Anime catalog

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Akai Boushi

Music · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Two playing children see a hat blown away by the breeze and land at the top of a tall tree. They can only look at that bright thing perched snugly up high. Song by Japanese singer Shimonari Satoko on NHK's Minna no Uta show.

★ 6.0

Shin Don Chuck Monogatari

TV · 1976 · Adventure, Slice of Life

Synopsis: More adventures for Chuck and his friends. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.1

Kagami

Movie · Romance

Synopsis: One of the first films of Okamoto Tadanari, a silent puppet animated film.

★ 4.6

The Praying Mantis

Tang Lang Bu Chan

Movie

Synopsis: A cicada is resting high on a tree. It is chirping for all it’s worth and drinking in the dew, oblivious of a mantis behind. The mantis, bending over and arching up its front leg, is going to catch the cicada but does not know that there is an oriole beside it. The bird has stret…

Kaibutsu-kun: Demon no Ken

Movie · 1982 · Comedy

Synopsis: Based on the shounen manga by Fujiko Fujio. Note: Screened as a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita no Daimakyou and Ninja Hattori-kun: Nin Nin Ninpo Enikki no Maki. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.2

Kappa Kawatarou

Movie

Synopsis: A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his girlfriend head the mountains to find anything to bring back.

★ 4.5

Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!

Movie · 1979 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.6

The Adventures of the Little Koala

Koala Boy Kokki

TV short · 1984 · Comedy

Synopsis: Adventures of the Little Koala focused on the adventures of Roo Bear, and his family, who were Koalas, and his friends, Nick, Pamie (penguins), Floppy, Mimi (rabbits), Betty (koala), the bully Walter (kangaroo) and countless others. There was also an old character named Weather, …

★ 4.2

Inaka Nezumi to Machi Nezumi

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A short movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

★ 4.2

Beer Mukashi Mukashi

Special

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

Manga Nihonshi

TV · 1983

Synopsis: Animated History of Japan.

★ 4.1

Eagle Sam

TV · 1983 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: An anime made in the runup to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, featuring Olympic mascot Sam the Olympic Eagle.

★ 4.1

THE FULLMOON TRADITION: INDRA

Movie · Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Pilot film for Mamoru Oshii's cancelled TV series of the same name. Mamoru Oshii wrote, storyboarded, and directed the pilot film. Akemi Takada designed the characters, and Hisayuki Toriumi later wrote a 2 volume novelization of the idea.

★ 4.0

Oni Love Song

Ki Renka

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Hayashi Seiichi.

★ 4.2

Shouri Toushu

Movie · 1987 · Sports

Synopsis: Baseball coach Hoshiyama offers a chance to turn professional to Katsumi Kunimasa, a star member of the student squad that won the summer tournament. The young girl becomes a star pitcher for the Chunchi Dragons (conveniently, the team her father owns), and, after a year of trium…

★ 4.7

Robotan

TV · 1966 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Based on a manga by Morita Kenji. Household robot Robotan, made by a nerdy school boy named Kan-chan, lives with an everyday Japanese family as a domestic servant and friend to the children. (Source: AniDB)

Henbe

TV · 1989 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: All children dream to have a friend straight from a fairy tale... A little boy opens his closet and finds a strange creature with a parasol sitting in there. Nobody knows how he got there and from what mysterious worlds he is, but it is a fast friendship from the beginning. And n…

Versailles no Bara: Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou

Special · 1980 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Due to a conflict in scheduling, the broadcast of Versailles no Bara was cancelled in several regions after episode 23. In order to conclude the story, an original episode titled Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou was created. While it features some similar story beats to the actual stor…

★ 3.7

Punpun Polka

Music

Synopsis: A music video for the song "Punpun Polka" by Hiroshi Ashino that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

★ 4.6

Furiten-kun

Movie · 1981 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based on the yonkoma manga by Ueda Masashi.

★ 3.5

The Battle of the Malay Sea

Malay Oki Kaisen

Movie · Action

Synopsis: A war propaganda film by Oofuji Noburou.

★ 4.2

Ribbon no Kishi Pilot

Special · Adventure

Synopsis: Unaired pilot episode of Ribbon no Kishi.

★ 4.1

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

Movie · Action, Fantasy

Synopsis: A seven minute long short-movie directed by Kon Ichikawa in 1936.

★ 4.5

Kitakaze Kozou no Kantarou

Music

Synopsis: This music video had an original 1974 version and a 1981 version. Both versions used the exact same animated footage, the only difference were the singers. The original 1974 version was sung by Maasaki Sakai and the NHK Tokyo Children's Choir. The 1981 version was sung by Saburou…