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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…

★ 5.8

Once Upon a Time... Space

Ginga Patrol PJ

TV · 1982 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Once Upon a Time... Space differs from the rest of the Once Upon a Time titles in the sense that the series revolve on a dramatic content rather than an educational premise. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of Plan…

★ 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…

★ 4.3

Corporal Norakuro

Norakuro Gocho

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: The Fierce Canine Army has been given the day off, but Norakuro has no home to return to. After he goes to a yakitori (fried chicken) shop for a drink, he goes to the park to take a short nap. Just then, soldiers from the Mountain Monkey Army, who have stolen some secret document…

★ 3.8

Oh Yoko!

Music · Romance

Synopsis: Backed by an ode John Lennon penned himself, the relationship between him and his wife, Yoko Ono, is beautifully depicted. Alongside their romance, '60s-appropriate psychedelic imagery and various allusions to Lennon's contributions to the Beatles are interlaced within.

★ 5.5

Mu Di

Movie · Music

Synopsis: The story is about a relationship between a cow herding boy with an extraordinary flute playing ability and his buffalo companion. The boy dreams that he loses the buffalo, and when the buffalo won't move from his hiding place, the boy uses a flute melody to bring him back. (Sour…

★ 5.9

The Legend of Marine Snow

Marine Snow no Densetsu

Special · 1980 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This little-known and poorly documented Leiji Matsumoto TV movie, tells the story of the revolution of the people of the ocean which are being invaded by the humans from the surface. (Source: Senscritique)

★ 4.4

Princess Katsura

Katsura-hime

Movie

Synopsis: Short film about a princess being kidnapped.

★ 5.7

Combining Squadron Mechander Robo

Gasshin Sentai Mechander Robo

TV · 1977 · Mecha, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Doron Empire from the Ganymede System discovered Earth as an ideal world for them to conquer. The interest of expanding the empire came as a result of the power-hungry General Ozmel who overthrew the current reigning Queen Medusa of the Ganymede System as a start of their uni…

★ 4.6

The Spider's Thread

Kumo no Ito

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of the classic tale of the spider silk, where a man sentenced in Hell tries to escape by climbing a string of spider silk hanging from above.

★ 6.0

Chogattai Majutsu Robot Ginguiser

TV · 1977 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Twenty thousand years before the creation of mankind, two tribes-Plazmans and Sazorions-came to the earth. The bellicose Sazorions tried to conquer the peaceful Plazmans using the dreadful power of the Scorpio in outer space. Twenty thousand years later-at some time in the future…

★ 3.8

Kintarou Taiiku Nikki

Movie · 1940 · Comedy

Synopsis: A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he must face Kintaro.

★ 4.3

Sports Day at Animal Village

Taiiku Day

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: Short movie from 1932.