On Christmas 2013, the band Wake Up, Girls plays their debut song to a small audience without much fanfare. After the concert, the group’s manager takes off with the money, leaving Green Leaves Entertainment on the verge of closure and the band without a future.
Despite this tumultuous beginning, the girls get a second chance, thanks to a mysterious benefactor and a shady business proposal. From here it’s a rocky climb to the top, but it’s a climb the girls are ready to make. Wake Up, Girls! follows the internal and external struggles of being a small-time idol girl band, from finding and accepting gigs to competing in popularity against other pop bands.
Through the band, the girls come to accept their pasts and become more certain about their futures. Faced with increasing stakes and popularity, each of the band’s seven members must find the strength and courage inside herself to give her all to the band.
TV -
Jan 11, 2014, 01:23 (JST)
42,672
7.02
In Wake Up, Girls! Green Leaves Entertainment is in the worst situation any Talent Management Agency can be in... they have NO talent! Desperate for an act, President Junko Tange targets the idol singer market and gives her flunky Matsuda his marching orders: get a girl group to manage, even if it means building one from scratch!
Since complete singing groups rarely appear out of thin air, Matsuda's now in the difficult position of having to find girls with the right skills who don't already have contracts with Japan's music industry. That girl at the Maid Café? Good enough! A lead singer who's been fired from another group? Sure, why not? How about one who's only 13 years old? What could possibly go wrong there?
They may not be on the A-list, the B-List, or even the C-list to start, but with a little love and a whole lot of hard work, it's possible that all Japan may someday wake up to the music of WAKE UP, GIRLS!
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Movie -
Jan 10, 2014
19,436
7.18
In the 21st century, mankind lives on two worlds. Following the collision of an ice asteroid, massive terraforming has made Venus a planet now capable of supporting life. Colonists from Earth tamed the hostile world and have thrived for four generations. But they also brought the darker side of humanity. Venus is about to get hostile again.
Hiro Seno, a hotshot motorcycle jockey, witnesses the first strike against his country Aphrodia, by the rival nation of Ishtar. Huge battletanks and warplanes quickly lay waste to the city. The Aphrodian army is quick to mobilize and retaliate... and despite his opposition to warfare, Hiro finds himself fighting for his life on the front lines.
(Source: AnimeNfo)
Movie -
Mar 11, 1989
9,222
6.80
Every child deserves to have a fun and carefree childhood. Unfortunately, life is not always fair, as is the case with Mary Lennox. At a very young age, Mary loses her parents to a disease, leaving her traumatized and orphaned. From India, she is brought to England with her uncle who has taken on the role of her new guardian.
Although she is sad to have lost her parents, Mary is happy and grateful to have someone to take care of her. She gets to eat everyday and live in a big mansion, things that she understands should not be taken for granted. However, her uncle is a very quiet person, hardly ever speaking to anyone. This solitude causes Mary to oftentimes get bored to tears, forcing her to relive horrible memories of her past.
As she enjoys a stroll outside one day, she discovers a secret garden near her home. Along with her new friends, Dicon and Martha, as well as her disabled cousin, Collin, Mary embarks on a journey that is sure to brighten her dull life to the uttermost extreme!
TV -
Apr 19, 1991
3,664
7.08
In 1625, the young D'Artagnan leaves his village in Gascony to embark for Paris with his grandparents' blessings, taking only his father's sword and a letter of introduction. Seeking audience with Tréville, Captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and his late father's comrade, the poor nobleman aims to become a great hero in the service of King Louis XIII.
The young adventurer is astonished by the massive size of Paris, but also overwhelmed. He wanders the city streets, befriending a young orphan named Jean. However, he also ends up offending three of the Musketeers of the Guard: Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Confronted by the Parisian guards over their illegal dueling, D'Artagnan and the Musketeers fend off five of Cardinal Richelieu's soldiers, and the four of them quickly become friends.
The four new comrades set off to stop the Cardinal from starting war between England and France, and protect the image of Queen Anne d'Autriche, the wife of Louis XIII. But what will be the cost of their efforts?
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
TV -
Oct 9, 1987
3,437
7.15
An older woman wears a small spoon around her neck but every now and then, she shrinks to the size of a mouse because of the spoon. She sees the world then from a completely different perspective and has all kind of strange adventures together with Wendy, the mouse and many others.
(Source: ANN)
TV -
Apr 4, 1983
1,409
6.70
The king of the Tower of Wind seeks the power of the legendary Dragon's Head, and employs the fighter Moka, the thief Buruman, and the magic user Kiriman to steal it for him. But the Dragon's Head is sealed in the Temple of Fire, and to capture it Moka will have to face the sect that has protected it generation after generation!
(Source: AniDB)
OVA -
Sep 27, 1991
1,187
6.35
Aramis fell off her horse and received the aid of a man named Francois. They fell in love with each other at first sight and spent their time happily for a while. Francois was killed by Manson and the Ironmask's people, so Aramis swore revenge. Then she went to Paris to be a musketeer.
1 year after the end of TV series, D'Artagnan had a drink with 3 musketeers and found that Jussac and the Cardinal's Guards harrassed a woman in a tavern in Paris. Of couse, they fought Jussac and the Cardinal's guards and won. On his way to home, D'Artagnan witnessed the woman whom he rescued from Jussac about to jump into the river, and rescued her again. D'Artagnan brought her to home but she disappeared soon. After a day, D'Artagnan heard that the woman was killed last night and Rochefort and Cardinal's guards arrested him for murder because his hat was found by the woman's body. Aramis discovers that the story has a link with Catherine de Médicis, and launches out an investigation. This one will bring back her to the castle of her beloved where she will have to face Pizzaro to protect a dangerous document.
(Source: AniDB)
Movie -
Mar 11, 1989
1,057
6.67
The oldest anime adaption of the famous short story, Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten, originally written by Kenji Miyazawa. This stop-motion anime follows two British hunters as they venture deep into the thick woodlands and find themselves lost. It's not long till they stumble across a strangely located restaurant. They Decide it's best to take a break inside, though they quickly find that things in this restaurant may not be what they seem.
Movie -
Nov ??, 1958
733
5.77
Tomato is one of the 10 knights of the salad kindom. Young and clumsy, yet always ends up saving the day and is admired by everyone even the pretty princess peach, who he desperately falls in love with.Every episode they embark on a new journey to solve a new mission. This would be easier if only the insect band didn't get in their way every time.
(Source: ANN)
TV -
Apr 3, 1992, 18:30 (JST)
709
6.60
The series stars a cat with a lack of energy who speaks while lying down, yet has a thorough personality. He thinks various things and has fun watching humans.
TV -
May 6, 2017, 06:30 (JST)
696
N/A
Based on The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.
Special -
May 5, 1987
558
6.20
Kandata was a thief in life so he suffers in hell because of it. But once before he died he helped a spider. One day a silk thread comes down from above and Kandata attempts to climb it in order to reach paradise but...
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
370
N/A
Gauche is having trouble perfecting his piece for his performance in 10 days when he hears a knock on his door...
OVA -
??? ??, 1998
316
N/A
The "Waruchin Ceremony" has been stolen from All Star, a planet that exists in the outskirts of space. The computer that is built into it is programmed to make anything possible. The thief is actually the villain, Doctor Bell. Doctor Bell schemes to invade the other planets through the use of Waruchin. The prince of All Star, Prince Chikkun, together with his trusty advisor, the intellectual Takkun, decides to head towards Earth in pursuit of Doctor Bell.
(Source: ANN)
TV -
Apr 9, 1984
316
N/A
A Gakken version of the Run, Melos!.
Special -
??? ??, ????
280
N/A
A Miyazawa Kenji story adapted as a puppet animation.
Movie -
??? ??, 1963
277
N/A
An adaptation of an old Japanese folk tale also titled "Saru Kani Gassen." The story involves the two main characters: a crab and a monkey. Through the chance of luck, the crab finds a rice ball simultaneously as the monkey finds an apricot seed. The monkey does not want the apricot seed so he negotiates a trade with the crab for his rice ball. The monkey eats the rice ball immediately where as the crab plants the apricot seed and cares for it until it becomes a tall tree with plenty of apricot fruits. At this point, the crab cannot climb the tree to get the apricots, so he needs the monkey to get him the apricots. This is where the story takes a turn for the worse.
Movie -
??? ??, 1972
262
N/A
Third remake of the Ari to Hato.
Movie -
Sep 5, 1959
243
N/A
Advance! Godzilland is a series of four educational OVAs released on VHS in 1994 and 1996 by Gakken. They use Godzilla and other kaiju to teach children about hiragana, counting, addition, and subtraction.
OVA -
??? ??, 1994
241
N/A
A retelling of Victor Hugo's crime from Les Misérables.
OVA -
??? ??, 2001
238
N/A
A short movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.
Movie -
??? ??, 1959
232
N/A
A kindly teacher demonstrates origami to his elementary class, but when he gives a paper crane to a child, it is stolen from him by Takeshi, the class bully. Takeshi discovers that the crane is really a talking spaceship that takes him and his friends to visit a fairground in the stars.
A girl falls through a hole into Space Hell, and the children cooperate to rescue her. Takeshi wakes up, wondering if it was all a dream. The next day, he returns the magic crane to its rightful owner. This tale is from Rainbow Across the Pacific's Daisuke Ikeda, the leader of the buddhist Soka Gakkai organization which is commonly considered a cult as it is a part of the shinshuukyou religious movement.
(Source: Anime Encyclopedia)
OVA -
Oct 14, 1989
224
N/A
A traditional Chinese tale entitled Tu Tze-chun that tells the story of a young man who becomes rich when he finds buried treasure only to lose it all leading a life of extravagance. This version is formally an adaptation of Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's telling of the tale titled Toshishun, he is known as the "father of Japanese short stories" and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him.
(Source: Google Books)
Special -
Dec 4, 1981
213
N/A
A Gakken version of the Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri.
Special -
??? ??, ????
200
N/A
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.
OVA -
??? ??, 1999
198
N/A
A monkey helps rescue forest animals during a fire.
Movie -
Dec ??, 1959
197
N/A
Legend has it that before the tunnel (Ao no Doumon) was built, people had to climb over the cliffs through which the tunnel is built to reach an important local shrine. The path was very dangerous and people regularly fell to their deaths. During the Edo period, a Buddhist monk named Zenkai, who had committed a murder in his earlier life, decided to build a safe passage for worshipers in order to atone for his crime. Beginning at the age of 49, he dedicated 30 years of his life to digging the 185 metre tunnel by hand, using only a hammer and chisel.
(Source: Wikipedia)
OVA -
??? ??, 1999
195
N/A
(No synopsis yet.)
Movie -
??? ??, 1962
195
N/A
Long, long ago there were two brothers, named Umihiko and Yamahiko. The older brother, Umihiko, made his living catching fish in the sea. The younger brother, Yamahiko, made his living hunting birds and animals in the mountains.
One day Yamahiko said to Umihiko, "Why don't we exchange my bow and arrows for your fishing tackle, and trade places?" After bothering him enough Umihiko agreed. The next day proved treacherous as they were unskilled. Umihiko hurt his arm and Yamahiko lost the fishing hook. Umihiko was extremely angered that Yamahiko's trade caused him to loose his prized hook, so even when his arm heals he'd never be able to fish again the same. Yamahiko strives to right his wrongs.
Movie -
Aug 1, 1968
193
N/A
Jiang came to the old family cherry blossom viewing venue. But the surrounding area was full of garbage. He sits there to eat lunch reluctantly when a strange creature falls from the sky!
Kororin is his name. He comes from the Star Oasis and is here to teach the importance of environmental consciousness with his ESP.
Jiang, his sister, and Kororin must battle Syndrome, the evil alien plotting the destruction of the Earth. The attempted destruction is usually through some environmental issue such as tearing a hole in the ozone, or changing the weather, or overuse of electricity, etc.
TV -
Apr 8, 1992
188
N/A
Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pigs, but Noriyasu is the one who's shocked when his writings play out in reality and everyone else treats the events as normal. Things become even more chaotic when he takes several stabs at being a newspaperman, producing “fake news” that become the talk of the town and one resulting in an apocalyptic porcine holiday.
(Source: ANN)
Movie -
Aug 23, 1988
188
N/A
A puppet animation movie by Ryosaku Takayama.
Movie -
??? ??, 1959
183
N/A
A stop-motion adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen.
Movie -
??? ??, 1978
181
N/A
Educational video that teaches youth about the value of money and importance of financial planning.
*Part of the series of films produced with cooperation of: Japan's Central Council for Financial Services Information and Bank of Japan Public Relations Department.
OVA -
??? ??, 1993
179
N/A
A short film released by Gakken. It is based on the Aesop's Fable "The North Wind and the Sun."
Movie -
Apr ??, 1960
177
N/A
An educational film about love and respect.
Tamiko (17) and Masao (15) are cousins. They grew up together as siblings but in adulthood they wanted to wed each other. However Tamiko's sister-in-law was jealous and tried to tear them apart by forcing Tamiko to marry another man.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
165
N/A
A young boy lives with his grandfather who survived WW2. When a letter comes in the main, the grandfather begins to weeps. He then tells his grandson the story of about this letter his friend wrote.
OVA -
??? ??, 2004
164
N/A
Tarou is the only student in the class that Goi-sensei uses an honorific for. This extremely bothers Tarou as he's the only Tarou in the class and it is unneeded. Over winter break Goi-sensei is hospitalized and Tarou goes to visit him and hears the story of why he uses an honorific for Tarou.
OVA -
??? ??, 2005
160
N/A
Educational video that teaches kids about the value of money and the consequences of overconsumption.
*Part of the series of films produced with cooperation of: Japan's Central Council for Financial Services Information and Bank of Japan Public Relations Department.
OVA -
??? ??, 1991
158
N/A
An educational film about planning for the future. The story focuses on a fox pup that wants to eat all the grape off a new plant. His mother tells him not to and he didn't understand why. When he grows up he goes back to the area where the small grape plant was to find that it's now a big sturdy vine with lots of fruit. He thanks his mother in heaven for showing him his haste to eat from the plant when it was small would have killed the plant, and thus not have grown large with bountiful fruit in the future.
OVA -
??? ??, 1998
156
N/A
Puppet animated film based on the Aesop fable of the same name.
Movie -
??? ??, 1962
153
N/A
An adaptation of Mimei Ogawa's short story. It was a night with a beautiful moon. An optician visited an old lady who was living in a house alone just outside of town. Since she has gotten older and her eyesight has weakened, she bought a pair of large-rimmed glasses made of tortoise shell...
(Source: Amazon.com)
Movie -
??? ??, 1966
149
N/A
A puppet animation adaptation of the Grimm fairy-tale "Town Musicians of Bremen".
Movie -
??? ??, 1960
147
N/A
A modified version of The Little Red Hen folk tale. It stars a squirrel and the moral of the story (no work=no prize) is removed as the animals who didn't contribute at all to making the bread were allowed to eat it.
Movie -
??? ??, 1959
145
N/A
A traveler seeking protection from a storm knocks on the door of a house. The family turns him away as they have a sick daughter and don't want the trouble. The traveler pities the daughter and gives them medicine. A doctor comes to visit next and says that's the medicine the daughter needs. The takes it and gets better. The family is ashamed of their inhospitality and promise to let the traveler stay if they come by again. The traveler ever did.
OVA -
??? ??, 2001
145
N/A
An adaptation of the Kasa Jizou folktale where Jizou statues reward an elderly couple for giving them hats (kasa) to wear during the snowy weather.
Movie -
??? ??, 1960
143
N/A
A retelling of Miyazawa Kenji's story of The Acorns and the Wildcat.
OVA -
??? ??, 1995
142
N/A
A Matsue Jinbo production of the classic "White Elephant" story where a kind white elephant is tricked into helping a human who leads others back so the elephant would be captured.
Movie -
??? ??, 1963
142
N/A
An educational film about premature baldness. Specifically aimed at children balding.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
141
N/A
A stop-motion film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.
Movie -
??? ??, 1974
140
N/A
An adaptation of the classic Japanese "Red Oni, Blue Oni" tale.
Movie -
??? ??, 1964
139
N/A
An educational film about abstract thought.
Movie -
??? ??, 1969
139
N/A
An educational film about overcoming material weakness.
A poor boy short changes the poor old daifuku-mochi seller lady constantly. The guilt racks up and he goes to apologize to her with all the money he stole...only to find that she had died recently.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
138
N/A
A puppet animation adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker."
Movie -
??? ??, 1960
137
N/A
A puppet animated film based on a folk tale of the same name.
Movie -
??? ??, 1961
136
N/A
A Japanese folk tale adapted as a puppet animation.
Movie -
??? ??, 1962
136
N/A
An educational anime about the 3 major warlords in the Sengoku era. Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
OVA -
??? ??, 2004
136
N/A
(No synopsis yet.)
OVA -
??? ??, 2003
134
N/A
A fairy-tale telling the story of a wealthy, spoiled princess Katharine who got changed into "normal" girl by a Witch and now have to live among common village folks adapting to their modest lifestyle.
*Part of the series of films produced with cooperation of: Japan's Central Council for Financial Services Information and Bank of Japan Public Relations Department.
OVA -
??? ??, 1992
133
N/A
An educational film about Minamoto no Yoritomo. He founded the Kamakura shogunate which reigned from 1192 to 1333.
OVA -
??? ??, 2004
130
N/A
An educational film about Tokugawa Iemitsu. He was the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasa (who founded the Tokugawa shogunate and ended the Sengoku era with his victory). Iemitsu is mostly known for his xenophobia and tried to close Japan to the world, this is known as Sakoku. The policies he put into place blocked out Japan for nearly 200 years which eventually caused internal strife and internal war in the Meiji era when Japan opened its borders again only to find it was economically, politically, industrially, scientifically, and culturally behind the rest of the world.
OVA -
??? ??, 2004
130
N/A
An educational film about traffic safety staring Hanamaru.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
129
N/A
Based on a picture book of the same name.
Four people that died have to use their special skills in order to get out of hell and into paradise.
OVA -
??? ??, 2005
128
N/A
A biographical anime about Mother Teresa.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
127
N/A
An educational film about town planning and factoring the opinion of the elderly as they have lived there the longest.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
126
N/A
An educational film about traffic safety.
Movie -
??? ??, 1971
126
N/A
A traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. The story explores the effects of greed, friendship and jealousy on the characters.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Movie -
??? ??, 1974
126
N/A
An educational film about childhood obesity in Japan.
OVA -
??? ??, 2002
125
N/A
An educational film about rhythm and tempo.
Movie -
??? ??, 1961
125
N/A
A film meant to show how to deal with "lively" children in the classroom.
While not outwardly stated, Tomoko-chan may have some form of ADD or mild autism or both as most kids her age are lively but Tomoko-chan is more wound up than regular children.
OVA -
??? ??, 2003
125
N/A
Giulio wants to lighten the burden on his father by secretly addressing envelopes late at night (his father's 2nd job). Unfortunately Giulio struggles staying awake during the day which angers his family and teacher. Giulio struggles with his father hating him for the lowered grades and keeping the burden off his father who is falling ill from overwork. Giulio decides that his love for his father means that his father's health is more important, even if it means his father will hate him more. One night, the cat knocks over the address book and awakens his father. Finally, it is uncovered that Giulio has been doing and his father falls to tears.
Special -
??? ??, 1998
124
N/A
A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale.
Movie -
??? ??, 1976
121
N/A
Tells the real story about the 1854 Nankai earthquake and subsequent tsunami. 5 samurai villagemen tried to warn villages to evacuate after seeing the tsunami in the distance and it fell mostly on deaf ears. They then set fire to threshed rice in order to have the villagers run up to the fields in order to put out the fire thinking the whole crop is on fire. The plan worked and almost every village member ran up as the rice crops were their only livelihood. The tsunami came and the whole villages below were destroyed thus saving the villagers from death.
OVA -
??? ??, 1989
120
N/A
An educational film about Yukichi Fukuzawa who helped head the Meiji Restoration after Japan's 200 year isolation.
OVA -
??? ??, 2004
118
N/A
Based on Miura Ayako's literary work.
Tells the story of Nagano Nobuo from his childhood in Tokyo, through a gradual journey of self-discovery and acceptance of the Christian faith, to his death in Shiokari Pass in Hokkaido.
(Source: Jclglobal)
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
118
N/A
An educational anime about the importance of life. A boy and his father go hunting. The boy shoots a quail only to find a nest of chicks nearby.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
117
N/A
A stop-motion animation about sisters doing chores. One of them falls into a well and gets transported to a wonderland trying to retrieve a pail. There she helps the various creatures in wonderland and receives rewards. Upon returning home the other sister is jealous and tries the same but is rude and helps no one out of her selfishness.
Movie -
??? ??, 1973
116
N/A
Poetry of Kaneko Misuzu read while descriptive animations play in the background.
OVA -
??? ??, 2005
116
N/A
A red Oni wants to become friends with the villagers but is finding it hard because a blue Oni is terrorizing them.
OVA -
??? ??, 1997
115
N/A
Gakken's Brain Development Video is a series of educational OVAs teaching various things to pre-school and kindergarten aged children. They include items like "Nakayoku Dekiru yo" which teaches playing nice together or "Wakuwaku ABC" which teaches the English alphabet. 18 VHS tapes were created but only 17 were animated, "Wakuwaku Eigo Game" was the live-action one with real Western child actors.
OVA -
Dec 2, 1993
114
N/A
A stop-motion adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Nightingale.
Movie -
??? ??, 1972
113
N/A
An educational film about the independence of children.
OVA -
??? ??, 2001
113
N/A
An educational anime about Hans Dürer.
OVA -
??? ??, 2001
111
N/A
Based on a Norwegian fable.
Hans was making bread and North Wind was blowing all the flour out of his bowl. He decides to visit the North Wind in his castle to ask him to stop and for compensation. North Wind gives him a tablecloth that summons delicious food on top of it. Unbeknownst to him, Hans was swindled out of his tablecloth by a local innkeeper. He returns to North Wind and gets a sheep that drops gold coins. The innkeeper swindles him again. Hans returns a 3rd time and gets a scepter, this time booby-trapped by North Wind to figure out who has been stealing Hans' gifts. The innkeeper gets his punishment when he tries to swindle the scepter and Hans gets to keep his 3 fantastical items and returns home to his mother.
Movie -
??? ??, 1967
110
N/A
An educational film about environmentalism.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
110
N/A
A woman climbs up the highest peak of the Kumotori moutain to see the sunrise. The awe-inspiring visual reminds her of her rough childhood.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
109
N/A
An educational anime about the importance of life.
OVA -
??? ??, 2003
109
N/A
A sweet story about an old man who went around town planting seeds everywhere in order for flowers to bloom for his granddaughter.
OVA -
??? ??, 2001
107
N/A
An stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen story.
Movie -
??? ??, 1968
105
N/A
An educational film about traffic safety.
OVA -
??? ??, 2000
105
N/A
A comedic tale about a haunted room.
OVA -
??? ??, 2003
104
N/A
An American ambassador and his family move into an old castle. They learn from the help that Simon, a man suffering for 300 years due to a heavy sin he committed, resides in the castle. The Americans are quite lighthearted and unfazed by the situation. The father gives the ghost a gift, the boys pillow fight and play tricks on him, and the daughter Virginia is kind and forgiving with him. The ghost is quite surprised because he's used to haunting and people hating him.
Special -
??? ??, ????
104
N/A
DVD collections that feature various stories with morals aimed at children. The DVDs come with supplementary reading as these videos are meant for a classroom setting.
OVA -
??? ??, 2010
103
N/A
A stop-motion film about the classic Japanese tale of Momotarou.
Movie -
??? ??, 1972
103
N/A
An educational film about playground bullying.
OVA -
??? ??, 2001
100
N/A
Animal Village has built some roads with a lot of cars running through. In order to keep everyone safe, traffic rules were put into place.
Movie -
??? ??, 1969
97
N/A
Hikoichi and Osato, who are selling the many watermelons they harvested, in front of the castle, happen to meet a chief counselor named Chuemon. Chuemon was at his wits end because a messenger from a neighboring country had come to him with an unreasonable demand and he was looking for someone wise and intelligent to help him. Hikoichi agrees to help him, on the condition that Chuemon buys all of the watermelons if Hikoichi can win a battle of wits. Hikoichi makes seemingly impossible problems possible using his wits and unconventional methods. This drama rhythmically progresses with wisdom and courage.
(Source: Sukugawa International Short Film Festival)
Movie -
??? ??, 1970
93
N/A
A Gakken version of the Robinson Crusoe.
Special -
??? ??, ????
92
N/A
A pure hearted boy becomes friends with a dragon that people are afraid of.
OVA -
??? ??, 1981
89
N/A