AniDB:Dates

Why add air dates?

First, obviously, for information purpose and to create complete anime entries. Furthermore, casting a "permanent vote" on an anime is disallowed until the end date for that anime has been set. If you're sure that an anime has already finished airing (or was released through other means), but it doesn't have an end date set yet, you can try looking up the exact info on the sites below. (See also: How to update or correct existing entries)

So where can I find airing dates?

* = Japanese kanji title required for searching

All-purpose

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• ANIMAD Anime Database
  
• Anime Checklist
  
• * Anime-Dic TV animes, movies and (mostly non-H) OVAs till 1999/2000. Javascript-laden
  
• * Allcinema Online Media releases and air dates
  

TV

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• List of Anime Television Series
  
• Chronological list of Television Anime Lists anime, 1960-
  
• * http://home-aki.cool.ne.jp/anime-list01.htm Info down to the episodes' titles and individual air dates.
  
• * http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimeComic-White/4277/anihis/main.htm TV animes air dates till ~2003
  
• * http://koti.phnet.fi/otaku/historia/allanime1960-1980.html TV animes from 1960 - 1980
  
• * http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/3064/
  
• * http://cal.syoboi.jp/find.php TV Schedule
  
• * http://www.moonphase.cc/Html/anime.html TV Schedule
  

OVA

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• * http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/tachime/Date/datedd1997.html DVD release dates from 1997-2004; mostly useful as a starting point since DVD wasn't necessarily the first release medium
  
• * http://member.nifty.ne.jp/Tanelorn/makutu/series/index.htm Media (LD/VHS/DVD) release dates for some series
  
• * Hentai: http://www.saimax.net/cgi-bin/searche_jpx.cgi Both, in English and in Japanese, search with romaji, it does have older hentais as well, but since it only shows the date the DVD was released, the dates for older animes are mostly wrong, basically for hentais created <1999 the dates are false.
  
• * Hentai: http://www.kabe.to/~kensan/etc/hoav-list.htm Hentai OVA releases from 1984-2000
  

Movies

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• * JMDB
  

Producers' catalogues

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• * AIC
  
• * J.C.Staff
  
• * KSS Note: dates are for editions, so not to be trusted for older things
  
• * Pierrot
  
• * Production I.G
  
• * Madhouse
  
• * OLM
  
• * Sunrise
  
• * TMS Entertainment
  
• * TOEI
  

Anime title translations (English <-> Japanese)

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• http://www.geocities.com/scottishninja/japan/anime.html Some (<250) titles
  
• Hentai: The H-list
  
• Hentai: http://noumsio3.tripod.com/vhs.htm