Anime catalog

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Momotaro, Sacred Sailors

Momotarou: Umi no Shinpei

Movie · 1945 · Action

Synopsis: A monkey, a dog, a pheasant, and a bear travel southward after resting in their villages at the foot of Mt. Fuji. A squadron flies to Onigashima under the command of Momotarou. Parachutes blossom in the sky. Momotarou and company will take over the island after a swift and succes…

★ 5.9

The Legend of Ninja Kamui

Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden

TV · 1969 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his i…

★ 6.2

Marvelous Melmo

Fushigi na Melmo

TV · 1971 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: After losing her mother in a tragic car accident, nine-year-old Melmo Watari now faces a big challenge: taking care of her two younger brothers, the preschooler Totoo and baby Touch. Watching from Heaven and concerned about her kids' terrible situation, their mother decides to ap…

★ 5.8

Golden Bat

Ougon Bat

TV · 1967 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A golden warrior wearing a cape and a scepter, Ougon Bat was a protector spirit from Atlantis reanimated by a scientist and his friends (specially the sweet Marie) from his tomb covered in hieroglyphics. His entry was heralded by a golden bat and a sinister laugh and he would put…

★ 6.4

SASUKE

Sasuke

TV · 1968 · Action

Synopsis: Sasuke is the son of a very skilled ninja, whose name is Ozaru. After the defeat of their lord, Yukimura Sanada, Tokugawa's and Hattori's ninjas begin to persecute all their enemies still alive: that means Ozaru and Sasuke must leave their house and start a violent struggle for t…

★ 5.4

Memory

Movie · 1964 · Mystery

Synopsis: This is a short, privately produced animated film. While elucidating the mystery and fuzziness as well as merits and demerits of memory in idealizing reality, the story develops into a tale of destruction of human beings, turning the existence of the earth into a memory of the un…

★ 5.4

Time Fighters

Time Bokan

TV · 1975 · Adventure, Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: Dr. Kieta, the inventor of a time-travel machine, is lost on a test run of his machine to the prehistoric past. When the time-space craft returns to the present, his young assistants are surprised to find only a parrot in the cockpit. In their hurry to find the missing scientist …

★ 6.3

La Seine no Hoshi

TV · 1975 · Action, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: The story is set in Paris, on the night before the France Revolution. The civilians have been suffering under the tyrannical rule of Louis, the sixteenth. In order to release the people from their suffering, Simone, a young girl whose parents were killed by the aristocrats, decid…

★ 6.5

Dino Mech Gaiking

Daikuu Maryuu Gaiking

TV · 1976 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Earth is still in danger: aliens from planet Zeraz are willing to invade our planet because theirs is being swallowed by a Black Hole. Led by Great Darius and his four generals, they begin seeding death and destruction. When an ESP warrior is killed by aliens, professor Hi-Tech u…

★ 5.5

Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo

Movie · 1975 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Go Nagai crossover movie.

★ 5.7

Ryu the Primitive Boy

Genshi Shounen Ryuu

TV · 1971 · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: When Ryuu is born his tribe tries to sacrifice him to a Tyrannosaurus named Shirano because of the color of his skin. He is however saved by a monkey who raises him as her own son. Meanwhile Ryuu's mother has left the tribe and is out on a quest to find Ryuu. 16 years later Ryuu …

★ 6.2

Mazinger Z tai Ankoku Daishogun

Movie · 1974 · Action, Mecha

Synopsis: Kouji and his friends have defeated Dr. Hell and are now enjoying a break, but suddenly a strange prophet appears and warns everyone of an oncoming danger, mechanical beasts never seen before start appearing all around the world wrecking havoc. Its up to Kouji and his Mazinger Z …

★ 5.3

Koneko no Rakugaki

Movie · 1957 · Comedy

Synopsis: A young cat is enjoying drawing pictures on a wall. However, when his pencil is stolen, he has no choice but to enter the world of his drawings in order to get it back.

★ 5.1

The Spider and the Tulip

Kumo to Tulip

Movie · 1943

Synopsis: A spider attempts to lure a ladybug into his web. When she manages to escape and hide in a tulip, a storm comes that batters the spider, while the ladybug remains safe.

★ 5.6

Judo Boy

Kurenai Sanshirou

TV · 1969 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Young Sanshiro Kurenai is the proud heir of a judo dojo. One day, he finds his beloved father dead and a glass eye not too far from the corpse. Ready to avenge his father and take his honour back, Sanshiro and his friend Ken start searching for the mysterious one-eyed murderer...…

★ 4.5

The Black Cat

Kuro Nyago

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A short movie from 1929 about four children who dream of having a pet cat. Their wishes are answered when they encounter a black cat who proceeds to sing them a song about how he and his tabby brother are descended from tigers.

★ 5.4

Magic Boy

Shounen Sarutobi Sasuke

Movie · 1959 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: "Magic Boy" was the first ever Japanese animation to be released theatrically in North America. Sasuke, a boy vexed by an evil witch, studies magic and uses his powers to defeat her. (Source: bcdb)

★ 5.9

Triton of the Sea

Umi no Triton

TV · 1972 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: 5000 years ago, the Triton Family was living peacefully in Atlantis until the Poseidon Family destroyed them all. Triton, of the Triton Family line, embarks on an adventurous life in the sea fighting the Poseidon Family. (Source: AnimeNfo)

★ 6.3

Gegege no Kitarou (1971)

TV · 1971 · Adventure, Supernatural

Synopsis: Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

★ 5.5

Dojoji Temple

Doujouji

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: Based on an ancient legend, Dojoji Temple tells the story of a young priest who finds himself the object of intense infatuation and lust from a young woman. As he rebuffs her advances she becomes more and more desperate eventually turning herself into a gigantic serpent. The prie…

★ 6.1

Moomin (1972)

TV · 1972 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: A remake of the 1969-70 Moomin series. This version is more closely based on the books by the Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.

★ 5.8

The Adventures of the Little Prince

Hoshi no Ouji-sama: Petit Prince

TV · 1978 · Adventure

Synopsis: The Little Prince lives on Asteroid B612, a tiny rock floating in space. He spends his days cleaning out the three small volcanoes on the asteroid (which he also uses to cook his breakfast) weeding out the baobob trees that threaten to take over, and caring for his friend the Ros…

★ 6.5

The Gutsy Frog

Dokonjou Gaeru

TV · 1972 · Comedy

Synopsis: When Hiroshi was fighting against his rival Gorillaimo, he stumbled over a stone and fell on to a frog. To be surprised, the frog was still alive and it named itself Pyonkichi. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.9

UFO Robo Grendizer tai Great Mazinger

Movie · 1976 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Alien invaders take over Great Mazinger who is at the entrance of a museum next to Mazinger Z as symbols of peace. Grendizer fights the evil invaders and Great Mazinger is recovered. When the Vegan empire dispatches a new general to oversee the takeover of Earth, he quickly manag…