Mr Anwar is accused of sodomising a former assistant male - in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur in 2008, a charge he denies.
Judge Zabidin Mohamad Diah said aid appears to be true and reliable and that the prosecution had established a case to be answered.
Charges, if it is shown, could send Mr. Anwar in prison for 20 years.
"I find evidence prima facie established against the accused, so I call upon the accused to enter his defence," judge Diah told the Court.
He said that he believed that Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, the 23-year-old man who accused Anwar of sodomising him, was a reliable witness.
"There is nothing implausible about his testimony." His testimony is reliable, said the judge.
He also concluded there was evidence that Mr Anwar and Mr. Saiful were at the scene of the crime attributed to the time in question and that there were "opportunity for the offence that allegedly took place."
The judge had previously reversed a decision to allow the key to the DNA evidence which had been banned to have been collected illegally when Mr Anwar was held in a police cell.
"It is clear that the arrest of Mr Anwar] was lawful and the detention was a legitimate purpose," said the judge.
The prosecution argues that the DNA of the elements would link Mr Anwar semen on his accuser, Mr. Azlan.
No acquittal decision not Mr Anwar is not surprising to his supporters, who insist on the fact that the charge of sodomy is forged by his political enemies, said the BBC Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur.
The allegation surfaced just surface a few months after Mr. Anwar led the opposition won an unprecedented number of seats in the 2008 elections, says our correspondent.
Government officials have denied any involvement.
Human Rights Watch said the charges should be removed and that the case is a "charade of justice".
Mr Anwar was imprisoned separate sex and accusations of corruption in 1998 and released on appeal in 2004.
Sodomy is illegal in Malaysia, even among consenting adults.
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