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Acchi wa Kocchi

Movie

Synopsis: The film fuses live action and animation and was screened at Three-Person Animation 2. Musique concrète and electronic sounds made by modulating everyday noises such as flush toilets are interspersed throughout the work. Contrasts between opposites, as encapsulated by the title—b…

★ 5.6

Hand Maid Mai

OVA · 2003 · Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Hideo Ozu is an editor in a shady adult video company. For years, he has dreamed of being a motion picture director while his childhood friend Mai Kurosawa has become an upcoming actress. Then one day, his dreams are shattered when Mai takes all of his amateur videos of her and t…

★ 6.7

Jungle Emperor Leo

Jungle Taitei Movie (1997)

Movie · 1997 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: This movie focuses on the last half of Osamu Tezuka's revered saga of a white lion's quest to become king of the jungle. Leo's newborn cub, Lune, takes an interest to humans after discovering a music box in the wreckage of an airplane. At the same time, a greedy treasure hunter k…

★ 5.4

Megazone 23 Part III

MEGAZONE23 III

OVA · 1989 · Action, Mecha, Mystery

Synopsis: Game master Takanaka Eiji is the hottest player on the virtual circuit, but trouble finds him when he begins working for E=X Corp. Like Shogo before him, Eiji is caught in a deadly war that once again leads to the artificial intelligence known as EVE. But is this the same EVE? Se…

★ 5.0

Battle Arena Toshinden

Toushinden

OVA · 1996 · Action

Synopsis: For one year, Master Swordsman Eiji Shinjo has been haunted by the memory of his battle with the renegade champion, Gaia - a battle that was cut short by the forces of the malevolent syndicate known as "the organization." Denied victory, Eiji left the tournament followed by his o…

★ 4.5

Nandarou

Special · 1992 · Comedy

Synopsis: A short TV advertising spot featuring a small green pig with enormous eyes. The title Nandarou implies that even its creators didn't really know what kind of creature it was supposed to be. However, NTV (Nihon TV) chose it as their station's mascot. (Source: ANN, Nausicaa.net)

★ 5.5

Rokudenashi BLUES

Movie · 1992 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Maeda is a new student in the Teiken High School. He stutters when he's nervous and he's rather clumsy. He gets noted immediately because he hits a teacher during the entrance ceremony. Some clubs search to enlist him as they see in him a force they can use to get even with other…

★ 6.7

Red Baron

TV · 1994 · Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the future, the "Metal Fight" games are the most popular televised sport in the world and many robot contestants compete for the title of Best Metal Fighter in the World. Kurenai Ken, along with teammate Saeba Shoko (who was, at first, adamant), pilots the Super Robot Fighter,…

★ 4.2

Purple Eyes in the Dark

Yami no Purple Eye

OVA · Horror, Mystery, Psychological

Synopsis: Based on a shoujo manga written and illustrated by Shinohara Chie serialised in Shoujo Comic. The original story follows the struggles of a teenage girl after she finds herself turning into a lycanthropy-leopard and having to battle her newly found predatory instincts. In 1987 an…

★ 5.5

MAZE

MAZE☆Bakunetsu Jikuu

OVA · 1996 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Maze has gained incredible powers traveling through time and space, but she has also acquired one rather large problem: every night she turns into a really horny man. Unfortunately, Maze must rescue an equally lascivious princess from a mysterious warrior cult. Still, the male ve…

★ 6.2

Saiyuki

Saiyuuki

OVA · 1999 · Adventure, Supernatural

Synopsis: The story of Sanzo and his three companions in their quest to the west, to stop the resurrection of Gyuumao. On the way they are fighting youkai, getting into trouble and helping the townspeople.

★ 6.2

Bari Bari Densetsu (1987)

Movie · 1987 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Gun Koma is an ordinary high schooler with an intense love of motorcycles and a need for speed. When one of his classmates invites him to be part of a four-hour race that could help him reach the big leagues, Gun seizes the opportunity. The only catch is that he will have to team…

★ 6.1

Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature

Daishizen no Majuu: Bagi

Movie · 1984 · Action, Romance, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Ryo is sent out by the people of a village to kill the monster which has been attacking the villagers. It is rumored that this monster is a cat-woman named Bagi. As Ryo waits for the monster to come to its watering hole, he thinks back to how he first met Bagi as a kitten who lea…

★ 5.9

Seisenshi Dunbine: New Story of AURA BATTLER Dunbine

OVA · 1988 · Fantasy, Mecha

Synopsis: Taking place 700 years after the Dunbine TV Series, "The Tale of Neo Byston Well" revolves around Shion Zaba, the reincarnation of series protagonist Sho Zama. Together with Silkie Mau, Reml Jilfried (the reincarnation of Remile Luft), and the Aura Battler Silbine, Shion must sto…

★ 6.1

Onegai☆Teacher: Reminiscence

OVA · 2003 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: An hour long OVA summarizing the plot of the original Onegai Teacher series. Also bundled with the BD box release of Onegai Teacher.

★ 5.9

Open the Door

Tobira wo Akete

Movie · 1986 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Miyako "Neko" Negishi has never fit in. Instead of spending time with the other girls in her class, she hangs out with a playboy named Haruka Saiki. Despite their differences, the two share a unique bond and a magical secret. As the school welcomes a new transfer student, Keichii…

★ 5.3

Happy World!

OVA · 2002 · Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy

Synopsis: Oomura Takeshi is one unlucky fellow. He has has this case of bad luck ever since he was little. One day, while on his normal runs with bad luck, he meets an Angel named Elle, and he finds out that his father wished the curse of bad luck upon him. Takeshi has the oppurtunity to p…

★ 5.7

Tattoon Master

OVA · 1996 · Adventure, Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: When Hibio's adventurer mother sets off to research a mysterious tribe, she hits a wall. Fortunately for her, the beautiful young Nima sees a family portrait and decides that she wants her son for her husband and she gets a chance to further her research. She agrees to the arrang…

★ 6.4

Android Announcer Maico 2010

Android Ana MAICO 2010

TV short · 1998 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In the year 2010, the Japanese radio industry is in decline. To reverse their flagging ratings, a station staffed with perennial losers makes a daring gamble: to hire the industry's first android on-air host. Maico is cute, but it will take more than novelty to win over the fickl…

★ 5.8

Fighting Foodons

Kakutou Ryouri Densetsu Bistro Recipe

TV · 2001 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: An 11-year old boy named Zen bands together with his younger sister, Karen, and a young boy who has a large appetite, Pitan, to battle an evil empire by using their "Foodons"; strange monsters that are created from various foods. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.2

Leave it to Piyoko pyo!

Piyoko ni Omakase pyo!

OVA · 2003 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Leave it to Piyoko! Move over, Di Gi Charat! Piyoko and the Black Gema Gema Gang star in this new OVA series. From the Planet Analogue to Earth, the Black Gema Gema Gang try to kidnap Dejiko and hold her ransom to find their dream of a prosperous home! (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.4

Idol Fighter Su-Chi-Pai

Idol Fight Suchie-Pai 2

OVA · 1996 · Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Synopsis: Once every century, the legendary mahjong dials called the "Legendary Pai" show themselves to the world, and if you collect them all it will grant you any wish. They show up in the form of evil monsters and you must defeat all 10 to obtain this chance. So, a Bunny Alien, A Maid-D…

★ 5.3

Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack

Kidou Senshi SD Gundam no Gyakushuu

OVA · 1989 · Comedy, Mecha

Synopsis: It consists of two parts: 1. "The Storm-Calling School Festival" - Char and Haman host a festival to celebrate the union between the Nu School for Boys and the Zeta School for Girls. But all hell breaks loose when the Counterattack School gang - led by Amuro, Judau and Kamille - …

★ 6.7

Brave Command Dagwon

Yuusha Shirei Dagwon

TV · 1996 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A huge space monster appeared in a city and began to destroy the city. People were escaping with screaming. Among them, there were five high school students, En, Kai, Shin, Yoku, and Ryu. However, they failed to escape, and they rushed into a patrol car parked nearby. The monster…