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TV 60 136EPS Oishinbo TV 136 eps 23m 1988 Finished Oishinbo is a drama about newspaper reporters. The main character is a cynical food critic named Yamaoka. Oishinbo is a popular mainstream comic for adults in Japan. It is even mentioned in an episode of "Iron Chef." ComedySlice of LifeSeinen ★ 6.3 60

MOVIE 1 1EPS Kimagure Orange☆Road: Ano Hi ni Kaeritai MOVIE 1 ep 69m 1988 Finished After the TV-series of Kimagure Orange Road, Kyosuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go togethe... DramaShounenRomance ★ 7.7 1

OVA 18+ 1 1 Violence Jack: Evil Town OVA 58m 1988 Finished The World as we know it has been torn apart shattered by a series of natural disasters that have turned civilization into a brutish nightmare of survival and has left whole cities buried beneath the Earth. It's now a let... DramaActionHorror ★ 5.6 1 1

OVA 18+ 1 1 Gall Force 3: Stardust War OVA 61m 1988 Finished The girls are saved ... by none other than Catty Nebulart herself! Now, the race is on as Catty struggles to complete her crowning achievement: a huge machine that will bring life to a lifeless world! Sci-FiSpaceMilitary ★ 6.4 1 1

MOVIE 1 Sunny Ryoko! You Were There in a Dream MOVIE 67m 1988 Finished The movie starts out with Katsuhiko going to the US, with Kasumi and Yusaku seeing him off at Narita. Two years later, Katsuhiko is a professional racer, and comes back to Japan to race (and to marry Kasumi). Yusaku's ho... DramaRomanceComedy ★ 6.2 1

TV 61 61EPS [RAW] Himitsu no Akko-chan 2 TV 61 eps 24m 1988 Finished Akko-chan is a bright and energetic 5th grader in elementary school whose father is a newscaster and mother is a picture-book writer. Akko always cherishes the palm-sized mirror that was given to her by her father and tr... SchoolMagicShoujo ★ 6.2 61

OVA 12 12EPS Kikou Ryohei Mellowlink OVA 12 eps 24m 1988 Finished As the sole survivor from a squad that was sacrificed and hung out as scapegoats for embezzlement of military resources at the end of the 100 years war, Mellowlink Arity is out for revenge. Carrying the dogtags of his de... Sci-FiMechaMilitary ★ 7.1 12

TV 23 23EPS [RAW] Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics TV 23 eps 20m 1988 Finished Every episode is a stand-alone retelling of a different fairy or folk tale. Not all of them are based on the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. FantasyAdventureComedy ★ 7.3 23

OVA 18+ 6 6 6EPS Gunbuster OVA 6 eps 30m 1988 Finished In the near future, humanity has taken its first steps towards journeying into the far reaches of the galaxy. Upon doing so they discover a huge race of insectoid aliens known as "Space Monsters." These aliens seem dedic... Sci-FiDramaMecha ★ 7.9 6 6

OVA 18+ 6 6EPS Crying Freeman OVA 6 eps 52m 1988 Finished Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he... DramaActionRomance ★ 6.5 6

OVA 18+ 1 1EPS Fairy King OVA 1 ep 60m 1988 Finished Jack has moved to Hokkaido to get treatment for an illness, but he's lonely and unhappy. One night a man on a horse rides through his window to help him. For a reason he doesn't understand, Jack instantly knows the man's... FantasyShoujo ★ 5.6 1

OVA 2 2EPS Dragon Century OVA 2 eps 27m 1988 Finished The story of a young girl and a young dragon. Naturally, they are the best of friends, and naturally the rest of the world is against them both. However, when demons decide to trash their world, they side with those who... Sci-FiActionFantasy ★ 5.7 2

OVA 1 1EPS Kaze wo Nuke! OVA 1 ep 41m 1988 Finished In the world of motocross, 16-year-old Satoshi Ichimonji fights his way from the novice grade up to Junior Cross championship. Sports ★ 6.1 1

OVA 1 1EPS Uchuu Kazoku Carlvinson OVA 1 ep 45m 1988 Finished When a motley band of travelling performers has a deep-space collision with another spacecraft, they find that the sole survivor of the other craft is a humanoid infant. They decide to raise the child as their own on the... Sci-FiFantasyComedy ★ 6.5 1

OVA 1 1EPS Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitou no Ryuu OVA 1 ep 47m 1988 Finished Kosukesama Rikimarusama: Konpeito no Ryu was a 45 minute long anime TV special produced by J.C. Staff and broadcast on Japanese television in 1988. Similar to Dragon Ball, it was a martial arts adventure story featuring... ActionAdventureSuper Power ★ 6.0 1

OVA 1 Chalk-iro no People OVA 54m 1988 Finished An OVA with five short episodes from Seizou Watase's romantic manga: "Building Without Tide" "Brother and Sister" "Sometimes I'm Happy" "I've Saved the Sidecar for You" "The Santa Quartet" RomanceSeinen 1

OVA 1 1 Demon City Shinjuku OVA 79m 1988 Finished Kyoya's father was a great warrior, killed at the hands of the diabolical psychic, Rebi Ra, who has now opened a portal to hell in the city of Shinjuku. It falls to Kyoya to finish what his father started and battle his... SupernaturalShounenAdventure ★ 6.2 1 1

OVA 1 One Pound Gospel OVA 50m 1988 Finished Hatanaka Kosaku, a hopeful boxer, has a mean KO punch. Unfortunately, his dietary willpower is weak, and he eats even greasy hamburgers right before a bout. As a result, he has to compete in higher weight classes, and as... RomanceComedySeinen ★ 6.5 1

MOVIE 18+ 1 1 AKIRA MOVIE 124m 1988 Finished Japan, 1988. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of Tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to World War III. In order to prevent any further destruction, he is captured and taken... Sci-FiMilitaryAction ★ 8.2 1 1

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