Direction: Takashi Annô

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Takashi Annô. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Maison Ikkoku (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuo Yamazaki · Naoyuki Yoshinaga · Takashi Annô · Tomomi Mochizuki

Plot Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the...

7.1

210 votes

7.1

210 votes

Magical Angel Creamy Mami (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Kobayashi · Ryo Tachiba · Tomomi Mochizuki · Takashi Annô

Plot Creamy Mami is about a young girl, Yuu, who after seeing a spaceship is given the power to use magic for one year. She is also given 2 cats, Poji...

6.2

23 votes

6.2

23 votes

Yokohama Shopping Diary

1998 · Movie · 58 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô

Plot In a peaceful post-apocalyptic world where the coasts have been flooded, Alpha is a robot left in charge of a Cafe by her owner who went off travelling. One day,...

6.1

32 votes

6.1

32 votes

Urusei Yatsura (Lamu) (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Mamoru Oshii · Kazuo Yamazaki · Iku Suzuki · Keiji Hayakawa

Plot Urusei Yatsura is the story of the unluckiest and most lecherous young man alive, Ataru Moroboshi. When aliens decide to invade Earth, Ataru is randomly selected to defend his planet...

6.1

793 votes

6.1

793 votes

Spirit of Wonder: Scientific Boys Club

1992 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô

Plot The misadventures of a group of scientists as they test their incredible inventions in a small town during the 1950s.

5.7

42 votes

5.7

42 votes

Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors

1991 · Movie · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô · Yukio Okamoto

Plot Adapted from the famous samurai masterpiece, Hakkenden tells the tale of eight samurai brothers. Reincarnated and bound to defend the Awa clan, these eight souls must find one another and...

5.7

21 votes

5.7

21 votes

Magical Emi, the Magic Star (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Ryo Tachiba · Noriyasu Kogawa · Tomomi Mochizuki · Fumihiko Takayama

Plot TV Series. 38 episodes, 2 OVAs. Mai is a little girl who idolizes Emily Howell, a famous magician. She is given a magic bracelet to transform into Magical Emi when...

5.2

79 votes

5.2

79 votes

Ginguiser (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

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Kyoufu Shinbun

1991 · Movie · 56 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô

Cast Tôru Furuya

Plot OVA Mini-series (1991). 2 Episodes. For reasons unknown to him, Rei receives the Kyoufu Shinbun every morning, a newspaper which foresees deaths and catastrophes... (Source: AniDB)

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Miracle Girls (TV Series)

1993 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroko Tokita · Takashi Annô

Plot Tomomi and Mikage Matsunaga are identical twins with special powers. Together, they are able to teleport and communicate telepathically.

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Dark Myth

1990 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô · Tomomi Mochizuki

Plot Takahashi, is the living embodiment of Atman (the energy of the Human Spirit) and he has been called upon to fight the forces of darkness single handedly. He is haunted...

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Mahō no Star Magical Emi Semishigure

1986 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô

Plot Movie sequel of "Magical Emi, the Magic Star" anime series.

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Persia, the Magic Fairy (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô · Kazuyoshi Katayama · Ryo Tachiba · Harumi Tamano

Plot TV Series (1984 - 1985). 48 Episodes. 11-year old Persia is an energetic, caring, loyal and happy young girl who has grown up alongside the animals on the Serengeti plains...

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Home of Acorns

1997 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Yamamoto · Takashi Annô

Plot Mr and Mrs Tazaki, a young couple are blessed with their first baby girl named Keiko. However Keiko is a disabled child with hearing difficulties. When Keiko is grown up,...

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Mami, Emi, Pelsia: Adesugata Mahou no Sannin Musume

1986 · Movie · 29 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô

Plot They eat together, wearing kimono and having their hair in buns, causing them to change into their alter egos. To transform back Mami, Emi, and Pelsia go to a hotsrping...

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Hotori - The Simple Wish for Joy (TV)

2005 · Movie · 40 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô

Plot At the Personality Plant, robots are being built and slowly outfitted with the artificial memories of real people. Suzu is one such robot, being made to replace the young boy...

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The Adventures of Pepero, Son of the Andes (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsuya Ono · Sumio Takahashi · Takashi Annô · Yasuo Hasegawa

Plot Pepero is a young boy in a small poor village in the Andes who lives with his mother in their small house in the village. Pepero's father had left the...

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Downtown Story (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Takahata · Katsuhito Akiyama · Kyosuke Mikuriya · Takashi Annô

Plot TV Series (1981 - 1983). 64 Episodes. Anime series sequel of "Chie the Brat".

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Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma

1989 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô

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Ai Monogatari: 9 Love Stories

1991 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Kōji Morimoto · Tomomi Mochizuki · Hidetoshi Ōmori · Hiroshi Hamazaki

Plot An OVA based on the work of Kawaguchi Kaiji consisting of nine independent stories, each animated by a different director. With Beatles music involved, somewhere.

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