A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.
In this reimagining of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel, the musketeer Aramis is secretly a woman in disguise, drawn to the elite corps after exacting revenge on her lover's murderer. Years later, plucky musketeer-in-waiting D'Artagnan is to be hanged for a crime he didn't commit. To exonerate her friend, Aramis must uncover the truth by navigating a twisting web of court conspiracies and her own past — without revealing her secret.
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.
A short puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.
A short animated film by from 1959.
Hans was making bread and North Wind was blowing all the flour out of his bowl. He decides to visit the North Wind in his castle to ask him to stop and for compensation. Based on a Norwegian fable...
Gauche is in charge of playing cello in the orchestra. He has a few days left before the concert, but he is unable to play it well. One night, while practicing the cello at home, he hears a knock at the door. It is a cat holding a tomato.
Based on the story by Kenji Miyazawa in which two hunters get lost in the woods and discover a strange restaurant which makes a number of increasingly strenuous demands.
A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale The Ugly Duckling.
A puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.
A little girl tries to sell matches on a cold December night with no luck. To keep from freezing she lights one match and sees a wondrous vision...
A short animated film from 1962.
The Robot Moles is an adorable story about flowers, moles, dumb scientists and a little girl.
Part of the series of films produced with cooperation of Japan's Central Council for Financial Services Information and Bank of Japan Public Relations Department, this educational video teaches kids about the value of money and the consequences of overconsumption.
A non-narrated glimpse of the sea's most unusual inhabitants. A musical score accompanies each creature and emphasizes its appearance, movements and unique behavior. Underwater photography reveals fish that can walk, fish that have hands, fish that swim upside down, strange fish, colorful fish, and poisonous fish.
The preschooler Mako and the rabbit Pico learn what to watch out for when walking on the road. The work combines animation and live action to help young children learn the rules of the road in a fun and easy-to-understand way.
The Whole gang is back together this time Direct to Video and in Japan.
Red Oni, who is feared because of his appearance, wants to be friends with the villagers. For the sake of Red Oni, Blue Oni becomes a villain and makes the villagers believe that Red Oni is a kind Oni. When Red Oni visits Blue Oni's house...
A white elephant, adored by his friends, has a mother who is blind. One day, the white elephant is captured at the king's request. However, the king, who is kindhearted, decides to send the white elephant back to the forest because he is worried about his mother and does not eat his food.
An old man accidentally drops his rice ball for lunch into a rat hole. The happy sound of singing lures him into the hole, where he is welcomed with open arms by the rats. Seeing this, the old man next to him also tries to fall into the hole, but...
