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Princess Knight

Ribbon no Kishi

TV · 1967 · Action, Fantasy, Mystery

Synopsis: In the kingdom of Silverland, Prince Sapphire holds a big secret: he is actually a girl. When Sapphire was born, she accidentally received both the blue heart of a boy and the pink heart of a girl. To protect the kingdom from the evil Duke Duralumin, who is the successor to the t…

★ 7.0

City Hunter: .357 Magnum

City Hunter: Ai to Shukumei no Magnum

Movie · 1989 · Action, Comedy

Synopsis: A beautiful pianist comes to Tokyo for a charity concert, and City Hunter is there. But music isn`t his forte; he wants lessons in the language of love. Desperation becomes the word of the day as the bodies start dropping. A foreign dignitary is assassinated in cold blood. Secret…

★ 6.7

Smart-san

Haikara-san ga Tooru

TV · 1978 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Set in the 1920s, Haikara-san ga Tooru is the story of the high-spirited tomboy Benio and her relationship with a handsome half-German soldier named Shinobu. Benio is a very outgoing and athletic girl with firm ideas about being able to live her life as she wants to. When she fir…

★ 6.8

Doraemon: Nobita's Animal Planet

Doraemon: Nobita to Animal Planet

Movie · 1990 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Nobita went to a world of animals through the "Wherever Gas", the substance to let you travel anywhere, same as the "Wherever Door" Doraemon uses. They came across with Chippo, a boy who looks like a dog and very adventurous. A group called Numiges plans on taking over the animal…

★ 6.4

Space Battleship Yamato

Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Movie)

Movie · 1977 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: After a devastating campaign by the planet Gamillas, Earth has been reduced to a shadow of its former self. Between countless exchanges between human and Gamillan spacecraft and an intense bombardment from asteroid bombs, Earth's surface has been rendered completely barren and un…

★ 7.0

Kimagure Orange Road OVA

Kimagure Orange☆Road OVA

OVA · 1989 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: - Shiroi Koibito-tachi Kyousuke Kasuga and his friends are staying at his grandparent's house over winter break on a skiing trip. Everyone is excited until they hear about a curse that spells doom for couples who go down the mountain together. With a net of relationships and crus…

★ 6.5

Rurouni Kenshin: Special Techniques

Special · 1997 · Action, Comedy

Synopsis: Similiar to the "Himura Kenshin's Greatest Hits" from the first special, this episode goes through every technique of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu and explains how it works. \Written

★ 6.7

Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba

Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA

TV · 1993 · Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: A samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his father, knowing only the forest as his world. Then, one day, he is sent to Japan, where he has to deal with a whole new civilized reality, me…

★ 6.7

Rock'n Roll Kids

Aishite Knight

TV · 1983 · Comedy, Music, Romance

Synopsis: Yaeko Mitamura is an 18 year old girl working in her father's Okonomiyaki restaurant. One day Yakko casually meets a little boy, Hashizo and his odd cat Juliano. Hashizo has lost both parents when still a baby and has been brought up by his elder brother. Hashizo's brother Go Kat…

★ 6.9

Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness

Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari

Movie · 1985 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Mike is a penguin soldier who returns home after being injured during combat. Estranged from his family and friends, he leaves his hometown and starts to roam adrift through the country. Source Anime News Network

★ 6.6

Oishinbo

TV · 1988 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Oishinbo is a drama about newspaper reporters. The main character is a cynical food critic named Yamaoka. Oishinbo is a popular mainstream comic for adults in Japan. It is even mentioned in an episode of "Iron Chef." (Source: AniDB)

★ 6.6

Dancouga: Super Beast Machine God

Choujuu Kishin Dancougar

TV · 1985 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Emperor Muge Zarbados and his Empire of Death decide that their next conquest will be the faraway planet of Earth. Muge becomes even more fearsome because of Shapiro Keats, a power-hungry Earthling-turned-traitor. It's up to Shinobu, Sara (Shapiro's old girlfriend), Masato, and R…

★ 5.9

Midnight Eye Goku II

MIDNIGHT EYE: Gokuu II

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Mystery

Synopsis: When private detective Gokuu Fuurinji is contacted by Ryoko Kadoma about locating her missing brother, Ryuu, Gokuu knows this is no normal case. Ryuu was the victim of a cruel genetic experiment and will soon become a mindlessly violent superbeing without proper treatment. Armed …

★ 5.1

Tokyo Revelation

Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku

OVA · 1995 · Action, Sci-Fi, Supernatural

Synopsis: Handsome and effeminate, quiet but proud, the sinister Akito Kobayashi has a passion for the occult and has developed a computer program to summon demons and the living dead. But little does he know that fellow high school students Kojirou Souma and Saki Yagami are reincarnations…

★ 6.2

Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle

Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu 2

OVA · 1993 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: After defeating Geese Howard, legendary fighter Terry Bogard faces German warrior Wolfgang Krauser, only to suffer a humiliating defeat. Depressed by his loss, Terry wanders around the country, wasting his life through drinking. Only a young boy named Tony can convince Terry to g…

★ 6.2

Project A-Ko 2: The Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group

PROJECT A-KO 2: Daitokuji Zaibatsu no Inbou

OVA · 1987 · Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Three weeks after the incident that left Captain Napolipolita's ship balancing on top of Graviton City, A-Ko and the gang go on summer vacation. While A-Ko ponders losing some weight and B-Ko devises another plan to defeat her redheaded rival to win C-Ko, Napolipolita and Spy-D e…

★ 6.3

Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary

Lupin III: Napoleon no Jisho wo Ubae

Special · 1991 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Lupin has a lively time of it this time in a classic car race from Madrid to Paris. The race prize is Napoleon's dictionary, which contains the key to the Treasure of the Empire, something that just about everybody seems to be after. Lupin and his buddies take off after the prize…

★ 6.7

Marmalade Boy Movie

Movie · 1995 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A prelude to Marmalade Boy the TV series. Yuu remembers the day when his parents decided to divorce each other and remarry with another married couple. Troubled by the news, Yuu decides to take a walk, on which he spots a girl he falls in love with at first sight. He decides to f…

★ 6.1

Magical Girl Pretty Sammy

Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy

OVA · 1995 · Comedy, Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: Sasami's always been kind of neat... but now she's been imbibed with a healthy dose of magic (which she plans to use to right the things wrong with the Earth, and, of course, help keep her brother Tenchi out of trouble). Naturally, there's going to be trouble: this time, it's the…

★ 6.8

Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil

Doraemon: Nobita no Daimakyou

Movie · 1982 · Adventure

Synopsis: Nobita finds an stray dog and brings him home, little does he knows that the dog is actually a prince in his homeland, a world appart deep in the african "Smokers Forest" were the dogs evolved and have their own empire, so he and his friends take on a journey to take back the you…

★ 6.4

Lupin the 3rd: The Secret of Twilight Gemini

Lupin III: "Twilight☆Gemini no Himitsu"

Special · 1996 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: A dying mob boss entrusts Lupin with a diamond that supposedly is the key to a vast treasure. But when Lupin is attacked by an assassin and saves a mysterious girl from trouble, it becomes clear that that there's more to this treasure then meets the eye... (Source: ANN)

★ 4.2

Strange Love

Hen

OVA · 1997 · Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Yoshida Chizuru is the sexiest co-ed in her class. Secretly, she's been appearing in TV commercials—despite the fact that students are forbidden from working. But one of her professors has uncovered her secret and hopes to use this information to his advantage. Yoshida's got plan…

★ 6.8

Saber Marionette J Again

OVA · 1997 · Action, Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry, female-like androids called marionettes, have returned to Otaru`s side. The somewhat reformed marionettes of Faust (Tiger, Luchs, and Panther) are sent to stay with Otaru and friends to learn more about being human. Enter a seventh marionette named M…

★ 5.9

Sanctuary

OVA · 1996 · Action, Drama, Thriller

Synopsis: One day, high school friends Akira Houjou and Chiaki Asami flip a coin and make a vow that completely changes their fates. For his part, Akira immediately drops out of school to join the yakuza, while Chiaki toughs it out in order to become a politician's aide. Although they seem…