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A Whistle

Fue

Movie

Synopsis: Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles. (Source: Official website)

★ 5.1

Popful Mail

Music · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Promotion music video created to pitch a full OVA, to no avail. Music sung by Megumi Hayashibara and based on the Nihon Falcom video game.

★ 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.

★ 5.0

Kokoro Toshokan: Communication wa Kiru

Special · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A small collection of various clips from throughout the series, separted by 3 second segments with titles like "Kokoro's Cute" coupled with a quick clip of some mech anime. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.6

Bokura Mangaka: Tokiwasou Monogatari

Special · 1981 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Tokiwa was the apartment complex where a group of stellar artists lived in 1953. Hiro Terada, Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Fujio Akatsuka shared the trials and tribulations of being struggling young artists and writers with no money and no luck with e…

★ 5.3

Star Fleet

X Bomber

TV · 1980 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: In the last years of the third millennium, the solar system is recovering from a devastating interplanetary war. Suddenly, a new enemy arrives in the solar system, intent on destruction and conquest. Against them stands the Earth Defense Force and its top secret X Project. (Sourc…

Full-Blast Science Adventure: So That's How It Is!

Omoikkiri Kagaku Adventure Sou Nanda!

TV · 2003 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: After a soccer game one day, six kids are playing a cute RPG-looking video game at their homes. One of them scored the winning goal, one was the goal keeper who barely missed the ball, and the others were two groups of two who were rooting for their respective sides. Suddenly, wh…

★ 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…

★ 3.7

Voltar the Invincible

Robot Taekwon V

Movie · Action, Mecha

Synopsis: Mysterious incidents involving giant robots kidnapping high-level athletes have started occurring all over the world. Dr. Kim suspects his former colleague, the often-ridiculed Dr. Kaff, is the mastermind behind these events. Though he has no proof, he knows that only Dr. Kaff po…

Getter Robo Movie

Getter Robo (Movie)

Movie · 1974 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: When earthquakes shake up Japan, Professor Saotome is certain that it is the work of the Dinosaur Empire. Michiru goes out to investigate in the Command Module but is quickly shot down and injured; the culprit is none other than Megazaus! Team Getter Robo is eager to get revenge …

★ 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…

★ 4.5

Umigame to Shounen

Special · 2002 · Drama

Synopsis: The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa" (war story). (Source: AniDB)

★ 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)

★ 6.3

Kenji no Trunk

Movie · 1996 · Fantasy

Synopsis: An omnibus movie consisting of three stories by Miyazawa Kenji.

★ 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…

★ 4.6

Television

ONA · Comedy

Synopsis: A man with his cat finds himself in a bizarre situation involving a television. A stop motion animation from the creator of Kotatsu Neko.

★ 4.1

Dennou Sentai Voogie's★Angel Gaiden: Susume! Super★Angels!

OVA · 1998 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: SD parody version of Voogie's Angel based on its radio drama of the same name.

★ 4.6

Mahjong Hishou-den Naki no Ryuu: Hiryuu no Shou

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An OVA released in 1991. Unlike the previous OVA series, this episode was produced separately by Toshiba.

Hino Hideshi Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan

OVA · 2000 · Horror

Synopsis: Based on Kaidan Yotsuya (Classic Japanese ghost story).

★ 3.8

Samurai

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A short film by Kuri Youji.

★ 5.6

Shuukan! Story Land

TV · 1999 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: This was an anthology program containing several different anime each week along with some non-animated segments. Several of the animated films were short series including: Nazo no Rouba [謎の老婆] (tvss), Meibugyou Bun-san [名奉行・文さん], Jo Keibu Jinguuji Youko [女警部・神宮寺葉子], Remon Suzumo…

★ 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)

★ 4.4

Mini Yon Soldier Rin!

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: Rin Shiguma, a young boy, is a champion in the sport of mini four-wheel drive (Mini 4WD) racing with his favorite electric model car, Soldier. He wins the Grand Prix race against his rival, Waka, and breaks his record for consecutive wins. However, afterwards, a group of mysterio…