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Bomber Man & Marbleman's Explosive Side Story

Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden

TV · 1998 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A long time ago, B-Da City was attacked by an evil force called the Dark B-Da (or dark beings) in their quest to control the entire Blue Solar System. The heroic B-Daman, drawing on their legendary powers and ingenious technology, were able to overthrow the Nol Arc Empire and res…

★ 5.0

A Poet's Life

Shijin no Shougai

Movie · 1974 · Drama, Fantasy, Psychological

Synopsis: A worker is fired from a factory for demanding a wage increase. His mother, worn thin by poverty, is caught in her own spinning wheel. Then a strange storm buries the town in snow, freezing rich and poor alike. Another short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto

★ 6.0

Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijou

OVA · 1990 · Comedy

Synopsis: Well, in short, the mother looks like she's 14, and the kid is "openly" in love with her—loli x motha-con. His teacher, too, is in love with his mother, and so the love rivals duke it out in classroom, as well as plotting the downfall of their common enemy, his father. The father…

★ 5.2

Circuit Angel: Ketsui no Starting Grid

OVA · 1987 · Action

Synopsis: Mariko is tough yet kind girl who is really into motorcycles. She ends up in a race to settle things between the rich son of bike maker and herself. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.9

Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie

Kidou Senshi SD Gundam: Musha Kishi Commando - SD Gundam Kinkyuu Shutsugeki

OVA · 1991 · Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: The first episode, Musha, Knight, Commando: SD Gundam Emergency Sortie, features the three Gundams and a young girl named Riplin joining together to fight evil. The second episode, Dawn of Papal, Episode 103: Suginamu's Bride, stars Artesia in a fantasy-themed adventure.

★ 4.3

Momotaro's Sea Eagles

Momotarou no Umiwashi

Movie · 1943

Synopsis: Momotaro sends a sneak aircraft attack to sink the ships of Demon Island, using his animal companions as crew members and pilots.

★ 6.0

Area 88 Movie

Movie · 1985 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Kazama Shin, tricked and forced into fighting for the remote country of Arslan, can only escape the hell of war by earning money for shooting down enemy planes or die trying. As the war rages on, Shin has to deal with the consequences of killing and friends dying around him as he…

★ 5.0

The Monster Of Frankenstein

Monster of Frankenstein

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis: Airing on TV Asahi in 1981, with a running time of 111 minutes, Frankenstein is a reasonably standard retelling of the classic book by Mary Shelley. In a foreboding castle scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein performs a hideous experiment which he hopes will bring the dead back to l…

★ 4.1

Akai Hayate

OVA · 1991 · Action, Adventure, Supernatural

Synopsis: Japan is secretly controlled by a tyrannical group of ninjas called the Shinogara. Their finest assassin is a man named Hayate Kanuma, whose father leads the Shinogara. Hayate, however, knows that the secret society's control over Japan is wrong. Sacrificing his own safety, Hayat…

★ 4.4

A Story of Cigarettes

Kemurigusa Monogatari

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The oldest recovered film by Noburou Oofuji that combines paper cutout animation with live action shots. In front of a girl with the traditional Japanese hairstyle, a small man on a desk says, "women descended from tobacco." The girl laughs at him and traps him under a glass. The…

★ 4.4

Dance Till Tomorrow

Asatte Dance

OVA · 1991 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi

Synopsis: Suekichi goes to university and has, as any Japanese university student, time for hobbies. Things change when he attends his great grandfather's funeral and wakes the next morning in his room with a very sexy girl besides him. His great grandfather has left him a little inheritan…

★ 5.7

Space Adventure Cobra Pilot

Special · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Pilot episode for the TV series.

★ 5.6

The Adventures of Piccolino

Pinocchio yori Piccolino no Bouken

TV · 1976 · Adventure

Synopsis: Well-known and well-loved by readers around the world, Carlo Collodi’s famous story of Pinocchio is transformed in this magical tale of love and deceit. Old Jeppet the carpenter is terribly lonely, and yearns to have a son of his own. One day, a puppet he is carving out of wood b…

★ 5.0

Marriage

Marriage: Kekkon

OVA · 1996 · Romance, Slice of Life

Synopsis: The OVA anime release Marriage consists of two 30-minute pieces by Miki Kasamatsu on the topics of love and looking for that special someone. The first deals with a group of young women who, after being out of school for a few years, are beginning to think about settling down. Ho…

★ 5.9

Space Carrier Blue Noah

Uchuu Kuubo Blue Noah

TV · 1979 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Set in the year 2052, Earth has managed to find peace until the arrival of the Death Force - ruthless aliens from a dying solar system - who are desperately searching for a new home. Attacking the Earth with a massive satellite ship called Terror Star, the aliens proceed to terra…

★ 6.3

Hell Teacher Nube: 0 a.m. Nube Dead

Jigoku Sensei Nube: Gozen 0-toki Nube Shisu

Movie · 1997 · Adventure, Comedy, Horror

Synopsis: New student comes to Nube class. His name is Jun and he's a lonely boy who loves clowns very much. His only friend is a Pierre - clown in the mirror. And one night Pierre gives Jun a mask with strange abilities. At that point Jun starts to act strange and lot of accidents occur i…

★ 5.4

Beast Wars Second Chou Seimeitai Transformers

TV · 1998 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Beast Wars Second features a new cast of characters set many years in the future, who travel to a post apocalyptic Earth now known as the planet Gaia. The Cybertrons, led by Lio Convoy, are sent to the planet to investigate an unusual change in the planet’s behavior and thus thwa…

★ 6.2

MAROKO

Movie · 1990 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Summary for the Gosenzosama Banbanzai! OVA.

★ 5.5

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

Xiao Qian

Movie · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A Chinese Ghost Story is a movie that follows a young man named Ning. After the loss of his girlfriend he works as a debt collector to forget his troubles only to encounter more than he had imagined. Accompanied by his constant companion Solid Gold, Ning ends up in a ghost town a…

★ 6.3

Macron One

Akuu Daisakusen Srungle

TV · 1983 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the year 2545, an experiment gone wrong puts test pilot David Jance through the center of the galaxy and into another universe, which ends up in the middle of life and death struggle against the armies of GRIP, led by Dark Star. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.0

Grand Prix

Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no Taka

TV · 1977 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: An anime with much of wheel actions ... Takaya Todoroki, a young man who wants to become a famous driver and built a car to be able to participate in a race with a big prize. In the race, because of the poor quality of building, Takaya has a serious accident in which he wrecked h…

★ 5.6

Push

Osu (1987)

Movie · 1987

Synopsis: In a convenient world where vending machines offer just about everything, the hero procures whatever he needs from machines on his journey to see the creator. He tries to make a replacement purchase of the earth. But the creator declines his request, saying simply that there is n…

★ 6.0

Blue Legend Shoot!

Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (Movie)

Movie · 1994 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Frankfurt Youth team (Kubo's team while he was in Germany) comes to Japan to play a series of friendly matches. Frankfurt Captain Rudy wanted to see why Kubo left Germany to form a team in Japan so he challenges Kakegawa High to a match.

★ 5.9

Kaze no Matasaburou

OVA · 1988 · Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A foreign transfer student from the city arrives one day in a Japanese country town. Enchanted by his air of mystery, his classmates nickname him "Matasaburou the Wind Imp" after a local legend. Eventually they become friends and spend many days playing in the countryside. One wi…