Anime catalog
Found: 591
★ 4.3Sports Day at Animal Village
Taiiku Day
Movie · Sports
Synopsis: Short movie from 1932.
★ 3.4G-senjou no Higeki
G-senjou no Higeki
Movie · Comedy
Synopsis: Short experimental animation from Yoji Kuri.
★ 4.044 Hiki no Neko
44 Hiki no Neko
Music
Synopsis: The Japanese version of the 1968 '44 Gatti,' an Italian song from the TV program Zecchino D'Oro. It was introduced in the Japanese NHK TV program 'Minna no Uta' in 1969.
★ 3.2An Expression
AN EXPRESSION
Movie
Synopsis: Symbolized an urban man with a triangle figure, a country woman with a circle, and represented the encounter between the two by movement. Director Shigenji Ogino tried to naturally color the movie via the kinema color technique. Due to being an early work, the technique isn't smo…
★ 4.0The Golden Flower
Kogane no Hana
Movie · Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Synopsis: A man has a strange adventure on a hill as he returns from the village festival.
★ 6.6The Amazing 3
Wonder 3
TV · 1965 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Wonder 3 is an Osamu Tezuka manga and a black and white anime series. It involved the adventures of three agents from outer space who were sent to Earth to determine whether the planet, a potential threat to the universe, should be destroyed. The instrument of destruction is a de…
★ 4.5Benkei tai Ushiwaka
Benkei tai Ushiwaka
Movie · Action, Comedy
Synopsis: Benkei tai Ushiwaka is a short animated Japanese film made in 1939 by Kenzō Masaoka. It is based on the legendary encounter between Saitō Musashibō Benkei, who was collecting swords for the Buddha, and Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who was called Ushiwaka in his youth. (Source: Wikiped…
★ 4.2Au 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.
★ 4.3Mabo as Tokichiro Kinoshita
Maabou no Kinoshita Toukichirou
Movie
Synopsis: A boy works hard to please his lord and gain advancement. Short film from 1938.
★ 3.7Olympic Games on Dankichi Island
Dankichi-jima no Olympic Taikai
Movie · Comedy, Sports
Synopsis: Short movie from 1932.
★ 4.3My 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…
★ 3.3Fashion
Fashion
Movie · Comedy
Synopsis: Experimental anime from animation pioneer Yoji Kuri from 1960.
★ 5.3The 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 …
★ 4.1Private 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…
★ 4.6Tora-chan no Kankan Mushi
Tora-chan no Kankan Mushi
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: Tora-chan and Miike are working on the side of a tuna steamship and manage to run afoul of the short-tempered captain. But the captain makes plenty of trouble on his own!
★ 4.4Danemon's Monster Hunt at Shojoji
Shoujouji no Tanuki-bayashi Ban Danemon
Movie · Supernatural
Synopsis: A young samurai accepts a job to clear out a haunted castle, only to find it inhabited by beautiful women. The women are secretly a group of tanuki that try to divert the young warrior from his mission. (Source: AniDB)
★ 4.6The Bat
Kaumori
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they would become allies of the beasts when that side was winning battles. At last the…
★ 4.1Private Norakuro in Training
Norakuro Nitouhei: Enshuu no Maki
Movie · Adventure
Synopsis: Norakuro keeps getting his allies and enemies mixed up while on training maneuvers. What he had thought to be a successfully eliminated enemy tank turns out to be the tank carrying the Regimental Commander. (Source: AniDB)
★ 3.6The Three Fearless Frogs
Kaeru San Yuushi
Movie · Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Frogs fight crime in a bizarre world.
★ 3.5Ninja Fireball in Edo
Ninjutsu Hinotama Kozou: Edo no Maki
Movie · Action
Synopsis: Ninja Fireball Boy, a young rascal whose adventures are depicted in a continually morphing, highly inventive style, faces various adversaries and creatures such as bats and spiders. (Source: IMDB)
★ 4.3A Wolf is a Wolf
Manga: Ookami wa Ookami da
Movie · Fantasy
Synopsis: Village animals are at a loss what to do about the tyrannical wolf. The clever monkey proposes an idea. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)
★ 4.4Ahiru no Otegara
Ahiru no Otegara
Movie · Adventure
Synopsis: A duckling tries to save the animals when a storm hits their farm. Short film from the 1930s.
★ 4.0The Monkey Fleet
Osaru no Kantai
Movie · Supernatural
Synopsis: Very short movie from 1936 about a war between monkeys and Octopuses.
★ 3.8KISS KISS KISS
KISS KISS KISS
Movie · Psychological, Romance
Synopsis: Three short films by the Japanese avant-garde illustrator and animator. Regarded (unfairly) as the Japanese equivalent of Andy Warhol, these films showcase a distinctively commercial illustration look reminiscent of the current pop art movement of that decade (1960s).
