Anime catalog

Year to: 1982 Reset

Found: 1,436

Robby the Rascal

Cybot Robocchi

TV · 1982 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Apparently inspired largely by Akira Toriyama's popular Dr. Slump, Cybot Robocchi is the story of Robocchi, a fun-loving, mischievous robot with a TV set in his stomach. Robocchi lives in a peaceful village with various other robots, all created by the eccentric and somewhat lech…

★ 4.1

The Big Top Crime

Kitsune to Circus

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A fox steal the world's most valuable diamond and buries it under a tree, believing it to be well-hidden. The next day, a circus arrives and sets up its tent next to the tree, its animals unwittingly digging up the diamond they believe to be just a worthless rock. They soon lose …

★ 5.6

SHELTER

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Set in a cave imagined as an air-raid shelter, images of the surrounding trees are painted over directly on the film. Vivid colors intermixed with the sound of wartime radio communications and bombing create a harmonious composition of documentary and animation. (Source: Collabor…

★ 3.9

Ari to Hato (1959)

Movie

Synopsis: Third remake of the Ari to Hato.

Manga Kodomo Bunko

TV · 1978 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A collection of children's stories and tales from traditional Japanese folklore. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.2

Space Patrol Hopper

Uchuu Patrol Hopper

TV · 1965 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: After an alien attack, a boy named Jun is rescued by aliens who give him super powers and recruit him into the Space Patrol. The series was renamed Patrol Hopper Uchukko Jun for the final 18 episodes. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.8

Dracula no Uta

Music

Synopsis: An imaginative take on Dracula is shown in this musical video from the Minna no Uta franchise.

★ 4.3

Yumemi Douji

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: An early Toei film directed by Fukiya Kouji.

★ 5.0

Umeboshi Denka

TV · 1969 · Comedy

Synopsis: The goofy tales of a king and his family who make their way to Earth after their planet explodes. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.9

Phenakistoscope

Odoroki Ban

Movie

Synopsis: Independent animation by Furukawa Taku.

★ 4.3

Uchuu Shounen Soran

TV · 1965 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A classic sci-fi TV anime. The adventures of super-boy. In the 21st century, a human boy is raised on the Planet Soran, home of one of the most advanced civilization in the Galactic Federaion. The planet has the gravity 15 times stronger than Earth. People of Soran changed the bo…

Kujira no Josephina

TV · 1979 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Santi is a shy Spanish boy who keeps a tiny whale in a bowl, invisible to everyone but him. The whale, named Josephina, is able to alter her size and fly; she takes Santi on many dreamlike adventures and helps him confront the challenges during his childhood; however, things chan…

★ 4.2

Joki Joki Tailor

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the songJoki Joki Tailor by Ai Kido that was featured on Fuji TV's Hirake! Ponkikki program.

★ 4.2

Kitsutsuki Keikaku

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Puppet animation by Tadanari Okamoto.

★ 4.7

Peter of Placid Forest

Nodoka Mori no Doubutsu Daisakusen

Special · 1980 · Fantasy

Synopsis: With Peter the fairy as chairman, the animals of Placid Forest gather in a meeting to discuss the villagers' plan to cut down all the trees in the forest. They decide to stage a protest in the hope of preserving the woods, but the greedy men will not listen to their warning. The …

★ 4.4

Cello Hiki no Gauche

Movie · Fantasy, Music

Synopsis: A Miyazawa Kenji story adapted as a puppet animation.

★ 5.2

Okonjoururi

Movie · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for sh…

★ 6.6

Shin Dokonjou Gaeru

TV · 1981 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Continuation of Dokonjougaeru series.

★ 5.1

Robokko Beeton

TV · 1976 · Adventure, Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: When a boy's uncle sends him confusing plans for a robot from America, the boy makes a mistake in the assembly which leads to unexpected results. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.2

Entotsuya Peroo

Movie · Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller

Synopsis: Tale of the chimney sweep, Peroo.

★ 4.8

Hippo and Thomas

Kabatotto

TV short · 1971 · Comedy

Synopsis: Thomas is a cunning bird who sponges on Hyppo, the good-natured hippopotamus. Although Thomas is a dependent, living in Hyppo's big mouth, he always acts lordly and tries to outsmart his simpleminded host. However, their basic friendship and cooperation endures despite their freq…

★ 6.4

Yakyuukyou no Uta: Kita no Ookami Minami no Tora

Movie · 1979 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: A re-edited version of episodes 13 and 14 of the TV series. Double billed with Mirai Shounen Conan movie in the cinemas. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.7

Crab Temple Omen

Kanimanji Engi

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An early silhouette animated film by Hidehiko Okuda, Hakusan Kimura and Tomu Uchida. The original story is a Buddhist tale of a young lady who saved a crab (a spiritual being according to Japanese Buddhist faith) from being eaten, and was later saved from danger by the same crab.

Instant History

TV short · 1961

Synopsis: Each three-minute short features characters learning about important historical events that occurred that day. Shown on Fuji Television, it often featured photographs and film footage taken from the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, where Ryuuichi Yokoyama's comic strip was running at …