TV (New)
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Dokachin
TV / 26 eps / Fall 1968 / Original
A tremendous explosion occurs in the middle of a time warp experiment and causes a caveman family to appear in the modern world. Since so many of the sights and sounds are strange to them, they wind up destroying things with their stone axes, thus setting off wild adventures. (Source: Tatsunoko Production)
Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero
TV / 130 eps / Fall 1968 / Unknown
Square-jawed superagent Johnny can travel through inner space, Dimension Zero, and uses his superpowers to combat evil all over the universe. He is helped by the beautiful blonde Zena and tiny alien Rhom from the Black Star. An early Japanse-American co-production by former Disney animator Joe Oriolo for Warner/Seven--a company formed by the merging of Seven Arts production after its merger with Warner Bros. It started airing a year after its release in the US. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
SASUKE
TV / 29 eps / Fall 1968 / Manga
Sasuke is the son of a very skilled ninja, whose name is Ozaru. After the defeat of their lord, Yukimura Sanada, Tokugawa's and Hattori's ninjas begin to persecute all their enemies still alive: that means Ozaru and Sasuke must leave their house and start a violent struggle for their own life. Danger, vengeance, anger, loyalty, pain are the basic elements of this story, where the worst aspects of the human soul are described together with the growth of the main character, the young Sasuke.
Humanoid Monster Bem
TV / 26 eps / Fall 1968 / Original
In the dark corners of a mysterious laboratory, an out-of-control slurry of cellular material gives birth to the horrifying Humanoid Monsters - Bem, Bela, and Belo! Contrary to their grotesque exteriors, the blood of justice somehow runs thick through their veins. Be it simple human avarice or the supernatural, this monstrous trio fights back using their extraordinary inhuman abilities! But just why do these three go out of their way to protect those who fear them? Some say that they do it in hopes of becoming human themselves one day… (Source: Discotek Media)
Yuuyake Banchou
TV / 26 eps / Fall 1968 / Unknown
A transfer student only just arrives and is confronted by the school gang. One by one he defeats the gang members and challenges their leader to a fight. Each 10 minute episode aired Monday through Saturday. (Source: AniDB)
TV (Continuing)
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Gegege no Kitarou (1968)
TV / 65 eps / Winter 1968 / Manga
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.
Kaibutsu-kun
TV / 49 eps / Spring 1968 / Manga
The prince of Kaibutsu Land, Kaibutsu-kun, decides to go to the human world as part of his training to become the King. (Source: ANN)
Kyojin no Hoshi
TV / 182 eps / Spring 1968 / Manga
The story is about Hyuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata on the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sally the Witch
TV / 109 eps / Winter 1967 / Manga
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 friends and spend time at Sally's mansion, which she conjured with magic. The two girls realize they forgot something at the store, and despite it having closed for the night, they leave to fetch the item. Sally and her younger brother Cub, who had been sent by their parents to retrieve her, follow them and discover that they have been captured by a pair of thieves who were attempting to rob the store. Utilizing their magic, Sally and Cub drive the thieves away and rescue the girls, who remain unaware of Sally's powers. Attached to her new friends and the fun of the human world, Sally decides to stay, taking up the surname Yumeno and attending school with Yocchan and Sumire. Cub chooses to live with her and together they make a variety of new friends and go on various adventures, all the while spicing up their lives with magic. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Monoshiri Daigaku: Ashita no Calendar
TV / 1274 eps / Summer 1966 / Original
Another continuation of Instant History with a new title. This time it was sponsored by Kirin, a brewery company in Japan. (Source: Cartoon Research)
にんぎょうげき
TV_SHORT / 510 eps / Spring 1956 / OTHER
Puppet-animated show made for elementary school students in the lower grades with the aim of teaching children life lessons and morals while also nurturing healthy imagination. It adapts a wide array of stories; originating from foreign folktales, comtemporary fairytales and classic books.<br> The name originally was Puppet Show (人形劇) but in 1966 it was changed to "Ningyougeki" in hiragana.
Pyun Pyun Maru
TV / 26 eps / Summer 1967 / Unknown
The Ninja Pyun Pyun-Maru and his brother Chibi-Maru are working at an office that accepts anything. They solve unexpected happenings caused by other Ninjas. (Source: TOEI Animation Europe catalog)
Movie
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Crazy World
Movie / 1 eps / Fall 1968 / Original
An absurd film by Kuri Youji.
Kyubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (Sesshoseki)
Movie / 1 eps / Fall 1968 / Novel
The film was adapted from a novel by Okamoto Kidou based on a legend surrounding a sterile patch of land at the foot of Mt. Chausu, an active volcano located in Tochigi Prefecture. Since the Heian period the spot has been known to exude poisonous gas (hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, arsenic) that has killed animals and people who happened to wander near the area. A legend arose at one time that long ago in China a kitsune transformed itself into a beautiful maiden, seduced the emperor and caused numerous misfortunes to befall the kingdom, then found her way to Japan, transformed herself into a beautiful maiden called Tamamo, and seduced the emperor etc., before finally being unmasked and killed. Upon her death she cursed her killers and transformed herself on this spot into a poisonous stone called Sesshoseki. (Source: Pelleas Anipages)
The Genesis
Movie / 1 eps / Fall 1968 / Unknown
This is a short film parodying the major Hollywood film "The Creation" directed by John Houston. This film has the look of a tongue-in-cheek production, done on a small budget by animators who wanted to make fun of great works that cost enormous sums of money. (Source: ANN)