Anime catalog

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Hikoichi's Wits

Hikoichi Tonchi Banashi

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Hikoichi and Osato, who are selling the many watermelons they harvested, in front of the castle, happen to meet a chief counselor named Chuemon. Chuemon was at his wits end because a messenger from a neighboring country had come to him with an unreasonable demand and he was looki…

Kuakou de Qingwa

Movie · Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: The story is about a proud frog who likes to boast. The frog competes with other animals and boasts about being the best at different things—even flying.

★ 3.7

Doubutsu Mura no Kodomo-tachi

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Animal Village has built some roads with a lot of cars running through. In order to keep everyone safe, traffic rules were put into place.

Son Goku War and the Stars

Son Okong-gwa Byeoldeul-ui Jeonjaeng

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: The story of the galactic hero Goku.

Cat's Eye Love

Music

Synopsis: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this case, it's a cat who loves milk cookies and sees the moon as a wonderful treat.

★ 3.9

Tanoshii ne

Music

Synopsis: Three girls have fun playing hand-clapping games.

Kamen no Marionette-tachi

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Screened at the 1st Sogetsu Animation Festival in 1965, the film was made in 35mm using the animation equipment owned by animator Yoji Kuri. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Mako-chan no Koutsuu Anzen

Movie

Synopsis: An educational film about traffic safety.

★ 4.2

Sherlock Holmes to Watson Hakase

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Sherlock Holmes to Watson Hakase by Kei Tani that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is an original Japanese song that pays homage to Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. The video was animated by Hal Fukushima.

Ousama to Nightingale

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A stop-motion adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Nightingale.

Santa Claus ni Present

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Santa Claus ni Present by Fusako Amachi that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.

Hitoribocchi

Movie · 1969 · Drama

Synopsis: A short film that was screened at the 1969 Toei Manga Matsuri.

Mukashi Mukashi Momotarou

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A stop-motion film about the classic Japanese tale of Momotarou.

Jizhi de Shanyang

Movie

Synopsis: A puppet stop motion animation adapted from a Chinese folk tale about a witty goat who hides in a cave from a tiger. The goat lies to the tiger that it is the king of the mountain and eats tigers, scaring the tiger off. The tiger meets a fox at the bottom of the mountain and tell…

★ 3.9

Funiculì funiculà: Tozan Densha

Music

Synopsis: The Japanese version of the 1880 Neapolitan song Funiculì funiculà, originally composed by Luigi Denza, with lyrics from Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. A Japanese rendition of the song performed by Duke A…

Mutou Guniang

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Carpenters, painters and silversmiths crafted a piece of fine wood into a beautiful girl that miraculously turns into a young living woman. Then the quarrel begins...

Nonki na Tou-san Ryuuguu Mairi

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: One of the first examples of the tale is Hakuzan Kimura's Dreamy Urashima (Nonkinatousan Ryugu Mairi, 1925), in which a lazy man wakes up from his sleep and heads off to the seaside to spend the day fishing. There is a brief live-action shot of the sea swelling before the film re…

Lightning Atom

Movie · Action

Synopsis: The story of a young boy who uses his electric super powers to help the innocent.

Fairy Flower

Housenka

Movie

Synopsis: Photographs of the artist’s grandmother are superimposed with animation that traces her life, and the work ends with the memorial photograph displayed at her funeral. A sense of tranquility pervades this documentary animation work. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Gan to Gon

TV short · 1971 · Comedy

Synopsis: Gan to Gon is a Japanese comedy anime series produced by Jiho Eigasha. Its 260 episodes were aired from April 5, 1974 to August 13, 1975, at a length of around five minutes each.

Kaijuu ga Yattekuru

Music

Synopsis: Animals at a zoo hear that a kaijuu is coming. Like a game of "Telephone" they hear bits and pieces of what the kaijuu looks like which gets distorted each time the information is passed on. In the end, it was just a normal zoo animal joining the exhibits.

Tasukeai no Rekishi: Seimei Hoken no Hajimari

Movie

Synopsis: An educational film about the history of life insurance.

★ 3.6

Mama Gomennasai

Music

Synopsis: A little boy apologizes to his mom about all the bad pranks he's been pulling.

★ 3.9

Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song "Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo" by Toshie Kusunoki (楠トシエ). Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.