Anime catalog

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Found: 454

The Black Woodcutter and the White Woodcutter

Kuroi Kikori to Shiroi Kikori

Movie · 1956 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Within a wintry forest live two woodcutters: one clad in black and the other in white. While the black-clad woodcutter sees no consequences for exploiting the forest's resources as much as he can, the white-clad woodcutter strives to live in harmony with the forest creatures. As …

★ 4.1

Private Norakuro in Boot Camp

Norakuro Nitouhei: Kyouren no Maki

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: The Company and Regimental Commanders engage in an idle chit-chat, blithely ignorant of the troops forging ahead under the previous "Forward March" command. Norakuro and his fellow recruits march gamely forward, regardless of the obstacles that may lie in their way. However, a ho…

★ 4.6

Tora-chan no Kankan Mushi

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Tora-chan and Miike are working on the side of a tuna steamship and manage to run afoul of the short-tempered captain. But the captain makes plenty of trouble on his own!

★ 4.4

Danemon's Monster Hunt at Shojoji

Shoujouji no Tanuki-bayashi Ban Danemon

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: A young samurai accepts a job to clear out a haunted castle, only to find it inhabited by beautiful women. The women are secretly a group of tanuki that try to divert the young warrior from his mission. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.6

The Bat

Kaumori

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they would become allies of the beasts when that side was winning battles. At last the…

★ 4.1

Private Norakuro in Training

Norakuro Nitouhei: Enshuu no Maki

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: Norakuro keeps getting his allies and enemies mixed up while on training maneuvers. What he had thought to be a successfully eliminated enemy tank turns out to be the tank carrying the Regimental Commander. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.6

The Three Fearless Frogs

Kaeru San Yuushi

Movie · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Frogs fight crime in a bizarre world.

★ 3.5

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…