Anime catalog

Year to: 1966 Reset

Found: 454

Ari to Kirigirisu

Movie · Fantasy, Music

Synopsis: Puppet animated film based on the Aesop fable of the same name.

★ 3.6

Kamotori Gonbee

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A stop-motion animated film based on a folk tale of the same name.

Hao Pengyou

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: The duckling's mother went to her mother's house and entrusted the duckling to the Mother Chicken's care. Mother Chicken's child, Xiao Hua, asks the duckling to play the "Eagle Catches the Chicks" game with them. Later, the two children quarreled over a bug, and Xiao Hua ignored …

Naita Aka Oni

Movie · Mystery

Synopsis: An adaptation of the classic Japanese "Red Oni, Blue Oni" tale.

★ 3.9

Daremo Shiranai

Music

Synopsis: One of the first Minna no Uta music videos ever created. It follows a child's imagination where "nobody knows" the answers to his questions such as what does a star taste like, if he throws his dad's hat really hard into the sky does it become a UFO, when worm wiggles around is i…

Goman-hiki

TV short · Comedy

Synopsis: Shorts made by Otogi Pro (later remade for TV as Doubutsu Mura no Monogatari).

Maabou no Shounen Koukuuhei

Movie

Synopsis: A short film from 1937.

Up Up Appliqué

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Up Up Appliqué by Dark Ducks that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.

Koneko no Byouki

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Koneko no Byouki by Japanese women's chorus sextet Voce Angelica that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video features stop-motion animation by Group Claire.

Yewai De Zaoyu

Movie

Synopsis: The little flower pig's food was snatched by a crow, so he follows the crow far away. However, the little pig who was left behind began crying because he couldn't find the little flower pig. The little yellow dog asks the little pig why he was crying and the little yellow dog the…

Kuakou de Qingwa

Movie · Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: The story is about a proud frog who likes to boast. The frog competes with other animals and boasts about being the best at different things—even flying.

★ 3.9

Tanoshii ne

Music

Synopsis: Three girls have fun playing hand-clapping games.

Kamen no Marionette-tachi

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Screened at the 1st Sogetsu Animation Festival in 1965, the film was made in 35mm using the animation equipment owned by animator Yoji Kuri. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Santa Claus ni Present

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Santa Claus ni Present by Fusako Amachi that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.

Jizhi de Shanyang

Movie

Synopsis: A puppet stop motion animation adapted from a Chinese folk tale about a witty goat who hides in a cave from a tiger. The goat lies to the tiger that it is the king of the mountain and eats tigers, scaring the tiger off. The tiger meets a fox at the bottom of the mountain and tell…

Mutou Guniang

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Carpenters, painters and silversmiths crafted a piece of fine wood into a beautiful girl that miraculously turns into a young living woman. Then the quarrel begins...

Nonki na Tou-san Ryuuguu Mairi

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: One of the first examples of the tale is Hakuzan Kimura's Dreamy Urashima (Nonkinatousan Ryugu Mairi, 1925), in which a lazy man wakes up from his sleep and heads off to the seaside to spend the day fishing. There is a brief live-action shot of the sea swelling before the film re…

★ 3.6

Mama Gomennasai

Music

Synopsis: A little boy apologizes to his mom about all the bad pranks he's been pulling.

★ 3.9

Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song "Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo" by Toshie Kusunoki (楠トシエ). Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Chinsetsu Yoshida Goten

Movie

Chibikuro Sambo to Futago no Otouto

Movie · 1957 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie.

Dalie Ji

Movie

Synopsis: The puppet film tells about the adventures of the lazy, inept hunter Cheng Sang, who hoped for a successful hunt, without trying to put the necessary work into it.

Chibikuro Sambo no Tora Taiji

Movie · 1956

Synopsis: Little Black Sambo was screened at the first Vancouver International Film Festival in 1958, and won the Best Film award in the Films for Children section. (Source: AniDB)

Son Gokuu ga Hajimaru yo: Koufuu Daiou no Maki

Movie · 1966 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: In this film, because of complaints from children that Goku is depicted as too much of an eager student, he is instead portrayed as a very naughty modern boy. It then received so many complaints from the PTA about its bad language that it was forced out of the show after all. (So…