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Virgin Fleet

Seishoujo Kantai Virgin Fleet

OVA · 1998 · Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the pre-WWII era, Nakano Naval Academy's special school for girls is codenamed "Virgin Fleet". These girls are gifted with a special form of power known as "Virgin Energy". With the fear of another Russo-Japanese war imminent, rookie pilot Shiokaze Umino must hone her powers t…

★ 5.0

Fairy King

Yousei Ou

OVA · 1988 · Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: Jack has moved to Hokkaido to get treatment for an illness, but he's lonely and unhappy. One night a man on a horse rides through his window to help him. For a reason he doesn't understand, Jack instantly knows the man's name and feels they've met somewhere before. The man, Cu Ch…

★ 5.9

Osomatsu-kun

TV · 1966 · Comedy

Synopsis: A wacky comedy about identical sextuplets causing wild pranks. Each episode features 2 stories. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.6

GREY: Digital Target

Movie · 1986 · Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Grey is a laconic trooper in a rough, futuristic military system which rewards success in battle with high pay and promotions, but only three precent of troopers live long enough for the final goal - citizenship and the chance for a life above the misery of most of the populace. …

★ 6.0

Silent Möbius 2: The Motion Picture

Silent Möbius 2: THE MOTION PICTURE

Movie · 1992 · Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This sequel to the Silent Mobius The Movie 1 continues the timeline of the flashback section of the first movie (Katsumis initial contact with AMP), using some more ideas and persons from the Manga, and being slightly less incompatible to the Silent Mobius series from 1998.

★ 5.3

Konpeki no Kantai

OVA · 1993 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Konpeki no Kantai is a Japanese alternate-history original video animation series produced by JC Staff. Based on a 1992 novel by Yoshio Aramaki, the series focuses on a technologically advanced Imperial Japanese Navy and a radically different Pacific War that was brought about by…

★ 4.5

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…

★ 6.6

YAWARA! Special: Zutto Kimi no Koto ga... .

Special · 1996 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Yawara Inokuma competes for Japan in the Atlanta Olympic Games as she meets with several familiar faces throughout the tournament. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.1

Mecha-Doc

Yoroshiku Mechadoc

TV · 1984 · Action, Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: Mechadock is a powerful race car obtained from a simple economy car, which is able to race on any ground.

★ 4.0

Eguchi Hisashi no NANTOKA NARUDESHO!

OVA · 1990 · Comedy

Synopsis: Part anime, part live action, and part puppet show. This MAL entry duration will reflect the anime segment only. Nantoka Narudesho is a series of seemingly unrelated sketches. Viewer-be-warned, some sketches have not aged well and would be found extremely offensive due to racism,…

★ 5.8

Blue Sonnet

Akai Kiba: Blue Sonnet

OVA · 1989 · Action, Drama, Music

Synopsis: Sonnet is a cyborg/esper from a harsh background and now trained to be the ultimate warrior and most powerful weapon in the world. She is sent to Japan to watch Komatsuzaki Lan, who is thought to be controlled by the rage of the esper Akai Kiba (Crimson Fang). Lan is a quiet girl…

★ 6.1

Wild 7

OVA · 1994 · Adventure

Synopsis: An elite police crime fighting team is formed using convicted criminals. Using their first hand knowledge of the criminal mindset, the Wild 7 are first sent after a gang of Bank robbers. Then in Wild Biker Knights they are sent after a huge crime syndicate that has many high powe…

★ 6.4

VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire

VS Kishi Ramune & 40 Honoo

TV · 1996 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Baba Lamunade is followed home by two strange peddler girls who give him a CD-rom game. After he beats "The Legend of Lamuness", the girls come out of his computer and bring him to DokiDoki Space. He is the third descendant of the hero Lamuness who must stop Don Genosai from resu…

★ 6.8

Plastic Model Wrestling Sanshiro

Plawres Sanshirou

TV · 1983 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Plawres is a wrestling game that the players make their robots, which are about 30 cm tall, fight in the ring. The main character, Sugata Sanshirou, is a plawres player. Using his plawrestler, Juohmaru, he beats strong rivals. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.9

Haguregumo

Movie · 1982 · Comedy

Synopsis: The year is 1866, the twilight of the Tokugawa era. As Japan boldly moves into a new age, one man couldn't possibly care less. That man is Kumosuke Haguregumo, a retired samurai who has since become the town fool. Though he still carries his twin-bladed katana, Kumosuke spends hi…

★ 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…

★ 6.4

5-tou ni Naritai.

Movie · 1995 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Story of a girl born with a bad leg. Ritsuko longs to go to school and make lots of friends but it is not so easy. Her mother is very protective of her and at school she is teased by her classmates for her strange way of walking. Will she manage to keep her smile?

★ 5.8

Babel II

Babel Nisei (1992)

OVA · 1992 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Life seems simple for Koichi, a young student, until he learns that he is the reincarnation of an alien protector who crashed onto the mantle of responsibility as"defender of the Earth", Koichi/Babel teams up with a trio of super-powered alien companions to battle the the dark fo…

★ 4.9

Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight

Odin: Koushi Hansen Starlight

Movie · 1985 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the year 2099, mankind has colonized parts of the Solar System thanks to the evolution of space travel. To venture further beyond what man has accomplished, the space vessel Starlight is launched. After rescuing a mysterious girl from a wreckage near the asteroid fields, the c…

★ 5.2

MAPS

OVA · 1994 · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: While looking for the ledgendary Mapman, the last surviving member of the Nomad Star tribe, Lipumira finds him in Tokyo. His name is Gen Tokishima and he is the only one able to get one part of the starmap hidden within the Earth. After retrieving the piece, Gen must make a decis…

★ 5.2

St. Luminous Mission High School

Saint Luminous Jogakuin

TV · 1998 · Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

Synopsis: Kaihei is a rather normal high school student but soon discovers that his deceased grandfather has left him the chairman position of his all-girls high school, St. Luminous Mission High School. Besides being the only male student on campus, he is also now the young chairman in ch…

★ 5.6

Wrath of the Ninja

Sengoku Kitan Youtouden Soushuuhen

Movie · 1989 · Action

Synopsis: The year a comet races across the sky, splitting the heavens, from the depths of the Earth the dark god shall arise once again. Then, the dark evil lurking in the shadows shall come out of the depths of Hell and show itself in the present world. The emotions of the blade of the w…

★ 5.8

Gestalt

Choujuu Densetsu Gestalt

OVA · 1997 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: The story circulates around a mysterious and dangerous island referred to simply as "G". A long time ago, a powerful god named Gestalt was banished to the earth and he had found refuge in the island known as G. To utter the name for which it stands is forbidden, for people were s…

★ 4.9

Shuten Doji - The Star Hand Kid

Shuten Douji

OVA · 1989 · Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: As a baby Jiro was delivered to his foster parents by a massive oni, who said he would return for Jiro in 15 years. When the time comes Jiro must contend with enemy oni, dark cultists, and their minions while attempting to protect both his parents and girlfriend from their depred…