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Tabako to Hai

Movie · 1965 · Adventure

Synopsis: In the summer of 2000 in Hollywood, Spielberg's Dreamworks Film Corp. made the film "Chicken Run" with Nick Park, the great master of clay-figure animation, and it became a big hit. A chicken was the main character, and the story unfolded like the masterpiece "The Great Escape." …

★ 5.8

Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle

OVA · 1989 · Action

Synopsis: It has been three years since the end of the series. Ryo works for NASA as an engineer on a large rocket project. Anise, fellow Borgman and lover, has been reduced to flipping burgers in a restaurant. So naturally, when she gets a letter offering her a professional job in a big, …

★ 4.0

Trilogy about Clouds

3tsu no Kumo

Movie · 2005 · Fantasy, Psychological

Synopsis: Plot Synopsis : Trilogy about clouds, that is, an omnibus movie consisting of three different stories of clouds. It is based on a charcoal drawing. The clouds without the fixed form are the worlds which surround us. 1 "Breathing Cloud" 3min 10sec People’s body and soul transform …

★ 4.8

Nippon-ichi no Otoko no Tamashii

TV short · 1999 · Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Tales of sex and sadomasochism, based on the manga in Young Sunday by Masahiko Kikuni, creator of Kizu darake no Tenshi-tachi (Heartbroken Angels). With a TV share of 9.1% in the graveyard slot, it was broadcast daily as part of the Wonderful anthology program. (Source: The Anime…

★ 4.5

Makoto-chan

Movie · 1980 · Comedy

Synopsis: Follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose. (Source: Wikipedia)

★ 4.5

Aquatic

Suisei

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The stream of a mil, an apple flows down through the stream, where innumerable illusion of fish appears and disappears in the sky reflected in the water. (Source: Yamamura Animation)

★ 5.1

Tondemo Senshi Muteking

TV · 1980 · Action, Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Linn Youki loyally supported his father when the world laughed at the scientist for saying that Earth was about to be invaded from outer space. But Linn did not expect to become personally involved--until he met Takoro, the strange young "deputy sheriff" from anot…

★ 5.9

Goal Field Hunter

TV · 1994 · Sports

Synopsis: The story is about Hikaru Tatsumura who came from Brazil to fulfill his dream to be a great soccer player because he met a great player once who was admired by all people. However Tatsumura is a very cheerful person and easy going except when it is about soccer. He becomes seriou…

★ 5.4

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoco's Adventure

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko no Mori no Bouken

Special · 2005 · Comedy

Synopsis: Dr. Black Jack forgot his doctor's bag, and his assistant (plus self-claimed "wife") Pinoko rushed to deliver the bag but found herself lost in the forest. Guided by a butterfly, she found that many animals in the forest are sick or injured, and Pinoko used her knowledge to help …

★ 4.9

Yuukan Club

OVA · 1991 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: St. President school is one of the most wealthy schools around. Everybody in that school respects the Yukan club, the most popular and richest group in the school. This includes Shouchikubai Miroku, Kenbishi Yuuri, Kikumasamune Seishirou, Hakushika Noriko and Kizakura Karen. They…

★ 5.3

Miyazawa Kenji Collection - The Acorns and the Wildcat

Donguri to Yamaneko

OVA · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out on the screen by a succession of warm an…

★ 5.8

Once Upon a Time... Space

Ginga Patrol PJ

TV · 1982 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Once Upon a Time... Space differs from the rest of the Once Upon a Time titles in the sense that the series revolve on a dramatic content rather than an educational premise. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of Plan…

★ 4.6

Tie Shan Gongzhu

Movie · Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Tang Sanzang and his three protectors—Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing—are journeying far to the west when they encounter "Fire Mountain." The flames of Fire Mountain are so ferocious that no man dares to brave its scorching flames; unfortunately, there is no other path to t…

★ 5.4

Doctor Slump: Arale's Surprise

Dr. Slump: Arale no Bikkuri Baan

Movie · 1999 · Adventure, Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Arale and company arrive at a nice location for a picnic. They soon discover a beautiful stone with strange powers. Before they know it, a dangerous pirate and his mysterious ship invades their peace and steals the stone. Now it is up to them to retrieve the stone before it is us…

★ 4.8

Hengen Taima Yakou Karura Mau! Sendai Kokeshi Onka

OVA · 1990 · Horror

Synopsis: Shoko and Maiko Ougi are apparently two ordinary schoolgirls in pursuit of graduating and having fun. Shii-chan is the more serious while Mai-chan is more fun-loving. In reality, the two sisters are powerful exorcists from the Karura temple. Each wields half the power... Shii-cha…

★ 5.3

Natsufuku No Shoujotachi

Special · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: In 1945, the second and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations …

★ 5.7

Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Ahoy!

Tottoko Hamtaro OVA 2: Hamuchanzu no Takara Sagashi Daisaku - Hamuha! Suteki na Umi no Natsuyasumi

OVA · 2003 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: As Laura heads out to summer camp, Hamtaro and Oxnard come across a young girl by the name of Haibi, who's trying to find the ocean. Haibi found a treasure map while searching through the storage burrow and is now willing to find the treasure to help her heat exhausted granny. Th…

★ 4.3

Corporal Norakuro

Norakuro Gocho

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: The Fierce Canine Army has been given the day off, but Norakuro has no home to return to. After he goes to a yakitori (fried chicken) shop for a drink, he goes to the park to take a short nap. Just then, soldiers from the Mountain Monkey Army, who have stolen some secret document…

★ 3.8

Oh Yoko!

Music · Romance

Synopsis: Backed by an ode John Lennon penned himself, the relationship between him and his wife, Yoko Ono, is beautifully depicted. Alongside their romance, '60s-appropriate psychedelic imagery and various allusions to Lennon's contributions to the Beatles are interlaced within.

★ 5.5

Mu Di

Movie · Music

Synopsis: The story is about a relationship between a cow herding boy with an extraordinary flute playing ability and his buffalo companion. The boy dreams that he loses the buffalo, and when the buffalo won't move from his hiding place, the boy uses a flute melody to bring him back. (Sour…

★ 4.1

Prayers

OVA · 2005 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: It is the year of 2014, Shibuya is independent from Japan, and it becomes an independent nation. It is a town of chaos where only young people are living. The life necessity, such as electricity, water, and food are transported by the pipelines out from the Shibuya. The pipelines…

★ 4.6

SHADOW SKILL: Kurudaryuu Kousatsuhou no Himitsu

OVA · 2004 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The story takes place in warrior kingdom where a deadly martial art called Shadow Skill is practiced to defend the continued existence of the kingdom. Dreaming of becoming an invincible warrior one day, like the legendary warrior named Scar Face who has defeated 2,000 opponents, …

★ 5.9

The Legend of Marine Snow

Marine Snow no Densetsu

Special · 1980 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This little-known and poorly documented Leiji Matsumoto TV movie, tells the story of the revolution of the people of the ocean which are being invaded by the humans from the surface. (Source: Senscritique)

★ 5.7

Hi no Ame ga Furu

Movie · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: An anti-war anime based on a book containing contemporary accounts of the fire-bombing of the city of Fukuoka on the evening of June 19, 1945.