Anime catalog

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Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou

TV · 1994 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Shimajiro, a preschool-aged tiger boy, has adventures with his friends Mimirin, Ramurin, Nyakki, and Toriipi on Challenge Island.

★ 5.0

Shin Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru Majinzan

OVA · 1989 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Set a few months after the original series, Wataru is called into action once again!

★ 3.9

Kamishibai Kintaro

Kamishibai Kintarou no Maki

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Kintaro, gentle and strong, is popular in the forest. He eventually becomes a great samurai with the name Sakata no Kintoki. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

★ 5.3

Kuro ga Ita Natsu

Movie · 1990 · Drama

Synopsis: Hiroshima, summer of 1945. A young girl named Nobuko saves a starving kitten from crows. She wants to keep the kitten, but her parents dismiss the idea. Nobuko eventually convinces them to let her keep it. She and her brother Makoto name the cat Kuro. Kuro quickly brings joy and …

★ 5.5

Symphonic Poem: Jungle Emperor Leo

Anime Koukyoushi: Jungle Taitei

OVA · 1991 · Adventure

Synopsis: Actually, that 1991 date is misleading. The Symphonic Poem originated with the music Isao Tomita wrote for Jungle Emperor in 1965. He re-worked his music into a long form which tells a story by itself. (This form of music was termed "symphonic poem" or "tone poem" by composers in…

★ 4.1

Animated Self Portraits: A Portrait of Kawamoto

Kihachiro Kawamoto's Self-Portrait

Special · Comedy

Synopsis: A stop motion short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto. This short film humorously shows what happens when the artist creates a being that insists on 'creating' the artist.

★ 3.3

Rhythm

RHYTHM

Movie

Synopsis: A comfortable rhythm composed of light and shadow. Director Ogino-style absolute movie which freely manipulates geometric figures.

★ 5.5

Norakuro-kun

TV · 1987 · Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: October, 1987, Autumn. In Suganami, Tokyo, there lives the Kinoshita family whereby the father draws very little pay out of his job as an ordinary salaryman. In order to cover expenses, he decides to let out the second floor of their apartment to earn additional rental income. On…

★ 5.8

Heisei Period Dog Tale Bow

Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow

TV · 1993 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Bow is a homeless dog, who enjoys his carefree life. This dog is no super-hero. He drools when he's hungry, he wags his tail when he's happy, and he barks when he's excited, just like an ordinary dog but even uglier and stupider! His dumb innocence often leads to disaster. But so…

★ 3.7

Wake Up

Mezamero

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Short film from animator Tsuji Naoyuki, who is known for his use of both charcoal and puppet animation. Wake Up is a dark and brooding animation epitomizing his story telling style by combining serene worlds and childlike images with darkness and nightmarish scenes.

★ 4.1

Tooyamazakura Uchuuchou: Yatsu no Na wa Gold

OVA · 1988 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This science-fiction anime was inspired somewhat by the life of Kinshiro Toyama (1793-1855), who was first popularized in the 1893 kabuki play "Toyama no Kinsan."

★ 5.2

Wanpaku Tanteidan

TV · 1968 · Action, Mystery

Synopsis: A group of young boys (plus a token girl and her little brother, the obligatory brat) form a detective club, pooling their talents for brain, brawn, invention, and driving skills to solve crimes in Tokyo. Much to the consternation of police chief Nakamura, they often succeed wher…

★ 6.4

Manga Mitokoumon

TV · 1981

Synopsis: Mitokomon is the empror's trusted man with a high sense of justice. He is sent to travel around the country in order to observe the quality of life in each province and run a check on the official's performances and report back to the empror. Along with him are sent two bodyguard…

★ 6.2

Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam: Kieta 12-nin

OVA · 1985 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: This episode is a sidestory and can be inserted somewhere between episodes #18 and #21. This is a "mystery" and so the present writer does not tell the whole story. The Janus is sailing towards Taut when something unexpected happens.

★ 6.3

OKAWARI-BOY Starzan S

TV · 1984 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: On planet Kirakira live two tribes: Senobi and Robot. Senobi, quiet and peacefully set, settle down in the forest. Robot comes from the desert and starts war to take control of afforested grounds. A young hero coming from Senobi tries to appease the whole situation.

★ 4.2

The Plane Cabby's Lucky Day

Oatari Sora no Entaku

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Short movie from 1932 about a man who flies a plane-taxi.

★ 5.3

Starchild Chobin

Hoshi no Ko Chobin

TV · 1974 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Chobin is a cute little alien prince from another planet, who crash landed on earth. Looking for his mother, he has a magical bracelet that will help him on his quest.

★ 5.3

Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid

Ningyo Hime Marina no Bouken

TV · 1991 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Marina is a mermaid who is in love with Prince Justin, a human prince from a kingdom on the shore. Marina saves Justin when he almost drowns after a chase from a giant Cyclops and a shipwreck attack from a three-headed sea serpent. She then makes a deal with Hedwig the sea witch …

★ 6.0

Hoero Bunbun

TV · 1980 · Adventure, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Bunbun, an abandoned puppy meets the old Big, also a stray dog. Bunbun will learn to survive in an hostile and strange world. (Source: manga-distribution.fr)

★ 5.3

Meitantei Holmes: Mrs. Hudson Hitojichi Jiken no Maki / Dover Kaikyou no Daikuuchuusen no Maki

Movie · 1986 · Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Synopsis: The second Meitantei Holmes movie featuring two episodes from the anime series.

★ 5.6

Fortunate Fawn

Kojika Monogatari: THE YEARLING

TV · 1983 · Drama

Synopsis: Set in Hokkaido, Japan's outback, a young boy discovers a fawn whose mother has been hit by a car and attempts to raise it himself. (Source: ANN)

★ 4.7

Kaitei Daisensou: Ai no 20,000 Miles

Special · 1981 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: All the nations of Earth are crumbling before the might of Darius, ruler of the Gabia Empire. Meanwhile, childhood friends Ben and Ricky are sailing on the oceans is search of the lost city of Atlantis. When their ship is sunk they are saved by Captain Nemo in his submarine Nauti…

★ 5.0

Seito Shokun! Kokoro ni Midori no Neckerchief wo

Special · 1986 · Comedy

Synopsis: Based on a shoujo manga "Seito Shokun!" by Shouji Youko, serialized in Kodansha's Shoujo Friend. Students who do not trust teachers, teachers who give up faith in education, parents who blame schools for their children's misbehavior... Naoko was at a loss when she was assigned as…

★ 4.0

Belly Drum Dance at Shojoji Temple

Shoujouji no Tanuki-bayashi

Movie

Synopsis: Short movie adapting the song of the same name.