Ningyo no Mori

Collection of series that feature mermaids as characters or as a theme of the series.

I remember going to the video store, browsing the shelves, and picking out a movie based on the box art alone. I'd look at the front, I'd look at the back, and more often than not I'd put it back on the shelf. Occasionally there'd be something like Ghost in the Shell or Ninja Scroll, and I knew I just had to rent it, or more accurately get my parents to rent it.

This isn't just a list of movies that were available on VHS at my local video store, this is also a list of movies that I would have rented had they been there. They have box art and synopsis appeal, regardless of the reality contained within.

This is my virtual VHS store, where we say Japanimation and we don't stock TV shows unless they're only a few episodes long. I hope you like violence and nudity. Things here also generally skew older, keeping with the VHS theme.

This is the good stuff list. If you want the bad stuff list, go here: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9520

Tags: Old, Oldtaku, Retro, Violent, 1980s, 1990s

Original list: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15827
3rd List: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23846

Created to help with challenges

EXAMPLE CHALLENGE: Watch an Alternative Version or Alternative Setting of an anime you've previously completed (listed as such under "Related Anime")


NOTE: Only the first released anime in a franchise will be added.

Finished scanning the first 5 pages of the 2022 Anime Watching Challenge. Adding more as time allows.


~~If you find this stack and wish to contribute please feel free to message me. Thank you!!~~

Before the likes of Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon conquering the kids in the west, it was actually Akira that opened the door and made people realize that the cartoons coming from Japan weren't what you would expect from Disney or your TV channels.
A huge flood of VHS tapes came showing animations with mature themes, absurd plots, and enough graphic sex and violence to make parents freak out... what a glorious time!
They don't make cartoons like this anymore.

This is a comprehensive list with stuff from very good to very trashy, but all in the same spirit.
Some early 00's also included.

ps: I also recommend, but can't include here, Kage (OVA).

Glorious 80's and 90's (Sci-Fi, Neo-Noir and Crime Drama)
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/30604

Anime released on VHS by Manga Entertainment/Manga Video in the UK. If you have any additions or corrections let me know.

(note: this does not include hentai as the stack would have to remain unlisted if it did)

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/31684

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/36724

Disclaimer: This list is sorted by year and will be updated!

Every cinema or direct to video anime film that came out in 1991.

1990: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34459
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34460
1992: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34702
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34703

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34463

Disclaimer: There are a few hentai movies, that could be counted as well:
- Choujin Densetsu Urotsukidouji 2 (1991)
- Koushoku Ichidai Otoko (1991)
- U-Jin Brand (1991)
- Violence Gekiga Shin David no Hoshi: Inma Densetsu (1991)

*EN*

All the anime that our dear Sahgo has listed in the series of videos he has made. As I myself am on a similar project of watching old anime, I decided to put together this list to help me organize myself.

Below is the playlist where he comments a little about each anime listed. Watch it!

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*PT-BR*

Todos os animes que o nosso querido Sahgo listou na série de vídeos que ele tem feito. Como eu mesmo estou em um projeto parecido de ficar vendo anime velho resolvi montar essa lista pra me ajudar a me organizar.

Aqui embaixo vai a playlist que ele comenta um pouco sobre cada anime listado. Assistam!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrJ3-5JnRkgnbyl3FxczBP-QmCoP2GqGP

The best horror anime (in my opinion).

I’m using the term “horror” very loosely so anything that is disturbing/creepy or aims to be counts.

Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 200 million copies in circulation; making Takahashi one of the best-selling authors of all time.

Her most well-known works are Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma ½, Inuyasha, Rin-Ne etc.

Rumiko Takahashi, The Manga Queen, is a Mangaka born in 1957 that in 1978 started her career in the pages of Weekly Shounen Sunday, and it's been a constant succes from then. Since there has been too much series from then people tends to don't know what to watch first, and how to watch it.
So i'm here to help you, when you finish reding this guide you'll have the entire data you need to know what to do.


My personal recommendation, start watching Maison Ikkoku, it's her best work. The best way to get to know an author is to start with their best work.