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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