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Hong Gil-Dong

Movie · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: A special boy is born on a day when hurricanes and wicked spirits struck medieval Korea. The citizens and family learn that the infant has super human strength and cunning intelligence. As the boy grows up, he makes a vow to his family, the emperor of Korea, and to the high deiti…

★ 4.3

The Water Seed

Mizu no Tane

Movie

Synopsis: Typically brilliant OKAMOTO Tadanari short film, based on a traditional story retold by MATSUTANI Miyoko, with narration by KISHIDA Kyouko. (Source: AnimeDB)

★ 3.5

Metamorphose Works No.1

Henkei Sakuhin Dai 1-ban

Movie

Synopsis: Short film by Kurosaka Keita.

★ 5.1

Konpora Kid

TV · 1985 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The time is set in the Mechatronics Era in the future. In this era, schools actually float in the Tokyo sky at around 2000 - 3000 metres. At home, there is freedom in movement as everyone has a flight mechanism within them which allows them to fly. Transportation is made easy as …

★ 3.8

Go-hiki no Kozaru-tachi

Movie

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

★ 4.5

Ame no Ten Ten

Music

Synopsis: A young lady listens to the music of falling rain.

Dokachin

TV · 1968 · Comedy

Synopsis: A tremendous explosion occurs in the middle of a time warp experiment and causes a caveman family to appear in the modern world. Since so many of the sights and sounds are strange to them, they wind up destroying things with their stone axes, thus setting off wild adventures. (So…

★ 4.5

Issunboushi

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: The story of a couple who prays to God for a child, even if he would only be the size of a thumb.

Dame Oyaji

TV · 1974 · Comedy

Synopsis: Dame Oyaji is the story of Damesuke Amano, a hapless office worker who faces a tremendous amount of bullying on the job and especially at home, where he has (contrary to traditional Japanese notions of family) absolutely no power or say in the runnings of the household whatsoever…

★ 4.4

Tsuki no Miya no Oujo-sama

Movie

Synopsis: A young squirrel princess is kidnapped by an evil frog. A brave young squirrel from the village goes off in search of her and ends up fighting the evil frog in order to rescue his princess. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.6

AZICON Opening Animation

Movie · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The opening animation for AZICON.

★ 5.0

The Little Mermaid

Ningyohime

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A stop-motion film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.

★ 3.6

Go-hiki no Kobuta to Charleston

Music

Synopsis: A song for the Minna no Uta segment.

★ 3.7

Portrait

Movie

Synopsis: Furukawa Taku film.

Ijiwaru Baa-san

TV · 1970 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based on a 1966 manga by Sazae-san creator Hasegawa Machiko. This is another slice-of-everyday-life tale, centered around a spiteful old woman who causes trouble for neighbours with her constant bumbling and grumbling. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.4

Kikansha Yaemon: D51 no Daibouken

Movie · 1974 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Traditionally animated movie based on a bestseller picture book by Agawa Hiroyuki, illustrated by Okabe Fuyuhiko and published in 1959 by Iwanami Shoten Publishing.

★ 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…