Anime catalog

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Found: 454

Over a Drink

Izakaya no Ichiya

Movie · Action

Synopsis: An unemployed man picks up a flyer which happens to be a notice asking for investors to put up capital for raising a sunken ship. The sum is 10 yen each. To the man, who cannot even scrape together enough money to buy a 10-sen shochu (cheap distilled spirits), this notice seems t…

★ 4.5

A Day after a Hundred Years

Hyaku-nengo no Aru Hi

Movie · Sci-Fi, Supernatural

Synopsis: Mr. Ogino should have died during the war but his spirit was brought back to life by the power of science. He sees the world 100 years later during the year 2032 lead by one of his descendants. They decide to take a trip to Mars too and the ship malfunctions, because a spirit of …

★ 3.3

The Candy Man's Raccoon Dog Dance

Ameya Tanuki

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A candy man performs for some children in the same manner that tanuki did in folklore.

★ 3.9

The Sun and the Frogs

Ohi-sama to Kaeru

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A short film about frogs and a fish trying to eat them all.

★ 4.3

Tonpei and Sarukichi

Tonpei to Sarukichi

Movie

Synopsis: A lazy pig Tonpei steals food from the monkeys Sarukichi and assaults some of them. After getting beat up, the pig talks to the lion king and lies to him about what happened. The lion comes to put the monkeys back into place and an all out war starts with tanks, guns, and airplan…

★ 3.9

Mittsu no Hanashi

Special · 1960 · Fantasy

Synopsis: Three Tales was one of the first domestic anime ever televised. It comprised of three stories: "The Third Plate" (第三の皿) by Hirosuke Hamada, "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象) by Kenji Miyazawa, and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町) by Mimei Ogawa.

★ 3.6

At the Circus

Manga Misemono kenbutsu

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Two girls were watching a street performer. The girls sang out loud and the performer brought them up front so that they could sing for the audience.

★ 4.3

Chinkoroheibei and the Treasure Box

Chinkoroheibei Tamatebako

Movie · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: The mischievous Chinkoroheibei visits the underwater realm of the fish king where he tries to steal the king's treasure box.

★ 3.9

Hatanosuke Takes Down the Inazuma Gang

Hinomaru Hatanosuke: Inazuma-gumi Tobatsu no Maki

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles with an evil gang of thieves.

★ 4.4

Fushigi na Kusuri

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Puppet animation by Tadanari Okamoto.

★ 4.0

The Bear Brothers

Kyoudai Koguma

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: Spring—birds are singing, frogs are dancing. A cave mother tells the bear to play outside with his brother's son. But beware of scary humans. When a bear takes sumo and eats honey, the hunter shoots with a gun. Two people who saw the human for the first time finally arrive at the…

★ 4.0

Animated Revue "Spring"

Manga Revue Haru

Movie

Synopsis: A lighthearted anime about spring time. It was originally set to an elementary school song. The film features several vignettes.

★ 3.5

The Cat Purr Dance

Nyago Dance

Movie · Music

Synopsis: Several mice make a wreck of a home with their antics and dancing. The mice parents scold them for it. When the house cat comes home from a night of drinking, he convinces the mice to dance for him, at which point he spooks them by pretending to try and bite them.

★ 4.2

Dream of a Snowy Night

Yuki no Yoru no Yume

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: A young girl wanders outside on a snowy night, trying to find a place to stay.

★ 4.1

2nd Lieutenant Norakuro: Sunday Magic

Norakuro Shoui: Nichiyoubi no Kaijiken

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Norakuro's adventures in the Fierce Dog Brigade continue in this short film from the 1930s.

★ 4.1

The Octopus Bone

Tako no Hone

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: Based on the Urashima Taro tale, the story is about how the Octopus lost its skeleton. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.0

Taro's Early Training Days

Hinomaru Tarou: Musha Shugyou no Maki

Movie · Action

Synopsis: The hero Taro attempts to rescue a kidnapped girl from a bandit. Short film from 1936.

★ 3.9

The Hare in Inaba

Inaba no Kuni no Usagi-san

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: Usagi-san was washed away by some large waves. He cheats a crocodiles to get home. When he does, he was so dirty that his friends abandoned him because he was unrecognizable.

★ 4.3

Muku no Ki no Hanashi

Movie

Synopsis: Short animated film by Maruyama Shouji from 1947.

★ 4.4

Imokawa Mukuzo-san Genkanban no Maki

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: The third professionally produced Japanese animation film (made by Japanese animation pioneer Shimokawa Hekoten) to be shown in a cinema, in this case, in the Asakusa Kinema Kurabu, a theater in Tokyo managed directly by the film company Tenkatsu (Tennen-shoku Katsudou Shashin).

★ 3.8

Electrical Telegraphy, Electric Bells and Telephones

Denshin Denrei Denwa

Movie

Synopsis: When copper wire is wrapped around an iron rod and connected to a battery, it becomes an electromagnet. A science teaching material movie that explains the principle and structure of electric bells and telephones by applying the principle of an electromagnet through a fusion of l…

★ 6.0

Harris no Kaze

TV · 1966 · Comedy

Synopsis: A boy known as a troublemaker transfers into a new school. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.1

Chim Chim Cher-ee

Music · Slice of Life

Synopsis: The life of a chimney sweep in a song. This is the Japanese version of the 1964 Academy Award song Chim Chim Cher-ee that was originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in the movie 'Mary Poppins". Given the anime treatment by graphic artist and animator Tadanori Yokoo an…

★ 3.8

Fuku-chan no Sensuikan

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Fuku-chan was one of the most popular newspaper comic strip boy-characters in Japan at the time. The film portrays a submarine attack on an enemy cargo ship. Though this, too, was to boost patriotism, Japanese children particularly enjoyed the scenes in which the kitchen crew coo…