Rihoko Yoshida
Also Known As: 吉田理保子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: January 24, 1949
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Gender: Female
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Overview: After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-03-11
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The Rose and Women of Versailles
Overview: In its 22 minutes, the TV special briefly covers the influential women involved in the series, such as DuBarry, Polignac, Rosalie, Jeanne La Motte, Maria Antoinette, and Oscar. All the scenes used are taken from the series.
Genres: Animation Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-09-10
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Gin no Otoko
Overview: One day, nineteen-year-old university student Yuji gets dumped by his girlfriend Keiko for no apparent reason. Sad and baffled by this sudden development, he opens a newspaper and sees an advertisement of an agency called Evening saying they hire hosts to work with female customers. Yuji calls them and soon begins working as a gigolo. In this new job he faces some unexpected trouble at first; however, his kind and honest attitude eventually wins the hearts of his clients.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-10
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UFO Robot Grendizer Theatrical Version
Overview: Special episode in cinemascope format for Japanese cinemas.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-20
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Sanshiro the Judoist
Overview: In the year 1882, Sanshirou comes to Tokyo seeking for a worthy martial arts teacher. There, he meets Yano - a judo master who single-handedly defeats 39 jujitsu practitioners. Extremely impressed by his skill, Sanshirou decides to become his disciple. Later, Sanshirou falls for Sayo Murai - a girl whose father is a martial arts instructor at the local police department; and he also has to face Higaki Gennosuke, a skilled jujitsu fighter and his greatest rival.
Genres: Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-06-08
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Legend of Lemnear
Overview: After her village is destroyed and all its residents slaughtered by the evil wizard Gardein and his master The Dark Lord, a warrior known as Lemnear, The Silver Champion, vows to find and kill them both to avenge the massacre.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-05
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Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
Overview: The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.
Genres: Family Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-03-21
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Hello! Spank
Overview: Film sequel of "Hello! Spank" anime series
Genres: Animation Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-03-13
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World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Lassie
Overview: John is a cheerful and energetic young boy, who lives in a small coal-mining town in England. One day he finds a small dog lost in a flock of sheep. John takes him back home and names the puppy Lassie. Soon they become good friends, just like real siblings. Lassie is a very lovely and smart dog, so everyone in the town loves her very much. But their happy life doesn't last long. Suddenly a coal-mine owner closes his company because there is no more coal left in the coal mine. John goes to meet the coal-mine owner to request a further investigation. The owner accepts John's request, but in exchange for that, he takes Lassie to Scotland. Priscilla, the owner's granddaughter and also John's friend, cannot just stand by and let Lassie suffer in a cage. She opens the cage and sets Lassie free. Lassie sets out on a very long and hard journey from Scotland to her hometown.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-26
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Gall Force 2: Destruction
Overview: The war between Solnoids and Paranoids continues, but the conflict reaches a new height as both races complete their Planet Destroyers. This new technology wipes out several star systems leaving only the ninth star system undamaged. As both races head towards it, a Solnoid ship finds Lufy, an attacker cryogenically preserved inside an assault trooper among space debris. Reawakened, Lufy is invited to join a group of Solnoids who are set to complete the original secret mission of her former crew.
Genres: Action Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-11-22
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Serendipity the Pink Dragon
Overview: After a boy is shipwrecked on a deserted island, he finds a pink egg which hatches into the pink dragon (referred to as a dinosaur in the English-language theme song) named Serendipity. A feature-length compilation of the 26 episode Nippon TV series.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-03-09
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Gall Force 3: Stardust War
Overview: The remaining forces of the Solnoid and the Paranoid races now head toward Sigma Narse, a forgotten star system with a dying red giant for their final confrontation. The crew of five Solnoids who survived the battle at the ninth star system are sent to meet Capt. Nebulart, head of Intelligence, for what appears to be the last hope for both races.
Genres: Action Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-02
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Sea Cat
Overview: A short animated film about an orphan kitten raised with love by a sea otter, whom had lost her own child. The film's message was to promote the abolishment of nuclear weapons using anthropomorphic animals.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Battlefield of the Space Saucers
Overview: Duke Freed is an alien who has escaped to Earth after his home planet was invaded by the armies of Great King Yarban. Five years have passed and now Yarban's daughter, Princess Teronna, is on a mission to find both Duke and his spaceship Grendizer by invading our planet with their fleet of flying saucers. The pilot movie of Grendizer. It is about Duke Fleed, a fugitive of the planet fleed, who was kicked out of his planet by the Armies of Vega. Fleed and the daughter of the king of Vega we in love before the war between their planets. The armies of Vega continue their fight with Duke Fleed.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-07-26
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Future Boy Conan
Overview: In this 1979 condensed-for-film recut of Hayao Miyazaki's 1978 anime series, a young boy named Conan goes on a grand adventure. Conan lives in a world that is mostly oceans; the major land masses having been destroyed by the weapons of the great disaster of 2008. He meets a young girl named Lana, who is kidnapped by the technological city-state of Industria as they attempt to regain those weapons. Together with his friends, Conan sets out to rescue Lana and stop Industria from threatening the rest of the world.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-15
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Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Decisive Battle! The Great Sea Monster
Overview: A giant sea monster known as Dragonsaurus has emerged from out of nowhere, terrorizing the depths of the oceans. Great Mazinger, Grendizer and the Getter Robo G team join forces to combat the new threat. But their task becomes more complicated when Dragonsaurus swallows up Boss Borot and makes its way towards Tokyo. Source: ANN
Genres: Action Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-07-18
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Fair, then Partly Piggy
Overview: Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pigs, but Noriyasu is the one who's shocked when his writings play out in reality and everyone else treats the events as normal. Things become even more chaotic when he takes several stabs at being a newspaperman, producing “fake news” that become the talk of the town and one resulting in an apocalyptic porcine holiday.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-23
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Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo
Overview: When an UFO delivers a metal-eating monster to the heart of Japan, Getter Robo and Mazinger Z are launched to combat the alien menace. Fighting individually, the space monster's metal-eating and acid-spitting abilities prove too much for Japan's super robot forces - only their combined might stands a chance against defeating it! But with Mazinger Z damaged, can Getter Robo defend against the monster long enough for its comrade to be repaired? And even with forces combined, can they defeat the monster before all of Japan is destroyed?
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-21
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Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: The Great Space Encounter
Overview: When a UFO arrives from space and attacks the Getter Institute, Getter Robo is launched to stop it; but the might of the UFO and its giant space monsters prove to be too much for the Getter team. Not only is Getter Robo defeated, but Ouishan is killed in action! With Getter Robo out of commission, the world's only hope appears to be Great Mazinger, but the aliens' power might also be too much for even him. Can Dr. Saotome build a new Getter Robo in time to help save Great Mazinger, Japan, and the entire world?
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-07-26
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Windaria
Overview: In a land filled with magic and mystery, two rival kingdoms are readying for war: Isa, the beautiful water-laden city, and Paro, the industrialized wasteland. Windaria follows the tale of two sets of lovers: Marin and Izu, a young pair of farmers who are devoted to one another, and Ahanas and Jill, princess and prince of the rival kingdoms. With war approaching, these star-crossed lovers will experience the true depth of tragedy as they struggle to survive.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-07-19
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Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Overview: Lupin squares off with two criminal families and Inspector Zenigata's new female patrol to track down a hoard of biblical-era treasure.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-13
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Little Love Story: Chitchi and Sally, Four Seasons of First Love
Overview: Ogawa Chiiko (Chitchi to her friends) is a vertically-challenged high school student. She's only 132 cm tall (4' 4"), and she's frequently teased by her classmates, except for her loyal friend Tonko. Chitchi's problems are compounded when she falls hopelessly in love with one of the most popular boys in her school, the 6-foot-tall Murakami Satoshi (Sally to his friends). Chitchi succeeds in becoming Sally's friend - he thinks of her as a kind of mascot - but she aspires to be something more. She follows him to his clubs, arranges similar vacations, and pursues her quest from the opening of school in the spring to spring of the following year. She experiences the joys and agonies of first love, while all too keenly aware that she is stuck, despite Tonko's encouragement and help, in Sally's "friend zone."
Genres: Animation Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-03-20
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Makoto-chan
Overview: A series of interconnected vignettes regarding Makoto Sawada, an energetic yet socially inept kindergartner, and his long-suffering family. Makoto strives to receive the title of his school's "Best Child" award, resulting in chaos and misunderstandings wherever he goes.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-07-26
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Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude
Overview: Two partners Effera and Jiliora escape from a slave boat with the aid of their friend Orlin and a young boy named Kilian. When Kilian is killed in the escape Effera and Jiliora take it upon themselves to return Kilian's pendant to his two siblings who are being held captive by Baron Celdion, who is plotting to take over all of the neighboring countries.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-06-23
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Young Eleven
Overview: A boy from the farm with amazing running speed is asked to join a newly formed national soccer team and discovers a natural talent for the game. The movie is inspired by Japan's hosting of the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Genres: Animation TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-01
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Kindaichi Case Files Movie 1: The Opera House Murders
Overview: Invited for a anniversary celebration, Kindaichi, Miyuki and inspector Kenmochi re-visit the Opera House. There they discover that a play of The Phantom of the Opera is being rehearsed again. However, it doesn't take long when members of the acting troupe are killed by the Phantom. Kindaichi will once again have to solve a murder series in the Opera House.
Genres: Animation Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-14
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Heidi in the Mountains
Overview: Heidi (1974) Japanese anime series by Zuiyo Eizo (now Nippon Animation) based on the Swiss novel Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata A feature-length film Heidi in the Mountains, aka The Story of Heidi, was edited from the series by Zuiyo (which by then was a separate entity from Nippon Animation, which employed many of the TV series' animation staff) distributed in 1979. All cast were replaced excluding Heidi and the grandfather. This movie is also the only incarnation of the Heidi anime to have been released commercially in the United States in English (on home video in the 1980s). Isao Takahata remarked "Neither Hayao Miyazaki nor I are completely related to any shortening version" on this work.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-01-06
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