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A listless woman named Candy dreams about love and the future while letting tears flow.
A retelling of Miyazawa Kenji's story of The Acorns and the Wildcat.
Music video for the song Gekka Bijin by Wagakki Band that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Kousuke Sugimoto.
A Toei film directed by Yabuki Kimio.
(No synopsis yet.)
DVD-only specials released on the 6th and 7th discs that are sometimes considered episode 24, 25, and 26 as a whole. And episode 22, 23, and 24 chronologically.
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A stop-motion film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
Pokopon version of Journey to the West.
Eighth season of Boonie Bears. Targeted at preschool kids, Boonie Cubs is a brand-new edutainment series showing children that learning can be fun. At this scenic Pine Tree Kindergarten, all the cubs observe the world in their own creative and wondrous ways. Here you will learn everything from the value of friendship to exploring the mysteries of science and language. Boonie Cubs will teach kids how to help others while preparing themselves for life in this beautiful world. This show is a colorful paradise for kids, teeming with adventures around every corner. Got your notebook? Got your pencil? Packed your lunch? Good! Class starts soon and we can’t do it alone. Come along and join us on a whirlwind of adventure at Pine Tree Kindergarten! Follow Little Briar Bear and Little Bramble Bear down a mysterious and magical tunnel that leads you to a knowledge-seeking escapade full of furry friends and fun! (Source: Official Vimeo Channel)
The project is inspired by "weak robot", it is a project to produce 10 stories to think about the "friendly relations" between the robot and the human. Recruiting from 1 to 10 pieces of comics/short stories with an original robot focus, two of the best works would receive an animated short. (Source: Official Vimeo channel)
A new anime short for Nagoya area tonkatsu shop Yabaton. The short on an outdoor screen near the main Yabaton shop and the main voice actor Fukushi Ochiai, who voices Buu-chan, will attend the premiere. The short follows the shy and kind-hearted Buu-chan and his unusual family as they get into both slapstick and heartwarming situations. Yabaton serves Nagoya's regionally famous street food, misokatsu, a pork cutlet in miso sauce, as well as other fried foods. The chain has many locations but its main shop is located is Yaba-cho in Nagoya city (specifically the Osu Shopping District) where it can be easily spotted thanks to its towering mascot. (Source: ANN)
Three monkey brothers from the from an urban city go to live in the countryside. There's no convenience store nor arcades there; truly bare-bones. The story follows their daily lives trying to make friends and have fun amongst the villagers.
Ninth season of Boonie Bears. The Bear Brothers, Briar and Bramble, are back, in a whole new adventure! This time, the logger Vick has finally decided to hang up his chainsaw for good, and to do something to help the forest instead. When the new girl Carly shows up in town, Vick agrees to be her tour guide and help her on a quest to find her lost friend Kitty, who happens to be a Siberian Tiger. (Source: Official Vimeo Channel)
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An alien named Luckle from the planet Lucky Star crashes their spaceship in Mori Town. He has the ability to give "lucky" or "unlucky" outcomes to people via telekinesis. Lala-chan helps him get to safety but in doing so, the town (and her friends) thinks she's harboring a dangerous being using it to do crimes no thanks to Salmiakki. Unfortunately a darker power lurks to bring wickedness upon Mori Town by corrupting Salmiakki even further.
A music video for the song by Haru & Chitchi Kazoku that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta Program.
Music video for a song about arithmetic by Seiji Tanaka, and NHK Tokyo Children's Choir. Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Third season of Xiao Hua Xian.
A collection of children's stories by Yanase Takashi.
Direct continuation of the first season. Also labeled as episode 16-25.
Say hi to Tayo's new friend - Titipo! Train Center's new born little train Titipo has just passed the driving examination and is prepared to work at the Train Village. Although Titipo dreams of becoming the best train in the world, his curious yet random personality catches him in unforeseen events and troubles everyday. Titipo expands his experience in the greater world and befriends Genie, Diesel, and other little trains. Will Titipo achieve his dream of becoming the best train? Come join the railroad journey and meet Titipo and the little train friends. (Source: Official YouTube channel)
Somewhere in this world, there is a town named Lala in a forest called Lulu. This is the home of Nalong and many other furry little creatures. Nalong lives with his father and 10 brothers, and attends elementary school. His friends are an otter named Ukkya, an ostrich named Tajori, and the Mandu brothers, who were accidentally made by the famous inventor Professor Penguil. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Puppet animated film based on the Aesop fable of the same name.
A collaboration between Aware! Meisaku-kun and the general merchandise store company Ito-Yokado. It promotes the latter's randsell selection by starting the episode with the principal yelling at the kids as to why they're coming to school without backpacks. The web-commercial was posted to Aware! Meisaku-kun's official YouTube channel for a limited time and could be watched at the TV screens near the cash registers at each Ito-Yokado store a few days after.
A young girl starting to put on make-up inadvertently ignores her pet rabbit who becomes a bit jealous.
A music video for the song "Kodanuki Ponpo" by Atomu Shimojou. Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.
A little boy apologizes to his mom about all the bad pranks he's been pulling.
No synopsis has been added for this series yet. Click here to update this information.
Stop-motion animation about a mysterious creature Mont-chan from an unknown world looking for an adventure.
Bonolon is touted as the warrior who comes from the forest of the great oaks. Despite his huge body size and outwardly orange appearance, Bonolon is only a child of 9 years old. However, notwithstanding his tender age, Bonolon possess a strong sense of justice and strives to become a reliable man. The tears of those people who are depressed or troubled will flow through the roots of the great oaks and communicates their feelings to Bonolon. Bonolon will then appear from the great oaks and help the people solve their problems as well as grant their wishes. (Source: ANN)
A Handmade Animated Cat! Stop and Look at Me for just 4 minutes! It's the first time for the Cat to be all by itself at home. This Cat does not have a name yet and nobody knows whether it is female or male. And it has two faces, one is very sensitive and the other is rather naughty. We try to make sensitive animations, and do not want to bombard children with too much noise and too many images. (Source: N&G Production)
An NHK toddler's anime following a green tea monkey and his mischief.
A dialogue-less anime about endangered species where they only say "-shun.". Episodes are streamed on the anime's official Youtube channel and Twitter, and Kadokawa's official Youtube channel as they are co-creators of the brand.
Norabbits' Minutes features two young rabbit brothers who live together in the forest and have endearing adventures together... though not without some absurd twists.
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Music video featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It predominately used claymation and superimposed the real singer in a grasshopper costume onto the scenes.
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Three girls have fun playing hand-clapping games.
An educational film about losing hope in children in Japan. In the movie's example, how it is bad it is to say another child "doesn't stand a chance" or "don't think too much of them, they won't amount to anything" because of their upbringing or background or single action they did.
Various shorts made by studio dwarf using original characters from franchises they worked on such as Domo-kun and Komaneko as well as original ones. Includes 12 "Vol." numbered episodes and one "Uma no Hi Kodomo" titled episode.
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Anime based on the picture book Kaijuu Step, which features monsters from Ultraman series
A little boy moves away and his friends give him a map. He returns to his childhood town now as an adult reminiscing of fond memories as he digs up a time capsule they left for him.
A happy husband and wife enjoy eachother's company and go for scenic drives in their car.
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A music video for the song by Tama that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Tick & Tack are very good friends who get caught up in mysterious events that let them make friends along the way.
A lovely story of a little seagull Lou who thinks of himself as a barnacle. (Source: Olive Studio)
Folktales from Japan. Each episode was composed of two stories. The focus of the anime was to showcase folktales from different prefectures. The original airing only reached 18 episodes (36 stories) before stopping, the show was rebroadcast at a later date and the final 8 episodes (16 stories) were shown. The anime was family oriented and funded by the Seibu Department Store chain with a "Seibu Family Gekijou" subtitle on each ep, perhaps to mirror the highly successful "Calpis Family Gekijou" adoring the World Masterpiece Theater anime program.
The main character is the mysterious lifeform Oochopus. In the series, the Oochopus appears at the house of five-year-old Kantarou and three-year-old An-chan. Kantarou and An-chan accept the cute but somewhat irresponsible Oochopus as family. (Source: ANN)
Fifth season of Boonie Bears.
This time G.G. Bond has transformed into an angel. He's on a 3 month trial period to help a monster to make sure they stay on the right path.
A song about how the rain becomes rivers, how the rivers give life, and how the rivers become wide open seas.
A story of friends old and new, of being lost but most importantly being found; The Big Top Secret follows Briar as he is whisked away from the home he knows and plunged head first into the ranks of a traveling circus. The struggling circus, led by Hugo the Gorilla, is on its last leg and in desperate need of a boost. Frustrated with his brother, Bramble, and the rest of his forest friends, Briar finds a new and welcoming home among Wolfgang’s Big Top. Briar brings life back to the circus and quickly finds happiness in his new life filled with new friends and fame. While rising to the top has its benefits, it also comes with a price. After searching high and low, Bramble and his forest friends are thrilled to have found their lost Briar, but Briar is not so sure that he wants to be found. He doesn’t want to leave his perfect new life at the big top but even the most perfect-seeming things have dark sides. Through trials and chases and trains, all of the animals learn what it is to belong and the true meaning of family. (Source: Official YouTube Channel)
One day, a mysterious event suddenly occurred. For some reason, Jibanyan's favorite sweet: Chocobars, and Komasan's favorite: soft-serve ice cream, began to disappear from this world one after another. Why? A mysterious Yo-kai appears and tells them, "The way to bring Chocobars and soft-serve ice cream back to this world is for Jibanyan and Komasan to fight." Meanwhile, Hovernyan and Komasan's sister, Komami, who is a spy, discover that there is a Yo-kai behind this incident. There was a great conspiracy hidden. In addition, the unprecedented crisis surrounding Lord Emma, the strongest being in the Yo-kai World, is revealed! Where is Jibanyan VS Komasan? And who is the mastermind behind the incident? (Source: Yo-kai Watch Wiki)
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Popular Chibi Maruko-chan has appeared for a disaster prevention animation. Chibi Maruko starts investigating about precautions of house fires, triggered by the fire of Nagasawa's house that took place nearby.
A more educational season of GG Bond. This season is composed of 2 arcs, each arc has 52 episodes. GG Bond works on cleaning up some fossils at the lab as they'll be used in a museum exhibit. He uses a fossil to create a data coin that is compatible with his special jet. This allows for him to travel back in time to the original animal (a T-Rex) the fossil was made of. While GG Bond is ecstatic to learn about dinosaurs in-person (as well as mine more accurate data for the data coin), he didn't quite realize the danger he'd be in. He successfully gets out of this sticky situation but there's still a lot more dinosaurs he needs to get information on.
Eddie is a frog who loves basketball. He tries to teach fellow kids how to play and tries to use his court skills off the court and gets mixed results.
An anime starring Katta-kun, a real-life pelican who inhabited the Tokiwa Park in Ube. In this movie, Katta-kun befriends Sho, a little boy whose parents went off to the Middle East because of their work. When war breaks out, Sho and Katta-kun travel to the Middle East to save Sho's parents and end the war. (Source: AniDB)
A prequel to the Moom film which shows Moom coming to life. The short was included on the DVD release of the Moom film.
A music video for the song by Kazuo Kumakura and NHK Tokyo Children's Choir that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta Program.
A song about the three wise men, and how there was a fourth one but he was really easy going and never ended up going on the journey to meet the newborn Jesus.
Nalong, Ukkya, and Longman have teamed up to defend the Earth from alien invaders who are here to pollute the environment! Lulu forest is no longer the main threatened area as the trio travels the world and helps out other animals in need.
An educational film about fire safety during earthquakes starring Nintama Rantarou.
Based on a book of the same name. A stop-motion anime about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. A 6 year old girl named Hiro-chan gets burned by the bomb while playing with a local laughing Jizo statue. While crying out her mothers name she also begged for water. Suddenly the Jizo statue's face became that of an angry expression and tears started flowing from its eyes which Hiro-chan was able to drink.
A musical style season like Pororo-wa Noraehaeyo but the cast speaks entirely English with the original English dub cast as a way to teach English to native Korean Children.
A daily educational TV anime broadcasted on NTV focusing on teaching children traffic safety. It was rebroadcasted on other networks till 1978. The anime ran in a 5-minute time slot but shared some of the air time with some live-action shorts/series also meant for children.
An biography of Hachikou, a real Japanese dog who was remembered for its extreme loyalty to his owner even after the owner's death.
A music video for the song Dekkai Totto March by Duke Aces that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Direct continuation of the second season. Also labeled as episode 26-35.
Music video for the song Kimi no Tonari ni Itai Kara by Japanese band SHISHAMO that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Wataru Uekusa.
(No synopsis yet.)
Kokekkou-san is a mother hen in a big chicken family. Keeping everyone and everything right is not an easy job for her. (Source: ANN)
San Mao was a very poor orphan. He was wandering in Shanghai where people dreamed of riches in the 1930s. Sanmao, together with his baldheaded friend Xiao Laizi received grain unexpectedly from the entrepreneur Wu Zifu. Later he fell into a coma mysteriously, and the reporter Hou Yiwen would try to investigate the relationship between Wu Zifu and San Mao. (Source: Wikipedia)
Music video for the song by Sakakibara Ikue that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Based on the story by written Oscar Wilde. It won the 17th Ministry of Health and Welfare Child Welfare Culture Award for Best Educational Film.
(No synopsis yet.)
Music video for the song Megane by Yuu Inoue that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It was released as a single the following month. The video was animated by Kumiko Kitayama.
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The story follows an elite team of thieves, sent by a notorious treasure hunter from the real world to the animated realm to steal each universe’s most prized and powerful item. On learning of this evil plan that would destroy the cartoon world, the bear brothers, along with Logger Vick, join forces with a sassy archaeological robot and set out on a journey to save their world and find the Deer Clan’s legendary Golden Antlers before the villains do. From Pine Tree Mountain to the mysterious Deer Clan Forest, this ragtag group encounter many strange and wonderful creatures, including the keeper of the forest, a magical woodland girl from the Deer Clan. Time is running out! Who will make it to the Golden Antlers first? Will the Boonie Bears’ World be saved? Follow us down the portal on an unforgettable adventure through these entangled worlds! (Source: Official YouTube Channel)
A music video for the song "Futari wa 80-sai" by Atomu Shimojou and Fusako Amachi. Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Hangyodon and co. end up getting sent back to the past through a time machine and learn about dinosaurs.
Daniel was supposed to come visit Kitty and Mimmy on Christmas. But due to bad weather in New York, he isn't able to fly. The girls are quite saddened but a miracle happens.
An educational film meant to show the rewards of hard work and good faith using the classic folklore of red oni and blue oni.
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Music video for the song Umi e Kite by Masako Mori that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Kouji Nanke.
Maruko-chan teaches earthquake safety techniques.
In this one-shot adaptation of one of Morio Kita's Dr. Mambo SF novels, the dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, regain her birthright from the usurping President Capo. (Source: Anime Encyclopedia)
Shorts made by Otogi Pro (later remade for TV as Doubutsu Mura no Monogatari).
Based on Leo Tolstoy's retelling of the The Big Dipper. A young girl from a village suffering from a drought goes in search of water for her sick mother.
Second season of Oshiri Tantei.
A short TV special based on the children's book series Poppen-sensei which follows a biology assistant professor at Udo University who gets wrapped up in his fantasies in nature.
(No synopsis yet.)