Screenplay: Yoshio Urasawa

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Yoshio Urasawa. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Lupin the 3rd (TV Series)

1971 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Hayao Miyazaki · Isao Takahata · Masaaki Ôsumi · Kyosuke Mikuriya

Plot Lupin the 3rd, The World's Greatest thief, who's proud of being the grandson of the infamous French thief: Arsene Lupin. Accompanied by his comrades who help him pull off the...

6.8

13K votes

6.8

13K votes

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV Series)

2003 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroki Shibata

Plot In the 31st Century, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is a incredible and outlandish fighter what, accompanied of the girl Beauty, the crazy Don Patch and other friends, fight against the Margarita Empire...

6.3

5K votes

6.3

5K votes

Princess Raccoon

2005 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Zhang Ziyi · Jô Odagiri · Hiroko Yakushimaru · Mikijiro Hira

Plot Amechiyo (The banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised to human). This is an Operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love...

6.1

70 votes

6.1

70 votes

Lupin III: The Golden Legend of Babylon

1985 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Seijun Suzuki · Shigetsugu Yoshida

Plot In New York City, several stone tablets have been unearthed that tell a tale about the Gold of Babylon. 2 Mafia families are after it as well as Lupin the...

5.6

231 votes

5.6

231 votes

Ninja Kids!!!

2011 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Seishirô Katô · Takuya Mizoguchi · Takahiro Miura · Susumu Terajima

Plot About the adventures of Rantaro and other ninja apprentices at an elite ninjutsu academy.

5.4

86 votes

5.4

86 votes

Blue Dragon (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiro Matsushita · Chiaki Kon · Hayato Goda · Hiroaki Nishimura

Plot As Shu's village was beeing attacked by an unknown enemy, he and his friends, Jiro and Kluke decide to defend their home. They soon meet warior Zola and recive the...

5.2

389 votes

5.2

389 votes

Powerpuff Girls Z (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Megumu Ishiguro

Plot Powerpuff Girls Z, known in Japan as Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z or PPGZ for short, is a magical girl anime series based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff...

2.6

170 votes

2.6

170 votes

Mankatsu (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 50 min. · Japan

Direction Shunji Ôga

Plot TV Series (2004 - 2005). 12 Episodes. A series of different short stories based off of the works of manga artist Monkey Punch.

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Nerima Daikon Brothers (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Shinichi Watanabe · Johei Matsuura · Masahiro Takada · Shinji Ushiro

Plot TV Series (2006). 12 Episodes. The trio lives on a stage constructed in Hideki's daikon patch in the Nerima ward of Tokyo. They dream of building a concert dome on...

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Himitsu no Akko-chan (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroki Shibata

Plot TV Series (1988 - 1989). 61 Episodes. Remake of 1969's "Himitsu no Akko-chan" anime series.

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Time Trouble Tondekeman! (TV Series)

1989 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Kunihiko Yuyama · Yoshitaka Fujimoto · Takao Kato · Hiroshi Yoshida

Plot TV Series (1989 - 1990). 39 Episodes. Hayato and Yumi are two high school students from present Japan. When they accidentally activated Tondekeman, a kettle-shaped, talking time machine, they were...

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Gerumaniumu no yoru

2005 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsushi Ohmori

Cast Hirofumi Arai · Reona Hirota · Megumi Sawara · Keita Kimura

Plot Rou returns to the rural seminary farm where he studied as a boy and was molested by priests.

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Kamen Rider: Run All Over the World (S)

1989 · Movie · 16 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshiaki Kobayashi

Cast Tetsuo Kurata · Toshimichi Takahashi · Takayuki Kitamura · Minoru Watanabe

Plot The Crisis Empire devise a plan to defeat Kotaro Minami by reverting him back to his old form of Kamen Rider Black and sending out several revived monsters after him....

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Sugar Bunnies (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 11 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Kugimiya

Plot TV Series (2007 - 2009). 78 Episodes. Random cutesy edutainment tales aimed at small children, featuring animated speaking plushy toys. (Source: MyAnimeList)

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We Rent Tsukumogami (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Murata

Plot During the Tokugawa period in the old Edo (present Tokyo), the inhabitants usually rent different objects such as pots, blankets and clothes from stores due to the regularity of the...

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Guru Guru Town Hanamaru-kun (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Jun Kamiya

Plot TV Series (1999 - 2001). 101 Episodes. Guru Guru Town Hanamaru-kun follows the life of some children in a fictional town. (Source: MyAnimeList)

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Pirate Squadron Gokaiger (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Noboru Takemoto · Hiroyuki Kato · Shôjirô Nakazawa · Katsuya Watanabe

Cast Ryôta Ozawa · Yûki Yamada · Mao Ichimichi · Kazuki Shimizu

Plot A group of young pirates come from space to Earth to obtain the "Greatest Treasure in the Universe", which can only be acquired after obtaining the "Greater Powers" of the...

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Himitsu no Akko-chan (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroki Shibata

Plot TV Series (1998 - 1999). 44 Episodes. In the Kagami household, the old Western palm-sized mirror has been passed from from generations to generations. Akko-chan has been taught about the...

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Osomatsu-kun (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroyuki Hoshiyama

Plot The adventures of six identical sextuplets causing mischief or participating (also suffering) the plans of Iyami, a vividor.

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Take the X Train

1987 · Movie · 51 min. · Japan

Direction Rintaro

Plot Thanks to his rail-otaku boss, Toru has trains on his mind. Unfortunately for poor Toru, he's a latent esper. A mysterious ghost train - the X-Train - begins to run...

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Not rated