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Anime Film History 1970s Part 1

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byKonkonRika
Sep 10 2023, 2:20 PM | Updated Sep 27, 2023 8:43 AM
Every cinema or direct to video anime film that came out between 1970 and 1979.

1960s: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34959
1980: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34002

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/35092

Missing on MyAnimeList:
- Yongyusu 용유수, "Do-ra-on beon-gae-a-tom" 돌아온 번개아톰 (The Return of Lightning Atom), South Korea, 1971.
- Yongyusu 용유수, "Wangjahodonggwa Nangnanggongju" 왕자호동과 낙랑공주 (Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang), South Korea, 1971.
- "Shin Kyojin no Hoshi" 新巨人の星 (New Star of Giants: The Movie), Japan, 1977.
- Ichikawa Kon 市川崑 (1915-2008), "Hi no Tori" 火の鳥 (The Phoenix), Japan, 1978 (live action mixed with animation).
- Song Jeong-hun 송정훈, "Dongmul Bomulseom" 보물섬 (Animal Treasure Island), South Korea, 1979.

Disclaimer: There are a few hentai movies, that could be counted as well:
- Miwa Takateru 三輪孝輝 & Takakuwa Shin'ichirō 高桑慎一郎, "Yasuji no Pornorama: Yacchimae!!" ヤスジのポルノラマ やっちまえ!! (Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama), Japan, 1971.

Co-Produced Western films by Japanese animation studios:
- Arthur Rankin Jr. (1924-2014) & Jules Brass (1935-2022), "The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians", Japan, USA, 1970.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", Japan, USA, 1970.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", Japan, USA, 1971.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes", Denmark, Japan, USA, 1972.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "Mad Mad Mad Monsters", Japan, USA, 1972.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "Marco", Japan, USA, 1973.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "The Year Without a Santa Claus", Japan, USA, 1974.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "Rudolph's Shiny New Year", Japan, USA, 1976.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town", Japan, USA, 1977.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "The Hobbit", Japan, USA, 1977.
- Charles Swenson & Fred Wolf, "The Mouse and His Child", Japan, USA, 1977.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "Jack Frost", Japan, USA, 1979.
- Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Brass, "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July", Japan, USA, 1979.

Mentionable East Asian anime movies:
- Payut Ngaokrachang ปยุต เงากระจ่าง (1929-2010), "Sutsakhon" สุดสาคร (The Adventure of Sudsakorn), Thailand, 1979.
Attack No.1 (1970)
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:5
Director: Okabe Eiji (岡部英二)
Studio: Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, Japan
Based on: Urano Chikako 浦野千賀子, "Attack No. 1" アタックNo.1, manga series, 1968-1970.
First "Attack No.1" (1969-1971) recap film.
Attack No.1: Namida no Kaiten Receive
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:5
Director: Okabe Eiji (岡部英二)
Studio: Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, Japan
Based on: Urano Chikako 浦野千賀子, "Attack No. 1" アタックNo.1, manga series, 1968-1970.
Second "Attack No.1" (1969-1971) recap film.
Attack No.1: Namida no Sekai Senshuken
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:5
Director: Okabe Eiji (岡部英二)
Studio: Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, Japan
Based on: Urano Chikako 浦野千賀子, "Attack No. 1" アタックNo.1, manga series, 1968-1970.
Third "Attack No.1" (1969-1971) recap film.
Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Serikawa Yūgo 芹川有吾 (1931-2000)
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Hector Malot (1830-1907), "Sans Famille" (Nobody's Boy), France, 1978.
Adapted screenplay by Segawa Shoji 瀬川昌治.
Cleopatra
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:6
Director: Tezuka Osamu 手塚治虫 (1928-1989) & Yamamoto Eiichi 山本暎一 (1940-2021).
Studio: Mushi Production, Japan
Based on: Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ (70/69-30 BC),
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt (51-30 BC), historical character.
Second film of Mushi Production's adult oriented Animerama trilogy.
Kaitei Sanman Mile
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Tamiya Takeshi 田宮武
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on a story by Ishinomori Shōtarō 石ノ森章太郎 (1938-1998).
Adapted screenplay by Okamoto Katsumi 岡本克己 (1930-2002).
Kyojin no Hoshi: Dai League Ball
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Nagahama Tadao 長浜忠夫 (1936-1980)
Studio: Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, Japan
Based on: Kajiwara Ikki 梶原一騎 (1936-1987), "Kyojin no Hoshi" 巨人の星 (Star of the Giants), manga series, 1966-1971.
Third compilation film of "Kyojin no Hoshi" 巨人の星 (Star of the Giants) (1968-1971). It compiled episodes 70 and 77 of the anime series.
Kyojin no Hoshi: Shukumei no Taiketsu
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Nagahama Tadao 長浜忠夫 (1936-1980)
Studio: Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, Japan
Based on: Kajiwara Ikki 梶原一騎 (1936-1987), "Kyojin no Hoshi" 巨人の星 (Star of the Giants), manga series, 1966-1971.
Fourth compilation film of "Kyojin no Hoshi" 巨人の星 (Star of the Giants) (1968-1971). It compiled episodes 79 and 83 of the anime series.
Tiger Mask (Movie)
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Tamiya Takeshi 田宮武
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Kajiwara Ikki 梶原一騎 (1936-1987), "Tiger Mask" タイガーマスク, manga series, 1968-1971.
First compilation film of "Tiger Mask" タイガーマスク" (1969-1971). It compiled episodes 9 and 10 of the anime series.
Tiger Mask Fuku Men League Sen
Movie, 1970, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Tamiya Takeshi 田宮武
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Kajiwara Ikki 梶原一騎 (1936-1987), "Tiger Mask" タイガーマスク, manga series, 1968-1971.
Second compilation film of "Tiger Mask" タイガーマスク" (1969-1971). It compiled episodes 23 and 26 of the anime series.
Attack No.1: Namida no Fushichou
Movie, 1971, 1 ep Me:- Author:5
Director: Okabe Eiji (岡部英二)
Studio: Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, Japan
Based on: Urano Chikako 浦野千賀子, "Attack No. 1" アタックNo.1, manga series, 1968-1970.
Fourth "Attack No.1" (1969-1971) recap film.
Doubutsu Takarajima
Movie, 1971, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Ikeda Hiroshi 池田宏
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), "Teasure Island", United Kingdom, 1883.
Adapted screenplay by Iijima Takashi 飯島敬 & Ikeda Hiroshi.
Miyazaki Hayao 宮崎駿 also published a tie-in manga to the film.
Lightning Atom
Movie, 1971, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Yongyusu 용유수
Studio: Segi Trading, South Korea
Ninpuu Kamui Gaiden: Tsukihigai no Maki
Movie, 1971, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Kondō Keisuke 近藤隆
Studio: Eiken, Japan
Based on: Shirato Sanpei 白土三平 (1932-2021), "Kamui Den" カムイ伝 (Kamui), manga series, 1964-1971 and "Kamui Gaiden" カムイ外伝, manga series, 1965-1967.
Compilation film of "Ninpū Kamui Gaiden" 忍風カムイ外伝 (The Chronicles of Kamui the Ninja) (1969). It compiled episodes 21 to 26 of the anime series.
The story is set in the historical Edo period (1603-1868).
Goesu Daejeonjaeng
Movie, 1972, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Yongyusu 용유수
Studio: Segi Trading, South Korea
Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo!
Movie, 1972, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Tamiya Takeshi 田宮武
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on a screenplay by Serikawa Yūgo 芹川有吾 (1931-2000) & Tsuji Masaki 辻真先.
Nagagutsu Sanjuushi
Movie, 1972, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Katsumata Tomoharu 勝間田具治
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: "Il gatto con gli stivali" (Puss in Boots), a Europeon fairy tale.
Adapted screenplay by Fuse Hirokazu 布勢博一 (1931-2018).
Second film in the Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko series.
Kanashimi no Belladonna
Movie, 1973, 1 ep Me:- Author:9
Director: Yamamoto Eiichi 山本暎一 (1940-2021)
Studio: Mushi Production, Japan
Based on: Jules Michelet (1798-1874), "La Sorcière" (Satanism and Witchcraft), France, 1862.
Adapted screenplay by Fukuda Yoshiyuki 福田善之 & Yamamoto Eiichi.
Third film of Mushi Production's adult oriented Animerama trilogy.
Mazinger Z tai Devilman
Movie, 1973, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Katsumata Tomoharu 勝間田具治
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Nagai Gō 永井豪, "Mazinger Z" マジンガーZ, manga series, 1972-1974 and "Devilman" デビルマン, manga series, 1972-1973.
Adapted screenplay by Takahisa Susumu 高久進 (1933-2009).
Crossover between the "Mazinger Z" マジンガーZ (1972-1974) and "Devilman" デビルマン (1972-1973) anime series. It isn't part of any canon.
Panda no Daibouken
Movie, 1973, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Serikawa Yūgo 芹川有吾 (1931-2000)
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on a screenplay by Yamaura Hiroyasu 山浦弘靖.
Jack to Mame no Ki
Movie, 1974, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Sugii Gisaburō 杉井ギサブロー
Studio: Group TAC & Nippon Herald Films
Based on: "Jack and the Beanstalk", an English fairy tale part of the Jack tales.
Adapted screenplay by Hirami Shūji 平見修二.
Kikansha Yaemon: D51 no Daibouken
Movie, 1974, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Tamiya Takeshi 田宮武
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on a screenplay by Matsumoto Isao 松本功 & Yamamoto Eimei 山本英明 (1935-1991).
Mazinger Z tai Ankoku Daishougun
Movie, 1974, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Katsumata Tomoharu 勝間田具治
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Nagai Gō 永井豪, "Mazinger Z" マジンガーZ, manga series, 1972-1974 and "Great Mazinger" グレートマジンガー, manga series, 1974-1975.
The film serves as a link between the "Mazinger Z" マジンガーZ (1972-1974) and "Great Mazinger" グレートマジンガー (1974-1975) anime series.
Xiao Balu
Movie, 1974, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Studio: Shanghai Meishu Dianying Zhipianchang, China
Cultural revolution propaganda film, taking place in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).
Andersen Douwa: Ningyohime
Movie, 1975, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Katsumata Tomoharu 勝間田具治
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), "Den lille Havfrue" (The Little Mermaid), Denmark, 1837.
Adapted screenplay by Osanai Mieko 小山内美江子 & Ōyabu Ikuko 大藪郁子.
Jun Ma Fei Teng
Movie, 1975, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Jin Xi 靳夕 (1919-1997) & Liu Huiyi 刘蕙仪.
Studio: Shanghai Meishu Dianying Zhipianchang, China
Fengshen Bang
Movie, 1976, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Chang Chih-Hui 张志辉
Country: Taiwan
Based on: Lu Xiying 陸西星 (1520-1601) & Xu Zhongli 許仲琳 (1567-1620), "Fengshen Bang" 封神榜 (Investiture of the Gods), a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the shenmo 神魔 (gods and demons) genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
Adapted Screenplay by Shen Chiang 申江.
First Taiwanese animated feature
Cheol-in 007
Movie, 1976, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Han Ha-lim 한하림
Studio: Dong-A Advertising, South Korea
Da Lu De Gushi
Movie, 1976, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: You Lei 尤磊
Studio: Shanghai Meishu Dianying Zhipianchang, China
Based on a screenplay by Li Shukuan 李述宽 & Yue Changgui 岳长贵
Style: Stop motion
Jin Se De Da Yan
Movie, 1976, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Shen Zuwei 沈祖慰 & Te Wei 特伟 (1915-2010)
Studio: Shanghai Meishu Dianying Zhipianchang, China
Based on a screenplay by Ran Dan 冉丹.
Style: Cutout
Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko: 80-nichikan Sekai Isshuu
Movie, 1976, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Shidara Hiroshi 設楽博
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: "Il gatto con gli stivali" (Puss in Boots), a Europeon fairy tale.
Adapted screenplay by Jō Yūsuke 城悠輔 & Yamazaki Tadaaki 山崎忠昭 (1936-1999).
Third film in the Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko series.
Robot Taekwon V
Movie, 1976, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Kim Cheong-gi 김청기
Studio: Seoul Donghwa & Yoo Productions, South Korea
Based on a screenplay by Ji Sang-Hak 지상학.
First film in the Robot Taekwon V series.
Robot Taekwon V: Wooju Jakjeon
Movie, 1976, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Kim Cheong-gi 김청기
Studio: Seoul Donghwa & Yoo Productions, South Korea
Based on a screenplay by Ji Sang-Hak 지상학.
Second film in the Robot Taekwon V series.
Jeonja Ingan 337
Movie, 1977, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Lim Jung-kyu 임정규
Studio: Samdo Film, South Korea
Based on a screenplay by Ji Sang-Hak 지상학.
Robot Taekwon V 3tan! Sujung Teukgongdae
Movie, 1977, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Kim Cheong-gi 김청기
Studio: Seoul Donghwa & Yoo Productions, South Korea
Based on a screenplay by Ji Sang-Hak 지상학.
Third film in the Robot Taekwon V series.
Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Ouji
Movie, 1977, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Nishizawa Nobutaka 西沢信孝 (1940-2015)
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), "De vilde svaner" (The Wild Swans), Denmark, 1838.
First feature length film in the "Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Manga Series" 世界名作童話 まんがシリーズ (World Famous Fairy Tale Series) (1975-1983), an anthology of short films based on fairy tales.
Taekwon Dongja Maruchi Arachi
Movie, 1977, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Lim Jung-kyu 임정규
Studio: Samdo Film, South Korea
Based on a screenplay by Min Byeong-kwon 민병권 & Song Kil-han 송길한.
Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Movie)
Movie, 1977, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Ishiguro Noboru 石黒昇 (1938-2012) & Masuda Toshio 舛田利雄
Studio: Academy Productions, Japan
Based on: Matsumoto Leiji 松本零士 (1938-2023), "Uchū Senkan Yamato" 宇宙戦艦ヤマト (Space Battleship Yamato), anime series, 1974-1975.
Adapted screenplay by Yamamoto Eiichi 山本暎一 (1940-2021).
Compilation film. It compiled episodes from the "Iscandar" arc.
Xiao Shi Zhu
Movie, 1977, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Wang Shuchen 王树忱 (1931-1991)
Studio: Shanghai Meishu Dianying Zhipianchang, China
Based on: Huang Jiazuo 黄家佐, "Xinlai de Xiao Shizhu" 新來的小石柱 (The New Little Stone Pillar), China, 1975, a childrens novel.
77Danui Bimil
Movie, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Bak Seung-cheol 박승철
Studio: Samdo Film, South Korea
Based on a sceenplay by Lee Jung-heon 이중헌.
100-man-nen Chikyuu no Tabi: Bander Book
TV Special, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Sakaguchi Hisashi 坂口尚
Studio: Tezuka Productions, Japan
Based on a screenplay by Tezuka Osamu 手塚治虫 (1928-1989).
First installment of the Tedzuka Manga no Kyarakutā Ichiran 手塚漫画のキャラクター一覧 (Osamu Tezuka's Star System).
Captain Future: Kareinaru Taiyokei Race
Special, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Katsumata Tomoharu 勝間田具治
Studio: Tōei Dōga, Japan
Based on: Leo Margulies (1900-1975) & Mort Weisinger (1915-1978), "Captain Future", pulp magazine, 1940-1944.
TV special that takes place between episode 8 and 9 of the "Captain Future" キャプテン・フューチャー (1978-1979) anime series.
Chirin no Suzu
Movie, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Hata Masami 波多正美
Studio: Sanrio, Japan
Based on: Yanase Takashi やなせたかし (1919-2013), "Chirin no Suzu" チリンの鈴 (Ringing Bell), storybook, Japan, 1978.
Daisetsusan no Yuusha Kibaou
Special, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Okabe Eiji (岡部英二)
Studio: Nippon Animation, Japan
Based on: Jing Fang 京房 (78-37 BC), a famous historical scholar from the Han dynasty (202 BC-220).
Adapted screenplay by Nakanishi Ryūzō 中西隆三 (1932-2013).
Dallyeola Majing-ga-X
Movie, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Kim Hyeon-yong 김현용
Studio: Sekyung Heung Industry, South Korea
The movie has great similarities to Nagai Gō 永井豪, "UFO Robo Grendizer" UFOロボ グレンダイザー, manga series, 1975-1976.
Kongjwi & Patjwi
Movie, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Gang Tae-ung 강태웅
Studio: U Production, South Korea
Based on: "Kongjwi Patjwi" 콩쥐 팥쥐, a traditional Korean romance story from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1894)
Adapted screenplay by Ji Sang-Hak 지상학.
Style: Stop motion
Hwanggeum Nalgae 1.2.3.
Movie, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Kim Cheong-gi 김청기
Studio: Sejong Cultural Corporation, South Korea
Based on a screenplay by Jo Hang-ri 조항리.
Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman (Movie)
Movie, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Toriumi Hisayuki 鳥海永行 (1941-2009)
Studio: Tatsunoko Production, Japan
Based on: Toriumi Hisayuki, "Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman" 科学忍者隊ガッチャマン (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), anime series, 1972-1974.
A compilation movie of the anime series, adding three minutes of original content. It compiled episodes 1 to 2, 51 to 53 and 102 to 105.
Lupin III: Lupin vs. Fukusei-ningen
Movie, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:6
Director: Yoshikawa Sōji 吉川惣司
Studio: Tōkyō Movie Shinsha, Japan
Based on: Monkey Punch モンキー・パン (1937-2019), "Lupin Sansei" ルパン三世 (Lupin III), manga series, 1967-1969. The character of Lupin III is based on the character Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941), 1905.
Adapted screenplay by Yamatoya Atsushi 大和屋竺 (1937-1993) & Yoshikawa Sōji 吉川惣司.
First movie of the "Lupin III" series.
Machi Ichiban no Kechinbou
TV Special, 1978, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr. (1924-2014), Jules Brass (1935-2022) & Yamada Katsuhisa 山田勝久
Studio: Rankin/Bass Productions, USA & Topcraft, Japan
Based on: Charles Dickens (1812-1870), "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas", England, 1843.
Adapted screenplay by Romeo Muller (1928-1992).
An animated remake of a "The Stingiest Man in Town", a live-action musical special telecast in 1956.

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