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STAND BY ME Doraemon

Movie / 1 eps / Summer 2014 / Manga

Nobita Nobi is an elementary student who hates studying, is bad at sports, and does everything half-heartedly. He is a pushover, unlucky, and fearful of many things. His personality makes him a failure in life, even affecting his progeny. This causes his great-great-grandchild, Sewashi, to take control of the situation. Sewashi travels back in time from the 22nd century to the 20th century to meet Nobita, who is shocked to see him appear out of his drawer alongside a blue robotic cat. The robotic cat calls himself Doraemon, who claims to have been pressured by Sewashi to assist Nobita, with their ultimate goal being to provide Nobita happiness. Frustrated after seeing Nobita's hopeless state, Doraemon decides to go back to the future. However, Sewashi activates a program within Doraemon that prevents him from doing so. Forced to stay, Doraemon helps Nobita using futuristic gadgets through his four-dimensional pocket—a bag containing anything inside it. Can Doraemon bring Nobita happiness and return to the future? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Nanami-chan

TV / 12 eps / Fall 2004 / Other

Michi and her family have just moved into the Happiness House, a huge tree with all sorts of little buildings and houses built on and inside of it. Upon exploring what is to be her new bedroom, Michi finds an odd nut-like object. Before long, a strange creature, Nanami-chan, hatches out of it. The two become fast friends. Together, Michi and Nanami-chan learn all kind of new things, and everyday they meet more eccentric residents of the Happiness House. (Source: ANN)

La Maison en Petits Cubes

Movie / 1 eps / Summer 2008 / Original

In a flooded town where the waters are ever-rising, an old man must constantly build new floors onto his home in order to keep dry. But when his favorite smoking pipe falls into the watery abyss beneath him, he dives into the depths of not only his house, but memories of years past. Tsumiki no Ie is a short film about the everlasting effect of time on one's life—how it can swallow the past entirely, and how one must learn to continue moving forward despite what has already happened. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Dragon Quest: Your Story

Movie / 1 eps / Summer 2019 / Game

Following in his father's footsteps, Luca must find the hero who wields the zenithian sword to save his mother from Ladja. Based on Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride game's story. (Source: Apple TV)

Trouble Chocolate

TV / 20 eps / Fall 1999 / Radio

Cacao, a student at Micro Grand Academy, wakes up one morning to find a girl made of wood sleeping in bed with him. She is Hinano, a tree spirit who possessed the body of a wooden puppet after Cacao messed up his magic teacher's spell. Having taken an instant liking to Cacao, Hinano enrolls in his school. Between Hinano, monsters, two strange twins and their four-eyed cat master, a demon boy, odd teachers and students, and the fact that he may have the potential to be one of the greatest magic users of all time, Cacao's life seems to have taken several turns for the worse...and the weird. (Source: ANN)

A Traveller's Diary

ONA / 6 eps / Spring 2003 / Original

Tortov Roddle is a man of few words on a journey through a calm and obscure new land, interacting with its inhabitants along the way. As he rides on his long-legged pig through the desert from town to town, he observes the interesting and quirky customs of the locals and reminisces about his past. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Golden Time

Movie / 1 eps / 2013 / Original

In Japan's economic bubble years during the 1980s, a long-serving furniture-style television set made in the 1960s is abandoned at a junkyard. It attempts to escape from its new surroundings.

A Traveller's Diary Specials

Special / 3 eps / 2006 / Original

In a certain distant land, home to numerous intriguing towns and people, many wondrous sights can be found. Traveler Tortov Roddle encounters a curious patch of red berries and after sampling one, happily indulges himself with more. He soon realizes, however, that this delectable fruit has considerable hallucinogenic effects and finds himself partaking in his greatest trip of all. Elsewhere, a little girl finds brief yet fantastical escapes from her everyday life. In yet another city, residents are baffled when giant black apples begin raining down from the sky, but find that they may have use for them. A journey into the extraordinary, Aru Tabibito no Nikki Specials explores the surreal occurrences of its setting, and how the land's inhabitants react to certain dreamlike experiences they encounter. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Ring of Gundam

Special / 1 eps / Summer 2009 / Original

The story of "Ring of Gundam" takes place in a new era long after the events of the first Mobile Suit Gundam series' One-Year War. In this world setting, a giant 600-kilometer-wide ring now floats in lunar orbit. An Earth Federation Forces member named Eiji discovers an object called "Beauty Memory" buried in a high-altitude, massive rockbed on Earth. (Source: ANN)

Modern Love Tokyo: He's Playing Our Song

ONA / 1 eps / 2022 / Other

Though her high school days are long behind her, Tamami Sakurai is still just as awkward and clumsy as ever. At night, she is often seen at a local Tokyo bar, which has become a safe haven from her stressful job. After a few too many drinks, Tamami begins to feel as if she is invincible, but the hangover afterward begs to differ. One such night ends on a disparate note when an intoxicated Tamami hears some familiar chords playing on the record player, bringing tears to her eyes as she recalls bygone years. The melody reminds her of a shy pianist named Rin Kajitani—a boy who was once the closest friend she ever had. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

RYOTEI-NO-AJI

CM / Winter 2014 / Original

Short stories capturing the bittersweet and tender moments of everyday family life, made for Marukome Co., Ltd. a miso soup paste manufacturer.

Uchurei!

TV / 12 eps / Summer 2009 / Original

The "summer supernatural teen comedy" revolves around an ordinary high school boy named Takashi who ends up living with a space alien's spirit (uchūjin no yūrei) after a strange incident. He names the creature "Uchurei" and plans to keep it as a pet, but becomes possessed by it. (Source: ANN)

Friends: Naki of Monster Island

Movie / 1 eps / Fall 2011 / Novel

On an island, legend has it that monsters have lived there since ancient times. Because of this, the residents have named the island “Monster Island.” In actuality, the monsters living on the island are friendly, but live in fear of humans. A child named Kotake wanders onto the island. A grumpy red ogre named Naki ends up taking care of the child. What strange things might this encounter cause?

TIME DRIVER: Bokura ga Kaita Mirai

Movie / 1 eps / Winter 2018 / Original

Part of Anime Tamago 2018.

Zeno: Kagirinaki Ai ni

Movie / 1 eps / Spring 1999 / Unknown

Zeno: Kagirinaki Ai ni is a movie about life and work of Brother Zenon Zebrowski, a Polish missionary in Japan. Brother Zenon was renown for his charitable work among victims of war and the poor in Japan.

Space Travelers

OVA / 1 eps / Summer 2000 / Unknown

In the New Cosmic Century 038, humanity is suddenly attacked by an unknown alien civilization known as the Orbital Ring System. Soon, the entire Earth Civilization Sphere has been cut off from the space colonies, and is under the control of the ORS. Only Hayabusha Jetter, along with his band of misfit space pirates and smugglers, can break through ORS lines. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kawaru Machi, Kawareru Machi, Ishinomaki feat. Jun

ONA / 1 eps / Winter 2022 / Manga

The Ishinomori Manga Museum released an animated short directed by Takuya Inaba based on Shotaro Ishinomori's semi-autobiographical and wordless manga Jun: Shotaro no Fantasy World. The short was inspired by Ishinomori's hometown of Ishinomaki wishing to pay tribute to the work while also paying tribute to the ongoing rebuilding and recovery of Ishinomaki from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. (Source: Crunchyroll, edited)

Nanami-chan 2nd Series

TV / 16 eps / Summer 2005 / Other

Michi and her family have just moved into the Happiness House, a huge tree with all sorts of little buildings and houses built on and inside of it. Upon exploring what is to be her new bedroom, Michi finds an odd nut-like object. Before long, a strange creature, Nanami-chan, hatches out of it. The two become fast friends. Together, Michi and Nanami-chan learn all kind of new things, and everyday they meet more eccentric residents of the Happiness House. (Source: ANN)

Nanami-chan 3rd Series

TV / 16 eps / Summer 2006 / Other

Michi and her family have just moved into the Happiness House, a huge tree with all sorts of little buildings and houses built on and inside of it. Upon exploring what is to be her new bedroom, Michi finds an odd nut-like object. Before long, a strange creature, Nanami-chan, hatches out of it. The two become fast friends. Together, Michi and Nanami-chan learn all kind of new things, and everyday they meet more eccentric residents of the Happiness House. (Source: ANN)

Carino Coni

TV / 26 eps / Spring 2014 / Novel

A shy little Carino Coni is a rabbit boy who just started to live alone in the forest away from his family. Everyday Coni's heart raises with joy playing with his siblings who lives nearby, but suddenly cries of lonesomeness, which he cannot explain. This story is about all heart warming stories Coni encounters, and how he himself become not so lonely anymore as he gradually grows up. (Source: playsetproducts.jp)

Stray Sheep: Poe no Chicchana Daibouken

TV / 18 eps / Fall 2001 / Original

Stray Sheep is based on the tales of Poe, a naive, independent and curious ram who finds himself sleepwalking into the most unpredictable situations on his path to reuniting with his herd and finding the "ewe" of his dreams. (Source: ANN)

Onizushi

ONA / 3 eps / Spring 2016 / Original

A comedy series that pits the inhabitants of a Japanese sushi restaurant against a gaggle of greedy oni. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Baby-Hamitang

TV / 6 eps / Winter 2022 / Original

The episodes will present topics from the list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) such as global warming, food waste, and gender equality, in an easy-to-understand manner. Baby Hamitang will then solve the issues. (Source: ANN)

Jam the Housnail

TV Special / 15 eps / Summer 1996 / Original

Claymation series about a family of "housnails" (portmanteau of house and snail) focusing on Jam, the elementary school aged housnail.

Neko no Sakusen

TV Special / 1 eps / 2012 / Unknown

Cats play baseball at night. When their ball goes over the fence a dog is indifferent on giving it back. The cat tries different methods to get revenge.

Perestroika

OVA / 12 eps / 2008 / Original

Perestroika is a short animation series of 12 episodes, each lasting 2 minutes. The main characters are 3 Russian who have emigrated to an un-named country. They are always broke and looking for that night's supper. Their hunger drives them into some very strange situations or causes them to hatch some pretty weird schemes. This animation is made with 1:12" and 1:24" scale miniture backgrounds and props, which creates a feeling of traditional stop motion animation. The mixture of these analog and digital techniques creates a very original harmony. (Source: AniDB)

From North Field

ONA / 2 eps / 2019 / Original

The Hokuren Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Hokkaido's top Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group, produced a PR anime titled from North Field which released on YouTube. The anime commemorates the organization's 100th anniversary and tells the story of a young man who joins the group. (Source: ANN)

Nanami-chan 4th Series

TV / 16 eps / Summer 2007 / Other

Nanami-chan 6th Series

TV / 16 eps / Summer 2009 / Other

Nanami-chan 5th Series

TV / 16 eps / Summer 2008 / Other

The Adventure of Stray Sheep

TV / 13 eps / Winter 1995 / Original

Otoppe Movie: Papa, Don't Cry

Movie / 1 eps / Fall 2021 / Original

Stray Sheep

PV / 3 eps / 1994 / Original

Stray Sheep station identifications for Fuji TV's JOCX-MIDNIGHT timeslot.

The Boxfish and the Minamata Sea

Special / 1 eps / Winter 2024 / Picture book

Based on a picture book titled Hakofugu no Negai (The Wish of the Boxfish) by Sakana-kun, the story is about the main character, Hakofugu, who is unsure of himself, who meets Himetatsu, a lost child, and together they begin their adventure to the "Sea of Minamata". (Source: Patreon)

Koganemushi

Music / 1 eps / 2014 / Original

Music video for the song Koganemushi by Kuricorder Quartet.

Bokura wa Ikimono Dakara

Music / 1 eps / 2024 / Original

Music video for the song Bokura wa Ikimono Dakara by Ryokuoushoku Shakai that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Pickles

Music / 1 eps / 2025 / Original

Music video for the song Pickles by Kocchi no Kento. A tie-up song for a McDonalds commercial.

R

ONA / 1 eps / 2006 / Original

Tells the story of a battle between a tailor's daughter who protects a pair of legendary rose jeans that are endowed with magical powers when worn, and a witch who wants to obtain those powers. (Source: PHILE WEB, translated)

Tsuki ni Sumu Kimi

Music / 1 eps / 2019 / Original

Music video for the song Tsuki ni Sumu Kimi by Saucy Dog.