Miniature Worlds
Anime
Miniature worlds that are explored through the eyes of insects, mice, small animals, lilliputians (little people), fairies, etc. I'll make note of the ones that are a bit more interesting or polished for an adult audience, as opposed to dated children's series, which, unfortunately most of the titles on the list fall under.
Movie, 1987,
1 ep
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One of the most inventive on here in terms of aesthetic. Probably the most grimy and interesting depiction of cockroaches, while still maintaining some degree of elegance that prevents it from being totally gross-out.
Movie, 2010,
1 ep
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Author:7
One of the better examples for the way the environments are used and for exquisite production values.
ONA, 2014,
35 eps
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Author:3
Only episode 6. A tiny girl is perceived as a cockroach in a mad chase sequence. Fantastic storyboarding and animation.
TV, 1975,
26 eps
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Author:6
One of the best examples for being well directed and having the mice squirm through all kinds of nooks and crannies within the city, buildings, ships, etc.
TV, 1982,
52 eps
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Fits well, and you can expect the imagery to be more floral, since we follow bees. It didn't look terribly inventive in its composition from what I saw. Standard children's series.
TV, 1992,
26 eps
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This is Thumbelina, and any of the titles on here titled Oyayubi-hime are similarly based on the same story and should be fitting.
Movie, 1982,
1 ep
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This one is stop motion/puppet. Admittedly, my list failed to tap into that much, so I'll probably add more of these later.
Movie, 1990,
1 ep
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Thumbelina influenced. I never thought I'd make a list with hello Kitty, lmao.
OVA, 2001,
1 ep
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They tried reworking Thumbelina a second time!?
Movie, 1987,
1 ep
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Author:4
A bit less effective for this purpose compared to some of the others, for we follow animals of numerous sizes, and the storyboarding is dynamic and often not from the perspective of the animals, but it works.
TV, 2018,
12 eps
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I've heard good things about this one. An iyashikei fantasy with lilliputians.
TV, 1983,
24 eps
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There are almost always a few miniature scenes in Alice adaptations, though some stress these more than others.
OVA, 1993,
1 ep
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Same, but being that it's so short, I doubt there's much.
