Anime catalog

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Found: 1,229

The Ugly Duckling

Ahiru no Ko

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Four ducklings are already swimming in the pond within a few days of hatching. Their mother is sitting on the last and largest egg. The grandmother duck, who likes to chat, worries that it may be a turkey egg. The chick that hatches three days later has a long neck and quacks in …

★ 5.2

The Little Match Girl

Match Uri no Shoujo

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: On the last night of the year, a young girl is told not to come home until she has successfully sold enough matches. As she struggles to ply her wares, she has plenty of time to contemplate the lives of the people who pass her by. However, as the night drags on and grows colder, …

★ 3.9

Hatanosuke and the Haunted House

Hinomaru Hatanosuke: Bakemonoyashiki no Maki

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles ghosts and monsters in a haunted house.

★ 3.8

Man and Woman and Dog

Otoko to Onna to Inu

Movie · Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Short animated film by Kuri Youji.

★ 4.5

Fukusuke

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short movie by Ryouichi Yokoyama.

★ 4.9

Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi

Movie · 1970 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based on Sans Famille by Hector Malot. This is a faithful if compressed adaptation, telling the story of Remi who is sold off to Vitalis the travelling musician and his band of performing animals. It has musical numbers typical this era of Toei films, some awkward slapstic, plent…

★ 3.2

The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

Kanojo no Dokushinsha-tachi ni Yotte Hadaka ni Sareta Seifuku no Shoujo Kenkyuu

Movie · Music

Synopsis: An erotic animation made for the late-night television program 11PM with a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s work of the same title. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

★ 4.3

Taro's Monster Hunt

Furudera no Obake-soudou

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: A 1936 movie short about Taro a young man and his adventures against various creatures from different legends.

★ 4.6

Hermit Village

Sennin Buraku

TV short · 1963 · Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: The ancient Chinese town of Taoyuan is populated exclusively by Taoist ascetics. The elder, Lao Shi, conducts research on magic and alchemy, while his pupil Zhi Huang is more interested in the pleasures of the flesh. He fell in love with three beautiful sisters who live close by.

★ 5.1

Captain Future: Kareinaru Taiyokei Race

Special · 1978 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Sequel of Captain Future.

★ 4.2

Shin Saru Kani Gassen

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Crabs ban together to get right of an ape in their peach tree after it keeps stealing their food and hitting them with the fruits to the point where one gets severely injured.

★ 3.1

Good-by Marilyn

Movie · Music

Synopsis: Animated to the song ‘Manatsu no dekigoto’ (Midsummer Happening) by Miki Hirayama, the film is a playfully erotic animation with appropriated images that include Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse, Superman, Roy Lichtenstein prints and the Glico chocolate icon of a man running through …

★ 4.6

Daddy Long-Legs

Ashinaga Oji-san

Special · 1979 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: An orphan girl receives a scholarship for a prestigious school from an anonymous benefactor who she refers to as Daddy Long Legs. Note: This TV special is not related to the 1990's series directly. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.4

Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo!

Movie · 1972 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A medium long anime movie (50 minutes) released as one of the programs of 'Toei Manga Festival', and screened with a live-action film "Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell" and others. A near-future Sci-Fi mecha action film featuring four cyborg dogs. An original story based on the co…

★ 4.2

The Man Next Door

Tonari no Yarou

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: For the man living next door, a quiet and restful sleep seems to be an elusive wish. Experimental short animation from 1965 from pioneer Yoji Kuri.

★ 4.1

Seventh Inning Stretch

Kitsune no Home Run Ou

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: Two animal baseball teams, The Foxes and The Rabbits, battle it out on the field for supremacy. Eventually, the star hitter for The Foxes finds himself up at bat and the final hope for his team's victory. However, he finds himself distracted by a lovely female fox cheering for hi…

★ 4.8

Mahou Shoujo Lalabel (1980)

Movie · 1980 · Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: During the summer, Lalabel and her friends, Teko and Toko, arrived at the hostel owned by Teko's uncle. Teko's uncle and aunt have gone to the operation of their acquiantance, leaving their son, Ryota, to manage the hostel all by himself. Lalabel decides to help the boy out and t…

★ 5.8

Little Wansa

Wansa-kun

TV · 1973 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: The hero of Wansa-kun is Wansa, a puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends much of the rest of the series looking for his mother.

★ 4.3

Hanasaka Jijii

Movie

Synopsis: Short film based on the Japanese fairy tale of the same name, produced by first-generation animator Kitayama Seitarou. It is considered lost media.