2003 in anime
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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 | 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 | TV | |||
| Texhnolyze | TV | |||
| Tokyo Godfathers | Movie | |||
| Twin Spica | TV | |||
| Ultra Maniac | TV | |||
| Wolf's Rain | TV | |||
| Zatch Bell! | TV | |||