Anime catalog
Found: 2,102
★ 8.0Anne of Green Gables
Akage no Anne
TV · 1979 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Life is not easy for Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan with a vast imagination and a short temper. In a twist of fate, she gets taken into the Cuthbert house in Avonlea. The elderly occupants Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were looking for a young boy to help in the fields, but t…
★ 7.4Barefoot Gen
Hadashi no Gen
Movie · 1983 · Drama
Synopsis: In 1945, World War II is at its peak. As Japanese cities are fire-bombed and the nation is cornered by US forces, Japan is collapsing under the immense pressure. Gen Nakaoka, a bold, free-spirited young boy, lives in Hiroshima. Struggling with wartime scarcity and barely making e…
★ 7.1Kimagure Orange★Road
Kimagure Orange★Road
TV · 1987 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Kyousuke Kasuga is no stranger to being the new kid at school. Despite only being a third-year middle schooler, he has spent his entire childhood avoiding those who discover his family's paranormal powers, and he has had to change schools seven times as a result. Upon catching a …
★ 7.7Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka
Movie · 1984 · Action, Mecha, Music
Synopsis: After warping light-years away from Earth, the spacecraft Macross carries a city of civilians and soldiers back home. They continuously fight off the threat of the Zentradi and Meltrandi, giant alien races with whom humanity wages war. During a battle, the Macross transforms into…
★ 7.5Galaxy Express 999
Ginga Tetsudou 999
TV · 1978 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: In the distant future, humanity has found a way to live forever by purchasing mechanical bodies, but this way to immortality is extraordinarily expensive. An impoverished boy, Tetsurou Hoshino, desires to purchase a pass on the Galaxy Express 999—a train that travels throughout t…
★ 7.2Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa
Movie · 1987 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Shirotsugh "Shiro" Lhadatt may be a cadet in the Kingdom of Honneamise's Royal Space Force (RSF), but he has never been in space before—in fact, nobody has. The RSF is often regarded as a failure both by the country's citizens and a government more interested in precipitating a w…
★ 7.8Future Boy Conan
Mirai Shounen Conan
TV · 1978 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Conan was the only child born on Remnant Island, a place settled by a group of refugees while they fled a terrifying wave of magnetic bombs that wiped out most of humanity. After 20 years, most of the castaways have died, save for Conan and the wise old man that raised him. Belie…
★ 6.2Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
Dragon Ball: Majinjou no Nemuri Hime
Movie · 1987 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought. (Source: ANN)
★ 7.1Dirty Pair
Dirty Pair
TV · 1985 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: If you're in a big trouble, call the World Welfare Work Association or WWWA. They will send out a team of highly trained capable agents called Trouble Consultants who can solve your problems. But if the team they send you is the Dirty Pair, there will be a lot of collateral damag…
★ 7.6Doraemon
Doraemon (1979)
TV short · 1979 · Comedy, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Nobita Nobi is a normal fourth grade student. This all changes, however, when a blue robotic cat appears from his desk drawer. Calling himself Doraemon, this robot tells Nobita that his future descendants from the 22nd century live in poverty because of all the mistakes he made. …
★ 7.1Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Kidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi-hen
Movie · 1981 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: As the War continues, Amuro and the White Base crew must make their way toward the Earth Federation Headquarters, Jaburo. On their way they meet several new enemies and face off against impossible odds. They fight in Operation Odessa to relieve the Earth from the clutches of the …
★ 6.9Manie Manie: Neo Tokyo
Meikyuu Monogatari
Movie · 1987 · Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Synopsis: Manie-Manie: Meikyuu Monogatari is an anthology film composed of three short films by acclaimed directors Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Katsuhiro Otomo. Labyrinth Labyrinthos While Sachi is searching for her cat, Cicerone, they both fall through a mirror and become trapped in a…
★ 7.6Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Kidou Senshi Gundam III: Meguriai Sora-hen
Movie · 1982 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: The One Year War comes to a close, as the Zeon forces now retreat back into space. Amuro learns much more of his Newtype abilities and tries to use them the best way he can. He's pushed to his limit as he encounters the infamous Char Aznable once again. He also falls in love with…
★ 7.3Night on the Galactic Railroad
Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru
Movie · 1985 · Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Synopsis: Giovanni is a young boy who lives on the outskirts of a small rustic village. His mother is bedridden and his father has not returned home since leaving to work on a fishing boat. An outcast at school, Giovanni has only one friend: Campanella, the mayor's son. During the town's F…
★ 6.4Devilman
Devilman
TV · 1972 · Action, Fantasy, Horror
Synopsis: Devilman features Akira Fudo, a shy and timid teenager who has gone mountain climbing in the Himalayas with his father. While in the middle of the expedition, both father and son are killed in a tragic accident. Akira's body is found and possessed by the demon soldier Devilman, w…
★ 7.2Heidi, Girl of the Alps
Alps no Shoujo Heidi
TV · 1974 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: After becoming an orphan, Heidi is forced to live with her grandfather Öhi, who lives in the Alps. She learns he's a very bitter man who only accepted by force to take her in. But Heidi's kindness may be able to open his heart. Together with the shepherd Peter and invalid Clara, …
★ 7.1Devilman: The Birth
Devilman: Tanjou-hen
OVA · 1987 · Action, Fantasy, Horror
Synopsis: Akira Fudou leads the life of a typical high school student. After a chance encounter with school bullies, he is rescued by his childhood friend Ryou Asuka. Ryou and Akira catch up over the course of an afternoon that ends with them crashing a party at a nightclub. Initially unco…
★ 7.8Touch
Touch
TV · 1985 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: The story centers around three characters—Uesugi Kazuya, his twin older brother Tatsuya, and Asakura Minami. Kazuya is the darling of his town as he's talented, hardworking, and the ace pitcher for his middle school baseball team. Tatsuya is a hopeless slacker who's been living t…
★ 7.3Captain Harlock Space Pirate
Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock
TV · 1978 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: It is 2977 AD and mankind has become stagnant. Robots do all the work, the masses are kept tranquil by subliminal messages, and government officials are lazy, caring only about recreational activities like golf and horse racing. Captain Herlock has defied this insipid mentality, …
★ 7.5Lupin the 3rd Part 2
Lupin III: Part II
TV · 1977 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Lupin III chronicles the adventures of Arsene Lupin III, the world's greatest thief, and his partners in crime: master marksman Daisuke Jigen, beautiful and scheming Fujiko Mine and stoic samurai Goemon Ishikawa XIII. Lupin and his gang travel around the globe in search of the wo…
★ 7.6Armored Trooper Votoms
Soukou Kihei Votoms
TV · 1983 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: A century of bloodshed between warring star systems has plunged nearly 200 worlds into the flames of war. Now, an uneasy truce has settled across the Astragius Galaxy... Chirico Cuvie, a special forces powered-armor pilot is suddenly transferred into a unit engaged in a secret an…
★ 7.0Robot Carnival
Robot Carnival
OVA · 1987 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: 9 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independant of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the c…
★ 7.3Space Runaway Ideon
Densetsu Kyojin Ideon
TV · 1980 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Mankind has traveled to the stars and come across various alien civilizations, now long dead. Upon discovering the archaeological remains of such a civilization on the planet Solo, humanity finally has its first encounter with a living alien species: the Buff Clan. When Karala Aj…
★ 7.1Star Blazers: The Quest for Iscandar
Uchuu Senkan Yamato
TV · 1974 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: In the year 2199, Earth is a mere shell of its former glory after a vicious bombardment by the Gamilas Empire. The inhabitants have been forced underground to escape the irradiated surface, but the deadly radiation inches closer and closer to the retreating population. With only …
