Anime like Gongitsune

Chirin no Suzu

Also known as Ringing Bell.

Studio: Sanrio , Discotek , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

A little lamb's life is turned upside down by the wolf that killed his mother. He seeks to avenge his mother, but in order to defeat the wolf, he must become one.



Tags: Revenge , Animals , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Wilderness , Primarily Animal Cast , Snowscape , Rural , Orphan , Kids , Cultivation

Okonjoururi

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon.

The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for she has no use for anything anymore. Okon is delighted and in order to return the favour (the act of ongaeshi), Okon performs a magic jyōruri (a ballad with shamisen accompaniment) that heals Itako so that she is fit enough to walk again. Everyone is surprised by Itako's sudden recovery. She then hears of a hunter who has been badly injured and is near death. Itako hides Okon in the back of her shirt and has the fox sing the song while she plays shamisen in order to heal the man. This act of kindness is repeated for others until Itako's good fortune leads some to be suspicious of her.


Tags: Mythology , Animals , Stop Motion , Witch , Shapeshifting , Rehabilitation , Musical Theater , Anthropomorphism

Unico: Kuroi Kumo Shiroi Hane

Also known as Unico: Black Rain and White Feather.

Studio: Sanrio , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

The Goddess Venus is jealous of the beautiful human girl Psyche and blames her pet unicorn, Unico, as Psyche's source of good luck that keeps her from the harm of the goddess' cruel intentions. Unico has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. Venus has Unico banished, and the West Wind now takes Unico from one place and time to the next. Taken to a heavily polluted city, Unico meets a sickly girl named Chiko who is suffering because of the pollution of a nearby factory that darkens the entire sky. Unico then is determined to cheer her up, cure her, and destroy the nearby factory.



Tags: Kids , Animals , Environmental , Gods

Chironup no Kitsune

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Based on the novel "Chironup no Kitsune (Foxes of Chironup)" by Hiroyuki Takahashi.

Tags: Tragedy , Rural , Animals , Guns , Historical , Ships , Survival