Anime requests
Disclaimer: We might choose something that's not even on the request list for the next project due to various circumstances. Additionally, we do not moderate this list, which means that there are going to be titles that were already started by other groups and that's okay.
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Kankara Sanshin (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:10 p.m.
A film about the Battle of Okinawa during the last days of World War II. During the World War II island hopping campaign there was a fierce battle on Okinawa that devastated the population and ravaged the land and left a mark on the populace of the Okinawan people forever. After the war Okinawa was under the control of the United Stated Military. Without any goods and extreme scarcity of Natural resources the Okinawans were in a desperate day to day survival for the basic needs of life. The Okinawans however, despite their dire situation used song and dance to lighten their spirit and make the best of the situation. But with the loss of almost everything of value on island due to constant shelling bombing and fighting between the Japanese and American all the regular sanshin (an Okinawan musical instrument and precursor of the Japanese shamisen) had become very scarce and hard to find. The American were supplying the Okinawans with powdered milk among other items to help keep starvation low. And from those cans of food they would find a way to bring music back to the people again.
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Sensou ga Owatta Natsu ni 1945 Karafuto (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:12 p.m.
This title has no synopsis.
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Makkuro na Obentou (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:13 p.m.
On the 6th of August, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. A young boy, Shigeru, left home for his job as a building excavator that morning, carrying a bento made by his mother, only to never return home again. Before long, his mother managed to find Shigeru`s remains, and she noticed the completely black and carbonized bento box next to them. This is an anime adaptation of the original book, "Makkuro na Obentou (The Charred Lunchbox)" written by Kodama Tatsuharu and illustrated by Kitajima Shinpei. The bento box that becomes the focus of the story is actually on display in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Source: allcinema
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Yocchan no Biidama (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:15 p.m.
This title has no synopsis.
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Ashita Genki ni Naare!: Hanbun no Satsumaimo (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:16 p.m.
The story is about a 5-year-old girl who lived in just after World War II when people were struggle for living. Source: AnimeNfo
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Raiyantsuuri no Uta (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:17 p.m.
* Based on a story by http://anidb.net/cr33899 [Takashi Yoichi]. An indentured Chinese laborer, brought to Japan to work in a coal mine during WWII, manages to escape his captors. He hides out in the Japanese countryside, so far from human habitation that he does not realize when the war ends, with ultimately tragic results.
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Shirahata no Shoujo Ryuuko (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:17 p.m.
In 1945, American troops land on the island of Okinawa. The Japanese fight a guerrilla war against the invaders, and little Ryuko is forced to leave her grandparents behind and flee with her mother and younger sister. Source: The Anime Encyclopedia
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Aoi Kioku: Manmou Kaitaku to Shounen-tachi (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:20 p.m.
During WWII, a Japanese boy named Kyota volunteers for the army and gets sent to Manchuria along with other child soldiers. When the Soviet-Japanese War begins, Kyota`s unit retreats and later is joined by a group of Japanese civilians. Together, they embark on a long journey through Manchuria. — written by Singan
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Chocchan Monogatari (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:24 p.m.
* Based on http://anidb.net/cr10043 [Kuroyanagi Chou]`s semi-biographical story. In pre-World War 2 Japan, Chocchan marries a violinist despite the objection from both of their families. They live in poverty, have three children and are happy together, able to face all misfortunes with a smile. However, a new obstacle to their happiness appears when the war breaks out and Chocchan`s husband must leave for the front... Source: MAL
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Hi no Ame ga Furu (Movie, 1 episodes, AniDB)
Requested on April 4, 2022, 9:26 p.m.
* An anti-war anime based on a book containing contemporary accounts of the fire-bombing of the city of Fukuoka on the evening of June 19, 1945. Source: www.pelleas.net