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Winter 1980/1981

?? December
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 4.15 (26)
Average: 4.80 (26)
During the Winter season, mother rabbit has to go out, but she is afraid of leaving her son home alone. Her rabbit son decides to make a friend out of the snow to keep him company.
3rd January
TV Special, 1 ep
Rating: 2.77 (46)
Average: 4.18 (46)
All the nations of Earth are crumbling before the might of Darius, ruler of the Gabia Empire. Meanwhile, childhood friends Ben and Ricky are sailing on the oceans in search of the lost city of Atlantis. When their ship is sunk they are saved by Captain Nemo in his submarine Nautilus.

Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
3rd January
TV Special, 1 ep
Rating: 5.37 (49)
Average: 5.63 (49)
Buck, a half German Shepard half Saint Bernard who's life is pretty peaceful and happy living with the Millers' in California. However, one day he is tricked and sold off. He ends up in the snowy North where he has become a sled dog during the Gold Rush. His story takes many twists and turns and he has to fight for his own survival.
4th January
TV Series, 50 eps
Rating: 6.16 (152)
Average: 6.87 (154)
10-year-old Flone is a very active, tomboyish sort of a girl. One day, her father receives a letter from his English friend who is now in Australia. In the letter, the friend asks her father to come down to Australia because of a serious shortage of doctors. The family decides to leave their old house in Bern. Now their drifting voyage has begun!

Flone's fantastic adventures will teach children about the importance of family and the joys of living amidst nature's beauty.

Source: AnimeNfo
31st January
TV Series, 50 eps
Rating: 5.01 (22)
Average: 5.54 (22)
Eden 1 rules over about 50 planets throughout the galaxy. With the aid of his two faithful retainers Duke Sukedo and Baron Kakusu, Prince Mito decides to undertake a royal inspection tour of the planets undercover. However, the empire is a dangerous place and is plagued with vice feudal lords and corrupt space merchants, as well as other evil people. Using the royal family's weapon, the combining robot Daiohja, Prince Mito punishes any kind of villians that are within Eden 1's empire.

Source: ANN
?? February
Music Video, 1 ep
Rating: 3.44 (32)
Average: 4.21 (33)
This is a song meant for a kindergartener's graduation ceremony. Many tears will be shed this season for the students moving up to Junior high school, leaving 6 years of fun, frolic and memories behind. But the circle begins again for the fresh faced, cute little 6 year olds to start the journey that each child must inevitably travel.

Source: dandelionjp
7th February
TV Special, 1 ep
Rating: 3.89 (68)
Average: 4.85 (69)
* Based on Dazai Osamu's 1940 short story, itself based on Greek legend (via a poem by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller).

Melos is a Greek country man that is arrested and accused of conspiracy against the king. He gets three days to travel to his sister's wedding while Selinentius (Selinae), a genius sculptor that Melos just met stays as a hostage.

Source: Wikipedia

Note: Initially released as a TV special. In 1992, this was followed by a 107 minute animated film directed and written by Masaaki Osumi. The story was animated as a 30 minute stop-motion short for the Classic Children's Tales series (1992), and again, as a 10 minute short directed by Keisuke Morishita, for the Famous Japanese Fables series (1997).
7th February
TV Series, 52 eps
Rating: 3.31 (90)
Average: 5.50 (91)
Throughout history, the quest for power infected mankind.

In the future... nothing much changes. The setting for this exciting, funny and intriguing series is the Kingdom of Fir antic, where two royal houses are locked in combat to determine who will become the future ruler of the Kingdom. To secure the throne, one of two must travel through the aeons of time to find the Firebird. Whoever brings it back to Fir antic will rule from the throne of this mysterious country.

The story starts in the present... Here, in the desolate office of the Ace Detective Agency, Detectives Paul Tuck and Tracy Headly are whiling away the time reading magazines, for want of something better to do. Suddenly, a girl appears before them. From her strange dress the pair can just deduce that the girl couldn't possibly be from their time. She begins to speak... "You are quite right. I am from another era. In time, you two will be married, and I will be born from your bloodline many generations hence". The girl's name is Princess Sara of the Kingdom of Fir antic. Paul and Tracy are amazed by the girl's telepathic powers, and even more amazed to be told that they are to be married. But there is more to come. Princess Sara is looking for the Firebird with the use of a Time Tunnel. Paul and Tracy decide that it is their duty to protect their descendent's future. They offer to help Sara on her quest for the Firebird, but Sara has no idea where it is to be found. The only clue she has is that Princess Miranda and her party have come to this time as well. Sara telepathically discovers the whereabouts of their time machine, and our heroes chase after Miranda, who possesses any and all information concerning the Firebird...

Source: official site
1st March
TV Series, 52 eps
Rating: 3.78 (37)
Average: 5.15 (38)
Hiro finds what appears to be a broken lighter in an empty field. This lighter, actually the Gold Lightan, has fallen to Earth from the Robot Dimension, in another place and time. Normally, the Golden Lighter remains in this compact disguise, except when called upon to defend the Earth from Ivalda the Great's attacking robots, whereupon it changes into a giant robot, the Golden Warrior, Gold Lightan, by traveling along the Rainbow Road. Gold Lightan joins forces with Hiro's gang to defend the Earth against Ivalda the Great's armored force's impending attack...

Source: official site
4th March
TV Series, 52 eps
Rating: 4.28 (381)
Average: 6.23 (387)
actionAction anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. It often contains a lot of shooting, explosions and fighting., alienThis entity or creature was born on another world than the main characters., mechaMecha in Japanese basically means mechanical things; everything from an electric whisk or a car to a spaceship or a robot. Here however we limit it to the more exotic things usually referred to as mecha anime: robots, whether controlled by a human or not, and their ilk., newNot based on anything, the story is a new work, usually made up by the people involved in creating the anime. Generally if an original work (原作) credit is given, it will be to the studio, or director, or other members of the production team., science fictionScience fiction stories usually focus on how situations could be different in the future when we are more technologically advanced; due to either our own achievements or having met with other civilizations whom we have learned from., shounenIn the context of manga and associated media, shounen, literally meaning "youth" and often also specifically "boy", refers to a male audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18., transforming craftA transforming craft is an object built by humans or other intelligent lifeforms, usually a robot but sometimes also a vehicle of some sort, that can rearrange its parts in order to switch between a minimum of two forms.
Golion, a powerful sentient robot, abuses his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. A divine space being punishes Golion for his arrogance and abuse by seperating him into 5 different lion robots. In the year 1999, a group of 5 young men return to Earth after a space voyage, only to find it ravaged by nuclear war. After encountering the alien race known as the Galra, the 5 youths end up on the planet Altea, and learn that the 5 lion robots that Golion was split into are in hibernation in various parts of Altea. Somehow, they must reunite the lions and form Golion, the only hope for the human race.

Source: ANN
7th March
TV Series, 63 eps
Rating: 4.34 (85)
Average: 6.00 (87)
* Based on the shoujo manga by Yukimuro Shun'ichi and Takanashi Shizue serialised in Nakayoshi.

Claire's dad has been lost at sea for several months. Her Mom works as a fashion designer in Paris but Claire wants to stay with her uncle in Japan in case her dad suddenly reappears. Spank is Claire's little dog. He is very friendly and funny, he has all sort of friends and likes to "communicate" with others.
14th March
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 4.81 (70)
Average: 5.77 (70)
adventureAdventures are exciting stories, designed to provide an action-filled, energetic experience for the viewer. Rather than the predominant emphasis on violence and fighting, the viewer of adventures can live vicariously through the travels, conquests, explorations, creation of empires, struggles and situations that confront the main characters. Adventure films are often, but not always, set in an historical period., alienThis entity or creature was born on another world than the main characters., humanoid alienHumanoids are aliens, intelligent beings who do not originate from Earth, but have a striking similarity to humans or at least show the basic body layout, i.e. two arms and legs, head with two eyes and ears, one nose and mouth. Though the latter - head-related features - may vary. As "DearS" shows some aliens actually exhibit super-human beauty, or as in the case of "Onegai Teacher" they are genetically compatible to humans for some strange reason., kodomoIn the context of manga and associated media, the word kodomo refers to a children`s audience roughly for the ages 12 and younger. In Japanese, the word means simply "child", and has no anime/manga-related connotations at all. It does not comprise a style or a genre per se, but rather indicates the publisher`s intended target demographic., mangaManga is the lifeblood that drives the anime industry. Everything and its mother is based on manga. However! There are exceptions where the manga was not the basis for the anime. See also manhua and manhwa., mechaMecha in Japanese basically means mechanical things; everything from an electric whisk or a car to a spaceship or a robot. Here however we limit it to the more exotic things usually referred to as mecha anime: robots, whether controlled by a human or not, and their ilk., science fictionScience fiction stories usually focus on how situations could be different in the future when we are more technologically advanced; due to either our own achievements or having met with other civilizations whom we have learned from.
When trying to flee from thugs in outer space, a boy named Ropuru warps his spaceship under dangerous conditions and ends up creating a rift in time and space. The breach opens a portal between Ropuru's spacecraft and Nobita's room. Doraemon and Nobita inevitably meet Ropuru and his small buddy Chammy. Quickly they all become friends. After fixing their ship, they end up going to Ropuru's new home planet, Koya Koya. The boy is part of a colonizing group that is being harassed by a gang of villains interested in special crystals which the planet is abundant of. Nobita and Doraemon then decide to help the colonists in their fight to live peacefully in this new homeland.

Source: ANN

Note: Screened as a double feature with Kaibutsu-kun: Kaibutsu Land e no Shoutai.
14th March
Movie, 1 ep
14th March
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 6.39 (1222)
Average: 6.93 (1227)
In the year 0079 of the Universal Century, the Earth Federation and its space colonies are engaged in an apocalyptic war. The rebellious Principality of Zeon, using humanoid fighting machines called mobile suits, has all but vanquished the Federation. Now the Federation's last hope is the prototype mobile suit Gundam. When a twist of fate makes young civilian Amuro Ray the Gundam's pilot, his own battle begins - a struggle not only for the Federation's survival, but for his own.

Note: This movie roughly corresponds to the episodes 1-13 of the first Gundam TV series.
14th March
Movie, 1 ep
The first Hello Kitty movie. It was released in theaters on 14.03.1981 together with the first Unico movie as a double feature.
14th March
Movie, 1 ep
14th March
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 6.66 (242)
Average: 6.90 (245)
When Prince Siegfried spots a beautiful swan with a crown on its head, for some reason he feels compelled to follow it. He discovers that the swan is, in fact, a princess named Odette, who is under a wizard's curse that causes her to become a swan by day. The wizard, Rothbart, wants to keep Odette to himself, and the only thing that can break the spell on Odette is a man who truly loves her, with all his heart and soul...

Source: ANN
14th March
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 6.17 (188)
Average: 6.53 (193)
adventureAdventures are exciting stories, designed to provide an action-filled, energetic experience for the viewer. Rather than the predominant emphasis on violence and fighting, the viewer of adventures can live vicariously through the travels, conquests, explorations, creation of empires, struggles and situations that confront the main characters. Adventure films are often, but not always, set in an historical period., anthropomorphismAnthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to non-human beings, inanimate objects, or natural or supernatural phenomena. If it`s an animal or an object (AI excluded) and it speaks and/or does other human-like things (dresses up) then we`re dealing with anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism leans more on the animal-looking side when compared to juujin, which leans more on the human-looking side., fantasyImaginative or fanciful work, especially one dealing with supernatural elements and themes., kodomoIn the context of manga and associated media, the word kodomo refers to a children`s audience roughly for the ages 12 and younger. In Japanese, the word means simply "child", and has no anime/manga-related connotations at all. It does not comprise a style or a genre per se, but rather indicates the publisher`s intended target demographic., mangaManga is the lifeblood that drives the anime industry. Everything and its mother is based on manga. However! There are exceptions where the manga was not the basis for the anime. See also manhua and manhwa., minaIn the context of manga and associated media, the word mina refers to a broad audience, which can be said to be "the entire family", from the grumpy grandpa to the newborn baby. In Japanese, the word means simply "everyone", and has no anime/manga-related connotations at all.
Unico the Unicorn has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. However, the gods become jealous of Unico, thinking that only gods should be able to decide or let people be happy or not. Unico is banished to the Hill of Oblivion, and the West Wind is ordered to take him there. She can't stand giving this fate to an innocent like Unico, so Unico's adventures begin, as the West Wind takes him from one place and time to the next, in a neverending journey to escape the wrath of the gods. In this adventure, Unico meets Beezel a devil child and then Katy (Chao), a cat who wants to be a witch! Can he become friends with them?
20th March
Movie, 1 ep
* Adapted from a fairy tale by Yoshida Akimi.
20th March
Movie, 1 ep
Rating: 5.39 (263)
Average: 5.99 (264)
* Based on the classic 1976 shoujo manga by Takemiya Keiko, one of the first shoujo titles to include shounen ai elements.

Marion is a young schoolboy who prides himself on his adherence to a philosophy he calls rationalism. Because of his disdain for emotional display, he ignores anything remotely akin to affection. But when he's entangled in a romantic affair with an older courtesan, his rationalism is revealed to be little more than a cover for his own emotional immaturity. Learning to love, Marion blossoms under his older lover's care but unfortunately, Marion has yet to learn the true price of the affair.
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