Skip to content

Historical

Browse anime with this source classification.

Bocchan

SPECIAL · 1980

This is a different version of the story than the one included in the Seishun Anime Zenshu TV series. Botchan, a recent graduate, sets out for his…

Bocchan

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

TV · 1986

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at…

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Romance

Zeno: Kagiri Naki Ai ni

MOVIE · 1999

Zeno: Kagiri Naki Ai ni is a movie about life and work of Brother Zenon Zebrowski, a Polish missionary in Japan. Brother Zenon was renown for his…

Zeno: Kagiri Naki Ai ni

Drama

Nightsong of Splendor

OVA · 1989

The story takes place in old Tokyo, the Tokyo of August-September 1923 (Showa 12). At this moment in time, the city is a mixture of extremes... past…

Nightsong of Splendor

Drama · Romance

Panda and the Magic Serpent

MOVIE · 1958

As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a young snake goddess named Bai-Niang…

Panda and the Magic Serpent

Adventure · Fantasy · Romance

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac

TV · 1977

One day a native American boy named Lan meets two little bears at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where he lives with his father. Lan names…

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac

Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Megumi

ONA · 2008

Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 when she was 13 years old. North Korea acknowledges abducting her and at least 12 other Japanese residents…

Megumi

Drama

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

TV · 1979

Saved by Merlin, a wise magician, and brought up by a retired knight. When he was 15 years old, he happens to prove that he is the…

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Adventure · Drama · Fantasy

Chocchan Monogatari

MOVIE · 1996

This feature length film is based on autobiography of Cho "Chocchan" Kuroyanagi, who is better known as the mother of an actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. The story starts…

Chocchan Monogatari

Drama · Slice of Life