Anime like Sekai Douwa Anime Zenshuu

Grimm Masterpiece Theater

Also known as Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The series consists of mostly stand-alone episodes which retell different fairy or folk tales. Despite the title, they are not all based on fairy tales collected by the Grimm Brothers.

Note: As streaming on RetroCrush, the multi-part episodes of 'Puss in Boots', 'Snow White', & 'Cinderella' are combined.

Tags: Classic Literature , Fairy Tale , Anthology , Foreign , Animals , Magic , Kids , Anthropomorphism , Rural , Witch , Medieval

Tom Sawyer no Bouken

Also known as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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

Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures.



Tags: Classic Literature , Rural , Primarily Child Cast , Outdoor Activities , Foreign , Heterosexual , Slavery , Family Life , Homeless , Orphan , Historical , Male Protagonist , Kids , Episodic , Found Family , Steampunk , Ships , School , Fugitive , Adoption , Crime , Swimming , Fishing , Dystopian , Tsundere

Anime Oyako Gekijou

Also known as Superbook.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

The series beings at the home of a young boy named Sho Azuka discovers the magical Bible "Superbook" that speaks and sends him, his friend Azusa Yamato, and his toy robot Zenmaijikake back in time to the early events of the Old Testament.

Tags: Religion , Historical , Kids , Isekai , Classic Literature

Sekai Meisaku Douwa

Also known as World Famous Fairy Tale Series.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Another of Toei's World Famous Fairy Tale series consisting of 20 stories, 10 minutes each.

Note: Initially released on 8mm film reel without being shown in theaters or on TV.

Tags: Fairy Tale , Animals , Witch , Foreign , Magic

Cinderella Monogatari

Also known as The Story of Cinderella.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Marubeni
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Cinderella is the only daughter of a fairly wealthy family. When her mother dies, his father marries a widow with 2 daughters then goes travelling for business. Cinderella eventually becomes the slave of her stepmother and stepsisters. The Prince on the other hand, lives a boring life in the castle and one day escapes and pretends to be a commoner. Cinderella meets him through an accidental bump and becomes his bestfriend not knowing that he really is the prince. There are other twists to this tale including another villain in the person of the king's right hand who is plotting to take over the throne once he eliminates the prince. After a series of events and stories told, the castle holds a Royal ball for the prince to be able to choose a wife. Every maiden in the kingdom receives an invitation. When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from her pets dog, mice, cat and birds, and from her Fairy Godmother.



Tags: Foreign , Bullying , Fairy Tale , Medieval , Heterosexual , Animals , Classic Literature , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism

Boukensha: THE MAN WAS FROM SPAIN

Also known as Christopher Columbus.

Studio: Nippon Animation , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

An anime commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing to the New World.

Christopher Columbus is a man of strong will. His life is full of drama. Born in Genoa, he realizes his dream of becoming a sailor, dares to search for a new route, and finally reaches his goal, discovering a new land in the process. Sometimes in desperation, sometimes in excitement, his experiences are truly extraordinary.

Note: The series originally broadcasted in Italy on Canale 5 from November 28, 1992 to March 30, 1993. In Japan, it was broadcasted exactly a decade later from November 28, 2002 to March 30, 2003.

Tags: Historical , Travel , Ships , Foreign

Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette

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

Based on the famous classic novel Les Miserables.

Being a single mother is hard in early 19th Century France. When young Cosette was traveling with her mother trying to find a job and a place to live, they were always shunned away because very few employers hire single mothers. When she is promised with the prosperity of working in the big city, Cosette is separated from her mother in the hopes a caretaker will watch over her while her mother earns some money. Unfortunately this was a trick and the caretaker is a corrupt man who makes Cosette his indentured servant. Then the kind mayor of the town that Cosette makes her new home in sees how winds of change are so detrimental for children and families, and decides to do something about it.



Tags: Historical , Classic Literature , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Tragedy , Dystopian , Bullying , Time Skip , Heterosexual , Inn , Police , Military , Fugitive , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Prison , Religion , Marriage , Animals , Guns

Grimm Douwa: Kin no Tori

Also known as The Golden Bird.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

"Kin No Tori" is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale "The Golden Bird" by Brothers Grimm.

A golden apple is stolen from the King's garden. The King orders his three sons to guard the apples in turn and to find out who is the thief. When the youngest son, Hansu, presents a feather that he got from the golden bird that stole the apple the king sends his three sons to bring this bird to him and so Hansu journey begins.

Completed in 1984, this film was shelved for three years before being theatrically released.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Witch , Fairy Tale , Magic , Kids

Peter Pan no Bouken

Also known as Peter Pan & Wendy.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Wendy and her two little brothers are brought to the land of adventures, Neverland, by Peter pan, a boy who will never grow up. In Neverland they encounter exciting events and meet with little fairies, mermaids, Indians, and pirates. Required to act as a mother, Wendy never has a moments peace with all that is happening around her, including breath-taking fights with pirates. Later in the series, they set off to find a buried treasure with a map that they obtain from the pirates.



Tags: Classic Literature , Swordplay , Episodic , Magic , Foreign , Primarily Child Cast , Robots , Kids

Personal Computer Travel Tanteidan

Also known as Superbook 2.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi

The book fell onto a computer keyboard, giving anybody the ability to see into the past from Sho's home via the monitor. Ruffles, Chris' dog, managed to get lost in time, prompting Zenmaijikake and Sho's cousin Hisashi to search for her. Sho and Azusa kept watch and control of the computer from the present. The older children also had a hard time trying to keep what happened a secret from Sho's parents.



Tags: Kids , Historical