Historical - Recommendations

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2012

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1986

Agino Jiro escapes the despotic world of the twenty-fifth century by stealing a time machine. He's forced to highjack a car to use as a power source in the twentieth century, and accidently brings a group of high school students along with their teacher with him. They make brief stops durring the fire bombing of Tokyo, the Meiji Revolution and the battle of Sekigahara to escape the Time Patrol agent sent to hunt them down. Their final destination is 1582, where they become guests of Oda Nobunaga, just four days before his assassination. They then must make a hard choice about whether or not to change history.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2012

Jack and Annie are young siblings who find a magic tree house on their way home after chasing a weasel. By using the books available on the tree house, they are able to travel through time and location. The two end up with the difficult task of collecting four medallions, each one hidden in a different place and epoch, in order to help a magician named Morgan.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2002

• TV (29 eps)
• 2013 - 2014

The story follows twins Miraitchi and Kururutchi as they travel from the future back in time to modern-day Dream Town. To get back to the future, they must collect all eight Dreambakutchi — mysterious Tamagotchi who have escaped throughout the town. Mametchi joins the twins on their mission to find the Dreambakutchi, but then, an enigmatic Tamagotchi named X-Kamen appears.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2000

Unico the unicorn is once again in a new place. During his journey with the West Wind, Unico meets Tsubasa, a talking tree boy. The Earth has become totally ruined to the extent that no creature can live there, because humans have drained it of all resources and destroyed the environment. Unico and Tsubasa go on a journey to find a way to make the Earth habitable again. They finally meet the Sphinx and the "time fairy" (Astro Boy/Atom) at the end of their hard journey. They decide to go back to the past and prevent humans from taking the wrong path.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2018

When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai (meaning “future”), the baby quickly wins the hearts of Kun’s entire family. As his mother returns to work, and his father struggles to run the household, Kun becomes increasingly jealous of baby Mirai... until one day he storms off into the garden, where he encounters strange guests from the past and future – including his sister Mirai, as a teenager. Together, Kun and teenage Mirai go on a journey through time and space, uncovering their family’s incredible story. But why did Mirai come from the future?

• TV (61 eps)
• 1975 - 1976

Dr. Keida has successfully invented a time machine called Time Bokan, and to prove to his lab assistants that it works, he uses himself as the guinea pig. The test run was a success as it traveled through time and space within a matter of minutes, but when the device returns the lab assistants are surprised to discover that the doctor is missing, and only a talking parrot and a diamond are found...

• TV (40 eps)
• 2007 - 2008

Adaptation of the science-fiction graphic novel series Valérian et Laureline by artist Jean-Claude Mezieres and writer Pierre Christin.

• TV (39 eps)
• 1989 - 1990

Hayato and Yumi are two high school students from present Japan. When they accidentally activated Tondekeman, a kettle-shaped, talking time machine, they were transported back to ancient Baghdad. They meet Abdullah who is hell bent on acquiring the future gadget. They also meet Aladdin, Prince Dandarn and Princess Shalala. Time travel is indeed troublesome.