Anime catalog

Year to: 1981 Reset

Found: 1,331

★ 3.9

Kemeko no LOVE

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Experimental short film from Yoji Kuri.

★ 4.6

Joubuna Tire!

Special

Synopsis: Amateur animation by 20-year-old Hideaki Anno while he was studying at Osaka University of Arts. The short features a speeding car with physics-defying tires.

★ 5.2

UFO Senshi Dai Apolon

TV · 1976 · Action, Mecha

Synopsis: The story is about 16 years old boy Takeshi who recently formed an American football team at the BlueSky orphanage. One day the game is interuppted by a light in the sky. Takeshi discovers he is the son of the king of the planet Apolon, spirited away to Earth by his father's reta…

★ 5.1

Little Tiger and Bride

Tora-chan to Hanayome

Movie · 1948

Synopsis: Tora-chan and Miike and playing while their big sister prepares for her wedding. Just then a letter arrives; it's from Grandfather, who writes that he won't allow the wedding as long as he lives! Bride and groom rush to the church to get married before the old cat can stop them, …

★ 6.4

Saikyou Robot Daioja

TV · 1981 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This is the story of Mito Mitsukuni in mecha style. Prince of the Edon Star, Edward Mito begins a trip to the galaxy with his servant Baron Kalkus, Duke Skead and the ninja girl Shinobu. Under the false identity of Bocchan, Suke and Kaku they help the oppressed people and fight w…

★ 5.4

Hana no Ko Lunlun: Konnichiwa Sakura no Sono

Movie · 1980 · Drama

Synopsis: Lunlun goes to Japan to visit her friend Midori and the cherry blossoms. There, she sees the some pollution and runs into Togenishia and Yabouki trying to shed all the trees of their pretty petals. The film pleads Japanese citizens to pollute less and that cherry blossoms are the…

★ 5.4

Firebird

Time Bokan Series: Yattodetaman

TV · 1981 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Throughout history, the quest for power infected mankind. In the future..nothing much changes. The setting for this exciting, funny and intriguing series is the Kingdom of Fir antic, where two royal houses are locked in combat to determine who will become the future ruler of the …

★ 3.4

Dekobo the Big Head's Road Trip

Dekobou no Jidousha Ryokou

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A man encounters strange animals during his road trip in his car. Short film from 1934.

★ 4.6

The Pot

Senga: Tsubo

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Classical animation directed by Yamamoto Sanae.

★ 5.3

A Deer of Nine Colors

Jiu Se Lu

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues a man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts. The man reaches an imperial …

★ 5.6

Groizer X

TV · 1976 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Gaira aliens, hidden in the Arctic, plan to conquer Earth. Captured and forced to work for the aliens, Dr. Yan creates the ultimate weapon, a transformable aerial robot called Groizer X. Entrusted to his daughter Rita, Groizer X escapes the clutches of the Gaira and lands in …

★ 5.3

Return of the Dinosaurs

Kyouryuu Tankentai Born Free

TV · 1976 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: When a meteor crashes to Earth, it briefly changes the climate and dinosaurs once again roam the planet. It's up to a newly formed expedition team to relocate the dinosaurs to a safe environment. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.6

Baby Kangaroo's Birthday Surprise

Kangaroo no Tanjoubi

Movie · 1941 · Adventure

Synopsis: A baby kangaroo's family and friends try to save him from a bad old wolf. Short film from 1941.

★ 3.6

Flower

Hana

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A short film by Kuri Youji. A man plants a flower and waits for it to bear fruit...

★ 4.2

Hana to Chou

Movie · 1954 · Fantasy

Synopsis: An early color animation which uses the color to help tell the story. Three butterflies save a bird that falls out of it's nest during a rainstorm. The butterflies decide to ask the flowers for cover, but the red rose will only help the red butterfly since they are the same color…

★ 6.3

King Fang

Daisetsusan no Yuusha Kibaou

Special · 1978 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The conflicting fates of human beings and wild animals are depicted in a naturalistic setting. The main character of the story is Fang, who was born to a hunting dog and a circus-runaway European wolf. Although Fang was raised by a human family, he is a wild animal after all, and…

★ 3.9

Mighty Taro's Reckless Training

Tairiki Tarou no Mucha Shuugyou

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Short film from 1928 about a samurai fighting demons.

★ 5.1

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

Kinpatsu no Jeanie

TV · 1979 · Drama

Synopsis: During the civil war a girl living in Virginia, named Jeanie, waits for her old boyfriend Robert to marry him, according to a childish promise, but the war makes the things complicated and, Robert comes back as northerner soldier. Only with the conflict's end, and many misadventu…

★ 4.3

Chameko’s Day

Chameko no Ichinichi

Movie · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A pre-second world war anime from 1931 about the daily life of a Japanese girl named Chameko.

★ 4.4

Yasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs

Saru Kani Gassen

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A father crab Kanisuke and his son Kanitaro sow persimmon seeds in their garden that they got from Sarukichi the monkey. A large sprout begins to grow, and it turns into a tree which then bears a lot of fruit. Watching Kanisuke, Sarukichi notices that the father crab is having di…

★ 4.7

Tabako to Hai

Movie · 1965 · Adventure

Synopsis: In the summer of 2000 in Hollywood, Spielberg's Dreamworks Film Corp. made the film "Chicken Run" with Nick Park, the great master of clay-figure animation, and it became a big hit. A chicken was the main character, and the story unfolded like the masterpiece "The Great Escape." …

★ 4.5

Makoto-chan

Movie · 1980 · Comedy

Synopsis: Follows the odd life of kindergartener Makoto Sawada and his family. Makoto gets into all sorts of toilet and adult humor. He sometimes dresses in his mother's and sister's clothing, and often has a long strand of mucus dangling from his nose. (Source: Wikipedia)

★ 5.1

Tondemo Senshi Muteking

TV · 1980 · Action, Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Linn Youki loyally supported his father when the world laughed at the scientist for saying that Earth was about to be invaded from outer space. But Linn did not expect to become personally involved--until he met Takoro, the strange young "deputy sheriff" from anot…

★ 4.6

Tie Shan Gongzhu

Movie · Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Tang Sanzang and his three protectors—Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing—are journeying far to the west when they encounter "Fire Mountain." The flames of Fire Mountain are so ferocious that no man dares to brave its scorching flames; unfortunately, there is no other path to t…