Anime catalog

Season: Winter Year to: 1979 Reset

Found: 67

Anne of Green Gables

Akage no Anne

TV · 1979 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Life is not easy for Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan with a vast imagination and a short temper. In a twist of fate, she gets taken into the Cuthbert house in Avonlea. The elderly occupants Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were looking for a young boy to help in the fields, but t…

★ 7.6

Doraemon

Doraemon (1979)

TV short · 1979 · Comedy, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Nobita Nobi is a normal fourth grade student. This all changes, however, when a blue robotic cat appears from his desk drawer. Calling himself Doraemon, this robot tells Nobita that his future descendants from the 22nd century live in poverty because of all the mistakes he made. …

★ 7.2

Heidi, Girl of the Alps

Alps no Shoujo Heidi

TV · 1974 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: After becoming an orphan, Heidi is forced to live with her grandfather Öhi, who lives in the Alps. She learns he's a very bitter man who only accepted by force to take her in. But Heidi's kindness may be able to open his heart. Together with the shepherd Peter and invalid Clara, …

★ 7.2

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri

TV · 1976 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Based on a short section of the novel Cuore by the Italian Edmondo de Amicis, Marco is a young boy living in Genoa, Italy, together with his father Pietro. But the family is not complete, for Marco's mother left for Argentina around a year earlier in order to find work. Letters f…

★ 6.5

Astro Boy

Tetsuwan Atom

TV · 1963 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him…

★ 6.8

A Dog of Flanders

Flanders no Inu

TV · 1975 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Nello Tarth is a poor but happy orphan who lives with his grandfather Jehan in a little village nearby Antwerp. Nello has a talent for drawing pictures and has been fascinated by it since he saw one of Rubens (a famous artist) pictures as a little boy. Helping Jehan with the dail…

★ 7.2

Perrine Monogatari

TV · 1978 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Perrine is a young girl who lives in Bosnia with her Indian mother and beloved father – that is, until her father passes away, leaving her mother with a single wish: travel to France to be with his father. The over 1,000 kilometer journey seems unfathomable, but Perrine and her m…

★ 6.6

Angel

Hana no Ko Lunlun

TV · 1979 · Adventure, Drama, Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: The King of the Flower Planet is dying, but his heir can't take up the throne until the legendary Seven Color Flower, symbol of the King's power, is found. The Angels, Cateau and Noveau are sent to Earth to find the Flower Girl, a young female who descends from both humans and Fl…

★ 5.5

Dororo (Pilot)

Special · 1968 · Action, Supernatural

Synopsis: Before producing a TV series, a pilot film was made to let sponsors and television stations grasp the work's pervasive quality. This is the pilot film for "Dororo" in which the characters are closer to those of the original story compared to the characters in the TV series. The f…

★ 6.4

Sally the Witch

Mahoutsukai Sally

TV · 1967 · Fantasy, Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: Sally, the kind but mischievous princess of the Land of Magic, has developed an interest in the human world. Wanting to experience it for herself, she runs away and meets two girls her age—Yoshiko "Yocchan" Hanamura and Sumire Kasugano—at a department store. They quickly become f…

★ 6.4

Gegege no Kitarou (1968)

TV · 1968 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

★ 6.5

Secrets of Akko-chan

Himitsu no Akko-chan

TV · 1969 · Comedy, Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: Atsuko "Akko-chan" Kagami (known variously as "Stilly," "Caroline," or "Julie" in Western versions of the anime) is an energetic elementary school girl who has an affinity for mirrors. One day, her favorite mirror which was given to Akko by her mother (or in some versions, by her…

★ 6.1

Time Bokan Series: Yatterman

TV · 1977 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: A mysterious gem called the "Skull Stone" is said to be able to reveal the location of the largest vein of gold in the world. This legend has entranced many people who wanted to get their hands on fame, power and wealth, including the trio of villains in this show: the "Dorombo G…

★ 6.4

Raccoon Rascal

Araiguma Rascal

TV · 1977 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Life in Brailsford Junction, Wisconsin, is simple and quiet for Sterling North, who spends most of his free time caring for animals. With his mother in the hospital and his brother fighting on the Western Front, the boy lives only with his father and his dog Hauser. One weekend, …

★ 6.8

Doraemon: Doraemon Comes Back

Kaettekita Doraemon

Special · 1979 · Comedy

Synopsis: N/A

★ 5.9

Osomatsu-kun

TV · 1966 · Comedy

Synopsis: A wacky comedy about identical sextuplets causing wild pranks. Each episode features 2 stories. (Source: AniDB)

★ 6.1

Moomin (1972)

TV · 1972 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: A remake of the 1969-70 Moomin series. This version is more closely based on the books by the Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.

★ 6.3

82 Oshougatsuda yo! Doraemon, Kaibutsu-kun, Ninja Hattori-kun

Special · 1979 · Comedy

Synopsis: A crossover of Doraemon and Ninja Hattori-kun.

★ 4.6

Manual of Ninja Martial Arts

Ninja Bugeichou

Movie · 1967 · Action, Drama, Supernatural

Synopsis: Also known as Manual of Ninja Martial Arts, the only animation from Japanese New Wave maestro Nagisa Oshima is as provocative as one would expect from such a remarkable filmmaker. The film follows Sanpei Shirato's classic comic story about the son of an assassinated feudal lord i…

★ 5.2

Fables of the Green Forest

Yama Nezumi Rocky Chuck

TV · 1973 · Adventure, Fantasy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Various stories about a group of animals that live together in a forest. The stories are adaptations from the many children's books written by Thornton W. Burgess.

★ 5.0

A 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

★ 5.6

Babel 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…

★ 5.9

Panda! 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.

★ 6.1

Kashi no Ki Mokku

TV · 1972 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: This version of Pinocchio tells a story of an extremely gullible, naive and morally confused wooden doll brought to life by a mystical blue fairy. Pinocchio (Mokku) is characterized as having many character faults which he must learn to overcome in order to be worthy of being gra…