Anime catalog

Year to: 1967 Reset

Found: 491

Shiroi Zou

Movie · Action, Fantasy

Synopsis: A Matsue Jinbo production of the classic "White Elephant" story where a kind white elephant is tricked into helping a human who leads others back so the elephant would be captured.

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…

Kaijuu ga Yattekuru

Music

Synopsis: Animals at a zoo hear that a kaijuu is coming. Like a game of "Telephone" they hear bits and pieces of what the kaijuu looks like which gets distorted each time the information is passed on. In the end, it was just a normal zoo animal joining the exhibits.