Anime catalog

Year to: 1988 Reset

Found: 2,262

★ 4.1

Sankichi the Monkey: The Storm Troopers

Osaru no Sankichi: Totsugeki Tai no Kan

Movie

Synopsis: Short movie from 1934 about a war between monkeys and bears.

★ 4.7

The Ugly Duckling

Ahiru no Ko

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Four ducklings are already swimming in the pond within a few days of hatching. Their mother is sitting on the last and largest egg. The grandmother duck, who likes to chat, worries that it may be a turkey egg. The chick that hatches three days later has a long neck and quacks in …

★ 6.3

Anyway, It Doesn't Matter

Tsuide ni Tonchinkan

TV · 1987 · Comedy

Synopsis: Based on the same name gag manga by Endo Koichi. A gang decides to play at burglary without the knowledge of their schoolmates, each masquerading at different times as the master thief Tonchinkan. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.0

Battle Ball

Gou-Q-Chouji Ikkiman

TV · 1986 · Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sports

Synopsis: Ikkiman is super human alien, but he doesn't know it. He was raised in a farm by an old couple. When his girlfriend dumps him to become a star, Ikkiman swears to himself that he will become a super star even more famous than her so they can get back together, and so he leaves the…

★ 6.0

Kinnikuman: Kessen! Shichinin no Seigi Choujin vs. Uchuu Nobushi

Special · 1984 · Action, Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: A TV Special first aired in 1984. It covers the Planet Rakka story arc and takes place after the 21st Choujin Olympics Arc. A young boy from Planet Rakka named Beansman asks Kinnikuman and the others to help save his planet from the Space Samurais led by Black King. The story was…

★ 5.1

Document Taiyou no Kiba Dougram

Movie · 1983 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the planet Deloyer, a colony of the Earth federation, Colonel Von Stein stages a coup d'etat on behalf of the Federation chairman Donan Cashim.

★ 5.2

The Little Match Girl

Match Uri no Shoujo

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: On the last night of the year, a young girl is told not to come home until she has successfully sold enough matches. As she struggles to ply her wares, she has plenty of time to contemplate the lives of the people who pass her by. However, as the night drags on and grows colder, …

★ 3.9

Hatanosuke and the Haunted House

Hinomaru Hatanosuke: Bakemonoyashiki no Maki

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles ghosts and monsters in a haunted house.

★ 3.8

Man and Woman and Dog

Otoko to Onna to Inu

Movie · Comedy, Romance

Synopsis: Short animated film by Kuri Youji.

★ 4.5

Fukusuke

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short movie by Ryouichi Yokoyama.

★ 4.3

Earth Story Telepath 2500

Chikyuu Monogatari Telepath 2500

Movie · 1984 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: On the fifth world of the Tolphan system in the year 2500, a supercomputer chooses marriage partners to find the best matches. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

★ 4.9

Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi

Movie · 1970 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based on Sans Famille by Hector Malot. This is a faithful if compressed adaptation, telling the story of Remi who is sold off to Vitalis the travelling musician and his band of performing animals. It has musical numbers typical this era of Toei films, some awkward slapstic, plent…

★ 3.2

The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

Kanojo no Dokushinsha-tachi ni Yotte Hadaka ni Sareta Seifuku no Shoujo Kenkyuu

Movie · Music

Synopsis: An erotic animation made for the late-night television program 11PM with a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s work of the same title. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

★ 4.3

Taro's Monster Hunt

Furudera no Obake-soudou

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: A 1936 movie short about Taro a young man and his adventures against various creatures from different legends.

★ 4.6

Hermit Village

Sennin Buraku

TV short · 1963 · Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: The ancient Chinese town of Taoyuan is populated exclusively by Taoist ascetics. The elder, Lao Shi, conducts research on magic and alchemy, while his pupil Zhi Huang is more interested in the pleasures of the flesh. He fell in love with three beautiful sisters who live close by.

★ 5.1

Captain Future: Kareinaru Taiyokei Race

Special · 1978 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Sequel of Captain Future.

★ 4.2

Shin Saru Kani Gassen

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Crabs ban together to get right of an ape in their peach tree after it keeps stealing their food and hitting them with the fruits to the point where one gets severely injured.

★ 3.1

Good-by Marilyn

Movie · Music

Synopsis: Animated to the song ‘Manatsu no dekigoto’ (Midsummer Happening) by Miki Hirayama, the film is a playfully erotic animation with appropriated images that include Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse, Superman, Roy Lichtenstein prints and the Glico chocolate icon of a man running through …

★ 5.3

Ranpou

TV · 1984 · Comedy

Synopsis: TV anime adaptation of Masatoshi Uchizaki's gag comedy manga "Ranpou". Mild-mannered Japanese kid Rampou is kidnapped by aliens whose UFO-based experiments turn him into a warp boy who truly believes that he can do anything. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

★ 4.6

Daddy Long-Legs

Ashinaga Oji-san

Special · 1979 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: An orphan girl receives a scholarship for a prestigious school from an anonymous benefactor who she refers to as Daddy Long Legs. Note: This TV special is not related to the 1990's series directly. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.7

Kuroi Ame ni Utarete

Movie · 1984 · Drama

Synopsis: Black rain, which contained plenty of radioactivity, poured into Hiroshima just after the bombing. The effects of the death ash extend to the second and third generations and still cast the shadow of death behind the living witnesses. (Source: Official Site)

★ 6.2

Chikkun Takkun

TV · 1984 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The "Waruchin Ceremony" has been stolen from All Star, a planet that exists in the outskirts of space. The computer that is built into it is programmed to make anything possible. The thief is actually the villain, Doctor Bell. Doctor Bell schemes to invade the other planets throu…

★ 4.4

Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo!

Movie · 1972 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A medium long anime movie (50 minutes) released as one of the programs of 'Toei Manga Festival', and screened with a live-action film "Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell" and others. A near-future Sci-Fi mecha action film featuring four cyborg dogs. An original story based on the co…

★ 6.1

Bumpety Boo

Hey! Bumboo

TV short · 1985 · Adventure

Synopsis: Bumboo is a very strange car-like creature with a cute yellow body. He was born from a mysterious egg at an automobile factory. Having heard the first cries of a newborn baby, a boy named Ken comes to the factory and meets Bumboo. They soon become good friends and set out on thei…