Yu Shimaka
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Birthday: May 06, 1949
Deathday: July 29, 2019
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Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
1987-12-26
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
Overview: Goemon's wedding to Murasaki Suminawa, daughter of a samurai clan's leader, is interrupted when the Fuma ninjas attack, kidnapping the bride-to-be and demanding her family's ancient treasure as ransom. Lupin, Jigen, Goemon and Fujiko work together once again to try to save Murasaki and get to the treasure before the Fuma can steal it.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-26
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Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
1991-08-09
Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
Overview: The secret of the Lupin family treasure is out: its location is written inside a dictionary once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte himself! When the dictionary turns up as the prize for a historic motor car race, the notorious Lupin the Third and his criminal cadre race the world's superpowers to win - or steal - the Dictionary and unearth his grandfather's legacy of riches!
Genres: Animation Action Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-09
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Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection
2001-08-03
Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection
Overview: Secretly operating his cruiser as a casino at sea isn’t enough for mafia don Lukino Marcano. He’s also looking for the gold-laden boat wreckage worth the budget of a small country! Lupin sniffs out the plan to recover this long-lost treasure and brings along his partners Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko for the ride to crash Lukino’s party.
Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-03
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Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure
2003-08-01
Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure
Overview: After robbing a Moscow casino right under Zenigata's nose, 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.
Genres: Animation TV Movie Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-01
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Lupin the Third: Green vs Red
2008-04-02
Lupin the Third: Green vs Red
Overview: When a Lupin impersonator is arrested for shoplifting in Tokyo, dozens of other copycats converge on the city to clear the name of Arsene Lupin III. The real Lupin is in town too, both to watch the show and to steal a mysterious item called the Ice Cube. But one of those impostors also has sights on the Cube. Is he good enough to beat the original at his own game?
Genres: Action Animation Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-04-02
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Bakumatsu no Spasibo
1997-09-20
Bakumatsu no Spasibo
Overview: Based on the real life events around Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin, a Russian admiral noted for his diplomatic missions to Japan and China, and the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855.
Genres: Animation History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-20
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Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring
1992-06-03
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring
Overview: Sometime during the late 19th century, a young Asian girl has made a place for herself in a seaside town as the owner and operator of the Tenkai restaurant and boarding house... Yet "Miss China," as the locals call her, is in the dumps. She's got a Mad Scientist named Breckenridge living upstairs who is chronically late with the rent, and she's pining for Jim, a handsome watchmaker's apprentice whom she mistakenly believes is pursuing the local flower girl. But this isn't our world. It is a world that has the Spirit of Wonder, where every so often, just occasionally mind you, amazing things happen. The Mad Scientist actually has come up with an incredible invention, and Jim has an unbelievable plan to use it to give Miss China the most beautiful ring in all the World.
Genres: Animation Action Comedy Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-03
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Bio Hunter
1995-12-08
Bio Hunter
Overview: A strange virus known as the Demon Virus, attacks the human genetic code, transforming people into monsters with demonic powers. One particular monster is terrorizing the streets of Tokyo. ripping open young women to devour their livers. A famed psychic holds the secret to the identity and purpose of this monster. Now it is up to two molecular biologists. self-proclaimed Bio Hunters Komada and Koshigaya, to reach the psychic and his beautiful daughter before its too late! The Demon Virus is out to conquer the world.
Genres: Horror Animation Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-08
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Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
2004-03-06
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
Overview: An elderly dog goes to a time machine, which he plans to use to drive to the future so he can meet with "someone" who gives him a kendama. However, the machine goes haywire and the dog is regressed back to his infant state, eventually found by a researcher cat.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-06
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Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
1982-07-03
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
Overview: Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious wandering planet.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-07-03
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Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes
2000-04-22
Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes
Overview: Police officers around Tokyo are being murdered by an unknown assailant. When Ran witnesses an attempt on the life of one of her friends in the police, she loses her memory. Now, Conan and Inspector Megure must find the murderer while Ran attempts to regain her lost memories.
Genres: Animation Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-04-22
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Bats & Terry
1987-03-14
Bats & Terry
Overview: A story of two mates, Pitcher and catcher on a pro-baseball team, devoted to their game, bikes, girls and having a good time. When they meet a girl who is still mourning the death of her boyfriend in a bike accident, they try to help - though her beauty means their motives may not be entirely altruistic!
Genres: Drama Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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Violinist of Hamelin: The Movie
1996-04-20
Violinist of Hamelin: The Movie
Overview: While on their quest to stop the Demon King, the violinist Hamel, the pianist Raiel, the magess Flute and the female warrior Sizer stop in a small kingdom and destroy a rampaging monster. While giving the four a heroes' welcome, the king and queen explain that their daughter has been kidnapped by a monster living in a nearby castle. They agree to go and rescue the hostage princess and defeat the monster. However, the enemy's castle is heavily guarded...
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-04-20
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
Kagemusha
Overview: Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-26
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Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet
1986-08-24
Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet
Overview: Tezuka Osamu crafts a love story in the time when humans are expanding into space at the end of the 21st century, employing an omnibus form similar to Bradbury's "Martian Chronicle." Leaving the earth after marriage, a woman is left behind in space when her husband suddenly dies of a cosmic disease. Her friends on the Earth head for space to save the woman who was once everyone's ideal lady. Tezuka Osamu emphasizes his concepts that "love can save the earth" and "only love can save humans."
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-24
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Crayon Shin-chan: Invoke a Storm! The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun
2004-04-16
Crayon Shin-chan: Invoke a Storm! The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun
Overview: At a strange movie theater, everyone gets sucked into the film they're watching. The longer they stay, the less they remember about the real world!
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-16
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Ajin Senshi
1990-11-17
Ajin Senshi
Overview: In the year 2200 an interstellar war is held where the weapons most frequently used are the psychic capacities. The hero, Zero, son of an earthling and an extraterrestrial, the prince and last survivor of a clan of magicians. He will fight against the army of the Manjidara empire, whose forces are such as its head ambition to control the whole universe.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-17
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Initiation
2017-10-21
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Initiation
Overview: A recap of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion episodes 1–17, with new footage. Lelouch, a prince of Britannia, is sent to Japan as a hostage. When he is accidentally caught up in a fight, he acquires the power to control anyone and uses it to become a masked rebel named Zero.
Genres: Science Fiction Animation Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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Transformers: Scramble City
1986-04-01
Transformers: Scramble City
Overview: Taking place after the Second Season of Transformers, Scramble City is a story in which the Cybertrons have built a secret lab hidden inside a mountain to build a new super robot, Metroplex to be a mobile base for them. As Ultra Magnus prepares it the Destrons find out its location and attack it. The Cybertron and Destron teams duke it out over the mountain then Metroplex comes out and beats all the Destrons but then out of the water comes Typticon! Can Metroplex defeat Trypticon???
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-01
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Bagi: The Monster of Mighty Nature
1984-08-19
Bagi: The Monster of Mighty Nature
Overview: Tezuka Osamu's tale of a genetically engineered pink American Mountain-lion named Bagi and the friendship she develops with Ryo, a lonesome bike gang member.
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-08-19
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure
2012-03-03
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure
Overview: Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-03
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Porco Rosso
1992-07-18
Porco Rosso
Overview: In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.
Genres: Family Comedy Animation Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-07-18
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Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
2013-03-14
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Overview: Follow Roxas through his days in Organization XIII as he searches for purpose in his life he was never meant to have. Will he find it in the Keyblade he wields? Or is the real key the fourteenth member of the Organization who slowly changes his life? Dive into the heart of the most sought-after secrets in the KINGDOM HEARTS storyline.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-14
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The Green Cat
1983-12-24
The Green Cat
Overview: Some time ago, Shunsaku Ban witnessed his friend’s murder during a random robbery attempt, and decided to become a guardian for the man’s infant son, Yuno. The child instantly bonded with a mysterious green cat that was carried by the gang, but Shunsaku was convinced that there’s something nefarious about the feline. Now, in the present, his long lost child surfaces in the news as a rich and powerful man who’s having the best luck at the casinos - and somehow, the green cat is still alive and at his side. Determined to save Yuno from the clutches of this evil creature, Shunsaku begins to investigate the truth of what’s really going on...
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-24
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Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
1990-03-01
Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers
Overview: A bloody civil war is the setting for Lupin's latest caper; the leader for one of the factions holds documents written by Earnest Hemingway and contain the location of a remarkable treasure. With Goemon and Jigen fighting on opposite sides of the war, Lupin must tackle this challenge alone. As the war rages on, can Lupin secure the treasure and keep Goemon and Jigen from killing each other?!
Genres: Action Animation Comedy TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-01
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Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
1996-08-02
Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
Overview: As Lupin's mentor Don Dolune lies on his deathbed, he hands the master thief a gift, the diamond named Twilight. Though it's only half the treasure — the other half of the Twilight can be found in Morocco. Lupin must contend with his on-again-off-again-partner Fujiko, his feelings for the mysterious Lara, and the relentless whip-wielding maniac Sadachiyo in order to bring Twilight back to its full glory.
Genres: Animation TV Movie Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-08-02
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Monkey Punch's Alice
1991-12-13
Monkey Punch's Alice
Overview: A mad scientist kills Alice and her husband, rebuilding her as a sex doll; soon after her escape, a gangster begins seeking her out.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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