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Aquatic

Suisei

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The stream of a mil, an apple flows down through the stream, where innumerable illusion of fish appears and disappears in the sky reflected in the water. (Source: Yamamura Animation)

★ 5.1

Tondemo Senshi Muteking

TV · 1980 · Action, Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Linn Youki loyally supported his father when the world laughed at the scientist for saying that Earth was about to be invaded from outer space. But Linn did not expect to become personally involved--until he met Takoro, the strange young "deputy sheriff" from anot…

★ 5.3

Miyazawa Kenji Collection - The Acorns and the Wildcat

Donguri to Yamaneko

OVA · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out on the screen by a succession of warm an…

★ 5.8

Once Upon a Time... Space

Ginga Patrol PJ

TV · 1982 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Once Upon a Time... Space differs from the rest of the Once Upon a Time titles in the sense that the series revolve on a dramatic content rather than an educational premise. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of Plan…

★ 4.6

Tie Shan Gongzhu

Movie · Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Tang Sanzang and his three protectors—Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing—are journeying far to the west when they encounter "Fire Mountain." The flames of Fire Mountain are so ferocious that no man dares to brave its scorching flames; unfortunately, there is no other path to t…

★ 4.8

Hengen Taima Yakou Karura Mau! Sendai Kokeshi Onka

OVA · 1990 · Horror

Synopsis: Shoko and Maiko Ougi are apparently two ordinary schoolgirls in pursuit of graduating and having fun. Shii-chan is the more serious while Mai-chan is more fun-loving. In reality, the two sisters are powerful exorcists from the Karura temple. Each wields half the power... Shii-cha…

★ 5.3

Natsufuku No Shoujotachi

Special · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: In 1945, the second and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations …

★ 4.3

Corporal Norakuro

Norakuro Gocho

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: The Fierce Canine Army has been given the day off, but Norakuro has no home to return to. After he goes to a yakitori (fried chicken) shop for a drink, he goes to the park to take a short nap. Just then, soldiers from the Mountain Monkey Army, who have stolen some secret document…

★ 3.8

Oh Yoko!

Music · Romance

Synopsis: Backed by an ode John Lennon penned himself, the relationship between him and his wife, Yoko Ono, is beautifully depicted. Alongside their romance, '60s-appropriate psychedelic imagery and various allusions to Lennon's contributions to the Beatles are interlaced within.

★ 5.5

Mu Di

Movie · Music

Synopsis: The story is about a relationship between a cow herding boy with an extraordinary flute playing ability and his buffalo companion. The boy dreams that he loses the buffalo, and when the buffalo won't move from his hiding place, the boy uses a flute melody to bring him back. (Sour…

★ 5.9

The Legend of Marine Snow

Marine Snow no Densetsu

Special · 1980 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This little-known and poorly documented Leiji Matsumoto TV movie, tells the story of the revolution of the people of the ocean which are being invaded by the humans from the surface. (Source: Senscritique)

★ 5.7

Hi no Ame ga Furu

Movie · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: An anti-war anime based on a book containing contemporary accounts of the fire-bombing of the city of Fukuoka on the evening of June 19, 1945.

★ 4.4

Princess Katsura

Katsura-hime

Movie

Synopsis: Short film about a princess being kidnapped.

★ 5.7

Combining Squadron Mechander Robo

Gasshin Sentai Mechander Robo

TV · 1977 · Mecha, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Doron Empire from the Ganymede System discovered Earth as an ideal world for them to conquer. The interest of expanding the empire came as a result of the power-hungry General Ozmel who overthrew the current reigning Queen Medusa of the Ganymede System as a start of their uni…

★ 4.6

The Spider's Thread

Kumo no Ito

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of the classic tale of the spider silk, where a man sentenced in Hell tries to escape by climbing a string of spider silk hanging from above.

★ 6.0

Chogattai Majutsu Robot Ginguiser

TV · 1977 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Twenty thousand years before the creation of mankind, two tribes-Plazmans and Sazorions-came to the earth. The bellicose Sazorions tried to conquer the peaceful Plazmans using the dreadful power of the Scorpio in outer space. Twenty thousand years later-at some time in the future…

★ 3.8

Kintarou Taiiku Nikki

Movie · 1940 · Comedy

Synopsis: A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he must face Kintaro.

★ 4.3

Sports Day at Animal Village

Taiiku Day

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: Short movie from 1932.

★ 6.6

Gordian Warrior

Toushi Gordian

TV · 1979 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Earth had become a wasteland of deserts as the survivors work to rebuild communities. Daigo Otaki is a young orphan raised by his uncle. Becoming an adult, Daigo discovers that Victor City was in fact planned by his father who was a genius scientist. Daigo's sister Saori had …

★ 5.2

GHOST

Movie · Horror

Synopsis: Film by Takashi Ito.

★ 6.6

Spirit Hero Wataru 2

Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru 2

TV · 1990 · Adventure, Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: This is the sequel to Mashin Eiyuden Wataru first season. Wataru has been lived happily on earth after he defeated Doakudar. When he plays around with his friend, Ryujinmaru appears and ask him to fight again. It appears that the 7 Stars Mountain, the source of Mt. Soukai's rainb…

★ 6.6

Little Women

Wakakusa no Yon Shimai

TV · 1981 · Drama

Synopsis: In the United States, the Civil War has just broken out and Mr March, a physician and father of four daughters, went to the front. Madam March remains alone with her four daughters: the eldest Margaret (Meg), Josephine (Jo) budding writer, a real boy failed, Elisabeth (Beth), the…

★ 5.6

Time Bokan Series: Gyakuten Ippatsu-man

TV · 1982 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Gyakuten! Ippatsuman is the sixth in the Time Bokan series. In the 1990s-era Osteandel City is the headquarters of Time Lease, a business that leases almost everything you could ask for including powerful robots. They are proud of themselves for being number one in the internatio…

★ 3.8

The Creation

Shin Tenchi Souzou

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Independent animation by Tsukioka Sadao.