Anime catalog
Found: 641
★ 4.4Yasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs
Saru Kani Gassen
Movie · Action
Synopsis: A father crab Kanisuke and his son Kanitaro sow persimmon seeds in their garden that they got from Sarukichi the monkey. A large sprout begins to grow, and it turns into a tree which then bears a lot of fruit. Watching Kanisuke, Sarukichi notices that the father crab is having di…
★ 4.7Tabako to Hai
Tabako to Hai
Movie · 1965 · Adventure
Synopsis: In the summer of 2000 in Hollywood, Spielberg's Dreamworks Film Corp. made the film "Chicken Run" with Nick Park, the great master of clay-figure animation, and it became a big hit. A chicken was the main character, and the story unfolded like the masterpiece "The Great Escape." …
★ 4.6Tie Shan Gongzhu
Tie Shan Gongzhu
Movie · Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Synopsis: Tang Sanzang and his three protectors—Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing—are journeying far to the west when they encounter "Fire Mountain." The flames of Fire Mountain are so ferocious that no man dares to brave its scorching flames; unfortunately, there is no other path to t…
★ 4.3Corporal Norakuro
Norakuro Gocho
Movie · Adventure
Synopsis: The Fierce Canine Army has been given the day off, but Norakuro has no home to return to. After he goes to a yakitori (fried chicken) shop for a drink, he goes to the park to take a short nap. Just then, soldiers from the Mountain Monkey Army, who have stolen some secret document…
★ 5.5Mu Di
Mu Di
Movie · Music
Synopsis: The story is about a relationship between a cow herding boy with an extraordinary flute playing ability and his buffalo companion. The boy dreams that he loses the buffalo, and when the buffalo won't move from his hiding place, the boy uses a flute melody to bring him back. (Sour…
★ 4.4Princess Katsura
Katsura-hime
Movie
Synopsis: Short film about a princess being kidnapped.
★ 4.6The Spider's Thread
Kumo no Ito
Movie · Fantasy
Synopsis: An adaptation of the classic tale of the spider silk, where a man sentenced in Hell tries to escape by climbing a string of spider silk hanging from above.
★ 3.8Kintarou Taiiku Nikki
Kintarou Taiiku Nikki
Movie · 1940 · Comedy
Synopsis: A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he must face Kintaro.
★ 4.3Sports Day at Animal Village
Taiiku Day
Movie · Sports
Synopsis: Short movie from 1932.
★ 3.8The Creation
Shin Tenchi Souzou
Movie · Comedy
Synopsis: Independent animation by Tsukioka Sadao.
★ 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…
★ 4.3Anthropo-Cynical Farce
Kenju Giga
Movie · Psychological
Synopsis: A dog race is interrupted by a ringmaster, who attaches fish to the dog’s collars and makes them run in circles. The crowd is incensed, but the ringmaster insists that the audience is no better off than the dogs. In the end the ringmaster is assassinated and the race continues, b…
★ 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…
