Anime catalog

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Found: 36

Aim for the Ace!

Ace wo Nerae!

TV · 1973 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: On her first day at Nishi High School, 15-year-old Hiromi Oka is inspired by top player Reika "Ochoufujin" Ryuuzaki to take up tennis. Shortly after joining the school's tennis club, she encounters Jin Munakata, the club's new coach. Munakata puts everyone under rigorous training…

★ 6.0

Cutie Honey

Cutey Honey

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Ecchi

Synopsis: One day, Honey Kisaragi's a trendy, class-cutting Catholic schoolgirl. The next, her father's been murdered by demonic divas from a dastardly organization called Panther Claw. When his dying message reveals that she's an android, Honey uses the transformative power of the Atmosph…

★ 7.2

Doraemon

TV · 1973 · Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: Nobita Nobi is so hapless that his 22nd century decendants are still impoverished as a result of his 20th century bumbling. In a bid to raise their social status, their servant, a robotic cat named Doraemon, decides to travel back in time and guide Nobita on the proper path to fo…

★ 6.2

Neo Human Casshan

Shinzou Ningen Casshern

TV · 1973 · Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The brilliant Dr. Azuma created many robots to aid humankind. However, during a thunderstorm his lab was struck by lightning, corrupting the programming of one of his robots, BK-1, who renames himself Braiking Boss and declares that instead of serving mankind, mankind will now se…

★ 5.7

Mazinger Z vs. Devilman

Movie · 1973 · Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The heroes of the series Mazinger Z and Devilman fighting against the evil Demon Clan.

★ 6.2

Dororon Enma-kun

TV · 1973 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis: Monsters are coming to the human world from the Hell in order to get human spirits. As people's minds are getting dirty, being attracted by the dirty spirits, the monsters break the rule to go to the human world. Tsutomu, a boy who goes to Yokai Elementary School, is suddenly ass…

★ 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.

★ 5.8

Karate Master

Karate Baka Ichidai

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Failed kamikaze pilot Ken Asuka becomes a rough, tough hooligan who settles all of his problems with karate, until he learns about the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto in the novels of Eiji Yoshikawa. Resolving to live his life like Musashi, he begins to take karate more seri…

★ 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…

★ 6.5

Samurai Giants

TV · 1973 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival ba…

★ 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.

★ 4.6

Tabi

Movie · Fantasy, Psychological

Synopsis: Surreal cutout (kiri-gami) animation following a young girl's physical journey, which is also an inner voyage through which she will learn all the pain and joy of life. She travels to an anonymous Western city, a bizarre dreamscape cluttered with elements from works by Dali, Magr…

★ 3.8

Oh Yoko!

Music · Romance

Synopsis: Backed by an ode John Lennon penned himself, the relationship between him and his wife, Yoko Ono, is beautifully depicted. Alongside their romance, '60s-appropriate psychedelic imagery and various allusions to Lennon's contributions to the Beatles are interlaced within.

★ 5.9

Adventures On Rainbow Pond

Kerokko Demetan

TV · 1973 · Comedy

Synopsis: Demetan comes from such a poor family that he cannot even go to school in his woodland pond community. However, he has a friend named Ranatan, the lovely, gentle frog girl who is the daughter of the pond's rich ruler. Naturally her father is quite displeased by this relationship …

★ 6.1

Kouya no Shounen Isamu

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure

Synopsis: The adventures of Isamu, a young boy living in the Far West, searching for his real father.

★ 6.0

Zero Tester

TV · 1973 · Action, Adventure, Mecha

Synopsis: A series of space accidents turn out to be the work of the Armanoid aliens, who plan to conquer Earth. Professor Tachibana gathers a team around him at the Future Science Invention Center and prepares five state-of-the-art vehicles for Shin, Go, Lisa, and Captain Kenmotsu. Three …

★ 5.0

Miracle Shoujo Limit-chan

TV · 1973 · Comedy, Mahou Shoujo, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: As a result of a traffic accident, Limit-chan is reborn as a cyborg and is given three types of supernatural powers. However, there is a catch: if she uses too much of them, her life will come to an end. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.8

Little Wansa

Wansa-kun

TV · 1973 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: The hero of Wansa-kun is Wansa, a puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends much of the rest of the series looking for his mother.

★ 6.1

Microid S

TV · 1973 · Sci-Fi

Synopsis: This work focuses on environmental issues from the viewpoint of insects. In a refreshing twist, the central character miniaturizes, unlike the conventional hero who grows ever larger. From this perspective, the world looks different and unfamiliar. This work enables the reader to…

★ 4.9

Panda no Daibouken

Movie · 1973 · Adventure

Synopsis: Panda no Daibouken, a 1973 Toei Animation production aimed at children, follows the adventures of a young panda. Being born into royalty but having failed a rite of passage, the young Panda is exiled from his land. He goes on a journey of self discovery, meeting many friends alon…

★ 4.5

Praise be to Small Ills

Nanmu Ichibyou Sokusai

Movie · 1973 · Music

Synopsis: Stop motion cut-outs animation by Tadanari Okamoto, song narration by Kouhei Oikawa. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.5

Jungle Kurobee

TV · 1973 · Comedy

Synopsis: Urobe was a son of the great chief of Pyrimi, Africa. One day he hung on an airplane and came to Japan. Because of the cold and hunger, he fell on to the yard of Shishio’s house, and Shishio nursed him. Kurobe was very thankful for him and began to repay for his kindness. Kurobe …

★ 4.8

Bouken Korobokkuru

TV · 1973 · Adventure

Synopsis: The adventures of a human and three little gnomes. (Source: AniDB)

★ 3.7

The Traveling Companion

Tabi wa Michizure Yo wa Nasake

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A short film by Okamoto Tadanari.