Anime catalog

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Found: 1,791

Plastic Model Wrestling Sanshiro

Plawres Sanshirou

TV · 1983 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Plawres is a wrestling game that the players make their robots, which are about 30 cm tall, fight in the ring. The main character, Sugata Sanshirou, is a plawres player. Using his plawrestler, Juohmaru, he beats strong rivals. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.9

Haguregumo

Movie · 1982 · Comedy

Synopsis: The year is 1866, the twilight of the Tokugawa era. As Japan boldly moves into a new age, one man couldn't possibly care less. That man is Kumosuke Haguregumo, a retired samurai who has since become the town fool. Though he still carries his twin-bladed katana, Kumosuke spends hi…

★ 5.9

The Legend of Ninja Kamui

Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden

TV · 1969 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his i…

★ 4.9

Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight

Odin: Koushi Hansen Starlight

Movie · 1985 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the year 2099, mankind has colonized parts of the Solar System thanks to the evolution of space travel. To venture further beyond what man has accomplished, the space vessel Starlight is launched. After rescuing a mysterious girl from a wreckage near the asteroid fields, the c…

★ 6.2

Marvelous Melmo

Fushigi na Melmo

TV · 1971 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: After losing her mother in a tragic car accident, nine-year-old Melmo Watari now faces a big challenge: taking care of her two younger brothers, the preschooler Totoo and baby Touch. Watching from Heaven and concerned about her kids' terrible situation, their mother decides to ap…

★ 5.8

Tezuka Osamu no Don Dracula

TV · 1982 · Comedy, Horror, Supernatural

Synopsis: After living in Transylvania for several years, "Earl Dracula" (as Osamu Tezuka's official website calls him in English) has moved to Japan. In the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, he and his daughter, Chocola, and faithful servant Igor have taken up residence in an old-Western style house.…

★ 5.8

Golden Bat

Ougon Bat

TV · 1967 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A golden warrior wearing a cape and a scepter, Ougon Bat was a protector spirit from Atlantis reanimated by a scientist and his friends (specially the sweet Marie) from his tomb covered in hieroglyphics. His entry was heralded by a golden bat and a sinister laugh and he would put…

★ 6.5

Magical Princess Minky Momo: La Ronde in my Dream

Mahou no Princess Minky Momo: Yume no Naka no Rondo

OVA · 1985 · Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: Minky Momo travels to an island where she finds a land of children and gets tangled up in an absurd, no-holds-barred standoff against the world's nations. Has "Dr. Strangelove" references. (Source: AniDB)

★ 6.3

The New Adventures of Maya the Honey Bee

Shin Mitsubachi Maya no Bouken

TV · 1982 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: The sequel to Mitsubachi Maya no Bouken.

★ 6.0

Galaxy Express 999: Claire of the Glass

Ginga Tetsudou 999: Glass no Clair

Movie · 1980 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This short movie is a remake of the first half of episode 3 of Ginga Tetsudou 999.

★ 6.4

SASUKE

Sasuke

TV · 1968 · Action

Synopsis: Sasuke is the son of a very skilled ninja, whose name is Ozaru. After the defeat of their lord, Yukimura Sanada, Tokugawa's and Hattori's ninjas begin to persecute all their enemies still alive: that means Ozaru and Sasuke must leave their house and start a violent struggle for t…

★ 5.6

Future War Year 198X

Future War 198X-nen

Movie · 1982 · Drama

Synopsis: An American scientist constructs a laser–satellite with hope to prevent any nuclear conflicts. However, after a fatal error from both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. government, war breaks, and humanity faces a new bloodshed. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.4

Memory

Movie · 1964 · Mystery

Synopsis: This is a short, privately produced animated film. While elucidating the mystery and fuzziness as well as merits and demerits of memory in idealizing reality, the story develops into a tale of destruction of human beings, turning the existence of the earth into a memory of the un…

★ 5.9

GOD MAZINGER

God Mazinger

TV · 1984 · Action, Fantasy, Mecha

Synopsis: In the ancient, legendary past, the peaceful kingdom of Mu is under siege by the war-like Dragonian Empire. With a woeful amount of fire power and only a giant statue of a deity to watch over them, the young Queen Aira and her people are no match for the Dorado, the Golden King,a…

★ 6.7

Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow

Minami no Niji no Lucy

TV · 1982 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Lucy's family moves from England to Australia planning to run a big farm. Starting a new life proves to be full of frustrations. Their agonizing days of despair continue until they finally obtain their farmland. However, Lucy and her sisters enjoy a range of new experiences such …

★ 4.4

Kenya Boy

Shounen Kenya

Movie · 1984 · Adventure

Synopsis: It is the year 1941. 11-year-old Murakami Wataru lives with his family, Japanese textile traders operating in British Kenya, when war breaks out between Japan and the Allies. Fleeing into the bush, young Wataru falls headlong into a series of fantastic adventures. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.4

Time Fighters

Time Bokan

TV · 1975 · Adventure, Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: Dr. Kieta, the inventor of a time-travel machine, is lost on a test run of his machine to the prehistoric past. When the time-space craft returns to the present, his young assistants are surprised to find only a parrot in the cockpit. In their hurry to find the missing scientist …

★ 5.6

House of Flames

Kataku

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Many years ago, a young woman named Unai-Otome lived in the village of Ikuta. As she was beautiful it was no surprise that she had two suitors, both deeply in love with her. The girl was torn apart over which one to choose. In her desperation she chose a third option - taking her…

★ 6.3

La Seine no Hoshi

TV · 1975 · Action, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: The story is set in Paris, on the night before the France Revolution. The civilians have been suffering under the tyrannical rule of Louis, the sixteenth. In order to release the people from their suffering, Simone, a young girl whose parents were killed by the aristocrats, decid…

★ 6.5

Dino Mech Gaiking

Daikuu Maryuu Gaiking

TV · 1976 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Earth is still in danger: aliens from planet Zeraz are willing to invade our planet because theirs is being swallowed by a Black Hole. Led by Great Darius and his four generals, they begin seeding death and destruction. When an ESP warrior is killed by aliens, professor Hi-Tech u…

★ 5.5

Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo

Movie · 1975 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Go Nagai crossover movie.

★ 5.7

Ryu the Primitive Boy

Genshi Shounen Ryuu

TV · 1971 · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: When Ryuu is born his tribe tries to sacrifice him to a Tyrannosaurus named Shirano because of the color of his skin. He is however saved by a monkey who raises him as her own son. Meanwhile Ryuu's mother has left the tribe and is out on a quest to find Ryuu. 16 years later Ryuu …

★ 5.8

Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy

Cyborg 009: Chou Ginga Densetsu

Movie · 1980 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The cyborgs are no longer on duty, they live normal lives until a mysterious space ship lands on earth. The only survivor on the ship warns about an evil conqueror called Zoa that wants to conquer the universe, which means the cyborgs are back in action... (Source: ANN)

★ 6.3

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

Wanwan Sanjushi

TV · 1981 · Adventure

Synopsis: The story begins with the arrival of a brave young boy in Paris. His ambition is to join the glorious Imperial Guards, but fierce competition and the minimum age requirement hinder him from joining. The boy then challenges the well-known Three Musketeers in order to demonstrate h…