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Aug 15, 2009 12:51 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Buuuuurn!!!!!

Now he has two pearl thingies in his mouth!
Aug 15, 2009 1:08 PM
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Where did you find this? Can't find it on TT ;__;
Nov 2, 2009 5:02 AM
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It was on dvd 1 of "Japanese anime classic collection" from Digital Meme
Aug 11, 2010 7:20 PM
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I watched this without subs(assuming it has subs) and I gotta say, this was super confusing o.O.
May 31, 2011 6:05 PM
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I was able to see this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzmzcJM7QI


So, here's the story if I understand it. This old guy accidentally stumbles upon this ceremony/party for the bird people and their leader, that old guy. He does a dance and makes friends with them. The birds rip the ugly disformed lump off his face.

He goes and tells another old guy the story. The other old guy also has a lump on his face, although on the other cheek. This second guy goes and finds the group of bird people. He does a dance, but starts tripping over everyone and pissing everyone off. Then he steals a pouch, or tries to. The old man is so angry that he gives Guy #2 the lump from Guy #1's face, so now Guy #2 has two lumps on his face.
Dec 31, 2011 8:42 AM
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This was the first Animation that I watched this year =D, and it was pretty Damn good! (i love the older ones)
Apr 19, 2012 1:08 AM
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beautiful art! way ahead of it's time with it's use of realism (a super rare thing in those days) - amazing surreal story!
Jun 25, 2012 7:32 PM
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learn to moonwalk if you don't want testicles for a face!

NB The men have goitre and the birdpeople are the mischievous Tengu! Rock on!
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Whoa great art for it's time. With an ok enjoyable story that can be understood even without knowing how to read Japanese. Old anime and their circular drawing always makes me think someone is watching them, quite confusing.
Feb 14, 2014 7:23 PM
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The animation in the old days was very good.
Feb 22, 2014 8:35 AM

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Wow that was actually pretty good, the art was so detailed, the story was simple enough to understand.
Apr 26, 2014 5:24 PM
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Very interesting, I actual enjoyed it quite a bit.
Aug 26, 2014 10:16 AM

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GOD DAMN
that old man broke it down
SHIT BOY
they don't dance like in anime these days!
Sep 5, 2014 4:01 AM

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#REKT
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Oct 19, 2014 4:04 AM

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That was surprisingly enjoyable and gave us a great moral.

Serves you right.
Dec 23, 2014 1:10 PM

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He sure got some moves.
Feb 24, 2015 3:29 PM

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I feel pity for him.
Jul 11, 2015 5:49 AM

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The flute music the first time it plays and they all dance. THAT WAS AWESOME!!
Aug 20, 2015 12:39 PM

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I found this regarding the title cards & thought it would be nice to share it here:

Translated into English(Free translation) this caption part.
~『KOBUTORI』~
kobu=bump,lump
tori,toru=take

Directed by… Cyuzo Aoji
Animation by… Yasuji Murata
Yokohama Cinema Firm (Current YOKOCINE DIA)

[0:08]Once upon a time, two of the old man was in there place.
The name TAROBEI and JIROBAI.
[0:17]TAROBEI was a honest person and hard worker.
[0:24]JIROBEI was a selfish and lazy.
TAROBEI on the right cheek, JIROBEI on the left cheek,There was a big bump.
[0:32]TAROBEI was going to pick up firewood every day in the mountain.
[1:05]『You're likely to come heavy rain.』
[1:15]Mountain weather is easy to change.It became immediately tremendous large shower.
[1:27]TAROBEI fled into the cavity of the large tree.
[1:49]The rain had stopped to them.
[2:13]TAROBEI had a nap in between the shelter from the rain.
Become there was a good feeling.
[3:44]『Who are (you)?』
[3:48]『I(old man) live at the foot of this mountain. My name is TAROBEI.』
[3:55]『Why came here?』
[3:58]『I got merry in a fun music.And it became want to dance without thinking.』
[4:06]『Funny guy.It will be a more grand feast by a human dance.Let's dance dance!』
[5:06]『It was really interesting.Here we go please receive the cup ( should you drink SAKE)』
[5:24]『Hosting a banquet for viewing the moon night of tomorrow.Come you also absolutely.We prepared in advance a good souvenir』
[5:47]『In order to come absolutely, keep in custody guy of the important things.』
[6:03]『Ours is important beak(nose) is the best, so guy KOBU would be important』
[6:15]『Hey old man, Big Tengu sama(=This word is respect your opponent) are saying.It keeps you in the important KOBU until tomorrow night.』
[6:26]『No way. This is important.』
[7:08]~Morning of the next day~
[7:31]『TAROBEI-san(=Mr.), is a life of hope.The night of today, I want to go on behalf.』
[7:39]『To please the Tengu by to show the stick dance of me to excel,By doing so I'll bring back with a goods of more reward.』
[7:54]~That night~
[9:49]『It's insolent old man.Tengu-sama, Can you cut twisting the guy's neck?』
[9:54]『Please life only help.Please.』
[9:59]『It's garbage guy you do not deserve even to kill.It would not also be kill in vain』
[10:06]『It returns those keeped was to you.Quickly and go home.』

<<credit goes to 行政書士testu事務所 >>

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Sep 8, 2015 2:40 PM

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this honestly creeped me out >.< thanks post above!!
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Wow xD
That awkward music though :o
My ears are bleeding >_<
Mar 17, 2016 1:12 PM
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Lol, I didn't expect it to be so charming and enjoyable (however, I'm not sure if I could stand it if it was longer than 10 minutes xD). And I actually like the art.
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Kinda neat show. The ending was pretty predictable, but I liked it well enough.

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Surprisingly good, especially the animation. Lots of detail in the facial expressions and gestures. The music was cancer though, except for the flute part which was good.

unclesnapple said:
I was able to see this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzmzcJM7QI


So, here's the story if I understand it. This old guy accidentally stumbles upon this ceremony/party for the bird people and their leader, that old guy. He does a dance and makes friends with them. The birds rip the ugly disformed lump off his face.

He goes and tells another old guy the story. The other old guy also has a lump on his face, although on the other cheek. This second guy goes and finds the group of bird people. He does a dance, but starts tripping over everyone and pissing everyone off. Then he steals a pouch, or tries to. The old man is so angry that he gives Guy #2 the lump from Guy #1's face, so now Guy #2 has two lumps on his face.


Yep, that's what I got as well.

Dragonflyk said:
I found this regarding the title cards & thought it would be nice to share it here:

Translated into English(Free translation) this caption part.
~『KOBUTORI』~
kobu=bump,lump
tori,toru=take

Directed by… Cyuzo Aoji
Animation by… Yasuji Murata
Yokohama Cinema Firm (Current YOKOCINE DIA)

[0:08]Once upon a time, two of the old man was in there place.
The name TAROBEI and JIROBAI.
[0:17]TAROBEI was a honest person and hard worker.
[0:24]JIROBEI was a selfish and lazy.
TAROBEI on the right cheek, JIROBEI on the left cheek,There was a big bump.
[0:32]TAROBEI was going to pick up firewood every day in the mountain.
[1:05]『You're likely to come heavy rain.』
[1:15]Mountain weather is easy to change.It became immediately tremendous large shower.
[1:27]TAROBEI fled into the cavity of the large tree.
[1:49]The rain had stopped to them.
[2:13]TAROBEI had a nap in between the shelter from the rain.
Become there was a good feeling.
[3:44]『Who are (you)?』
[3:48]『I(old man) live at the foot of this mountain. My name is TAROBEI.』
[3:55]『Why came here?』
[3:58]『I got merry in a fun music.And it became want to dance without thinking.』
[4:06]『Funny guy.It will be a more grand feast by a human dance.Let's dance dance!』
[5:06]『It was really interesting.Here we go please receive the cup ( should you drink SAKE)』
[5:24]『Hosting a banquet for viewing the moon night of tomorrow.Come you also absolutely.We prepared in advance a good souvenir』
[5:47]『In order to come absolutely, keep in custody guy of the important things.』
[6:03]『Ours is important beak(nose) is the best, so guy KOBU would be important』
[6:15]『Hey old man, Big Tengu sama(=This word is respect your opponent) are saying.It keeps you in the important KOBU until tomorrow night.』
[6:26]『No way. This is important.』
[7:08]~Morning of the next day~
[7:31]『TAROBEI-san(=Mr.), is a life of hope.The night of today, I want to go on behalf.』
[7:39]『To please the Tengu by to show the stick dance of me to excel,By doing so I'll bring back with a goods of more reward.』
[7:54]~That night~
[9:49]『It's insolent old man.Tengu-sama, Can you cut twisting the guy's neck?』
[9:54]『Please life only help.Please.』
[9:59]『It's garbage guy you do not deserve even to kill.It would not also be kill in vain』
[10:06]『It returns those keeped was to you.Quickly and go home.』

<<credit goes to 行政書士testu事務所 >>


Thank you! I posted this on youtube with credits.
Oct 21, 2016 11:37 PM
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Detailed human drawings.
Pretty weird 2nd dude has a bad dance day then randomly steals a pouch lol.

Audio only English narration:
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Quite interesting for 1929. Gotta say, the pulling of his lump off was pretty gross, but the rain effects in the beginning were nice.
Aug 31, 2017 12:26 AM

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Detailed designs, detailed animation (well, it was common in those days), good background music (important back then), and a fine story (folktale?).

Enjoyment: 5/5
Score: 9/10 Lacking the experience to know if I should rank it up as a "masterpiece"

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Apr 9, 2018 11:36 AM

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That was brilliant. The character designs from the brothers to the Tengu were all drawn nicely.

Recommend me some short Manga!

Dec 25, 2018 3:15 PM

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Jirobei sure deserved that!

But if he had finished the dance he would've gotten the treasure and the lump back, but no he had to be greedy. I guess sometimes greed can lead to stupidity in this situation.

But this sure benefited Tarobei well, because now he's lump free and it's all thanks to Jirobei's stupidity. 6/10.
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https://animation.filmarchives.jp/en/works/playen/66988 (film fully translated in english)

Ofc the greedy brother had to fuck this up.

It wasn't bad, I particularly like the animation.

6/10
Aug 22, 2019 6:43 AM

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Not my cup of tea, but nonetheless impressive.

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Jul 29, 2020 1:24 AM

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That music bops, dayum. Great animation for bloody 1929 as well. 8/10
Jul 5, 2021 8:41 AM
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This film was short and simple, and pretty easy to understand without knowing Japanese. If you do want subtitles, I've seen translations for the film in the comments on the YouTube link. It was also the first older film I've seen where the animation looked similar to modern day animation, which made it enjoyable to watch.
Sep 20, 2022 6:27 AM

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Really funny how Jirobei got two lumps on his face.

Mar 23, 2023 11:43 PM

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Both the old men reminded me of my grandpa.
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Was quit intriguing
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