Anime catalog

Season: Winter Year to: 1981 Reset

Found: 92

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…

★ 6.9

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu

Movie · 1980 · Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Nobita finds a fossilized dinosaur egg by accident, and with the help of Doraemon's tools, they hatched the egg and began raising the dinosaur. Knowing that they can't keep the dinosaur forever, Nobita was forced to send it back to prehistoric times where a group of hunters from …

★ 6.9

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer no Bouken

TV · 1980 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures. (Source: ANN)

★ 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…

★ 6.9

Fantastic Adventures of Unico

Unico

Movie · 1981 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Unico the Unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. However, the gods become jealous of Unico, thinking that only gods should be able to decide or let people be happy or not. Unico…

★ 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…

★ 6.7

Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie

Ashita no Joe (Movie)

Movie · 1980 · Action, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: An abridged remake of the first Ashita no Joe TV series, released in 1980 to provide back-story for the second TV series to new fans who were not familiar with the first TV series or the manga. (Source: ANN)

★ 7.1

Swiss Family Robinson

Kazoku Robinson Hyouryuuki: Fushigi na Shima no Flone

TV · 1981 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: 10-year-old Flone is a very active, tomboyish sort of a girl. One day, her father receives a letter from his English friend who is now in Australia. In the letter, the friend asks her father to come down to Australia because of a serious shortage of doctors. The family decides to…

★ 6.6

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson

Nils no Fushigi na Tabi

TV · 1980 · Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up wi…

★ 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…

★ 6.6

Doraemon the Movie: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer

Doraemon: Nobita no Uchuu Kaitakushi

Movie · 1981 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Nobita has been having a weird dream about a boy named Roppel and his strange companion Chami traveling in space. By a twist of fate, he met them in person where it turns out that they are real and that they were being pursued in space, causing their space vehicle to malfunction,…

★ 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…

★ 6.2

Swan Lake

Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Mizuumi

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: When Prince Siegfried spots a beautiful swan with a crown on its head, for some reason he feels compelled to follow it. He discovers that the swan is, in fact, a princess named Odette, who is under a wizard's curse that causes her to become a swan by day. The wizard, Rothbart, wa…

★ 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)