Anime catalog

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Found: 2,834

Gamba to Kawauso no Bouken

Movie · 1991 · Adventure

Synopsis: The final chapter of the Gamba saga, released in theatres 15 years after the original TV series. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.6

The Praying Mantis

Tang Lang Bu Chan

Movie

Synopsis: A cicada is resting high on a tree. It is chirping for all it’s worth and drinking in the dew, oblivious of a mantis behind. The mantis, bending over and arching up its front leg, is going to catch the cicada but does not know that there is an oriole beside it. The bird has stret…

Kaibutsu-kun: Demon no Ken

Movie · 1982 · Comedy

Synopsis: Based on the shounen manga by Fujiko Fujio. Note: Screened as a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita no Daimakyou and Ninja Hattori-kun: Nin Nin Ninpo Enikki no Maki. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.2

Kappa Kawatarou

Movie

Synopsis: A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his girlfriend head the mountains to find anything to bring back.

★ 4.5

Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!

Movie · 1979 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.3

Dororonpa!

TV short · Comedy, Slice of Life, Supernatural

Synopsis: Komachi is a little ghost who died during the Meiji Era and has hung around earth as a wandering spirit girl for over a hundred years. Komachi appears in the room of a young girl named Anko and the two get wrapped up in all sorts of adventures involving other ghosts and demons. (…

Ushiro no Hyakutarou

OVA · 1991 · Horror, Supernatural

Synopsis: Horror OVA based on the manga by Jirou Tsunoda. The title roughly means "Hyakutarou behind". A boy named Ichitarou Ushiro deals with various horrifying phenomena with the help of his guardian spirit Hyakutarou. 2 episodes: "Kokkuri Satsujin Jiken", "Yuutai Ridatsu". (Source: AniD…

★ 4.6

The Adventures of the Little Koala

Koala Boy Kokki

TV short · 1984 · Comedy

Synopsis: Adventures of the Little Koala focused on the adventures of Roo Bear, and his family, who were Koalas, and his friends, Nick, Pamie (penguins), Floppy, Mimi (rabbits), Betty (koala), the bully Walter (kangaroo) and countless others. There was also an old character named Weather, …

★ 4.2

Inaka Nezumi to Machi Nezumi

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: A short movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

★ 4.2

Beer Mukashi Mukashi

Special

Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

Manga Nihonshi

TV · 1983

Synopsis: Animated History of Japan.

★ 4.1

Eagle Sam

TV · 1983 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: An anime made in the runup to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, featuring Olympic mascot Sam the Olympic Eagle.

★ 4.1

THE FULLMOON TRADITION: INDRA

Movie · Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Pilot film for Mamoru Oshii's cancelled TV series of the same name. Mamoru Oshii wrote, storyboarded, and directed the pilot film. Akemi Takada designed the characters, and Hisayuki Toriumi later wrote a 2 volume novelization of the idea.

★ 4.3

Haruko Adventure

Haruko no Bouken

Movie

Synopsis: Short film by Kurosaka Keita.

★ 4.0

Oni Love Song

Ki Renka

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Hayashi Seiichi.

★ 4.2

Shouri Toushu

Movie · 1987 · Sports

Synopsis: Baseball coach Hoshiyama offers a chance to turn professional to Katsumi Kunimasa, a star member of the student squad that won the summer tournament. The young girl becomes a star pitcher for the Chunchi Dragons (conveniently, the team her father owns), and, after a year of trium…

★ 4.7

Robotan

TV · 1966 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Based on a manga by Morita Kenji. Household robot Robotan, made by a nerdy school boy named Kan-chan, lives with an everyday Japanese family as a domestic servant and friend to the children. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.4

Sanchoume no Yuuhi

TV · 1990 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based on the same name slice of life manga by Saigan Ryouhei.

Henbe

TV · 1989 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: All children dream to have a friend straight from a fairy tale... A little boy opens his closet and finds a strange creature with a parasol sitting in there. Nobody knows how he got there and from what mysterious worlds he is, but it is a fast friendship from the beginning. And n…

Versailles no Bara: Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou

Special · 1980 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Due to a conflict in scheduling, the broadcast of Versailles no Bara was cancelled in several regions after episode 23. In order to conclude the story, an original episode titled Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou was created. While it features some similar story beats to the actual stor…