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The events of 2004 in anime.

Accolades

At the Mainichi Film Awards, The Place Promised in Our Early Days won the Animation Film Award and Mind Game won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Internationally, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the fourth consecutive year an anime was nominated for the award. Howl's Moving Castle was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.

Releases

This list contains numerous notable entries of anime which debuted in 2004. 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.

Films

A list of anime that debuted in theaters between January 1 and December 31, 2004.

Release Date Title Studio Director Running Time (minutes) Alternate Title Notes Ref.
April 18 Appleseed Digital Frontier Shinji Aramaki 103 Appurushīdo
November 20 The Place Promised in Our Early Days CoMix Wave Inc. Makoto Shinkai 90 Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho

Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place

 Won the Animation Film Award at the Mainichi Film Awards
March 6 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Production I.G

Studio Ghibli

 Mamoru Oshii 98 Inosensu Nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
November 20 Howl's Moving Castle Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki 119 Hauru no Ugoku Shiro Was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 61st Venice International Film Festival
December 23 InuYasha The Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island Sunrise Toshiya Shinohara 88 Eiga Inuyasha: Guren no Hōraijima

InuYasha the Movie: The Fire on Hōrai Island
August 7 Mind Game Studio 4°C Masaaki Yuasa 103 Maindo Gēmu Won the Ōfuji Noburō Award
August 21 Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow Pierrot Tensai Okamura 82 Gekijō-ban Naruto: Daikatsugeki! Yukihime Ninpōchō Dattebayo!!

Theatrical Feature Naruto: Great Action Scene! Snow Princess' Book of Ninja Arts
March 6 One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword Toei Company Kazuhisa Takenōchi 95 Wan Pīsu: Norowareta Seiken
July 17 Steamboy Sunrise

Bandai Visual

 Katsuhiro Otomo 126 Suchīmubōi
August 6 Zatch Bell: Attack of Mechavulcan Toei Company Takuya Igarashi 85 Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Mechavulcan no Raishuu

Television series

A list of anime television series that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2004.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes (not including any OVAs) Studio Director Alternate Title Ref.
July 4, 2004 – May 15, 2005 Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple 39 Oriental Light and Magic Naohito Takahashi Agasa Kurisutī no Meitantei Powaro to Māpuru
April 3, 2004 – October 9, 2004 Aishiteruze Baby 26 TMS Entertainment Masaharu Okuwaki Aishiteruze Beibe★★

I Love You, Baby
October 30, 2004 – May 14, 2005 Gakuen Alice 26 Group TAC Takahiro Omori Gakuen Arisu

Alice Academy

Alice School
October 7, 2004 – March 31, 2005 Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad 26 Madhouse Osamu Kobayashi Bekku
October 11, 2004 – March 6, 2006 Black Jack 61 Tezuka Productions Satoshi Kuwahara Burakku Jakku
October 5, 2004 – March 27, 2012 Bleach 366 Pierrot Noriyuki Abe
April 7, 2004 – September 22, 2004 Burst Angel 24 Gonzo Koichi Ohata Bakuretsu Tenshi
January 15, 2004 – July 3, 2004 Daphne in the Brilliant Blue 24 J.C.Staff Takashi Ikehata Hikari to Mizu no Dafune

Daphne of Light and Water
July 10, 2004 – September 26, 2004 DearS 13 Daume Iku Suzuki Diāzu
October 4, 2004 – March 28, 2005 Desert Punk 24 Gonzo Takayuki Inagaki Sunabōzu
January 20, 2004 – April 5, 2004 Diamond Daydreams 12 Studio Deen Bob Shirohata
July 25, 2004 – October 17, 2004 Elfen Lied 13 Arms

Studio Guts

 Mamoru Kanbe Erufen Rīto
February 1, 2004 – January 30, 2005 Futari wa Pretty Cure 49 Toei Company Daisuke Nishio Futari wa PuriKyua

We Are Pretty Cure
July 7, 2004 – September 29, 2004 Galaxy Angel X 26 Madhouse Morio Asaka

Yoshimitsu Ōhashi

Shigehito Takayanagi

 Gyarakushī Enjeru
April 13, 2004 – November 18, 2004 Gantz 26 Gonzo Ichiro Itano
October 14, 2004 – January 13, 2005 Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior 12 Studio Live

Group TAC

 Hiroshi Kōjina Grenadier: Hohoemi no Senshi
October 9, 2004 – October 1, 2005 Gundam SEED Destiny 50 Sunrise Mitsuo Fukuda Kidō Senshi Gandamu Shīdo Desutinī
June 30, 2004 – September 22, 2004 Hani Hani: Operation Sanctuary 13 Radix Ace Entertainment Shōsei Jinno Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni

The Moon in the East, The Sun in the West
April 17, 2004 – February 18, 2006 Initial D Fourth Stage 24 A.C.G.T Tsuneo Tominaga
October 1, 2004 – December 17, 2004 Kannazuki no Miko 12 TNK Tetsuya Yanagisawa Priestesses of the Kannazuki
April 1, 2004 – June 17, 2004 Koi Kaze 13 A.C.G.T Takahiro Omori Love Wind
October 1, 2004 – December 24, 2004 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha 13 Seven Arcs Akiyuki Shinbo Mahō Shōjo Ririkaru Nanoha
January 7, 2004 – March 31, 2004 Maria Watches Over Us 13 Studio Deen Yukihiro Matsushita Maria-sama ga Miteru

Marimite

The Virgin Mary Is Watching
April 6, 2004 – September 21, 2004 Melody of Oblivion 24 J.C.Staff Hiroshi Nishikiori Bōkyaku no Senritsu
April 4, 2004 – June 27, 2004 Midori Days 13 Pierrot Tsuneo Kobayashi Midori no Hibi

Green Days
April 7, 2004 – September 28, 2005 Monster 74 Madhouse Masayuki Kojima
September 30, 2004 – March 31, 2005 My-HiME 26 Sunrise Masakazu Obara Mai-HiME
February 3, 2004 – May 18, 2004 Paranoia Agent 13 Madhouse Satoshi Kon Mōsō Dairinin
April 6, 2004 – September 28, 2004 Ragnarok: The Animation 26 G&G Entertainment

Gonzo

 Seiji Kishi

Kim Jung Ryool
October 7, 2004 – December 23, 2004 Rozen Maiden 12 Nomad Kou Matsuo Rōzen Meiden
June 12, 2004 – December 25, 2004 Samurai 7 26 Gonzo Toshifumi Takizawa
May 20, 2004 – March 19, 2005 Samurai Champloo 26 Manglobe Shinichirō Watanabe Samurai Chanpurū
October 4, 2004 – December 21, 2004 Samurai Gun 13 Studio Egg Kazuhito Kikuchi Samurai Gan
October 5, 2004 – March 29, 2005 School Rumble 26 Studio Comet Shinji Takamatsu Sukūru Ranburu
April 3, 2004 – April 3, 2011 Sgt. Frog 358 Sunrise Junichi Sato (executive director)

Yusuke Yamamoto (#1–103)

Nobuhiro Kondo (#104–358)

 Keroro Gunsō

Sergeant Keroro
August 6, 2004 – June 20, 2005 Space Symphony Maetel 13 Vega Entertainment Shinichi Masaki
January 9, 2004 – December 24, 2004 Transformers: Energon 51 Actas

Studio Galapagos

 Yutaka Satō (1-5)

Jun Kawagoe (1-13)

Takashi Sano (6-51)

 Toransufōmā Sūpārinku

Transformer: Superlink

Chō Robotto Seimeitai Toransufōmā Sūpārinku
April 1, 2004 – September 16, 2004 Tenjho Tenge 24 Madhouse Toshifumi Kawase Tenjō Tenge

Heaven and Earth
October 5, 2004 – March 29, 2005 Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase 25 Shaft Akiyuki Shinbo Tsukuyomi
April 9, 2004 – March 4, 2005 Tweeny Witches 40 Studio 4°C Yoshiharu Ashino Mahō Shōjo Tai Arusu

Magical Girl Squad Arusu
October 2, 2004 – September 24, 2005 Viewtiful Joe 51 (Japanese)

26 (English)

 Group TAC Takaaki Ishiyama Byūtifuru Jō
June 30, 2004 – September 22, 2004 Wind: A Breath of Heart 13 Radix Ace Entertainment Mitsuhiro Tougou
October 12, 2004 – March 14, 2006 Yakitate!! Japan 69 Sunrise Yasunao Aoki Freshly Baked!! Ja-pan
October 6, 2004 – March 26, 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 180 (Japanese)

155 (English)

 Gallop Hatsuki Tsuji Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu Jī Ekkusu

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX
February 24, 2004 – May 25, 2004 Yugo the Negotiator 13 G&G Direction (#1–6)

Artland (#7–13)

 Seiji Kishi (#1–6)

Shinya Hanai (# 7–13)

 Yuugo
October 7, 2004 – March 31, 2005 Zipang 26 Studio Deen Kazuhiro Furuhashi Jipangu

Original video animations

A list of original video animations that debuted between January 1 and December 31, 2004.

First run start and end dates Title Episodes Studio Director Alternate Title Ref.
November 25, 2004 – August 26, 2005 Akane Maniax 3 Silver Tetsuya Watanabe Akane Maniax 〜Nagareboshi Densetsu Gouda〜
November 26, 2004 – August 25, 2006 Diebuster 6 Gainax Kazuya Tsurumaki Aim for the Top 2!

Toppu o Nerae Tsū!

Gunbuster 2
April 9, 2004 – September 10, 2004 Shin Getter Robo 13 Brain's Base Jun Kawagoe New Getter Robo

Shin Gettā Robo
May 28, 2004 Wind: A Breath of Heart 3 Venet Tsuneo Tominaga

See also



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