Anime catalog

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Found: 1,549

Mittsu no Hanashi

Special · 1960 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Three Tales was one of the first domestic anime ever televised. It comprised of three stories: "The Third Plate" (第三の皿) by Hirosuke Hamada, "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象) by Kenji Miyazawa, and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町) by Mimei Ogawa.

★ 3.6

At the Circus

Manga Misemono kenbutsu

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Two girls were watching a street performer. The girls sang out loud and the performer brought them up front so that they could sing for the audience.

★ 4.3

Chinkoroheibei and the Treasure Box

Chinkoroheibei Tamatebako

Movie · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: The mischievous Chinkoroheibei visits the underwater realm of the fish king where he tries to steal the king's treasure box.

★ 3.9

Hatanosuke Takes Down the Inazuma Gang

Hinomaru Hatanosuke: Inazuma-gumi Tobatsu no Maki

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles with an evil gang of thieves.

★ 3.9

December Song

12-gatsu no Uta

Movie

Synopsis: Short film by Tadanari Okamoto originally projected on three screens, and re-edited for domestic release many years later, set to a poem by Noriko Ibaraki of the same name.

★ 5.4

Judo Sanka

TV · 1974 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Based on Hiroshi Kaizuka's manga. The last TMS sports-themed anime series ("Star of the Giants" was the first). Because of low ratings, the series was pulled off the air before later episodes of the original manga could be adapted.

★ 4.6

Choro Q Dougram

Movie · 1983 · Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Malcontents on the Deloyer colony agitate for the independence of their world from the Earth Federation. In an unexpected coup, the elected Governor declares martial law and sets himself up as absolute dictator. With the approval of the Federation, he rules the planet with an iro…

★ 4.4

Karma

Movie

Synopsis: "In his early experimental short Karma (カルマ, 1977), Aihara uses water as his central motif. The film is hand drawn and appears to be shot on 16mm using a blue filter. At first we can only see tiny specks on the screen, coming and going like snow flurries. The specks gradually gro…

★ 4.4

Fushigi na Kusuri

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Puppet animation by Tadanari Okamoto.

★ 5.2

Superbook 2

Personal Computer Travel Tanteidan

TV · 1983 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The book fell onto a computer keyboard, giving anybody the ability to see into the past from Sho's home via the monitor. Ruffles, Chris' dog, managed to get lost in time, prompting Zenmaijikake and Sho's cousin Hisashi to search for her. Sho and Azusa kept watch and control of th…

★ 4.6

Bakuhatsu Gorou

TV · 1970 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: The non-athletic head of the school newspaper department participates in various club activities, including a number of sports clubs, with disastrously hilarious results. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.0

The Bear Brothers

Kyoudai Koguma

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: Spring—birds are singing, frogs are dancing. A cave mother tells the bear to play outside with his brother's son. But beware of scary humans. When a bear takes sumo and eats honey, the hunter shoots with a gun. Two people who saw the human for the first time finally arrive at the…

★ 4.8

Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari

Special · 1979 · Drama

Synopsis: This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the house behind". For…

★ 4.0

Animated Revue "Spring"

Manga Revue Haru

Movie

Synopsis: A lighthearted anime about spring time. It was originally set to an elementary school song. The film features several vignettes.

★ 4.5

Shadow

Kage

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Hayashi Seiichi.

★ 3.5

The Cat Purr Dance

Nyago Dance

Movie · Music

Synopsis: Several mice make a wreck of a home with their antics and dancing. The mice parents scold them for it. When the house cat comes home from a night of drinking, he convinces the mice to dance for him, at which point he spooks them by pretending to try and bite them.

★ 4.2

Dream of a Snowy Night

Yuki no Yoru no Yume

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: A young girl wanders outside on a snowy night, trying to find a place to stay.

★ 6.0

Shin Kyojin no Hoshi II

TV · 1979 · Sports

Synopsis: A continuation of the popular baseball saga about the star pitcher of a professional baseball team. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.4

Ikkyuu-san

TV · 1978 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: High-school student Ikkyuu knows nothing about baseball, but his talents are recognized by the manager of the baseball club, and he takes up this enchanting sport. While his ignorance of the game leads him to make many mistakes, Ikkyuu - who is in fact a descendant of ninja - dis…

★ 5.1

Tiger Mask: War against the League of Masked Wrestlers

Tiger Mask Fuku Men League Sen

Movie · 1970

Synopsis: Summary of episode 23 to 26.

★ 4.6

Lupin tai Holmes

Special · 1981 · Mystery

Synopsis: Based on a story by Maurice Leblanc.

★ 6.2

Chou Supercar Gattiger

TV · 1977

Synopsis: A scientist invents 5 special solar powered cars that can be joined into one supercar. The cars are given to the scientists son and his friends to compete in the racing circuit, but they are pursued by an evil organization that wants the secret of solar power. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.5

Kotowa Jiten: Hetana Teppou mo Kazu Ucha Ataru!

Special · Action

Synopsis: Amateur animation by 20-year-old Hikeaki Anno while he was studying at Osaka University of Arts. The short is an animated form of the idiom "even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots".

★ 4.1

2nd Lieutenant Norakuro: Sunday Magic

Norakuro Shoui: Nichiyoubi no Kaijiken

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Norakuro's adventures in the Fierce Dog Brigade continue in this short film from the 1930s.