Anime catalog

Year to: 1989 Reset

Found: 2,450

Gigantor

Tetsujin 28-gou

TV · 1963 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Dr.Haneda was developing experimental giant robot warriors to fight the allies during the Second World War, but before his creations could see action, Allied bombs destroyed the facility and killed him. A decade later criminals discovered two of the surviving prototypes, #26 and …

★ 5.3

Yuki's Sun

Yuki no Taiyou Pilot

Special · Drama

Synopsis: This pilot is remembered, really, for one notable reason: this is Miyazaki's first time as a solo director. He teamed up with Takahata for the later episodes of the 1971-72 Lupin III series, but Yuki's Sun marked his first time solely in the captain's seat. Yuki's Sun was based u…

★ 7.0

Aim for the Ace!: Final Stage

Ace wo Nerae: Final Stage

OVA · 1989 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Hiromi continues developing her tennis and shows the results while undergoing an emotional change into an adult. (Source: AniDB)

★ 6.2

Swan Lake

Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Mizuumi

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: When Prince Siegfried spots a beautiful swan with a crown on its head, for some reason he feels compelled to follow it. He discovers that the swan is, in fact, a princess named Odette, who is under a wizard's curse that causes her to become a swan by day. The wizard, Rothbart, wa…

★ 5.6

Space Fantasia 2001 Nights

OVA · 1987 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Based on Yukinobu Hoshino's 1984 manga in "Action Comics; shot in "Super Perspective Technique". It is the 21st century, and two young people were chosen. Adam was sent off into a space ship and was sent off into outer space... (Source: ANN, AniDB)

★ 5.7

Mermaid

Ningyo

Movie · 1964 · Fantasy

Synopsis: In a fictional place where using the imagination is banned, a boy saves a fish, which surprises everyone by turning into a mermaid. The boy is arrested for imagining this "nonsense", and is robbed of his imagination as punishment. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.0

Miss Machiko

Maicching Machiko Sensei

TV · 1981 · Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Machiko Mai is the newest teacher at Asama Elementary; she's young, beautiful, and has the perfect proportions—traits that attract the attention of not only her students, but the rest of the perverted faculty as well. Whether it's luring her in and spraying up her skirt with a ho…

★ 4.9

Makariudo: Demon Hunter

OVA · 1989 · Action, Horror, Supernatural

Synopsis: Yama Rikudo is not your average teenage girl. With her trademark duo horn-like tufted hair, she’s really a kind of demon policewoman, charged with the duty of protecting Japan from demonic monsters that’ve gone AWOL. Even when her demon superiors try and pull her off the job, bec…

★ 3.7

Love

Movie · Psychological, Romance

Synopsis: A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.

★ 5.5

Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell

Riki-Oh: Toukatsu Jigoku

OVA · 1989 · Action

Synopsis: A Retelling of the prison arc of the manga RIKI-OH! The story follows Saiga Riki-Oh, a young man blessed with inhuman strength. After taking revenge against a yakuza boss who was responsible for the death of his girlfriend, he ends up in a maximum security prison owned by a priva…

★ 6.4

Raccoon Rascal

Araiguma Rascal

TV · 1977 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Life in Brailsford Junction, Wisconsin, is simple and quiet for Sterling North, who spends most of his free time caring for animals. With his mother in the hospital and his brother fighting on the Western Front, the boy lives only with his father and his dog Hauser. One weekend, …

★ 6.0

Gall Force 2: Destruction

OVA · 1987 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Lufy, discovered floating lifeless in space, is brought on board a Solnoid cruiser and given another chance at life. Once the hardened warrior, she is shown events that shake her faith (one's own death seems to have a way of changing one's philosophy) and lessening her power as a…

★ 4.4

Majo demo Steady

Majo Demo Steady

OVA · 1986 · Comedy, Ecchi, Romance

Synopsis: An ordinary day for Hisashi Seki consists of working a nine-to-five shift at an auto parts company in Shinjuku, evading his flirtatious boss' advances, and then riding his motorcycle back to his apartment, where he lives alone. One morning, however, becomes anything but ordinary …

★ 6.0

Anju to Zushioumaru

Movie · 1961 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Anju and Zushioumaru live a peaceful life in rural Japan with their kind and gentle father—the steward of the emperor's hunting grounds who teaches his children to respect nature and protect animals. The local lord frames him for burning the hunting grounds; Anju and Zushioumaru,…

★ 5.1

Daimajuu Gekitou Hagane no Oni

OVA · Action, Horror, Mecha

Synopsis: In the year 1999, a team of UN scientists in an attempt to tap into a new energy resource on a deserted island called Sansara, unknownigly open a portal to another universe, unleashing dormant biomechanical entities. Three years later, Takuya Goroza returns to the island of Sansa…

★ 6.6

Belle and Sebastian

Meiken Jolie

TV · 1981 · Adventure

Synopsis: After befriending a white Pyrenees dog he names Belle, Sebastian sets out on a journey to find the mother he knows is still alive. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.4

Tongari Boushi no Memole

TV · 1984 · Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Memoru is one of 245 people who came to earth from the Riruru Star when their ship had an emergency crash-landing on earth. Memoru's people have such tiny bodies that they could stand on a human's palm. One day she hears lovely music, and she follows its source and comes upon a h…

★ 6.3

Taro the Dragon's Son

Tatsu no Ko Tarou

Movie · 1979 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.

★ 6.0

Rhea Gall Force

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: The Solnoid race is long dead, annihilated along with their enemies in the final battle at Sigma Narse. But their descendants survive on Earth, and have now inherited the sad destiny predicted so many years before. The year is 2085. The third world war between East and West has r…

★ 6.4

Around the World with Willy Fog

Anime 80-nichikan Sekai Isshuu

TV · 1987 · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: Willy Fog accepts a bet from members of the Reform Club that he can make it around the world in 80 days. His plan, however, does not include being stopped by unknown enemies. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.7

Lensman

SF Shin Seiki Lensman

Movie · 1984 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Kim is living a peaceful life with his father as a farmer on their planet until one day when a runaway spaceship is detected moving at a high speed towards his father's farm. To rescue his father Kim jumps on board the ship and manages to land it safely before it crashes. On boar…

★ 6.2

Dororon Enma-kun

TV · 1973 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis: Monsters are coming to the human world from the Hell in order to get human spirits. As people's minds are getting dirty, being attracted by the dirty spirits, the monsters break the rule to go to the human world. Tsutomu, a boy who goes to Yokai Elementary School, is suddenly ass…

★ 6.1

Animal Treasure Island

Doubutsu Takarajima

Movie · 1971 · Adventure

Synopsis: When Jim suddenly comes into possession of a map with directions to the legendary Treasure Island, he wastes little time before jumping into a tiny boat with his friend Gran in search of adventure and fortune. It is not long, however, before they are captured by the infamous Capt…

★ 6.1

The☆Ultraman

TV · 1979 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The first animated Ultraman series.