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Uplifting the audience with positive emotion takes priority, eliciting laughter, amusement, or general entertainment. Almost always, comedy stories are episodic or have happy endings.
Nearly every work will use comedy as a plot device to relieve tension, but the overarching narrative must be focused on evoking amusement to be Comedy. Drama and Comedy are not mutually exclusive, but mixing them requires the audience facing human struggle with lightheartedness. Slice of Life and Comedy are incompatible by definition.
"Barbapapa around the world", is a fun-filled collection of 5-minute animated cartoons for preschool children. Barbapapa and his family return to TV for the first time in 25 years with 50 completely new and original episodes. Each episode travels to far-off lands where the Barbapapa family learns about plants, birds, reptiles or mammals in their natural Habitat. The Barbapapa family not only has fun playing with and imitating rare animals but it also helps the creatures when they fall into life-threatening situations. Join the Barbapapa Family as it travels to New Guinea, The Amazon, Patagonia and all over the world discovering the humor, danger and excitement of life. (Source: barbapapa.fr)
On an island, legend has it that monsters have lived there since ancient times. Because of this, the residents have named the island “Monster Island.” In actuality, the monsters living on the island are friendly, but live in fear of humans. A child named Kotake wanders onto the island. A grumpy red ogre named Naki ends up taking care of the child. What strange things might this encounter cause?
In a peaceful, disarmed world where small robots are utilized as housekeepers, villains act with huge robots instead of weapons. Dr. Keewee converts Michael’s robot into a transformable one in order to teach them a lesson. This is the birth of Galatt, the town hero. (Source: ANN)
This is a record of the battles and daily lives of the Defence Force officers protecting the peace of Kaiju ruled Japan.
This is the missing Hot Springs episode included in the unrated boxset of Maze: Mega-Burst Space.
As the whole world watches the Choujin Rugby game on TV, the "Underground Space Emperor" Hydra King has his Underground Space Supermen kidnap Robin Mask. Their aim is to lure out the Seigi Choujins and then attack them using the Robin Memo, which contains info on all of the Seigi Choujin's weaknesses. Watching on TV all over the world, Kinnikuman and the Seigi Choujins get together and head for Planet Hydra. (Source: Kinnikuman Wiki)
While Kinnikuman is on vacation with Mari-san's kindergarten class at Easter Island, the young wheelchair-bound Kouichi-kun laments being with an idiot like Kinnikuman, preferring to instead be with his favorite Seigi Choujin Buffaloman. Meanwhile, the other Seigi Choujins are also vacationing at ancient landmarks. (Source: Wikipedia)
Mini-series for Blue Reflection Ray with super-deformed characters posted on the official Twitter account and the DMM picture YouTube channel.
Macross chibi special included on Macross 20th Anniversary Premium Collection DVD.
When renowned scientist Hanamizukawa’s daughter is kidnapped by a mysterious organization called Shiroary, he only has one chance to save her. In his laboratory, he creates a hero named “Lemon-chan,” imbued with immense courage and hatred for injustice. Now, it is up to Lemon-chan to eliminate Hanamizukawa’s daughter’s abductors and bring her back to safety. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Based on a parody manga of Be-Bop Highschool.
The oldest recovered film by Noburou Oofuji that combines paper cutout animation with live action shots. In front of a girl with the traditional Japanese hairstyle, a small man on a desk says, "women descended from tobacco." The girl laughs at him and traps him under a glass. The angry man puffs on a cigarette in a pipe and blows smoke at the girl. The girl takes the cigarette from the man and puts it under her book. When the man threatens her with a gun, the girl throws the cigarette into the yard. The man becomes really angry and tries to shoot her, but the gun does not fire. In the end, the man starts telling her about the beginning of tobacco. (Source: animation.filmarchives.jp)
An evil monkey, Specter, has escaped a circus, using a mind-controlling device which allows him to become smarter and have access to controlling the monkeys. Kakeru is called over by a professor in order to capture all the monkeys, including the one's who's controlling them: Specter. (Source: ANN)
Hideyuki Toyotomi used to be a normal person, but gets dragged into mahjong games by his three degenerate companions and constantly loses in spite of the tiles he draws. (Source: Giant Bomb)
(No synopsis yet.)
Faced with a threat to the survival of her family restaurant, as well as a rival for Garu's heart, Pucca fights for all that she loves.
The impulsive Yakuza Jouji was ordered by his boss to teach at a misfit-filled school. He now has to settle the score with a fated rival while falling head over heels for a colleague in the process. (Source: AniDB)
A special episode of Stitch, taking place between season 1 and season 2.
Mini anime about the Fukui dialect, released on the Official Twitter.
A school comedy about a mute transfer student, Tadashi Iketo, who is constantly shuffled from school to school for his "violent nature," though he really is a mild-mannered boy constantly taunted into fights over his simian appearance. Based on a 1989 manga in Young Magazine by Harold Sakuishi. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
Lily went to an amusement park using the frog as its symbol character with her parents. At the Frog Castle of the park, she happened to draw a sword. It was said that the Frog King would grant any wish if one beat the big snake with the sword. When Lily beat the snake, she went to the Frog Land and met the Frog King. The king said she would become a frog if she couldn't open the Gate of Hope until a child would hatch from the roe in front of her. Suddenly, a man in suits appeared. His name was Knodo, and he was supposed to become her little brother. Lily thought it strange, and she ran away from him. He chased her. Then, they fell over into the water head over heels. (Source: AnimeNfo)
Michi and her family have just moved into the Happiness House, a huge tree with all sorts of little buildings and houses built on and inside of it. Upon exploring what is to be her new bedroom, Michi finds an odd nut-like object. Before long, a strange creature, Nanami-chan, hatches out of it. The two become fast friends. Together, Michi and Nanami-chan learn all kind of new things, and everyday they meet more eccentric residents of the Happiness House. (Source: ANN)
The second season of Marie & Gali.
Ocha-ken is a children's program about tea-dogs and tea-cats, each representing a different blend. The episodes are very short and geared to teaching the audience various values. The lesson, or moral of the episode is displayed at the end. (Source: AniDB)
Short experimental animation from Yoji Kuri.
A remake of Hajime Ningen Gyatoruz. Each episode contains three stories.
A special episode included with the physical release of Jantama Pong☆.
Original short animation that aired as part of promotion for the event "Bunkyo+Waseda Bungo Week". The video aims to convey the appeal of Bunkyo and Waseda area in Tokyo.
The intelligent Antoinette, known to her friends as Tony, moves to Paris where she takes a job as a reporter for the newspaper ""La Voix de Paris." Together with the photographer Alain and the artist Bricolage she solves unsolved crimes and often crosses the path of the crook Madame Lapin.
A magic book places Kazumi in a Wonderland-like world.
The hero of Wansa-kun is Wansa, a puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends much of the rest of the series looking for his mother.
The first full cel-animated short. A group of tanukis investigate a temple and cause mischief. (Source: AniDB)
Terryman, Robin Mask, and the other Justice Choujins are participating in a tournament in New York. Suddenly, Akuma Shogun (not the same as the guy from the series) arrives and defeats all of the Justice Choujins and absorbs their power... all except Kinnikuman (who was late for the tournament because he was busy eating gyuudon). Now Kinnikuman must defeat Akuma Shogun, whom now posseses the combined strength of all the Justice Choujins.
Sequel to the Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku anime and adaptation of the manga of the same name. The series follows an energetic grade-schooler and his friends as they get into mischief.
This anime was running almost 20 years and has over 1800 episodes.
Short stories about Asari Hamano, a naughty, boyish, voracious, but also a very innocent and cheerful elementary school fourth-grade girl. Asari's father is an executive of a big company, her mother is a graduated from an elite university, and her big sister is pretty smart. However, Asari-chan is a quite ordinary girl. Therefore, she is always teased by her sister, and her mother scolds her for her bad grades.
Serves as an "episode 0" to the July 2016 television series. It introduces the characters and concept of the show.
Promotion videos for Kenichi Kuroi's web manga "Waanabi.jk", commissioned by Studio DEEN.
A woman is relaxing at home, where she is joined by a peculiar blue creature. Initially terrified, she quickly grows fond of it, and the two form a bond. However, it would be wise of her not to let her guard down just yet. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Eagle Talon is a secret society based in Kojimachi, Tokyo. With plans for world domination, their attempts are continually foiled by Deluxe Fighter, the superhero who always manages to save the day. This comedy of their frivolous lives is definitely not to be missed!
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy. A parody with a twist.
It is a comedic spin-off of Id:Invaded, depicting "chibi" style versions of characters in a series of fourth-wall breaking skits. (Source: Id:Invaded Wiki)
Third season of Larva.
Originium slugs have ruined a good crop. The Feline and Zalak thus parted their ways. (Source: Crunchyroll)
A collaboration between Himote House and Nissin. Each episode begins with an introduction by the talking cat Enishi and is followed by an ad-libbed performance by a member of the Himote House promoting Nissin's line of soup cups that substitute noodles with tofu.
Three additional adventures for the Kimengumi and friends. In the first episode, the boys fail their exams right before summer vacation and have to take supplementary lessons. The second episode is a mandatory school trip to the beach during summer vacation for a swimming competition. In the third episode school is back in session, the karate club is in danger when a new opponent appears.
(No synopsis yet.)
50 years have passed since the events of the original Hakushon Daimaou series. Akubi is training to become queen when she meets Kantarou Yodama, the grandson of the genie bottle's original owner, Kan-chan. Together, Akubi and Kantarou take on many jobs in the human world and learn the importance of having a dream.
Okama is a man who has some problems. First off, his name means 'gay' in Japanese. Next, he has the hots for himself dressed as a girl. Finally, he ends up working at a transvestite bar where he has befriended a girl named Miki. This is not an easy matter to solve, because she only knows him as his female counterpart named Catherine. So how is a guy dressed as a girl supposed to come out to a girl as a heterosexual male? To make matters worse, she has a boyfriend who is trying everything in the book to get with her. Enter the exciting world of Okama Hakusho where love comes in many different flavors!
In this series the story continues after Katta Kirifuda defeats the YA.RA.SI band and also gains back his popularity by defeating Leo and his sidekick Nai Minamimo. In this series Katta will use a new race of Outrage creatures against the opposing new race of Oracle deck users. Also in the creature world a new time era will start off. (Source: Duel Masters Wikia)
An anime adaptation of the erotic manga "Ikenai Boy" by Yoshihiro Suma, serialized in Business Jump. Our hero is the typical young energetic college boy, but he got a special gift. He has "magic hands" that puts all women in ecstasy. Obviously he is taking advantage of this gift by meeting one bishoujo after the other! (Source: MU)
Qiang Niang mainly tells of the protagonist Carrie, who has lost her combat memories, searching for herself and the story of her final "Awakening". In the years between 2025 to 2030, a world war involving the entire world has resulted in the demise of half the world's population, and humanity has already lost control of the direction the war shall go in. In order to seize ultimate victory, war has gradually been turned into a battle without people, similar to a game. War has already become about Satellite lasers, Bomb drones, Intelligent AI, a battlefield between unmanned gun turrets and tanks... Then, there are also a group of young maidens who uses outdated firearms to engage in battle —— the Gun Girls.
Latest Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume series to be aired on TV.
A short series depicting side stories about the brothers' daily life, released on dTV streaming service. It received an advance screening together with the movie on March 7 in Tokyo. (Source: AniDB)
Miyoshi Aimi and Nami Sometani are two high school girls who often find themselves talking about a boy in their class, Kirio. This lighthearted romantic comedy follows the daily lives of these two friends and rivals on a journey that, for now, seems to be heading everywhere but love. (Source: Comic Ruelle, translated)
Collaboration with creator "Poor" who is very popular on SNS with a unique world view. The new PV has been released. (Source: Official YouTube Channel)
Stuck on the desolate planet Walpurgis, two intrepid girls named Garnet and Crystal, along with their robotic bat Carrot, can only dispatch emergency broadcasts into space and hope that someone will eventually come to their rescue. In an attempt to increase the distress signal's viewership ratings, Garnet and Crystal reformat the ordinary broadcast into a variety TV show to appeal to the masses. Having turned the entire planet into their stage, the two girls do what they can to get noticed, located, and rescued. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
A lazy cat sits comfortably under the "kotatsu", a low table with a heater used in Japan to keep warm during winter. What will he do when he realizes the remote control of his TV is out of reach?
Manner movie for Madogatari exhibition. Crossover between Monogatari Series and Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, stylized with pixel graphics.
The seventh recap special of the Egghead arc.
The fourth series, The Bloody Karte (presented as a side series on the DVDs) is a set of 12 stories about Catherine working in a mysterious hospital. (Source: AniDB)
(No synopsis yet.)
Set in Y-Academy, an elite school that only allows students with top class abilities to enter. The protagonist, Jinpei Jiba, and his unique friends take on the mysteries of the school as transforming heroes. (Source: IMDb)
In a world divided between angels and evil creatures, only the young hero Yamato Shintei has the power to defeat the demons...
Based on a story from the After School Series line of light novels. Kenichi Akizuki and Misako Watanabe work together to solve the mysterious disappearance of their classmate Ryouko Miyazaki. The only clue left by the kidnapper is signed Koushin Okazaki, her late classmate who'd committed suicide to preserve his youth and become like Peter Pan.
An elite soldier, whose nickname is God of Death, is transferred to another unit known as the PaPaRa Army. The PaPaRa Army is infamous for its elite but hilariously crazy members. There is no plot to speak of other than humour, hilarious brutality, and general nonsense. This is also Matsuzawa-sensei's debut work.
Two flash anime specials included in the "Code Geass DVD Magazine."
Nono-chan is the eldest daughter in the Yamada family and a third-grade elementary school student. Her family consists of her father, Mr Yamada Takashi, her mother, Mrs Yamada Matsuko and her brother, Noboru, a junior high student. Together with her grandmother, the family of five makes up a pleasant Japanese family. Everyone is special and everyday is always filled with joy and surprise. (Source: ANN)
The story is about a boy named Mangchi. He is small, but he possesses a magical hammer that helps him get around all his problems. Mangchi lives on a small distant island called Candlestick because everywhere else has turned into a wasteland because of some big catastrophe. When Princess Poplar from the kingdom of Jemius is being pursued by henchmen of the conspirator Moonk, Hammerboy sides with her, ready to unleash all his latent powers in order to save humankind. The movie premiered at the Big Apple Anime Fest on August 30 2003, and went into wide release in South Korea on August 6, 2004. (Source: Wikipedia)
Mito Hamajoh, a second-year middle school student living in Chiba City, has always struggled with being "normal." Then, just before summer vacation, a mysterious transfer student, Asumi Chishiro, who dares to say, "I'm not interested in normal things," arrives. (Source: X, translated)
Short movie from 1932 about a man who flies a plane-taxi.
Two music videos for the songs "Shuumatsu no Mellow Dance" and "Haitoku no Lesson," sung by Teruhiko Saionji from the Gakuen Handsome franchise.
While performing in a movie at Toei Eigamura, Kinnikuman suddenly disappears. Somehow, he has been sent to Edo Period Japan. In Edo Japan, a villain called Shuten Douji (朱天童子) is threatening to destroy the Earth if he is not given Princess Mari. Always willing to impress a pretty girl, Kinnikuman immediately vows to destroy Shuten Doji. He disguises himself as Princess Mari and goes to meet Shuten Doji, but Shuten Doji and his Big Four (四天王, Shitennou) see through Kinnikuman's disguise and beat him up. Aware of Kinnikuman's situation, Terryman, Robin Mask, and the other Seigi Choujins travel to Edo Japan (via Kinkotsu-obaba's powers). (Source: Kinnikuman Wiki)
The series of "warm and soothing" anime shorts will follow a cat who is suddenly resurrected from the grave and begins to wander around town. Despite being a zombie, the cat is able to get all the townsfolk to fall in love with it. (Source: ANN)
Satoshi and his friends are gazing up at the moon in the night sky one night when the Rocket-Dan creeps up behind them kidnaps Pikachu!! Our heroes chase the Rocket-Dan through a forest and eventually reach the ancient ruins of an "armillary sphere." There, Satoshi and the others see the sky burst outward like never before! Three spheres float in the darkness and mystical murals cover the walls. Pikachu can be heard screaming out for help deep within the darkness... will Satoshi and his friends be able to uncover the mysteries of this armillary sphere and retrieve Pikachu!? (Source: Dogasu's Backpack)
In the magical underwater world, there is a mysterious and charming place called Hai Ying Bao. When human girls Ling Haijun and Xia Fan accidentally met the Princess of the Icy Blue City, Nahiya, they transform from ordinary girls into magic fairies. (Source: Magical Girl Wikia)
Special episode of Yoru wa Neko to Issho promoting Gamera: Rebirth.
Third season of Hyakushou Kizoku.
There is a new student at Oobu High School. His name is Yakuda Daigo. With his buff body and a tough looking face that can make every one run, soon rumors spread about him. Some says he's a gang leader, others say he is involved with Yakuza business, still more say he rapes, steals and likes beating people. There are only a handful of people who know who Yakuda really is, including Manami-a. She is a girl Yakuda fell in love with. Yakuda loves to cook and he likes cute things. He also enjoys gardening, crafting and adores pets. He is a very caring person. He always carries around a cute sewing kit and a cute first-aid kit around. However, with many unfortunate events, he often gets involved with a gang fight or a criminal, along with other coincidental things that happens around him. People always assume the worse for him. Will everyone find out who he really is?
The kingdom of Gemini is attacked by the evil Queen Halle. The twin princesses of the kingdom are missing, so is the important Night Star Box, which has affected planets including Earth. The fairy Queen had sent Prince You Le and Sally to Earth, looking for the Night Star Box with the help of Maggie and Michelle. Then the gang found out one of the girls who takes dance lessons with Maggie and Michelle is one of the missing princesses, Bei Bei! The mission to find the Night Star Box and the the still missing princess, Ya Ya, is now on the shoulder of the fairies. (Source: Mahou Shoujo Wikia, edited)
A comedy about the wacky adventures of Giatrus and his tribe of the first human beings on the planet. (Source: AniDB)
Short film based on the Japanese fairy tale of the same name, produced by first-generation animator Kitayama Seitarou. It is considered lost media.
Pilot episode of the famous anime Heidi.
St. President school is one of the most wealthy schools around. Everybody in that school respects the Yukan club, the most popular and richest group in the school. This includes Shouchikubai Miroku, Kenbishi Yuuri, Kikumasamune Seishirou, Hakushika Noriko and Kizakura Karen. They go through dangerous adventures to save their school, and of course, just to kill their spare time.
Specials released with the Macross Δ Movie: Gekijou no Walküre Blu-ray.
A collection of music videos, some are new original songs, others are classics from the series.
Davi and her new friends become Cubistars. Magical guardians bestowed with powers of the stars to maintain the balance between good and evil. (Source: iABC)
The anime is based on Kazuo Hara's comedy manga in which mascot characters live and work among humans. Agencies have been set up to train mascots to babysit children and then to place the mascots within families. Noramimi is one such mascot at the Hello Kids branch office #59. Unfortunately, no family wants to adopt a mascot born from a demon (oni) family, so he is stuck living at the agency. Source: ANN, Moon Phase
Three short bonus shorts featured with the movie, featuring Lisa, Lorna and Souichi in events set just before where the movie takes off. These bonus shorts are done in comedic style, mainly with camera pans and zooms on still images. (Source: Wikipedia)
Short animations based on the plot of Biohazard/Resident Evil 4 in the style of Nippon Animation's classic World Masterpiece Theater series posted to the official YouTube to promote the 2023 game release.
Summary of episodes 1-3 with special narration by Takahiro Sakurai (Shibuya Yuuri).
This series continues the adventures of Katta Kirifuda, Bucyake and Yohdel throughout the school season. They meet new classmates such as Leo to duel against. (Source: Duel Masters Wikia)
Jump Special Anime Festival piece, based on the popular Shounen Jump manga by AKIMOTO Osamu, that began serialisation in 1976. Produced by Tatsunoko Pro, and later shown on TV Tokyo due to popular demand.
Shimajiro, a preschool-aged tiger boy, has adventures with his friends Mimirin, Ramurin, Nyakki, and Toriipi on Challenge Island.