Anime catalog

Year to: 1977 Reset

Found: 982

★ 4.7

Kyojin no Hoshi: Dai League Ball

Movie · 1970 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Third Kyojin no Hoshi movie.

★ 4.3

Momotarou

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: An early anime telling the story of Momotarou and his adventures defeating demons.

Mori no Ongakukai

Movie · 1953 · Comedy

Synopsis: During a concert in the forest, the big bad wolf begins to annoy the other animals with his foul smoking, noisy interruptions and destruction of the grounds. The other animals band together and eject the wolf for poor manners.

★ 3.2

Why

Movie

Synopsis: A boxing ring turns into a stage for abstract animation where the punches thrown in the match and the halftone dots in reprographics gradually become indistinguishable. Tanaami shot a boxing match on a Motordrive camera, made two thousand offset prints, and rephotographed each of…

★ 4.3

Beautiful Planet

Utsukushii Hoshi

Movie

Synopsis: Furukawa Taku film made for UNICEF.

★ 4.7

Hoshi no Ko Poron

TV short · 1974 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Poron/Polon is an alien child who comes in a flying saucer from the distant reaches of space to Earth. There, he soon encounters the native life-forms, although as a new arrival, he is unaware that he has ignored humans, and instead befriends a rabbit, a bear, and a fox. This lit…

★ 4.1

The Monkey and the Crab

Nihon Mukashi-banashi: Sarukani

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of an old Japanese folk tale also titled "Saru Kani Gassen." The story involves the two main characters: a crab and a monkey. Through the chance of luck, the crab finds a rice ball simultaneously as the monkey finds an apricot seed. The monkey does not want the apri…

Kyuubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (Sesshoseki)

Movie · 1968 · Fantasy

Synopsis: The film was adapted from a novel by Okamoto Kidou based on a legend surrounding a sterile patch of land at the foot of Mt. Chausu, an active volcano located in Tochigi Prefecture. Since the Heian period the spot has been known to exude poisonous gas (hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dio…

★ 4.8

Bouken Korobokkuru

TV · 1973 · Adventure

Synopsis: The adventures of a human and three little gnomes. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.4

Head Spoon

Movie

Synopsis: Furukawa Taku film.

Gekisou! Rubenkaiser

TV · 1977 · Sports

Synopsis: A race car driver competes around the world in a race car left to him by his father. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.7

Oxed-Man

Ushi Atama

Movie

Synopsis: Furukawa Taku film.

★ 4.6

Marine Boy

Ganbare! Marine Kid

TV · 1966 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: An expansion of the original Dolphin Ouji series. Character names were altered, (changing 'Dolphin Prince' to 'Marine Kid' and 'Neptuna' to 'Neptina'), characters were added and concepts expanded. In order to distance the new series from the original trial episodes, the series wa…

★ 5.0

Towards the Rainbow

Niji ni Mukatte

Movie · Romance

Synopsis: Film by Okamoto Tadanari, winner of the Ōfuji Noburō Award in 1977 for the 32nd Mainichi Film Awards in recognition of animation excellence. The story of two villages on either side of a river who come together to build a bridge to connect their villages and thereby permit a youn…

★ 3.9

Neko Funjatta

Music

Synopsis: A song for the Minna no Uta segment, it adapts "Flohwalzer" (Flea Waltz) is a simple German piano piece, often one of the first learned because its fingering is simple and it allows beginners to perform a piece that is harmonically and rhythmically pleasing. It has different name…

★ 4.4

Kinken Chochiku Shiobara Tasuke

Movie · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: "Industrious farmer Tasuke makes the necessary sacrifices to advance his station in life from a farmer to a store-owner. Based on a well-known kabuki tale Shiobara Tasuke ichitai-ki (The Life Story of Shiobara Tasuke), this parable about the virtues of hard work is based on a tru…

Kyojin no Hoshi: Shukumei no Taiketsu

Movie · 1970 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Fourth Kyojin no Hoshi movie.

★ 4.6

Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike Hyuuma

Movie · 1969 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Second Kyojin no Hoshi movie.

Onbu Obake

Movie · 1955 · Supernatural

Synopsis: Short movie by Ryuuichi Yokoyama.

★ 4.0

Ten Little Indians

Juu-nin no Chiisa na Indian

Music

Synopsis: Short film by Tadanari Okamoto set to the tune of "Ten Little Indians".

Chingou Muchabee

TV · 1971 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: A goofy comedy series with various stories featuring the same set of characters. (Source: AniDB)

Sekai Monoshiri Ryouko

TV short · 1971 · Comedy

Synopsis: An educational documentary series that depicts a variety of real life places around the world in short 5 minute segments. The series aired Monday through Saturday. (Source: AniDB)

Manga Nihon Emaki

TV · 1977

Synopsis: Animated adaptations of traditional and historical Japanese stories. Each episode features 2 different stories. (Source: AniDB)

The Affectuous Family

Hoka Hoka Kazoku

TV short · 1976 · Comedy

Synopsis: Short comedic stories about events and the daily lives of the members of a large multi-generational family. (Source: AniDB)