Anime catalog — page 17

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.

★ 3.6

Mama Gomennasai

Music

Synopsis: A little boy apologizes to his mom about all the bad pranks he's been pulling.

★ 3.9

Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song "Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo" by Toshie Kusunoki (楠トシエ). Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Chinsetsu Yoshida Goten

Movie

Chibikuro Sambo to Futago no Otouto

Movie · 1957 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie.

★ 4.0

Yurikago no Uta

Music

Synopsis: Music video about craddling a baby to sleep for song by Bonny Jacks featured on NHK's Minna no Uta.

Dalie Ji

Movie

Synopsis: The puppet film tells about the adventures of the lazy, inept hunter Cheng Sang, who hoped for a successful hunt, without trying to put the necessary work into it.

Chibikuro Sambo no Tora Taiji

Movie · 1956

Synopsis: Little Black Sambo was screened at the first Vancouver International Film Festival in 1958, and won the Best Film award in the Films for Children section. (Source: AniDB)

Son Gokuu ga Hajimaru yo: Koufuu Daiou no Maki

Movie · 1966 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: In this film, because of complaints from children that Goku is depicted as too much of an eager student, he is instead portrayed as a very naughty modern boy. It then received so many complaints from the PTA about its bad language that it was forced out of the show after all. (So…

Zhao Xiao Gege

Movie

Kaguya-hime

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A silhouette animation version of Princess Kaguya, also known as The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th century folk tale.

Bing Shang Yuxian

Movie

Synopsis: Little Bear was learning to skate for the first time. With the guidance of expert skaters Little Squirrel and Little Rabbit, he quickly mastered the forward and backward skating techniques. Later, Little Badger suggested that Little Rabbit perform a figure skating show. Little Ra…

Yoninme no Ousama

Music

Synopsis: A song about the three wise men, and how there was a fourth one but he was really easy going and never ended up going on the journey to meet the newborn Jesus.

Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Pilot Film

Special · Action, Drama

Synopsis: The pilot film for Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae.

Hyokkori Hyoutanjima

Movie · 1967 · Adventure

Synopsis: A group of kids are stranded on a volcanic deserted island. (Source: AniDB)

Winter Of Three Hairs

Sanmao Liulang Ji

Movie · Comedy

The Magical Brush

Shen Bi

Movie

Uchuu Shounen Soran (Movie)

Movie · 1965 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Kobito to Aomushi

Movie

Synopsis: A musical movie about a tiny village with tiny people. A tiny child fed a starving caterpillar his last rice cake. There was a race held soon after to determine who the king will be. The caterpillar had become a butterfly and as a thank you, pulled the tiny child's race car.

Doubutsu Dai Yakyuu Sen

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: A game of baseball featuring animals. One team is made up of gorillas, while the other is mixed animals. The gorilla team easily overpowers the other animals. (Source: AniDB)

Musume Doujouji

Movie

Synopsis: Puppet film based on the kabuki play of the same name.