Anime catalog

Year to: 1969 Reset

Found: 591

Warashibe Chouja

Movie

Synopsis: Stop motion animation of an old Japanese fairy tale. A poor man trades a piece of straw for a more expensive item. In the course of his journey, he manages to finally exchange the last item for a villa.

Kasa Jizou

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of the Kasa Jizou folktale where Jizou statues reward an elderly couple for giving them hats (kasa) to wear during the snowy weather.

An Old Fool

Noroma na Jiji

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: An early Noburou Oofuji film, it was artificially coloured in the senshoku (tinting) method, where the developed film was immersed in dye baths.

★ 3.8

Chibikko Cowboy

Music

Synopsis: A little boy has fun being a cowboy out in the Wild West.

Tobidase! Bacchiri

TV short · 1966 · Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: The adventures of jug-eared schoolboy detective Bacchiri, who can solve cases that baffle the police, thanks to his brilliantly ingenious mind. The 10 minutes episodes aired daily, Monday through Saturday. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia & AniDB)

★ 4.2

Omusubi Kororin

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A Japanese folk tale adapted as a puppet animation.

Wuya Weishenme Shi Hei De

Movie

Synopsis: A long time ago, there was a very beautiful bird with beautiful feathers and a sweet singing voice. Other birds admired her. As autumn approached, the birds were busy building nests and storing food to prepare for the winter, but she was the only one who didn't do anything and wa…

★ 3.6

Hotaru Koi

Music

Synopsis: Kids go looking for fireflies in the night.

★ 4.1

Kitakaze no Kureta Table-kake

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Based on a Norwegian fable. Hans was making bread and North Wind was blowing all the flour out of his bowl. He decides to visit the North Wind in his castle to ask him to stop and for compensation. North Wind gives him a tablecloth that summons delicious food on top of it. Unbekn…

★ 4.0

Umihiko Yamahiko

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Long, long ago there were two brothers, named Umihiko and Yamahiko. The older brother, Umihiko, made his living catching fish in the sea. The younger brother, Yamahiko, made his living hunting birds and animals in the mountains. One day Yamahiko said to Umihiko, "Why don't we exc…

Tetsujin 28-gou 2

TV · 1965 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The final cour of Tetsujin 28-gou, which aired half a year after the end of the first season.

Xiexie Xiao Huamao

Movie · Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: The story is about a chicken brother and a chicken sister-in-law who live in a village, and a small cat who is the village watchman. Brother Chicken goes off early in the morning to hoe the fields, while the pregnant sister-in-law spins yarn at home.

Mrs. Pang Visits Her Mother

Pang Sao Hui Niangjia

Movie

Synopsis: A careless lady goes home to see her ill mother, but she mistakenly packed a pillow as her baby and loses the pack in the way home. (Source: IMDb)

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.

Sobakasu Pucchi

TV short · 1969 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: A kids adventure and comedy series. Each 5 minute episode aired Monday through Saturday in a continuing story which completed at the end of the week. (Source: AniDB)

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 …

★ 3.8

Okaasan no Kao

Music

Synopsis: An ekaki uta of the singer's mother's portrait.

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.