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Plot Summary:
Belle and Sebastian is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 52 episodes and was a co-production of MK Company, Visual 80 Productions and Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the head writer and character designs were by Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990. This anime used many staffers from Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater franchise, thus the look and feel is similar to that of a WMT production even though Nippon Animation itself was not involved with this series. The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Animation, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Tiny in size but giant in heart, a very little chicken boy tests the limits of his survival abilities in highly dangerous adventures through the tales of courage and patience.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Japan, Italy
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san (2001)
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The story revolves around Princess Comet, a twelve year old girl who is also the princess of the Harmonica Star country of the Triangle Nebula. She was meant to meet the prince of the Tambourine Star country, but the prince ran away to Earth instead. As it turned out, Comet is sent to Earth to find him, though she has no idea what he looks like.Once she travels to Earth, Comet falls in love with the people she meets there as well as the planet itself, quickly becoming attached to life on Earth. Meanwhile, Princess Meteor learns of Comet's plans to find the prince and to marry him and she arrive on Earth in search of the prince as well, planning to marry him before Comet gets the chance.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, mahou shoujo
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A 5000-year-old vegan dragon was living peacefully when one day a young girl showed up in his cave. She offered herself as a sacrifice in order to gain favor for her village. He played along as the great "Evil Dragon, the Demon Lord's Army Leader" in order to get rid of her. However, his little white lie awoke her hidden powers and his peaceful life suddenly ended.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, shounen
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After finding out he is the son of the great leader of Ohu, Gin, Weed sets out on a journey to find his father. However, with many friends to find, there are many enemies.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Horror, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, shounen
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Joined by fellow mountaineering enthusiasts, including the spirited Hinata Kuraue and the other climbers they've met on their journey to great heights, Aoi and friends tackle tough challenges and conquer new summits while they embark on adventures throughout the mountain ranges of Japan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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Laid-Back Camp (2018)
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While the perfect getaway for most girls her age might be a fancy vacation with their loved ones, Rin Shima's ideal way of spending her days off is camping alone at the base of Mount Fuji. From pitching her tent to gathering firewood, she has always done everything by herself, and has no plans of leaving her little solitary world. However, what starts off as one of Rin's usual camping sessions somehow ends up as a surprise get-together for two when the lost Nadeshiko Kagamihara is forced to take refuge at her campsite. Originally intending to see the picturesque view of Mount Fuji for herself, Nadeshiko's plans are disrupted when she ends up falling asleep partway to her destination. Alone and with no other choice, she seeks help from the only other person nearby. Despite their hasty introductions, the two girls nevertheless enjoy the chilly night together, eating ramen and conversing while the campfire keeps them warm. And even after Nadeshiko's sister finally picks her up later that night, both girls silently ponder the possibility of another camping trip together.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, sincere, humorous, captivating, educational, iyashikei
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Italy is in a deep depression, so to support her family, Marco's mother goes to Argentina to work as a domestic. But after she writes to her family that she is sick, her letters stop coming. So Marco decides to go to Argentina to look for her. He travels across Argentina to find her, meeting many wonderful people, and having many adventures during his journey.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, juvenile, sentimental, serious, emotional, realistic, vintage
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Maple Town (1986)
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Maple Town, known as Maple Town Stories in Japan is a 1986 anime series created by Chifude Asakura and directed by Junichi Sato. The series is animated by Toei Animation, consisting of 52 half-hour episodes, which aired on TV Asahi in Japan from January 19, 1986 to January 11, 1987. It focuses on the adventures of Patty Rabbit, Bobby Bear, and their families, in a small utopian anthropomorphic city named Maple Town. The series gave way to a 50-episode sequel, New Maple Town Stories: Palm Town Chapter, which made Patty Rabbit the only ongoing member from both series, although Maple Town's citizens made cameos from time to time. To date, this has not seen an official English release. The program spawned collectible figurines with changeable clothing as well as houses, furniture, and vehicles; Tonka was the licensee and manufacturer in the US market. VHS compilations of Maple Town appeared in North America, Europe and Japan during the late 1980s and early 1990s. As of 2009, official DVDs of the show have only surfaced in Spain and Hungary, with no release plans announced for other territories.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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The Adventures of Spot (1987)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of Spot, a little yellow puppy and his family and friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags:
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Around the World with Willy Fog (1983)
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Around the World with Willy Fog is a cartoon adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. The cartoon was produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation. In the same vein as BRB's Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, the characters are anthropomorphisms of various animals as the species depicted are of much greater variety than in that series. The core trio are all felines being pursued by three canine foes. Willy Fog is depicted as a lion, while Rigodon is actually a cat and not a lynx because of his tail and ears and Romy a panther. An English dub of the series was directed by Tom Wyner, which featured artists such as Cam Clarke, Gregory Snegoff, Steve Kramer and Mike Reynolds. While the series never achieved popularity in the United States, the English version found fame when it was broadcast on Children's BBC in the United Kingdom. The series was initially screened in 1984 in the UK and then on RTE in Ireland, while other dubs gained the series fanbases in several other countries. The series was also dubbed into Japanese and aired on Japan's TV Asahi in 1987, where it was titled Anime Around the World in 80 Days.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, anime, captivating, entertaining, light, fairy tale, retro, exciting, semi serious
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The Underdog (2018)
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After his owner abandons him, a stray dog named Moongchi sets off on an adventure with his fellow strays.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: anime, computer animated
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 2 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
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The Beast Player Erin (2009)
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In the war against neighboring countries, the Grand Duke’s warriors use dragon-like beasts called Touda as weapons. Touda are admired across the nation and villages take great pride in breeding them. Erin lives in one such village with her mother, Soyon, who is the best beastinarian in the country. However, life in the village is not so straightforward: Soyon is also an Ariyo, a woman of the Mist People - a race that is feared by humans for its mystical abilities. So that she and Erin can stay in the village, Soyon must flawlessly fulfill her duty capturing and disciplining the Touda; but while Erin wants nothing more than to become a beastinarian, she also feels sorry for the Touda and recognizes that there’s far more to them than meets the eye. Can Erin ever become an ordinary beastinarian when her deepest instincts tell her there is a better way to interact with the Touda?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, captivating, entertaining
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Fables of the Green Forest is an anime adaption based on a series of books published in the 1910s and 1920s by Thornton W. Burgess which ran on the Japanese network Fuji TV from 7 January 1973–30 December 1973. It consists of 52 episodes and was created by the animation studio Zuiyo Eizo. The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan, such as Germany, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Venezuela and Canada. The release of the series into Canada was done through Ziv International in 1978.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, anime
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Daigunder (2002)
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Akira Akebono, a young boy who is competing in a robot tournament where many of the robots are capable of transforming into animal forms. Akira wants to win the ultimate prize, the Titan Belt, with the help of his group of robots, all of which are capable of forming into the robot Daigunder. Daigunder is the creation of Akira's father, Professor Hajime Akebono. Together with a girl named Haruka, they compete under the name of Team Akira. However, Team Akira faces opposition from not only their competition, but a robot named Ginzan who is under the control of the evil Professor Maelstrom. Created by Aeon and Takara and animated by Animation Studio Brain's Base, the series aired in TV Tokyo from April 2002 to December 2002.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha
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Jewelpet (2009)
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A junior high school student named Rinko becomes partners with a rabbit Jewelpet named Ruby. Together they try to find the Jewel Charms that dropped from Jewel Land into the world of the humans. Along with their friends, Rinko and Ruby help others solve their problems while using the magic of Jewelpets.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Kimba the White Lion (1965)
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The adventures of a brave and optimistic little white lion, moral leader for good animals in a jungle surrounded by dangers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, exciting, semi serious
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Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (1981)
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Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds is an animated cartoon adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers. Most of the characters are anthropomorphizations of dogs, hence the title of the cartoon; although there are a few exceptions, most notably Dogtanian's two sidekicks Pip the mouse and Planchet the bear, among several others.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Zenki is a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was serealized in the Shueisha publication, Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 1996. Zenki was adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series in 1995 by Studio Deen and also spawned five video games. Enoki Films handles the English language version of the anime.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, corny
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Valley of the Dinosaurs is an animated television series from the Australian studios of Hanna-Barbera that ran for 16 half-hour installments on CBS Saturday Morning from September 7, 1974 to September 4, 1976. Reruns are currently airing on the Boomerang network.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Adventure, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Matsumoto's daily life while raising both a sweet, innocent dog and a "devilishly vicious yet adorable" cat. Everyday, there is laughter and even a tear or two.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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A Place Further Than the Universe (2018)
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Scenery that we have never seen. Sounds that we have never heard. Scent that we have never smelled. Food that we have never tasted. And the surge of emotion that we have never experienced. This is the expedition of recollecting the pieces torn apart and sensation left alone. When we reach that place, what will we think? Howling, 40 degree angle. Raging, 50 degree angle. Shouting, 60 degree angle. A wilderness beyond the heavy sea. The furthest south, far from civilization. At the top of the Earth. We will find lights through the girls' eyes to live tomorrow.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Horseland (2006)
Plot Summary:
Far away, in spectacular countryside, there's a fantastic place called Horseland - a complex of stables, arenas, barns, rolling green pastures, and riding trails through verdant mountain forests. A lot of kids board horses here. We follow the adventures of three girls and one boy, all 11-12 years old. They become best of friends as they learn all about horsemanship: the intricate dance of dressage, the thrills (and spills) of show jumping, and the care and grooming of their animals. We'll also meet two spoiled sisters with attitudes, and an older boy who serves as mentor for them all. But what makes Horseland such a special place is that the horses and stable animals talk... at least, to each other. The animals' rich, exciting lives complement and illuminate the experiences of our human cast - and help make 'tween life a little less confusing.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980)
Plot Summary:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a Japanese anime series, directed by Hiroshi Saitô which was aired in 1980. It is based on the well-known and popular novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The series was broadcast on the World Masterpiece Theater, an animation staple on Fuji TV that showcased each year an animated version of a different classical book or story of Western literature, and was originally titled "Tom Sawyer no Bōken". It was the second installment of the series, after 1977's Rascal the Raccoon, to feature the work of an American author. This series was also dubbed to English by Saban International and aired on HBO circa 1988 under the title "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." It aired during the 7:30AM time slot and alternated with the later WMT version of "Little Women." Celebrity Home Entertainment released videos in the United States under the title "All New Adventures of Tom Sawyer". As of January 2011, the anime is airing in the United States on the NHK's cable channel TV Japan.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, juvenile, sentimental, feel good, serious, realistic
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Maya the Bee (1975)
Plot Summary:
Maya the Bee is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Enterprise in Japan. The series consisted of 52 episodes and was originally telecast across Japan from April 1975 to April 1976 on the TV Asahi network. Based on the classic children's book Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels, the anime series has become extremely popular in Europe and has been rebroadcast in countries and languages all around the world since its premiere. Two English-dubbed versions of the series exist, a British version, using a translated version of the original theme tune, and featuring British accents for the characters; and a United States version with an entirely new theme tune, produced by Saban Entertainment, which was broadcast from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1992 on the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Maya the Bee aired alongside other juvenile-targeted anime such as Adventures of the Little Koala, Noozles and The Littl' Bits as part of Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block of programming for young children. A second Maya the Bee series, Shin Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken, was a co-production made in 1979 by Wako Productions and Austrian/German Apollo Film, Wien. The second series first premiered in Germany from September 1979 to September 1980. The very different and cartoon-like second series, which lasted for 52 episodes, wasn't very popular and did not premiere in Japan until October 1982, on TV Osaka, and aired through September 1983. Ten episodes from this series were added to 45 from the original for the U.S. broadcast run, bringing the total of Maya episodes aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S. to 55.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Austria, Japan, West Germany
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Taz-Mania (1991)
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Taz-Mania is an American cartoon sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 1991 to 1995, broadcast in the United States on Fox and in Canada on Baton Broadcast System. The show follows the adventures of the classic Looney Tunes character, Taz in the fictional land of Tazmania. Similar to other Warner Brothers cartoons of its time, such as Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania frequently broke the fourth wall, and often made jokes showing that Taz could actually speak perfectly normal when he wanted to. The intro indicates that, in this rendering of Tasmania, "the sky's always yellow, rain or shine". The title song is performed by Jess Harnell and Jim Cummings.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, feel good, humorous, satirical, colorful, sentimental, cult classic, light, colourful
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Hamtaro (2000)
Plot Summary:
Hamtaro is a Japanese children's manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai. The manga is serialized in Shogakukan's all girl's magazine Ciao in 1997, focusing on a hamster named Hamtaro who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters, known as "Ham-Hams". VIZ Media published the manga adaptations and storybooks in English. An anime adaptation was then produced by TMS Entertainment and aired in TV Tokyo from July 7, 2000 to March 31, 2006.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, cult classic
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Everything's Rosie (2010)
Plot Summary:
Rosie lives in a playhouse with her colourful group of friends. Together they embark on adventures as they learn the meaning of true friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: educational, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, learning