Anime catalog

Found: 107

Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature

Daishizen no Majuu: Bagi

Movie · 1984 · Action, Romance, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Ryo is sent out by the people of a village to kill the monster which has been attacking the villagers. It is rumored that this monster is a cat-woman named Bagi. As Ryo waits for the monster to come to its watering hole, he thinks back to how he first met Bagi as a kitten who lea…

★ 6.3

In The Beginning: Stories from the Bible

Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari: In the Beginning

TV · 1997 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Through the Italian National Broadcasting Network, Tezuka Osamu received an ardent request from the Vatican to make the Bible into animated form. This request was probably made to see how the Bible would be depicted by the non-Christian Tezuka Osamu. Tezuka Osamu accepted the req…

★ 6.2

Marvelous Melmo

Fushigi na Melmo

TV · 1971 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: After losing her mother in a tragic car accident, nine-year-old Melmo Watari now faces a big challenge: taking care of her two younger brothers, the preschooler Totoo and baby Touch. Watching from Heaven and concerned about her kids' terrible situation, their mother decides to ap…

★ 5.8

Tezuka Osamu no Don Dracula

TV · 1982 · Comedy, Horror, Supernatural

Synopsis: After living in Transylvania for several years, "Earl Dracula" (as Osamu Tezuka's official website calls him in English) has moved to Japan. In the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, he and his daughter, Chocola, and faithful servant Igor have taken up residence in an old-Western style house.…

★ 6.7

Black Jack FINAL

OVA · 2011 · Drama

Synopsis: Sequel to the 1993 Black Jack OVA Contains two separate stories. In Part 1, Black Jack's latest patient holds a link to Pinoko's past. In Part 2, Black Jack is kidnapped by the government of a war-torn country. (Source: Anime News Network)

★ 6.2

Black Jack: Sora Kara Kita Kodomo

OVA · 2000 · Drama

Synopsis: An army plane defects from the U-ran (Uranium) Union and lands in Black Jack's garden carrying a family. Their purpose is to have their son, who is suffering from an incurable disease, treated by Black Jack. But it is beyond even BJ's ability to cure the disease.

★ 6.0

Broken Down Film

Onboro Film

Movie · 1985

Synopsis: A scene from an American animated piece called "Dudley Do Right" shows a scene in which a queen is tied to a railroad track with ropes and shouting, "Help!" This image was often used in serial action films of the silent comedy period. In this short film, a western-style hero figh…

★ 6.2

Unico: Black Rain and White Feather

Unico: Kuroi Kumo Shiroi Hane

Movie · 1979 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: The Goddess Venus is jealous of the beautiful human girl Psyche and blames her pet unicorn, Unico, as Psyche's source of good luck that keeps her from the harm of the goddess' cruel intentions. Unico has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his…

★ 5.9

Undersea Super Train: Marine Express

Kaitei Choutokkyuu: Marine Express

Special · 1979 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: The year is 2002, and the Marine Express, the first underwater train between America and Japan, is ready for its maiden voyage. The chief engineer suspects that the train's test run will be used for illicit purposes and hires private detective Ban Shunsaku. He arrives to his clie…

★ 5.4

The Green Cat

Midori no Neko

OVA · 1989 · Mystery

Synopsis: The story is a mystery about a green cat and a private detective who investigates where it came from. The cat was thought to be good luck, but eventually brought misfortune to all those who come in contact. The story was taken directly from the 5th subtitle of the 1950s Lion Book…

★ 6.2

Black Jack TV: Lost Episodes

Special · 2006 · Adventure

Synopsis: This was originally from the Black Jack (2004), but weren't aired then, only later. There are two episodes in this: The Dog Thief Kamaitachi in the Woodlands

★ 5.7

A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose

Time Slip 10000-nen: Prime Rose

Special · 1983 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: An emergency arises on Earth when a space fortress known as Death Mask splits up and starts falling toward the cities of Kujukuri and Dallas, forcing their people to evacuate. When the fragments make contact with the surface, the two areas suddenly vanish—and go 10 thousand years…

★ 5.7

Black Jack: Capital Transfer To Heian

Black Jack: Heian Sento

Movie

Synopsis: These original short animated films are shown in the "300 Inch Theater" at the Tezuka Osamu World in the Kyoto Station Bldg, as well as a two-picture show including animated films from among Tezuka Osamu's major Manga, and one focuses on historic episodes of Kyoto. In this theatr…

★ 6.0

Rain Boy

Amefuri Kozou

OVA · 1983 · Fantasy

Synopsis: This is the second story of "The Tiger Books" series. A boy meets a lonely little umbrella ghost wearing Geta. He promises the ghost that he will give it a pair of rain boots in exchange for three wishes. The boy, however, grows up completely forgetting the promise. One day, when…

★ 5.6

Legend of the Forest

Mori no Densetsu

Movie · 1987 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forrest, fights to defend his home and faces trials and adversities along the way. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.9

Lunn Flies into the Wind

Lunn wa Kaze no Naka

OVA · 1985 · Romance

Synopsis: This is the third episode in the Lion Books Series, in which a boy who has fallen in love with a girl on a poster on the wall starts to look for her. This story depicts the heartache of adolescent first love in a low-key manner.

★ 6.0

Jungle Emperor: The Brave Can Change the Future

Jungle Taitei: Yuuki ga Mirai wo Kaeru

Special · 2009 · Adventure

Synopsis: Earth, sometime in the 21st century. Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commissions a private company, "Eternal Earth," to create an artificial jungle, to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. All wild animals are forced to live in it. The an…

★ 6.0

Love Position Halley Densetsu

OVA · 1986 · Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: When microbiologist Subaru Marita is chosen as part of a team traveling to Vietnam to research a new microorganism, his father Robert is surprised. Decades ago, when he served in the Vietnam War, Robert developed a relationship with Lamina, a mysterious woman with healing powers …

★ 5.4

Kumi to Tulip

Movie · 2015 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Kumi is a little girl who lives in a world with sparkling metal skyscrapers, and where robots support everything. Kumi's playground is a garden by one of those skyscrapers with a man-made water fountain, artificial vegetation, and digital water and butterflies. Kumi meets an old …

★ 5.8

Ambassador Magma

Magma Taishi

OVA · 1993 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The alien invader Goa plots to conquer the Earth. He first warns the Murakami family (father Atsushi, mother Tomoko, and son Mamoru) of their invasion, and demonstrates his powers by transporting them to a prehistoric jungle and destroying a Giant Dinosaur before their very eyes.…

★ 5.7

Jungle Taitei Movie

Movie · 1966 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The first 2 minutes of this film are taken from the Jungle Emperor Leo (1965) TV series, while the rest is all original. Tezuka was very pleased that this film conveyed his story accurately, something he wasn't able to do with the TV series. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.9

One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book

100-mannen Chikyuu no Tabi: Bander Book

Special · 1978 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: To escape the explosion of their ship caused by a terrorist attack, the parents of a young baby put him inside an escape pod and send him out before dying. The pod ends up on a planet inhabited by beings able to transform themselves into animals by using a special ring. The young…

★ 6.5

Blue Blink

Aoi Blink

TV · 1989 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Story of a young boy named Kakeru and his adventures together with a magical blue pony named Blink.

★ 6.3

Fumoon

Special · 1980 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent humanoid race on a small island, who are detected by Dr. Yamadano. Except for a few witnesses including the detective Shinsaku Ban, and the young men Rock and Kenichi and Kenichi’s s…