Marina, the most beautiful mermaid in the royal Merman family, is curious about the human world. One day, she sees a handsome prince on a boat. Suddenly, a storm comes up, throwing him into the sea. Marina saves her handsome prince and guides him to the shore. Marina falls deeply in love and desperately wants to become a human. Despite the hazards, she is willing to risk it all for love.
Andersen Douwa: Ningyohime has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: アンデルセン童話 にんぎょ姫, The Little Mermaid
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10. Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Ouji
Based on the stories The Wild Swans collected in Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and The Six Swans collected in Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Young Princess Elisa lives a happy life with her brothers in a secret house in the forest. Her family's happiness is destroyed one day when her father becomes lost in the woods and is convinced by an old witch to take her fair-faced daughter for his new bride. The jealous new queen bewitches all but one of the king's seven children, turning his six sons into swans. Elisa takes it upon herself to find her missing brothers and find a way to restore them to their human forms.
The Wild Swans has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 世界名作童話 白鳥の王子, World Children's Classics: The Prince of the Swans
9. Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Mori wa Ikiteiru
Twelve Months is the story of an orphaned girl named Anya. When a spoiled princess, who is also orphaned, sees a picture of a Galanthus, she immediately wants one. However, the Galanthus only blooms in spring, in the month of April. It is New Year's Eve and there was no way that such a flower can be found in the middle of the winter. The princess offers a basket of gold to anyone who can bring her a bag of Galanthus.
Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Mori wa Ikiteiru has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 森は生きている, Twelve Months, The Forest is Alive
8. Angel's Egg
In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.
Angel's Egg has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: Tenshi no Tamago, 天使のたまご, Angel's Egg
7. Ningyohime
A stop-motion film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's <i>The Little Mermaid</i>.
Ningyohime has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: にんぎょひめ, Ningyo Hime
6. Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are regular middle school girls with regular lives, but all that changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a cat-like magical familiar, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student.
Kyuubey offers them a proposition: he will grant one of their wishes and in exchange, they will each become a magical girl, gaining enough power to fulfill their dreams. However Homura, a magical girl herself, urges them not to accept the offer since everything is not what it seems.
A story of hope, despair, and friendship, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica deals with the difficulties of being a magical girl and the price one has to pay to make a dream come true.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 魔法少女まどか★マギカ, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika, Magical Girl Madoka Magica
5. Oyayubi Hime Monogatari
A bratty girl named Mia is given a book, Thumbelina, which upon reading she is shrunk and transported into the world of the book. She embarks on a journey to return home, and to normal size making friends and learning lessons on the way, but that's only the beginning of her adventures.
Thumbelina: A Magical Story has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: おやゆび姫物語, Story of Princess Thumbelina, Thumbelina, Thumb Princess Story
4. Umi Monogatari: Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto
Marin and her sister Urin live in the sea. One day they find a ring fallen into the sea. They get out of the sea and meet a girl Kanon, the owner of the ring. Kanon tells them she doesn't want the ring anymore because it was given by her boyfriend whom she just broke up with, and she throws it into the forest. Marin thinks Kanon is still in love with him and looks for the ring with her sister. But Urin accidentally breaks a seal near a shrine...
Umi Monogatari has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: うみものがたり ~あなたがいてくれたコト~, Umimonogatari Anata ga Itekuretakoto, Sea Story
3. Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta
Kai, a young middle schooler, lives in Hinashi Town, a lonely fishing village, with his father and his grandfather, a sun-umbrella maker. He used to live in Tokyo, but after his parents divorced he moved back to his parent's home town. Kai has trouble telling his parents the complicated feelings he has for them, and he's lonely and pessimistic about his school life. One of his joys is uploading songs he writes to the internet.
One day, his classmates Kunio and Yuho invite him to join their band, "SEIRÈN". As he reluctantly follows them to Merfolk Island, their practice spot, they meet Lu, the mermaid girl. Lu sings merrily and dances innocently. As Kai begins to spend time with her, he starts to be able to say what it is that he's really thinking.
But since ancient times, the people of Hinashi Town have thought that mermaids brought disaster. Something happens that puts a huge rift between Lu and the townspeople. And then, the town is in danger. Will Kai's cry for the heart be able to save the town?
Lu Over the Wall has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 夜明け告げるルーのうた, Lu over the wall, Song of Lu who Informs the Dawn
2. Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Oyayubi Hime
This anime movie is an adaption from the famous fairytale for kids Thumbelina, that aired 1978 in Japan.
World's Famous Stories for Children: Thumb Princess has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 世界名作童話 おやゆび姫, Thumbelina
1. Sirius no Densetsu
Gods once lived on earth, and two siblings, Oceanus - God of Water, and Hyperia - Goddess of Fire, lived in peace and dearly loved each other. However, the God of Wind, Algaroc, become jealous of the pair's happiness, and spread lies and deceit between them until their hatred for each other brought about war.
Finally, Algaroc was imprisoned by the King of Gods, but after that time, the brother and sister still despised each other, so the Children of Fire and Water forever remained apart. But, then Prince Syrius of the Water and Princess Malta of the Fire meet and fall in love. The love of Syrius and Malta may not be enough to surpass their parents' hatred. Whether they can stay together forever may be impossible
The Sea Prince and the Fire Child has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: シリウスの伝説, Legend of Sirius