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Why is the Sea Water Salty?

Umi no Mizu wa Naze Karai

Movie

Synopsis: When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures" that will grant any item that a person desires. The man uses the mortar to become the richest person in the village. But the man's gre…

On A Paper Crane: Tomoko's Adventure

Tsuru ni Notte: Tomoko no Bouken

Movie · 1993 · Drama

Synopsis: A young girl named Tomoko visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There she has a mysterious meeting with Sadako, the little girl who was 2 years old when the U.S. dropped the bomb on her city during WWII and 11 when she died from the effects of radiation poisoning. Sadako takes Tom…

The Lazy Fox

Namake Gitsune

Movie

Synopsis: Spring, the fox is in the middle of a party. Workers' family of raccoon dogs reveal their field work during the hot summer and harvest autumn. A fox who stupidly hunts the Raccoon dumplings carrying the harvest with perspiration, before the raccoon dog wears it, takes away the fo…

Hyoei and Heibei's Tengu Hunt

Tengu Taiji

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A short film from 1934.

The Flying House

Time Kyoshitsu: Tondera House no Daibouken

TV · 1982 · Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The series began in the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends Angela (usually called "Angie") and Corkey Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searched for the brother and sister in…

Doraemon: Treasure of the Shinugumi Mountain

Doraemon: Treasure of the Shinugumi Mountain

Special · 1986 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Gorillaman

Gorillaman

OVA · Comedy

Synopsis: A school comedy about a mute transfer student, Tadashi Iketo, who is constant­ly shuffled from school to school for his "violent nature," though he really is a mild-mannered boy constantly taunt­ed into fights over his simian appearance. Based on a 1989 manga in Young Magazine by…

Nonsense Story, Volume 1: Monkey Island

Nonsense Monogatari Dai Ippen: Sarugashima

Movie · Adventure

Synopsis: One of the first films of Kenzou Masaoka about a baby raised by monkeys on an island.

Koiko no Mainichi

Koiko no Mainichi

OVA · 1989 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi

Synopsis: Based on the romance manga "Koiko no Mainichi " by George Akiyama, serialized in Weekly Manga Goraku. In a story that flits between serious drama and comedic farce, Shinjuku gangster Sabu and his young wife Koiko try to live a normal life, despite the interferences of gang politi…

Coji-Coji

Coji-Coji

TV · 1997 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: The only thing that concerns Coji Coji is enjoying life and the wonders of nature. Coji Coji’s friends, on the other hand, are a varied bunch of colorful characters whose many idiosyncrasies have a tendency to create turmoil among one another. Coji Coji’s carefree ways and tenden…

Doraemon: Haari no Yukue

Doraemon: Haari no Yukue

Special · 1979 · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: N/A

Little Nemo Pilot

Little Nemo Pilot (1987)

Special · Adventure

Synopsis: Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland was released in American theaters in 1992. However, at one point earlier in its development many people from Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro) had been involved with the project. In 1984 they produced a test pilot. In 1987, …

Obocchama-kun

Obocchama-kun

TV · 1989 · Comedy

Synopsis: Based on the children's award winning manga by Kobayashi Yoshinori, serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic.

Honoo no Alpen Rose

Honoo no Alpen Rose

OVA · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Two-part OVA that summarises the entire Honoo no Alpenrose TV series featuring a new dubbing and reworked scenes. (Source: AniDB)

Mabo's Big Race

Maabou no Daikyousou

Movie · Sports

Synopsis: A boy competes in various events during the Olympic games. Short film from 1936.

Kageyama Tamio no Double Fantasy

Kageyama Tamio no Double Fantasy

Special · 1994 · Comedy, Horror

Synopsis: A 2-part TV special. The first part is a comedic bickering couple taking a sketchy plane for vacation. The second part is a horror a camera crew encounter while staying at the Hotel Southpacific after landing.

Spring Comes to Ponsuke

Ponsuke no Haru

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A family of tanuki dig for food in the snow. They find bamboo shoots and bring them home only to find them empty after peeling them. The bamboo shoots turn into spirits and curse the tanuki family, turning them into snow. (Source: AniDB)

Propagate

PROPAGATE

Movie

Synopsis: Dynamically expressing the growth and prosperity of organic plants with geometric figures.

Anata ga Furikaeru Toki

Anata ga Furikaeru Toki

OVA · 1993 · Romance

Synopsis: Three shorts based on stories by Hanai Aiko, who also directed this OVA. (Source: AniDB)

Dallos Special

Dallos Special

Movie · 1985 · Fantasy

Synopsis: An edited compendium of the four OVAs were spliced together to create a movie which aired in theaters. Included within the was also a prologue, which used 50 extra shots that introduced the world of Dallos before the opening credits. (Source: Orphan Fansubs and AniDB)

SEIKIMA-II HUMANE SOCIETY: Jinrui Ai ni Michita Shakai

SEIKIMA-II HUMANE SOCIETY: Jinrui Ai ni Michita Shakai

OVA · 1992 · Supernatural

Synopsis: Seikima II was a real-life Japanese death-metal band. Full of kabuki makeup, songs about rape, murder, and satanic destruction, and a public persona of devilish evil. The OVA purports to tell the backstory of the band, which, according to its publicity, was composed of actual dem…

4.Eyes

4.Eyes

Movie

Synopsis: The human eye, a well-known motif in psychedelic culture, is duplicated and intensified in this cinematic trip. Drawing from his experiences designing discotheques, Tanaami presents two prints of the same film in double projection with a time delay ––one projected a few seconds e…

Lemon Angel YJ Ban

Lemon Angel YJ Ban

OVA · 1990 · Romance

Synopsis: Adaptation of the Lemon Angel manga serialized in Young Jump magazine.

Tistou the Green Thumb

Tistou Midori no Oyayubi

Movie · 1990 · Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at lessons, his father decides that he will continue his education by learning from observation of real life, and where better to start than in the garden! With the gardener Mr. Moustach…