Anime like Tobe! Kujira no Peek

Nanatsu no Umi no Tico

Also known as Tico and Friends.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Slice of Life

Nanami Simpson is a young girl. Her mother dies when she is young, and she goes to live with her Father, Scott Simpson, on board a Marine Research Vessel , the Peperonchino. Her Father is a Marine Biologist, and he is in search of a creature known as the Glowing Whale. When He finds the bones of one of these, he is saddened, and resolves to change his mission towards preserving and caring for the creatures. Nanami befriends an Orca which she names Tico, and She goes swimming with it every day. Eventually, she learns to breathe Underwater which astounds her Father. Nanami nearly drowns one day, and one of the glowing whales saves her from certain death and returns her to the vessel, where her Father finally gets to see it.



Tags: Ships , Travel , Environmental , Animals , Outdoor , Foreign , Tragedy , Ojou-sama , Kids , Female Protagonist , Educational

Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Omnibus Promotion , Daybreak
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The Yomota family is small and typical: father Kinekuni (42), mother Tamiko (38), and son Inumaru (17). One day, a beautiful girl appears at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Even with Tamiko's strong objection, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse.



Tags: Acting , Family Life , Satire , Meta , Tragedy , Fugitive , Surreal Comedy , Incest , Slapstick , Crime , Time Manipulation , Bar , Inseki , Suicide

Kaguya-hime no Monogatari

Also known as The Tale of The Princess Kaguya.

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage.



Tags: Philosophy , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Fairy Tale , Historical , Female Protagonist , Rural , Family Life , Gods , Religion , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Travel , Heterosexual , Adoption , Agriculture , Unrequited Love , Environmental , Calligraphy

Coo: Tooi Umi kara Kita Coo

Studio: Toei Animation , Victor Entertainment , Kadokawa Shoten , Pony Canyon , Nippon Television Network , Yomiuri TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life

After a storm hits their island, Yusuke (driving his jet-ski) finds a baby dinosaur. He show it to his dad, they keep it and call it Coo. But here are other parties interested in a 65 milion year old creature ...



Tags: Foreign , Dinosaurs , Outdoor , Swimming , Tanned Skin

Kaitei Shounen Marine

Also known as Marine Boy.

Studio: Tele-Cartoon Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Yet another expansion of the Marine Boy series. This time 65 episodes were added to the 1966 series and all 78 episodes were sold to the US. The broadcast history of the show in Japan was slightly more complicated, with only the first 36 episodes of the 78 shown at first but later on all 78 were shown, out of which 65 are contained in this entry and 13 in the Ganbare! Marine Kid series.

Tags: Animals , Kids

Chiisana Viking Vickie

Also known as Vicky the Viking.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Mushi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Long ago, in a little Viking Village called Flake, young Wickie lives a happy life. His father, Halvar, is the chief of the Vikings, and would have liked a son a little more courageous. So, he and his team take Wicke along on their journeys to give him the experience he'll need to be a real Viking. Yet, somehow Halvar and his men end up trapped or hopelessly stuck somewhere in most cases, and it`s up to Wickie alone to help them out with his flashes of wit.



Tags: Vikings , Historical , Kids , Classic Literature