Masako Ikeda

Masako Ikeda

Born: January 1, 1939
in Tokyo, Japan
Masako Ikeda (池田 昌子, Ikeda Masako, January 1, 1939) is a Japanese voice actress, actress and narrator from tokyo. She is represented by Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, also known as Haikyō (俳協).

Masako is most known for dubbing Audrey Hepburn and playing the role of Maetel in the anime Galaxy Express 999.

Movies for Masako Ikeda...

Title: Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
Character: MC
Released: April 8, 2018
Type: TV
This program presents Kyoto with its history of 1,200 years, numerous precious cultural assets such as World Heritage Sites, national treasures, and important cultural properties.
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Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Title: Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Character: Mother of Ultra (voice)
Released: March 10, 2018
Type: Movie
The Giant Artificial Brain Gilbaris is trying to eliminate all intellectual life forms throughout the universe. Ultraman Geed confronts the harsh fate against a mighty enemy who withstands the power of Ultra Warriors' light. Ultraman Orb, Jugglus Juggler, and Ultraman Zero rush to the crisis! And the heated feelings inside Riku awakens Geed's Ultimate form - Ultimate Final!
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Title: Space Brothers
Character: Sharon Kaneko
Released: March 31, 2012
Type: TV
When they were young, the brothers Mutta and Hibito promised each other they would become astronauts. Now, in 2025, Hibito has followed his dream to become the first Japanese on the moon, but Mutta has just been fired from his job. His brother reminds him of their childhood promise, and Mutta decides once again to aim for space.
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Title: Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Character: Narration (voice)
Released: April 3, 2011
Type: TV
Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they make life’s awkward moments a thousand times worse. Along with a colorful bunch of classmates, they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile down the street, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal. But normal is the last thing you can expect in a town where salmon falls from the sky. In fact, the only thing you can count on is your friends, but even they are totally weird.
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Title: Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Character: Narrator
Released: April 5, 2009
Type: TV
Anne Shirley goes through quite a lot of adventures before she ends up in Green Gables. She is living with a family and helps out by looking after the kids, helping in the chores around the home... Meanwhile she discovers more about who she is, that her name is "Anne" and not "Ann"... And she just is her adorable but a bit crazy self.
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The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
Title: The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: December 30, 2006
Type: Movie
In the distant future, the planets are now connected with a massive galactic railway system. The Galaxy Express 999 has crash landed on a mysterious planet. On board are The Conductor, Killian, Maetel, and Tetsuro, a ten year-old street urchin with a heart of gold. Now it’s up to the SDF Sirius Platoon to rescue them before the Herise Time Mystery—a rift in the deep axis of time and space—repeats.
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Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
Title: Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
Character: Mother of Ultra (voice)
Released: June 30, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Character: Mother of Ultra (voice)
Released: June 30, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Monster
Character: British Couple (voice)
Released: April 6, 2004
Type: TV
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
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Title: Yukikaze
Character: Jackson Lynn
Released: August 25, 2002
Type: TV
Thirty-three years ago, an alien force known as the "JAM" invaded Earth through a dimensional portal over Antarctica. Earth’s forces managed to drive the JAM away to a distant planet designated as "Fairy." While the majority of Earth’s population is unaware of the JAM’s presence, the war continues on Fairy, where Rei Fukai is an SAF (Special Air Force) pilot assigned to pilot "Yukikaze"—an advanced reconnaissance fighter plane equipped with a near-sentient A.I. that detects the presence of the JAM within its path.
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Title: Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
Character: Maetel
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: TV
Harlock Saga is a six-part anime miniseries by Leiji Matsumoto. An adaptation of Das Rheingold, it tells the story of space pirate Captain Harlock and his crew as they try to stop a man who has stolen gold from the center of the galaxy and forged it into a powerful ring.
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Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Title: Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: March 7, 1998
Type: Movie
Tetsuro believed he was freeing the Earth from the clutches of the Metanoid Empire’s tyranny. Yet one year after his return, Tetsuro is a prisoner of a new tyrant, and this one human! However, before worse than imprisonment can happen to the boy, Maetel and the 999 swoop into the boy’s rescue. With his freedom, gun, and trusty hat returned to him, Tetsuro reaffirms his desire to save his home. But a new darkness is rising to swallow the light, and one of its agents has him in her sights. Before the train can depart for a new destination, Tetsuro will have to face the deadly knight Helmazaria!
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DNA Sights 999.9
Title: DNA Sights 999.9
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
After a meteor hits Earth, traitor forces have (for all intents and purposes) taken over, and the people are suffering. In the chaos, a boy named Tetsuro Daiba, who had lost his parents in the meteor hit, is paid a visit by Mello, a mysterious woman appearing in a bright light. When Daiba comes to, he finds itself in a spaceship infirmary under observation. Stealing a fighter that he didn't know how to pilot (until he tried it), he breaks out, flying like a total pro.
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The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Title: The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Character: Nanzi (voice)
Released: September 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Born in the Chinese state of Lu in 551 B.C., Confucius is raised by his mother after his father dies when he is only three. He marries at 19 and enters the service of the local nobility. At 32, he becomes tutor to the Prince of Lu's children, eventually becoming a politician at 51. His career peaks are the roles of Lu's justice minister and eventually prime minister. The land prospers for four years, but Confucius grows disenchanted with court intrigues. For the following 12 years, he wanders the neighboring states, offering advice to their rulers.
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X: The Movie
Title: X: The Movie
Character: Tooru
Released: August 2, 1996
Type: Movie
It's the year of destiny, and 15 year old Kamui Shiro, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence, having left when he was very young. He wants to be with his childhood friends, Fuma (his best friend) and Kotori, Fuma's little sister (and Kamui's possible girlfriend). He wants to protect them from all dangers, but destiny and fate are haunting Kamui and pulling in himself and his beloved childhood friends. It is his destiny and his sole decision to decide the fate of the world, no matter if he wants the role or not. Now it is a matter of if he will join the side of the Seven Seals and become the Dragon of Heaven to save mankind or join the Seven Angels and become the Dragon of Earth to destroy all civilization so the earth can heal itself from man's destruction.
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Title: Romeo and the Black Brothers
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 15, 1995
Type: TV
To get the money to pay for a doctor for his father, Romeo bravely sells himself as a chimney sweep. On the way to Milan he meets Alfredo, a mysterious boy on the run heading to the same fate. Upon being separated and sold to their new bosses, the two boys swear eternal friendship. Romeo has to learn the hardships of a chimney sweep's job.
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Title: The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
Character: Mrs. Kogure (voice)
Released: October 1, 1994
Type: TV
Six long months have passed. The Raalgon Empire has developed a horrible new type of weapon, and Tylor has been charged with the duty of intercepting it as it is being transported. But when all that could go wrong does go wrong, the crew members of the Soyokaze find themselves at the mercy of their enemies. As the hours tick down toward their execution, the crew wonders: has their irresponsible captain misled them? Or is this all a part of some greater strategy?
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Silent Möbius 2
Title: Silent Möbius 2
Character: Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Released: July 18, 1992
Type: Movie
After the death of her mother Katsumi wants nothing more to do with this horrible place known as Tokyo. Forced into staying an infuriated Katsumi returns to AMP HQ where chief Rally Cheyenne pleads with her to stay and join the team. However, her pleading falls on deaf ears as Katsumi exclaims that she wants nothing more to do with them, leaving to find another way home. Meanwhile the Demons taking over Tokyo begin their final move against humanity and the AMP. They realize that the key to opening their demon world lies within Katsumi. Her unwanted abilities mean everything to them and without her their plan would fail. The stage is set once again on the destroyed Tokyo Bay Bridge. Will Katsumi choose her destiny and defend her new found friend or will she fall to the weakness and despair within her?
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Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Title: Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Character: Saeko Kimura (voice)
Released: December 13, 1991
Type: Movie
"Shiro" is a black cat who loves her family very much. She loves them so much she wants to help them out in times of need and trouble…but it’s difficult to do this if she’s just a cat. So one night, she wishes on the moon to make her able to help, and the next day, she has turned into a human girl.
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Seven Days War 2
Title: Seven Days War 2
Released: July 6, 1991
Type: Movie
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Kayoko's Diary
Title: Kayoko's Diary
Character: Yoshi Nakane
Released: March 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Kayoko is a young girl in 1940, just starting first grade. Nothing can prepare her for 1945, and the bleak times that are soon to come.
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Silent Möbius
Title: Silent Möbius
Character: Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Released: January 7, 1991
Type: Movie
In a futuristic Tokyo, several policewomen fight a monster. One of them, Katsumi Liqueur, remembers where she saw it before... Katsumi Liqueur, an American-born woman of Japanese descent, travels to Tokyo to visit her mother, Fuyuka, who is sick in the hospital. She takes a shortcut through an alley after her taxi gets stuck in traffic, only to encounter a monster and two policewomen fighting it. Later, she meets their chief, Rally Cheyenne, who, it seems, has been expecting her, though Katsumi has never met her before. The policewomen want Katsumi to help them fight the monster, but Katsumi, who does not want to believe in magic, resists.
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Title: Ranma ½
Character: Nodoka Saotome
Released: April 15, 1989
Type: TV
Ranma Saotome, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns into a girl and a cute, well-built redhead at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Akane Tendo, a girl who hates boys.
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Fairy King
Title: Fairy King
Character: Queen Mab (voice)
Released: December 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Jack has moved to Hokkaido to get treatment for an illness, but he's lonely and unhappy. One night a man on a horse rides through his window to help him. For a reason he doesn't understand, Jack instantly knows the man's name and feels they've met somewhere before. The man, Cu Chulainn, tells Jack to open the moonlight shadow window, which leads him to Nymphidia, the world of Midsummer Night's Dream, whose inhabitants are waiting for a new Fairy King.
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Phoenix: Space Chapter
Title: Phoenix: Space Chapter
Character: Hi no tori
Released: December 21, 1987
Type: Movie
This is the third part of "The Phoenix" series of the Kadokawa Haruki Office Co., Ltd. version. It is an animation version of the original story by Tezuka Osamu that depicts the cruelty of love through the fate of spacemen destined to drift through the universe after losing their mother ship..
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Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Title: Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Character: Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Released: November 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Akira is just another normal kid in modern-day Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. Akira learns that there is an upcoming war of demons on humanity and he has just been enlisted for a major tour of duty. But the only way to fight a demon is with their power, so Akira and Ryo risk a dangerous ceremony in an attempt to create humanity's only hope: the powerful Devilman.
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Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
Title: Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
Character: Phoenix
Released: August 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The story of a young prince and young princess from opposing tribes, as they struggle to deal with their lives and the hardship brought on by their position in their respective families.
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I'm All Yours
Title: I'm All Yours
Character: Sakurako Mamiya
Released: March 27, 1987
Type: Movie
Rokuro, a penniless student living in a run-down apartment, gets a surprise visit by the beautiful and quite mysterious Mamiya Yu. For some reason she has hopelessly fallen for this no-good pervert. As it turns out she is actually the daughter of a very wealthy Japanese family. Considering Rokuro's background, he cannot believe his luck... but not all is as it seems. This rich family seems to be a lot more perverted than even Rokuro could have imagined...
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Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Title: Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Character: Phoenix (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.
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Title: Pollyanna
Character: Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
Released: January 5, 1986
Type: TV
Motherless since birth, Pollyanna was an ordinary happy-go-lucky girl, leaving peacefully with her father, the vicar. Then one day her life changes completely when her father dies and she has to live with her aunt whom she has never met before. In the beginning, she seems to be detested by her but as time passes, they develop a very strong bond.
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Bagi: The Monster of Mighty Nature
Title: Bagi: The Monster of Mighty Nature
Character: Yoko Ishigami (voice)
Released: August 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Tezuka Osamu's tale of a genetically engineered pink American Mountain-lion named Bagi and the friendship she develops with Ryo, a lonesome bike gang member.
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Ultraman Story
Title: Ultraman Story
Character: Mother of Ultra
Released: June 14, 1984
Type: Movie
The film centers around Ultraman Taro growing up, and wanting to join the Ultra Brothers in battle. His family, however, thinks he is too young. Taro eventually proves himself after saving the 5 Ultra Brothers from the evil Grand King, created by Juda.
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Harmagedon
Title: Harmagedon
Character: Michiko Azuma (voice)
Released: March 12, 1983
Type: Movie
From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!
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Title: Aura Battler Dunbine
Character: Silky Mau
Released: February 5, 1983
Type: TV
After a motocross accident, Show Zama was pulled from Japan into the mystical world of Byston Well, where he and others from Earth were reicruited by Lord Drake Luft to pilot his newest weapons, the Aura Battlers, a combination of Byston Well magic and Earthien technology. However, in the heat of battle, Show is approached by Marvel, a woman from Earth, who convinces him of Luft's sinister intentions.
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Title: Patalliro!
Character: Etrange (voice)
Released: April 8, 1982
Type: TV
Patalliro du Malyner VIII is the crown prince of the Diamond producing country of Malynera. Known for being both ugly, mischievous and with a bad personality, he is nonetheless a strong-willed prince and a good son to his father the king. Many enemies of the throne, including the Prime Minister of Malynera himself, are off to get rid of him and take control of the rich nation. Thus, Bancoran, his haughty but extremely handsome bodyguard, is off to protect the obnoxious prince, even from Bancoran's own lover, the extremely beautiful bishounen Maraich and other bishounen assassins.
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Title: Patalliro!
Character: エトランジェ
Released: April 8, 1982
Type: TV
Patalliro du Malyner VIII is the crown prince of the Diamond producing country of Malynera. Known for being both ugly, mischievous and with a bad personality, he is nonetheless a strong-willed prince and a good son to his father the king. Many enemies of the throne, including the Prime Minister of Malynera himself, are off to get rid of him and take control of the rich nation. Thus, Bancoran, his haughty but extremely handsome bodyguard, is off to protect the obnoxious prince, even from Bancoran's own lover, the extremely beautiful bishounen Maraich and other bishounen assassins.
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Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Title: Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: August 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Two years after the events of Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battlefield, and Tetsuro is summoned to board the Three-Nine once more. In this, the shattering, full-length theatrical conclusion to Leiji Matsumoto's epic story, all questions will be answered and all mysteries will be revealed as Tetsuro embarks on a journey which will reveal a secret so awful, even Maetel herself can hardly bear to speak of it.
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Title: Queen Millennia
Character: Cleopatra
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.
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Title: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.
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Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Title: Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Character: Maetel
Released: October 2, 1980
Type: Movie
A remake of episodes 51-52 of the TV version.
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Toward the Terra
Title: Toward the Terra
Character: Mother Eliza (voice)
Released: April 26, 1980
Type: Movie
A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
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Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveller Emeraldas
Title: Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveller Emeraldas
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: April 3, 1980
Type: Movie
A remake of episode 22 of the TV version.
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Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Title: Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: March 14, 1980
Type: Movie
While travelling on the Galaxy Express with Maetel, Tetsuro befriends Claire who was forced by her mother to exchange her organic body for crystal glass. When danger threatens Tetsuro, Claire tries to help him.
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Title: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Character: Nils' Mother (voice)
Released: January 8, 1980
Type: TV
Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.
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Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Title: Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: October 11, 1979
Type: Movie
Recap of TV episodes 12 & 13
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Aim for the Ace!
Title: Aim for the Ace!
Character: Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
Released: September 8, 1979
Type: Movie
High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the new coach, Jin Munakata, wants the inexperienced Hiromi to play in a forthcoming tournament.
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Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Title: Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young Tetsuro hitches a ride on the space train Galaxy Express 999 in the hope of obtaining a cyborg body to avenge his mother's death. Along the way, he meets Maetel, who is the spitting image of his dead mother.
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Maegami Tarou
Title: Maegami Tarou
Character: ツバメトビ
Released: April 29, 1979
Type: Movie
This is a folk-tale-like adventure story of an active boy on a quest for the Water of Life. The boy sets out on this quest after learning that the Water of Life is needed to make his village happy. On the way, he meets gods, demons... Soon, he discovers that the evil snake has stolen the Water, and he heads for the snake's palace. Defeating the snake is not easy since it has the Water of Life to revive itself. This boy - Maegami Tarou - continues his courageous quest in cooperation with various creatures and the gods.
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Title: New Aim for the Ace!
Character: 竜崎麗香(お蝶夫人)
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: TV
Heroine, Hiromi Oka, has just entered a high school famous for its tennis club. She has started playing tennis yearning after Madam Butterfly. She was expecting to enjoy playing tennis with her best friend, Maki, but the situation changes when the new coach, Mr. Munakata, suddenly picks out Hiromi to be one of the players for the upcoming tournament and starts giving Hiromi tough lessons. She strives under any circumstance. The more the new coach gives her training, the better she seems to get. Finally she becomes the representative in the junior match tournament.
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Title: Galaxy Express 999
Character: Maetel (voice)
Released: September 14, 1978
Type: TV
In a distant future, Tetsuro is a human boy who wants his body replaced with a robotic one. This is possible, but to do so he has to reach the Immortal Planet onboard the space train Galaxy Express 999. Maetel, a beautiful and mysterious blonde woman dressed in Russian style, joins him in the long journey through space. Every episode sees our heroes arriving in a new planet's space train station.
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Title: The Story of Perrine
Character: Marie Paindavoine
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: TV
Perrine is a young girl who lives in Bosnia with her Indian mother and beloved father – that is, until her father passes away, leaving her mother with a single wish: travel to France to be with his father. The over 1,000 kilometer journey seems unfathomable, but Perrine and her mother have a plan: they will photograph people in the towns along the way to support themselves. With their hardy donkey Palikare and faithful dog Baron, the two set forth for Paris; along the way they encounter kind souls, barren villages, and a number of hardships; will Perrine and her mother survive the long journey to France?
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Title: Aim for the Ace!
Character: Reika Ryûzaki
Released: October 5, 1973
Type: TV
On her first day at Nishi High School, 15-year-old Hiromi Oka is inspired by top player Reika "Ochoufujin" Ryuuzaki to take up tennis. Shortly after joining the school's tennis club, she encounters Jin Munakata, the club's new coach. Munakata puts everyone under rigorous training that even puts Ochoufujin to shame. Despite the hardships, Hiromi's determination prompts the coach to select her as part of the club's main players. Because of this, Hiromi must endure the peer pressure from her seniors to become an ace tennis player. (Source: ANN)
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Title: Pinocchio: The Series
Character: Fairy
Released: January 4, 1972
Type: TV
Mokku of the Oak Tree, also known as Mokku Woody the Oak Tree, or Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio in the United States, is a 52 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired on Fuji Television in 1972. The story is based on the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi. Unlike the more cheerful lighter tones of the Disney Version and Nippon Animation's version Piccolino no Bōken, this series has a distinctly sadistic darker theme and portrays the main character, Pinocchio, as suffering from constant physical and psychological abuse and freak accidents.
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Title: Pinocchio: The Series
Character: Kenken
Released: January 4, 1972
Type: TV
Mokku of the Oak Tree, also known as Mokku Woody the Oak Tree, or Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio in the United States, is a 52 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired on Fuji Television in 1972. The story is based on the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi. Unlike the more cheerful lighter tones of the Disney Version and Nippon Animation's version Piccolino no Bōken, this series has a distinctly sadistic darker theme and portrays the main character, Pinocchio, as suffering from constant physical and psychological abuse and freak accidents.
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若い川の流れ
Title: 若い川の流れ
Released: October 14, 1968
Type: Movie
The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and friendship. For the sake of the company's managing director and his wife, Misako recommends her colleague Tensuke Sone to Fusako, the managing director's daughter and best friend. Fusako and Sone meet at the executive director's Karuizawa villa, but for some reason Kensuke becomes angry when he learns that Misako is the one who recommended him...
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Aruhi watashi wa
Title: Aruhi watashi wa
Released: October 23, 1967
Type: Movie
The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between parents and children over two generations, as well as the sisterly love between Yuriko and her sister Kaori.