In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota’s wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who … Read more
The evil secret society known as the Telephone Pole Gang seeks to take over the world by first taking over a certain prefecture on Kyūshū (they never specify which one). In order to thwart the evil plans of the Telephone Pole Gang, Imazuru High School creates the Prefectural Earth Defense Force, composed of problem teachers … Read more
Kro-Tan overtakes his father only to fall prey to his own greediness. Kro-Tan, Ming’s son, wants to take over his father’s kingdom. He pays a visit to Zorelda, an old ugly witch with magical powers and asks for her support. Zorelda complies and gives Kro-Tan three powers: teleportation, telekenesis and disguise.
True to its title, “The Story Begins” introduces the audience to the Defenders Of The Earth’s colorfully animated cast of characters. It is Flash Gordon, whose spaceship crashes near Mandrake and Lothar’s mansion, who tells us of evil Ming’s plan to destroy the earth. In addition to being panicked over Ming’s plans for the destruction … Read more
The Defenders discover part of Morocco has vanished and fight to bring it back. But what is the connection to the book Kshin is reading for school?
The necklace of Oros would give Ming his long-awaited wish of knowing the secret of gravity. Knowing that it is Jedda’s birthday and, on that day, she gets to select a gift from the family jewels Ming arranges through Gravitron that she select the necklace. Thus begins another splendid episode in which the forces of … Read more
At 29 Acacia Road, lives Eric Wimp, an ordinary schoolboy who leads an exciting double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs – Eric becomes Bananaman – ever alert for the call to action!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it’s orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.
Lianna’s life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage to Dick. In order to find intellectual stimulus, Lianna takes a college extension child-psychology course taught by Ruth. When Lianna catches Dick having an affair with a young coed, she finds … Read more