Anime catalog

Year to: 1971 Reset

Found: 688

★ 4.2

Entotsuya Peroo

Movie · Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller

Synopsis: Tale of the chimney sweep, Peroo.

★ 4.8

Hippo and Thomas

Kabatotto

TV short · 1971 · Comedy

Synopsis: Thomas is a cunning bird who sponges on Hyppo, the good-natured hippopotamus. Although Thomas is a dependent, living in Hyppo's big mouth, he always acts lordly and tries to outsmart his simpleminded host. However, their basic friendship and cooperation endures despite their freq…

★ 4.7

Crab Temple Omen

Kanimanji Engi

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An early silhouette animated film by Hidehiko Okuda, Hakusan Kimura and Tomu Uchida. The original story is a Buddhist tale of a young lady who saved a crab (a spiritual being according to Japanese Buddhist faith) from being eaten, and was later saved from danger by the same crab.

Instant History

TV short · 1961

Synopsis: Each three-minute short features characters learning about important historical events that occurred that day. Shown on Fuji Television, it often featured photographs and film footage taken from the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, where Ryuuichi Yokoyama's comic strip was running at …

★ 5.7

Shin Obake no Q-tarou

TV · 1971 · Comedy, Slice of Life, Supernatural

Synopsis: New misadventures of the dimwitted ghost Q-Tarou. (Source: AniDB)

Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai

TV · 1971 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: A comedy about a group of kids forming a school baseball team, with the leader being very stubborn and argumentative. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.1

Kagami

Movie · Romance

Synopsis: One of the first films of Okamoto Tadanari, a silent puppet animated film.

★ 4.2

Kappa Kawatarou

Movie

Synopsis: A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his girlfriend head the mountains to find anything to bring back.

★ 4.2

Inaka Nezumi to Machi Nezumi

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A short movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

★ 4.2

Beer Mukashi Mukashi

Special

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

★ 4.0

Oni Love Song

Ki Renka

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Hayashi Seiichi.

★ 4.7

Robotan

TV · 1966 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Based on a manga by Morita Kenji. Household robot Robotan, made by a nerdy school boy named Kan-chan, lives with an everyday Japanese family as a domestic servant and friend to the children. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.7

Punpun Polka

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song "Punpun Polka" by Hiroshi Ashino that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

★ 3.5

The Battle of the Malay Sea

Malay Oki Kaisen

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A war propaganda film by Oofuji Noburou.

★ 4.2

Ribbon no Kishi Pilot

Special · Adventure

Synopsis: Unaired pilot episode of Ribbon no Kishi.

★ 4.1

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

Movie · Action, Fantasy

Synopsis: A seven minute long short-movie directed by Kon Ichikawa in 1936.

★ 3.8

Time

Jikan

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Experimental animation by Manabe Hiroshi, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

★ 4.0

Osaru no Tairyou

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Movie by Murata Yasuji.

Mooretsu Atarou

TV · 1969 · Comedy

Synopsis: Based on a manga of Akatsuka Fujio. Batsugoro was the owner of a grocery store, Yaobatsu. When he tried to take a balloon hanged caught on the branch for a little child, he fell on to the ground to die. His son, Ataro, succeeded to the store, but Batsugoro was worried about him, …

★ 4.0

Avignon no Hashi de

Music

Synopsis: A Japanese version of an old 15th century French song 'Sur le Pont d'Avignon,' which describes how people would come and dance on the Pont St. Bénézet (Pont d’Avignon).

★ 4.3

Home, My Home

Movie

Synopsis: Short animation by Tadanari Okamoto.

★ 5.3

Pyun Pyun Maru

TV · 1967 · Comedy

Synopsis: The Ninja Pyun Pyun-Maru and his brother Chibi-Maru are working at an office that accepts anything. They solve unexpected happenings caused by other Ninjas. (Source: TOEI Animation Europe catalog)

★ 4.0

Toumei Shounen Tantei Akira

Special · Action

Synopsis: Akira, a young detective, uses his Invisibility to investigate a case where the Mona Lisa has been stolen by the villainous Team Z. (Source: TV Tropes)

★ 3.9

Three Little Bears

San-biki no Koguma-san

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A story of three little bears going on an adventure to find the lost little duck.