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Ousama to Nightingale

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A stop-motion adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Nightingale.

★ 4.3

Doko kara Kita no

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Doko kara Kita no by Yuka Kamebuchi that was featured on Fuji TV's Hirake! Ponkikki program. The video was animated by Kouji Nanke.

Namakemono ga Miteta

OVA · 1988 · Music, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Based off a manga by Murakami Takashi that was serialized in Weekly Young Jump. (Source: AniDB)

Dokkaebi Gamtu

Movie · Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: A 1979 Korean movie about a boy dealing with demons.

Ganbare! Moudouken Serv

Special · 1988 · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A TV special from December 1988 about a guide dog for the blind called Serv (サーブ). This dog lived in the real world, and died shortly before the anime production. (Source: AniDB)

Santa Claus ni Present

Music

Synopsis: Music video for the song Santa Claus ni Present by Fusako Amachi that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.

Hitoribocchi

Movie · 1969 · Drama

Synopsis: A short film that was screened at the 1969 Toei Manga Matsuri.

Fuku-chan (1982)

TV · 1982 · Comedy

Synopsis: Childish goings-on for Fukuo Fuchida (also known as Fuku-chan) a small boy who attends nursery school with his "girlfriend" Kumi and hangs out with his playmates Namiko (whose parents own a china shop), her younger brother, Kiyo, naughty twins Doshako and Garako and school bully …

Mukashi Mukashi Momotarou

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: A stop-motion film about the classic Japanese tale of Momotarou.

One Million Year Dinosaur Dddli

Movie · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: The movie is about a caveman tribe struggling against the mighty tyrannosaurus and a family from the modern times which gets sent back in time because of the Bermuda Triangle.

Fly, Space Battleship Geobukseon

Narara Ujujeonham Geobukseon

Movie · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: A Korean animated film taking place in the same universe as Robot Taekwon V. It tells the story of the lone spaceship and its mission to save the Earth.

Jizhi de Shanyang

Movie

Synopsis: A puppet stop motion animation adapted from a Chinese folk tale about a witty goat who hides in a cave from a tiger. The goat lies to the tiger that it is the king of the mountain and eats tigers, scaring the tiger off. The tiger meets a fox at the bottom of the mountain and tell…

★ 3.9

Funiculì funiculà: Tozan Densha

Music

Synopsis: The Japanese version of the 1880 Neapolitan song Funiculì funiculà, originally composed by Luigi Denza, with lyrics from Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. A Japanese rendition of the song performed by Duke A…

Mutou Guniang

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Carpenters, painters and silversmiths crafted a piece of fine wood into a beautiful girl that miraculously turns into a young living woman. Then the quarrel begins...

Ooedo Torimonochou: Nezumi Kozou

OVA · Action, Comedy

Synopsis: Sanrio's detective short featuring the a real historical character, Nezumi Kozou.

Mecha Robot Corps 3

Movie · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A movie taking place in the same universe as Solar I.II.III. Once again, a group of teenagers save the world with their giant robot.

Galaxy Fleet Jiguho

Movie · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: After the pollution of the Earth's environment reaches a critical level, a small group of people embark on a journey through space to find a new home for humanity.

Nonki na Tou-san Ryuuguu Mairi

Movie · Supernatural

Synopsis: One of the first examples of the tale is Hakuzan Kimura's Dreamy Urashima (Nonkinatousan Ryugu Mairi, 1925), in which a lazy man wakes up from his sleep and heads off to the seaside to spend the day fishing. There is a brief live-action shot of the sea swelling before the film re…

Lightning Atom

Movie · Action

Synopsis: The story of a young boy who uses his electric super powers to help the innocent.

Papa Mama Bye Bye

Movie · 1984

Synopsis: Dungaree-wearing teenage tomboy Kaori lives next door to the brothers Ko and Yasu. One day as Kaori is walking to school, a US jet crashes near the boys' house. Based on the "1977 Yokohama F-4 crash" real life incident. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Fairy Flower

Housenka

Movie

Synopsis: Photographs of the artist’s grandmother are superimposed with animation that traces her life, and the work ends with the memorial photograph displayed at her funeral. A sense of tranquility pervades this documentary animation work. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Gan to Gon

TV short · 1971 · Comedy

Synopsis: Gan to Gon is a Japanese comedy anime series produced by Jiho Eigasha. Its 260 episodes were aired from April 5, 1974 to August 13, 1975, at a length of around five minutes each.

Kaijuu ga Yattekuru

Music

Synopsis: Animals at a zoo hear that a kaijuu is coming. Like a game of "Telephone" they hear bits and pieces of what the kaijuu looks like which gets distorted each time the information is passed on. In the end, it was just a normal zoo animal joining the exhibits.

The Arm of Gold

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: The story of an orphaned boy who practices baseball to deal with his loneliness.