Anime catalog
Found: 1,134
★ 5.0A Poet's Life
Shijin no Shougai
Movie · 1974 · Drama, Fantasy, Psychological
Synopsis: A worker is fired from a factory for demanding a wage increase. His mother, worn thin by poverty, is caught in her own spinning wheel. Then a strange storm buries the town in snow, freezing rich and poor alike. Another short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto
★ 4.3Momotaro's Sea Eagles
Momotarou no Umiwashi
Movie · 1943
Synopsis: Momotaro sends a sneak aircraft attack to sink the ships of Demon Island, using his animal companions as crew members and pilots.
★ 4.4A Story of Cigarettes
Kemurigusa Monogatari
Movie · Comedy
Synopsis: The oldest recovered film by Noburou Oofuji that combines paper cutout animation with live action shots. In front of a girl with the traditional Japanese hairstyle, a small man on a desk says, "women descended from tobacco." The girl laughs at him and traps him under a glass. The…
★ 5.6The Adventures of Piccolino
Pinocchio yori Piccolino no Bouken
TV · 1976 · Adventure
Synopsis: Well-known and well-loved by readers around the world, Carlo Collodi’s famous story of Pinocchio is transformed in this magical tale of love and deceit. Old Jeppet the carpenter is terribly lonely, and yearns to have a son of his own. One day, a puppet he is carving out of wood b…
★ 5.9Space Carrier Blue Noah
Uchuu Kuubo Blue Noah
TV · 1979 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Set in the year 2052, Earth has managed to find peace until the arrival of the Death Force - ruthless aliens from a dying solar system - who are desperately searching for a new home. Attacking the Earth with a massive satellite ship called Terror Star, the aliens proceed to terra…
★ 6.0Grand Prix
Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no Taka
TV · 1977 · Drama, Sports
Synopsis: An anime with much of wheel actions ... Takaya Todoroki, a young man who wants to become a famous driver and built a car to be able to participate in a race with a big prize. In the race, because of the poor quality of building, Takaya has a serious accident in which he wrecked h…
★ 6.1Spaceketeers
SF Saiyuuki Starzinger
TV · 1978 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: The Great Planet is dying, since its Queen is old and powerless... and the universe will perish along with it. Princess Aurora of the Moon volunteers to become the new Queen, so she must set out in a dangerous travel... along with her friends and escorts: the powerful Cyborgs Jan…
★ 4.3Harvest Festival
Mura Matsuri
Movie
Synopsis: A few minutes long black and white anime which shows the traditional Japanese harvest festival, featuring a song by Eiko Hirai.
★ 6.1Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac
Seton Doubutsuki: Kuma no Ko Jacky
TV · 1977 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: One day a native American boy named Lan meets two little bears at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where he lives with his father. Lan names the brother bear ‘Jacky’ and the sister bear ‘Jill’. As Lan plays with the two bears, they become good friends. However their happiness doesn…
★ 5.8Karate Master
Karate Baka Ichidai
TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to live his life like Musashi, he begins to take karate more seri…
★ 6.0Bob in the Bottle
Hakushon Daimaou
TV · 1969 · Comedy, Fantasy
Synopsis: One day Kan-chan finds a magic bottle in the attic. Whenever someone sneezes, a genie named Hakushon Daimaou is brought out and must grant any wish of whoever sneezed until he or she sneezes again. Sometimes, however, he accidentally fails and only causes trouble instead of grant…
★ 6.6Ikkyu the Little Monk
Ikkyuu-san
TV · 1975 · Comedy
Synopsis: Ikkyu is a little boy training to be a monk at Ankokuji Temple. Known for being mischievous and a bit of a troublemaker, but also extremely smart, Ikkyu constantly thinks of new ways to outwit his frustrated teachers, helping others at the same time.
★ 5.1Akakichi no Eleven
Akakichi no Eleven
TV · 1970 · Sports
Synopsis: At Shinsei high school, soccer is almost a combat sport and new team coach Teppei Matsuki is a fully paid up sadist who will push his team as hard as necessary to win. Headstrong school bad boy Shingo Tamai and his friend Ohira are determined not to be bullied into joining Matsuk…
★ 4.4Kujira (1952)
Kujira (1952)
Movie · 1952 · Fantasy
Synopsis: Remake of Oofuji's earlier film from the year 1927. (Source: AniDB)
★ 5.3Kaguya-hime (1961)
Kaguya-hime (1961)
Movie · Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: A short puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.
★ 6.6Eagle Riders (2)
Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman F
TV · 1979 · Action
Synopsis: After Leader X is seemingly destroyed for good at the end of Gatchaman II, a fragment of him that survived grows and mutates into Z. With the head of the Egobossler family, Count Egobossler (and his two subordinates Mechandol and Kempler), Z is bent on destroying the Earth, and t…
★ 4.3Burglars of Baghdad Castle
Baguda-jou no Touzoku
Movie · Adventure, Romance
Synopsis: In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been invaded and he must use the stone to defeat his new enemy. (Source: AniDB, edited)
★ 5.6Wan Wan Chuushingura
Wan Wan Chuushingura
Movie · 1963 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: The homeless dog Rock swears to take to revenge on a tiger named Killer in the zoo, who had killed his mother. The dogs in town, troubled by the atrocities of Killer, join forces to support Rock. Changing the target of revenge to the murderer of the main character's mother made i…
★ 5.8Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!
Jungle Taitei: Susume Leo!
TV · 1966 · Adventure
Synopsis: Jungle Emperor was such a hit in Japan, that Dr. Tezuka went ahead and produced a sequel in 1966, known in Japan as "The New Jungle Emperor" or "Onward, Leo!" The trouble (for us in the rest of the world) was that he made the series without having a deal with NBC, and he made it …
★ 5.6Babel II
Babel Nisei (1973)
TV · 1973 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Life seems simple for Koichi, a young student, until he learns that he is the reincarnation of an alien protector who crashed onto the mantle of responsibility as "defender of the Earth," Koichi/Babel teams up with a trio of super-powered alien companions to battle the the dark f…
★ 6.5Samurai Giants
Samurai Giants
TV · 1973 · Action, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival ba…
★ 6.5Marco Polo's Adventures
Animation Kikou: Marco Polo no Bouken
TV · 1979 · Adventure
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Marco Polo leaves his home in Venice on a trip to the little-known country of "Yuan", in the company of his father Nicolo and his uncle Matteo. Their mission is to deliver the sacred oil from the Tomb of Christ and a letter from the Pope to the Kublai.
★ 6.4My Name Is Teppei
Ore wa Teppei
TV · 1977 · Action, Sports
Synopsis: Teppei, brought up by his father in the mountains, is an energetic boy who is as tough as weeds and acts as free as a bird. His life changes completely when he enrolls in high school, the first school he has ever attended. Despite his eccentric behavior and being a constant sourc…
★ 5.9Panda! Go, Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Panda Kopanda: Amefuri Circus no Maki
Movie · 1973 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Synopsis: The family consisting of two pandas and one girl lives happily when suddenly a little tiger appears at their home. It arrives that the circus had come to their town. All of a sudden starts the pouring rain but it can't stop them.
