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Funiculì funiculà: Tozan Densha

Music

Synopsis: The Japanese version of the 1880 Neapolitan song Funiculì funiculà, originally composed by Luigi Denza, with lyrics from Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. A Japanese rendition of the song performed by Duke A…

Mutou Guniang

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Carpenters, painters and silversmiths crafted a piece of fine wood into a beautiful girl that miraculously turns into a young living woman. Then the quarrel begins...

Mecha Robot Corps 3

Movie · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A movie taking place in the same universe as Solar I.II.III. Once again, a group of teenagers save the world with their giant robot.

Galaxy Fleet Jiguho

Movie · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: After the pollution of the Earth's environment reaches a critical level, a small group of people embark on a journey through space to find a new home for humanity.

Nonki na Tou-san Ryuuguu Mairi

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: One of the first examples of the tale is Hakuzan Kimura's Dreamy Urashima (Nonkinatousan Ryugu Mairi, 1925), in which a lazy man wakes up from his sleep and heads off to the seaside to spend the day fishing. There is a brief live-action shot of the sea swelling before the film re…

Lightning Atom

Movie · Action

Synopsis: The story of a young boy who uses his electric super powers to help the innocent.

Papa Mama Bye Bye

Movie · 1984

Synopsis: Dungaree-wearing teenage tomboy Kaori lives next door to the brothers Ko and Yasu. One day as Kaori is walking to school, a US jet crashes near the boys' house. Based on the "1977 Yokohama F-4 crash" real life incident. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Fairy Flower

Housenka

Movie

Synopsis: Photographs of the artist’s grandmother are superimposed with animation that traces her life, and the work ends with the memorial photograph displayed at her funeral. A sense of tranquility pervades this documentary animation work. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Gan to Gon

TV short · 1971 · Comedy

Synopsis: Gan to Gon is a Japanese comedy anime series produced by Jiho Eigasha. Its 260 episodes were aired from April 5, 1974 to August 13, 1975, at a length of around five minutes each.

Kaijuu ga Yattekuru

Music

Synopsis: Animals at a zoo hear that a kaijuu is coming. Like a game of "Telephone" they hear bits and pieces of what the kaijuu looks like which gets distorted each time the information is passed on. In the end, it was just a normal zoo animal joining the exhibits.

The Arm of Gold

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: The story of an orphaned boy who practices baseball to deal with his loneliness.

MY SHELTER

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Following on from SHELTER, the setting is again an air-raid shelter. Close-up images of trees are dissected and reformed abstractly. The film culminates with images of elderly survivors of the war in another example of Aihara’s unique blending of documentary storytelling with abs…

Tasukeai no Rekishi: Seimei Hoken no Hajimari

Movie

Synopsis: An educational film about the history of life insurance.

Dokgo Tak 3: Mound Which Was Taken Back

Dokgotak Dasi Chajeun Maundeu

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: Dok Go-tak, a member of the baseball team at a local superior high school, goes to his uncle's house in Seoul for the holidays. However, he is hit by a hit-and-run along the way and suffers from amnesia. With the help of President Kim, who accidentally discovers Dokgo Tak without…

Sonyeon 007 Eunhateukgongdae

Movie · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A 1980 Korean Mecha movie from 007 franchise.

Ninjaman Ippei

TV · 1982 · Action, Comedy

Synopsis: Way out in the sticks, the fourth-graders of the local school in Tokio village all have their own superpowers of doubtful merit, including flying eyeballs and missile-hair. Ippei and his friends study hard to be ninjas, but they are constantly under treat from the arrogant cheats…

Boukensha-tachi: Gamba to 7-hiki no Nakama

Movie · 1984 · Adventure

Synopsis: When a badly injured mouse staggers off a ship in Tokyo Harbor, he tells the local mice that he has escaped from Devil's Island, where Noroi, the evil white weasel, has crushed the mice with his reign of terror. Tough-guy Gamba rashly promises to help depose Noroi. (Source: The A…

★ 3.6

Mama Gomennasai

Music

Synopsis: A little boy apologizes to his mom about all the bad pranks he's been pulling.

★ 3.9

Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song "Warai Kawasemi ni Hanasu na yo" by Toshie Kusunoki (楠トシエ). Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Soumatou

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Soumatou by Hiromi Iwasaki that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Sadao Tsukioka.