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Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger

Ginga Shippuu Sasuraiger

TV · 1983 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: It is 2911 and the solar system is made up of of 50 planets. I.C Blues, a gambler, makes a bet with the boss of a criminal syndicate known as Bloody God that it is possible to navigate the whole solar system in one year. Helping out Blues is J9-III, made up of Rock, Beat, and Bir…

★ 5.0

A Poet's Life

Shijin no Shougai

Movie · 1974 · Drama, Fantasy, Psychological

Synopsis: A worker is fired from a factory for demanding a wage increase. His mother, worn thin by poverty, is caught in her own spinning wheel. Then a strange storm buries the town in snow, freezing rich and poor alike. Another short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto

★ 4.3

Momotaro's Sea Eagles

Momotarou no Umiwashi

Movie · 1943

Synopsis: Momotaro sends a sneak aircraft attack to sink the ships of Demon Island, using his animal companions as crew members and pilots.

★ 5.0

The Monster Of Frankenstein

Monster of Frankenstein

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis: Airing on TV Asahi in 1981, with a running time of 111 minutes, Frankenstein is a reasonably standard retelling of the classic book by Mary Shelley. In a foreboding castle scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein performs a hideous experiment which he hopes will bring the dead back to l…

★ 4.4

A Story of Cigarettes

Kemurigusa Monogatari

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The oldest recovered film by Noburou Oofuji that combines paper cutout animation with live action shots. In front of a girl with the traditional Japanese hairstyle, a small man on a desk says, "women descended from tobacco." The girl laughs at him and traps him under a glass. The…

★ 5.7

Space Adventure Cobra Pilot

Special · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Pilot episode for the TV series.

★ 5.6

The Adventures of Piccolino

Pinocchio yori Piccolino no Bouken

TV · 1976 · Adventure

Synopsis: Well-known and well-loved by readers around the world, Carlo Collodi’s famous story of Pinocchio is transformed in this magical tale of love and deceit. Old Jeppet the carpenter is terribly lonely, and yearns to have a son of his own. One day, a puppet he is carving out of wood b…

★ 5.9

Space Carrier Blue Noah

Uchuu Kuubo Blue Noah

TV · 1979 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Set in the year 2052, Earth has managed to find peace until the arrival of the Death Force - ruthless aliens from a dying solar system - who are desperately searching for a new home. Attacking the Earth with a massive satellite ship called Terror Star, the aliens proceed to terra…

★ 6.3

Macron One

Akuu Daisakusen Srungle

TV · 1983 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the year 2545, an experiment gone wrong puts test pilot David Jance through the center of the galaxy and into another universe, which ends up in the middle of life and death struggle against the armies of GRIP, led by Dark Star. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.0

Grand Prix

Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no Taka

TV · 1977 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: An anime with much of wheel actions ... Takaya Todoroki, a young man who wants to become a famous driver and built a car to be able to participate in a race with a big prize. In the race, because of the poor quality of building, Takaya has a serious accident in which he wrecked h…

★ 6.1

Spaceketeers

SF Saiyuuki Starzinger

TV · 1978 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Great Planet is dying, since its Queen is old and powerless... and the universe will perish along with it. Princess Aurora of the Moon volunteers to become the new Queen, so she must set out in a dangerous travel... along with her friends and escorts: the powerful Cyborgs Jan…

★ 6.0

Rain Boy

Amefuri Kozou

OVA · 1983 · Fantasy

Synopsis: This is the second story of "The Tiger Books" series. A boy meets a lonely little umbrella ghost wearing Geta. He promises the ghost that he will give it a pair of rain boots in exchange for three wishes. The boy, however, grows up completely forgetting the promise. One day, when…

★ 4.3

Harvest Festival

Mura Matsuri

Movie

Synopsis: A few minutes long black and white anime which shows the traditional Japanese harvest festival, featuring a song by Eiko Hirai.

★ 6.1

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac

Seton Doubutsuki: Kuma no Ko Jacky

TV · 1977 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: One day a native American boy named Lan meets two little bears at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where he lives with his father. Lan names the brother bear ‘Jacky’ and the sister bear ‘Jill’. As Lan plays with the two bears, they become good friends. However their happiness doesn…

★ 5.8

Karate Master

Karate Baka Ichidai

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to live his life like Musashi, he begins to take karate more seri…

★ 6.0

Bob in the Bottle

Hakushon Daimaou

TV · 1969 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: One day Kan-chan finds a magic bottle in the attic. Whenever someone sneezes, a genie named Hakushon Daimaou is brought out and must grant any wish of whoever sneezed until he or she sneezes again. Sometimes, however, he accidentally fails and only causes trouble instead of grant…

★ 6.6

Ikkyu the Little Monk

Ikkyuu-san

TV · 1975 · Comedy

Synopsis: Ikkyu is a little boy training to be a monk at Ankokuji Temple. Known for being mischievous and a bit of a troublemaker, but also extremely smart, Ikkyu constantly thinks of new ways to outwit his frustrated teachers, helping others at the same time.

★ 5.1

Akakichi no Eleven

TV · 1970 · Sports

Synopsis: At Shinsei high school, soccer is almost a combat sport and new team coach Teppei Matsuki is a fully paid up sadist who will push his team as hard as necessary to win. Headstrong school bad boy Shingo Tamai and his friend Ohira are determined not to be bullied into joining Matsuk…

★ 4.4

Kujira (1952)

Movie · 1952 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Remake of Oofuji's earlier film from the year 1927. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.3

Kaguya-hime (1961)

Movie · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

★ 6.6

Eagle Riders (2)

Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman F

TV · 1979 · Action

Synopsis: After Leader X is seemingly destroyed for good at the end of Gatchaman II, a fragment of him that survived grows and mutates into Z. With the head of the Egobossler family, Count Egobossler (and his two subordinates Mechandol and Kempler), Z is bent on destroying the Earth, and t…

★ 4.3

Burglars of Baghdad Castle

Baguda-jou no Touzoku

Movie · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been invaded and he must use the stone to defeat his new enemy. (Source: AniDB, edited)

★ 5.6

Wan Wan Chuushingura

Movie · 1963 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The homeless dog Rock swears to take to revenge on a tiger named Killer in the zoo, who had killed his mother. The dogs in town, troubled by the atrocities of Killer, join forces to support Rock. Changing the target of revenge to the murderer of the main character's mother made i…

★ 5.8

Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!

TV · 1966 · Adventure

Synopsis: Jungle Emperor was such a hit in Japan, that Dr. Tezuka went ahead and produced a sequel in 1966, known in Japan as "The New Jungle Emperor" or "Onward, Leo!" The trouble (for us in the rest of the world) was that he made the series without having a deal with NBC, and he made it …