Anime catalog

Year to: 1971 Reset

Found: 688

Astro Boy: The Brave in Space

Tetsuwan Atom: Uchuu no Yuusha

Movie · 1964 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: From the TV series of "Astro Boy," three episodes were selected for theater re-edition, "Robot Rocket" (46th episode), "Earth Defense Troops" (56th episode) and "The Last Day of Earth" (71st episode). Of these three, "Earth Defense Troops" was the only one originally derived from…

★ 3.9

Momotaro under the Sea

Umi no Momotarou

Movie

Synopsis: Momotaro and his friends are asked to help defeat a giant shark.

★ 4.0

A Ship of Oranges

Mikanbune

Movie

Synopsis: A somewhat historical tale about a famous Japanese businessman who made his fortune by shipping oranges from the farmlands to the capital city of Edo.

★ 5.2

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba to 40-hiki no Touzoku

Movie · 1971 · Action, Fantasy

Synopsis: A film produced for Toei's 20th anniversary. A boy who is the descendant of the leader of the theives who met a grisly fate in the 1001 Nights bands together with 38 cats and a mouse to get back his rightful treasure from Ali Baba XXXIII, the descendent of Ali Baba who now rules …

★ 3.7

The Bathroom

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A surrealistic short from minimalist cartoonist Kuri Yoji.

★ 4.8

The Genesis

Souseiki

Movie · 1968

Synopsis: This is a short film parodying the major Hollywood film "The Creation" directed by John Houston. This film has the look of a tongue-in-cheek production, done on a small budget by animators who wanted to make fun of great works that cost enormous sums of money. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.3

The Blossom Man

Hanasaka Jiisan

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short movie produced by Yasuji Murata. Based on the Japanese fairy tale Hanasaka Jiijii, also called Hanasaka Jiisan. A kind old man and his wife dig up the ground where their dog is barking, and find koban (oval gold coins formerly used in Japan) there.

★ 4.4

Arichan the Ant

Ari-chan

Movie · Comedy, Music

Synopsis: Ari-chan, an ant child, finds a violin in a sand pit and steals it to play with it.

★ 6.3

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou

TV short · 1969 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: TV anime adaptation of Motomiya Hiroshi's manga "Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou" about young gang leader and all the trouble and fights his gang gets into, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.8

Our Baseball Match

Oira no Yakyuu

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: Movie from 1930 about a baseball game between rabbits and tanuki.

★ 4.9

The Animal Olympics

Doubutsu Olympic Taikai

Movie · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: Animals gather to compete in Olympic games. This animation was inspired by the 1928 Olympic Games held in Amsterdam.

★ 4.1

Omocha-Bako Series, Dai-3-Wa: Ehon 1936-nen

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Black-and-white propaganda film. Japanese folklore characters vs. evil Mickey Mouse-like creatures.

★ 4.5

Sakura: Haru no Gensou

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A visually artistic animation with no real story. It follows a pair of butterflies as they drift past various beautiful depictions of people and animals. (Source: AniDB)

★ 6.0

Attack No.1 (1970)

Movie · 1970 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: The first recap film of Attack No.1 , it covers the first 6 episodes of the TV anime. Kozue is a high school girl and an enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play on the Japanese national volleyball team. Over the course of the series she makes it from the school distr…

★ 5.1

Yasashii Lion

Movie · 1970 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: This is an animated version of Yanase Takashi's picture book featuring the friendship between a mother dog, Muku-muku, who lost her puppy, and the baby lion Buru-buru, who lost her mother. Although Tezuka Osamu planned to create an entire musical animated series for this story fo…

★ 5.4

Kaitei Sanman Mile

Movie · 1970 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Returning home from an ocean trip, young Isamu meets the beautiful sea-dweller Angel on a volcanic island. Attacked by a fiery dragon, Isamu and Angel escape on the observation boat See Through, and Angel invites Isamu to see her undersea kingdom of Atlas. (Source: AniDB)

★ 2.7

Good-bye Elvis and USA

GOOD-BY ELVIS and USA

Movie · Music

Synopsis: A chaotic mixture of hand-drawn animation and magazine cut-outs appropriating American pop culture. With a soundtrack involving music and sounds played in reverse, iconography of war and pop culture are intercut or merged together with images of eroticism and consumption. The fil…

★ 4.9

The Restaurant of Many Orders

Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten

Movie · 1958 · Supernatural

Synopsis: The oldest anime adaption of the famous short story, Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten, originally written by Kenji Miyazawa. This stop-motion anime follows two British hunters as they venture deep into the thick woodlands and find themselves lost. It's not long till they stumble across a…

★ 3.8

Sankichi the Monkey: The Air Combat

Osaru no Sankichi: Boukuusen

Movie

Synopsis: Monkeys battle polar bears in air combat. Short film from 1942.

★ 5.3

Big X

TV · 1964 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Invited to Nazi Germany during World War II, Dr. Asagumo is asked by Hitler to collaborate with him on the research of the new weapon "Big X". Concerned about the possible effects of the completion of Big X, Dr. Asagumo intentionally delays the progress of the research, conspirin…