Anime catalog

Found: 115

Barbapapa Around the World

Barbapapa Sekai wo Mawaru

TV short · 1999 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: "Barbapapa around the world", is a fun-filled collection of 5-minute animated cartoons for preschool children. Barbapapa and his family return to TV for the first time in 25 years with 50 completely new and original episodes. Each episode travels to far-off lands where the Barbap…

★ 5.3

Barbapapa (1977)

TV short · 1977 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Based on a series of children's books written in the 1970s by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor. Adding to the first serie from 1975, the second serie brings 48 new episodes. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.3

Fair, then Partly Piggy

Hare Tokidoki Buta

Movie · 1988 · Comedy

Synopsis: Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pig…

★ 5.1

Little Polar Bear: Shirokuma-kun, Doko e?

Movie · 1990 · Adventure

Synopsis: Based on the childrens' book Little Polar Bear by Dutch author Hans de Beer.

★ 5.1

Little Polar Bear: Shirokuma-kun, Fune ni Noru

OVA · 1991 · Adventure

Synopsis: A continuation of adventures of the Little Polar Bear.

★ 5.7

Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles

TV short · 2024 · Action

Synopsis: An anime adapting Gakken's children's book series Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan. The series pits animals and dinosaurs against each other in a tournament. (Source: Anime News Network, edited)

★ 4.7

Hanakappa

TV short · 2010 · Comedy

Synopsis: Story about Kappa with flowers on their heads. Source MyAnimeList

★ 4.9

The Cherry Tree

Shounen to Sakura

Special · Drama

Synopsis: In postwar Tokyo, while his mum works, Taichi spends his days alone and misses his dad who was killed in the war. Through his friendship with an old man who tends a seemingly dead cherry tree, Taichi learns about the tree and gradually becomes more positive. (Source: Treasures of…

Plannosaurus Seriously Extinct Creatures Club

Plannosaurus Gachi Koseibutsu-bu

TV short · 2026

★ 5.2

Okonjoururi

Movie · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for sh…

★ 5.0

Usagi no Mofy

ONA · 2013 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: The story of a white rabbit and her friends.

Takoyaki Capeman

Takoyaki Mant-Man

TV · 1998 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In order to protect the earth from the aliens, the god of Takoyaki created the five warriors of justice, Takoyaki Mantle Man. They risk their lives for justice. Takoyaki Mantle Man has round face, and wear a white cape and octopus belt as their symbol. Red is a leader whose speci…

★ 4.5

Yamakoshi Mura no Mari to Sanbiki no Koinu

OVA · 2006 · Drama

Synopsis: Based on a picture book written about the 2004 earthquake in Chuuetsu, Niigata prefecture. Mari's three puppies were just born, when the earthquake in Yamakoshimura started. Now their home is in ruins, and their owner, an old man is trapped under the debris. Mari somehow manages …

Fuusen Inu Tinny

TV short · 2014 · Adventure

Synopsis: Based on a picture book series, it follows a dog who flies above the clouds with a balloon.

Bread Thief

Pan Dorobou

TV · 2026 · Comedy

Synopsis: The picture books center on a piece of bread that also steals bread from bakeries in the city. Source MyAnimeList

Insect Land

TV short · 2022 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Anime based on "nature learning picture books" which explore the lives of insects, while also celebrating the themes of ecology and diversity. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.4

Kikansha Yaemon: D51 no Daibouken

Movie · 1974 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Traditionally animated movie based on a bestseller picture book by Agawa Hiroyuki, illustrated by Okabe Fuyuhiko and published in 1959 by Iwanami Shoten Publishing.

★ 4.9

Tobiuo no Boya wa Byoki desu

Movie · 1982 · Drama

Synopsis: An anime about Operation Castle and the demise of the crew on the Daigo Fukuryuu Maru (S.S. Lucky Dragon 5). On March 1st 1954, a hydrogen bomb went off (that ended up being similar sized to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima). The radioactive ash fell on the crew, poisoning th…

★ 5.0

Kuma no Gakkou: Jackie to Katie

Movie · 2010 · Comedy

Synopsis: The story follows 12 bear cubs living in a dormitory on the top of a mountain. (Source: AniDB)

Boku wa Ou-sama

TV · 2013

Synopsis: Boku wa Ousama is a show based on a book series by Teruo Teramura and Shizuko Wakayama. The first book came out in 1959 and 49 more volumes followed, making it one of the most popular children's book in Japan. The books and the anime follow the misadventures of Ou-sama, a silly, …

Negibouzu no Asatarou

TV · 2008 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Based on a picture book about a onion-headed samurai named Asatarou.

Aoi Hane Mitsuketa!

ONA · 2021 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Hayato and Hina are close brothers and sisters who live in Tokyo. One day, he became interested in the beautiful blue feathers that he found on the road, and came up with the idea of finding an owner. A mysterious crow appears there and travels together as a guide to guide the br…

★ 4.7

Jeremy no Ki

Movie · 1983 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Based on a children's picture book of the same name. A Christmas tale about a bird who was raised by tree after it was abandoned. The tree was then cut down for people in the city to use for Christmas celebrations. The bird desperately is trying to find its adoptive tree mother w…

Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Tournament

TV short · 2025 · Action

Synopsis: Second season of Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles.