Anime catalog

Au Fou!

Satsujinkyou Jidai

Movie · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Short experimental animation film from 1966 from pioneer Kuri Yoji. Two versions exist. The original monochrome version that is 13 min. And the edited international colour version that is 9 min.

Mabo as Tokichiro Kinoshita

Maabou no Kinoshita Toukichirou

Movie

Synopsis: A boy works hard to please his lord and gain advancement. Short film from 1938.

Olympic Games on Dankichi Island

Dankichi-jima no Olympic Taikai

Movie · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: Short movie from 1932.

Mahou Tsukai Chappy

Mahou Tsukai Chappy

TV · 1972 · Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: Chappy's story is much like Mahou Tsukai Sally (Little Witch Sally). Chappy becoming sick of the old customs of her people, left the Land of Magic for the human world. Soon her family sees how much she has in the other realm that they decided to join her new home. Chappy is known…

My Ski Trip

Oira no Ski

Movie · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: The sun rises, but snow begins to fall immediately. Two rabbits wearing skis emerge from two houses covered in snow. The two rabbits go to wake Tanuko, the sleepy raccoon dog, and invite him to go skiing. Tanuko, who does not know how to ski, is apprehensive at first, but decides…

PONY METAL U-GAIM Promotion Film

PONY METAL U-GAIM Promotion Film

Special · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This is a short little pilot film inserting Yuu Morisawa, the heroine of Creamy Mami, into the mecha world of Heavy Metal L-Gaim. After Yuu Morisawa is killed in a car accident, she is rebuilt as Pony Metal U-GAIM in a scenario à la Astroboy. Put to a high-energy Japanese pop son…

Ultraman: The Adventure Begins

Ultraman USA

Movie · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The lives of three stunt pilots (Scott, Chuck, and Beth) are changed when they gain the ability to transform into three new Ultra-beings, and form the Ultra Force, to battle four giant Sorkin Monsters. (Source: AniDB)

Izumo

Izumo

OVA · 1991 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: A historical fantasy set in third century (i.e., mythical) Japan. It tells the story of Izumo, the young prince of Nakatsukuni. He's not very interested in studying, unlike his cousin Dekiru; instead, he wants to see the wider world. One day, a mysterious girl named Sanae shows u…

Apache Baseball Team

Apache Yakyuugun

TV · 1971 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: A former baseball star who suffered a career crippling injury takes over as coach of a team of misfits in a poor village high school. (Source: AniDB)

Bats & Terry

Bats & Terry

Movie · 1987 · Comedy, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Bats & Terry are the two tough guys in the school. They don't take crap from anyone, not even teachers. They will fight anyone necessary, and will defend strangers (especially pretty girls) from danger. They're good at it too. Some people are in terror of them, and some love them…

Fashion

Fashion

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Experimental anime from animation pioneer Yoji Kuri from 1960.

The Black Woodcutter and the White Woodcutter

Kuroi Kikori to Shiroi Kikori

Movie · 1956 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Within a wintry forest live two woodcutters: one clad in black and the other in white. While the black-clad woodcutter sees no consequences for exploiting the forest's resources as much as he can, the white-clad woodcutter strives to live in harmony with the forest creatures. As …

The Legend of Kentauros

Kentauros no Densetsu

OVA · 1987 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: The Centaurs are a racing team of 93 bikers from the port city of Yokohama who are named after the legendary Greek horse/men. Arthur and Ken fall out over their love for the same lady deciding to settle their competition with a race. Film based around the Kentauros biker gang.

Ganso Tensai Bakabon

Ganso Tensai Bakabon

TV · 1975 · Comedy

Synopsis: A comedy about a former genius who has now become very eccentric and senile. His family deals with all the crazy problems he and his old friends cause around the neighborhood. (Source: AniDB)

Kabuto the Golden Eye Monster

Karasu Tengu Kabuto: Ougon no Me no Kemono

OVA · 1992 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Kabuto is a tengu who has to save a princess from fortress which is full of monster-mecha hybrids in an alternate reality of feudal Japan. (Source: ANN)

Mahoutsukai Sally 2

Mahoutsukai Sally 2

TV · 1989 · Comedy, Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: During Sally's coronation ceremony in the magic world, she hears her human friends back on Earth are in trouble. Despite the warnings from her parents, she escapes to Earth to help her friends. Because she was caught using magic in front of humans, she had to erase her friends' m…

Private Norakuro in Boot Camp

Norakuro Nitouhei: Kyouren no Maki

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: The Company and Regimental Commanders engage in an idle chit-chat, blithely ignorant of the troops forging ahead under the previous "Forward March" command. Norakuro and his fellow recruits march gamely forward, regardless of the obstacles that may lie in their way. However, a ho…

Kouya no Shounen Isamu

Kouya no Shounen Isamu

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: The adventures of Isamu, a young boy living in the Far West, searching for his real father.

Christopher Columbus

Boukensha: THE MAN WAS FROM SPAIN

TV · 1992 · Adventure

Synopsis: Christopher Columbus is a man of strong will. His life is full of drama. Born in Genoa, he realizes his dream of becoming a sailor, dares to search for a new route, and finally reaches his goal, discovering a new land in the process. Sometimes in desperation, sometimes in excitem…

Goliath the Super Fighter

Gowappa 5 Gordam

TV · 1976 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: Five youths from Edo City explore a strange rocky island and discover the mecha that Doctor Hoarai had been creating in order to resist the impending attack by a race of subterranean rock people. Doctor Hoarai was ridiculed by the scientific community for his predictions that suc…

Pelican Road: Club Caroucha

Pelican Road: Club Caroucha

OVA · 1986 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: High School boy Kenichi Watanabe is crazy about his MBX50 motorcycle. He and his buddies organize a motorcycle club, which they call Culture.

Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet

Ginga Tansa 2100-nen Border Planet

Special · 1986 · Horror, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This work was produced as the ninth special animated piece for the 24-hour television program by Tezuka Production, which took full charge of the original story, screenplay and director. Tezuka Osamu crafts a love story in the time when humans are expanding into space at the end …

Doraemon: It's Autumn!

Doraemon: It's Autumn!

Special · 1986 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Tenjou-hen: Utsunomiko

Tenjou-hen: Utsunomiko

Movie · 1990 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Prequel of Utsunomiko.