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A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

A short movie based on the children's story by Momoko Ishii.

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

An adaptation of the classic Japanese "Red Oni, Blue Oni" tale.

Official music video for Namae no Nai Hi by the band Kumorina. It is the same title as the album it was formally released on the following month on May 1st.

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Stop motion cut-outs animation by Tadanari Okamoto, song narration by Kouhei Oikawa. (Source: AniDB)

A squirrel and a boy set out on a journey together to restore daylight. They must find and release the moon stuck high up on a tree somewhere far, far away. (Source: JFF Plus)

Two little claymen get into a tussle after the red Akairo-kun plays a trick on the yellow Kiiro-kun while he is sharing a peaceful moment with a pig. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Two men are playing rock-paper-scissors, but this version has a painful twist: whoever loses the round will be whacked on the head with a mallet. A bowl will offer them protection from the blow but only if they are quick enough to grab it. Tension builds as the game begins. What will the outcome be? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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.

Stop motion animation of an old Japanese fairy tale. A poor man trades a piece of straw for a more expensive item. In the course of his journey, he manages to finally exchange the last item for a villa.

Film by Okamoto Tadanari, winner of the Ōfuji Noburō Award in 1977 for the 32nd Mainichi Film Awards in recognition of animation excellence. The story of two villages on either side of a river who come together to build a bridge to connect their villages and thereby permit a young couple in love to be joined in marriage.

A boy and a girl draw pictures on the wall with sticks made of black fish. One day a blue fish drifts ashore to them. (Source: Geidai Animation)

A stop-motion film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.

While enjoying a date in a park, a man carelessly tosses an empty bottle onto the ground. His selfish littering promptly summons an imposing figure wearing a white hockey mask. The gruesome events that follow tell an admonishing tale about the importance of preserving the outdoors and defending the environment from the ugly menace of litter. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Norabbits' Minutes features two young rabbit brothers who live together in the forest and have endearing adventures together... though not without some absurd twists.

As the first snow falls on a town in the northern country, a boy sneaks out of his house to board a northbound train with his friend “Norman the Snowman.” They are off to witness the beautiful wonders of nature that Norman had always talked about. (Source: JFF Plus)

Tomorrow is the night of the shooting stars! A new chapter of “Norman the Snowman” begins as Norman and the Boy embark on another venture to see the star-filled sky. (Source: JFF Plus)

An early Noburou Oofuji film, it was artificially coloured in the senshoku (tinting) method, where the developed film was immersed in dye baths.

In a totalitarian and male chauvinist world, a female high-heeled shoe named Mulan Hua rebels against the baby shoe factory to protect her baby girl from being transformed into a male shoe. To raise her daughter, she later has to disguise herself as a male sturdy shoe and works day and night in a capitalist cigarette factory. The story is not only about a mother’s sacrifice and a feminist’s revenge, but also has a political undertone of the intoxication of power. (Source: mulanfestival.com)

Butterfly, a faithful Japanese wife, waits patiently in Nagasaki for the return of her American husband, Pinkerton. She sees the Stars and Stripes fluttering atop an approaching ship and rightly surmises that Pinkerton is onboard. However, the feckless foreigner is arriving in the company of his "real" Caucasian wife, causing the heartbroken Butterfly to commit suicide. This masterpiece of Japanese silhouette animation makes the best of its source material. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

A stop-motion promotional video for Oi Pii-tan!! posted on Kodansha's official YouTube channel in honor of the manga's final (17th) tankoubon going on sale March 13, 2018. The series had been running for 20 years.

A young boy tries to become as strong of a sumo wrestler as his father.

A story about a meerkat cook who comes to Eddie's town. (Source: Studio Placebo, translated)

Puppet animation by Tadanari Okamoto.

Music video for the song Okaasan by YUSHIO.

A music video for Tani Yuuki's latest single Okaeri.

The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for she has no use for anything anymore. Okon is delighted and in order to return the favour (the act of ongaeshi), Okon performs a magic jyōruri (a ballad with shamisen accompaniment) that heals Itako so that she is fit enough to walk again. Everyone is surprised by Itako's sudden recovery. She then hears of a hunter who has been badly injured and is near death. Itako hides Okon in the back of her shirt and has the fox sing the song while she plays shamisen in order to heal the man. This act of kindness is repeated for others until Itako's good fortune leads some to be suspicious of her. (Source: Nishikata Film Review)

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 short clay/crayon animation by Tomayasu Murata. While the robot is cleaning, it finds a picture. It's his precious memories. (Source: Official Youtube Channel)

A Japanese folk tale adapted as a puppet animation.

A fat little king wants to ride a flying carpet. This is music video for the song by Kouichi Kawatsu that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. On February 4, 1983 NHK rebroadcasted the song but with a new singer Shiro Kishibe; the animated footage though was identical to the original 1975 release.

Episode 1: Fuyujima ni Furu Sakura Diligent animators took Banpresto's "One Piece Cry heart ~Fuyujima ni Furu Sakura~" (One Piece Cry heart ~The Cherry Blossoms That Fall on Winter Island~) line of crane game prize figures and created a five-minute stop-motion short. The short recreates the famous "Hiluluk's Cherry Blossoms" scene from Eiichiro Oda's manga and anime One Piece. Episode 2: Fuyujima ni Furu Sakura A stop-motion animated video for Banpresto's "One Piece Cry heart ~children's dream~" line of crane game prize figures. The short recreates the famous "Oath of Brothers" scene from Eiichiro Oda's manga and anime. Episode 3: Ace no Saigo (Source: ANN)

Stop-motion animation using clay and puppets follows a musician and hit cat traveling the world and learning about music in different cultures while spreading their own songs.

One morning, two brothers living in a hut with their mother set out for the mountains to set traps for deer. They move silently through the forest undergrowth until suddenly a demon's arm reaches out from the treetops and grabs the younger brother. The older brother aims carefully, calms the shaking of his hands and lets an arrow fly, thus saving his brother's life. The demon's arm is left behind and somehow it looks familiar. After returning home a horrible truth is revealed.... Drawing on an early medieval Japanese legend, the film is reminiscent of the horror psychodrama Kwaidan. The Demon (1972) took awards at many animation festivals. (Source: kviff.com)

A short clay animation by Asami Ike. The evolution of a piece of clay as it faces the problems of many walks of life.

A film about traveling artists arriving from Mishima and Odawara.

Stop-motion animation made out of fabric following a curious king sneaking out of his castle.

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

A stop-motion adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Nightingale.

A stop motion puppet animation by Tadahito Mochinaga.

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

Official music video for dOPPO's song Owakare which was included on the "Enrai" album.

A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's Thumbelina.

Romeros is an alien investigator who looks like an alpaca. When he lands on Earth, he finds his spaceship damaged and becomes disconnected with his planet. He arrives on a mountain where a person wearing a weird mask is waiting for him. (Source: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia)

A series of original Pacalien shorts which aired during commercial breaks on Toonami. It was subsequently released on U-NEXT.

Pacusi is a story of Pacusi and his family. Little happenings in ordinary days are described. We can enjoy the warmhearted and big strange world of Pacusi.

Special episode of Pacusi.