Anime catalog

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Found: 1,791

★ 4.3

The Grateful Crane

Tsuru no Ongaeshi

Movie · Fantasy, Supernatural

Synopsis: A puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

Kaminari Boy Pikkari★bee

TV · 1967 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: A comedy about a mischievous boy. Each episode contains 2 stories. Based on a manga by Murotani Tsunezou. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.4

Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Gekitou Pennant Race

Movie · 1980 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: Based on Ishii Hisaichi's 1979 manga Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!, serialized in weekly Manga Action magazine. The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve ha…

Oyama no Taishou

Music

Synopsis: A song adaptation of the children's game King of the Hill.

★ 4.9

Tobiuo no Boya wa Byoki desu

Movie · 1982 · Drama

Synopsis: An anime about Operation Castle and the demise of the crew on the Daigo Fukuryuu Maru (S.S. Lucky Dragon 5). On March 1st 1954, a hydrogen bomb went off (that ended up being similar sized to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima). The radioactive ash fell on the crew, poisoning th…

★ 4.1

Illusion City

Genei Toshi

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Taking inspiration from reticulated architecture of a real modern skyscraper - characterized by the deafening noise of city traffic - Shimamura succeeds in rendering the idea of urban alienation in the abstract. He goes from optical art to spatial concepts similar to the Escher s…

★ 4.0

Transparent Man

Toumei Ningen

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Independent animation by Shimamura Tatsuo.

★ 4.3

Marriage of a Mouse, Mouse's Wedding

Nezumi no Yomeiri

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A mouse father seeks the ideal strong husband for his beloved daughter. He goes to talk to the strongest elements. But even the Sun is block by Cloud, and Cloud is moved by Wind, and Wind can't even move the house by an inch no matter how much it blows. Will he ever find a suitab…

★ 3.8

Commotion at Ikedaya

Ikedaya Soudou

Movie

Synopsis: Independent film by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation. It tells the story of the Ikedaya raid by the Shinsengumi from the point of view of the neighbors of the Ikedaya.

★ 3.9

Oppai ga Ippai

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Oppai ga Ippai by Kana Bunke that was featured on Fuji TV's Hirake! Ponkikki program.

Iruka to Shounen

TV · 1975 · Adventure

Synopsis: The series presents the adventures of Zoum, a white dolphin and his friends, two children who live with their sailor uncle. The cast includes several animals including a mynah bird (who understands the dolphin language in addition to the language of the other animals and the huma…

★ 4.6

Shin Dokonjou Gaeru: Dokonjou Yumemakura

Movie · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: After Hiroshi daydreams about marrying Kyoko, his chauvinistic behavior puts a strain on his relationship with his closest of friends.

★ 3.8

Fushigina Taiko

Movie · 1957

Synopsis: A short movie based on the children's story by Momoko Ishii.

★ 3.9

From Cherry Blossoms with Love

Sakura Yori Ai wo Nosete

Movie

Synopsis: A short film by Okamoto Tadanari about the difficulties of public transport.

★ 4.2

Roba Chotto Suneta

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song by Agnes Chan that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. A boy needs to deliver good and uses his donkey. But it gets sulky easily so he ends up bending over backwards to its whims.

★ 4.2

The Bird

Tori

Movie

Synopsis: A short film by Furukawa Taku. After a sleeping man is harassed by a bird, he becomes hell-bend on chasing it down and capturing it for revenge, but the bird turns out to be smarter than it looks.

★ 3.7

Raiders of Galaxy

Super Majingga 3

Movie · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A group of young space cadets use a technologically advanced mecha to combat an evil extraterrestrial race that is trying to take over the galaxy. (Source: Internet Movie Database)

★ 4.3

Donna Donna

Music · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A calf goes to a new home while memories of happiness flash by. This is a 1966 Japanese version of an old 1938 Yiddish folk song that was featured in NHK's Minna no Uta.

★ 4.0

The Development of the Train

Kisha no Hattatsu

Movie

Synopsis: An educational movie produced based on "The Development of the Train" in a pre-war elementary school Japanese reader (vol. 9). Animation and real-life images are used together to support children's understanding.

★ 3.8

M.S. Chanda

Chanda Gou

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

★ 3.8

Gold wing

Hwanggeum Nalgae 1.2.3.

Movie · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Released in Korea in 1978, Gold Wing 123, or Golden Wing 123, is an animated sci-fi superhero feature from Kim Cheong Ki, who also directed the classic Robot Taekwon V (1976) and created the popular Wuroemae series. Like Robot Taekwon V, Gold Wing 123 draws from Japanese genre th…

★ 4.7

San Ge Heshang

Movie · Comedy, Music

Synopsis: The film is based on the ancient Chinese proverb "One monk will shoulder two buckets of water, two monks will share the load, but add a third and no one will want to fetch water." The film does not contain any dialogues. (Source: Wikipedia)

★ 3.9

Beautiful Name

Movie

Synopsis: A special performance for Laforet, the large department store/museum in Harajuku.

Aesop's Fables

Manga Aesop Monogatari

TV short · 1983 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Aesop is a trouble-making young boy who finds himself in another world filled with creatures he never believed to exist, such as fairies and talking donkeys. He sets off to find a way back to the nomal world. On his jouney he befriends many classical creatures from well-known fab…