Anime catalog

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Found: 11,590

★ 3.9

Mogura no Motoro

Movie · Slice of Life

★ 3.9

Bunbuku Chagama

Movie

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

★ 3.9

Two Samurai

Futari Zamurai Homare no Kawakiri

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

Hikawa Maru Monogatari

Movie · 2015 · Drama

Synopsis: Hirayama Jirou has lost his mother in the Great Kanto Earthquake and now runs a soba stall with his father. He decides to join the crew of the famous ocean liner Hikawa Maru and finds work cooking in the ship's galley. Through his eyes, the film explores the ship's 85-year histor…

★ 4.1

Symphonic Variations

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song by The King Tones that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. Animals made out of string use their bodies to make instruments and perform a symphony.

Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo

ONA · 2015 · Comedy

Synopsis: Isobe Isobee is a lazy, slacker samurai with big dreams. He lives with his mother, who thinks highly of him. He lays around the house, sneakily looks at Edo-period pornography without his mother noticing, naps at school... but he plans to become a respectable samurai one day! (So…

Chess Player

Wei Qi Shao Nian

TV · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: The story focuses on the journey of Go prodigy, Jiang Liuer, who was encouraged by a monk to learn chess skills of various schools to participate in the 20-year National Go Competition, competing against other sects and Japanese players for the title of "Master of Chess."

★ 4.7

Tono to Issho 1.5

OVA · 2010 · Comedy

Synopsis: Tono to Issho OVA.

★ 4.5

Ichigo Ichie: Kimi no Kotoba

TV short · 2010 · Comedy

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Negibouzu no Asatarou

TV · 2008 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Based on a picture book about a onion-headed samurai named Asatarou.

★ 4.4

HISTORICAL DRAMA IN A MOONLESS NIGHT

Yamiyo no Jidaigeki

TV short · 1995 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Tales include: The Hill of Old Age, which tells of a conspiracy hatched against Japan's unifier, Oda Nobunaga. Seeing the Truth, about the assassin sent to murder Nobunaga's successor leyasu Tokugawa. The broadcast was a part of the Neo Hyper Kids program. (Source: Anime Encyclop…

★ 4.0

Kobutori (1958)

Movie · Mystery

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

★ 4.6

Snow Hut

Kamakura

Movie

Synopsis: "A snow-covered house is situated in the middle of a rice field. What should one do, in a space of white and quietude? By spring, the snowy hut melts and loses its appearance. The Japanese MA, the in-between state of time and space – an animation, a haiku" (Source: Berlinale 2014…

★ 4.7

Color Old Master Q

Qi Cai Lao Fu Zi

Movie · Action, Comedy

Synopsis: Adaptation of popular chinese manhua.

Shounen Santa no Daibouken

TV · 1996 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Based on L. Frank Baum' novel: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.

★ 4.2

Navia Dratp

ONA · 2005 · Fantasy, Music

Synopsis: Short anime series released online by Bandai to promote their collectible miniatures game series, Navia Dratp.

★ 4.2

Dongguo Xiansheng

Movie

Synopsis: A stop motion puppet animation adapting a popular Chinese fairy tale about an old man and a wolf.

★ 3.9

Submarine Cassiopeia

Sensuikan Cassiopeia

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Experimental animation by Manabe Hiroshi, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

★ 3.9

Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume x Glass no Kamen Desu ga

ONA · 2013 · Comedy

Synopsis: A collaboration episode between Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume and Glass no Kamen desu ga meant to promote the latter's official TV anime launch as well as the former's 4th season launch. In this collaboration two Chancellors appear. Deluxe Fighter then shows up to eliminate both si…

★ 3.8

Kirin the Noop

TV short · Adventure

Synopsis: A shadow painting anime about a timid giraffe named Noop and his hedgehog companion named Harry as they travel their distant star world helping each other.

★ 3.8

Dancer of Vermicular

Annelida Tänzerin

Movie

Synopsis: Based on a poem by Kenji Miyazawa. A worm in this river looks shiny to me. 8 γ e 6 α (Source: Official website)

★ 4.0

Yamaguchi Sanchi no Tsutomu-kun

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song by Keiji Kawahashi that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta Program.

Kaijuu Sakaba Kanpai!

TV short · 2015 · Comedy, Supernatural

Synopsis: Kaijuu Sakaba is a real tavern where kaijuu costumes from the Ultraman franchise are on display. Events are held where people can dine with the actors dressed in the kaijuu costumes. In honor of Kaijuu Sakaba's grand re-opening in Kawasaki and opening of a second tavern in Osaka …

★ 4.0

Thunder Prince

Heungnyongwanggwa Bihodongja

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: When Thunder Prince was a young boy, his father was murdered by the villain Black Mantis. Orphaned and abandoned, Thunder Prince is raised by the creatures of the forest. When he becomes an adolescent, he comes face to face with the man who killed his father and stole his martial…