Anime catalog

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Found: 3,904

Bob in the Bottle

Hakushon Daimaou

TV · 1969 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: One day Kan-chan finds a magic bottle in the attic. Whenever someone sneezes, a genie named Hakushon Daimaou is brought out and must grant any wish of whoever sneezed until he or she sneezes again. Sometimes, however, he accidentally fails and only causes trouble instead of grant…

★ 5.5

Legend of the Last Labyrinth

Princess Rouge

OVA · 1997 · Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: Yusuke, an orphan, literally has Rouge, the amnesiac oldest daughter of the Underworld's deposed royal family, fall out of the sky into his lap. She is soon followed by her two younger sisters and also their family's enemies. Rouge must decide if she wants her memory to return, w…

★ 6.6

Ikkyu the Little Monk

Ikkyuu-san

TV · 1975 · Comedy

Synopsis: Ikkyu is a little boy training to be a monk at Ankokuji Temple. Known for being mischievous and a bit of a troublemaker, but also extremely smart, Ikkyu constantly thinks of new ways to outwit his frustrated teachers, helping others at the same time.

★ 5.1

Akakichi no Eleven

TV · 1970 · Sports

Synopsis: At Shinsei high school, soccer is almost a combat sport and new team coach Teppei Matsuki is a fully paid up sadist who will push his team as hard as necessary to win. Headstrong school bad boy Shingo Tamai and his friend Ohira are determined not to be bullied into joining Matsuk…

★ 4.4

Kujira (1952)

Movie · 1952 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Remake of Oofuji's earlier film from the year 1927. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.9

Dragon Quest Great Adventure of Dai! Destroy!! The Reborn 6 Commanders

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken Buchiyabure!! Shinsei 6 Daishougun

Movie · 1992 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: The third Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken movie. The story takes place between episode 35 and 36 of the TV series. After yet again defeating some of Hadlar's (the leader of the Great Demon King's Army) warriors and saving the princess, Dai and his fellow adventurers are relaxing an…

★ 6.1

A Dog of Flanders: My Patrasche

Flanders no Inu, Boku no Patrasche

TV · 1992 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A boy named Nello becomes an orphan at the age of two when his mother dies. His grandfather, who lives in a small village takes him in. One day, Nello finds a dog who was almost beaten to death and named him Patrasche. Due to the good care of his grandfather, the dog recovers, an…

★ 5.3

Kaguya-hime (1961)

Movie · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

★ 6.6

Eagle Riders (2)

Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman F

TV · 1979 · Action

Synopsis: After Leader X is seemingly destroyed for good at the end of Gatchaman II, a fragment of him that survived grows and mutates into Z. With the head of the Egobossler family, Count Egobossler (and his two subordinates Mechandol and Kempler), Z is bent on destroying the Earth, and t…

★ 4.4

POPS

OVA · 1993 · Romance

Synopsis: Harada Kusuko is a high school girl with a secret crush on the class playboy, Mishima Takeshi. After breaking up with his most recent girlfriend, Mishima asks Kusuko to be his date for the class trip to Kyoto. She's over the moon, but in fact, Mishima is hung up on Shouko, his mi…

★ 4.3

Burglars of Baghdad Castle

Baguda-jou no Touzoku

Movie · Adventure, Romance

Synopsis: In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been invaded and he must use the stone to defeat his new enemy. (Source: AniDB, edited)

★ 6.1

Eiyuu Gaiden Mozaicka

OVA · 1991 · Fantasy

Synopsis: From Ryosuke Takahashi and Norio Shioyama, the creative minds behind great animes such as Armored Trooper VOTOMs and Panzer World Galient, comes an epic tale of swords and sorcery! On the eternal planet of Mozaika, the formerly benevolent King Sazara has been possessed by an evil…

★ 6.0

Kiko-chan Smile

TV · 1996 · Adventure, Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Kiko-chan's Smile is an anime and manga series about a kindergarten student who has many of the features of a child prodigy but at the same time has many bizarre habits and an odd personailty.

★ 5.5

Ronin Warriors: Message

Yoroiden Samurai Troopers MESSAGE

OVA · 1991 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: A 300-year-old book is discovered which chronicles the adventures of the legendary Samurai Troopers… centuries before they happen! But what does this mean? Are the Troopers merely puppets in some cosmic play, acting out parts? Who is this mysterious Suzunagi, a mysterious girl wh…

★ 5.6

Wan Wan Chuushingura

Movie · 1963 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The homeless dog Rock swears to take to revenge on a tiger named Killer in the zoo, who had killed his mother. The dogs in town, troubled by the atrocities of Killer, join forces to support Rock. Changing the target of revenge to the murderer of the main character's mother made i…

★ 5.4

Mahjong Hishou-den Naki no Ryuu

OVA · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: The protagonist, Ryuu or Crying Dragon, is a mysterious man who often plays games with the gang members. He only wins by "ron," a move in which one needs to wait for the opponent's tile to complete the win. *"Ron" is also called "naki" in mahjong, which has the same pronunciation…

★ 5.8

Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!

TV · 1966 · Adventure

Synopsis: Jungle Emperor was such a hit in Japan, that Dr. Tezuka went ahead and produced a sequel in 1966, known in Japan as "The New Jungle Emperor" or "Onward, Leo!" The trouble (for us in the rest of the world) was that he made the series without having a deal with NBC, and he made it …

★ 5.6

Babel II

Babel Nisei (1973)

TV · 1973 · Adventure, 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 f…

★ 6.5

Samurai Giants

TV · 1973 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival ba…

★ 6.6

Hot-Blooded Strongest Go-Saurer

Nekketsu Saikyou Go-Saurer

TV · 1993 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Kikaika (literally mechanization) Empire invades our solar system, and in a matter of moments they take over and convert Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter,and Mars, and set their sights on Earth. However, one thing stands in their way. Earth's ancient protector and soldier of …

★ 6.2

Fortune Quest L

TV · 1997 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Our story is set in another world, parallel to ours. We meet Pastel, an orphan girl, 18 years old, who lives with a group of adventurers in a small house. Pastel works as a writer and also a "mapper", charting towns, the countryside, rivers and mountains with sketches and illustr…

★ 6.5

Chinpui

TV · 1989 · Comedy

Synopsis: TV anime show based on the manga by F. Fujio Fujiko.

★ 6.4

Musashi no Ken

TV · 1985 · Sports

Synopsis: Musashi no Ken is the story of a boy named Musashi who aims to be the Kendo champion. Part of the anime is him as a child, and part is of him as an adult.

★ 6.5

Marco Polo's Adventures

Animation Kikou: Marco Polo no Bouken

TV · 1979 · Adventure

Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Marco Polo leaves his home in Venice on a trip to the little-known country of "Yuan", in the company of his father Nicolo and his uncle Matteo. Their mission is to deliver the sacred oil from the Tomb of Christ and a letter from the Pope to the Kublai.