Anime catalog

Year to: 1965 Reset

Found: 418

Ninja Fireball in Edo

Ninjutsu Hinotama Kozou: Edo no Maki

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Ninja Fireball Boy, a young rascal whose adventures are depicted in a continually morphing, highly inventive style, faces various adversaries and creatures such as bats and spiders. (Source: IMDB)

★ 4.3

A Wolf is a Wolf

Manga: Ookami wa Ookami da

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Village animals are at a loss what to do about the tyrannical wolf. The clever monkey proposes an idea. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

★ 4.4

Ahiru no Otegara

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A duckling tries to save the animals when a storm hits their farm. Short film from the 1930s.

★ 4.0

The Monkey Fleet

Osaru no Kantai

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Very short movie from 1936 about a war between monkeys and Octopuses.

★ 3.8

KISS KISS KISS

Movie · Psychological, Romance

Synopsis: Three short films by the Japanese avant-garde illustrator and animator. Regarded (unfairly) as the Japanese equivalent of Andy Warhol, these films showcase a distinctively commercial illustration look reminiscent of the current pop art movement of that decade (1960s).

★ 4.0

Sankichi and Osayo: A Genroku Romance

Genroku Koi Moyou: Sankichi to Osayo

Movie · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: When a samurai witnesses a dancing maiden being kidnapped by ruffians, he rescues the poor damsel and takes her to the spring flower dance. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.8

Ta-chan's Underwater Adventure

Ta-chan no Kaitei Ryokou

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A short film from 1935.

★ 4.4

Kitte no Gensou

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Short experimental animation from 1961 from animation pioneer Yoji Kuri.

★ 4.3

Gulliver's Great Activities

Gulliver Funtouki

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A retelling of part of the Gulliver's Travels adventures. A short film from 1950.

★ 4.3

Chagama Ondo

Movie · Comedy, Supernatural

Synopsis: The first full cel-animated short. A group of tanukis investigate a temple and cause mischief. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.8

Home Alone Mice

Nezumi no Rusuban

Movie · Music

Synopsis: Short movie from 1931.

★ 4.0

Animal Sumo

Doubutsu Sumo Taikai

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Short movie from 1931.

★ 5.7

Samurai Kid

Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru

TV · 1964 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: Kidnapped and rescued by a Ninja, Fujimaru has mastered martial arts over the years. Now he sets off on a journey to find his mother and also locate an old tome containing secret martial arts techniques. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.5

Space Ace

Uchuu Ace

TV · 1965 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Dr. Tatsunoko of Tatsunoko Research Center goes undersea accompanied by his daughter Asari to inquire into some mysterious radiation and discovers there a giant shell and it is known that the radiation comes from a globe laid inside the shell. Then Asari finds an object in the sh…

★ 4.6

The Unlucky Butterfly

Chou no Sainan

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A short movie from 1931 about a mouse stealing a butterfly's wings and her journey to get them back.

★ 3.5

Dankichi on a Tropical Island

Bouken Dankichi: Hyouryuu no Maki

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A boy fights with savage tribesmen and animals on a tropical island.

★ 4.1

Mado

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Short experimental animation from 1965 by Yoji Kuri.

★ 4.2

Nihiki no Sanma

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Original monochrome version of a short experimental film by animation pioneer Youji Kuri.

★ 4.0

The Larks' Moving Day

Hibari no Yadogae

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A family of larkspurs debates when to move as harvest time comes near.

★ 4.1

The Bear Dodger

Kuma ni Kuwarenu Otoko

Movie · Adventure, Music

Synopsis: Morality tale, musical, involving two boys who find themselves being pursued by bears in the forest. Short film from 1948.

★ 5.0

Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki

Movie · Comedy, Supernatural

Synopsis: Movie from 1933. Fox spirit turns into a samurai and picks on a racoon spirit. The racoon spirit gets his father and they team up against the fox spirit.

★ 4.2

Will Power

Kokoro no Chikara

Movie · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: A man in love with a noble lady tries to get close to her with the help of a cat and a dog.

★ 4.8

Two Worlds

Futatsu no Sekai

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: An adaptation of Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper but with a slight change. We have a diligent family ants versus a drunken lazy frog, a bourgeois butterfly and grasshopper couple. As winter comes, the frog, butterfly, and grasshopper are ill and starving.

★ 5.0

Why is the Sea Water Salty?

Umi no Mizu wa Naze Karai

Movie

Synopsis: When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures" that will grant any item that a person desires. The man uses the mortar to become the richest person in the village. But the man's gre…