Yugo Serikawa was a Japanese animator and director known for his work in the anime industry during the 1960s and 1970s. Serikawa's contributions were instrumental in shaping early Japanese animation, and his works remain influential in the anime genre.
A monster appeared out of nowhere, transformed into a human, and began selling strange cloth. Becoming suspicious, the cat girl follows him and witnesses a horrifying scene deep in the mountains. Using a technique she had never seen before, she turned her colored paper into a piece of cloth...
Release Date: 1986-07-12
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 2
Gin is a striped Akita-Inu puppy named after his silver coat. Shortly after being born, he watches his father, Riki, get killed by Akakabuto, a bear that terrorizes everything in his path. Being the third-generation of bear-dogs to try to stand up against Akakabuto, he ventures out to find dogs to join him in his fight against the demon bear.
Release Date: 1986-04-07
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 21
Vote Count: 21
Sharaku and Wato investigate a mysterious old ship, only to find themselves getting involved in a sea voyage around strange islands.
Release Date: 1985-08-25
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
The film centers around the life of Victor Frankenstein. After creating the monster together with his partner Zuckel, the monster attacks the assistant and falls from a cliff. Assuming the monster is dead, Victor returns to his wife Elizabeth and daughter Emily. A police inspector named Bellbeau investigates some mysterious mutilations killings, and Victor is blackmailed by his former assistant, who lost an eye in his fight with the monster.
Release Date: 1981-07-27
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 16
A TV special based on the novel, Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. It covers a year in the lives of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as their father is away fighting in the American Civil War.
Release Date: 1980-05-03
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 4
A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost freezes to death in the forest, but she is rescued by the spirits of the Twelve Months, who create spring around her. The girl is able to deliver the bouquet to the queen, but others want a share of the reward.
Release Date: 1980-03-15
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 17
Release Date: 1979-07-21
Department: Directing
Job: Stage Director
In a sci-fi adaptation of the Chinese novel Journey to the West, Princess Aurora and her cyborg companions Kugo, Djorgo, and Hakka must travel to the planet of the Great King in order to restore the Galaxy Energy and return peace to the universe. On their journey, they encounter a planet decimated from attacks by space monsters, against whom the last survivors now seek vengeance.
Release Date: 1979-03-17
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
A tiny girl, only as long as a man's thumb, is born to a childless woman, abducted by frogs who want her to marry their son, but escaping instead (with the help of a bumblebee) to find a real prince without having to kiss the frog first.
Release Date: 1978-03-18
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 9
Ken Hayabusa is a racing driver, son of Engineer Hayabusa, designer of the Hayabusa Special racing car and its interchangeable engines. Ken runs for the Sayongi stable aboard the car built by his father and participates in mixed races between rally and endurance. His fiercest rivals are the members of the Black Shadow stable ("black shadow") and above all his owner and "patron", the mysterious Ayab Mobil Dick.
Release Date: 1976-04-02
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 21
Vote Count: 3
A Japanese anime series of short films based on fairy tales and classic stories, produced by Toei Animation between 1975 and 1983.
Release Date: 1975-10-01
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
Duke Freed is an alien who has escaped to Earth after his home planet was invaded by the armies of Great King Yarban. Five years have passed and now Yarban's daughter, Princess Teronna, is on a mission to find both Duke and his spaceship Grendizer by invading our planet with their fleet of flying saucers. The pilot movie of Grendizer. It is about Duke Fleed, a fugitive of the planet fleed, who was kicked out of his planet by the Armies of Vega. Fleed and the daughter of the king of Vega we in love before the war between their planets. The armies of Vega continue their fight with Duke Fleed.
Release Date: 1975-07-26
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 4
Calimero is an Italian/Japanese cartoon about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized cartoon chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head. Calimero originally appeared on the Italian television show Carosello on July 14, 1963, and soon became a popular icon in Italy. The characters were later licensed in Japan as an anime series, twice. The first was made by Toei Animation and ran from October 15, 1974 to September 30, 1975, and the second, with new settings and characters, was made in 1992. Altogether, 99 Japanese episodes were made. The series mostly consists of the many adventures of Calimero and his friends as they solve mysteries and make documentaries. However, their adventures usually get them into quite a bit of trouble. The first series was also broadcast on European networks such as TROS, ZDF and RTL II or TVE.
Release Date: 1974-10-15
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 90
Vote Count: 10
Episode 57 "Dr. Hell Occupies Japan" of the original TV show, shown as a movie.
Release Date: 1974-03-16
Department: Directing
Job: Director
A young panda prince is found unworthy by his mother the Queen, and expelled from the forest. In his journey, he battles dangerous enemies and gets captures and forced to work in a circus.
Release Date: 1973-09-11
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 1
A boy named Tsutomu and four cyborg dogs fight against insect-type aliens from the Planet Devil.
Release Date: 1972-07-16
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 2
Mahō no Mako-chan is a Japanese anime series by Toei Animation. The story is loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale The Little Mermaid. The series has been dubbed into various languages including French, Spanish, Polish and Italian. It is also often known as Mako the Mermaid, Mako-chan’s Magic, Syrenka Mako and Magical Mako-chan. Mahō no Mako-chan aired in 1970 via Nippon Educational TV, which is now TV Asahi.
Release Date: 1970-11-02
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.
Release Date: 1970-03-17
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 2
Release Date: 1968-04-05
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
Release Date: 1967-07-03
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Cyborg 009 and his team are re-united to fight the latest menace from the Black Ghost. Before they can tackle their foe the team must overcome an army of monsters sent to stop them, including giant jellyfish, stingrays, plesiosaurs and treacherous cyborgs.
Release Date: 1967-03-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 6
Cyborg 009 movie based on the manga of the same name. Features 009's origin and an epic battle against Black Ghost and their evil robot forces.
Release Date: 1966-07-20
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 7
Release Date: 1966-04-23
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Release Date: 1963-11-25
Department: Writing
Job: Scenario Writer
Episode Count: 86
In this influential cult-classic animated film based on Japanese folklore, Susano is the youngest son of Izanagi and Izanami, the heavenly couple who created the Earth. Still a young boy, Susano is devastated by the passing away of his mother. Determined to find her despite the reprimands of his father, he embarks on a journey to find his brother and his sister for spiritual guidance.
Release Date: 1963-03-24
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 14
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.
Release Date: 1961-07-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 8