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Dororo

Dororo to Hyakkimaru

TV · 1969 · Action, Adventure, Supernatural

Synopsis: To aid his conquest of Japan, the ruthless lord Daigo Kagemitsu offers to sacrifice his soon-to-be-born son to 48 demons. The demons accept, and the next day, the child is born with several missing limbs and is ruthlessly cast down a river. Fifteen years later, a stubborn young b…

★ 6.1

Lupin III: Pilot Film

Movie · Action

Synopsis: Two years after the birth of the manga a pilot film was released. It was a brief film of only 13 minutes that had the purpose of assay the response to a possible future anime realization of Lupin III. The pilot opens with a challenge call from Lupin to Zenigata from a public phon…

★ 6.5

Attack No.1

TV · 1969 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Kozue is a middleschool girl and enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play in the Japanese national volleyball team. During the series she makes it from the school district league up to the Japanese volleyball finals, step by step till the international volleyball cham…

★ 6.9

Tiger Mask

TV · 1969 · Sports

Synopsis: Tiger Mask (whose real name was Naoto Date) was a feared heel wrestler in America who was extremely vicious in the ring. However, he became a face after returning to Japan when a young boy said that he wanted to be a villain like Tiger Mask when he grew up. The boy resided in an …

★ 5.5

Mrs. Sazae

Sazae-san

TV · 1969 · Comedy, Slice of Life

Synopsis: The main character is a mother named Sazae-san. She lives in a house with her husband, her kids and her parents. The show is the ultimate family program and tends to follow traditional themes. Think of this show as the Japanese equivalent to "The Partridge Family" and you'll get …

★ 5.9

Tomorrow's Joe Pilots

Ashita no Joe Pilots

Special · 1969 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Pilot episodes.

★ 6.5

Moomin

TV · 1969 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Very loosely based upon the Moomin books by Finnish author Tove Jansson. Jansson, however, never really approved of the series due to dramatic changes in plot, atmosphere, character personality, appearance and names etc. The series was directed to adults rather than children. (So…

★ 5.9

The Flying Ghost Ship

Sora Tobu Yuurei Sen

Movie · 1969 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Hayato's city is devastated by a giant robot, his parents are killed in the massacre. The only friend left to him is his dog Jack, the only things left are mom's shoe and a picture of a man and a woman who, as his father tells him on his deathbed, are his real parents. Now Hayato…

★ 6.6

The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots

Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko

Movie · 1969 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Pero, a sword-wielding cat-in-boots sentenced to death for sparing a mouse, escapes his execution and embarks on a journey. Along the way, he teams up with a company of bandit mice and Pierre, a gentle orphan who has been cheated out of his inheritance. When Pero learns that Prin…

★ 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…

★ 5.9

The Legend of Ninja Kamui

Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden

TV · 1969 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his i…

★ 5.6

Judo Boy

Kurenai Sanshirou

TV · 1969 · Action, Sports

Synopsis: Young Sanshiro Kurenai is the proud heir of a judo dojo. One day, he finds his beloved father dead and a glass eye not too far from the corpse. Ready to avenge his father and take his honour back, Sanshiro and his friend Ken start searching for the mysterious one-eyed murderer...…

★ 6.0

Bob 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…

★ 6.3

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou

TV short · 1969 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: TV anime adaptation of Motomiya Hiroshi's manga "Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou" about young gang leader and all the trouble and fights his gang gets into, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.4

G-senjou no Higeki

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: Short experimental animation from Yoji Kuri.

★ 4.0

44 Hiki no Neko

Music

Synopsis: The Japanese version of the 1968 '44 Gatti,' an Italian song from the TV program Zecchino D'Oro. It was introduced in the Japanese NHK TV program 'Minna no Uta' in 1969.

★ 5.6

Marine Boy

Kaitei Shounen Marine

TV · 1969 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Yet another expansion of the Marine Boy series. This time 65 episodes were added to the 1966 series and all 78 episodes were sold to the US. The broadcast history of the show in Japan was slightly more complicated, with only the first 36 episodes of the 78 shown at first but late…

★ 5.0

Umeboshi Denka

TV · 1969 · Comedy

Synopsis: The goofy tales of a king and his family who make their way to Earth after their planet explodes. (Source: AniDB)

Mooretsu Atarou

TV · 1969 · Comedy

Synopsis: Based on a manga of Akatsuka Fujio. Batsugoro was the owner of a grocery store, Yaobatsu. When he tried to take a balloon hanged caught on the branch for a little child, he fell on to the ground to die. His son, Ataro, succeeded to the store, but Batsugoro was worried about him, …

★ 4.6

Kyojin no Hoshi: Chizome no Kesshousen

Movie · 1969 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: First Kyojin no Hoshi movie.

★ 4.6

Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike Hyuuma

Movie · 1969 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Second Kyojin no Hoshi movie.

★ 4.0

Transparent Man

Toumei Ningen

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Independent animation by Shimamura Tatsuo.

★ 4.3

Donna Donna

Music · Slice of Life

Synopsis: A calf goes to a new home while memories of happiness flash by. This is a 1966 Japanese version of an old 1938 Yiddish folk song that was featured in NHK's Minna no Uta.

Star of the Giants vs Astro Boy

Kyojin no Hoshi tai Tetsuwan Atom

Special · 1969 · Sports

Synopsis: Star of the Giants vs Astro Boy is an anime crossover special that aired on September 6th, 1969. Broadcasted by the TV Network Nippon Television, it was a collaboration between the studios Tokyo Movie and Mushi Pro in which rival characters on the same network would battle each o…