Anime catalog

Year to: 1996 Reset

Found: 3,730

Magic Knight Rayearth

TV · 1994 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji are strangers brought together by fate when they meet during a seemingly normal field trip to Tokyo Tower. Accompanied by a great flash of light, they hear a mysterious woman's plea to save "Cephiro," and the junior high heroines are s…

★ 7.2

Mobile Police Patlabor

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor

OVA · 1988 · Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: As the human race evolves, so does its technology. Engineers have successfully created robots dubbed "Labors" for mass distribution, utilized by society for a number of everyday tasks. However, there are criminals who manage to get their hands on these Labors, using them for thei…

★ 7.8

Kodocha

Kodomo no Omocha

TV · 1996 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Sixth grader Sana Kurata has a perfect life. Her mother is a (fairly) successful author, she has a young man employed to keep her happy and safe, and best of all, she is the star of the children's television show Kodomo no Omocha. There's just one thing bothering her, and that's …

★ 7.0

Bubblegum Crisis

OVA · 1987 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The year is 2032, seven years after the Second Great Kanto Earthquake decimated Tokyo. Now, the city is reborn as MegaTokyo, built from the labors of mechanical beasts known as "Boomers." Originally created to benefit humanity, the mysterious corporation known as Genom now produc…

★ 6.1

Wicked City

Youjuu Toshi

Movie · 1987 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Renzaburou Taki appears to be a regular salaryman, but in reality, he is a member of the Black Guards—a secret organization that maintains the fragile harmony between the human and demon realms. As the time to renew the peace treaty approaches, Taki is tasked with guarding the im…

★ 7.7

Shin Chan

Crayon Shin-chan

TV · 1992 · Comedy, Ecchi, Slice of Life

Synopsis: There is no such thing as an uneventful day in the life of kindergartener Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara. The five-year-old is a cut above the most troublesome, perverted, and shameless kid one can imagine. Shin-chan is almost always engaged in questionable activities such as forg…

★ 7.6

Patlabor: The Movie

Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor: The Movie

Movie · 1989 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Babylon Project is a massive renovation of Tokyo's neighborhoods, including the creation of artificial islands in the Bay. Utilizing "Labors," or robots created for the express purpose of doing work, architects and construction crews are able to more efficiently progress deve…

★ 6.7

Battle Angel Alita

GUNNM

OVA · 1993 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Doc Ido, a doctor and mechanic who lives and works in the hellish, postapocalyptic "Scrapyard," finds the—miraculously preserved—remains of a female cyborg in a junk heap. After he revives and rebuilds her, the preternaturally strong, amnesiac "Gally" begins to forge a life for h…

★ 7.1

Mobile Suit Gundam I

Kidou Senshi Gundam I

Movie · 1981 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: In the future, with Earth's population rapidly increasing, humanity has developed giant orbiting space colonies gathered in clusters known as "Sides." As the elites on Earth force most of the populace into space, rebellion begins to brew. In the year Universal Century 0079, one o…

★ 7.1

Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi Universe

Tenchi Muyou!

TV · 1995 · Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Tenchi Masaki's life changes forever when the ship of an infamous space pirate, Ryouko Hakubi, is shot down and crashes near his family's temple. Little did Tenchi know that by saving Ryouko, he would spark a series of events that would lead alien women from all walks of life to …

★ 7.6

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gyakushuu no Char

Movie · 1988 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The year is Universal Century 0093. Char Aznable has taken command of Neo Zeon, the rebels of outer space. He firmly believes that humankind can only achieve peace by relocating to space. Thus, he plans to crash the giant asteroid Axis into Earth and plunge the planet into an uni…

★ 7.5

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Kidou Butouden G Gundam

TV · 1994 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: In the year Future Century 0060, the many countries that once comprised Earth's surface exist as separate colonies floating in space. Their home planet now uninhabitable, the ruler of all of the colonies is decided by their unanimous participation in the intergalactic Gundam Figh…

★ 6.6

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Kidou Senshi Gundam ZZ

TV · 1986 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In Universal Century 0088, the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG) has emerged victorious in its war with the Earth Federation's Titans at the cost of devastating losses. Neo-Zeon, the third faction in the war formerly known as Axis Zeon, remains as powerful as ever. Led by Newtype Ham…

★ 7.1

Captain Tsubasa

TV · 1983 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Captain Tsubasa is the passionate story of an elementary school student whose thoughts and dreams revolve almost entirely around the love of soccer. 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing soccer at a very young age, and while it was mostly just a recreational sport for his fr…

★ 6.3

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies

Dragon Ball: Shen Long no Densetsu

Movie · 1986 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: A retelling of Dragon Ball's origins, this is a different version of the meeting of Goku, Bulma, Oolong, and Yamucha. They are all looking for the dragon balls for different reasons when they cross paths with an evil king named Gourmeth, who is also looking for the dragon balls. …

★ 7.3

Martian Successor Nadesico

Kidou Senkan Nadesico

TV · 1996 · Action, Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: Akito doesn't want to fight. Despite a childhood spent on the anime Gekiganger 3, a Mecha show, he'd rather cook than pilot a Mecha. Fate intervenes when his home on Mars is destroyed, and he is transported instantly to the Earth, mysteriously. He has questions no one can answer …

★ 8.0

Anne of Green Gables

Akage no Anne

TV · 1979 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Life is not easy for Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan with a vast imagination and a short temper. In a twist of fate, she gets taken into the Cuthbert house in Avonlea. The elderly occupants Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were looking for a young boy to help in the fields, but t…

★ 7.5

Macross Plus

OVA · 1994 · Action, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: The year is 2040 and the galaxy is flourishing with several colonies and advanced technology. AI is near perfection and the current top idol is the near-completed Virturoid Idol Sharon Apple. All that is missing are her actual feelings, which instead are supplied by Myung Fang Lo…

★ 7.4

Barefoot Gen

Hadashi no Gen

Movie · 1983 · Drama

Synopsis: In 1945, World War II is at its peak. As Japanese cities are fire-bombed and the nation is cornered by US forces, Japan is collapsing under the immense pressure. Gen Nakaoka, a bold, free-spirited young boy, lives in Hiroshima. Struggling with wartime scarcity and barely making e…

★ 7.1

Kimagure Orange★Road

TV · 1987 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Kyousuke Kasuga is no stranger to being the new kid at school. Despite only being a third-year middle schooler, he has spent his entire childhood avoiding those who discover his family's paranormal powers, and he has had to change schools seven times as a result. Upon catching a …

★ 7.7

Macross: Do You Remember Love?

Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka

Movie · 1984 · Action, Mecha, Music

Synopsis: After warping light-years away from Earth, the spacecraft Macross carries a city of civilians and soldiers back home. They continuously fight off the threat of the Zentradi and Meltrandi, giant alien races with whom humanity wages war. During a battle, the Macross transforms into…

★ 7.5

Galaxy Express 999

Ginga Tetsudou 999

TV · 1978 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: In the distant future, humanity has found a way to live forever by purchasing mechanical bodies, but this way to immortality is extraordinarily expensive. An impoverished boy, Tetsurou Hoshino, desires to purchase a pass on the Galaxy Express 999—a train that travels throughout t…

★ 7.2

Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise

Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa

Movie · 1987 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Shirotsugh "Shiro" Lhadatt may be a cadet in the Kingdom of Honneamise's Royal Space Force (RSF), but he has never been in space before—in fact, nobody has. The RSF is often regarded as a failure both by the country's citizens and a government more interested in precipitating a w…

★ 7.5

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor

Musekinin Kanchou Tylor

TV · 1993 · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Justy Ueki Tylor had his life all planned out: join the military, get a cushy desk job, and then retire with a big fat pension check. The perfect plan... until he wandered into a hostage situation and somehow managed to save an admiral! Now Tylor - a man who wouldn't know what di…