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Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo!! Follow the Rescued Shark...

Dr. Slump: Arale-chan - Hoyoyo!! Tasuketa Same ni Tsurerarete...

Movie · 1994 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Arale saves a baby shark at the beach and in gratitude the sharks invite she and her family to visit the Underwater Kingdom. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.0

Princess Connection

Otohime CONNECTION

OVA · 1991 · Drama, Mystery, Romance

Synopsis: Special based on the manga by Ooya Kazumi, published in Betsukomi Flower Comics. An all-male pop group doubles as a detective agency. The cute girl member of the agency is kidnapped when one of the men's past returns to trouble them all in the present. (Source: sandg-anime)

★ 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.

★ 5.5

Maihime

OVA · 2006 · Fantasy

Synopsis: A lonely exchange student meets and falls in passionate love with a dancer. A girl who falls into madness when she learns her lover is going home to make his life. The wanderings of youth on the stage of 19th century Berlin. The legendary novel of Meiji writer Mori Ogai, "Maihime…

★ 5.7

Tottoko Hamtarou Anime Dechu!

OVA · Adventure, Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: This was the first attempt at an animated adaptation of Hamtarou, and consists of four short episodes. Crawling Around, Hamtarou (ドラマ ~ もぐりこんだらハム太郎): Natsumi comes home and finds Hamtarou is missing from his cage. Shortly after, Hamtarou is revealed to be hiding under Natsumi's …

★ 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.

★ 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...

★ 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…

★ 5.6

Juusenki L-Gaim I: Pentagona Window + Lady Gablae

OVA · 1986 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A recap OVA that portrays the first half of the series Heavy Metal L-Gaim. After the credits, there is a short clip animated for the OVA entitled "Lady Gavlet", which is intended to be comic relief.

★ 5.0

Birthday Boy

Movie · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Korean War, 1951. Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life. (S…

★ 4.8

Boyfriend

Special · 1992 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Takatou Masaki is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed him at a school notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good a…

★ 6.2

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." …