Anime catalog

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Manga Nihon Emaki

TV · 1977

Synopsis: Animated adaptations of traditional and historical Japanese stories. Each episode features 2 different stories. (Source: AniDB)

The Affectuous Family

Hoka Hoka Kazoku

TV short · 1976 · Comedy

Synopsis: Short comedic stories about events and the daily lives of the members of a large multi-generational family. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.0

Artificial Paradise

Jinkou no Rakuen

Movie

Synopsis: Psychedelic –and at times sinister– music by Shinpei Kikuchi accompanies a disorienting display of reproduced imagery taken from magazines and posters of sunny beaches and bikini models. Tanaami made positive and negative reprographic prints of these images onto transparent cel s…

Hana no Kakarichou

TV · 1976 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A wacky comedy about a man from a noble ancestry of long ago, but who in modern times is just a lowly salary man that is constantly being humiliated by his family and co-workers. (Source: AniDB)

Anime Document: München e no Michi

TV · 1972 · Sports

Synopsis: A short series based on volleyball at the Munich Olympics. The series features a mix of live action blended with animation. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.7

Chase

Tsuiseki

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Experimental animation by Manabe Hiroshi, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

Souya Monogatari

TV · 1984 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The Souya is a Japanese museum ship that previously served as an icebreaker and patrol boat, and was the first Japanese ship to take part in an Antarctic research expedition. The anime tells the adventures of the ship and its crew. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.7

Clarinet Kowashichatta

Music

Synopsis: A Minna no Uta video for a song from Dark Ducks.

★ 4.2

Choujin Locke: Pilot Film

Special · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In 1979, before the movie Choujin Locke was produced, this short pilot was made. It can be now found on the the extras of the official DVD release of the movie.

★ 3.3

Savior Of The Earth

Computer Haekjeonham Pokpa Daejakjeon

Movie · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: When evil Doctor Butler uses his Dark Energy to throw the world into the state of chaos, three heroes enter the electronic world to capture him and save humanity.

★ 4.1

Nihiki no Sanma (Color Version)

Movie · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The international version of Ni-hiki no Sanma that is colored, redrawn, and edited.

★ 4.0

Spotlight

Sarasoujuu no Hana no Iro

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Tsukioka Sadao.

★ 4.4

The Tree of Courage

Mochi Mochi no Ki

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: An adaptation of a popular children's story by Okamoto Tadanari using a traditional storytelling style of narration.

Manga Ijin Monogatari

TV · 1977

Synopsis: From Genghis Khan to Thomas Edison, each episode in this series focuses on the life and achievement of two of history's greatest and most important persons. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.4

Nijuushi no Hitomi

Special · 1980 · Drama

Synopsis: Based on the book by Tsuboi Sakae, which drew on her involvement in Japan's anarchist counterculture and opposition to Korean War rearmament. Combined live action (handled by Akio Jissoji) and animation (handled by Shigetsugu Yoshida). Released as a TV special. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.1

Kaiketsu Tamagon

TV short · 1972 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Tamagon is a cute monster who is fond of eggs. He acts as a counselor to those in trouble, asking only eggs in payment. He goes to work as soon as he has eaten his fee. However, despite his schemes, his service usually ends in total failure and he winds up being chased by his ira…

★ 3.5

77 Danui Bimil

Movie · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Sang-ho and Sun-ja are kidnapped by someone and live in brutal abuse while performing acrobatics in a circus troupe called the "77th Dan". One day their uncle comes to visit them and they try to escape, but when Sun-ja is captured by the circus, a black hooded person, the object …

★ 4.3

Prism Season

OVA · 1989 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: In a gentle adaptation of Megume Nagata's book Flowers Wait for the Moon, a girl grows up, falls in love, and becomes a mother, realizing that her childhood is now forever behind her. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

★ 3.4

Direct Animation

Movie

Synopsis: As if imitating overexcited atoms or rapidly moving molecules, a convulsive world of multicolored shapes and patterns transforms endlessly in the rhythm of a gentle blend between classic oriental instrumentation and synthesizers.

★ 6.2

Donkikko

TV · 1967 · Comedy

Synopsis: A comedy about the mischievous adventures of a young boy. Each episode contains 2 stories. (Source: AniDB)

Dolphin Ouji

TV · 1965 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Produced as a short experimental trial series of only 3 episodes and filmed in black and white. Inspired in part by the novel "Deep Range" by Arthur C. Clarke, the tale of an undersea boy (Dolphin Prince) with a pet dolphin, who swam in a wetsuit with a built-in jetpack and stunn…

Chikara to Onna no Yononaka

Movie

Synopsis: The protagonist is a father of four children. His wife is 180 centimetres (5.9 ft) tall, and weighs 120 kilograms (260 lb) due to her incredibly large physique. Because he is constantly being henpecked at home, he becomes involved in an affair with a cute typist at his company an…

★ 4.8

GAVORA

Movie

Synopsis: A psychedelic short film by Nobuhiro Aihara.

★ 4.0

Cai Mogu

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: Two rabbits who are good friends go into the woods one day and find a big mushroom. Both rabbits want the mushroom, so they get into a argument about it.