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Rantarō, Shinbei and Kirimaru are ninja apprentices in the Ninja Gakuen, where first grade ones are called "Nintamas". They must learn everything...

Genre: Comedy

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Honda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Showtaro Morikubo

Pingu and his family move from their small village to the big city; in which there are many people with many different occupations. The ever-curious...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Ryota Iwasaki

As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kaito Ishikawa

The amazing Taichi Keaton works on cases around the globe that always lead to adventure! He combines his arsenal of multidisciplinary expertise in...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ichiro Nagai

Phi Brain: Puzzle of God is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. The first two series aired on NHK Educational TV between...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Shintaro Asanuma

Mrs. Pepper Pot lives in a small village with her husband, and enjoys a unique life because she has a small magic spoon that helps her reduce her...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Reiko Seno

A current affairs television programme produced by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK provides cutting-edge information and critical analysis on...

Genre: Documentary

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Diego Vega returns from his study trip to discover his homeland is under the army's dictatorship. Diego, refusing to watch idly, disguises himself as...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Maria Kawamura

Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G is an original video animation series produced by Sunrise to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Gundam...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Tsubasa Yonaga

Bumboo is a talking car, innocent in many ways, Bumboo searches for her mother throughout many adventures and dangers, battling villains and stopping...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Masako Nozawa

Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideaki Takizawa

Nakajima Youko is your average somewhat timid high school student. One day, a strange man named Keiki appears before her, swearing allegiance. Before...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Takehito Koyasu

Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama

The series takes place in the 1930s and is about the adventures of Montana Jones, who goes treasure hunting with his cousin Alfred Jones and the...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Akio Otsuka

Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryohei Suzuki

The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryoko Kuninaka

BEGIN Japanology invites you into the world of Japanese culture, both traditional and modern, explaining how traditions evolved and the part they...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Barakan

Robin Hood's Big Adventure is an anime adaptation of the classic Robin Hood story consisting of 52 episodes. In this version, Robin and his allies...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Kazue Ikura

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aoi Miyazaki