Summer 2000 Anime

This year, Sakura Kinomoto’s elementary school class is putting on a play for the Nadeshiko Festival. She is cast as a princess struggling to respond to a love confession from a prince of a neighboring country. Sakura relates deeply to her role, as she herself has yet to give an answer to the boy who confessed his love to her four months ago. When cousins Shaoran and Meiling Li make a surprise visit from Hong Kong to see their friends in Japan, Sakura gains more encouragement to finally confess her feelings. Yet she keeps getting sidetracked by a presence that feels like a Clow Card, along with strange disappearances occurring around town. Eventually, Sakura discovers another of Clow Reed’s creations—the “Nothing”—which was once sealed beneath the magician’s old house. It holds power equal to all 52 cards Sakura possesses, and it seeks to take those cards from her! With each card stolen, objects, space, and people vanish from Tomoeda. Sakura sets out to capture the Nothing so everything can return to normal, but what will she have to give up along the way?

Hamtarou is a tiny, fluffy, and utterly charming hamster. After his owner, fifth-grader Hiroko Haruna, moves into a new home, Hamtarou encounters other hamsters and quickly forms friendships. Together, they form the Ham-Hams, a group of explorers eager to go anywhere. While their owners are away, the Ham-Hams embark on wild adventures throughout the city, ranging from theatrical performances to fantastical candy realms. At the same time, the humans navigate their own personal dramas. Hamtarou interacts with a diverse cast of characters, finds himself in and escapes from precarious situations, and assists Hiroko and her friends on multiple occasions. Despite all the excitement, he remains irresistibly adorable. It is time for Hamtarou!

Computer expert Saotome Kazuya is threatened by his friend Nanbara with a computer virus. In his attempt to stop the virus, Kazuya accidentally places a special order. Minutes later, a cyberdoll named May arrives at his door, standing only one-sixth the size of a normal person, which creates many awkward situations. Additionally, Kazuya cannot even afford to keep May. Cyberdyne, unhappy with his non-payments, will do anything to reclaim the CBD May.

The sequel to the renowned Medabots franchise continues the adventures of Ikki and Metabee. After facing a mysterious adversary named Jinkai and the so-called Death Medabots, Ikki, Metabee, Nae, and Erica team up to overcome these foes.

Marin is a cheerful junior high school girl living with a caring adoptive family. Her ordinary life is shattered when a strange mirage appears in the sky above the entire planet. Deadly androids known as Monomakia descend from this sky formation, called Brigadoon, and begin to pursue Marin. While fleeing, she discovers a blue bottle in a shrine, and from it emerges a protector: an alien named Melan Blue, who wields a sword and a gun. Together, they must save Earth while facing family troubles, prejudice at school, and the police, all while uncovering the truth about Marin's past and Melan Blue's mysterious mission—and learning to trust each other. Set in 1969 Japan, the story features a colorful cast of friends and enemies.

Yuko and Eri are two ordinary girls who are transported to an alternate world populated by miniature people. The inhabitants of this mysterious land view them as their "Great Protectors," destined to safeguard their realm in a time of crisis. The two girls embark on a journey alongside a band of village warriors to discover how they arrived in this world and how they might return home. However, a conflict is brewing, and these Great Protectors have become a political prize coveted by every faction seeking to rally the people to their side.