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Hoshi no Yuuenchi

OVA · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A kindly teacher demonstrates origami to his elementary class, but when he gives a paper crane to a child, it is stolen from him by Takeshi, the class bully. Takeshi discovers that the crane is really a talking spaceship that takes him and his friends to visit a fairground in the…

★ 4.9

Hane (2016)

Music

Synopsis: Official music video for Koushi Inaba's 5th single Hane. The video features a girl running through a desolate city with occasional cuts to the singer in the studio.

Kangetsu Ittou: Akuryou Kiri

OVA · 1989 · Action

★ 3.3

Defenders of Space

Phoenix King

Movie · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Nicholas, a hypocritical ruler of the Zinba Empire, wants to expand his territory. His plan is to turn the Earth into his own private colony. His detailed plan starts by cutting off all of Earth's defense forces by destroying the city of Orion. Meanwhile. a group of youngsters ar…

★ 4.7

Hoshi no Ko Poron

TV short · 1974 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Poron/Polon is an alien child who comes in a flying saucer from the distant reaches of space to Earth. There, he soon encounters the native life-forms, although as a new arrival, he is unaware that he has ignored humans, and instead befriends a rabbit, a bear, and a fox. This lit…

★ 4.8

Koi Hanabi

Music · Fantasy

Synopsis: Music video illustrated by Kiyoshi Nakajima for the song Koi Hanabi by Mio Isayama that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

★ 5.2

SAI: (Zenpen) / Mawaru, Meguru, Sono Kaku e

Music · Fantasy

Synopsis: A bird flies through the snow eventually falling and dying into a forest of barren trees. Brightly colored flowers springs in its place and evolves into different forms. An interpretive work on the music of the group Acidman described by the animator as a collaborative effort res…

★ 4.1

The Monkey and the Crab

Nihon Mukashi-banashi: Sarukani

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of an old Japanese folk tale also titled "Saru Kani Gassen." The story involves the two main characters: a crab and a monkey. Through the chance of luck, the crab finds a rice ball simultaneously as the monkey finds an apricot seed. The monkey does not want the apri…

★ 4.5

Sonoda

SONODA Video: Spring / Summer / Fall / Winter

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A soundless stop-motion paint on glass by Koji Yamamura showcasing the seasons. It is stated to have been created in 1988 early in his career but it is unknown if it was ever publicly showcased prior to Yamamura uploading this piece to his own YouTube channel in 2019.

★ 4.9

Saving Our Fragile Earth: Unico Special Chapter

Glass no Chikyuu o Sukue Unico Tokubetsu-hen

Movie · 2000 · Fantasy

Synopsis: This is the fourth original animated piece for the Tezuka Osamu Animation theatre that takes up Tezuka Osamu's message of "Saving our Fragile Earth" as its theme, and together with Unico's adventures commemorates the theatre's first anniversary. Unico, a unicorn's child, has drop…

★ 4.1

Onikiri Shoujo

ONA · Action

Synopsis: A rough earlier rendition of Onikiri Musume Saisen.

★ 4.3

Beautiful Planet

Utsukushii Hoshi

Movie

Synopsis: Furukawa Taku film made for UNICEF.

Xia Lan

TV · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: When Nian Chi was a young child, his elder sister was kidnapped in front of him, while he could do nothing but watch, a thing that has tormented him for all these years. Now ten years later, he's dead set on going to rescue his sister, and sets out.

★ 4.7

My Friend Bernard

Bbaekkom Meogeujan Yeohaeng

Movie · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: A cowardly boy ends up having a magic necklace delivered to him which transports him to the world of Backkom. There the rag-tag team get out of jams and the boy learns a bit of courage by the time he arrives home.

★ 3.4

Memories hidden in darkness

Yami no Kioku, Yume no Inei

Movie

Synopsis: Short Film by Tanaami Keiiichi.

Revbahaf Wang-gug Jaegeon-soelgi

TV · 2007 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Three people are hiding out in a cabin by the foothills. Van is the prince from the now-defunct Revbahaf Kingdom, Kona – his hand maiden, and Sian – his philosopher and tutor. Chased by enemies, these three individuals earn the kindness of Aaron, who feeds them at the cabin. By h…

★ 5.7

Captain Gekijouban

Movie · 1981 · Sports

Synopsis: The movie focuses on a game between Sumiya 2 and Aoba Gakuin.

Kyuubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (Sesshoseki)

Movie · 1968 · Fantasy

Synopsis: The film was adapted from a novel by Okamoto Kidou based on a legend surrounding a sterile patch of land at the foot of Mt. Chausu, an active volcano located in Tochigi Prefecture. Since the Heian period the spot has been known to exude poisonous gas (hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dio…

★ 4.8

Bouken Korobokkuru

TV · 1973 · Adventure

Synopsis: The adventures of a human and three little gnomes. (Source: AniDB)

Master Hamsters

Hatara Kids Mai Ham Gumi

TV · 2007 · Action, Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Hatara Kids Maihamu Gumi, literally "Working Kids, My Hamster Team", is a Japanese anime action series for young children about hamsters who hold down jobs from firefighting to cooking. (Source: Wikipedia)

★ 5.0

One Day of Noa

Noa no Ichinichi

OVA · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Noa Izumi is the pilot of an Ingram Patrol Labor, a law-enforcing robot suit. On a day off from work, Noa plans to attend a concert. However, due to a series of setbacks, Noa is running later and later.

★ 3.9

Kougyou Aika Volley Boys

OVA · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: In a mix of Field of Dreams and Ping Pong Club, sex-starved teenage boys at Kudo High School sign up for the girls' volleyball team hoping that if they build it, the girls will come, to a year that has no girls in it at all. (Source: ANN)

★ 3.9

S＝13

Movie

Synopsis: An abstract short film by Nobuhiro Aihara that combines the movement of abstract lines and the motif of an apple.

Hyakka Ryouran

Music

Synopsis: Music video animated by Emumelo for the song Hyakka Ryouran by Kashitarou Itou featuring art by Mikkun. The song was made for the Utsukushima YOSAKOI Festival, where the artist would later perform it as a theme song on Sunday, September 18, 2016.