Anime catalog

Found: 60

Fables of the Green Forest

Yama Nezumi Rocky Chuck

TV · 1973 · Adventure, Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Various stories about a group of animals that live together in a forest. The stories are adaptations from the many children's books written by Thornton W. Burgess.

★ 5.8

Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!

TV · 1966 · Adventure

Synopsis: Jungle Emperor was such a hit in Japan, that Dr. Tezuka went ahead and produced a sequel in 1966, known in Japan as "The New Jungle Emperor" or "Onward, Leo!" The trouble (for us in the rest of the world) was that he made the series without having a deal with NBC, and he made it …

★ 5.6

Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells

NAGASAKI 1945: Angelus no Kane

Movie · 2005 · Drama

Synopsis: August 1945. In a converted theological seminary on the outskirts of Nagasaki, a young doctor works to help his patients, as unsettling news comes of a new weapon used by the Americans on the city of Hiroshima. When the second nuclear weapon is dropped on Nagasaki, the hospital s…

★ 5.7

Jungle Taitei Movie

Movie · 1966 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The first 2 minutes of this film are taken from the Jungle Emperor Leo (1965) TV series, while the rest is all original. Tezuka was very pleased that this film conveyed his story accurately, something he wasn't able to do with the TV series. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.9

Astro Boy: The Brave in Space

Tetsuwan Atom: Uchuu no Yuusha

Movie · 1964 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: From the TV series of "Astro Boy," three episodes were selected for theater re-edition, "Robot Rocket" (46th episode), "Earth Defense Troops" (56th episode) and "The Last Day of Earth" (71st episode). Of these three, "Earth Defense Troops" was the only one originally derived from…

★ 4.8

The Genesis

Souseiki

Movie · 1968

Synopsis: This is a short film parodying the major Hollywood film "The Creation" directed by John Houston. This film has the look of a tongue-in-cheek production, done on a small budget by animators who wanted to make fun of great works that cost enormous sums of money. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.1

Yasashii Lion

Movie · 1970 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: This is an animated version of Yanase Takashi's picture book featuring the friendship between a mother dog, Muku-muku, who lost her puppy, and the baby lion Buru-buru, who lost her mother. Although Tezuka Osamu planned to create an entire musical animated series for this story fo…

★ 5.8

Raiyantsuuri no Uta

Movie · 1994 · Drama

Synopsis: An indentured Chinese laborer, brought to Japan to work in a coal mine during WWII, manages to escape his captors. He hides out in the Japanese countryside, so far from human habitation that he does not realize when the war ends, with ultimately tragic results. Based on a story b…

★ 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." …

★ 5.7

Hi no Ame ga Furu

Movie · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: An anti-war anime based on a book containing contemporary accounts of the fire-bombing of the city of Fukuoka on the evening of June 19, 1945.

★ 6.6

The Amazing 3

Wonder 3

TV · 1965 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Wonder 3 is an Osamu Tezuka manga and a black and white anime series. It involved the adventures of three agents from outer space who were sent to Earth to determine whether the planet, a potential threat to the universe, should be destroyed. The instrument of destruction is a de…

★ 5.8

Hans Christian Andersen Stories

Andersen Monogatari

TV · 1971 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Adaptations of numerous stories written by Hans Christian Andersen.

★ 4.8

Adventures of the Monkey King

Gokuu no Daibouken

TV · 1967 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: In this film, because of complaints from children that Goku is depicted as too much of an eager student, he is instead portrayed as a very naughty modern boy. It then received so many complaints from the PTA about its bad language that it was forced out of the show after all. (So…

★ 5.3

On A Paper Crane: Tomoko's Adventure

Tsuru ni Notte: Tomoko no Bouken

Movie · 1993 · Drama

Synopsis: A young girl named Tomoko visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There she has a mysterious meeting with Sadako, the little girl who was 2 years old when the U.S. dropped the bomb on her city during WWII and 11 when she died from the effects of radiation poisoning. Sadako takes Tom…

★ 5.9

Wonder Beat Scramble

TV · 1986 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In 2119, the spaceship Green Sleeves found 3 planets attacked by X23, a moving planet heading Earth. The Earth government ordered Green Sleeves to attack X23, but Dr. Sugita, the captain of Green Sleeves, refused because he believed they could co-exist. Then, the communication wi…

★ 6.0

Shin Takarajima

Special · 1965 · Adventure

Synopsis: This was the first episode of Mushi Pro Land, a unique series of 60-minute animated programs. It was also Japan's first 60-minute animated TV program. However, the series never materialized and only this episode was actually aired. The story follows Stevenson's "Treasure Island,"…

★ 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 …

★ 5.2

Wanpaku Tanteidan

TV · 1968 · Action, Mystery

Synopsis: A group of young boys (plus a token girl and her little brother, the obligatory brat) form a detective club, pooling their talents for brain, brawn, invention, and driving skills to solve crimes in Tokyo. Much to the consternation of police chief Nakamura, they often succeed wher…

★ 4.5

Animal 1

TV · 1968 · Sports

Synopsis: Ichirou Higashi, a young amateur wrestler, wants to participate in the Olympics Games in Mexico. (Source: ANN)

Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai

TV · 1971 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: A comedy about a group of kids forming a school baseball team, with the leader being very stubborn and argumentative. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.2

Ribbon no Kishi Pilot

Special · Adventure

Synopsis: Unaired pilot episode of Ribbon no Kishi.

Hikawa Maru Monogatari

Movie · 2015 · Drama

Synopsis: Hirayama Jirou has lost his mother in the Great Kanto Earthquake and now runs a soba stall with his father. He decides to join the crew of the famous ocean liner Hikawa Maru and finds work cooking in the ship's galley. Through his eyes, the film explores the ship's 85-year histor…

Star of the Giants vs Astro Boy

Kyojin no Hoshi tai Tetsuwan Atom

Special · 1969 · Sports

Synopsis: Star of the Giants vs Astro Boy is an anime crossover special that aired on September 6th, 1969. Broadcasted by the TV Network Nippon Television, it was a collaboration between the studios Tokyo Movie and Mushi Pro in which rival characters on the same network would battle each o…

Ecchan no Sensou

Movie · 2002 · Drama

Synopsis: Based on a children's novel by Etsuko Kishikawa.