Anime catalog

Captain (TV)

Captain (TV)

TV · 1983 · Sports

Synopsis: The original is an impressive sports manga featuring not heroes, but common boys, and the story depicts the growth of Sumiya 2 junior high school baseball team (the successive captains and players) in downtown Tokyo. Takao Taniguchi, who was a substitute player of the second team…

Jean Valjean Monogatari

Jean Valjean Monogatari

Special · 1979 · Drama

Synopsis: Animated adaptation of Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables".

The Unlucky Butterfly

Chou no Sainan

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A short movie from 1931 about a mouse stealing a butterfly's wings and her journey to get them back.

Seigi wo Aisuru Mono Gekkou Kamen

Seigi wo Aisuru Mono Gekkou Kamen

TV · 1972 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: Moonlight Mask's identity has always been a mystery (which is why the Moonlight Mask persona is credited as being played by "?" in the original series). Decked out in white tights, white & red cape, white scarf, yellow gloves & boots, dark glasses, face cloth and Indian-style tur…

Demon of the Kick

Kick no Oni

TV · 1970 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: An arrogant karate master named Tadashi Sawamura enters the kickboxing ring to prove his superiority, only to be beaten into a coma by a practictioner of the new art. After recovering, his trainer Endo convinced Sawamura to study kickboxing in order to regain his honor. The serie…

Oshougatsu da yo! Doraemon

Oshougatsu da yo! Doraemon

Special · 1979 · Comedy

Zero Tester

Zero Tester

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A series of space accidents turn out to be the work of the Armanoid aliens, who plan to conquer Earth. Professor Tachibana gathers a team around him at the Future Science Invention Center and prepares five state-of-the-art vehicles for Shin, Go, Lisa, and Captain Kenmotsu. Three …

Breaking of Branches is Forbidden

Hanaori

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The head monk orders a young acolyte to guard a beautiful cherry tree in the monastery garden while he goes out. But the older man underestimates his colleague’s fondness for sake. As it so happens, a samurai warrior and his servant decide to have a picnic feast in the same garde…

The World of Hans Christian Andersen

Andersen Monogatari

Movie · 1968 · Drama

Synopsis: Hans Christian Andersen is a little boy with a talent for making up stories. With his skill, his friends of all species, and his positive attitude, he helps brighten the lives of the people around him. This movie contains elements of many of Andersen's tales, most prominently The…

Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman

Time Bokan Series: Itadakiman

TV · 1983 · Mecha

Synopsis: The story begins in the year of 20XX. Oshaka School in Kamakuland is a prestige school of the world where only those who are pure and clearheaded descendants of Priest Sanzo's clan may be admitted. As for the familiar villain trio, they are in firm belief that they are genuine de…

Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam: "Kate no Kioku" - Namida no Dakkai Sakusen!!

Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam: "Kate no Kioku" - Namida no Dakkai Sakusen!!

OVA · 1985 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: The story takes place in Kukto in D.C. 2060 - a year after VIFAM. Ypserlon has been restored to peace, though there still remains occasional skirmishes. The Thirteen are invited there for a ceremony by the new Kukto government (its members are formerly the rebels). As two unexpec…

Dankichi on a Tropical Island

Bouken Dankichi: Hyouryuu no Maki

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A boy fights with savage tribesmen and animals on a tropical island.

Mado

Mado

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Short experimental animation from 1965 by Yoji Kuri.

Nihiki no Sanma

Nihiki no Sanma

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Original monochrome version of a short experimental film by animation pioneer Youji Kuri.

The Larks' Moving Day

Hibari no Yadogae

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A family of larkspurs debates when to move as harvest time comes near.

The Bear Dodger

Kuma ni Kuwarenu Otoko

Movie · Adventure, Music

Synopsis: Morality tale, musical, involving two boys who find themselves being pursued by bears in the forest. Short film from 1948.

Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki

Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki

Movie · Comedy, Supernatural

Synopsis: Movie from 1933. Fox spirit turns into a samurai and picks on a racoon spirit. The racoon spirit gets his father and they team up against the fox spirit.

Futari Daka

Futari Daka

TV · 1984 · Sports

Synopsis: Two motor-bike crazy young men meet on a track one day. One almost kills the other and after a while, they discover that they have the same first name. Since they are both excellent at racing, they very quickly become rivals ... but their passion and firstname is not the only thi…

Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan

Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan

TV · 1973 · Comedy, Mahou Shoujo, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: As a result of a traffic accident, Limit-chan is reborn as a cyborg and is given three types of supernatural powers. However, there is a catch: if she uses too much of them, her life will come to an end. (Source: ANN)

Will Power

Kokoro no Chikara

Movie · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: A man in love with a noble lady tries to get close to her with the help of a cat and a dog.

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.

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…

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…

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…