Anime catalog

Year to: 1973 Reset

Found: 771

★ 4.2

Nihiki no Sanma

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Original monochrome version of a short experimental film by animation pioneer Youji Kuri.

★ 4.0

The Larks' Moving Day

Hibari no Yadogae

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A family of larkspurs debates when to move as harvest time comes near.

★ 4.1

The Bear Dodger

Kuma ni Kuwarenu Otoko

Movie · Adventure, Music

Synopsis: Morality tale, musical, involving two boys who find themselves being pursued by bears in the forest. Short film from 1948.

★ 5.0

Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki

Movie · Comedy, Supernatural

Synopsis: Movie from 1933. Fox spirit turns into a samurai and picks on a racoon spirit. The racoon spirit gets his father and they team up against the fox spirit.

★ 5.0

Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan

TV · 1973 · Comedy, Mahou Shoujo, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: As a result of a traffic accident, Limit-chan is reborn as a cyborg and is given three types of supernatural powers. However, there is a catch: if she uses too much of them, her life will come to an end. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.2

Will Power

Kokoro no Chikara

Movie · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: A man in love with a noble lady tries to get close to her with the help of a cat and a dog.

★ 4.8

Two Worlds

Futatsu no Sekai

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper but with a slight change. We have a diligent family ants versus a drunken lazy frog, a bourgeois butterfly and grasshopper couple. As winter comes, the frog, butterfly, and grasshopper are ill and starving.

★ 5.0

Why is the Sea Water Salty?

Umi no Mizu wa Naze Karai

Movie

Synopsis: When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures" that will grant any item that a person desires. The man uses the mortar to become the richest person in the village. But the man's gre…

★ 4.1

The Lazy Fox

Namake Gitsune

Movie

Synopsis: Spring, the fox is in the middle of a party. Workers' family of raccoon dogs reveal their field work during the hot summer and harvest autumn. A fox who stupidly hunts the Raccoon dumplings carrying the harvest with perspiration, before the raccoon dog wears it, takes away the fo…

★ 4.4

Hyoei and Heibei's Tengu Hunt

Tengu Taiji

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A short film from 1934.

★ 4.2

Nonsense Story, Volume 1: Monkey Island

Nonsense Monogatari Dai Ippen: Sarugashima

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: One of the first films of Kenzou Masaoka about a baby raised by monkeys on an island.

★ 4.1

Mabo's Big Race

Maabou no Daikyousou

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: A boy competes in various events during the Olympic games. Short film from 1936.

★ 4.3

Spring Comes to Ponsuke

Ponsuke no Haru

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A family of tanuki dig for food in the snow. They find bamboo shoots and bring them home only to find them empty after peeling them. The bamboo shoots turn into spirits and curse the tanuki family, turning them into snow. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.6

Propagate

PROPAGATE

Movie

Synopsis: Dynamically expressing the growth and prosperity of organic plants with geometric figures.

★ 4.2

Diseases Spread

Byoudoku no Denpa

Movie

Synopsis: Eating a fish of frying, making flies in food due to improper circumstances, doing washing in the river, etc, the terrible venom spreads unexpectedly. In order to prevent it, it is essential to disinfect with salad water. When going out, it is important to mask the fungus and pre…

★ 4.1

The Animal Village in Trouble

Doubutsu Mura no Daisodou

Movie · Action

Synopsis: This is the Animal Village within the forest. The Monkey Family with many children, the Bear Family, the Raccoon Family and many other animal families live happily together in this village. One night, a strong northerly wind puts the Monkey Family in panic, and the little boy bea…

★ 4.1

Sankichi the Monkey: The Storm Troopers

Osaru no Sankichi: Totsugeki Tai no Kan

Movie

Synopsis: Short movie from 1934 about a war between monkeys and bears.

★ 4.7

The Ugly Duckling

Ahiru no Ko

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Four ducklings are already swimming in the pond within a few days of hatching. Their mother is sitting on the last and largest egg. The grandmother duck, who likes to chat, worries that it may be a turkey egg. The chick that hatches three days later has a long neck and quacks in …

★ 5.2

The Little Match Girl

Match Uri no Shoujo

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: On the last night of the year, a young girl is told not to come home until she has successfully sold enough matches. As she struggles to ply her wares, she has plenty of time to contemplate the lives of the people who pass her by. However, as the night drags on and grows colder, …

★ 3.9

Hatanosuke and the Haunted House

Hinomaru Hatanosuke: Bakemonoyashiki no Maki

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles ghosts and monsters in a haunted house.

★ 3.8

Man and Woman and Dog

Otoko to Onna to Inu

Movie · Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Short animated film by Kuri Youji.

★ 4.5

Fukusuke

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short movie by Ryouichi Yokoyama.

★ 4.9

Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi

Movie · 1970 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based on Sans Famille by Hector Malot. This is a faithful if compressed adaptation, telling the story of Remi who is sold off to Vitalis the travelling musician and his band of performing animals. It has musical numbers typical this era of Toei films, some awkward slapstic, plent…

★ 4.3

Taro's Monster Hunt

Furudera no Obake-soudou

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: A 1936 movie short about Taro a young man and his adventures against various creatures from different legends.