Motoko Kumai
Also Known As: くまい もとこ, 熊井統子, 熊井统子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Akishima, Tokyo, Japan
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Kiku and the Wolf
Overview: Kiku-chan to Ookami is, like most of the Sensou Douwa specials, based on a short story by Nosaka Akiyuki. It is set in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (the Chinese province of Manchuria) during the closing days of Word War II. Life for the Japanese colonists is tranquil, with none of the hazards and shortages occurring in the Japanese homeland. Then, on August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union, fulfilling its obligations to the Western Allies, declares war and invades. The local Kwantung Army folds up like a house of cards, leaving the Japanese colonists exposed to the invading Russians and Chinese.
Genres: Drama Family Animation War TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-15
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HeartCatch PreCure! Musical Show
Overview: The Pretty Cure travel back to the Edo period to protect the Heart Tree from Dr. Sabark! What is the fate of Dark Precure and the Pretty Cure fighting the Desert Apostles in the town of Edo? Everyone's energetic heart flowers call a miracle to PreCure!
Genres: Fantasy Music Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-03
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Let's & Go! WGP The Great Pursuit of the Berserk Mini 4WD car!
Overview: During the WGP's Royal Festival Cup, an unknown machine called the "Gun Bluster XTO" and its owner Rion Cusco appears racing without control and causing various riots with fellow racers. This makes Go's Cyclone Magnum reach the goal but a dissatisfied Go and the TRF Victorys decides to pursuit the situation. This was all due to the Gun Bluster's special GP Chip invented by Professor Cusco gone haywire while emitting strange EM waves, making the machine a powerful weapon. To avoid further destruction to the city, Professor Cusco decides to destroy the machine before a rival association acquires it. It's up for the TRF Victorys and Rion race together and safely halt the Gun Bluster before its too late!
Genres: Action Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-05
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Flame of Recca: Final Burning
Overview: A retold ending based on the final few chapters of the Flame of Recca manga series.
Genres: Animation Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-10
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Zorori the Naughty Hero: Super Adventure!
Overview: Zorori, Ishishi, and Noshishi, while out searching for treasure, come upon a town with a widespread illness. In order to make the secret medicine for it, they must set out on an adventure.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-12-22
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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card
Overview: All of the Clow Cards have been captured, and Sakura Kinomoto, the new Master of the Cards, is preparing to play the lead in the play for the town festival. However, a new evil force is causing mysterious events all over Tomoeda, including the disappearance of Sakura's cards. With Syaoran's help, Sakura must figure out the cause of these events, and save her town.
Genres: Animation Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-15
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Stitch and the Planet of Sand
Overview: To confront a planetary war at the sand planet of Katūna, Stitch must leave Yūna and Earth behind.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-16
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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Overview: Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of the mysterious and powerful Clow Cards, summoned them, and she's out for revenge. A battle ensues, and secrets are revealed about Clow Reed's shady past and Sakura's connection to him.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-08-21
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Yona Yona Penguin
Overview: Rintaro directs a tale of three children who visit a land of wonder. This is the first "3D anime" that Madhouse has produced. Oh, and there are penguins.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-12-23
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Major: The Ball of Friendship
Overview: Goro briefly returns to Japan after a triumphant campaign in the US. He is heading towards Fukuoka where he played baseball when he was a fifth grader. Having just moved into a new town, this is where Goro faced a critical point in his life.
Genres: Action Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-09
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Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA
Overview: The interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II carries Atom and his friends to Titan, a satellite of Saturn. However, what awaits them when they arrive there is an attack from an unknown entity. What appears is a mechanical life form called "Igza" that wants to destroy humans. The battle between Atom and Igza unfolds in the far reaches of space.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-01
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Asura
Overview: Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.
Genres: Animation Drama History Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-29
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Leave it to Kero!
Overview: Following the events of Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, Kero and Spinel share a plate of takoyaki (octopus balls). They get into a fight over who gets the last piece, and in the process send it flying out the window. They both chase the takoyaki, and each other, in a mighty effort to be the "takoyaki captor".
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-15
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Zorori the Naughty Hero: La La La♪ A Star is Born
Overview: Zorori, Ishishi and Noshishi become agents and producers of a promising but troubled singer named Hippopo and help her on her way to stardom.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-09
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Tomoyo's Cardcaptor Sakura Video Diary!
Overview: The first OVA of the anime series of Cardcaptor Sakura. This is a video of Tomoyo Daidouji previewing the making of the first opening video of Cardcaptor Sakura (the Catch You Catch Me video).
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-25
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Dr. Slump: Arale's Surprise Bang
Overview: Arale and company arrive at a nice location for a picnic. They soon discover a beautiful stone with strange powers. Before they know it, a dangerous pirate and his mysterious ship invades their peace and steals the stone. Now it is up to them to retrieve the stone before it is used by evil hands.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP Bōsō Mini Yonku Dai Tsuiseki!
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Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-15
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Devilman - Volume 3: Devilman Apocalypse
Overview: Fear runs rampant throughout Tokyo with the revelation that demons in fact exist amongst us. Paranoia and the darker side of humanity boils onto the streets as people turn on one another, suspecting that anyone could in fact be a demon hiding in human clothing. Amidst the growing tensions, tragedy strikes Akira causing his mind to snap, retreating into his subconscious, allowing his Devilish alter-ego Amon to break free from Akira's cage of flesh and wreak havoc on both human and demons alike.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-24
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Beyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle
Overview: Immediately after winning the National Championships, Tyson is challenged by a mysterious boy named Daichi, who is determined to become the next Beyblading champion. But when they battle, their Beyblades awaken ancient dark forces that take human form and become the evil Shadow-Bladers who vow to destroy mankind! Now it's up to Tyson and the Bladebreakers to defeat the Shadow-Bladers before they carry out their destructive plan. Will they succeed... or is this the end of the Bladebreakers?
Genres: Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-17
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Saint☆Young Men
Overview: Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-09
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HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the City of Flowers!?
Overview: Sakura Kurumi, Erika's mother, is preparing for a fashion show in Paris. The girls of the school's fashion club are going to model there, including some high school students. While in Paris, they meet a mysterious boy named Oliver. However, Baron Salamander of the Desert Apostles appears, and the girls transform into Pretty Cures to defend Paris.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Action Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-30
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Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century
Overview: Osamu Tezuka is going to a 21st Century new year's party with all the characters he made. One thing leads to another and he ends up missing! It's up to his most popular characters to find out what happened to him and get him back safely before the rest of the guests show up.
Genres: Mystery Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-05
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Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Overview: When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the legendary Jewel of Life, Ash and his friends are sent back in time to possibly reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-18
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Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
Overview: Japan, ten years after World War II. Boy detective Shotaro solves mysteries and fights crime with the help of Tetsujin 28, the 50-foot tall giant robot left for him by his late genius father. But one day he's shocked to learn that his father also adopted and raised another boy named Shotaro, now a repatriated soldier. Just as surprising to our young hero is the fact that his “big brother” can also control Tetsujin, even better than he can. But with the emergence of this elder brother comes danger, as a mysterious assassin, Morning Moon, closes in on the boy for being unworthy of controlling the robot. Meanwhile, the capital faces destruction when multiple bombs are discovered, planted by the two Shotaros' father himself!
Genres: Science Fiction Animation Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-31
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Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
Overview: A mysterious group of ninjas makes a surprise attack on the Konohagakure, which takes great damage. The nightmare of another Shinobi World War could become a reality. Sasuke, who was still a missing nin from Konoha trying to kill his brother, Itachi, appears for the second time in front of Naruto at an unknown location to prevent it from happening.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-02
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Mushiking: The Road to the Greatest Champion
Overview: A passionate Mushiking player named Kent Mirai meets Shiro, a boy who controls a beetle called the Darkside Neptune Beetle.
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: The Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel!
Overview: Tsubomi Hanasaki is woken by her best friend Erika Kurumi only to find out that their two fairies, Coffret and Shypre, have left just leaving a note explaining where to find them. Fairy Park is not only the destination of both girls, it is also the meeting point of all other Precures who planned to spend this special day together. This magical theme park holds the Rainbow Jewel, a special gem that represents all of the hopes and dreams of the world. Such a powerful stone is the object of desire of a malefic entity named Bottom who has waited one thousand years for the opportunity to possess it.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy Action Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-03-14
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Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future
Overview: In the city of Minato Mirai in Yokohama, the news of Fusion's defeat by the Pretty Cures is the hottest topic in town! Girls everywhere, were in love with the Pretty Cures, are dressing up and acting as their favourite Cures. Only Sakagami Ayumi, the new transfer student, is alone by herself. On her way home from school, Ayumi encounters a strange creature. After naming it Fuu-chan, Ayumi and the creature soon become good friends. However, Fuu-chan is actually a piece of Fusion, and holds the power of darkness. In an effort to make Ayumi happy, Fuu-chan swallows up everything that Ayumi dislikes, creating chaos in school and throughout the city! To help bring across Ayumi's true feelings to Fuu-chan, all 28 Pretty Cures were gathered once more. When everyone's power comes together, a miraculous light starts to shine.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy Action Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-17
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Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects the World
Overview: Precure All Stars Movie DX3: Deliver The Future! The Rainbow-Colored Flower That Connects The World is the third movie in the series, released on March 19, 2011, starring all the Cures from the previous series, including those introduced in Suite PreCure, as well as various villains featured in previous Pretty Cure movies. The theatrical release was edited in parts as a result of the 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami which occurred before the movie was due to be released.
Genres: Animation Action Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-19
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Zorori the Naughty Hero: The Secret of Double Z
Overview: One day, Zorori makes an alarm clock machine to wake up in time for free donuts. But something strange happens when Zorori reminisces about his mother and sheds a tear. They see scenes flash by and the ZZ mark on his costume disappears! Zorori treasures it incredibly as it was emboldened by his mother although he doesn't know its meaning. After crashlanding in the street, Zorori, Ishishi, and Noshishi are saved by a fashion design student whom Zorori later realizes is his mother. The alarm clock machine had become a time machine and sent them to the past. She and later Zorondo Ron, help the trio take back their time machine from the police and a kaijuu.
Genres: Animation Comedy Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-24
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Zorori the Naughty Hero: Heroes of Space
Overview: Zorori, Ishishi, and Noshishi search for a meteor that sunk in the ocean. When under attack by octopi, Zorori accidentally launches his submarine into space and land on another planet.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-12
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Otogi-Juushi Akazukin
Overview: A long, long time ago, both science and magic existed in the human world. But God became afraid of the Human's unlimited potential, so he divided the world into two and sealed them apart. One world of magic and one world of science. Souta Suzukaze is a normal boy except that he has the Key in his body to break the Seal. The evil witch Cendrillon want that power and tries to take it. Akazukin and Val, a silver wolf, came from the magic-world to prevent her from that. A grand story of a boy who will lead a checkered life and girls in fairly lands has just begun.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-20
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Zorori the Naughty Hero: Defend the Dinosaur Egg!
Overview: Zorori gets thrown out to sea while trying to save a baby dinosaur egg during a typhoon. Now he's on a mission to bring it safely back to its mother!
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-14
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Baby Felix & Friends
Overview: A young Felix the Cat and his baby pals find fun and mischief along their travels.
Genres: Animation Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Zorori the Naughty Hero: Quest For The Mysterious Treasure
Overview: Ishishi, and Noshishi help out Tail find a treasure her father Gale died trying to figure out. Along the way, they are helped out by Yōkai-sensei and several monsters, but Tiger and his crew stand in their way.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-11
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Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
Overview: One day, the Tropical-Rouge Pretty Cure receive an amazing invitation from the Land of Snow, Shantia. They're holding a ceremony to celebrate Sharon becoming the new queen. They all depart to the sparkling world of snow. Laura, who wants to be the queen of the Mermaid Kingdom, befriends Sharon who gives her a beautiful ring. But just as they decide to keep a promise, a mysterious monster suddenly appears and locks everyone inside of the kingdom. When it seems like all hope is lost, the Heartcatch Pretty Cure team rush in and give them all a boost of motivation. And when their feelings become one, the ring transforms into the Snow Heartful Ring...
Genres: Animation Fantasy Action Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-23
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Mon Colle Knight: Legendary Fire Dragon
Overview: An alternative interpretation of the series' start.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-21
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Ultraman Super Fighter Legend
Overview: From the north of the galaxy a dreadful menace, Comet Warrior God Tsuifon, is fast approaching the Earth destroying everything in its path. There awaits it Fighter Ultraman, the legendary defender of the planet, and a deadly battle is about to begin.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-25
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