Anime catalog

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Doubutsu Dai Yakyuu Sen

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: A game of baseball featuring animals. One team is made up of gorillas, while the other is mixed animals. The gorilla team easily overpowers the other animals. (Source: AniDB)

Kaguya-hime (1972)

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short puppet animation version of Princess Kaguya, also known as The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th century folk tale.

Musume Doujouji

Movie

Synopsis: Puppet film based on the kabuki play of the same name.

Tenma no Torayan

Movie

Synopsis: A short puppet animation directed by Takeo Nakamura.

FLICKER LOVE NO.1

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: After seeing Velvet Underground perform in Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitables in New York, Tanaami became interested stroboscopic effects. This flicker film was conceived as the first of many but this was the only one that was realized. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging …

Onpu

Movie

Synopsis: An educational film about rhythm and tempo.

Sea Battle

Kaisen

Movie

Kongque Gongzhu

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Nanma Nuona, the seventh princess of the Peacock Kingdom has six sisters. One day, the seven sisters went to the Golden Lake to bathe and play, and happened to bumped into Zhao Shutun, the prince of Banzha. Zhao Shutun and Nanma Nuona fell in love at first sight, and the two soon…

Cha Bu Duo

Movie

Zen-chan Tsuu-chan

TV short · 1969

Synopsis: A daily educational TV anime broadcasted on NTV focusing on teaching children traffic safety. It was rebroadcasted on other networks till 1978. The anime ran in a 5-minute time slot but shared some of the air time with some live-action shorts/series also meant for children.

Yume no Jidousha

Movie

Synopsis: It is most likely a story about a great dream like car. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kobutori

Movie

Synopsis: Based on the tale Kobutori-jiisan about an honest old man who encounters a band of tengu, mythical bird-like creatures making merry and joins their dancing. They liked his dancing a lot that they remove an unsightly lump from the side of his face.

Kousagi Monogatari

Movie · 1954 · Comedy

Synopsis: Mama Rabbit is having difficulties in raising her little bunnies.

Meitounao He Bugaoxing

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: No-brain is a forgetful boy and Unhappiness is unhappy for everything. When others worry about their future, they really become grownups at once to make careers as they wish. But they make a series of troubles. (Source: IMDb)

Ningyougeki

TV short · 1956 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Puppet-animated show made for elementary school students in the lower grades with the aim of teaching children life lessons and morals while also nurturing healthy imagination. It adapts a wide array of stories; originating from foreign folktales, comtemporary fairytales and clas…

Shuugou no Kangae

Movie

Synopsis: An educational film about abstract thought.

Shin Skyers 5

TV · 1971 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A science fiction action series about the future battles between a planetary police force and an international crime syndicate. The series is sometimes denoted with 26 episodes, in such a case episode 1 is a colored version of the original monochrome episode 1 of Skyers 5. No cha…

Hongjun Qiao

Movie

Anapoko

Movie

Synopsis: After graduating from Tama Art University, Nakajima made this work with the intention of submitting to the Sogetsu Animation Festival. Without much funding to work with, Nakajima devised the technique "Kaki-mation," a method of drawing directly on 35mm film. At this time, he freq…

The Bunbuku Teapot

Bunbuku Chagama

Movie

Synopsis: A short film about a man who rescues a tanuki. When the tanuki transforms himself into a teapot, he is given to a temple as a gift. Once inside the temple, the tanuki reverts to his true form and causes havoc. (Source: AniDB)

Karasu to Kaki no Tane

Music

Synopsis: A song about the circle of life. A crow eats a persimmon and poops the seed out. The elements let the seed sprout and grow. It turns into a new persimmon tree and a new crow comes along and repeats the process.

Koukoueisei

Movie

Synopsis: A short film by Seitarou Kitayama to promote oral hygiene.

Kachi Kachi Yama Meoto no Sujimichi

Movie

Synopsis: Three short films by the Japanese avant-garde illustrator and animator. Regarded (unfairly) as the Japanese equivalent of Andy Warhol, these films showcase a distinctively commercial illustration look reminiscent of the current pop art movement of that decade (1960s).

"Aesop" no Ohanashi yori: Ushi to Kaeru, Yokubatta Inu

Movie · 1970

Synopsis: Based on Aesop's Fables.