The series was broadcast in 26 episodes from 2 April 2002 to 24 September 2002 across Japan, East Asia, and Southeast Asia by the anime satellite television network, Animax and the terrestrial Tokyo Broadcasting System network. It was later released on 8 DVDs. The original episodes 9 and 18 are “recap” episodes, summarizing previous events.

Chobits was adapted as an anime television series by Madhouse. The series was directed by Morio Asaka with music by K-Taro Takanami and character designs by Hisashi Abe.

The Chobits is playing with butterflies.

Hideki finds the Chobits in a pile of trash as he makes his way home from work one night. Upon turning her on, she is only able to say the word “chi,” remembers nothing of her past life, and is unable to perform even simple tasks.