Anime catalog

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Found: 1,436

Aim for the Ace!

Ace wo Nerae!

TV · 1973 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: On her first day at Nishi High School, 15-year-old Hiromi Oka is inspired by top player Reika "Ochoufujin" Ryuuzaki to take up tennis. Shortly after joining the school's tennis club, she encounters Jin Munakata, the club's new coach. Munakata puts everyone under rigorous training…

★ 7.3

Candy Candy

TV · 1976 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: This story is about a girl, Candy, who is an orphan. She is a nice and optimistic girl and she has a warm heart. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage called Pony's Home. She had a good friend called Annie. And she met the "Prince of the Hill" who is a important person …

★ 7.3

Galaxy Express 999 (Movie)

Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie)

Movie · 1979 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: Tetsurou Hoshino is a boy bent on obtaining an immortal mechanical body in order to take revenge against his mother's murderer, the machine man Count Mecha. However, due to the incredible cost of obtaining what he seeks, his only hope is to steal a boarding pass for the Galaxy Ex…

★ 7.7

Treasure Island

Takarajima

TV · 1978 · Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Synopsis: Jim Hawkins is a young boy lead by progressive events to embark on a search journey for the legendary treasure of the once dreaded pirate, Captain Flint. On their way to Treasure Island, John Silver, Jim's best friend, take over command of the ship revealing his true self as the …

★ 6.0

Cutie Honey

Cutey Honey

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Ecchi

Synopsis: One day, Honey Kisaragi's a trendy, class-cutting Catholic schoolgirl. The next, her father's been murdered by demonic divas from a dastardly organization called Panther Claw. When his dying message reveals that she's an android, Honey uses the transformative power of the Atmosph…

★ 7.9

Nobody's Boy Remi

Ie Naki Ko

TV · 1977 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Remi is a boy living happily with his mother in the French countryside. But everything changes when his estranged father comes home and, in desperate need of money, reveals that Remi is adopted, and sells him. Heartbroken, Remi ends up with Vitalis, a traveling musician, and his …

★ 6.8

Mazinger Z

TV · 1972 · Action, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: The villainous Dr. Hell has amassed an army of mechanical beasts in his secret hideaway, the island of Bardos located in the Aegean Sea. He is capable of controlling mechanized beasts with his cane, and instructs them to unleash devastating attacks. However, Dr. Hell doesn't do a…

★ 7.2

Doraemon

TV · 1973 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Nobita Nobi is so hapless that his 22nd century decendants are still impoverished as a result of his 20th century bumbling. In a bid to raise their social status, their servant, a robotic cat named Doraemon, decides to travel back in time and guide Nobita on the proper path to fo…

★ 7.0

Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo

Lupin III: Lupin vs Clone

Movie · 1978 · Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: Lupin, the master thief/spy/Jack of all Trades, has been executed, but he is still alive, and not even Lupin himself knows how that is possible. While trying to figure out, however, he and his gang are thrust into a conspiracy involving clones, Lupin's un-trustworthy rival Fujiko…

★ 6.6

Gauche the Cellist

Cello Hiki no Gauche

Movie · 1982 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The story concerns Gauche, a professional cellist. During rehearsals for a performance, he is scolded by the conductor because his playing is not good enough. His timing is off and he seems to have no "feel" for the music. Gauche returns to his lonely cottage and starts practicin…

★ 7.0

Ringing Bell

Chirin no Suzu

Movie · 1978 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Chirin, a newborn lamb, and his mother live a peaceful life in a meadow. As long as they stay inside the fence that protects them and the rest of the flock, they are free to frolic and graze on the delicious clover leaves. However, their idyllic life is shattered when a wolf name…

★ 8.1

The Ideon: Be Invoked

THE IDEON: Hatsudou-hen

Movie · 1982 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Pushed out to the far reaches of the galaxy, the crew of the Solo Ship faces impossible odds of survival. With the Earth destroyed and the remnants of the Buff Clan pushing them to their limit, the Ideon shows as the last line of defense for the battered remains of humanity. As t…

★ 6.9

Dr. Slump: Arale-chan

TV · 1981 · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Dr. Slump creates a little android girl, Arale, who is very strong, happy, and totally common senseless. They live in Penguin Village where the strangest things happen (e.g., the dawn is announced by a little pig wearing a basquee) (Source: ANN)

★ 6.1

Toward the Terra

Terra e...

Movie · 1980 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the five hundred years since Earth's environment was destroyed and the planet came to be known as Terra, humans have created a society in space that is entirely logical. Supercomputers control the government, babies are grown in artificial wombs and assigned parents randomly, …

★ 7.2

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri

TV · 1976 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Based on a short section of the novel Cuore by the Italian Edmondo de Amicis, Marco is a young boy living in Genoa, Italy, together with his father Pietro. But the family is not complete, for Marco's mother left for Argentina around a year earlier in order to find work. Letters f…

★ 6.4

Speed Racer

Mach GoGoGo

TV · 1967 · Action, Adventure, Sports

Synopsis: The Mach 5 is one of the fastest and most technologically advanced race cars built by man. Equipped with various gadgets and a powerful engine, it provides a challenge for anyone who would dare race against it. The driver of this amazing vehicle is Gou Mifune, a teenager who drea…

★ 6.7

Fairy Princess Minky Momo

Mahou no Princess Minky Momo

TV · 1982 · Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: The land of dreams, Fenarinarsa, was once a kingdom on Earth, but the kingdom gradually drifted away as humanity's belief in dreams waned. To save the kingdom, the king sends his only daughter, Minky Momo, on a mission to restore humanity's dreams. After establishing herself as t…

★ 7.5

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

Taiyou no Ko Esteban

TV · 1982 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: 1532. Esteban, age 12 is a foundling from Barcelona, with a mysterious power of ordering the Sun to appear, for which he is called "Child of the Sun." Upon the death of his adoptive father, Esteban learns he was rescued as a baby from a sinking ship in the ocean. The mysterious m…

★ 5.1

Katsudou Shashin

Movie

Synopsis: The film consists of a series of cartoon images on fifty frames of a celluloid strip and lasts three seconds at sixteen frames per second. It depicts a young boy in a sailor suit who writes the kanji characters "活動写真" (katsudou shashin, or "moving picture"), then turns towards th…

★ 6.9

Tokimeki Tonight

TV · 1982 · Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Ranze Etou lives a normal life for any girl her age—except for the fact that she resides in a castle with a vampire father and a werewolf mother who constantly worry about her lack of powers. On her first day at a new school, Ranze meets the beautiful Shun Makabe…

★ 6.9

Astro Boy (1980)

Tetsuwan Atom (1980)

TV · 1980 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: Creating a robotic boy in the image of his recently deceased son Tobio, Professor Tenma thought nothing could go wrong now that his beloved child had been "reborn"... that is, until he comes to realize that this invention could never replace his son. Before long, however, the rob…

★ 7.3

Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth

Waga Seishun no Arcadia

Movie · 1982 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Earth has been conquered by the evil Illumidus Empire, with parallels drawn to the U.S. post World War II occupation of Japan. Captain Harlock with a group that will become his life long friends begin their fight against this tyranny visited upon the planet Earth, with no regard …

★ 6.5

Astro Boy

Tetsuwan Atom

TV · 1963 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him…

★ 7.1

Patalliro!

TV · 1982 · Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Patarillo! is set in a society much like ours in most ways, with one decided twist. The manga on which it is based is one of the much-read works produced for adolescent Japanese girls that features a healthy proportion of gay men and beautiful teenagers aka bishounen (beautiful b…