Anime Films Released Theatrically in the United States
List of confirmed anime films that were released theatrically in the United States. Includes films that got a limited only release, but only if they can be confirmed with a theatrical poster.
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- DirectorAkira DaikubaraTaiji YabushitaStarsKatsuo NakamuraHiroko SakuramachiTeruo MiyazakiA young Japanese boy climbs a mountain in search of a magic wizard. The youth finds the wizard, and is tutored by him. Reinforced with magic powers, the boy eventually fights and defeats the evil witches of down under.
- DirectorTaiji YabushitaStarsHisaya MorishigeMariko MiyagiVirginia BlackmanThe adventures of a cute little panda, a dragon god and an evil serpent.
- DirectorDaisaku ShirakawaTaiji YabushitaOsamu TezukaStarsKiyoshi KomiyamaNoriko ShindôHideo KinoshitaAn arrogant monkey is forced to go on a journey where he learns about gluttony, greed, love and humility.
- DirectorYûgo SerikawaTaiji YabushitaStarsYoshiko SakumaJô MizukiKin'ya KitaôjiZushio and his sister Anju are kidnapped and sold to a cruel slave-master. Will they ever be reunited with their mother again?
- DirectorYoshio KurodaTaiji YabushitaStarsHideo KinoshitaTetsuko KuroyanagiKyôko SatomiA young sailor named Sinbad and his sidekick Ali find a map to a fabulous treasure and stow away aboard a ship in an effort to get to where the treasure is buried. They eventually convince the ship's captain to change course and help them find the treasure. Along the way they come up against a wicked Vizier, a giant bird, vicious whirlpools and other obstacles.
- DirectorYûgo SerikawaWilliam RossStarsMorio KazamaYukiko OkadaChiharu KuriPrince Susano's mother dies; when his father tells him she has gone to another place, he sets off in search of her. He builds a boat and goes to see, first, his brother, in his crystal palace in the land of night (where he causes much damage to the palace, but his brother still gives him a magic ice crystal). Next, he fights the fire god, who gives him a magic bird after Susano defeats him, with help from the magic crystal and his little rabbit sidekick. Susano also picks up another traveling companion, a large but dim villager. Next, he goes to his sister, in the land of light. As with his brother, though, he causes much unintentional damage; his sister, who also happens to be the sun, goes off to hide in a cave. The frantic villagers stage a party (in the original legend, an orgy) outside the cave and trick her into coming outside again. Finally, Susano finds a little princess whose land is being threatened by an 8-headed dragon. With the help of a flying horse (who we later learn was sent by his sister) and his sidekicks, they get the dragon a bit drunk and take out one head at a time (mostly, though two of the last three take each other out).
- DirectorYoshio KurodaStarsKyû SakamotoChiyoko HonmaSeiji MiyaguchiA young boy meets the famous Lemuel Gulliver, who has just built a rocket ship that will take him exploring outer space. The boy joins him, and the two of them go to the Star of Hope, where they find a civilization that is threatened by evil robots.
- DirectorEiichi YamamotoStarsSachiko ItôHaruko KatôNoboru MitaniAldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.Does have an English language poster, and I can confirm English language advertisement in Variety in July of 1969. That being said, the English poster is in the Japanese B2 size, which is... confusing to say the least.
- DirectorAl KilgoreChuck McCannStarsChuck McCannHetty GalenRuth BailewDuring his boyhood, young Hans Christian Andersen is exposed to the musical fairy-tale dream world by Uncle Oley.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaEiichi YamamotoStarsChinatsu NakayamaKotoe HatsuiTsubame YanagiyaTo decipher a scheme plotted by enemy aliens, three agents from the future travel to Cleopatra's time, where they witness her romances with Caesar and Mark Antony.An English language poster was made, however it is in the Japanese B2 size.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsTonpei HidariMasachika IchimuraNobue IchitaniA young peasant boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk and stumbles upon a city in the clouds ruled by an evil queen.
- DirectorTakashi MasunagaStarsPeter UstinovSeveral animated stories from "Metamorphoses", Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are presented.
- DirectorTakeo NakamuraStarsMichele LeeMelissa GilbertLurene TuttleClara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSumi ShimamotoMahito TsujimuraHisako KyôdaWarrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.