Anju to Zushiômaru
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Anime, Color, Japan, Toei Animation Studio, 1961
Producer(s): Hiroshi Ohkawa
Release Date: 10/07/1961
"Children of a huntsman, Anju and Zushioumaru were sold to a slaveowner who brutally tortured them. Fortunately, their master's son sympathized with the siblings. He fell in love with Anju and secretly helped Zushioumaru escape his father's estate. Th..."
Astro Boy S1/E1: The Birth of Astro Boy
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Anime, Japan, 1963
Producer(s): Osamu Tezuka
Release Date: 01/01/1963
"Grief-stricken by the death of his son, Tobio, Dr. Tenma vows to create a new, robotic son in his image. The experiment is a success, but Dr. Tenma doesn't find the happiness he expected. He grows angry at the robot, that he cannot grow or act like a..."
Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓)(1988)-Reunion in Afterlife
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Color, Isao Takahata, Japan, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1988
Producer(s): Toru Hara
Release Date: 04/16/1988
"Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如, 1930–2015), Grave of the Fireflies tells the tragic story of two orphan siblings, Seita and Setsuko, struggling for survival during the wartime Japan in the final months of ..."
Legend of the White Serpent (白蛇伝)(1958)
Filed under: animation, 1950s, Japan, Technicolor, Toei Animation Studio, 1958
Producer(s): Hiroshi Ôkawa
Release Date: 22/10/1958
"Legend of the White Serpent, also known as Hakujaden (白蛇伝), is the first feature-length animation produced by Toei Animation in Japan. Inspired by classical Chinese folklore, Hakujaden is a romantic tale of a white snake demon, Bai Niang, and a..."
Little Tora: The Abandoned Cat
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Anime, Japan, 1947
Producer(s): Nihon Doga Toho Kyoiku Eiga
Release Date: 25/09/1947
""A family of cats find a homeless kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets from her mother and runs away from home. The new member of the family goes looking for her.""
Machi Uri no Shōjo
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Color, Japan, Stop Motion, Toei Animation Studio, 1967
Producer(s): Matsue Jinbo
Release Date: 1967
"Machi Uri no Shōjo / The Little Match Girl / マッチ売りの少女 (1967) is based on Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's 1845 fairy tale of the same name. The tragic tale depicts a young girl trying to sell matches on the street with her fat..."
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)-Grow, O Tree, Grow
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Anime, Color, Japan, Mayazaki Hayao, Studio Ghibli, Technicolor, 1988
Producer(s): Toru Hara
Release Date: 16/04/1988
"As two young sisters moved to the countryside to visit their mother with long-term sickness, they encountered animistic creatures, including the well-known Totoro, whom they befriended. The sisters underwent a series of adventures with Totoro as they..."
The Man Next Door (隣の野郎)(1965)
Filed under: animation, 1960s, Japan, Technicolor, Yōji Kuri, 1965
Release Date: ?/?/1965
"The Man Next Door is an animated short of minimalist pencil drawing that depicts a red-hat man’s daily struggle with noises made from all sorts of activities that his neighbour, the blue hat, did, including typing, vacuuming, swimming, mechanic cra..."