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Prince Planet

Yuusei Shounen Papii

TV · 1965 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Tells the story of a member of the Universal Peace Corps from the Planet Radion coming to Earth on a mission to determine if this world meets standards for membership in the Galactic Union of Worlds and assist its inhabitants during his stay. While on his mission Prince Planet ad…

★ 4.4

Hustle Punch

TV · 1965 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: The show centers around three hobos that live in a broken car on top of a junkyard: Punch, Touch, and Boom. Punch is a bear who is literally strong-headed: his head is as hard as a rock, and nothing can knock him down. Boom the weasel is an expert shot, using not a gun, but a sli…

★ 6.3

Adventure on the Gaboten Island

Bouken Gabotenjima

TV · 1967 · Adventure

Synopsis: Bouken Gabotenjima is about children who are shipwrecked on a desert island.

★ 4.2

Swim, Monkey, Swim!

Oyoge ya Oyoge

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: The animals are having a swimming contest. The strutting Saru-kun, a monkey, can't bring himself to admit that he cannot swim, and puts himself forward as a contestant. He dives right in, but immediately starts to sink. For some reason the bottom of the pool is littered with seaw…

★ 3.6

Armies of the World

Manga no Rekkoku Rikugun

Movie

Synopsis: During a night of drinking Maru-san (Mr. Circle) and Sumi-san (Mr. Square) hear the armies parade of the world and talk to learn more about them on a global scale. In every aspect Japan's army was the smallest.

★ 4.9

Attack No.1: Namida no Fushichou

Movie · 1971 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: The fourth and final recap film of Attack No.1. Now set in high school the team competes at inter-high but tragedy strikes.

★ 4.9

Panda no Daibouken

Movie · 1973 · Adventure

Synopsis: Panda no Daibouken, a 1973 Toei Animation production aimed at children, follows the adventures of a young panda. Being born into royalty but having failed a rite of passage, the young Panda is exiled from his land. He goes on a journey of self discovery, meeting many friends alon…

★ 4.3

Old Man Goichi

Goichi Jisan

Movie

Synopsis: Children beg Old Man Goichi of the water mill to tell them a story. So he tells them the story of The Two Dogs while his rice cooks. In the story, a white dog and a black dog find a piece of meat on the road, but the two greedy dogs start fighting over the meat. When they get tir…

★ 4.2

Youkoso Uchuujin

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Stop motion animation of aliens on a guided tour around an amusement park. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.0

Locus

Kiseki

Movie · Music

Synopsis: Experimental animation by Kuri Youji.

★ 4.4

The Sparrows' Lodge

Suzume no Oyado

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short morality/folktale film about an old couple that learn the virtue of not being greedy.

★ 4.0

Dangobei Torimonochou: Hirakee Goma no Maki

Movie · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Heibei and his companions are involved in a fight against bandits.

★ 4.7

Jiaoao de Jiangjun

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: After a victorious military campaign, a general returns home to glory and prosperity. The king rewards him and claims that all enemies will be intimidated by the general. From then on, the general no longer practices martial arts. He eats, drinks, lives the glamorous life, and do…

★ 3.5

Commercial War

COMMERCIAL WAR

Movie

Synopsis: In a mixture of cut-out and hand-drawn animation techniques, Tanaami jumbles together symbols of American consumer culture –such as Coca Cola, Superman, Space Age astronauts and hamburgers– with occasional Japanese iconography, such as the squat toilet. The frenetic pace of the a…

★ 4.7

The Flower and the Mole

Hana to Mogura

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Hanako-chan, a flower loving person, encounters a mole in her garden and wonders what would happen if the moles could be trained to assist in gardening. Then her idea goes with the wind... (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.1

The Animal Neighborhood Community

Doubutsu Tonarigumi

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The Neighborhood Community (Tonari-gumi) was the smallest unit of population which was the national mobilization program established by the Japanese government during the World War II. This was to regulate rationing and thought control more efficiently. Each unit was consisted fr…

★ 3.8

Samurai

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A short film by Kuri Youji.

★ 4.3

Mahou no Pen

Movie

Synopsis: A western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war torn world into a happy place resembling western civilization. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.3

Yoshichiro Salutes

Mangageki: Yoshichirou no Keirei

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: We should never forget our manners no matter how much we may excel in martial arts. Learn lessons from Yoshichiro's failure. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

★ 5.2

Adventure Boy Shadar

Bouken Shounen Shadar

TV short · 1967 · Adventure, Horror

Synopsis: When Earth is threatened by the invading Ghostar, a young boy with nerves of steel and the strength of 50 men appears from a cave on Mount Fuji. He is Shadar, a boy of unknown origin who, with his faithful dog, Pinboke, fights to save the world. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

★ 4.5

Praise be to Small Ills

Nanmu Ichibyou Sokusai

Movie · 1973 · Music

Synopsis: Stop motion cut-outs animation by Tadanari Okamoto, song narration by Kouhei Oikawa. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.3

Sanko and the Octopus: A Fight Over a Fortune

Sankou to Tako: Hyakumanryou Chinsoudou

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Short movie from 1933.

★ 4.7

Where Is Mother

Xiao Kedou Zhao Mama

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: The narrated film describes the adventures and misadventures of a group of tadpoles in search of their mother. It is one of Te Wei's first attempts to break away from Western style animation and aim for a painterly style influenced by Qi Baishi and more in keeping with native Chi…

★ 6.0

Yuuyake Banchou

TV short · 1968 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: A transfer student only just arrives and is confronted by the school gang. One by one he defeats the gang members and challenges their leader to a fight. Each 10 minute episode aired Monday through Saturday. (Source: AniDB)