Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Born: July 16, 1946
in Tochigi, Japan
Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, Furukawa Toshio, born July 16, 1946 in what is now part of the city of Tochigi) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (Keroro Gunso), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shin (Fist of the North Star), Asuma Shinohara (Mobile Police Patlabor), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura) and Portgas D. Ace (One Piece). His debut voice role is a soldier in Brave Raideen. Toshio is a veteran who has played a variety of characters from comedians like Ataru of Urusei Yatsura and Inumaru of Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, to calm, serious ones like Shin from Fist of the North Star and Piccolo of the Dragon Ball series. Furthermore, Toshio is capable of performing with a "boy voice" and has played noble hot-blooded heroes such as Prince Mito of Saikyō Robo Daiōja and Kento Tate of Future Robo Daltanius.

He performed in the band Slapstick (スラップスティック) with Toru Furuya, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yūji Mitsuya and Akio Nojima. In 2007, Slapstick got together to pay tribute to former band members, Hirotaka Suzuoki and Kazuyuki Sogabe (guitar).

Furukawa owns a pet dog named Asuma (遊馬), a Shih Tzu that was named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor. His former pet was Ataru (あたる), which was named after Ataru Moroboshi of Urusei Yatsura. Ataru died in 2008 at age fifteen and was also a Shih Tzu. Tribute pages were made for both pets.

Movies for Toshio Furukawa...

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 20th: Fireball Booster
Title: Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 20th: Fireball Booster
Character: Narrator
Released: June 7, 2024
Type: Movie
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger series, the six detectives who fight with cool and burning hearts gather again to face the "Great Plan" that threatens peace on Earth!
bee
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-
Title: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-
Character: Hantengu (voice)
Released: February 2, 2024
Type: Movie
A compilation film featuring the eleventh episode of the Swordsmith Village Arc and the first episode of the Hashira Training Arc.
bee
Title: Harimaware! Koinu
Character: Branch Chief (voice)
Released: January 6, 2024
Type: TV
The story of the series follows Koinu, a serious-minded dog who goes to work one day only to find that his company has gone bankrupt. At a loss, Koinu takes a job from a mysterious recruitment agent and is hired to paste dog stickers all over the city. Even though he doesn't understand the purpose of this strange assignment, Koinu works hard every day at his new employment.
bee
The Birth of Kitaro: Mystery of GeGeGe
Title: The Birth of Kitaro: Mystery of GeGeGe
Character: A Mysterious Boy (voice)
Released: November 17, 2023
Type: Movie
1955. Kitaro's father, Medama Oyaji, comes to Yagura Village in search of his missing wife. The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business circles behind the scenes. Mizuki, who works at a blood bank, visits the village with a secret mission to mourn the death of the head of his family, and meets Kitaro's father. While an ugly fight unfolds over the succession of the head of the family, a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying chain of events.
bee
Title: Akuma Kun
Character: Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice)
Released: November 9, 2023
Type: TV
Akuma Kun, a boy raised by a demon, works with his half-human partner Mephisto III as paranormal investigators to solve various murder and mysteries.
bee
Title: PLUTO
Character: Ochanomizu (voice)
Released: October 26, 2023
Type: TV
When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
bee
Title: LUPIN ZERO
Character: Lupin II (voice)
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: TV
The childhood adventures of Arsène Lupin III, set in the early 1960s before he achieved global infamy.
bee
Title: Urusei Yatsura
Character: Ataru's Dad (voice)
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: TV
Tokyo. Tomobiki Town. Lum, the gorgeous daughter of an invading race of Oni Aliens is smitten with High School student Ataru Moroboshi. A dedicated womanizer, Ataru is unfazed by Lum’s fierce electric shock attacks and continues his daily hunt for pretty girls. With a host of other unique characters, including classmate Shinobu, elegant shrine maiden Sakura, Lum’s best friend’s Oyuki, Benten and Ran, Buddhist Monk Cherry, Ten, the little brat, heir to a wealthy family Shutaro Mendo and the secretly female beauty Ryunosuke… A classic slapstick love comedy where anything goes!
bee
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Title: Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: June 11, 2022
Type: Movie
The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.
bee
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
Character: Kai Shiden (voice)
Released: June 3, 2022
Type: Movie
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan.
bee
Title: Motto! Majime ni fumaji me ka iketsu zorori
Released: April 5, 2020
Type: TV
bee
Title: Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga
Character: Date Boo Masamune (voice)
Released: January 10, 2020
Type: TV
Before he died at Honnouji in 1582, the great warlord Oda Nobunaga stood before a statue of Buddha and thought to himself that he'd committed so many sins that he'd very likely be reborn as a dog. He never expected that Buddha would take his words literally, however, but the next thing he's aware of, he's in the body of a Shiba Inu named Shinamon in modern Japan! Less than thrilled at the fact that his human warlord consciousness is trapped in the instinct-bound body of an adorable house pet, Nobunaga struggles between making the best of it (he can have that ruff all the Europeans were wearing!) and being frustrated with his reality (the ruff turns out to be a bath hat and now he has to have a bath). Is it better or worse that many of his fellow warriors also seem to have been reincarnated in canine form – and that his enemy looks like he lucked out and got to be a human?
bee
Title: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Character: Hantengu (voice)
Released: April 6, 2019
Type: TV
It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.
bee
One Piece: Stampede
Title: One Piece: Stampede
Character: Portgas D. Ace (voice)
Released: January 3, 2019
Type: Movie
The world's boldest buccaneers set sail for the great Pirate Festival, where the Straw Hats join a mad-dash race to find Gol D. Roger's treasure. There's just one little problem: An old member of Roger's crew has a sinister score to settle.
bee
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Title: Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: December 14, 2018
Type: Movie
Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who they've never seen before. The Saiyans were supposed to have been almost completely wiped out in the destruction of Planet Vegeta, so what's this one doing on Earth? This encounter between the three Saiyans who have followed completely different destinies turns into a stupendous battle, with even Frieza (back from Hell) getting caught up in the mix.
bee
Title: Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Character: Picollo (voice)
Released: July 1, 2018
Type: TV
Trunks returns from the future to train with Goku and Vegeta. However, it disappears without warning. Then the mysterious Fu bursts in, telling them that Trunks has been imprisoned in the Prison Planet, a mysterious complex in an unknown place in the universes. The group seeks the dragon balls to free Trunks, but an endless battle awaits them! Will Goku and the others rescue Trunks and escape the Prison Planet?
bee
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
Character: Kai Shiden (voice)
Released: May 5, 2018
Type: Movie
The episode will focus on the young Zeon ace Char Aznable earning his "Red Comet" nom de guerre, as well as the beginnings of the Federation's "Project V" weapons project that will eventually birth the RX-78-2 Gundam.
bee
Title: GeGeGe no Kitaro
Character: Nezumi Otoko
Released: April 1, 2018
Type: TV
Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by GeGeGe no Kitaro...
bee
Title: Pop Team Epic
Character: Popuko (voice)
Released: January 7, 2018
Type: TV
Crude, rude, and a little…cute? Get ready for the larger-than-life attitude of Popuko and Pipimi, the small and tall stars of Pop Team Epic! Based off the bizarre four-panel webcomic by Bukubu Okawa comes a comedy that’ll throw you off with its out-there jokes and intense absurdity. You think you’re ready for these girls? Think again, F#%**er!
bee
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum
Character: Kai Shiden (voice
Released: September 2, 2017
Type: Movie
Universal Century 0079. Humanity has turned even space itself into a battlefield, and the Principality of Zeon forces advance after wiping out half the world's population by carrying out the Operation British (colony drop). In response, the Earth Federation Forces mobilize their overwhelming fighting strength to regain the advantage. The complex intrigues of the Zabi family... Sayla Mass, as she contends with the whims of fate... Hamon and Ramba Ral, who is now a pilot in the Zeon forces... Amuro and Fraw, leading peaceful lives at Side 7... a dark shadow falls across them all. And the Zeon ace Char Aznable, driven by revenge, goes into action as the "Battle of Loum" finally begins.
bee
One Piece Episode of East Blue
Title: One Piece Episode of East Blue
Character: Portgas D. Ace (voice)
Released: August 26, 2017
Type: Movie
The words that Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates, uttered just before his death excited the masses and the world has entered a Great Pirate Era! There is a group of young pirates who are about to set sail on the Grand Line. Monkey D. Luffy, a rubber man. Roronoa Zoro aka “Pirate Hunter.” Usopp, a sniper. Sanji, a seafaring cook. And “Cat Burglar” Nami. They, the Straw Hats, all place a foot upon a barrel and make their vows before their next journey across the great ocean.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai
Title: Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: June 30, 2017
Type: Movie
Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budoka is a cinematic attraction at Universal Studios Japan and the successor to Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D. Like its predecessor, it is a new installment in the Dragon Ball series, this time primarily featuring the face off between Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Broly God.
bee
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny
Character: Kai Shiden (voice)
Released: November 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Following the success of the Dawn Rebellion, Degwin negotiates with Vice Admiral Revil to surrender all Federation assets and the complete withdrawal of Federation forces from Side 3 to prevent similar incidents from happening again. After bring reprimanded by Degwin for failure to look after Garma, Dozle sends Char - who motivated Garma into starting the rebellion - to Earth; in response, Char requests to become a mobile suit pilot when he returns. Feeling the burden of his responsibilities, Dozle proposes to cadet Zenna Mia. In the Earth city of Manaus, Char lands a job as a mobile worker pilot at a construction site. He meets a young Lalah Sune at a casino.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D
Title: Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: July 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D is a cinematic attraction at Universal Studios Japan, as part of "Universal Jump Summer". The attraction features a new installment in the Dragon Ball series, which primarily depicts a CG animation of Goku vs. Frieza, presented as a 4D attraction. The event was held from July 1 to September 4, alongside similar attractions based on One Piece and Death Note.
bee
Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 3 - Akogare
Title: Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 3 - Akogare
Character: Maon's Father
Released: November 28, 2015
Type: Movie
The third movie of a four-part finale of Tamayura.
bee
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 YEARS AFTER
Title: Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 YEARS AFTER
Character: Narrator
Released: October 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Eight years after saving the SPD from Agent Abrella's scheme, the Dekarangers parted ways with Ban joining the Fire Squad, Jasmine marrying Hikaru Hiwatari, and Swan working independently while Tetsu, Hoji, Sen, and Umeko continue working under Doggie Kruger. But after an incident occurred that hospitalized Kruger on planet Revaful wherein he was labeled as a dirty cop for an apparent dealing with the Qurlian Crime Family, which went awry with the death of a civilian witness, Tetsu takes over the Earth Branch. Two years later, joined by rookie officers Assam Asimov and Mugi Grafton, who had taken over the positions of Deka Red and Deka Yellow respectively, Hoji, Sen and Umeko encounter a Clementian named Carrie who is being hunted by Mechanoids.
bee
Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion
Title: Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion
Character: Portgas D. Ace
Released: August 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Sabo visits a grave-site where he reflects back on his childhood with his brothers Luffy and Ace. After a flashback of his past Sabo travels to the Kingdom of Dressrosa and meets up with a fellow member of the Revolutionary Army to discuss their next mission. Unbeknownst to Sabo, Luffy and his crew are also on the island searching to destroy an artificial Devil Fruit factory.
bee
Title: Dragon Ball Super
Character: Piccolo (voices)
Released: July 5, 2015
Type: TV
With Majin Boo defeated half-a-year prior, peace returns to Earth, where Son Goku (now a radish farmer) and his friends now live peaceful lives. However, a new threat appears in the form of Beerus, the God of Destruction. Considered the most terrifying being in the entire universe, Beerus is eager to fight the legendary warrior seen in a prophecy foretold decades ago known as the Super Saiyan God. The series retells the events from the two Dragon Ball Z films, Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' before proceeding to an original story about the exploration of alternate universes.
bee
Title: Ushio and Tora
Character: Yamanmoto
Released: July 3, 2015
Type: TV
Ushio thinks that his father's talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: April 18, 2015
Type: Movie
One peaceful day on Earth, two remnants of Frieza's army named Sorbet and Tagoma arrive searching for the Dragon Balls with the aim of reviving Frieza. They succeed, and Frieza subsequently seeks revenge on the Saiyans.
bee
One Piece
Title: One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends
Character: Portgas D. Ace (voice)
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
The special takes place during the two year before the Straw Hats reunite on Sabody. Luffy is currently in Rusukaina training to get stronger to take on the New World. However the training is interrupted when Hancock's sisters, Marigold and Sandersonia, are kidnapped by the Byrnndi World, a pirate who was locked away on Level 6 of Impel Down but escaped during Luffy's invasion to save Ace, in order to lure Hancock to him and use her as a hostage against the World Government due to her Shichibukai status. Thus Luffy and Hancock head off to confront him and save Hancock's sisters.
bee
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!
Title: Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: April 7, 2013
Type: Movie
A two-part crossover special featuring characters from Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Toriko.
bee
Title: Attack on Titan
Character: Uri Reiss (voice)
Released: April 7, 2013
Type: TV
Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by Titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest Titans. Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a Titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a Colossal Titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller Titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single Titan and take revenge for all of mankind.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: March 30, 2013
Type: Movie
The events of Battle of Gods take place some years after the battle with Majin Buu, which determined the fate of the entire universe. After awakening from a long slumber, Beerus, the God of Destruction is visited by Whis, his attendant and learns that the galactic overlord Frieza has been defeated by a Super Saiyan from the North Quadrant of the universe named Goku, who is also a former student of the North Kai. Ecstatic over the new challenge, Goku ignores King Kai's advice and battles Beerus, but he is easily overwhelmed and defeated. Beerus leaves, but his eerie remark of "Is there nobody on Earth more worthy to destroy?" lingers on. Now it is up to the heroes to stop the God of Destruction before all is lost.
bee
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie Wars Ultimatum
Title: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie Wars Ultimatum
Character: Wiseman (voice)
Released: December 8, 2012
Type: Movie
The first part is the Kamen Rider Fourze’s place five years after the events of the series. Gentaro is now a teacher at Amanogawa High as well as the Space Kamen Rider Club’s new academic advisor. However, a new school club called the Monster League, comprised by a group of psychic children led by Saburo Kazeta, which is supported by a mysterious man named Kageto Banba. The second part is Kamen Rider Wizard’s portion, where Haruto enters the Underworld of an unknown Gate to investigate the mysterious occurrings of monster appearances. He then runs into a young woman named Yu Kamimura who can become Belle Mask Poitrine and can use magic like him. The third and final part of the film is Movie War Ultimatum. The three Akumaizer from the Underworld to plan to invade the land of the living. Kamen Riders Wizard and Fourze must fight to stop the Akumaizer and their Monster Army.
bee
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Title: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Character: Misao Yamamura (voice)
Released: April 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Kogoro's detective agency receives a mysterious phone call. Someone on the other end warns about a bomb and leaves behind a code, "The Boy in Blue and The Blue Zebra, the rain from above ..." If Conan can decipher the riddle, he can stop the bomb. An adventure begins for Conan and the Detective Boys, taking place at a soccer match between Hideo Akagi of the Tokyo Spirits and Ryusuke Higo of Big Osaka
bee
Title: Tsuritama
Character: Heihachi (voice)
Released: April 13, 2012
Type: TV
Yuki Sanada has always felt like a fish out of water. Socially awkward and anxious, he struggles to fit in with his surroundings and moves from town to town with his grandma. As he and his grandma settle into the charming seaside town of Enoshima, Yuki hopes for a fresh start. However, his reputation at school is jeopardized by the arrival of fellow transfer student Haru. The eccentric Haru immediately makes a splash, wildly claiming to be an alien and declaring that Yuki is his friend. Pairing the reluctant Yuki with their classmate and fishing talent, Natsuki Usami, he tasks both of them with the absurd mission of saving the world from a mysterious threat in the ocean. Mischief and hijinks ensue, as these three embark on a whimsical adventure filled with laughs, heart, and self-discovery!
bee
Title: Hunter x Hunter
Character: Satotz (voice)
Released: October 2, 2011
Type: TV
Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter — a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined to follow in his father's footsteps, decides to take the Hunter Examination and eventually find his father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right. But on the way, he learns that there is more to becoming a Hunter than previously thought, and the challenges that he must face are considered the toughest in the world.
bee
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
Title: Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
Character: Misao Yamamura (voice)
Released: April 18, 2009
Type: Movie
A new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black Organization members start to take action.
bee
Title: Dragon Ball Z Kai
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: April 5, 2009
Type: TV
Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is based. The show also features a new opening and ending. In the series, martial artist Goku, and his various friends, battle increasingly powerful enemies to defend the world against evil. Can Earth's defender defeat demons, aliens, and other villains?
bee
Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura
Title: Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura
Character: Ataru Morobishi (voice)
Released: December 23, 2008
Type: Movie
Ataru and the others will join the competition of 'The Obstacle Course Swim Meet', organized by Tomobiki High Principal and Onsen-Mark. Each of Tomobiki High students need to face different kinds of obstacles during the competition, only few of them reach the finalist and their situation is getting harder and harder than previous obstacles.
bee
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
Title: Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: September 21, 2008
Type: Movie
Shortly after the defeat of Majin Buu a mysterious Saiyan arrives on Earth warning Goku and his friends about a new, powerful enemy.
bee
It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday
Title: It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday
Character: Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Released: July 30, 2008
Type: Movie
The characters from Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, and Inuyasha all gather together in a short crossover to introduce the 50th Anniversary Weekly Shonen Sunday "Rumic World" Museum opening, celebrating Rumiko Takahashi's manga work.
bee
Title: Fireball
Character: 撮影スタッフ
Released: April 7, 2008
Type: TV
Fireball is a series of CGI anime shorts created by Jinni's Animation Studios in conjunction with Disney. The designer is Hitoshi Fukuchi. It is animated entirely in 3D with no cel-shading of any sort, as would be typical for the medium. The show takes place in the distant future of the 49th millennium, and revolves around the happenings inside a giant manor inhabited by two robots; the gynoid duchess Drossel von Flügel and her massive cyclopian arachnoid servant, Gedächtnis. The episodes are usually nonsensical in nature, normally showing the two characters making idle conversation in the midst of a war with humanity. A third character, a monkey-robot named "Schadenfreude", joins them later.
bee
Title: Cackling Kitarou
Character: Aobouzu
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: TV
Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills by thwarting the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.
bee
Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan
Title: Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan
Character: Tarou Soramame (voice)
Released: March 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan centers around Dr. Mashirito Jr. and his creation Abale, who serves as a rebellious opposite of the protagonist Arale. Many years after the end of Dr. Slump, Dr. Mashirito Jr. returns to avenge his father Dr. Mashirito, the sworn enemy of Senbei Norimaki. He makes an android at any point similar to Arale, except for her character that is somewhat different. He gives the name "Abale" to this android. In spite of itself, Abale will successfully contain an alien invasion.
bee
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
Title: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
Character: Kai Shinden (voice)
Released: March 4, 2006
Type: Movie
Universal Century 0087, Char Aznable has now become the leader of the AEUG. Scirocco, the man from Jupiter, schemes to seize control of the Titans. Haman, the Axis leader, is attempting to restore the Zabi family. Through politics and strategy, these three powers struggle for dominion over the Earth Sphere. The war builds to a deadly endgame around the space colony Gryps 2, which has been converted into a giant laser cannon. What destiny awaits Kamille at the end of the conflict? This is the final part of the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam feature trilogy, which features enhanced animation and theme songs by GACKT.
bee
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Title: Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Character: Erik Jan Hanussen (voice)
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.
bee
Title: Eureka Seven
Released: April 17, 2005
Type: TV
Renton Thurston desires to leave his home behind and join the mercenary group known as Gekkostate, hoping to find some adventure. When a robot crashes through Renton's garage the meeting sparks the beginning of Renton's involvement with the Gekkostate as he takes off alongside the young girl Eureka as the co-pilot of the Nirvash.
bee
Title: Beet the Vandel Buster
Character: Raio
Released: September 30, 2004
Type: TV
The story takes place in a fantasy world where humans have been suffering from the attacks of the demon-like Vandels. Humans can fight back by becoming a Vandel Buster, a paid monster and Vandel assassin. The protagonist of the story, Beet, is a young boy who becomes a Vandel Buster to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors.
bee
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action
Title: Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 11, 2004
Type: Movie
The Dekarangers must deal with a mysterious undercover agent from another planet while trying to save her world and Earth from one of the universe's toughest Alienizer gangs.
bee
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
Title: Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
Character: Nyago (voice)
Released: March 6, 2004
Type: Movie
An elderly dog goes to a time machine, which he plans to use to drive to the future so he can meet with "someone" who gives him a kendama. However, the machine goes haywire and the dog is regressed back to his infant state, eventually found by a researcher cat.
bee
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger Deluxe: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!
Title: Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger Deluxe: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!
Character: Dimensionsal Drifter Galvidi
Released: August 16, 2003
Type: Movie
The film opens on Dino Earth fifteen years ago with a village elder telling the story of how Princess Freezia sealed away a pair of evil Bakuryuu with the Holy Sword, encasing them in ice. If the evil creatures are ever released from their prison, the world will end in a grip of fear "encased in white".
bee
Title: Parasite Dolls
Character: Bill Myers
Released: May 22, 2003
Type: TV
MegaTokyo 2034: Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately, not all boomers are created perfect, and when boomers go bad, people die. The thin blue line that separates man from machine is about to meet its most horrifying test.
bee
Parasite Dolls
Title: Parasite Dolls
Character: Bill Myers (voice)
Released: May 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Beauty is only skin deep, but when you can’t see beneath the skin, how can you know what you’re really dealing with? In a world where perfect androids called Boomers have infiltrated every aspect of society, it’s the job of Branch to maintain peace between the people and the plastic. Unfortunately, not all boomers are created perfect, and when boomers go bad, people die. The thin blue line that separates man from machine is about to meet its most horrifying test in Parasite Dolls.
bee
Title: Air Master
Character: Shiro Saeki
Released: April 1, 2003
Type: TV
Air Master is a seinen manga written and illustrated by Yokusaru Shibata. The story focuses on Maki Aikawa, an ex-gymnast turned street fighter. The manga was serialized in the Hakusensha magazine Young Animal from 1997 to 2006 and has been collected into 28 tankōbon. A 27-episode anime adaptation was produced by Toei Animation and originally aired on Japan's Nippon Television from April 1 to September 23, 2003. The anime was licensed in North America through a partnership between Toei and Geneon Universal Entertainment. However, only a few episodes of the series were released in the region before the cancellation of the deal, which was due to the poor quality and large number of DVD returns to Geneon. Funimation Entertainment later bought the rights to the license and streamed the entire series on the company's official website.
bee
Title: Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
Character: Thanatos (voice)
Released: November 9, 2002
Type: TV
The Bronze Saints enter the deepest realm of the Underworld, Elysion, where they face off against Hades's two most powerful servants, The Twin Gods, Hypnos and Thanatos, before they can reach Hades for the final battle.
bee
WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3
Title: WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3
Character: Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Released: March 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Set in the year 2000 (between the events of Patlabor and Patlabor 2), when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
bee
Metropolis
Title: Metropolis
Character: General/Skunk (voice)
Released: May 26, 2001
Type: Movie
Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her.
bee
The Aurora
Title: The Aurora
Character: Toru Enriques (voice)
Released: August 6, 2000
Type: Movie
Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ancient bacteria, once revived, attempt to make the world habitable for themselves - a process that would bring Earth back to its early primal form, killing all current life in the process.
bee
Title: One Piece
Character: Portgas D. Ace (voice)
Released: October 20, 1999
Type: TV
Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!
bee
Title: Cutie Honey Flash
Character: Alphonne (voice)
Released: February 15, 1997
Type: TV
Cutie Honey Flash is a 1997 anime television series in the Cutie Honey franchise. In its native Japan, the series assumed the timeslot of Sailor Stars, the final story arc of the long-running Sailor Moon anime. Employing many of the same animation staff of Sailor Stars, including animation director Miho Shimagasa, Flash features very similar character designs and fits the more traditional mold of magical girl series, aimed at the Sailor Moon demographic. The series was also broadcasted in Germany.
bee
Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast
Title: Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast
Character: Chinpo (voice)
Released: July 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Kitaro is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery and, aside from his mostly decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost Tribe (幽霊族 yūrei zoku?). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
bee
Title: Dragon Ball GT
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: February 7, 1996
Type: TV
Ten years have passed since Goku left his friends and family to hone his skills. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power of the Dragon Balls and an accidental wish made by the devious Emperor Pilaf. The wish; that Goku once again become a child! Goku, together with Trunks, and his own granddaughter Pan, blast off into the outer reaches of space in search of the mysterious Black Star Dragon Balls. But these Dragon Balls have a fatal secret: if not collected within one year Earth will be destroyed.
bee
Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School
Title: Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School
Released: March 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Set after Shohoku's loss to Kainan, and during a practice match against Ryokufu High.
bee
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Title: Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Character: Ranmaru Mori (voice)
Released: December 4, 1994
Type: Movie
Meet Mikami - the SEXY leader of one of Japan's most successful independent ghost-busting agencies. Together with her eclectic team of exorcists, she's prepared to do battle with any supernatural adversary - but only for the right price! When an ancient spirit enlists her aid to deal with a re-incarnated foe, Mikami gets more than she bargained for. As the wicked Nosferatu - a vampire lord able to absorb the very life essence of his victims - begins to turn the city's inhabitants into mindless zombies, Mikami's team must race against time to save Tokyo from destruction. Watch The Ultimate Vampire Slayer in this fast, fun and furious supernatural action-adventure!
bee
ドラゴンボールZ 危険なふたり!超戦士はねむれない
Title: ドラゴンボールZ 危険なふたり!超戦士はねむれない
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: March 12, 1994
Type: Movie
bee
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
Title: Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
Character: Yo Hinomura (voice)
Released: February 25, 1994
Type: Movie
CRYING FREEMAN: FINAL CHAPTER -- THE GUIDING LIGHT OF MEMORY (1993) is the sixth and last volume in the OAV series of Japanese anime adaptations of the "Crying Freeman" manga. A hard-hitting tale of violent criminals engaged in a brutal turf war, it is easily the best-written and most stylishly directed since the first in the series (PORTRAIT OF A KILLER). This one tells the story of a young Japanese Yakuza who takes over the Russian supply of drugs and weapons to Japan and cuts out the involvement of the Hong Kong-based 108 Dragons. Freeman, the hitman of the title and the 108 Dragons' star player, goes to Japan to investigate and gets framed for a succession of assassinations of top Yakuza bosses. The chief enemy here, Tsunaike, is aided by an icily sexy Arctic hit lady, Tanya (described as "Eskimo" in the subtitles, although she looks more Siberian), who is frequently seen in the nude in regular trysts with Tsunaike.
bee
Title: Aoki Densetsu Shoot!
Character: Yoshiharu Kubo
Released: November 7, 1993
Type: TV
Toshihiko Tanaka is a boy who entered Kakegawa High School with his friends Kenji & Kazuhiro, in order to play soccer with Yoshiharu Kubo, a great soccer player whom they have idolized. While his other two friends were reluctant to play again, "Toshi" eventually convinces them to play for the team. The team soon find themselves in the midst of a quest to the All-Japan High School Championship, while overcoming obstacles along the way.
bee
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Title: Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: September 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Dr. Raichi is one of the only survivors of the Tuffles, a race that once lived on Planet Plant before the coming of the Saiyans. The Saiyans not only massacred the entire Tuffle race, but also stole their technology and conquered the planet, renaming it Planet Vegeta in honor of their king. Raichi managed to escape with a capsule and found refuge on the Dark Planet, a world at the end of the universe. His only wish is to eradicate the last remaining Saiyans.
bee
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Title: Patlabor 2: The Movie
Character: Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Released: August 7, 1993
Type: Movie
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: July 10, 1993
Type: Movie
Mr. Money is holding another World Martial Arts Tournament and Mr. Satan invites everyone in the world to join in. Little does he know that Bojack, an ancient villain who has escaped his prison, is competing. Since Goku is currently dead, it is up to Gohan, Vegeta, and Trunks to defeat Bojack and his henchman.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: March 6, 1993
Type: Movie
While the Saiyan Paragus persuades Vegeta to rule a new planet, King Kai alerts Goku of the South Galaxy's destruction by an unknown Super Saiyan.
bee
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Title: Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Character: Yo Hinomura (voice)
Released: October 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In L.A.'s Chinatown, the crime cartel known as K.O. hatches a plot to bring down Ron Tayan and the 108 Dragons. Ron joins forces with the computer-savvy daughter of the local boss; she tracks the attacking gang via electronics, Ron goes to their stronghold via plane. They are kidnapers of young children, using ransom money to fuel their other activities. The troops are ex-Green Berets; the leaders are Larry Park, an expatriate Yank, and Nina Heaven, a killer with a soft spot in her heart for Ron. He's her captive, but she wants him to be her partner. Meanwhile, Fu, armed with her Muramasa sword, and Dark Eyes arrive on the island surreptitiously. The battle lines are drawn.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Gather Together! Goku's World
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Gather Together! Goku's World
Character: Piccolo
Released: September 17, 1992
Type: Movie
In this OVA, Goku and his friends pose questions for the viewers about the Dragon Ball series.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: July 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Dr. Gero's Androids #13, #14, and #15 are awakened by the laboratory computers and immediately head to the mall where Goku is shopping. After Goku, Trunks, and Vegeta defeat #14 and #15, #13 absorbs their inner computers and becomes a super being greater than the original three separately were. Now it is up to Goku to stop him.
bee
Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
Title: Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
Released: July 4, 1992
Type: Movie
During WWII most zoo animals that could pose a danger to the public were slaughtered. Only two elephants survived the war, and trains were arranged to bring children from all over the country to see them.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
Title: Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: March 7, 1992
Type: Movie
Cooler has resurrected himself as a robot and is enslaving the people of New Namek. Goku and the gang must help.
bee
Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green
Title: Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green
Character: Celc Burton (voice)
Released: November 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Keith, George, Edward, Yang and Shaw are Platoon #801, the five-man team formed to protect their homeworld in the Inferious galaxy from alien invasion. Gazaria's evil emperor Vince conquers the neighbor worlds of Kal and Granad, and suddenly only Platoon #801, also known as Condition Green, stands between him and the conquest of Emerald Earth.
bee
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
Title: Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
Character: Yo Hinomura (voice)
Released: September 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Naitai, the evil head of the Great Bear God religion, hatches a plot to destroy the 108 Dragons. His henchman, Oshu Togoku, the world wrestling champion, squeezes Ron Tayan unconscious in a match; the ambulance taking Ron to hospital is actually driven by Kimie, one of Ron's old enemies. She takes him to Naitai's stronghold where he has prepared a clone of Ron whom he intends to send, like a Trojan horse, onto the yacht of the 108 Dragons. Can Ron foil the plot? Will Fu recognize the clone or be fooled? What of Oshu Togoku, can anyone defeat him? And who, or what, can stand up to Naitai's sorcery?
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Character: Ataru Moroboshi
Released: August 16, 1991
Type: Movie
Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: July 20, 1991
Type: Movie
After defeating Frieza, Goku returns to Earth and goes on a camping trip with Gohan and Krillin. Everything is normal until Cooler - Frieza's brother - sends three henchmen after Goku. A long fight ensues between our heroes and Cooler, in which he transforms into the fourth stage of his evolution and has the edge in the fight... until Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan.
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles
Character: Ataru (voice)
Released: June 21, 1991
Type: Movie
Ten gives Ataru an alien disease, the contagious "Girl Measles," (which makes the victim's eyes turn big and twinkly, like the eyes of young girls in much of manga and anime), and when Ataru's girl-hunting spreads the virus all over Tomobiki Town, chaos ensues!
bee
Title: Bubblegum Crash
Character: Leon McNichol
Released: March 25, 1991
Type: TV
MegaTokyo 2034: The saga of the Knight Sabers continues. The group tries to find out who or what is behind the recent string of robberies, murders, and Boomer malfunctions which are somehow related to the creation of an advanced artificial intelligence. Furthermore, it seems that the Knight Sabers may be breaking up.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: March 19, 1991
Type: Movie
A Super Namekian named Slug comes to invade Earth. But the Z Warriors do their best to stop Slug and his gang.
bee
Wizardry
Title: Wizardry
Character: Shin
Released: February 21, 1991
Type: Movie
In a mystical land filled with magic and monsters, eager adventurers scour a ten-floor dungeon in search of fame and fortune - if they are able to escape with their lives! But none dare set foot in the tenth floor, as a powerful foe will make sure that they never return to the light of day: the evil Werdna, a wizard who stole an amulet of immense power. Now, to aid a beautiful woman, a group of skilled warriors must descend to the tenth floor to find the woman's lost love, and to take back the amulet from the hands of evil!
bee
Title: Patlabor: The New Files
Character: Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Released: November 22, 1990
Type: TV
Special Vehicles Division 2 is back on duty, along with their Ingram Patrol Labor (Patlabor) robots. Using their courage as well as the Ingrams, Captain Goto's motley crew of officers battle crime in Tokyo city. They also deal with their personal lives, as well as the supernatural.
bee
Title: MoMoKo
Character: Kentarou Minami (voice)
Released: August 5, 1990
Type: TV
Kentarou, your basic salaryman, co-habits an apartment with his old study mate Haruo. He's engaged to his boss's daughter, the very egocentric Reiko, who treats him like an accessory. While waiting on Reiko to meet up up with him, he comes across the quirky Momoko, an aspiring actress who sees herself as the future Japanese Marilyn Monroe. Kentarou accidentally gets her fired from her side-job and Momoko knows a perfect way for him to make it up to her: she decides to move in with him and provide for all his and her needs... together with her pet iguana, of course. Then, the situation is further complicated by Momoko actually getting a job in the same company where Kentarou works. How to keep this all a secret from his fiancée?
bee
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
Title: Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: June 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Goku and friends must stop a band of space pirates from consuming fruit from the Tree of Might before it's destructive powers drain Earth's energy.
bee
Title: A.D. Police Files
Character: Leon (voice)
Released: May 25, 1990
Type: TV
MegaTokyo 2027: Relentless technological development has resulted in the creation of Boomers. These are artificially intelligent androids with the potential to free mankind from physical labor; but anything that can be used can also be misused.
bee
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
Title: Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
Character: Yo Hinomura (voice)
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Ron Tayan now leads the 108 Dragons; Fu Ching Ran is his loyal wife. As their body tattoos show, he's the dragon, she's the tiger. The 108 Dragons are attacked by African Tusk, a syndicate intent on world control. Ron goes to Africa, dealing first with Shicaro, African Tusk's assassin, then with Jagone, its leader. Despite his success, he must still face Bugnug, Jagone's muscular and athletic military commander: Ron gives her a new name, Dark Eyes. Back in Hong Kong, Fu faces danger as well. A Muramasa sword with a dark history and, seemingly, its own demon spirit, falls into her hands. She seeks to tame it, and in the process, discovers her inner warrior identity
bee
MAROKO
Title: MAROKO
Character: Inumaru Yomota (voice)
Released: March 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Theatrical anime movie created from the OVA 'Gosenzosama Banbanzai', written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Title: Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: March 10, 1990
Type: Movie
The evil Dr. Kochin uses the dragon balls to resurrect his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, in an effort to take over the world. Dr. Wheelo, his body having been destroyed by the avalanche that killed him fifty years before, desires the body of the strongest fighter in the world as his new vessel. Believing Roshi to be the world's strongest warrior, Dr. Kochin abducts Bulma and forces Roshi to surrender himself to save her. When Goku hears of their abduction, he goes to their rescue.
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart
Character: Ataru (voice)
Released: December 27, 1989
Type: Movie
A mischievous spirit gives Ran a heart-shaped candy that causes a magical heart to appear over the head of whoever eats it. And whoever catches that heart captures the heart of the person who ate the candy! And if there's one thing the Urusei Yatsura crowd can do, it's play catch!
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
Character: Ataru (voice)
Released: December 21, 1989
Type: Movie
Mendou recounts an old story that warns, “Don’t take pictures in front of the statue of Great-Grandfather’s Goat, or terrible things will happen!” When his father does just that, only Sakura and Onsen-mark the Teacher can ward off the horrifying consequences of an ancient family curse… or can they?
bee
Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga
Title: Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga
Released: October 21, 1989
Type: Movie
The year is 2755. As a result of a system malfunction, the cargo ship XeBeC goes off-course in a warp gate and ends up within the orbit of the distant planet Garaga. After crashing on Garaga's surface, the crew must find ways to survive from hideous monsters, rabid ape soldiers, and a race of mysterious psychics.
bee
Title: Patlabor: The TV Series
Character: Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Released: October 11, 1989
Type: TV
Patlabor: The TV Series is an anime television series, created by Headgear, animated by Sunrise, and based on the Patlabor anime franchise.
bee
Urusei Yatsura: I Howl at the Moon
Title: Urusei Yatsura: I Howl at the Moon
Character: Ataru (voice)
Released: September 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Ataru learns to think before he eats when he gobbles down some of Lum's Cherry Rice Cakes -- and promptly starts turning into a wolf!
bee
Title: Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!
Character: Inumaru Yomota
Released: August 5, 1989
Type: TV
The Yomota family is small and typical: father Kinekuni (42), mother Tamiko (38), and son Inumaru (17). One day, a beautiful girl appears at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Despite of Tamiko's strong objection, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse.
bee
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
Title: Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
Character: Yo Hinomura (voice)
Released: August 1, 1989
Type: Movie
With the blessing of the 108 Dragons, Yo and Emu marry and receive new names, Ron Tayan and Fu Ching Ran. The elders send them to Macau to find out who's behind a new attack. Fu is kidnaped; at the same time, Baya San (the huge granddaughter of the 108 Dragons' aged leaders) demands to be the next head of the gang, not Ron. The childish Baya San has joined forces with the Macau gang, in league with the American mob. A surprise visitor from the US arrives where Fu is being held captive. Can Ron rescue her, find the traitor within the 108 Dragons, defeat his enemies, and bring discipline to Baya San? He must still face the angry and deadly girlfriend of the American visitor.
bee
Patlabor: The Movie
Title: Patlabor: The Movie
Character: Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Released: July 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
bee
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
Title: Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: July 15, 1989
Type: Movie
In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and save the world from being sucked into a dead zone.
bee
Title: Dragon Ball Z
Character: Piccolo (voice)
Released: April 26, 1989
Type: TV
The adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.
bee
Title: Akuma-kun
Character: Mephisto Jr.
Released: April 15, 1989
Type: TV
The age of the demons has begun. Dr Faust has foreseen this rise of evil. Unfortunately, he is near death and is unable to personally battle this upcoming threat. Faust entrusts a young boy, Shingo Yamada, to take the responsibility of ridding the Earth of this new evil presence. Faust finds a birthmark on Shingo's forehead that signifies that he is the chosen demon fighter. Faust summons from hell what may be humanity's only hope of surviving: a less than enthusiastic devil named Mephisto rises. After signing a pact in blood to save humankind, Shingo and Mephisto set out to battle the supernatural world.
bee
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Title: Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Character: Mois (voice)
Released: March 18, 1989
Type: Movie
The plot involves the coming of Lucifer to the Sanctuary, where his underlings systematically dispose of the surviving Gold Saints. Athena goes to Lucifer to ask for peace, placing herself in peril. The Bronze Saints must then come to her rescue, destroying Lucifer's Fallen Angels (Seima Tenshi in Japanese) in the process.
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé
Character: Ataru (voice)
Released: December 8, 1988
Type: Movie
Lum, Ataru, Mendou and Shinobu visit an inn which Ryuunosuke and her father have opened. But when it turns out to be on a haunted desert island, the stage is set for some serious silliness!
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet
Character: Ataru (Voice)
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Lum & her girlfriends are invited to Neptune by Oyuki. There she shows them her new business venture at a ranch of flying sherbets, birds capable of producing sherbet cones from their beaks. Ran convinces Oyuki to let her borrow one, her goal is to make some quick cash selling sherbets on Earth. Unfortunately, the combination of being overworked and a hot summer day has made the sherbet extremely cranky, even from its refrigerated cage. It breaks from its cage and escapes, but not before attacking Ran and Lum, and trashing Benten's brand-new bike by shooting sherbet cones at it. Now it's up to Ran to retrieve the sherbet before Benten blasts it out of the sky, and more importantly, before Oyuki finds out.
bee
Title: Crying Freeman
Character: Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)
Released: November 25, 1988
Type: TV
Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, he is infamously known by the Dragons and every crime syndicate in the world as the "Crying Freeman."
bee
Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter
Title: Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter
Character: Sakamoto
Released: November 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Yagami comes to Maison Ikkoku, not knowing of Godai's and Kyoko's wedding, stating that she is now an adult, which she is, not knowing how to tell her, they panic, but she finds out in the end, and is heart broken.
bee
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Title: Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Character: Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman
Released: September 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Emu Hino, a 29-year-old virgin, witnesses a mob hit and fears that the killer will now find her and kill her. Indeed, he sets out to do so; he's Yo Hinomura, a talented potter and artist who's been conscripted against his will to be the prime hitman for the 108 Dragons, a gang within the Chinese Mafia, who are determined to push aside Tokyo's local crime lords. He breaks into her house, and she asks that he make love to her before he kills her; she connects to his inner self, and he becomes her protector. Now he must defend her against the local crime gang, who have connections with corrupt Tokyo police. Will Yo and Emu make it out alive, and will the 108 Dragons triumph?
bee
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Title: Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Character: Berenike (voice)
Released: July 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Athena receives the visit of Phoebus Abel, her older brother and God of the Corona. He informs her that he has come to destroy humanity as punishment for their corruption, just as it was done in ancient times. He dismisses Seiya and the Bronze Saints, as she will now be guarded by Abel's three Corona Saints, Atlas of Carina, Jaow of Lynx and Berenike of Coma Berenices, and the five resurrected Gold Saints who died in the Sanctuary battle: Saga of Gemini, Deathmask of Cancer, Shura of Capricorn, Camus of Aquarius and Aphrodite of Pisces. When Athena rebels against Abel's plan, he attacks her, sending her soul to Elysion, the final resting place from which there is no return. The Bronze Saints immediately rush to the Sanctuary to save her and ultimately overcome Abel.
bee
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Title: Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Character: Blue (voice)
Released: July 9, 1988
Type: Movie
Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal.
bee
Antique Heart
Title: Antique Heart
Character: Suzuki(voice)
Released: June 5, 1988
Type: Movie
There's an old decrepit building at the edge of the school grounds that hasn't been used for years, and it falls apart a little bit more each day. But the little house holds a secret, as Takahiro and his friends are soon to find out...they wind up making contact with a mysterious entity known as Saki. Can Takahiro save Saki's world from destruction.
bee
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk I
Title: Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk I
Released: May 12, 1988
Type: Movie
A collection of short parodies of the Mobile Suit Gundam saga. Episode 1 pokes fun at key events that occurred during the One Year War. In episode 2, Amuro, Kamille and Judau fight over who runs the better pension when Char comes in to crash their party. Episode 3 is the SD Olympics, an array of athletic events pitting man with mobile suit.
bee
Title: Patlabor: The Mobile Police
Character: Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Released: April 25, 1988
Type: TV
In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the the need for a new branch of law enforcement equipped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. When Izumi Noa, a female police officer, becomes the newest recruit of Special Vehicles Division 2, she and her top of the line "Patrol Labor" (or "Patlabor") Alphonse are swept into a series of adventures featuring crazed construction workers, eco-terrorists, and sea monsters.
bee
Appleseed
Title: Appleseed
Character: Calon Mautholos (voice)
Released: April 20, 1988
Type: Movie
In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
bee
Mobile Suit SD Gundam
Title: Mobile Suit SD Gundam
Character: Kai Shiden
Released: March 12, 1988
Type: Movie
A collection of short parodies of the Mobile Suit Gundam saga. Episode 1 pokes fun at key events that occurred during the One Year War. In episode 2, Amuro, Kamille and Judau fight over who runs the better pension when Char comes in to crash their party. Episode 3 is the SD Olympics, an array of athletic events pitting man with mobile suit.
bee
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
Title: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
Character: Olivier Poplin
Released: February 6, 1988
Type: Movie
For the past 150 years, humanity’s two greatest nations have been deadlocked in a meaningless war. In what is hoped to be a miraculous victory, the Alliance embarks on a battle to break through the Empire’s frontline. Like many other “decisive” battles, this can only end in disaster; a sentiment shared by Imperial nobleman Reinhard von Lohengramm and Alliance Commodore Yang Wen Li, both of whom realize how to turn the fight in their favor. And while the tides of war may never change, these two men must rise to the occasion, solidifying their place in history as heroes.
bee
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
Title: Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
Character: Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Released: February 1, 1988
Type: Movie
It seems that Lum's grandfather made an agreement that should he have a daughter, she would be married to a traveling merchant that he met. Now, the merchant has come to collect due. Ataru is tricked into thinking that Lum wants to leave, and so, in a moment of anger, says he hates her. Arguments erupt, and Lum decides that she must know the truth of Atarus feelings. As for all the questions of importance for the Onis, a game of tag begins, one that Ataru can win simply by telling Lum I Love You. However, in the end his pride may end up dooming him. So begins the series of events that will at long last decide the future and fate of Ataru and Lum.
bee
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
Title: Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
Character: Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Released: December 26, 1987
Type: Movie
Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Suminawa, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work together once again to try to save Murasaki and get to the treasure before the Fuma can steal it.
bee
Demon of Steel: Battle of the Great Demon Beasts
Title: Demon of Steel: Battle of the Great Demon Beasts
Character: Takuya Gorozu (voice)
Released: December 10, 1987
Type: Movie
In the year 1999, a team of UN scientists in an attempt to tap into a new energy resource on a deserted island called Samsara, unknownigly open a portal to another universe, unleashing dormant biomechanical entities. Three years later, Takuya Goroza returns to the island of Sansara urged by a mysterious request by college chum Haruka Alford. Little does he know, his old friend isn't what he appears to be...
bee
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Title: Twilight of the Cockroaches
Character: Fritz (voice)
Released: November 21, 1987
Type: Movie
The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.
bee
Winning Pitcher
Title: Winning Pitcher
Released: October 24, 1987
Type: Movie
Katsumi has been playing baseball for years, disguising herself as a boy. However, one day she is recognized and scouted by Hoshiyama, the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, who offers her a chance to become a professional player. After Katsumi joins the Dragons and befriends their new catcher Oikawa, her skills win over one suspicious mind after another, and she becomes a star pitcher leading the team to victories.
bee
Title: Kamen no Ninja Akakage
Character: Akakage (voice)
Released: October 13, 1987
Type: TV
Red Shadow, created by Yokoyama Mitsuteru, is a ninja who wears a red-and-black costume and a stylized red mask. His adventures take place in Feudal Japan, and he and his ninja sidekicks Aokage and Shirokage fight evil warlords, wizards and daikaiju using modern high-tech gadgetry (a blatant oddity in a period setting).
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker
Released: July 18, 1987
Type: Movie
It is summertime, and Shinobu laments not having a boyfriend. She then happens upon a young man weak from hunger, and wearing a rabbit costume. She gives him a carrot, he expresses his gratitude by hitting on her... and she hits back. The young man leaves behind a key to another dimension where everybody's possible futures exist. Lum and Ataru join Shinobu to find the bunny boy, and happy futures for themselves.
bee
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights
Title: Space Fantasia 2001 Nights
Character: Adam
Released: June 21, 1987
Type: Movie
In the year 2058, mankind is about to take its first leap into the distant reaches of space. Using the resources at the tail end of a comet, massive spaceships will be sent to the corners of the universe in an attempt to colonize other worlds, but due to the length of time it will take to arrive at even the closest solar system, the comets must be destroyed in-flight, resulting in super-fast speeds that will kill any life onboard; only frozen sperm and eggs, and machines will survive the journey. Carrying the unborn children of the Robinsons, the first of these ships must now set forth to Ozma; and with its precious cargo is coupled the hopes and fears of all humanity.
bee
The Golden Bird
Title: The Golden Bird
Character: Prince Croyler (voice)
Released: March 14, 1987
Type: Movie
"Kin no Tori" is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale "The Golden Bird" by Brothers Grimm. A golden apple is stolen from the King's garden. The King orders his three sons to guard the apples in turn and to find out who is the thief. When the youngest son, Hans, presents a feather that he got from the golden bird that stole the apple the king sends his three sons to bring this bird to him and so Hans' journey begins.
bee
Title: Bubblegum Crisis
Character: Leon McNichol (voice)
Released: February 25, 1987
Type: TV
MegaTokyo 2033: Tokyo was left flattened as a result from a great earthquake. A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated due in no small part from the aid of a multi-million dollar company, Genom Corp. Genom created and mass-produced biomechanical creatures called Boomers to aid in the restoration of MegaTokyo. When the Boomers began to run out of control, the ADPolice at first tried to stop them, but they proved to be far more difficult to deal with than was first imagined. Under the ever looming Boomer threat, a group of four girls from varying degrees of society banded together. Calling themselves The Knight Sabers, they were the only ones with enough firepower and resourcefullness to defend the fledgling MegaTokyo from Genom and it's berserk Boomers.
bee
The Red Spectacles
Title: The Red Spectacles
Character: Yakuza B
Released: February 7, 1987
Type: Movie
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.
bee
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Title: Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Character: Akanemaru (voice)
Released: December 20, 1986
Type: Movie
The story of two men - sculptor genius Akanemaru, and former bandit Gao. Discover how the lives of the two men cross repeatedly throughout their lives, how they struggle with their own fate, and how they are forced to compete with each other for a great honour, when karma is the only prize.
bee
They Were Eleven
Title: They Were Eleven
Character: Doricas Soldam IV
Released: November 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A group of students from the Cosmo Academy are about to take their final exam: surviving for over fifty days in a derelict ship. But when they arrive, they discover that instead of ten students, there are eleven. One of them doesn't belong there...
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Memorial Album
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Memorial Album
Character: Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Featured special that uses scenes from the series stored on a personal satellite of the Los Mendo family.
bee
Gall Force: Eternal Story
Title: Gall Force: Eternal Story
Character: OX-11 (voice)
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: Movie
Two races, the Solnoids and the Paranoids, have been waging a war for centuries. Barely surviving a large scale space battle, seven Solnoids set course toward Chaos, a planet set to be the new homeland for their race. A malfunction during the light speed journey makes their ship jump ahead of their fleet forcing them to encounter several problems on their own.
bee
The SuperGal
Title: The SuperGal
Character: Shuryou Koganemaru (voice)
Released: May 21, 1986
Type: Movie
Maris is a freelance bounty hunter/soldier of fortune who just wants to be so rich that she doesn't have to work anymore. Just one slight problem... Maris is from a world of super strong beings, and constantly has to pay for damages she and her parents inflict wherever they go,
bee
Title: Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Character: Tatsuo (voice)
Released: April 25, 1986
Type: TV
A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).
bee
Title: Maison Ikkoku
Character: Sakamoto
Released: March 26, 1986
Type: TV
Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the mysterious Yotsuya. The others are given to having wild parties which makes it difficult for Godai to study. Into this mayhem comes the recently widowed Kyoko as the new live-in manager. Godai falls for her, but doesn't have the nerve to tell her. As time passes, their relationship slowly develops amid life at Maison Ikkoku, despite all sorts of romantic hurdles.
bee
Fist of the North Star
Title: Fist of the North Star
Character: Shin
Released: March 8, 1986
Type: Movie
After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, but the dead earth which seems to be getting worse with every passing moment. But a savior has risen from the ashes, a man who will defeat those who would torment the weak and make the world a livable place once more. A man named Kenshiro...
bee
Title: Dragon Ball
Character: Piccolo Jr. (voice)
Released: February 26, 1986
Type: TV
Long ago in the mountains, a fighting master known as Son Gohan discovered a strange boy whom he named Son Goku. Gohan raised him and trained Goku in martial arts until he died. The young and very strong boy was on his own, but easily managed. Then one day, Goku met a teenage girl named Bulma, whose search for the mystical Dragon Balls brought her to Goku's home. Together, they set off to find all seven and to grant her wish.
bee
Title: Dragon Ball
Released: February 26, 1986
Type: TV
Long ago in the mountains, a fighting master known as Son Gohan discovered a strange boy whom he named Son Goku. Gohan raised him and trained Goku in martial arts until he died. The young and very strong boy was on his own, but easily managed. Then one day, Goku met a teenage girl named Bulma, whose search for the mystical Dragon Balls brought her to Goku's home. Together, they set off to find all seven and to grant her wish.
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
Character: Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Released: February 25, 1986
Type: Movie
While performing in a student film, Ataru cuts down Tarozakura, a large, ancient cherry tree. Strange things begin to happen all across Tomobiki: a mountain appears out of nowhere, spring changes to winter, and Lum loses her powers, while those around her act as if she doesn't exist.
bee
Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 1 - Yuria, Forever... and Farewell Shin!!
Title: Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 1 - Yuria, Forever... and Farewell Shin!!
Character: Shin (voice)
Released: February 21, 1986
Type: Movie
Compilation film covering the Shin story arc of the Fist of the North Star TV Series
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
Character: Ataru (voice)
Released: September 24, 1985
Type: Movie
Ryoko throws a tea party for her friends. Flashbacks reveal the pasts of Ryoko's various guests.
bee
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Title: Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Character: Akira Tsukuba
Released: August 10, 1985
Type: Movie
Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
bee
Title: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Character: Kai Shiden
Released: March 2, 1985
Type: TV
Universal Century 0087, 7 years have passed since the end of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. The Earth Federation has created an elite task force, known as the Titans, who are responsible for hunting the remaining Zeon forces. However, the power-hungry Titans have spurred the creation of a rebellious faction called the Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG).
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
Character: Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Released: January 26, 1985
Type: Movie
The third film finds Ataru transformed into a pink hippopotamus, which sends Lum chasing after the wicked magician responsible, with catastrophic results. With Lum gone, her friends decide that there is no reason to remain, and so Tomobiki slowly returns to normal. The highlight of the film is a high speed chase scene with an angry Lum flying after the mysterious Ruu through the city at night and into a hall of mirrors (and illusion ). Ataru's true feelings for Lum are probably more obvious in this film than any of the others.
bee
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle
Title: Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle
Character: Tarou Soramame (voice)
Released: December 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Senbei Norimaki finds the secret treasure named “Eye of Rainbow” of the legendary Nanaba Castle in the mountain. This treasure makes every dream come true. When the gang of Arale Norimaki and Gatchan tried to steal the treasure, Bisna, who is the descendant of Nanaba Kingdom, takes the treasure. Bisna wants to revive the devil and Nanaba Kingdom. Arale and her friends went towards the secret Nanaba Castle to get back the treasure.
bee
Title: Fist of the North Star
Character: Shin
Released: October 11, 1984
Type: TV
In the year 199X, human civilization has been all but destroyed by a nuclear holocaust.
bee
Title: Galactic Patrol Lensman
Character: Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Released: October 6, 1984
Type: TV
The young Kimball Kinnison is leaving home for a wider education when a Galactic Patrol ship crashes on his family's land and the dying pilot gives him a mysterious Lens. Half-sentient, the Lens now implanted in his hand becomes the focus of changes in Kim's life including his father's death, a space battle, and an encounter with Galactic Patrol nursing officer Chris. Impelled by the Lens, he discovers a new world of experiences opening before him and he risks his life to save Chris and the Universe.
bee
The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijō Monogatari
Title: The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijō Monogatari
Character: Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
Released: July 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Nita, a dog that lives in Sunshine Academy's student dormitory, brings home with him a puppy that suspiciously looks like him—this sends everyone into an uproar as it is eventually concluded that Nita likely had a puppy with somebody else. Elle, Shunsuke, and the others collaborate with one another to take care of it, but a delinquent biker boy named Takizawa uses this opportunity to trick Elle into joining him on his yacht for nefarious purposes. Shunsuke & the others, having realized this, rush in to save Elle from Takizawa before it's too late.
bee
Lensman
Title: Lensman
Character: Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Released: June 7, 1984
Type: Movie
In this animated adaptation of E. E. Doc Smith's groundbreaking science fiction serial "Grey Lensman" from the 1930s-1950s, Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companion, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more companions to come by, Kim must find out the purpose of the Lens before the Boskone dynasty does.
bee
Little Love Story: Chitchi and Sally, Four Seasons of First Love
Title: Little Love Story: Chitchi and Sally, Four Seasons of First Love
Character: Sally
Released: March 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Ogawa Chiiko (Chitchi to her friends) is a vertically-challenged high school student. She's only 132 cm tall (4' 4"), and she's frequently teased by her classmates, except for her loyal friend Tonko. Chitchi's problems are compounded when she falls hopelessly in love with one of the most popular boys in her school, the 6-foot-tall Murakami Satoshi (Sally to his friends). Chitchi succeeds in becoming Sally's friend - he thinks of her as a kind of mascot - but she aspires to be something more. She follows him to his clubs, arranges similar vacations, and pursues her quest from the opening of school in the spring to spring of the following year. She experiences the joys and agonies of first love, while all too keenly aware that she is stuck, despite Tonko's encouragement and help, in Sally's "friend zone."
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Character: Ataru Moroboshi
Released: February 11, 1984
Type: Movie
As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back where they started.
bee
The Red Shoes: Tokyo Rape Incident
Title: The Red Shoes: Tokyo Rape Incident
Character: Akihiko
Released: July 22, 1983
Type: Movie
The daughter of divorced parents lives with her mother in Tokyo. On the weekends, she takes the train to her hometown of Koga, in Ibaraki Prefecture, to visit her father and old friends. Inspired by the unresolved Shinjuku Kabukicho Disco Nampa Murder Case that occurred in early June, 1982.
bee
Title: Nana the Supergirl
Character: Ogura
Released: April 2, 1983
Type: TV
Nanako is a young girl who unexpectedly acquires super powers and at the same time loses her past memory.
bee
Title: Lightspeed Electroid Albegas
Character: 円条寺大作
Released: March 30, 1983
Type: TV
Lightspeed Electroid Albegas was an anime series aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan, Latin America, Spain and Italy. There were 45 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. Other loosely translated names are "Arbegas", "Arebegas", "Lightspeed ElectroGod Arbegas" and "Arbegas: El Rayo Custodio".
bee
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World
Title: Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World
Character: Tarou
Released: March 13, 1983
Type: Movie
Arale and her friends learn of a World Grand Prix being organised by the Radial Kingdom. The prize is marrying Princess Front (a dead ringer to Ms. Yamabuki) or 1 million dollars. Of course they decide to enter for the money. Not so for Dr. Mashirito; he is going for the princess and will stop at nothing to win! The princess though has her own plan, which involves Ms. Yamabuki, and that of course means even Dr. Slump decides to enter with his trusty Borobo. Let the race begin...
bee
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World
Title: Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World
Character: Christopher Chris
Released: March 13, 1983
Type: Movie
Arale and her friends learn of a World Grand Prix being organised by the Radial Kingdom. The prize is marrying Princess Front (a dead ringer to Ms. Yamabuki) or 1 million dollars. Of course they decide to enter for the money. Not so for Dr. Mashirito; he is going for the princess and will stop at nothing to win! The princess though has her own plan, which involves Ms. Yamabuki, and that of course means even Dr. Slump decides to enter with his trusty Borobo. Let the race begin...
bee
Urusei Yatsura: Only You
Title: Urusei Yatsura: Only You
Character: Ataru Moroboshi
Released: February 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which time not only had he forgotten the events of his childhood, but he was also going out with Lum. The rest of the plot focuses on Lum's attempts to prevent the marriage. The film was directed by Mamoru Oshii who was mad at the many requests that the producer made of him to alter the movie. Rumiko Takahashi considers this film her favorite and it is the most true to the original series.
bee
I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life
Title: I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life
Released: February 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Mr. Matsuzawa is a novelist who lives in Chiba Prefecture. Only his daughter Kazuko knows that the family dog, Don Matsugorou, can talk. Don is wounded in a fight with the neighbors' dog, King, a nouveau-riche mongrel with ideas above his station. At the vet, however, he falls in love with a little patchwork puppy called Chotaro.
bee
Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure
Title: Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure
Character: Tarou Soramame (voice)
Released: July 10, 1982
Type: Movie
When local teacher Midori Yamabuki receives an emergency summons to her home planet it turns out to be a trap devised by galactic warlord Dr. Mashirito, and it's up to Dr. Senbei Norimaki and a group of students (including his robot daughter Arale) to venture into space to save her.
bee
Title: The Kabocha Wine
Character: Shunsuke Aoba
Released: July 5, 1982
Type: TV
Shunsuke Aoba has just transferred to a new school and can’t wait to attend. Excitedly, he sprints to the school but, upon arrival, finds that no one is there. Unfortunately, Shunsuke didn’t know that his first day was a holiday, of all things. However, it seems that he is not the only one on campus. As he is about to eat his lunch, he meets a student named Natsumi. Shunsuke gives her some of his food, and the two strike up a conversation. Natsumi was born as a so-called SL girl, a particularly tall girl. She herself accepts her specialness but is rejected by many of her classmates. How will Shunsuke react to this? Will their initial friendship continue?
bee
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Character: Kai Shiden (voice)
Released: March 13, 1982
Type: Movie
Amuro Ray and the rest of the White Base crew, now denominated the 13th Autonomous Corps, return to outer space to support the rest of the Earth Federation forces for the decisive battle against the Duchy of Zeon's forces.
bee
Title: Armored Fleet Dairugger XV
Character: AKI Manabu (voice)
Released: March 3, 1982
Type: TV
Armored Fleet Dairugger XV was an anime series aired in Japan from 1982 to 1983. It is also referred to as Dairugger 15, Dairugger XV, Armored Armada Dairugger XV, Armored Squadron Dairugger XV, or Machine Platoon Dairugger. In the United States, it was heavily edited to become part of the Voltron series. The Dairugger footage was the primary source for the "Vehicle Voltron" episodes, though various footage was also inserted into the more commonly known "Lion Voltron" episodes.
bee
Title: Combat Mecha Xabungle
Character: Bulme (voice)
Released: February 6, 1982
Type: TV
Combat Mecha Xabungle, infrequently called Blue Gale Xabungle, is a mecha anime television series by Sunrise, and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It was broadcast on the Nagoya TV and TV Asahi networks at 5:30 PM each Saturday from February 6, 1982 through January 29, 1983. Promotional toys were produced by Clover. It also had a compilation movie called Xabungle Graffiti, which added a few minutes and a whole-new ending to the series.
bee
Title: Urusei Yatsura
Character: Ataru Moroboshi
Released: October 14, 1981
Type: TV
An alien race known as the Oni arrive on Earth to invade the planet. Instead of taking over the planet by force, the Oni give humans a chance to fight for the rights to the planet by taking part in a competition. The computer-selected human player is Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous, unlucky and stupid high school student from the Japanese city of Tomobiki, and the Oni player is Princess Lum, daughter of the leader of the Invasion force.
bee
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island
Title: Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island
Character: Tarou Soramame (voice)
Released: July 18, 1981
Type: Movie
Professor Senbei finds a videotape of his deceased father providing instructions on how to create a love potion. The main ingredient is a tear of the evil Gyaasuka Daimao who lives at the Wonder Island. To retrieve it, Senbei takes Arale and Gatchan on a wacky adventure.
bee
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Character: Kai Shiden (voice)
Released: July 11, 1981
Type: Movie
After managing to survive attacks by Zeon's Char Aznable and Garma Zabi, the crew of Federation warship White Base and its mobile suits must battle Zeon forces through Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean if they are to reach Earth Federation's headquarters alive. During that process many of its crewmembers must overcome their fears, losses, immaturities, and insecurities in order to survive.
bee
Title: Queen Millennia
Character: Amamori's Computer
Released: April 16, 1981
Type: TV
Queen Millennia is a manga series by Leiji Matsumoto which was serialized from 28 January 1980 through 11 May 1983 in both the Sankei Shimbun and Nishinippon Sports newspapers. The manga series was adapted into a 42-episode anime TV series by Toei Dōga and broadcast on the Fuji TV network from 16 April 1981 through 25 March 1982. An anime film was released on 13 March 1982 shortly before the TV series ended. The anime series was combined by Harmony Gold and Carl Macek with episodes from the 1978 Matsumoto series, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, and shown from 1985 to 1986 in the United States as the 65-episode Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years. The series was broadcast in Germany on Tele 5 during 1992 and on Mangas in France in 2004.
bee
Title: Dr. Slump
Character: Tarou Soramame (voice)
Released: April 8, 1981
Type: TV
Follows the humorous adventures of the little girl robot Arale Norimaki, her creator Senbei Norimaki, and the other residents of the bizarre Penguin Village.
bee
The Door Into Summer
Title: The Door Into Summer
Character: Lindo (voice)
Released: March 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A club of young men who live by logic find themselves in love, and their lives fall apart as they try to cope with the emotions their romance strikes on them.
bee
Mobile Suit Gundam I
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam I
Character: Kai Shiden (voice)
Released: March 14, 1981
Type: Movie
In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.
bee
Run Melos!
Title: Run Melos!
Character: Pauze
Released: February 7, 1981
Type: Movie
Hashire Melos! is the title of two Japanese animated films. The first was directed by Tomoharu Katsumata and released on Japanese television on February 7, 1981. It was either 68 or 87 minutes long, and its official title did not include the exclamation mark on the end. The second, with the exclamation mark, was a 107-minute remake of the first and was released on July 25, 1992. It featured direction and screenplay by Masaaki Osumi, music by Kazumasa Oda, art by Hiroyuki Okiura and Satoshi Kon, and background art by Hiroshi Ohno. Both were produced by Toei Company Ltd. Visual 80, and both were based on the original short story written by Osamu Dazai in 1940.
bee
Title: Robot King Daioja
Character: エドワード・ミト
Released: January 31, 1981
Type: TV
Eden 1 rules over about 50 planets throughout the galaxy. With the aid of his two faithful retainers Duke Sukedo and Baron Kakusu, Prince Mito decides to undertake a royal inspection tour of the planets undercover. However, the empire is a dangerous place and is plagued with vice feudal lords and corrupt space merchants, as well as other evil people. Using the royal family's weapon, the combining robot Daiohja, Prince Mito punishes any kind of villians that are within Eden 1's empire.
bee
Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck
Title: Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck
Character: Perrault
Released: January 3, 1981
Type: Movie
Buck is a half German Shepard half Saint Bernard whose life is peaceful and happy living with the Millers in California. However, one day he is tricked and sold off. He ends up in the snowy North where he has become a sled dog during the Gold Rush. His story takes many twists and turns and he has to fight for his own survival.
bee
Title: X-Bomber
Character: Ginga (voice)
Released: October 11, 1980
Type: TV
As the year 3000 approaches, a war-torn Solar System is invaded by the Imperial Alliance in search of a supreme being, the F-01. The experimental X Bomber spacecraft with its young crew must discover the secret of F-01 and turn it against the Imperial Alliance or all will be lost.
bee
The Legend of Marine Snow
Title: The Legend of Marine Snow
Released: August 12, 1980
Type: Movie
This little-known and poorly documented Leiji Matsumoto TV movie, tells the story of the revolution of the people of the ocean which are being invaded by the humans from the surface.
bee
Title: Trider G7
Character: Kenichi Ohyama
Released: February 2, 1980
Type: TV
Trider G7, known in Japan as Invincible Robo Trider G7, was a Japanese anime television series which aired from 1980 to 1981. There were 50 episodes. It was also referred to as "Trider G7", "Unchallengeable Trider G7" and "Tryder G7", "Bird Attack Tryder G7", "Unrivaled Robot Trider G7".
bee
Title: Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey
Character: Spirit of the Bread
Released: January 9, 1980
Type: TV
Set in a German-speaking country in the seventies, brother and sister Tyltyl and Mytyl live with their parents, a dog and a cat. When their mother becomes seriously ill on Christmas Day, Tyltyl and Mytyl receive the visit of Berylune fairy. It entrusts them with the task of finding the “blue bird”, the bearer of happiness, making them able to heal the mother. With their dog Tyrol, cat Shanet, and a range of spirits, they set out on a journey to find the “blue bird” and maybe learn happiness along the way.
bee
Title: Space Carrier Blue Noah
Character: Domenico (voice)
Released: October 13, 1979
Type: TV
Space Carrier Blue Noah is a science fiction anime TV series produced by Office Academy which ran in Japan from October 13, 1979 through March 30, 1980. It was later distributed overseas in English by West Cape Corporation under the name "Thundersub". The series was called "Nave Anti-Espacial" in many Spanish-speaking countries. Set in the year 2052, Earth has managed to find peace until the arrival of the Death Force – ruthless aliens from a dying solar system – who are desperately searching for a new home. Attacking the Earth with a massive satellite ship called Terror Star, the aliens proceed to terraform the planet to make it their own. For mankind there is one hope: it's up to Colin Collins and a small band of his fellow surviving students to crew a top-secret submersible vessel that can fight the invaders at sea or in space.
bee
Title: The Rose of Versailles
Character: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Released: October 10, 1979
Type: TV
Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.
bee
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Title: Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Character: Shigeru Sakamoto
Released: September 10, 1979
Type: Movie
Time to ease up ... not! Although the Yamato's crew has witnessed the end of the long, hard-fought Comet Empire War, a peaceful future will have to wait. While Dessler gathers together the shattered remnants of his Gamilus Empire, new forces are at work in the universe that could augur in another conflict. Seems the Black Star Empire has invaded Dessler's homeworld and is decimating it, all the while gathering power for its war machine.
bee
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam
Character: Kai Shiden (voice)
Released: April 7, 1979
Type: TV
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in the middle of a war? Teenager Amuro Ray sees his life shattered when war comes to his home. During the chaos, Amuro finds himself inside the mobile suit Gundam, the Earth Federation's new secret weapon, and he somehow gets it to work. Amuro and the other refugees flee their homeland on the warship White Base. This group of children and inexperienced soldiers will change the outcome of the war.
bee
Title: Future Robot Daltanious
Character: Kento Tate (voice)
Released: March 21, 1979
Type: TV
Future Robot Daltanious was an anime series that aired from 1979 to 1980. The show is one of the mecha shows which was and still remains very popular among Asian countries and Italy.
bee
Title: Highschool Baseball Ninja
Character: 堀田三吉
Released: April 10, 1978
Type: TV
bee
Title: Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
Character: Shingo
Released: October 8, 1977
Type: TV
There once existed a planet named Beal, until it was wiped out by the mysterious entity known as Gaizok. The few remaining survivors escaped to Earth and split into three families, named Jin, Kamie, and Kamikita respectively. While attempting to start a new life, the collectively known "Jin Family" prepared for the inevitable Gaizok invasion on Earth and its giant mechanical beasts known as "Mecha Boosts". In order to defend their new home, they have built three vehicles which when combined form the mighty Zambot 3. The Jin Family must not only defend against Gaizok attacks, but also harsh criticisms from the very people they protect, who blame the Jin Family for the invasion in the first place.
bee
Title: Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
Character: Baleter
Released: October 8, 1977
Type: TV
There once existed a planet named Beal, until it was wiped out by the mysterious entity known as Gaizok. The few remaining survivors escaped to Earth and split into three families, named Jin, Kamie, and Kamikita respectively. While attempting to start a new life, the collectively known "Jin Family" prepared for the inevitable Gaizok invasion on Earth and its giant mechanical beasts known as "Mecha Boosts". In order to defend their new home, they have built three vehicles which when combined form the mighty Zambot 3. The Jin Family must not only defend against Gaizok attacks, but also harsh criticisms from the very people they protect, who blame the Jin Family for the invasion in the first place.
bee
Title: Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
Character: Uchuuta Kamie
Released: October 8, 1977
Type: TV
There once existed a planet named Beal, until it was wiped out by the mysterious entity known as Gaizok. The few remaining survivors escaped to Earth and split into three families, named Jin, Kamie, and Kamikita respectively. While attempting to start a new life, the collectively known "Jin Family" prepared for the inevitable Gaizok invasion on Earth and its giant mechanical beasts known as "Mecha Boosts". In order to defend their new home, they have built three vehicles which when combined form the mighty Zambot 3. The Jin Family must not only defend against Gaizok attacks, but also harsh criticisms from the very people they protect, who blame the Jin Family for the invasion in the first place.
bee
Title: Planet Robot Danguard Ace
Character: Hideo Oboshi (voice)
Released: March 6, 1977
Type: TV
Planet Robo Danguard Ace is a Japanese science fiction anime series created by Leiji Matsumoto with Dan Kobayashi. It was licensed by Jim Terry Productions as part of the Force Five promotion as simply "Danguard Ace". English dialog was written for re-dubbing by Lynn Garrison who then combined a number of episodes into a feature length presentation which gained a cult following on the Showtime network during the eighties. The titular robot also appeared in Marvel Comics' Shogun Warriors series, as well as the toy line of the same name. In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced three all new English dubbed movie versions edited from the original series. Producer William Winckler, known for Tekkaman the Space Knight, wrote, produced and directed the English films, which are seen on broadband in Japan. Dangard Ace is Matsumoto's only contribution to the giant robot genre.
bee
Title: Magnos The Robot
Character: Takeru
Released: September 5, 1976
Type: TV
Dr. Kazuki, who perceived of an invasion of Earth by the Izaru people builds a robot based on the science of magnetism and sphere joint theory. Undergoing a dangerous augmentation process, Dr. Kazuki's daughter Mai becomes the pilot of "Mighty" or "Magnetman Minus". Takeshi Houjou becomes the pilot of "Puraiza" or "Magnetman Plus". The pilots would hold each other and then physically trasform their joint bodies in a metallic plate locking itself on the Gakeen (Short for "Gathering Keen") robot's frame thus enabling the super robot to move and fight. This sequence was notable, to an adult's eye, for its almost-sexual connotation.
bee
Title: Uzumaki
Character: Yasuo Goshima (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
A town of people slowly go insane over increasing obsessions with spiral shapes: patterns in the clouds, everyday objects, hair, insects, skin.