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Oshin

Movie · 1984 · Drama

Synopsis: Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and mother, who is expecting another child, barely have enough to eat. In order to make ends meet for her family, 7-year-old Oshin gives up school and decides to bec…

★ 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.

★ 5.3

FLAG: Director's Edition - Issenman no Kufura no Kiroku

Movie · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: For many years a civil war raves in Uddiyana. Even the peacekeeping forces of the United Nations can bring the situation not under control. Only a by chance taken up photo, this shows how civilians hoist an impromptu UN flag together with soldiers, hope for peace spreads by his s…

★ 6.3

Yamataro Comes Back

Yamatarou Kaeru

OVA · 1986

Synopsis: After having lost his parents, Yamatarou, a bear, is raised by a man. Yamatarou's friend is Shi-roku, a steam locomotive, and Yamatarou learns to impersonate the whistle of the locomotive. This is a story for nursery school kids about the friendship between the bear and the steam…

★ 5.6

Catman Series II

ONA · Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: In a city filled with anthropomorphic cat-people, Catman lives free of rules and boundaries, doing everything he wants, which often collides with the other inhabitants of the city. Created entirely in flash, with no spoken dialog, Catman instead speaks in English and Japanese sub…

★ 6.5

Gu-Gu Ganmo

TV · 1984 · Comedy

Synopsis: The series follows in the footsteps of manga such as Doraemon and Obake no Q-Taro in that the alien Ganmo (who resembles a chicken wearing sneakers) sets out to help his adopted human friend Hanpeita. The series follows the antics of the duo as they find themselves in the middle …

★ 6.3

Licca-chan no Nichiyoubi

OVA · 1992 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: One relaxing Sunday, Licca tags along with a friend to babysit two rather grumpy little boys.

★ 5.1

Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring

Ginga Tetsudou 999: Diamond Ring no Kanata e

Movie · 2009 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: July 22, 2009. Galaxy Express 999 made a brief stop at Kagoshima on the day of total solar eclipse. Tetsuro gives a pass for the 999 to a boy named Kakeru dreaming of becoming an astronaut, saying "It's up to you whether you can use this pass or not". Now it's 2035, another total…

★ 4.0

Yonna in the Solitary Fortress

Movie · 2006 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Yonna and Stan, brother and sister, live in isolation because of their special powers. There are enigmatic people who plot to use their power, in conflict with the king`s government, which is also planning to draw them onto their side. Intrigue surrounds Yonna, and now a new agen…

★ 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." …

★ 5.8

Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle

OVA · 1989 · Action

Synopsis: It has been three years since the end of the series. Ryo works for NASA as an engineer on a large rocket project. Anise, fellow Borgman and lover, has been reduced to flipping burgers in a restaurant. So naturally, when she gets a letter offering her a professional job in a big, …

★ 4.0

Trilogy about Clouds

3tsu no Kumo

Movie · 2005 · Fantasy, Psychological

Synopsis: Plot Synopsis : Trilogy about clouds, that is, an omnibus movie consisting of three different stories of clouds. It is based on a charcoal drawing. The clouds without the fixed form are the worlds which surround us. 1 "Breathing Cloud" 3min 10sec People’s body and soul transform …

★ 4.8

Nippon-ichi no Otoko no Tamashii

TV short · 1999 · Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Tales of sex and sadomasochism, based on the manga in Young Sunday by Masahiko Kikuni, creator of Kizu darake no Tenshi-tachi (Heartbroken Angels). With a TV share of 9.1% in the graveyard slot, it was broadcast daily as part of the Wonderful anthology program. (Source: The Anime…

★ 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)

★ 4.5

Aquatic

Suisei

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The stream of a mil, an apple flows down through the stream, where innumerable illusion of fish appears and disappears in the sky reflected in the water. (Source: Yamamura Animation)

★ 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…

★ 5.9

Goal Field Hunter

TV · 1994 · Sports

Synopsis: The story is about Hikaru Tatsumura who came from Brazil to fulfill his dream to be a great soccer player because he met a great player once who was admired by all people. However Tatsumura is a very cheerful person and easy going except when it is about soccer. He becomes seriou…

★ 5.6

Catman Series III

TV short · 2008 · Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: In a city filled with anthropomorphic cat-people, Catman lives free of rules and boundaries, doing everything he wants, which often collides with the other iinhabitants of the city. Created entirely in flash, with no spoken dialog, Catman instead speaks in English and Japanese su…

★ 5.4

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoco's Adventure

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko no Mori no Bouken

Special · 2005 · Comedy

Synopsis: Dr. Black Jack forgot his doctor's bag, and his assistant (plus self-claimed "wife") Pinoko rushed to deliver the bag but found herself lost in the forest. Guided by a butterfly, she found that many animals in the forest are sick or injured, and Pinoko used her knowledge to help …

★ 4.9

Yuukan Club

OVA · 1991 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: St. President school is one of the most wealthy schools around. Everybody in that school respects the Yukan club, the most popular and richest group in the school. This includes Shouchikubai Miroku, Kenbishi Yuuri, Kikumasamune Seishirou, Hakushika Noriko and Kizakura Karen. They…

★ 5.1

Around

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A multiple award-winning, dynamic and powerful short animation about a day of a guy. About perspectives and similarities. About nearby and distant, small and large. Around our world.

★ 5.3

Miyazawa Kenji Collection - The Acorns and the Wildcat

Donguri to Yamaneko

OVA · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out on the screen by a succession of warm an…

★ 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…