Anime catalog

Year to: 1981 Reset

Found: 1,331

Private Norakuro in Training

Norakuro Nitouhei: Enshuu no Maki

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: Norakuro keeps getting his allies and enemies mixed up while on training maneuvers. What he had thought to be a successfully eliminated enemy tank turns out to be the tank carrying the Regimental Commander. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.9

Balatack

Choujin Sentai Baratack

TV · 1977 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Late at night, at a lake surrounded by a peaceful forest, a mysterious spaceship landed on the water. The group that emerged from that ship kidnapped the head of space engineering, Professor Katou, and his family. The Professor's second son, American football player Yuuji, who ha…

★ 6.2

Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976)

TV · 1976 · Fantasy

Synopsis: An omnibus-format TV series consisting of anime adaptations of Japanese folk tales, this is one of Japan's longest-running TV series, and Group Tac's second TV series (the first was The Road to Munich, a documentary anime about the 1972 Olympics). The governing rule of the series…

★ 5.7

Machine Hayabusa

TV · 1976 · Action

Synopsis: Because of the appearance of a villain team, Black Shadow, the international racing was ruined. To compete with Black Shadow, Saionji Racing Team was founded. They developed a racing car, Hayabusa. It was a super racing machine that carries hyper power engine, Cavalier Engine. Th…

★ 6.3

Blocker Corps

Blocker Gundan IV Machine Blaster

TV · 1976 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The peace of the world is suddenly threatened by Mogool, which is located on the bottom of the sea. Helqeen, tyrannical master of the Mogoolian Empire, attempts to conquer the earth with her faithful companions Goroskie and Zan-gack. In order to frustrate their ambition, Dr. Yuri…

★ 5.3

Pika Don

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: An animation documentary describing the tragic consequences of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The flash of the A-bomb, 100 times brighter than the sun, is called "PICA", and the enormous shock wave which came right after the flash is called "DON". At the t…

★ 6.0

Ie Naki Ko (Movie)

Movie · 1980 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Remi, an orphan kid gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times. (Source: IMDb)

★ 3.6

The Three Fearless Frogs

Kaeru San Yuushi

Movie · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Frogs fight crime in a bizarre world.

★ 3.5

Ninja Fireball in Edo

Ninjutsu Hinotama Kozou: Edo no Maki

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Ninja Fireball Boy, a young rascal whose adventures are depicted in a continually morphing, highly inventive style, faces various adversaries and creatures such as bats and spiders. (Source: IMDB)

★ 3.4

Black Star and the Golden Bat

Golden Batman

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Three kids find themselves in the middle of a nightmare, as the world is about to be taken over by the powers of evil.

★ 5.5

Honey Honey's Wonderful Adventures

Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken

TV · 1981 · Adventure

Synopsis: Glamorous Paris, entrancing Venice, romantic Rome and irresistible Vienna... These alluring cities of enchantment invite you to witness the story of a young girl who unexpectedly becomes entangled in daring adventures and rollicking romance. Vienna, 1907. Princess Flora, the one …

★ 5.8

Hans Christian Andersen Stories

Andersen Monogatari

TV · 1971 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Adaptations of numerous stories written by Hans Christian Andersen.

★ 4.3

A Wolf is a Wolf

Manga: Ookami wa Ookami da

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Village animals are at a loss what to do about the tyrannical wolf. The clever monkey proposes an idea. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

★ 5.1

Little Jumbo

Chiisana Jumbo

Movie · 1977 · Fantasy

Synopsis: This is a colorful, painstakingly animated musical about a boy and his pet white elephant who one day drift onto a peaceful island which soon finds itself caught between two larger islands at war

★ 4.4

Ahiru no Otegara

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A duckling tries to save the animals when a storm hits their farm. Short film from the 1930s.

★ 5.8

Paul's Miracle Strategy Plan

Paul no Miracle Daisakusen

TV · 1976 · Adventure

Synopsis: Paul is a young boy whose friend Nina is kidnapped by Belt Satan, the demonic ruler of another world. He daringly goes on a mission to rescue his friend. Pakkun, a plush doll with magic powers, aids him as they plunge into Belt Satan's dimension of living toys. Paul's journey is …

★ 4.0

The Monkey Fleet

Osaru no Kantai

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Very short movie from 1936 about a war between monkeys and Octopuses.

★ 5.0

Kum Kum

Wanpaku Oomukashi Kum Kum

TV · 1975 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: This is the tale of Kum Kum, a kind of prehistoric "Dennis the Menace" who lived long ago. He and his family and friends belonged to a tribe of Mountain People who lived and hunted and farmed high in the hills near the Fire Mountain. This is a comedy series earmarked by infectiou…

★ 5.4

Laura

Sougen no Shoujo Laura

TV · 1975 · Adventure

Synopsis: This anime is based on the same work as the famous American live-action TV series Little House on the Prairie.

★ 3.8

KISS KISS KISS

Movie · Psychological, Romance

Synopsis: Three short films by the Japanese avant-garde illustrator and animator. Regarded (unfairly) as the Japanese equivalent of Andy Warhol, these films showcase a distinctively commercial illustration look reminiscent of the current pop art movement of that decade (1960s).

★ 4.7

Time Bokan Series: Zenderman

TV · 1979 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Dr Monja is a scientist who is curious about the nature of the legendary Elixir of Life which grants the drink eternal lifetimes and forever youth. He built a device called the "Time Tunnel" in order to let a team of youngsters to start a quest down the timeline and various space…

★ 5.8

Daikyouryuu Jidai

Movie · 1979 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Jun, his female companion, Remi, and her little brother, Chobi, are taken to the Cretaceous Period by a flying saucer. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.0

Sankichi and Osayo: A Genroku Romance

Genroku Koi Moyou: Sankichi to Osayo

Movie · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: When a samurai witnesses a dancing maiden being kidnapped by ruffians, he rescues the poor damsel and takes her to the spring flower dance. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.8

Ta-chan's Underwater Adventure

Ta-chan no Kaitei Ryokou

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A short film from 1935.