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Circuit Angel: Ketsui no Starting Grid

OVA · 1987 · Action

Synopsis: Mariko is tough yet kind girl who is really into motorcycles. She ends up in a race to settle things between the rich son of bike maker and herself. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.9

Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie

Kidou Senshi SD Gundam: Musha Kishi Commando - SD Gundam Kinkyuu Shutsugeki

OVA · 1991 · Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: The first episode, Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie, features the three Gundams and a young girl named Riplin joining together to fight evil. The second episode, Dawn of Papal, Episode 103: Suginamu's Bride, stars Artesia in a fantasy-themed adventure.

★ 4.3

Momotaro's Sea Eagles

Momotarou no Umiwashi

Movie · 1943

Synopsis: Momotaro sends a sneak aircraft attack to sink the ships of Demon Island, using his animal companions as crew members and pilots.

★ 6.0

Area 88 Movie

Movie · 1985 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Kazama Shin, tricked and forced into fighting for the remote country of Arslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. As the war rages on, Shin has to deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as he…

★ 5.0

The Monster Of Frankenstein

Monster of Frankenstein

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis: Airing on TV Asahi in 1981, with a running time of 111 minutes, Frankenstein is a reasonably standard retelling of the classic book by Mary Shelley. In a foreboding castle scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein performs a hideous experiment which he hopes will bring the dead back to l…

★ 4.1

Akai Hayate

OVA · 1991 · Action, Adventure, Supernatural

Synopsis: Japan is secretly controlled by a tyrannical group of ninjas called the Shinogara. Their finest assassin is a man named Hayate Kanuma, whose father leads the Shinogara. Hayate, however, knows that the secret society's control over Japan is wrong. Sacrificing his own safety, Hayat…

★ 4.4

A Story of Cigarettes

Kemurigusa Monogatari

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The oldest recovered film by Noburou Oofuji that combines paper cutout animation with live action shots. In front of a girl with the traditional Japanese hairstyle, a small man on a desk says, "women descended from tobacco." The girl laughs at him and traps him under a glass. The…

★ 4.4

Dance Till Tomorrow

Asatte Dance

OVA · 1991 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi

Synopsis: Suekichi goes to university and has, as any Japanese university student, time for hobbies. Things change when he attends his great grandfather's funeral and wakes the next morning in his room with a very sexy girl besides him. His great grandfather has left him a little inheritan…

★ 5.7

Space Adventure Cobra Pilot

Special · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Pilot episode for the TV series.

★ 5.6

The Adventures of Piccolino

Pinocchio yori Piccolino no Bouken

TV · 1976 · Adventure

Synopsis: Well-known and well-loved by readers around the world, Carlo Collodi’s famous story of Pinocchio is transformed in this magical tale of love and deceit. Old Jeppet the carpenter is terribly lonely, and yearns to have a son of his own. One day, a puppet he is carving out of wood b…

★ 5.0

Marriage

Marriage: Kekkon

OVA · 1996 · Romance, Slice of Life

Synopsis: The OVA anime release Marriage consists of two 30-minute pieces by Miki Kasamatsu on the topics of love and looking for that special someone. The first deals with a group of young women who, after being out of school for a few years, are beginning to think about settling down. Ho…

★ 5.9

Space Carrier Blue Noah

Uchuu Kuubo Blue Noah

TV · 1979 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Set in the year 2052, Earth has managed to find peace until the arrival of the Death Force - ruthless aliens from a dying solar system - who are desperately searching for a new home. Attacking the Earth with a massive satellite ship called Terror Star, the aliens proceed to terra…

★ 6.2

MAROKO

Movie · 1990 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Summary for the Gosenzosama Banbanzai! OVA.

★ 6.3

Macron One

Akuu Daisakusen Srungle

TV · 1983 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the year 2545, an experiment gone wrong puts test pilot David Jance through the center of the galaxy and into another universe, which ends up in the middle of life and death struggle against the armies of GRIP, led by Dark Star. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.0

Grand Prix

Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no Taka

TV · 1977 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: An anime with much of wheel actions ... Takaya Todoroki, a young man who wants to become a famous driver and built a car to be able to participate in a race with a big prize. In the race, because of the poor quality of building, Takaya has a serious accident in which he wrecked h…

★ 5.6

Push

Osu (1987)

Movie · 1987

Synopsis: In a convenient world where vending machines offer just about everything, the hero procures whatever he needs from machines on his journey to see the creator. He tries to make a replacement purchase of the earth. But the creator declines his request, saying simply that there is n…

★ 6.0

Blue Legend Shoot!

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (Movie)

Movie · 1994 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Frankfurt Youth team (Kubo's team while he was in Germany) comes to Japan to play a series of friendly matches. Frankfurt Captain Rudy wanted to see why Kubo left Germany to form a team in Japan so he challenges Kakegawa High to a match.

★ 5.9

Kaze no Matasaburou

OVA · 1988 · Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A foreign transfer student from the city arrives one day in a Japanese country town. Enchanted by his air of mystery, his classmates nickname him "Matasaburou the Wind Imp" after a local legend. Eventually they become friends and spend many days playing in the countryside. One wi…

★ 5.3

Scary High School Rumors

Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-san ga Kita!!

TV short · 1994 · Horror

Synopsis: Based on the short story "Ghost Toilet" from Toru Tsunemitsu's urban myth collection "School Ghost Stories." This was adapted into the children's book "Hanako in the Toilet: Scary Stories of Your School" (1993). Several artists then adapted this into the "Here Comes Hanako" manga…

★ 6.1

Spaceketeers

SF Saiyuuki Starzinger

TV · 1978 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Great Planet is dying, since its Queen is old and powerless... and the universe will perish along with it. Princess Aurora of the Moon volunteers to become the new Queen, so she must set out in a dangerous travel... along with her friends and escorts: the powerful Cyborgs Jan…

★ 6.0

Rain Boy

Amefuri Kozou

OVA · 1983 · Fantasy

Synopsis: This is the second story of "The Tiger Books" series. A boy meets a lonely little umbrella ghost wearing Geta. He promises the ghost that he will give it a pair of rain boots in exchange for three wishes. The boy, however, grows up completely forgetting the promise. One day, when…

★ 5.8

Touch 3: After You Passed By

Touch 3: Kimi ga Toorisugita Ato ni - DON'T PASS ME BY

Movie · 1987 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Compilation movie of the third year of the Touch timeline. Contain many important plot differences, added scenes and the complete removal of an important character. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.4

Scramble Wars: Tsuppashire! Genom Trophy Rally

OVA · 1992 · Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sports

Synopsis: Take the characters from a number of sci-fi based animes, a stage not unlike "Wacky Races," super deformed madness, and general insanity and what you get is Scramble Wars. While Scramble Wars does include characters from the original Bubblegum Crisis, Gall Force and Genesis Survi…

★ 4.4

Princess Army: Wedding Combat

Princess ARMY: Wedding★COMBAT

OVA · 1992 · Action, Romance

Synopsis: The story is about Aida Nonoka who is rescued from a drunken attacker by a judoist. She then resolves to become as good as her savior, hoping that one day to recognize him by the scar on his back. She then transferred into a new high school where she meets two older boys who coul…