Anime catalog

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…

The Story of Fifteen Boys

Hitomi no Naka no Shounen: Juugo Shounen Hyouryuuki

Special · 1987 · Adventure

Synopsis: A two-week summer vacation has turned out to be a long struggle for survival. The Story of 15 Boys is based on "Deux Ans de Vacances," a unique masterpiece and the only novel that Jules Verne wrote especially for children. Now this story has been animated through the use of leadi…

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.

Whatever, White Bear

Katte ni Shirokuma

OVA · 1987 · Comedy

Synopsis: Shiro is a dim-witted albino bear who lives with his mother and siblings in a remote forest, fishing and hunting for food on a daily basis. One day, a chance encounter with a tortoise leads the family to take an unexpected adventure far from their home. As they encounter various …

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…

Hyoei and Heibei's Tengu Hunt

Tengu Taiji

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A short film from 1934.

The Flying House

Time Kyoshitsu: Tondera House no Daibouken

TV · 1982 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The series began in the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends Angela (usually called "Angie") and Corkey Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searched for the brother and sister in…

Doraemon: Treasure of the Shinugumi Mountain

Doraemon: Treasure of the Shinugumi Mountain

Special · 1986 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Nonsense Story, Volume 1: Monkey Island

Nonsense Monogatari Dai Ippen: Sarugashima

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: One of the first films of Kenzou Masaoka about a baby raised by monkeys on an island.

Doraemon: Haari no Yukue

Doraemon: Haari no Yukue

Special · 1979 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: N/A

Little Nemo Pilot

Little Nemo Pilot (1987)

Special · Adventure

Synopsis: Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland was released in American theaters in 1992. However, at one point earlier in its development many people from Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro) had been involved with the project. In 1984 they produced a test pilot. In 1987, …