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Found: 1,549

Two Worlds

Futatsu no Sekai

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper but with a slight change. We have a diligent family ants versus a drunken lazy frog, a bourgeois butterfly and grasshopper couple. As winter comes, the frog, butterfly, and grasshopper are ill and starving.

★ 6.2

Julie the Wild Rose

Nobara no Julie

TV · 1979 · Adventure, Drama, Music

Synopsis: Eleven-year-old Julie Braun lives in the lush green mountain pastures of Austria's Southern Tyrol. Her parents are killed by Italian soldiers, and she is sent to Vienna to live with her relatives, the Clementes. She befriends cousins Johan and Tanya but has trouble adjusting to l…

★ 5.0

Why is the Sea Water Salty?

Umi no Mizu wa Naze Karai

Movie

Synopsis: When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures" that will grant any item that a person desires. The man uses the mortar to become the richest person in the village. But the man's gre…

★ 4.1

The Lazy Fox

Namake Gitsune

Movie

Synopsis: Spring, the fox is in the middle of a party. Workers' family of raccoon dogs reveal their field work during the hot summer and harvest autumn. A fox who stupidly hunts the Raccoon dumplings carrying the harvest with perspiration, before the raccoon dog wears it, takes away the fo…

★ 4.4

Hyoei and Heibei's Tengu Hunt

Tengu Taiji

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A short film from 1934.

★ 5.0

The Flying House

Time Kyoshitsu: Tondera House no Daibouken

TV · 1982 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The series began in the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends Angela (usually called "Angie") and Corkey Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searched for the brother and sister in…

★ 4.2

Nonsense Story, Volume 1: Monkey Island

Nonsense Monogatari Dai Ippen: Sarugashima

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: One of the first films of Kenzou Masaoka about a baby raised by monkeys on an island.

★ 5.6

Doraemon: Haari no Yukue

Special · 1979 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: N/A

★ 4.1

Mabo's Big Race

Maabou no Daikyousou

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: A boy competes in various events during the Olympic games. Short film from 1936.

★ 4.3

Spring Comes to Ponsuke

Ponsuke no Haru

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A family of tanuki dig for food in the snow. They find bamboo shoots and bring them home only to find them empty after peeling them. The bamboo shoots turn into spirits and curse the tanuki family, turning them into snow. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.6

Propagate

PROPAGATE

Movie

Synopsis: Dynamically expressing the growth and prosperity of organic plants with geometric figures.

★ 2.8

4.Eyes

Movie

Synopsis: The human eye, a well-known motif in psychedelic culture, is duplicated and intensified in this cinematic trip. Drawing from his experiences designing discotheques, Tanaami presents two prints of the same film in double projection with a time delay ––one projected a few seconds e…

★ 4.2

Diseases Spread

Byoudoku no Denpa

Movie

Synopsis: Eating a fish of frying, making flies in food due to improper circumstances, doing washing in the river, etc, the terrible venom spreads unexpectedly. In order to prevent it, it is essential to disinfect with salad water. When going out, it is important to mask the fungus and pre…

★ 4.1

The Animal Village in Trouble

Doubutsu Mura no Daisodou

Movie · Action

Synopsis: This is the Animal Village within the forest. The Monkey Family with many children, the Bear Family, the Raccoon Family and many other animal families live happily together in this village. One night, a strong northerly wind puts the Monkey Family in panic, and the little boy bea…

★ 4.1

Sankichi the Monkey: The Storm Troopers

Osaru no Sankichi: Totsugeki Tai no Kan

Movie

Synopsis: Short movie from 1934 about a war between monkeys and bears.

★ 4.7

The Ugly Duckling

Ahiru no Ko

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Four ducklings are already swimming in the pond within a few days of hatching. Their mother is sitting on the last and largest egg. The grandmother duck, who likes to chat, worries that it may be a turkey egg. The chick that hatches three days later has a long neck and quacks in …

★ 5.1

Document Taiyou no Kiba Dougram

Movie · 1983 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the planet Deloyer, a colony of the Earth federation, Colonel Von Stein stages a coup d'etat on behalf of the Federation chairman Donan Cashim.

★ 5.2

The Little Match Girl

Match Uri no Shoujo

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: On the last night of the year, a young girl is told not to come home until she has successfully sold enough matches. As she struggles to ply her wares, she has plenty of time to contemplate the lives of the people who pass her by. However, as the night drags on and grows colder, …

★ 3.9

Hatanosuke and the Haunted House

Hinomaru Hatanosuke: Bakemonoyashiki no Maki

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles ghosts and monsters in a haunted house.

★ 3.8

Man and Woman and Dog

Otoko to Onna to Inu

Movie · Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Short animated film by Kuri Youji.

★ 4.5

Fukusuke

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short movie by Ryouichi Yokoyama.

★ 4.9

Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi

Movie · 1970 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based on Sans Famille by Hector Malot. This is a faithful if compressed adaptation, telling the story of Remi who is sold off to Vitalis the travelling musician and his band of performing animals. It has musical numbers typical this era of Toei films, some awkward slapstic, plent…

★ 3.2

The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

Kanojo no Dokushinsha-tachi ni Yotte Hadaka ni Sareta Seifuku no Shoujo Kenkyuu

Movie · Music

Synopsis: An erotic animation made for the late-night television program 11PM with a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s work of the same title. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

★ 4.3

Taro's Monster Hunt

Furudera no Obake-soudou

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: A 1936 movie short about Taro a young man and his adventures against various creatures from different legends.