Anime catalog

The Genesis

Souseiki

Movie · 1968

Synopsis: This is a short film parodying the major Hollywood film "The Creation" directed by John Houston. This film has the look of a tongue-in-cheek production, done on a small budget by animators who wanted to make fun of great works that cost enormous sums of money. (Source: ANN)

The Blossom Man

Hanasaka Jiisan

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short movie produced by Yasuji Murata. Based on the Japanese fairy tale Hanasaka Jiijii, also called Hanasaka Jiisan. A kind old man and his wife dig up the ground where their dog is barking, and find koban (oval gold coins formerly used in Japan) there.

Arichan the Ant

Ari-chan

Movie · Comedy, Music

Synopsis: Ari-chan, an ant child, finds a violin in a sand pit and steals it to play with it.

Astroganger

Astroganger

TV · 1972 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: An alien woman named Maya crash-lands on Earth. Her homeworld was destroyed by the Blasters, a cruel alien race who steals the natural resources from other planets. She falls in love with a scientist and gives birth to a human boy named Kentaro. When the Blasters invade the Earth…

Gatchaman: The Movie

Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman (Movie)

Movie · 1978 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This is the condensed theatrical adaptation of the original TV series' first season.

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou

TV short · 1969 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: TV anime adaptation of Motomiya Hiroshi's manga "Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou" about young gang leader and all the trouble and fights his gang gets into, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. (Source: AniDB)

Fumoon

Fumoon

Special · 1980 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent humanoid race on a small island, who are detected by Dr. Yamadano. Except for a few witnesses including the detective Shinsaku Ban, and the young men Rock and Kenichi and Kenichi’s s…

Sougen no Ko Tenguri

Sougen no Ko Tenguri

Movie · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to the cow, but the boy secretly helped the cow escape. A few years ago, the boy (now grown-up) and the cow meet again... (Source: Ani…

Doraemon Norainu "Ichi" no Kuni

Doraemon Norainu "Ichi" no Kuni

Special · 1979 · Comedy

Nutcracker Fantasy

Kurumiwari Ningyou

Movie · 1979 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: The young girl Clara visits her Aunt Gerda and Uncle Drosselmeyer. Her aunt tells her scary stories about the Ragman, a creepy and mysterious man who turns children into mice if they don't go to bed on time. The Ragman is always spying on sleeping children searching for more vict…

Our Baseball Match

Oira no Yakyuu

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: Movie from 1930 about a baseball game between rabbits and tanuki.

The Animal Olympics

Doubutsu Olympic Taikai

Movie · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: Animals gather to compete in Olympic games. This animation was inspired by the 1928 Olympic Games held in Amsterdam.

Jetter Mars

Jetter Mars

TV · 1977 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In 2015 A.D., Dr. Yamanoue, the Secretary of the Science Ministry, who devotes himself assembles the Android robot on an artificial island. He intends to live together with him as his own son. But the robot has a deficiency in his electric brain. He comes to the conclusion that D…

Shiroi Kiba White Fang Monogatari

Shiroi Kiba White Fang Monogatari

Special · 1982 · Adventure

Synopsis: White Fang is born on the planes of Alaska to a wolf father and a half-wolf, half-dog mother. One day he and his mother run into an Alaskan inuit boy Mit-sah, who has long dreamed of a dog of his own, and by a marvellous twist of fate, the wolves are taken in by him and his fathe…

Run Melos

Hashire Melos (1981)

Special · 1981 · Drama

Synopsis: Melos, a Greek country man gets arrested accused of conspiracy against the king. The king gives him three days to travel to his sister's wedding while Selinentius the sculptor and friend of Melos stays as a hostage. Will he get back in time before the king executes Selinentius in…

Omocha-Bako Series, Dai-3-Wa: Ehon 1936-nen

Omocha-Bako Series, Dai-3-Wa: Ehon 1936-nen

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Black-and-white propaganda film. Japanese folklore characters vs. evil Mickey Mouse-like creatures.

Sakura: Haru no Gensou

Sakura: Haru no Gensou

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A visually artistic animation with no real story. It follows a pair of butterflies as they drift past various beautiful depictions of people and animals. (Source: AniDB)

The Littl' Bits

Mori no Youki na Kobito-tachi: Belfy to Lillibit

TV · 1980 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: This family-friendly series features a community of tiny forest pixies living in a quaint, old fashioned village. Kind-hearted Belfy, adventurous Lillibit, mischievous Napoleon and tiny Chuchuna have adventures with their friends and help out those around them. With the guidance …

Magne Robo Gakeen

Magne Robo Gakeen

TV · 1976 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Dr. Kazuki, who perceived of an invasion of Earth by the Izaru people builds a robot based on the science of magnetism and sphere joint theory. Undergoing a dangerous augmentation process, Dr. Kazuki's daughter Mai becomes the pilot of "Mighty" or "Magnetman Minus". Takeshi Houjo…

Attack No.1 (1970)

Attack No.1 (1970)

Movie · 1970 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: The first recap film of Attack No.1 , it covers the first 6 episodes of the TV anime. Kozue is a high school girl and an enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play on the Japanese national volleyball team. Over the course of the series she makes it from the school distr…

Yasashii Lion

Yasashii Lion

Movie · 1970 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: This is an animated version of Yanase Takashi's picture book featuring the friendship between a mother dog, Muku-muku, who lost her puppy, and the baby lion Buru-buru, who lost her mother. Although Tezuka Osamu planned to create an entire musical animated series for this story fo…

Kaitei Sanman Mile

Kaitei Sanman Mile

Movie · 1970 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Returning home from an ocean trip, young Isamu meets the beautiful sea-dweller Angel on a volcanic island. Attacked by a fiery dragon, Isamu and Angel escape on the observation boat See Through, and Angel invites Isamu to see her undersea kingdom of Atlas. (Source: AniDB)

Good-bye Elvis and USA

GOOD-BY ELVIS and USA

Movie · Music

Synopsis: A chaotic mixture of hand-drawn animation and magazine cut-outs appropriating American pop culture. With a soundtrack involving music and sounds played in reverse, iconography of war and pop culture are intercut or merged together with images of eroticism and consumption. The fil…

The Restaurant of Many Orders

Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten

Movie · 1958 · Supernatural

Synopsis: The oldest anime adaption of the famous short story, Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten, originally written by Kenji Miyazawa. This stop-motion anime follows two British hunters as they venture deep into the thick woodlands and find themselves lost. It's not long till they stumble across a…