Anime catalog

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Judo Sanka

TV · 1974 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Based on Hiroshi Kaizuka's manga. The last TMS sports-themed anime series ("Star of the Giants" was the first). Because of low ratings, the series was pulled off the air before later episodes of the original manga could be adapted.

★ 5.5

Spooky Kitaro: Crash!! The Great Rebellion of the Multi-Dimensional Yōkai

Gegege no Kitarou: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Youkai no Daihanran

Movie · 1986 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Movie based on the 1985 TV anime with an original plot.

★ 4.6

Choro Q Dougram

Movie · 1983 · Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Malcontents on the Deloyer colony agitate for the independence of their world from the Earth Federation. In an unexpected coup, the elected Governor declares martial law and sets himself up as absolute dictator. With the approval of the Federation, he rules the planet with an iro…

★ 4.4

Karma

Movie

Synopsis: "In his early experimental short Karma (カルマ, 1977), Aihara uses water as his central motif. The film is hand drawn and appears to be shot on 16mm using a blue filter. At first we can only see tiny specks on the screen, coming and going like snow flurries. The specks gradually gro…

★ 5.1

NINKU: Knife no Bohyou

Special · 1994 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: After the war, Fuusuke, Aicho and Touji head to a port town searching for Makoto, the younger sister of an old friend who died in combat and left his knife for her as an inheritance. But when they arrive, they discover that the citizens are being attacked by pirates! Now, the thr…

★ 5.3

Fair, then Partly Piggy

Hare Tokidoki Buta

Movie · 1988 · Comedy

Synopsis: Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pig…

★ 4.5

Ddoli and Zeta Robot

Movie · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A boy finds a toy robot which turns out to not to be an ordinary toy.

★ 4.4

Fushigi na Kusuri

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: Puppet animation by Tadanari Okamoto.

★ 5.2

Superbook 2

Personal Computer Travel Tanteidan

TV · 1983 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The book fell onto a computer keyboard, giving anybody the ability to see into the past from Sho's home via the monitor. Ruffles, Chris' dog, managed to get lost in time, prompting Zenmaijikake and Sho's cousin Hisashi to search for her. Sho and Azusa kept watch and control of th…

★ 4.6

Bakuhatsu Gorou

TV · 1970 · Comedy, Sports

Synopsis: The non-athletic head of the school newspaper department participates in various club activities, including a number of sports clubs, with disastrously hilarious results. (Source: AniDB)

★ 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…

★ 5.2

Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Tokkyuu! Maboroshi no Kisha

Movie · 1997 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: This film is sort of a mashup of Ghost Train (episode 7) and Great Yokai War (episodes 10-11) from the original 1968 TV series, but with a new spin on it to bring it towards the modernness of the 1996 TV series--essentially making an entirely original plot. (Source: TSHS)

★ 5.1

Little Polar Bear: Shirokuma-kun, Doko e?

Movie · 1990 · Adventure

Synopsis: Based on the childrens' book Little Polar Bear by Dutch author Hans de Beer.

★ 4.8

Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari

Special · 1979 · Drama

Synopsis: This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the house behind". For…

★ 6.1

Circuit no Ookami II: Modena no Ken

OVA · 1990

Synopsis: The adventures of Ken Ferrari, a former racer and motor journalist with an appetite for women. Based on the manga by Satoshi Ikezawa.

★ 6.0

Shin Seiki GPX Cyber Formula: EARLYDAYS RENEWAL

OVA · 1996 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Sports

Synopsis: Future GPX Cyber Formula: Early Days Renewal is following Future GPX Cyber Formula ZERO.

★ 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.

★ 4.5

Shadow

Kage

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Independent animation by Hayashi Seiichi.

★ 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.

★ 6.0

Shin Kyojin no Hoshi II

TV · 1979 · Sports

Synopsis: A continuation of the popular baseball saga about the star pitcher of a professional baseball team. (Source: AniDB)

★ 4.2

Abe George Kattobi Seishun Ki: Shibuya Honky Tonk

OVA · 1988 · Drama, Ecchi

Synopsis: This story is based on one of the famous Japanese writers "George Abe"'s troubled boyhood. Although he was born in wealthy family, he starts keeping company with yakuza...

★ 5.4

Ikkyuu-san

TV · 1978 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: High-school student Ikkyuu knows nothing about baseball, but his talents are recognized by the manager of the baseball club, and he takes up this enchanting sport. While his ignorance of the game leads him to make many mistakes, Ikkyuu - who is in fact a descendant of ninja - dis…

★ 5.7

Ultraman Super Fighter Legend

Ultraman: Chou Toushi Gekiden - Suisei Senjin Tsuifon Toujou

OVA · 1996 · Action, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: From the north of the galaxy a dreadful menace, Comet Warrior God Tsuifon, is fast approaching the Earth destroying everything in its path. There awaits it Fighter Ultraman, the legendary defender of the planet, and a deadly battle is about to begin. (Source: AniDB)