Anime catalog

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Jack And The Beanstalk

Jack to Mame no Ki

Movie · 1974 · Fantasy

Synopsis: An old fairy tale gets some new wrinkles in this fanciful animated adaptation. After young Jack is conned into trading his family's prize cow for a handful of beans, he plants them and discovers they produce a magical vine that rises through the clouds. Climbing the beanstalk, Ja…

★ 6.6

Huckleberry no Bouken

TV · 1976 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Based on Mark Twain's well known masterpiece about Huckleberry Finn, the bright and merry orphan, this film is full of life, laughter, and will be loved by children around the world. When Huckleberry runs away from his orphanage, he teams up with an escaped slave. Together, they …

★ 5.1

Bara no Hana to Joe

Movie · 1977 · Drama

Synopsis: It's a Sanrio picture that feels partly like an anime art film and partly like a Warner Bros. cartoon. The film features some very creative imagery, a groovy 70's jazz score, and very little spoken dialogue. It's a story about a dog named Joe that falls in love with a rose and pr…

My Dear Coco

Mon Cheri CoCo

TV · Romance

Synopsis: A young woman aims to become a famous fashion designer. (Source: AniDB)

★ 6.2

Charlotte Holmes

Joou Heika no Petite Angie

TV · 1977 · Mystery

Synopsis: 19th century London. Angie is a 12-year-old girl, descended from nobility. She once helped to solve the Queen’s jewel robbery case and since then, the Queen has appointed her to work on particularly difficult cases. Her brilliance and courage overwhelm many grownups. She is assis…

★ 5.2

Suteneko Tora-chan

Movie · 1947 · Music

Synopsis: A family of cats find a homeless kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets from her mother and runs away from home. The new member of the family goes looking for her. Can he bring her back home safely and ge…

★ 3.3

Heya

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Short experimental film from 1967 from animator Yoji Kuri.

★ 2.7

Captain of Cosmos

Uju Heukgisa

Movie · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: There exists the Cosmos Warriors, a team tasked with the duty of protecting freedom, justice, and peace of the universe. When the Master of the Cosmos Warriors was killed onboard a traveling spaceship and the rest of the passengers were kidnapped by the sinister Green People, Cap…

★ 4.6

Tabi

Movie · Fantasy, Psychological

Synopsis: Surreal cutout (kiri-gami) animation following a young girl's physical journey, which is also an inner voyage through which she will learn all the pain and joy of life. She travels to an anonymous Western city, a bizarre dreamscape cluttered with elements from works by Dali, Magr…

★ 5.7

The Wild Swans

Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Ouji

Movie · 1977 · Fantasy

Synopsis: When a widower king loses his way in a dangerous forest, he is forced to take a witch's daughter as a second wife in order to escape. However, the newly crowned queen Greta quickly becomes jealous of the time the king spends with his children and vows her revenge. In the middle o…

★ 6.4

Kaibutsu-kun (1980)

TV · 1980 · Comedy, Horror

Synopsis: Kaibutsu-kun and his companions, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, travel from Kaibutsu Land to the Human Realm, where they encounter and battle several monsters, mainly assassins from the demon group Demonish. (Source: Wikipedia)

★ 4.8

Madame Butterfly's Illusion

Ochou Fujin no Gensou

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Butterfly, a faithful Japanese wife, waits patiently in Nagasaki for the return of her American husband, Pinkerton. She sees the Stars and Stripes fluttering atop an approaching ship and rightly surmises that Pinkerton is onboard. However, the feckless foreigner is arriving in th…

★ 6.2

Return of Pero

Nagagutsu Sanjuushi

Movie · 1972 · Adventure

Synopsis: Once upon a time, near the ruins of an old castle, there lived the King of Cats. He was famous for his violent temper and now he is lashing out at his three gunmen, who had been ordered to bring back Pero, but had returned empty-handed. Pero, a former subject of the angry King, h…

★ 5.7

Jungle Taitei Movie

Movie · 1966 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The first 2 minutes of this film are taken from the Jungle Emperor Leo (1965) TV series, while the rest is all original. Tezuka was very pleased that this film conveyed his story accurately, something he wasn't able to do with the TV series. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.3

Kagirinaki Rakuen

Movie · Drama, Horror, Psychological

Synopsis: A young man is beaten down by both bullies and an oppressive, militaristic school system. At first he retreats into daydreams and fantasies in order to cope but eventually decides to rebel.

★ 5.6

Nine 2: Koibito Sengen

Special · 1983 · Romance, Sports

Synopsis: Second part of the Nine TV movies.

★ 6.5

Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel

Seton Doubutsuki: Risu no Banner

TV · 1979

Synopsis: Soon after birth a young squirrel comesc to a farm, and gets caught by a human. This human then tries to find him to their pet cat. However, the cat feels sorry for the squirrel and adopts him as their child and names the squirrel Banner. Banner and the cat live happily in the fa…

★ 5.7

Candy Candy: Candy's Summer Vacation

Candy Candy: Candy no Natsuyasumi

Movie · 1978 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A continuation of the television series.

★ 4.2

Momotaro in the Sky

Sora no Momotarou

Movie · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Momotaro has been requested to fight off the Wild Eagle enemy which has suddenly appeared. He takes to the skies in his airplane, accompanied by a dog, a monkey , and a pheasant, and heads for an island some 10,000 kilometers away. One of the island people promises to prepare the…

★ 5.9

Astro Boy: The Brave in Space

Tetsuwan Atom: Uchuu no Yuusha

Movie · 1964 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: From the TV series of "Astro Boy," three episodes were selected for theater re-edition, "Robot Rocket" (46th episode), "Earth Defense Troops" (56th episode) and "The Last Day of Earth" (71st episode). Of these three, "Earth Defense Troops" was the only one originally derived from…

★ 3.9

Momotaro under the Sea

Umi no Momotarou

Movie

Synopsis: Momotaro and his friends are asked to help defeat a giant shark.

★ 4.9

That is an UFO! The Flying Saucer

Kore ga UFO da! Soratobu Enban

Movie · 1975 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: UFOs and aliens from beyond the stars are common themes in media, entertainment, and other forms of science fiction; however, many individuals have sworn they have seen UFOs and have been abducted in real life! Sit back and watch as the makers of Mazinger take you on a journey th…

★ 6.1

Amazing Sarutobi

Sasuga no Sarutobi

TV · 1982 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Nikumaru, meaning "meatball" in Japanese, is a seventeen-year-old student at Ninja High School, a special school for the training of ninja. He is short and chubby, but he possesses a super technique known as the "kamikaze", where he stirs up a whirlwind with his feet. The series …

★ 4.0

A Ship of Oranges

Mikanbune

Movie

Synopsis: A somewhat historical tale about a famous Japanese businessman who made his fortune by shipping oranges from the farmlands to the capital city of Edo.