Spring 1992 Anime

Crayon Shin-chan follows the wacky antics and adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Many of the jokes in the series stem from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language, as well as from his inappropriate behavior. A typical gag involves Shin-chan confounding his parents by using the wrong phrase for the occasion; for example, saying "Welcome back!" instead of "I am back!" when he comes home.

During the beginning of the series, the TV show was mostly based on the storyline in the original manga. As the show progressed, more and more episodes became anime-original.

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The story of Mr. Araiwa and his family. He is a model employee in a large enterprise, but becomes a completely different character at home. He is very keen on cooking and lets no occasion to cook delicious dishes for his wife, who is frequently occupied by her work as a journalist, or his young son.

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Shun Godai is a young boy who likes soccer. But his grandfather, a successful businessman, want his grandson to follow his path...

When Harimanada makes his grand entrance into the world of Sumo, he causes complete uproar throughout the entire arena. The novelty heask is clearly not a good idea but not content with just ruffling the feathers of all the spectators, he sends the the entire Sumo Association into a frenzy when he arrogantly declares that he will sur the legendary Futabayama's consecutive run of 69 victories. Should he fail to achieve such a feat, he will immediately retire all together.

Harimanada's impudent remarks cause a huge backlash as every high-ranking Yokuzuna wants the chance to knock him down and humiliate him for showing such arrogance.

Thus begins Harimanada's journey to the top as he battles to topple the entire Sumo hierarchy!

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After of the big war between angels and demons, the Earth is almost destroyed and his cities devastated. Wanted to restore the peace and the harmony, four young child decides to fight against the army of evil that rules the world for to eradicate to the Earth and give them back to hell.

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Koutarou's father is trying to train his son in the art of the ninja, but a mis-hit bomb accidently damages a shrine and releases a great demon that Eldoran had been keeping contained. Eldoran manages to contain him, but one of his servants manages to escape as well, and now attempts to free his master. To stop him, Eldoran grants the three mecha Gotiger, King Elephan, and Mach Eagle to Koutarou and his two friends, as well as suits that grant each of them a special power. Miracle Ninja Ganbare Team is born!

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Based on Hobberdy Dick (1955) by Katharine Mary Briggs (1898-1980, English).

Tells the story of a 300-year-old hobgoblin who lives in Widford Manor in the Cotswolds.

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Tomato is one of the 10 knights of the salad kindom. Young and clumsy, yet always ends up saving the day and is ired by everyone even the pretty princess peach, who he desperately falls in love with.Every episode they embark on a new journey to solve a new mission. This would be easier if only the insect band didn't get in their way every time.

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Mabo-chan goes on a world-wide journey to find a cure after his parents were turned to stone after eating an apple infected with a mysterious bacteria.

Anime adaptation of Charles Perrault fairy tale, directed by Susumu Ishizaki.

In the middle of the 19th century, Japan was still closed off from the outside world. There were just the beginning signs of reformation in the long regime of Shogun Tokugawa.

In the remote countryside, on the island of Shikoko, a young boy named Ryoma is growing up in a lower-class Samurai family. A decade later, he is to become on of the leading figures to topple the Shogun's reign and open Japan to the western world.

Our story begins with Ryoma, a dreaming kid of seven years. Ryoma is an honest and tenderd-hearted boy who hates any sort of violence and brutality. He is so sensitive, and a bit naive, that he often cries from pity when he sees even the simples act of violence such as another kid trampling a tiny insect. The kids and even his family call him a "cry baby". However, he is not a coward -- not a "chicken" at all. His distress comes from a desire to prevent unreasonable acts and the wrong doings in life.

His older sister is the only person who understands his depth. She recognizes that her brother is gifted with a special talent and she does her best to protect him and cheer him up.

(Source: Enoki Films USA)

Jiang came to the old family cherry blossom viewing venue. But the surrounding area was full of garbage. He sits there to eat lunch reluctantly when a strange creature falls from the sky!

Kororin is his name. He comes from the Star Oasis and is here to teach the importance of environmental consciousness with his ESP.

Jiang, his sister, and Kororin must battle Syndrome, the evil alien plotting the destruction of the Earth. The attempted destruction is usually through some environmental issue such as tearing a hole in the ozone, or changing the weather, or overuse of electricity, etc.

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By 2030, Shotaro's son was in charge of Tetsujin-28. An Interpol agent like his father, he used the aged robot to combat the Pink Mafia and the Franken organization.

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Nutsberry Town is a beautiful small country town, surrounded by shimmering lakes, lush forests and green fields. It's a place where old-fashioned values still abound. It is here that our heroes, Snappy the Onion, Wendy the Walnut and Pee Wee the Peanut, a madcap trio known as the "Kooky Kids" play their mischievous games.

Never mean-spirited or malicious, the Kooky Kids still manage to get into trouble in their non-stop quest for fun and adventure. And because Nutsberry Town is far from the hustle and bustle of video arcades, shopping malls or theme parks, the children find their fun amidst their beautiful surroundings and in their imagination.

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Sasurai is a hapless, overworked and existentially lonely salaryman with a crush on his attractive co-worker simply because she’s considerate of him and is the attractive woman he sees every day.

Note: The first episoded aired with a run-time of ~15 minutes as opposed to the standard 10-minute-long episode.

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Behind the colorful curtains and extravagant performances, there lies the dark side of a circus life, hidden away from the smiles and praises of the audience. Set in early 20th century Japan, Midori: Shoujo Tsubaki highlights the misdeeds that occur in circus camps.

Midori was an innocent young girl who enjoyed her life as an elementary student to the fullest. However, everything changed after her mother fell ill. Eventually, Midori is forced to stop going to school and, instead, sells flowers in the city. When her mother dies tragically, Midori meets a stranger who leads her towards the circus. What awaits her will change her life forever...

In a life where nothing seems to go right, will Midori lose faith and give up? Or will she manage to stay strong in hopes of a better future

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A young girl named Candice White who was left on the doorstep of the "Pony Home", an orphanage, when she was just a baby. The sisters took her first name from a doll she had in her basket, with the name "Candy" on it, and her last name from the snowstorm she was rescued from. Life is quiet and happy.. or.. as quiet as life can be with Candy around. She has a penchant for getting into trouble, climbing trees and tussling with the best of them. However, tragedy begins to strike.

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A super-short fast paced theatrical animation about Wapiko and friends.

When Yohta is told by the girl he likes, Moemi, that she likes someone else, he rents a video girl tape from a strange video rental shop. When he plays the tape at home, Video Girl Ai emerges from the screen to help him win Moemi's love. But Yohta's VCR had been malfunctioning and now Ai's personality isn't quite what it was designed to be.

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A.D. 2089 - 80 years have ed since Space War I changed the lives of both human and Zentraedi races. Both races are at peace on Earth when a new alien race called the "Marduk" appear within the Solar System. While covering the first battle between the U.N. Spacy and the Marduk fleet, SNN rookie reporter Hibiki Kanzaki discovers Ishtar, an "Emulator" that enhances the Marduk's combat abilities through singing. Hibiki brings Ishtar to Earth to teach her the values of life and culture. Together with ace Valkyrie pilot Silvie Gena, Hibiki and Ishtar must find a way to save Earth from total destruction at the hands of the Marduk leader Ingues.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Sometime during the late 19th century, a young Asian girl has made a place for herself in a seaside town as the owner and operator of the Tenkai restaurant and boarding house..

Yet "Miss China," as the locals call her, is in the dumps. She's got a Mad Scientist named Breckenridge living upstairs who is chronically late with the rent, and she's pining for Jim, a handsome watchmaker's apprentice whom she mistakenly believes is pursuing the local flower girl.

But this isn't our world. It is a world that has the Spirit of Wonder, where every so often, just occasionally mind you, amazing things happen. The Mad Scientist actually has come up with an incredible invention, and Jim has an unbelievable plan to use it to give Miss China the most beautiful ring in all the World.

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Suffering from a crippling memory loss ever since an accident at the age of six, Toshiaki finds new hope, and a new mystery, when he is visited by a girl from his own future.

(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Gaiarth - a world devastated by a cataclysmic war, where pockets of humanity struggle to survive amidst the wreckage of technologies made magical by ignorance.

Gaiarth - a world where artificially intelligent machines doggedly pursue their programmed imperatives: to protect, or destroy, humanity.

Gaiarth - a world in which an old and terrible evil has reawakened, threatening to once again bring forth Armageddon!

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Who cares about saving the world when there's treasure to be found! When Wan and his voracious appetite hook up with bossy little Mei-Mer and playboy Bud Mint, they won't let anything stand in their way to find all that glitters!

Kidnapped by their mortal enemies, the Humans, our compatriots just happen to stumble upon the Humans' secret -Dr. that is. In exchange for freeing his granddaughter Yuni, hands the greedy little gang the key to the greatest treasure the world has ever known! Of course they have no idea what it is or where it is, but they're not about to let the Humans get their grubby hands on it first! Now if they can only manage not to kill each other before they can find it...

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OVA based on the Joker manga by artist MICHIHARA Katsumi (道原かつみ) and writer MAKI Yuu (麻城ゆう).

Joker is a genetically engineered shape-and-gender-shifter, who created as part of a Special Police Task Force and fights crime of all kinds, but he/she also fits in a little romance around the edges.

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Life seems simple for Koichi, a young student, until he learns that he is the reincarnation of an alien protector who crashed onto the mantle of responsibility as"defender of the Earth", Koichi/Babel teams up with a trio of super-powered alien companions to battle the the dark forces of an evil cult leader. The war to save humanity takes Babel from the deserts of southern Asia to the upper east side of Manhattan and ultimately to a final showdown with "the master" in a hidden base nestled in the Swiss Alps. The action is fast-paced and deadly. The fate of the world rests in the ability of this courageous youth to tame his latent psychic power and use it to defeat the enemies of mankind.

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High school girl Ruri is dragged into a battle over the fate of the Pulsean Moon when the princess Leila sends assassins to dispense with her. Ruri's lover, Toru, is wounded protecting her, and Ruri must leave the real world behind and journey to the Pulsean Moon to save him. Based on the manga in Omajinai Comic by Mito Orihara, who also wrote the theme song.

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Three videos about cats--Cat's Best Friend, Cat's Adventure, and Cat's Christmas-each containing three smaller stories of feline fun. Based on a 1989 column in Monthly Kadokawa magazine by Yuko Hara, better known as the keyboard player/vocalist with the Southern All-Stars.

(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Time-traveling lovers Katsumi and Sakura find themselves in the midst of Japan's medieval civil war between the Heike and Genji clans.

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A new kid moves to town for a short stay with his father. He's really good at playing the ocarina but difficult to befriend. A bird likes to listen to his music and when a storm arrives they all help the bird by placing it and its nest into a bird house; this helps them all form an everlasting friendship as he moves once again.

One day, Kanta, a lonely boy, rescues an orphaned baby sika deer and names it Poyu. There is something special about Poyu, his golden tail. When hunters go after Poyu, Kanta is determined to protect his golden-tailed friend and the other deer.

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Keroppi and friends get special tickets to ride a flying ship at night to look at the constellations. Whether they dreamt the same dream or encountered it for real is up interpretation.

Based on the yonkoma manga by Iwatani Tenho.

Schoolgirl Mitsuko tries to protect half-Chinese transfer student Yu-Lian from bullies. That night, she discovers Emily, an old American doll. Given to a Japanese child during an exchange in 1921, it was hidden from the "doll burnings" of the anti-Western war period and saved by a brave young girl (Mitsuko's grandmother). At the next day's show-and-tell, Mitsuko tells the story of Emily and encourages Yu-Lian.

(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

A music video for the song Sowa Sowa Calendar by Hiromi Okazaki. Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Music video for the song Best Friend by Japanese boy band SMAP that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Toshio Nishiuchi and Hiromi Andou.

A boy reminisces about the countryside, enticing people to that their large cities were once beautiful open landscapes of trees and rivers.

Music video for the song Mahou no Crayon by Yuu Aihara that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

A music video that aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program. The song is by Ai Miyata.

Music video for the song Sekai wo Musubou by Sandra and the Morinoki Children Choir that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Akira Maeda and invites people from all over the world to enjoy the Mediterranean.