Mariko Mukai

Twelve Months (1980)

A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Imazawa  •  Kimio Yabuki  •  Yugo Serikawa
CAST:  Ai Kanzaki  •  Tokuko Sugiyama  •  Mariko Mukai  •  Ichiro Nagai

A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Imazawa  •  Kimio Yabuki  •  Yugo Serikawa
CAST:  Ai Kanzaki  •  Tokuko Sugiyama  •  Mariko Mukai  •  Ichiro Nagai

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island (1981)

Professor Senbei finds a videotape of his deceased father providing instructions on how to create a love potion. The main ingredient is a tear of the evil Gyaasuka Daimao who lives at the Wonder Island. To retrieve it, Senbei takes Arale and Gatchan on a wacky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Okazaki
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Kazuko Sugiyama  •  Seiko Nakano

Professor Senbei finds a videotape of his deceased father providing instructions on how to create a love potion. The main ingredient is a tear of the evil Gyaasuka Daimao who lives at the Wonder Island. To retrieve it, Senbei takes Arale and Gatchan on a wacky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Okazaki
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Kazuko Sugiyama  •  Seiko Nakano

Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure (1982)

When local teacher Midori Yamabuki receives an emergency summons to her home planet it turns out to be a trap devised by galactic warlord Dr. Mashirito, and it's up to Dr. Senbei Norimaki and a group of students (including his robot daughter Arale) to venture into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akinori Nagaoka
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Yasuo Yamada  •  Mariko Mukai

When local teacher Midori Yamabuki receives an emergency summons to her home planet it turns out to be a trap devised by galactic warlord Dr. Mashirito, and it's up to Dr. Senbei Norimaki and a group of students (including his robot daughter Arale) to venture into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akinori Nagaoka
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Yasuo Yamada  •  Mariko Mukai

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World (1983)

Arale and her friends learn of a World Grand Prix being organised by the Radial Kingdom. The prize is marrying Princess Front (a dead ringer to Ms. Yamabuki) or 1 million dollars. Of course they decide to enter for the money. Not so for Dr. Mashirito; he is going ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Okazaki
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Junpei Takiguchi  •  Kazuko Sugiyama

Arale and her friends learn of a World Grand Prix being organised by the Radial Kingdom. The prize is marrying Princess Front (a dead ringer to Ms. Yamabuki) or 1 million dollars. Of course they decide to enter for the money. Not so for Dr. Mashirito; he is going ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Okazaki
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Junpei Takiguchi  •  Kazuko Sugiyama

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle (1984)

Senbei Norimaki finds the secret treasure named “Eye of Rainbow” of the legendary Nanaba Castle in the mountain. This treasure makes every dream come true. When the gang of Arale Norimaki and Gatchan tried to steal the treasure, Bisna, who is the descendant of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroki Shibata
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Kazuko Sugiyama  •  Naomi Jinbô

Senbei Norimaki finds the secret treasure named “Eye of Rainbow” of the legendary Nanaba Castle in the mountain. This treasure makes every dream come true. When the gang of Arale Norimaki and Gatchan tried to steal the treasure, Bisna, who is the descendant of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroki Shibata
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mami Koyama  •  Kazuko Sugiyama  •  Naomi Jinbô

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis (1985)

Children are lured to Metropolis only to find that the renowned, mythical city may not be the happy-go-lucky utopia they'd thought it would be.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhisa Takenouchi  •  Toyoo Ashida
CAST:  Mami Koyama  •  Kazuko Sugiyama  •  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mitsuko Horie

Children are lured to Metropolis only to find that the renowned, mythical city may not be the happy-go-lucky utopia they'd thought it would be.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhisa Takenouchi  •  Toyoo Ashida
CAST:  Mami Koyama  •  Kazuko Sugiyama  •  Kenji Utsumi  •  Mitsuko Horie

Spooky Kitaro: The Great Yokai War (1986)

The second movie based on the 1985 TV anime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Shirato
CAST:  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Kei Tomiyama  •  Keiko Toda  •  Hidekatsu Shibata

The second movie based on the 1985 TV anime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Shirato
CAST:  Isamu Tanonaka  •  Kei Tomiyama  •  Keiko Toda  •  Hidekatsu Shibata

Hana no Asuka-gumi! Shin Kabukichō Story (1987)

Based on the popular girl's manga Hana no Asukagumi! (The Glorious Asuka Gang!) by Takaguchi Satosumi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsutoshi Umezawa
CAST:  Hiromi Tsuru  •  Keiko Toda  •  Maria Kawamura  •  Michie Tomizawa

Based on the popular girl's manga Hana no Asukagumi! (The Glorious Asuka Gang!) by Takaguchi Satosumi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsutoshi Umezawa
CAST:  Hiromi Tsuru  •  Keiko Toda  •  Maria Kawamura  •  Michie Tomizawa

Space Family Carlvinson (1988)

After hitting a passing spaceship and causing it to crash, a troupe of aliens and robots rescue the only survivor. It is a human baby named Corona that they decide to raise on their own, using the data they retrieved from the computer to mimic the life she would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimio Yabuki
CAST:  Mayumi Shou  •  Tessyo Genda  •  Toshiko Fujita  •  Yuji Mitsuya

After hitting a passing spaceship and causing it to crash, a troupe of aliens and robots rescue the only survivor. It is a human baby named Corona that they decide to raise on their own, using the data they retrieved from the computer to mimic the life she would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimio Yabuki
CAST:  Mayumi Shou  •  Tessyo Genda  •  Toshiko Fujita  •  Yuji Mitsuya

Doctor Mambo & Kaitou Jibako: Uchuu yori Ai wo Komete (1983)

The dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, to regain her birthright from the usurping president Capo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimio Yabuki
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Eiko Yamada  •  Satomi Majima  •  Ichiro Nagai

The dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, to regain her birthright from the usurping president Capo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimio Yabuki
CAST:  Kenji Utsumi  •  Eiko Yamada  •  Satomi Majima  •  Ichiro Nagai