Anime catalog

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Miyuki-chan In Wonderland

Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan

OVA · 1995 · Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Rushing to school after oversleeping, Miyuki finds herself falling into a pit. When she regains consciousness, it does not take long for her to realize that she has entered another world as she begins to encounter different peculiarities and odd female figures, all wanting her to…

★ 5.7

Sakura Diaries

Sakura Tsuushin

OVA · 1997 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi

Synopsis: A Keio University (one of the top three colleges in Japan) exam candidate, Touma Inaba, is interupted when a cute young girl, Urara Kasuga, arrives at his hotel room door. She later turns out to be his cousin who he barely remembers from his childhood. Urara, who had felt somethi…

★ 6.9

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu

Movie · 1980 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Nobita finds a fossilized dinosaur egg by accident, and with the help of Doraemon's tools, they hatched the egg and began raising the dinosaur. Knowing that they can't keep the dinosaur forever, Nobita was forced to send it back to prehistoric times where a group of hunters from …

★ 6.8

Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth

Saint Seiya: Shinku no Shounen Densetsu

Movie · 1988 · Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Sun God Apollo the brother of Athena is here to take Athena back to heaven and taking over the sanctuary. He revived the deceased gold saints and use them and a few god saints as bodyguards. But Athena did not obey him, Apollo had no choice but send her to hell. On the otherhand,…

★ 7.1

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Dorabian Nights

Doraemon: Nobita in Dorabian Nights

Movie · 1991 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Doraemon and Nobita were using special shoes that allows them to jump into the worlds of the books that they want. Nobita let Shizuka use those shoes to enter the world of the book that she wants. Shizuka got lost in one Nobita's Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas book. After Nobita…

★ 7.4

Galaxy Warring State Chronicle Rai

Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai

TV · 1994 · Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Rai is a space opera that fuses feudal Chinese and Japanese customs with vast galaxy spanning empires and space-going societies. The story follows the life and times of the samurai Rai, and the quest of several spacefaring factions for control of territory and, of course, the Emp…

★ 5.9

Mad Bull 34

Mad★Bull 34

OVA · 1990 · Action, Comedy

Synopsis: Daizaburo Edi-Ban, a Japanese-American, joins New York City's toughest precinct, the 34th. On his first day he is partnered up with John Estes, called Sleepy by his friends and Mad Bull by his enemies, a cop who stops crime with his own violent brand of justice. Mad Bull makes no…

★ 6.4

Getter Robo

TV · 1974 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: From deep within the Earth's surface, the Dinosaur Kingdom make their move to wipe out mankind and conquer the planet with their mechanical dinosaurs. After a prototype Getter Robo is shot down by a mechanical dinosaur, the Saotome Research Institute decides to use the real Gette…

★ 6.5

Honoo no Tenkousei

OVA · 1991 · Action, Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: Transfer student Takisawa Noboru quickly learns that all disputes at his new school are settled in the boxing ring. Now he finds himself in a series of showdowns with the local top dog, Ibuki Saburo, for the love and respect of the beautiful Yukari. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.6

Photon: The Idiot Adventures

Photon

OVA · 1997 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Photon Earth is a young and gentle boy with superhuman strength and "Baka" (meaning "idiot" in Japanese) scribbled on his forehead (apparently by his troublemaking friend Aun Freya). One day, he finds himself engaged to the beautiful fugitive pilot Keyne Acqua after writing "baka…

★ 7.0

Dirty Pair: Project Eden

Dirty Pair (Movie)

Movie · 1987 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Agerna is a planet rich in Vizorium, the one mineral necessary to space travel. So when a series of mysterious attacks on mining operations has the governments of the world pointing fingers and blaming each other, the World Welfare & Works Association naturally sends in their top…

★ 6.1

Twilight Q

OVA · 1987 · Mystery, Psychological, Romance

Synopsis: A Knot in Time High school students Mayumi and Kiwako are relishing their summer vacation at the beach; however, when Mayumi discovers a presumably lost camera while scuba diving, she cannot help but feel an insatiable curiosity. Upon developing the camera's film, she is shocked …

★ 5.3

Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo

OVA · 1996 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: The Kingdoms of Dolhr, Grust, and Gra band together to wage war on the rest of the continent Archanea and defeat the Kingdom of Altea. King Cornelius is slain in battle but his son Prince Marth is able to escape the invasion thanks to the sacrifice of his older sister Elice. He a…

★ 7.5

Bomber Bikers of Shonan

Shounan Bakusouzoku

OVA · 1986 · Action, Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: In Japan, the country that inspired the slogan "Born to be Mild," the blood of young men still runs hot. In the old days they'd go off into the country and hack each other up with swords, but these days, what with school, that isn't very practical. So some of them do something ve…

★ 6.4

Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle

Saint Seiya: Saishuu Seisen no Senshi-tachi

Movie · 1989 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Lucifer has been awoken from his eternal slumber by the spirits of Eris, Abel and Poseidon. He has come to kill Athena and fulfill his heart's burning desire: becoming the strongest of all the gods. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.5

Cutey Honey F

TV · 1997 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: On her sixteenth birthday, Honey Kisaragi goes to meet her father. However, he shows up injured and on the run. Out of nowhere, a group of thugs and a monster show up. A detective, Seiji Hayama, rescues Honey and her father. Unfortunately, the monster captures Honey`s father. A g…

★ 6.9

Lupin III: Dead or Alive

Lupin III: DEAD OR ALIVE

Movie · 1996 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Lupin, Goemon, and Jigen take a mini-helicopter and head to the mysterious “Drifting Island” looking for a treasure rumored to be hidden somewhere on it. Through their exploration of the island, the trio encounters the lethal “Nanomachine,” the island’s security system. The trio …

★ 5.7

Crying Freeman

OVA · 1988 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, …

★ 6.8

Kinnikuman

TV · 1983 · Adventure, Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: Kinnikuman is a superhero... a bad one. Then one day a person named Meat tells Kinnikuman that he is the prince of an alien planet. Kinnikuman must save the day numerous times fighting evil chiyojins and competing in tournaments to prove himself to his family and to gain respect …

★ 6.8

Blue Comet SPT Layzner

Aoki Ryuusei SPT Layzner

TV · 1985 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: The story takes place in an alternate reality based in the year 1996, where humanity is advanced enough to develop long-range space travel, as well as bases on both the Moon and Mars. However, the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union have not ended; ra…

★ 7.8

DAICON IV Opening Animation

Movie · 1983 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A "bunny girl" crosses paths with iconic characters from comic books, live-action films, literature and animation. (Source: IMDB)

★ 6.4

Here is Greenwood

Koko wa Green Wood

OVA · 1991 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Hasukawa Kazuya is in a terrible bind. His brother's new wife is also the woman that Kazuya secretly loves. Determined to avoid them both, Kazuya leaves home to live in the student dorm called Greenwood. There, he hopes to find peace of mind. Unfortunately for Kazuya, stability a…

★ 7.7

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

Ramayana: Rama Ouji Densetsu

Movie · 1992 · Adventure

Synopsis: Rama, the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Ayodhya, is beloved by all and the natural successor to his father's throne. However, when one of his father's wives conspires to get her son on the throne instead, Rama ends up being banished into the woods for 14 years. Accompanied by h…

★ 7.0

Spring and Chaos

Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru

Special · 1996 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A unique biographical sketch of the life of the great modern Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, Spring and Chaos is a highly stylized and intense film that draws on Miyazawa's writing techniques to tell his life story. Miyazawa often used animals as the main characters in his stories …