Anime catalog

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Sango-shou Densetsu: Aoi Umi no Elfie

Special · 1986 · Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the future, the oceans have risen to flood all the continents due to humanity's negligence of the environment. Only a few bits of land have been spared, and one of those is the city-island where Elfie lives with her grandfather. One day, due to an underwater incident, she disc…

★ 6.5

Future Robot Daltanious

Mirai Robo Daltanias

TV · 1979 · Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: It is the year 1995. Earth has been conquered by an alien army from the Saar cluster known as the Akron. The cities of Earth have been destroyed, and the remaining survivors live in harsh shanty towns and villages. Kento, a war orphan, hides within a cave along with his companion…

★ 4.2

The National Anthem Kimigayo

Kokka Kimigayo

Movie

Synopsis: The chrysanthemum crest opens as the song progresses, and reveals the creation gods Izanagi and Izanami on the Ama no Ukihashi (heavenly bridge). They thrust the Ama no Nuboko (heavenly spear) into the sea, and the water droplets falling from the spear become the islands of Japan…

★ 6.6

Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger

Ginga Shippuu Sasuraiger

TV · 1983 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: It is 2911 and the solar system is made up of of 50 planets. I.C Blues, a gambler, makes a bet with the boss of a criminal syndicate known as Bloody God that it is possible to navigate the whole solar system in one year. Helping out Blues is J9-III, made up of Rock, Beat, and Bir…

★ 5.9

Dancougar: Requiem for Victims

Choujuu Kishin Dancougar: Ushinawareta Mono-tachi e no Requiem

OVA · 1986 · Action, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: The Dancouga team prepares for its final showdown with their arch-enemy Zorbados. The team has to travel to the strange dimension of the alien invaders to once and for all save the earth. Fighting on the home-grounds of the enemy will take all their strength and cunning. The Danc…

★ 5.0

A Poet's Life

Shijin no Shougai

Movie · 1974 · Drama, Fantasy, Psychological

Synopsis: A worker is fired from a factory for demanding a wage increase. His mother, worn thin by poverty, is caught in her own spinning wheel. Then a strange storm buries the town in snow, freezing rich and poor alike. Another short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto

★ 4.3

Momotaro's Sea Eagles

Momotarou no Umiwashi

Movie · 1943

Synopsis: Momotaro sends a sneak aircraft attack to sink the ships of Demon Island, using his animal companions as crew members and pilots.

★ 6.0

Area 88 Movie

Movie · 1985 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Kazama Shin, tricked and forced into fighting for the remote country of Arslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. As the war rages on, Shin has to deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as he…

★ 5.0

The Monster Of Frankenstein

Monster of Frankenstein

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis: Airing on TV Asahi in 1981, with a running time of 111 minutes, Frankenstein is a reasonably standard retelling of the classic book by Mary Shelley. In a foreboding castle scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein performs a hideous experiment which he hopes will bring the dead back to l…

★ 4.4

A Story of Cigarettes

Kemurigusa Monogatari

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The oldest recovered film by Noburou Oofuji that combines paper cutout animation with live action shots. In front of a girl with the traditional Japanese hairstyle, a small man on a desk says, "women descended from tobacco." The girl laughs at him and traps him under a glass. The…

★ 5.7

Space Adventure Cobra Pilot

Special · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Pilot episode for the TV series.

★ 5.6

The Adventures of Piccolino

Pinocchio yori Piccolino no Bouken

TV · 1976 · Adventure

Synopsis: Well-known and well-loved by readers around the world, Carlo Collodi’s famous story of Pinocchio is transformed in this magical tale of love and deceit. Old Jeppet the carpenter is terribly lonely, and yearns to have a son of his own. One day, a puppet he is carving out of wood b…

★ 5.9

Space Carrier Blue Noah

Uchuu Kuubo Blue Noah

TV · 1979 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Set in the year 2052, Earth has managed to find peace until the arrival of the Death Force - ruthless aliens from a dying solar system - who are desperately searching for a new home. Attacking the Earth with a massive satellite ship called Terror Star, the aliens proceed to terra…

★ 6.3

Macron One

Akuu Daisakusen Srungle

TV · 1983 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the year 2545, an experiment gone wrong puts test pilot David Jance through the center of the galaxy and into another universe, which ends up in the middle of life and death struggle against the armies of GRIP, led by Dark Star. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.0

Grand Prix

Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no Taka

TV · 1977 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: An anime with much of wheel actions ... Takaya Todoroki, a young man who wants to become a famous driver and built a car to be able to participate in a race with a big prize. In the race, because of the poor quality of building, Takaya has a serious accident in which he wrecked h…

★ 6.1

Spaceketeers

SF Saiyuuki Starzinger

TV · 1978 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Great Planet is dying, since its Queen is old and powerless... and the universe will perish along with it. Princess Aurora of the Moon volunteers to become the new Queen, so she must set out in a dangerous travel... along with her friends and escorts: the powerful Cyborgs Jan…

★ 6.0

Rain Boy

Amefuri Kozou

OVA · 1983 · Fantasy

Synopsis: This is the second story of "The Tiger Books" series. A boy meets a lonely little umbrella ghost wearing Geta. He promises the ghost that he will give it a pair of rain boots in exchange for three wishes. The boy, however, grows up completely forgetting the promise. One day, when…

★ 4.3

Harvest Festival

Mura Matsuri

Movie

Synopsis: A few minutes long black and white anime which shows the traditional Japanese harvest festival, featuring a song by Eiko Hirai.

★ 4.5

Greed

OVA · 1985 · Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: To succeed to his father, Lid Kail sets out a journey to defeat the incarnation of the evil that seems to dominate the world. Longn and Mimau also began to journey to achieve his father’s will. On their way, Key and Bagda join them. They overcome some difficulties, and finally th…

★ 6.1

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac

Seton Doubutsuki: Kuma no Ko Jacky

TV · 1977 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: One day a native American boy named Lan meets two little bears at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where he lives with his father. Lan names the brother bear ‘Jacky’ and the sister bear ‘Jill’. As Lan plays with the two bears, they become good friends. However their happiness doesn…

★ 5.8

Karate Master

Karate Baka Ichidai

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to live his life like Musashi, he begins to take karate more seri…

★ 6.0

Bob in the Bottle

Hakushon Daimaou

TV · 1969 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: One day Kan-chan finds a magic bottle in the attic. Whenever someone sneezes, a genie named Hakushon Daimaou is brought out and must grant any wish of whoever sneezed until he or she sneezes again. Sometimes, however, he accidentally fails and only causes trouble instead of grant…

★ 6.6

Ikkyu the Little Monk

Ikkyuu-san

TV · 1975 · Comedy

Synopsis: Ikkyu is a little boy training to be a monk at Ankokuji Temple. Known for being mischievous and a bit of a troublemaker, but also extremely smart, Ikkyu constantly thinks of new ways to outwit his frustrated teachers, helping others at the same time.

★ 5.1

Akakichi no Eleven

TV · 1970 · Sports

Synopsis: At Shinsei high school, soccer is almost a combat sport and new team coach Teppei Matsuki is a fully paid up sadist who will push his team as hard as necessary to win. Headstrong school bad boy Shingo Tamai and his friend Ohira are determined not to be bullied into joining Matsuk…