (Scryed OP)513
9Oja Majo de Bang Bang (Moootto Oja-Majo Doremi OP)502
10canta per me (Noir)475
11Kyou no Hana [Today's Flower](Magical Nyan-Nyan Taruto OP)424
12Miracle Power (Comet-san)418
13Hanauta-no-Halleluiah [Halleluiah with Humming](Magical Nyan-Nyan Taruto EP)409
14Kimi ni Smile [Smile to you](Comet-san OP)402
15Ring on the World (Z.O.E. Dolores,i ED)390
16Twincle Star (Comet-san ED)384
17Drastic My Sould (Scryed ED)375
18Takaramono [Treasure](Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi ED)365
19Tsubasa [Wind] (Sister Princess ED)351
20Hearts (Star Ocean EX ED)348

Kaicho / Oct.18,2001
The Tenchi-Web page is officially open today, 10/10/2001. Stop by and have a look at the coming TV series.
RadHaz / Oct.11,2001
New Animes in October
Vandread -The Second Stage (Oct.5, 18:30, WOWOW)
The sequel of Vandread. Directed by Mori Takeshi.
X (Oct.3 18:30, WOWOW)
Original work by CLAMP, Directed by Kawajiri Yoshiaki
Chitchana Yukitsukai Sugar[Small Snowmaster Sugar] (Oct.2 26:20, TBS)
Character Design by Koge-Domb
Najica Dengeki Sakusen (Oct.5 24:00, CTV, TVS, TVK, Kids Station)
Directed by Nishijima Katsuhiko
Babiru II (Oct 23:30, TV TOKYO)
Detail is unknown
Final Fantasy Unlimited (Oct.2 18:30, TV TOKYO)
Directed by Yonetani Yoshitomo
Captain Tsubara - Road to 2002 (Oct.7 17:20, TV TOKYO)
New series of Captain Tsubasa.
Cyborg 009 (Oct.14 18:30, TV TOKYO)
Original work by Ishinomori Shotaro
Kuru Kuru Amy (Oct.1 6:40-6:45, TV TOKYO)
Detail is unknown
Shiawase-sou no Okojo-san (Oct.2 18:00, TV TOKYO)
Original work by Uno Ayumi, Directed by Negishi Hiroshi
Full-metal Panic (Oct.2 18:30, WOWOW)
Directed by Chiaki Kouichi, Animation by Gonzo
Otogi Story - Tenshi no Shippo[Fairy Tale - Angel Tail] (Oct.4 18:30, WOWOW)
Directed by Ochi Kazuhiro
Kokoro Toshokan[Heart Library] (Oct.4 25:15, TV TOKYO)
Original Work by Takagi Nobutaka, Kuroda Yousuke
i-wish you were here (Oct.4 25:30, Kids Station)
Original Work by Gonzo
Mahoromatic (Oct.5 26:00, BS-i)
Original Work by Nakayama Bunjuro, Ditama Bow.
Hoshi no Kirby (Oct.6 7:30, TBS)
Directed by Kusakabe Mitsuo
Geisters (Oct.6 7:30, TV TOKYO)
Directed by Watanabe Sumio
Gekito! Crush Gear Turbo (Oct.7 7:00, TV ASAHI)
Directed by Iuchi Hideharu
Tennis no Ouji-sama [Prince of Tennis] (Oct.10 19:00, TV TOKYO)
Directed by Hamana Takayuki
Hikaru no Go (Oct.10 19:27, TV TOKYO)
Original Work by Hotta Yumi, Obata Ken, Directed by Nishizawa Shin
RAVE (Oct.13 17:30, TBS)
Original Work by Majima Hiro, Directed by Iida Umanosuke, Watanabe Takashi
Vampire Kids (Oct.13 18:30, FUJI-TV)
Ditail is unknown
Hellsing (Oct.17 26:40, FUJI-TV)
Original work by Hirano Kouta, Directed by Iida Umanosuke, Urata Yasunori, Scenario by Konaka Chiaki
The Legend of Condor Hero (Oct, BS-FUJI)
Directed by Annou Masami

Kaicho / Sep.10,2001
Matsuo Ginzou (Real Name: Matsuo, Kouichi), born in 1951, met with an untimely death on Aug.25. He acted voice of Oyajide (Oja-Majo Doremi), Grandpa (Inuyasha), Biff (Scryd), etc... I haven't heard about the cause of his death.
Kaicho / Aug.28,2001
Anime Rank in August
RankTitlePoint
1Fruits Basket914
2Noir828
3Scryed702
4Hare nochi Guu530
5Z.O.E. Dolores,i405
6Comet-san394
7Angelic Layer364
8Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi361
9Sister Princess303
10Taiho Shichauzo
(You're Under Arrest)
275
11Inuyasha273
12Hajime no Ippo
(First Step)
261
13I! My! Me! Strawberry Egg259
14Battle Flag of Stars II236
15Daa! Daa! Daa!225
16Seikai no Senki
(The Flag of the Star World)
155
17Webdiver113
18One Piece108
19Shaman King99
20Mahou Senshi Riui
(Louie the Rune Soldier)
97

Kaicho / Aug.22,2001
Comic Market 60 will be held from Aug.10 to Aug.12, and over 200,000 anime fans will visit. Tokyo Travel Bureau announced that they would release Bus Card - Comic Market 60 version. They said they would sell 3,000 sets (the list price is 1,000 yen).
Kaicho / Aug.6,2001
In the end of this year, Di Gi Charat movie will be released. This is the first movie of Di Gi Charat. Sakura Wars movie and Slayers Premium will be put on the screen at the same time. Another Di Gi Charat news: Di Gi Charat - Summer Vacation Special will be aired on Aug.2 and Aug.3 at TBS.
Kaicho / Jul.16,2001
According to Sports Nippon, Miyazaki Hayao hinted at his retirement from producing long films at the complete reception of "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" . He is known as a perfectionist and he said his age (60) made it difficult to treat movies. However I have heard a similar talk when he completed "Mononoke Hime", so he may go back on his word again.
Kaicho / Jul.11,2001
A new magazine "Gundam Ace" founded today. One of main contents is "Kidou Senshi Gundam the Origin" by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. He handled many Gundam series, but it's the first time that he draws a cartoon.
Kaicho / Jun.25,2001
Anime Song ranking in June.
RankTitlePoint
1Coppelia no Hitsugi [Coppelia's Coffin](Noir OP)889
2Be My Angel (Angelic Layer OP)790
3Love Tropicana (Hare nochi Guu OP)587
4Hanaukyo Maid-tai no Uta [Hanaukyo Maid-tai's song](Hanaukyo Maid-tai OP)586
5Oja Majo de Bang Bang (Moootto Oja-Majo Doremi OP)543
6Love Destiny (Sister Princess OP)465
7Kirei na Kanjou [Pure Emotion](Noir ED)446
8W-Infinity (Gear Fighter Dendo OP)443
9Kiss Kara Hajimaru Miracle 2-shiki [Miracle starting from a kiss Mk-2](Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi 2-shiki)442
10Kimi no mamade [Stay on Yourself](Comic Party OP)416
11White Destiny (Shin Shirayukihime Densetsu Preetia OP)371
12Kimi ni Smile [Smile to you](Comet-san OP)367
13Sweet Song ABC (Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi)353
14Sakura Saku [Cherry comes into bloom] (Love Hina OP)347
the starry sky (Angelic Layer ED)347
16SOULTAKER (The SoulTaker OP)345
17Starting UP (Taiho Shichauzo OP)341
18Megami ni Naritai - for a yours - [I wanna be a goddess for you] (Di Gi Charat OP)336
19Heart no Tsubasa [Wings on Heart] (Daa! Daa! Daa! OP)304
20Takaramono [Treasure](Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi ED)301

Kaicho / Jun.14,2001
Anime Song ranking in March. (Sorry, I forgot to upload)
RankTitlePoint
1Mameshiba (Chikyu Shoujo Arjuna ED)547
2Silent Wind (Argentosoma OP)459
3Oja-Majo de Bang Bang (Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi OP)324
4Oja-Majo wa Koko ni Iru [Here is Oja-Majo] (Oja-Majo Doremi# OP)319
5W-Infinity (Gear Fighter Dendo OP)311
6unsteady (Trizenon OP)300
7Sora ni Kakeru Hashi [Bridge over the skies] (Tales of Eternia OP)297
8Party Night -White Version- (Di Gi Charat ED)282
9Count Down (Gear Fighter Dendo ED)253
10My will (Inuyasha ED)233
11RUN! RUN! RUN! (One Piece ED)229
12Kuuki to Hoshi [Air and Stars] (Earthly Girl Arjuna)229
13lost in you (Trizenon ED)225
14Hiou no theme (Hiou Senki OP)217
15Heart no Tsubasa [Wings on Heart] (Daa! Daa! Daa! OP)213
16Horizon (Argentosoma ED)212
17Hana no Katachi [Shape of Flower] (Chikyuu Bouei Kazoku ED)211
18Takaramono [Treasure] (Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi ED)202
19I'd love you to touch me (Tales of Eternia ED)195
20Taiyou wa Yoru mo Kagayaku [The sun also shines in the night] (Hunter Hunter OP)190

Kaicho / Jun.13,2001
New Animes in July
Fruits Basket (Jul.5 18:00, TV TOKYO)
Stories about a girl, and strange family which transform into animals when they hold a woman. Directed by Daichi, Akitaro.
Cosmo Warrior Zero (AT-X)
Matumoto Reiji's new work. In the end of 30th century, human being is accepting the coexistence with mechanized people. However, Captain Harlock rebelled against them and went to the space. Warrior Zero is appointed to exterminator of him....
Shaman King (Jul.4 18:30, TV TOKYO)
Shaman has a supernatural power which make ghosts haunt on his body, and use ghost's power or special ability.
I-MY-ME Strawberry Egg (WOWOW[free])
Amawa Hibiki is a teacher, and she is a hot-blooded woman, but she is loved by girl students? Directed by Yamaguchi, Yuuji.
Mahou Shoujo Neko Taruto [Magic Cat Girl Taruto]
Stories of a cat ear girl who studies magic.

Kaicho / May.25,2001
Strike came back on You're Under Arrest. On the previous TV series, he didn't appear at last. I think there are many(?) YUA fans who wanted his comeback (^_^)
Anime Ranking in May.
RankTitlePoint
1Noir771
2Angelic Layer563
3Gear Fighter Dendo383
4Z.O.E. Dolores,i380
5Hare nochi Guu377
6Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi346
7Comic Party330
8Comet-san287
9Mahou Senshi Riui
(Louie the Rune Soldier)
282
10Hajime no Ippo
(First Step)
274
11Taiho Shichauzo
(You're Under Arrest)
263
12Inuyasha249
13Hanaukyo Maid-tai210
14Zoids200
15Gene Shaft199
16Project Arms190
17Daa! Daa! Daa!183
18Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Preetia
(Legend of New Snow White - Preetia)
175
19Sister Princess162
20Powerpuff Girls 152

Kaicho / May.18,2001
Two masterpieces restarted on "Comic Bunch", a magazine founded on May.15.
Kaicho / May.16,2001
I visited the new Animate Akihabara shop. It's much larger than the previous store, and more conveniently located, too. In addition, I couldn't help noticing that it's on the same way to Gamers headstore, and nearer from Akihabara station. It's sure that many customers of Gamers will stop in front of Animate Akihabara shop (^_^; The battle of anime stores on Akihabara may have just started.
Kaicho / May.8,2001
Anime Ranking in March.
RankTitlePoint
1Gear Fighter Dendo523
2Argentosoma481
3Moootto! Oja-Majo Doremi381
4Chikyu Shoujo Arjuna
(Earthly Girl Arjuna)
371
5Inuyasha362
6Hunter x Hunter299
7Chikyu Bouei Kazoku
(Earth Defending Family)
272
8Hajime no Ippo
(First Step)
266
9Zoids223
10Gakkou no Kaidan
(Ghost Stories in School)
215
11One Piece195
12Hiou Senki
(Record of Hiou's war)
172
13Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya
(Tetsuya - the legend of a gambler)
167
14Detective Conan153
15Daa! Daa! Daa!142
16Powerpuff Girls 126
17Trizenon113
18Tales of Eternia108
Sci-Fi Harry108
20Saiyuuki107

Kaicho / Apr.20,2001
The spring new anime by which I was impressed the most was Hare nochi Guu. It is filled with absurdity and black jokes. In the first episode, Guu showed a lot off her mysteries, but I assume she's still hiding many secrets.
Kaicho / Apr.14,2001
Only I can say about Di Gi Charat Ohanami Special is "cute!". This anime succeeded to bring out cuteness in four girls again. Especially, in "Sakura Sakura" episode, they enjoyed ohanami (cherry blossom watching) and expressed a warm and comfortable mood perfectly. In addition, Petit Charat went to kindergarten, and Minataku became in the same class with Rabi en Rose. Each episode was funny and cute.
Kaicho / Apr.9,2001
Comet-san was an old TV drama, but it's remade as an anime (^_^) Comet is a girl of Star World, but she came to the earth to look for a prince of Star World who ran into this planet. She can use magic if her magic baton is charged with power of starlight, but it rained that night and no stars were in sight. In pouring rain, she couldn't see what to do, but then, a women appeared in front of her....
Kaicho / Apr.8,2001
The first episode of Comic Party was very funny. It was a story of a boy who was brainwashed by his bad friends (^_^; Kazuki was a ordinary high school student, but he was taken over to Ariake, an exhibition and sale of DOUJINSHI. He came there with his female friend, Mizuki, but she retired soon because it was too hot, too crowded, and too smelly (^o^; After missing her, he met a meganekko (an girl with glasses on) who was selling doujinshi, and she changed his life (^_^;;;;;
Kaicho / Apr.7,2001
At the entrance ceremony of Gunma prefectural police school which was held on Apr.5, the chairman of Gunma prefectural assembly gave instructions and said, "no evil man has the human rights", and this statement came into question. He explained that he meant to say if police's right and criminal's right conflicted, police's right shoud be given priority. However, I'm suspecting that he is a fan of a certain anime, whose heroine is a flat-chested sorceress (^o^;
Kaicho / Apr.6,2001
There are many digital animation, but Run=Dim is the first Japanese anime whose all characters are drawn with polygon (though Korean company produced this CG). It looked screen of video game rather than anime (^o^; The contents are space wars in the future, but it's funny that national egoism of Japan (an old country whose big cities have already gone under water for the destruction of the environment) is still highlited in such a future period.
Kaicho / Apr.5,2001
Animaete announced that Amimate Akihabara Shop would move from Showa Street to Chuou Street, and expand the scale on Apr.25. That means Animate will oppose Gamers for real. I'll report about the new shop later (^_^)
Kaicho / Apr.4,2001
Stories of Love Hina special (Sakura Chiru-nakare [Cherry blossoms, don't fall]; fall of cherry blossoms symbolizes failure on entrance examination for Tokyo University) were in accordance with original stories. That means, Keitaro passed the examination at last! However, he thought he must fail, so he escaped to a southern island without saying anything to anybody (He didn't know how to excuse to Naru). However, Naru went after him before the announcement of entrance examination result. Does their love come to a conclusion ? That's what you should confirm with your eyes (^_^)
Kaicho / Apr.3,2001
It was inevitable, but the final episode of Hunter x Hunter was so unsatisfied. Because the current stories still continue on Jump magazine. In a similar case, Dragon Ball Z continued airing, but story went very slowly. Hunter x Hunter stopped gracefully to avoid the same mistake, but a sequel is seriously required in the future.
Kaicho / Apr.2,2001
The first episode of Angelic Layer has just been aired. Overall, the quality of work is quite good, but it's a litte unfortunate that an earthquake prompt report interfered some scenes (^_^; Enomoto Atsuko acted Misaki, and I felt her voice was different from my image, but I'll get used to it soon. Icchan (Mihara Ichiro) was acted by Onozaka Masaya, and his voice was perfect (He acted Kerberos on Card Captor Sakura). Shouko obasan-san was acted by Mitsuishi Kotono. That was unexpected cast but she did a good work.
Kaicho / Apr.1,2001
Di Gi Charat "ohanami(Cherry-blossom viewing)" special will be aired on Apr.6. This special will be the longest program of Di Gi Charat series (4 episodes in 60 minutes).
Kaicho / Mar.27,2001
List of New animes in this spring.
Kaicho / Mar.20,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
Mahou Senshi Ryui [Louie the Rune Soldier] (WOWOW(free), April)
Ryui is a wizard, but he likes rather fighting than magic. He venture with four pretty girls.
Parappa Rapper (Fuji TV, April)
A famous game which was released 5 years ago spun off an anime. The contents are not clear.

Kaicho / Mar.13,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
Chance - Triangle Session
Three girls, who don't concern one another, aim at to become singers.
Galaxy Angel (Sky PerfecTV, Apr.7)
This is aired on Sky PerfecTV, so I can't watch this (T_T)

Kaicho / Mar.9,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
Comic Party
The Dreamcast game of the same name spun off this anime. However, Sega decided to stop the production of Dreamcast. Can this anime be aired without accident ? (^_^;
Shin Shirayuki-Hime Densetsu - Preetia (The Legend of New Snow White - Preetia)
I don't know how to comment on this title (^_^; Himeno saves the world from "disaster" with seven knights.

Kaicho / Mar.8,2001
Love Hina special will be aired on Apr.1. Keitaro will pass the examination of Tokyo University at last! (No, it's not a April fool, unless the anime stories are different from original manga (^_^;) )
Kaicho / Mar.6,2001
Shonen Ace announced that Angelic Layer will start at 17:20 Apr.1 on TV Tokyo. The official title will be "Kidou Tenshi (Mobile Angel) Angelic Layer.
Kaicho / Feb.28,2001
You know Tenchi Muyo spun off Pretty Samy, and Nadesico spun off Gekigangar. However, I think nobody expected Puni-Puni Poemy would be an original anime. It appeared in Excel Saga on only a little while, but it'll be released on March 3 (^_^;
Kaicho / Feb.26,2001
TV Anime Ranking in February
RankTitlePoint
1Oja-Majo Doremi
(A Useless Witch Doremi)
334
2Chikyu Bouei Kazoku
(Earth Defending Family)
302
3Gear Fighter Dendo299
4Inuyasha298
5Chikyu Shoujo Arjuna
(Earthly Girl Arjuna)
272
6Hunter x Hunter255
7Argentosoma254
8Daa! Daa! Daa!192
9One Piece191
10Hiou Senki
(Record of Hiou's war)
189
11Hajime no Ippo
(First Step)
182
12Tales of Eternia178
13Powerpuff Girls 169
14Trizenon167
15Gakkou no Kaidan
(Ghost Stories in School)
160
16Zoids144
17Detective Conan141
18Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya
(Tetsuya - the legend of a gambler)
133
19Brigadoon - Marin and Meran92
20Sci-Fi Harry80

Kaicho / Feb.25,2001
Salary-man Kintaro started on Feb.18 at BS-i(Salary-man is a Japanish word which means salaried worker). It's aired 2 hours every week (!), and will concluded in 5 weeks.
Kaicho / Feb.22,2001
I think this may be a new anime starting in April.
Sister Princess Starting 4/4 24:45-25:15
Looks to me to be a Sentimental Journey like anime (12 girls, I would figure 1 girl an episode maybe for half season?). Just wanted to get that info to you, here is the web page I saw the info:
http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/gamers_s/sispri/
John / Feb.19,2001
Daichi Akitaro's new OVA work, Kuromi-chan may be marked by its strong individuality. Kuromi-chan finds work with an anime studio, but it's much harder than she's expected.... This is the first "anime-making anime" as far as I know. So it may be a new bible next to Otaku no Video. It will be released on March 30.
Kaicho / Feb.18,2001
Touch - Cross Road - Kaze no Yukue was aired. It's incredible, but the style of Touch has not changed, though more than ten years has passed since TV series finished. In addition, OP and ED songs of TV series were used as BGM. It's absolutely wonderful for old fans (^_^) Uesugi Tatsuya joined an American AA baseseball team, Greentown Emeralds. It was a small and weak team, but they changed after they knew the dissolution of the team. Minami didn't go with him, and worked as an assistant of a cameraman. How do they feel the separation? That's the main theme of the story.
Kaicho / Feb.9,2001
From the AIC website:
The character designer of Gunsith Cats, Gal Force, Bubblegum Crisis, Kenichi Sonoda unveiled his new project - Wrestloid Baby (Tempt). Its the story about a popular female robot wrestling game "FWFG-Female type Wrestloid Fighters Grand prix" in the future Japan.
The English version for his new project is coming on 1/15, 2001.
Ryoga-Hibiki / Feb3,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
The Soul Taker
Accidentally, Date Kyosuke became able to transform, and that's the begining of his fate.

Kaicho / Jan.30,2001
Anime Ranking in January.
RankTitlePoint
1Card Captor Sakura341
2Oja-Majo Doremi
(A Useless Witch Doremi)
329
3Gear Fighter Dendo305
4Vandread235
5Argentosoma223
6Hunter x Hunter214
7Mahoujin Guru-Guru
(Magic Circle Guru-Guru)
201
8Hajime no Ippo
(First Step)
193
9Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya
(Tetsuya - the legend of a gambler)
190
10One Piece187
11Inuyasha167
12Zoids152
13Di Gi Charat141
14Daa! Daa! Daa!129
15Trizenon127
16Saiyuuki110
17Detective Conan98
18Hiou Senki
(Record of Hiou's war)
95
19Brigadoon - Marin and Meran92
20Moncole-Knight88

Kaicho / Jan.29,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
Gakuen Senki Muryou [Muryo - the Record of School Wars]
When the news of visitors from outer space excited the world, a transfer student came to Tenmo city.

Kaicho / Jan.27,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
Figure 17 - Tsubasa and Hikaru (Sky-Perfec-TV)
1 hour anime program. Most of Anime programs are aired 30 minutes in every week, so this length looks epock-making (reckless?).

Kaicho / Jan.26,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
Hanaukyo Maid-tai[Hanaukyo Maid team]
A highschool student Taro became the head of Hanaukyo family. He fears women so much, though there are many maids in Hanaukyo family. They can't even touch him, but only Mariel can communicate to him. (directed by Ide Yasuki)

Kaicho / Jan.22,2001
New Animes in April (additional one)
Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi 2shiki[Steel Angel Kurumi MkII] (WOWOW)
The stage changes from Taisho period to the present day. Kurumi MkII waked up by Naki, and they make new stories with Saki MkII and Karinka MkII, etc. (directed by Takahashi Naohito)

Kaicho / Jan.21,2001
New Animes in April
Taiho Shichauzo[You're Under Arrest] (TBS)
Saori graduated from high school and became a policewoman at last (This episode is not told at original work).

Kaicho / Jan.15,2001
Annually Meiji Life Insurance announces popular names of children who were born in the previous year. The most popular girl's name in the year 2000 was Sakura. They didn't mention at all, but I can't help feeling the influence of a certain anime (^_^;
Kaicho / Jan.13,2001
Result of 2000-2001 Anime Vote (OVA section).
#TitleRelease DateSocore
1 Gunbaster - Top o Nerae! 1988/10/07 279
2 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 1992/09/25 159
3 Giant Robo - The day earth stops 1992/07/23 140
4 The Magnificent World of El-Hazard 1995/05/26 134
5 Bubblegum Crisis 1987/02/25 116
6 The Legend of Galactic Heroes 1988/12/21 114
7 Mobile Suite Gundam 0083 - Stardust Memory 1991/05/23 85
8 Ah! My Goddess 1993/02/21 66
9 Orguss 02 1993/12/05 65
10 Kishin Corps 1993/03/25 62

Kaicho / Jan.10,2001
Result of 2000-2001 Anime Vote (Movie Anime section).
#TitleRelease DateScore
1 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984/03/11 243
2 Lupin III - The Castle of Cagliostro 1979/12/15 183
3 Laputa - Castle in the Sky 1986/08/02 142
4 Nadesico - the prince of darkness 1998/08/08 132
5 Macross - Do you remember love 1984/07/21 129
6 Tenchi Muyo in Love 1996/04/20 108
7 Galaxy Express 999 1979/08/04 104
8 Mobile Suite Gundam - Char's Counterattack 1988/03/12 102
9 The End of Evangelion 1997/07/19 96
10 Mobile Suite Gundam III - Encounters in Space 1982/03/13 78

Kaicho / Jan.9,2001
Result of 2000-2001 Anime Vote (TV Anime section).
#TitleStart DateScore
1 Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995/10/04 323
2 Cowboy Bebop 1998/04/03 155
3 Mobile Suite Gundam 1979/04/07 142
4 Martian Successor Nadesico 1996/08/10 141
5 Future Boy Conan 1978/04/04 136
6 Fushigi Mahou Phan-Phan-Pharmacy 1998/02/14 98
7 Infinite Ryvius 1999/10/06 94
8 Urusei Yatsura 1981/10/14 90
9 Magical Stage - Fancy Lala 1998/04/05 88
10 Cybet Team in Akihabara 1998/04/04 83

Kaicho / Jan.8,2001
The series of Berserk will be released as a DVD boxset in Japan on the 20th of March 2001 for 31,500 yen. It will include a special booklet and a calendar!
Ryoga-Hibiki / Jan.5,2000
The Cowboy Bebop movie has a name! It will be called "Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door". The 90 minute movie won't be set after the events from the whole series, but instead will take place between episodes 22 and 23 of the TV series. The film will be release sometime in 2001.
Ryoga-Hibiki / Jan.5,2000
New Animes in February.
Mooootto! Oja-Majo Doremi (Sun 8:30, TV Asahi)
The third series of Oja-Majo Doremi. They will be confectioners this time. And a new character, Asuka,Momoko-chan joins Oja-Majo's party.

Kaicho / Jan.5,2001
Sakura Wars Dreamcast has been released. No, it's not a software, but a hardware. It's a game machine, which is printed characters of Sakura Wars. It's a little... odd (^_^;
Kaicho / Jan.4,2001
Anime Movies in January
Initial D- Third Stage (Jan.13 Touei)
Takumi begins to tune his father's car by himself. That's caused by a change of Takumi's mind. Driving is not just for fun, because he wishes to be a proffesional racer now.

Kaicho / Jan.3,2001
2000 / 1999 / 1998 / 1997

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