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DINOZAURS : THE SERIES

TV · 2000 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: It is explained in the story that it has been 1,000,000 years since the Dino Knights had last defeated the Dragozaurs. The Dragozaurs have returned, a boy named Kaito has reawakened them. The battle between the Dino Knights and the Dragozaurs begins once again as the Dino Knights…

★ 5.9

Kinnikuman: Seigi Choujin vs. Kodai Choujin

Movie · 1985 · Action, Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: While Kinnikuman is on vacation with Mari-san's kindergarten class at Easter Island, the young wheelchair-bound Kouichi-kun laments being with an idiot like Kinnikuman, preferring to instead be with his favorite Seigi Choujin Buffaloman. Meanwhile, the other Seigi Choujins are al…

★ 4.0

Doctor Chichibuyama

TV short · 1988 · Ecchi

Synopsis: Based on the manga by Tanaka Keiichi. Dr. Chichibuyama is the perverse head of a hospital way out in the mountains and terrorises patients with the help of his lover and a sexy young nurse. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.4

Oishinbo: Kyuukyoku Tai Shikou, Chouju Ryouri Taiketsu!!

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Ultimate Menu and Supreme Menu square off in a cooking battle about dishes that promote longevity. For Supreme's Kaibara Yuzan and Ultimate's Yamaoka Shirou (who are father and son), this confrontation is more than strictly business: it's personal. (Source: BakaBT)

★ 4.3

RECORDER

Movie · Music

Synopsis: Short animation by Ryu Kato.

★ 4.6

Milk House Dreaming: Ai no Shiki

OVA · 1987 · Music

Synopsis: An image video, setting watercolors from Yumiko Kawahara's 1983 manga to a series of 11 pop songs. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.2

Beginning of fashion

Fashion no Hajimari

ONA · 2005 · Comedy

Synopsis: The theme of this animation is "fashion". (Source: aokijun.net)

★ 5.1

eX-Driver the Movie Specials

Special · 2002 · Comedy

Synopsis: Three short bonus shorts featured with the movie, featuring Lisa, Lorna and Souichi in events set just before where the movie takes off. These bonus shorts are done in comedic style, mainly with camera pans and zooms on still images. (Source: Wikipedia)

★ 6.0

Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi

TV · 1975

Synopsis: This series is an anthology of old Japanese tales. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.8

Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou

TV · 1994 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Shimajiro, a preschool-aged tiger boy, has adventures with his friends Mimirin, Ramurin, Nyakki, and Toriipi on Challenge Island.

★ 5.0

Shin Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru Majinzan

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Set a few months after the original series, Wataru is called into action once again!

★ 3.9

Kamishibai Kintaro

Kamishibai Kintarou no Maki

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Kintaro, gentle and strong, is popular in the forest. He eventually becomes a great samurai with the name Sakata no Kintoki. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

★ 4.0

Shoujo Fight: Nora Inu-tachi no Odekake

OVA · 2009 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: The story follows Neri Ooishi, a high school girl who is a talented volleyball player. She once was the captain of an elementary school team that went all the way to the national tournament. However, she spent three years as an alternate at a junior high school renowned for its v…

★ 5.3

Kuro ga Ita Natsu

Movie · 1990 · Drama

Synopsis: Hiroshima, summer of 1945. A young girl named Nobuko saves a starving kitten from crows. She wants to keep the kitten, but her parents dismiss the idea. Nobuko eventually convinces them to let her keep it. She and her brother Makoto name the cat Kuro. Kuro quickly brings joy and …

★ 5.5

Symphonic Poem: Jungle Emperor Leo

Anime Koukyoushi: Jungle Taitei

OVA · 1991 · Adventure

Synopsis: Actually, that 1991 date is misleading. The Symphonic Poem originated with the music Isao Tomita wrote for Jungle Emperor in 1965. He re-worked his music into a long form which tells a story by itself. (This form of music was termed "symphonic poem" or "tone poem" by composers in…

★ 4.1

Animated Self Portraits: A Portrait of Kawamoto

Kihachiro Kawamoto's Self-Portrait

Special · Comedy

Synopsis: A stop motion short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto. This short film humorously shows what happens when the artist creates a being that insists on 'creating' the artist.

★ 5.0

Maze: The Mega-Burst Space - Hot Springs

MAZE☆Bakunetsu Jikuu: Sakusha Shinken! Ai to Shi wo Mitsumete... Yukemuri Onsen Kikou Kangofu wa Mita

Special · Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: This is the missing Hot Springs episode included in the unrated boxset of Maze: Mega-Burst Space.

★ 3.9

The Garden of Pleasure

Kairaku no Sono

Movie · Music

Synopsis: The riveting harmonies of music may conjure images in one's mind to accompany the noises they hear. In the case of Erik Satie's composition "Trois morceaux en forme de poire," perhaps some indiscriminate geometry would be suitable. Experimental animator Masaki Okuda attempts to s…

★ 3.3

Rhythm

RHYTHM

Movie

Synopsis: A comfortable rhythm composed of light and shadow. Director Ogino-style absolute movie which freely manipulates geometric figures.

★ 4.1

Kaidan

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Iki mixes old and new technologies to create a film that evokes both the sights and sounds (hum of cicadas) of a hot Japanese summer. Black and white photographs of a Shinto shrine, summer landscape and an old Japanese-style house provide the backdrop and CGI technology adds the …

★ 5.3

Jinzou Konchuu Kabutoborg VxV

TV · 2006 · Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: BorgBattles between KabutoBorgs have become popular enough to hold world tournaments. The main character Ryuusei is an enthusiast of these battles. Along with his friends Katsuji and Ken, he continues fighting against new enemies day after day.

★ 5.5

Norakuro-kun

TV · 1987 · Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: October, 1987, Autumn. In Suganami, Tokyo, there lives the Kinoshita family whereby the father draws very little pay out of his job as an ordinary salaryman. In order to cover expenses, he decides to let out the second floor of their apartment to earn additional rental income. On…

★ 4.9

Getsumen To Heiki Mina Specials

Special · 2007 · Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Original unaired episodes included in DVD volumes 3 and 5, titled EX1 and EX2 respectively.

★ 5.2

Pattenrai!! Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari

Movie · 2009 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: The year is 1917, and under Japanese occupation, Taiwan suffers from terrible drought and famine. Residents of the Chianan Plain live in squalor, their lives defined by the daily struggle of carting water home. When Yoichi Hatta, a Japanese civil engineer, arrives with a plan to …