Seasonal Anime

TV (New)
Oct 24, 1971 23 eps, 25 min

Arsène Lupin III is the grandson of world-famous thief Arsène Lupin, and he's living up to his grandfather's memory as a high-profile thief himself. Due to his infamy, Lupin III attracts the attention of the persistent Inspector Zenigata of the ICPO, as well as rival criminals. Lupin III's criminal lifestyle even seeps into his love life. The main woman in Lupin III's world is femme fatale Fujiko Mine, who Lupin III can never tell is working with or against him. Follow Lupin and his gunman partner Daisuke Jigen on their quest to own the world-or at least the valuable bits!

SourceManga
DemographicSeinen
7.64
103K
Oct 7, 1971 45 eps, 24 min

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

SourceManga
7.26
3.0K
Oct 30, 1971 22 eps, 25 min

When Ryuu is born his tribe tries to sacrifice him to a Tyrannosaurus named Shirano because of the color of his skin. He is however saved by a monkey who raises him as her own son. Meanwhile Ryuu's mother has left the tribe and is out on a quest to find Ryuu. 16 years later Ryuu meets a girl named Ran who was sold to the tribe Ryuu originaly came from. The tribe is not happy to see Ryuu alive and tries to sacrifice him again, this time by burning him alive. Before they can get the deed done the tribe is massacred along with Ryuu's adoptive mother by Shirano. Ryuu then sets out on a quest together with Ran to find his mother and Ran's brother Don.

SourceManga
DemographicShounen
6.55
2.5K
Oct 3, 1971 26 eps, 24 min

After losing her mother in a tragic car accident, nine-year-old Melmo Watari now faces a big challenge: taking care of her two younger brothers, the preschooler Totoo and baby Touch. Watching from Heaven and concerned about her kids' terrible situation, their mother decides to appear in their lives one last time as a ghost and give Melmo a jar full of magical candies. The candies have the power to make her 10 years older or younger, as well as turn her into any animal she wants. Using her newfound abilities, Melmo wears various disguises as a 19-year-old woman and looks after her brothers, all while still trying to lead a normal life. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
6.45
1.9K
Sep 25, 1971 40 eps, 30 min

Tensai Bakabon is the tale of a child prodigy and his "philosophical" father. Bakabon‘s father has his own philosophy and he leaves no stone unturned in his quest for answers. Despite his ability to trouble Trouble, for some reason, Papa Bakabon is regarded as "The Great Philosopher," and is sought after for advice, which of course ends up in disastrous results. Tensai Bakabon joins his father in his philosophical quests which drives the people in their town crazy. (Source: Animation Xpress)

StudioUnknown
Source
ThemeGag Humor
6.70
1.4K
Oct 4, 1971 26 eps, 25 min

A strange girl transfers to Mitsuba Elementary School. At first glance, she is a normal student. However, she is a great athlete, and can talk to animals. According to her, she is the 33rd descendant of the great ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke. Furthermore, her dog, Puku, can talk. Because she doesn’t live in any house, she spends the night at Miko-chan’s room. She is turned out of the room once. However, because they thank her for putting out the fire, they let her stay at their house. After that, she makes a name at school. (Source: AnimeNfo)

Source
ThemeSchool
DemographicKids
6.70
1.2K
Oct 6, 1971 26 eps, 25 min

A former baseball star who suffered a career crippling injury takes over as coach of a team of misfits in a poor village high school. (Source: AniDB)

SourceManga
6.24
1.1K
Oct 1, 1971 1006 eps, 5 min

An educational documentary series that depicts a variety of real life places around the world in short 5 minute segments. The series aired Monday through Saturday. (Source: AniDB)

StudioUnknown
Source
5.70
800
Oct 6, 1971 46 eps, 22 min

A comedy about a group of kids forming a school baseball team, with the leader being very stubborn and argumentative. (Source: AniDB)

StudioUnknown
Source
6.39
624
Sep 1, 1971 70 eps, 25 min

New misadventures of the dimwitted ghost Q-Tarou. (Source: AniDB)

StudioUnknown
Source
ThemeSchool
6.27
601
Oct 14, 1971 25 eps, 25 min

A science fiction action series about the future battles between a planetary police force and an international crime syndicate. The series is sometimes denoted with 26 episodes, in such a case episode 1 is a colored version of the original monochrome episode 1 of Skyers 5. No changes to dialogue and story were made. As such this episode will be accounted for in its original entry. (Source: AniDB, edited)

StudioUnknown
Source
N/A
537
TV (Continuing)
Dec 7, 1969 104 eps, 24 min

Kozue is a middleschool girl and enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play in the Japanese national volleyball team. During the series she makes it from the school district league up to the Japanese volleyball finals, step by step till the international volleyball championship. But the faster and higher Kozue climbs the career ladder up, the more she gets confronted with the dark side of success: too high expectations, self-conceit and envy are progressing towards serious problems. (Source: ANN)

SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
7.07
9.9K
Oct 5, 1969 ? eps, 24 min

The main character is a mother named Sazae-san. She lives in a house with her husband, her kids and her parents. The show is the ultimate family program and tends to follow traditional themes. Think of this show as the Japanese equivalent to "The Partridge Family" and you'll get a good feel for this show's atmosphere. Don't expect to see things like violence, swearing, kung-fu action or magical girls. The plots are more like "Today, Sazae-san goes to the new mall and gets lost". Such "boring" plotlines and the simplistic art are often a turn-off to non-Japanese audiences, but most Japanese find the show incredibly good. As a result, it continues to be one of the top ratings grabbers on TV and is one of the few anime that is considered "acceptable" by adults. (Source: AniDB)

StudioEiken
Source4-koma manga
6.14
8.4K
Apr 7, 1970 91 eps, 24 min

Hutch is a small honeybee who got separated from his mom when his home was destroyed by invading wasps, and he now desperately wants to find her back. It's the beginning of an adventure that will make him meet all kinds of friendly insects who try to help him out, but unfortunately for most of them, they will not survive the end of the episode... (Source: AniDB)

SourceOriginal
7.15
3.8K
Jan 3, 1971 52 eps, 24 min

Adaptations of numerous stories written by Hans Christian Andersen.

StudioUnknown
Source
DemographicKids
6.29
1.2K
Oct 4, 1970 104 eps, 24 min

A comedy about a country boy that travels to the city to study judo. He ends up meeting the daughter of a prominent dojo and her judo skilled cat. Each episode features 2 stories. (Source: AniDB)

Source
6.77
928
Jan 1, 1971 300 eps, 5 min

Thomas is a cunning bird who sponges on Hyppo, the good-natured hippopotamus. Although Thomas is a dependent, living in Hyppo's big mouth, he always acts lordly and tries to outsmart his simpleminded host. However, their basic friendship and cooperation endures despite their frequent quarrels. The two play a prime role in this comic series, short yet full of originality. (Source: Tatsunoko website)

Source
6.02
860
ONA
OVA
Movie
Dec 12, 1971 1 ep, 18 min

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... This theatrical release was based on a Hans Christian Andersen's story.

StudioUnknown
SourceBook
DemographicKids
5.76
917
Special