The great King Gurumes is searching for the Dragon Balls in order to put a stop to his endless hunger. A young girl named Pansy who lives in the nearby village has had enough of the treachery and decides to seek Muten Rōshi for assistance. Can our heroes save the village and put a stop to the Gurumes Army?
Category: Animation
Animation
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Somewhere in the Arctic…
A polar bear is hunted by Eskimos. But suddenly the hunt gets interrupted. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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The Fox and the Tiger: A Chinese Parable
In this parable, a hungry fox hunts for his dinner one night in the jungle. Nearby is a tiger who is also pondering his next meal. The tiger catches the fox, but the cunning fox manages to outwit the proud tiger. This striking film uses cutouts and actors in masks to tell its tale. It will stimulate discussion on leadership qualities, such as brain versus brawn, on values and on conflict resolution.
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Relic Armor Legaciam
The planet Libertia was once known as “the planet of death”, until humanity built three giant mirrors and created what seemed like an ideal land. It is on this planet that Professor Grace and his granddaughter Alcia live peacefully… until their home is attacked by Guild soldiers looking for the professor and for Legaciam – a special Armor that can resist extreme heat, allowing it to go to areas where humans would not survive normally. Alcia, who was at the time piloting Legaciam in order to help her grandfather with the testing, manages to get away… barely. But the Guild is determined to get Legaciam by any means necessary…
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Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint’s Map
A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson’s book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This movie covers the first half of the book.
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Ganbare! Kickers: Bokutachi no Densetsu
Bokutachi no Densetsu is a summary of the TV series with an alternate ending. ‘Kickers’ is a weak soccer team that hardly wins a game. It has recorded 22 consecutive losses up till now, neither a star player nor a sign of a victory can be found in the team, that’s why they begin to lose hope. But the team quickly changes when Kakeru Daichi, a newcomer to Kitahara Primary School, joins the team!
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Heavenly Bodies’ Score
Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all the creatures.
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Foxes of Chironup
Foxes Ken and Chin become the proud parents of cubs, Koro and Kan, who enjoy a carefree life on the northern Japanese island of Chironup. They befriend a fisherman and his wife but are forced to run for their lives when soldiers on a military exercise decide to take home some fox pelts as souvenirs. A sweet little film that obliquely symbolizes the plight of Japan’s aboriginal Ainu people and the northern islands that have been contested with Russia since they were occupied by Stalin’s soldiers in 1945.
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Junk Boy
Overconfident 23-year-old Ryouhei somehow lucks into a job at the lucrative skin mag Potato Boy, with his only qualification being an abnormally high sex drive. Immediately smitten with the publication’s prestigious editor Yuki (and just about every other female colleague), Ryouhei shows a libidinous instinct that could take Potato Boy to the next level — if he can ever take the job seriously.