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51. Rupan sansei: Otakara henkyaku dai-sakusen!! (2003 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin is given a job to return 6 treasures to their original areas for an old friend of his, so Lupin can receive an even better treasure to gain.
Director: Jun Kawagoe | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Gorô Naya, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue
Votes: 333
52. Monmon the Water Spider (2006)
15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The short film's main character is a water spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Though she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Star: Akiko Yano
Votes: 430
53. Fist of the Blue Sky (2006–2018)
Animation, Action
Kasumi Kenshiro, also known as Yan Wang or the King of Death, is a Tokyo professor and the 62nd successor to the deadly assassin art known as Hokuto Shinken. He leaves his teaching job and ... See full summary »
Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Hitoshi Bifu, Yôichi Nishjima, Kinryû Arimoto
Votes: 120
54. Panda kopanda amefuri sâkasu no maki (1973)
Not Rated | 38 min | Animation, Short, Family
This is the sequel history of "Panda. Go, Panda. (1972)". The trio (the young girl orphan, a panda cub and his father) are joined by a tiger cub who has escaped from a circus.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuo Kumakura, Hiroko Maruyama, Yoshiko Ôta
Votes: 1,103
55. Koro's Big Day Out (2002)
14 min | Animation, Short
Koro is a puppy owned by a little girl in a small town. One day the puppy gets free and becomes lost.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Itsuki Komazawa, Kenji Imura, Haruyo Moriyoshi, Yumiko Kitajima
Votes: 189
56. Ohayô! Supanku (1981–1982)
Unrated | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Spank, the main character, is a dog whose owner went missing on the high seas. While awaiting his return Spank strays at the beach every day. One day he meets Aiko Morimura, a junior high ... See full summary »
Stars: Noriko Tsukase, Kei Tomiyama, Mari Okamoto, Hiromi Tsuru
Votes: 168
57. Lupin III: Island of Assassins (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin infiltrates the Tarantulas, an elite gang of assassins from a secret island base, over an incident from his past.
Directors: Seiji Mizushima, Hiroyuki Yano | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama
Votes: 554
58. Ryu the Primitive Boy (1971–1972)
25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ryu was rescued by a monkey when his tribe left him in the woods to die. In the animated series he is sacrificed to Chirano - Tyrannosaurus Rex - at the top of a cliff heap. In the ... See full summary »
Stars: Gorô Naya, Michel Fortin, Makio Inoue, Hiroko Maruyama
Votes: 62
59. Arcadia of My Youth: Infinite Course SSX (1982–1983)
26 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Aliens conquer earth and enslave the human race, all hope for freedom is abandoned. But one man will not give up. Captain Harlock, A brave space pilot, leads the resistance and vows to... See full summary »
Stars: Yuriko Yamamoto, Makio Inoue, Kei Tomiyama, Satomi Majima
Votes: 301
60. Casshan (1973–1974)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
A scientist turns his willing son into a cyborg and sends him out into a post-apocalyptic world to hunt down his first creation, a homicidal robot dictator and his vast army of mechanical soldiers.
Stars: Ikuo Nishikawa, Reiko Mutô, Kenji Utsumi, Emiko Tsukada
Votes: 193
61. Cyborg 009 vs Devilman (2015)
TV-14 | 28 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
The Cyborg team and Devilman cross paths to take on evil demons and cyborgs.
Stars: Bryce Papenbrook, Johnny Yong Bosch, Christine Marie Cabanos, Spike Spencer
Votes: 328
62. Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Mystery of the Arcadia (1978)
35 min | Animation, Short, Action
Captain Harlock has become a prisoner after the planet Earth was totally destroyed by the "Illmidus" space invader and is taken to their Earth Occupation Force Headquarters where Commander ... See full summary »
Directors: Leiji Matsumoto, Rintarô | Stars: Makio Inoue, Akira Kamiya, Ken'ichi Ogata, Hiroshi Ôtake
Votes: 194
63. Lupin III: Prison of the Past (2019 TV Movie)
92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin and his gang sneak into a kingdom to rescue a legendary thief, but thieves from around the world are coming into that kingdom too.
Director: Hatsuki Tsuji | Stars: AmaLee, Chris Cason, Jalen K. Cassell, Richard Epcar
Votes: 145
64. Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (1989 TV Movie)
97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
To erase his criminal records, Lupin must steal the Ultravirus file.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue
Votes: 479
65. Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Yuria (2007 Video)
65 min | Animation, Action
It is the story of the young Julia who is in love with Kenshiro but is kidnapped by the evil Shin
Director: Hidehito Ueda | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Takashi Ukaji, Yuriko Ishida, David Itô
Votes: 418
66. Giant Robo: Ginrei Special (1994–1995)
Animation, Action, Comedy
Stars: Eva Kaminsky, Sumi Shimamoto, Michelle Newman, Kappa Yamaguchi
Votes: 30
67. Lupin III: The Columbus Files (1999 TV Movie)
Unrated | 92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
It was a pleasant evening dinner for Fujiko and Lupin. Right until their moment together was interrupted by a series of missiles from a helicopter. The pilot is named Nazaldorf, who wants ... See full summary »
Directors: Setsuo Takase, Shin'ichi Watanabe | Stars: Shin Aomori, Troy Baker, Naoki Bando, Shigeru Chiba
Votes: 327
68. Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story (2008– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Focuses on the formation of an empire, specifically a hegemony, by an inheritor of the fist of the north star, Raoh. Accompanied by his two loyal comrades Souga and Reina, as well as a ... See full summary »
Stars: Takashi Ukaji, Masaya Matsukaze, Mai Nakahara, Akiko Kimura
Votes: 213
69. Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers (1990 TV Movie)
92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin is off to find the document papers of Ernest Hemingway while 2 individual armies are after the same thing.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Yôsuke Akimoto, Jun Hazumi, Mitsuaki Hoshino, Makio Inoue
Votes: 366
70. A Sumo Wrestler's Tail (2010)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
It tells the story of an old man and his wife who help out some mice who engage in sumo. As a reward, one of the mice gives them enough gold on which to live for the rest of their lives.
Director: Akihiko Yamashita | Stars: Tomo Adachi, Sawako Agawa, Aiko Hibi, Yukiko Kurihara
Votes: 56
71. Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin and his friends have to compete with a greedy banker and her minions to help solve a mystery that is leading to a treasure that is said to hold the history's most powerful rulers.
Director: Hideki Tonokatsu | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Gorô Naya, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue
Votes: 340
72. Lupin the 3rd: Episode 0: The First Contact (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A news reporter interviews Jigen about how he first met Lupin.
Director: Minoru Ôhara | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Eiko Masuyama, Gorô Naya, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Votes: 499
73. Lupin III: Return of Pycal (2002 Video)
50 min | Action, Animation, Comedy
Lupin steals a gem from a Mediterranean party, only to be interrupted by Pycal, the trickster "magician" who had apparently died fighting Lupin years earlier. Pycal, now armed with real magical abilities, is determined to take revenge.
Director: Mamoru Hamatsu | Stars: Takeshi Aono, Daisuke Egawa, Makio Inoue, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Votes: 223
74. Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki (2008 Video)
60 min | Animation, Action
The life of Toki, Kenshiro's older brother and Raoul's younger brother: he was forced to give up the title of master of the Sacred School of Hokuto because of an incurable disease.
Director: Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Takashi Ukaji, Yuriko Ishida, Ken'yû Horiuchi
Votes: 331
75. Deep Insanity: The Lost Child (2021– )
Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Madness and unawakening sleep, Randolph syndrome. This new illness is slowly but steadily approaching humanity, caused by the huge underground world Asylum that appeared in Antarctica. ... See full summary »
Stars: Brianna Roberts, Christopher Wehkamp, Luis Bermudez, Yoshino Aoyama
Votes: 93
76. Tokimeki Tonight (1982–1983)
25 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The trials and travails of a supernatural girl and her family.
Stars: Yû Mizushima, Mîna Tominaga, Sanae Miyuki, Eriko Hara
Votes: 92
77. Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin scrambles to uncover a master thief's eight-billion-dollar treasure. But also on the chase is a band of German soldiers and a retired British agent.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Eiko Masuyama, Gorô Naya, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Votes: 474
78. Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary (1991 TV Movie)
90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin attends an old school car race from Madrid to Paris, and the grand prize is Napoleon's Dictionary.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Yôsuke Akimoto, Show Hayami, Mitsuaki Hoshino, Michihiro Ikemizu
Votes: 341
79. Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (1993 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Lupin takes on a gang of arms dealers, but must deal with a new complication: Inspector Zenigata is taken off the Lupin case and replaced with a new officer who wants Lupin dead.
Director: Masaaki Ôsumi | Stars: Brice Armstrong, Dameon Clarke, Derek Garrison, Banjô Ginga
Votes: 625
80. Captain Tsubasa Movie 04: The Great World Competition! The Junior World Cup (1986)
57 min | Animation, Family, Sport
Tsubasa and his team enter a world cup that that has four teams: Japan, United States of America, 'All Europe' and 'All South America'.
Director: Tatsuya Okamoto | Stars: Kôichi Hashimoto, Akari Hibino, Yoshikazu Hirano, Teiyû Ichiryûsai
Votes: 77
81. Lupin the 3rd: From Siberia with Love (1992 TV Movie)
88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin III along with his gang want to steal the lost treasure of the Romanov Royal family, this treasure is an immense quantity of gold hide underground in the United States behind the ... See full summary »
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Masao Imanishi, Makio Inoue, Unshô Ishizuka, Kôichi Kitamura
Votes: 323
82. Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (1985–1986)
30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An amalgam series of 'Queen Millennia' and 'Space Pirate Captain Harlock'.
Stars: Michael McConnohie, Edie Mirman, Dan Woren, Steve Kramer
Votes: 62
83. Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play - Reflections OAV 2 (1997– )
Animation, Adventure, Drama
Taka(Tamahome) and Miaka has started their lives as a married couple. While waiting for their child to be born, Tamahome and Miaka are faced with a new challenge. A new girl entered the world of the four Gods determined to make Taka hers.
Stars: Bridget Hoffman, Wendee Lee, David Hayter, Derek Stephen Prince
Votes: 135
84. Lupin III: Princess of the Breeze (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After a chaotic heist, Lupin and Jigen find themselves becoming caretakers of a baby boy, while a young sky pirate called Yutika is after their loot. Yutika is an inhabitant of the ... See full summary »
Director: Takaomi Kanasaki | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Yui Ishikawa, Chika Anzai, Shigeru Chiba
Votes: 164
85. Yattâman (1977–1979)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A mysterious stone known as Skull Stone is scattered across the planet, and it holds the power to reveal the location of the largest deposit of gold in the world. The Doronbo Gang, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Mari Okamoto, Noriko Ohara, Jôji Yanami, Kazuya Tatekabe
Votes: 231
86. Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom (1994 TV Movie)
Unrated | 90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Chinese Kingpin Chin Chin Chu is after a dragon figurine that's a key to creating an alloy said to be greater than Goemon's Zantatsu Sword. The dragon figurine is located in the depths of ... See full summary »
Director: Masaharu Okuwaki | Stars: Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama
Votes: 509
87. Treasure Hunting (2011)
9 min | Animation, Short, Family
Based on a picture book by Rieko Nakagawa and Yuriko Yamawaki, Takara-sagashi tells the story of a boy, Yuji, and a rabbit, Gikku, who both find a stick. They compete in a series of competitions to choose the owner of the stick.
Votes: 47
88. Ai shite naito (1983–1984)
24 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Love triangle between a girl from a traditional family and two members of a rock band.
Stars: Mitsuko Horie, Isao Sasaki, Yûko Mita, Masashi Amenomori
Votes: 331
89. Harlock Saga (1999– )
30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Captain Harlock and his friends must recover several stolen pieces of gold before they get turned into a very powerful ring.
Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Toshihiko Seki, Tarô Ishida, Miyuki Ueda
Votes: 274
90. Captain Tsubasa Movie 02 - Attention! The Japanese Junior Selection (1985)
60 min | Animation, Family, Sport
Tsubasa and his team face off in a return match against the All Europe Soccer Team.
Director: Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu | Stars: Kôichi Hashimoto, Akari Hibino, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Eiko Yamada
Votes: 115
91. Captain Tsubasa Movie 03: Run to Catch the Tomorrow! (1986)
35 min | Animation, Short, Family
The fourth Captain Tsubasa movie is about a training match of the All Japan Boy Soccer Team
Director: Noriyuki Nakamura | Stars: Kôichi Hashimoto, Akari Hibino, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Nobuo Tobita
Votes: 53
92. Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey (2002– )
390 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Professor Daiba unleashes an ancient horror from it's sleeping chamber. The crew members of the Arcadia set sail to stop it as well as have Tadashi Daiba meet Captain Harlcok.
Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Tomokazu Seki, Kari Wahlgren, Barbara Goodson
Votes: 323
93. Rupan sansei: Nusumareta rupan (2004 TV Movie)
91 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A Mafia Boss assigns Lupin to steal the "Bull's Eye" gem for him. It's said to be cursed to those who try to steal it. But Lupin doesn't believe in such things and accepts the challenge.
Director: Hidehito Ueda | Stars: Takeshi Aono, Yu Asakawa, Makio Inoue, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Votes: 253
94. Lupin III: Goodbye Partner (2019 TV Movie)
92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Jigen has betrayed Lupin and is gunning for him. What happened to lead events to this?
Director: Jun Kawagoe | Stars: Ryan Bartley, Brook Chalmers, Richard Epcar, Dorah Fine
Votes: 211
95. Kurenai Sanshiro (1969)
24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After the death of his father, a young man named Kurenai Sanshiro seeks revenge for an unknown one-eyed man who killed his father, master of Kurenai style judo. Sanshiro's companions are a little orphan boy named Kenbo and his dog Boke.
Stars: Ikuo Nishikawa, Azumato Kenbo, Hiroshi Ôtake, Kenji Utsumi
Votes: 121
96. From the Apennines to the Andes: The Movie (1980)
107 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop ... See full summary »
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Kiyoshi Kawakubo, Yoshiko Matsuo, Ichirô Nagai, Yukiko Nikaidô
Votes: 44
97. Lupin III: The Italian Game (2016)
91 min | Animation, Adventure
Lupin investigates the kidnapping of a former love in Italy, and is drawn into a game with an unknown enemy.
Directors: Kazuhide Tomonaga, Yûichirô Yano | Stars: Yukiyo Fujii, Unshô Ishizuka, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kan'ichi Kurita
Votes: 176
98. Lupin the III: Blood Seal ~Eternal Mermaid~ (2011 TV Movie)
92 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An aquamarine gemstone, the Mermaid's Scale, appears in a secret, underground auction. Lupin is coerced by the gem's owner to steal it. He quickly discovers that the stone is a forgery and ... See full summary »
Director: Teiichi Takiguchi | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro
Votes: 228
99. Ken the Wolf Boy (1963–1965)
25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Ken is a young boy who was raised by wolves in a jungle in the Himalayan Mountains. One day a meteor hits the jungle, causing a drastic change. This eventually leads to famine and a need ... See full summary »
Stars: Kenji Utsumi, Jôji Yanami, Takuzô Kamiyama, Hiroshi Ôtake
Votes: 39
100. Lupin III: Green vs. Red (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Wearing his signature red jacket, Lupin aims to steal the "Ice Cube" treasure from the military organization "Nighthawks". However, another Lupin shows up dressed in the older signature ... See full summary »
Director: Shigeyuki Miya | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama
Votes: 319