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SHIROBAKO

Also known as SHIROBAKO.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Once upon a time, five girls made an animated film and it was so much fun that they pledged to get jobs in animation so that someday they could make another film together. Now, two years later, Aoi, Shizuka, Ema, Misa and Midori have learned the truth about the anime industry: it's not always fun, it's anything but easy, and having talent isn't always enough to open the right doors.

Which is why Aoi's overwhelmed by her job as a production assistant, Shizuka's waiting on tables between auditions, Midori's currently scriptless, Misa's switched to C.G., and Ema's working long hours as a key animator. Is it what they imagined? No. But are they ready to give up? Not just yet! Sometimes, when things happen in animation, they can happen in the most wonderful ways!



Tags: Work , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Meta , Otaku Culture , Educational , Office Lady , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Office , Acting , Cars , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast

Gamba no Bouken

Also known as Gamba's Adventure.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

An adventurous wild mouse called Gamba travels with his friends to see the ocean but he finds an injured mouse and hears about the violence of white ferret Noroi. Gamba decides to help the mice suffering under Noroi's tyranny.

Tags: Animals , Ensemble Cast , Ships , Male Protagonist , Primarily Animal Cast , Anthropomorphism

Seton Doubutsuki: Risu no Banner

Also known as Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres:

Soon after birth a young squirrel comes to a farm, and gets caught by a human. This human then tries to find him to their pet cat. However, the cat feels sorry for the squirrel and adopts him as their child and names the squirrel Banner. Banner and the cat live happily in the farm, but their happy lives don't last long. A fire destroys the farm, and Banner gets separated from his mother the cat.



Tags: Adoption , Tragedy , Animals , Kids

Grick no Bouken

Also known as The Enchanted Journey.

Studio: Universal Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Glicko is a young chipmunk living in the city with his sister. But after hearing from a carrier pigeon of the Chipmunk homeland, the Great Forest, he leaves home alone. Glicko meets both friends and enemies along his adventure to the find the place where he truly belongs.

Tags: Kids

Chi's Sweet Home

Studio: MADHOUSE , TV Tokyo , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A grey and white kitten with black stripes wanders away from her mother and siblings one day while enjoying a walk outside. Lost in her surroundings, the kitten struggles to find her family and instead is found by a young boy, Youhei, and his mother. They take the kitten home, but pets are not allowed in their housing complex, so they try to find a new home for the kitten. This proves to be difficult, and the family eventually decides to keep the kitten, naming her "Chi".



Tags: Iyashikei , Animals , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Primarily Animal Cast

Kawa no Hikari

Studio: NHK , Studio Gallop , NHK Enterprises
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

A story of a rat family who have to leave their home because humans start a construction site. Now the rats are searching for a place to stay.

Tags: Family Life , Urban , Animals , Environmental , Kids

Nezumi Monogatari: George to Gerald no Bouken

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Nezumi Monogatari is the story of two mice called George and Gerald who embark on a journey together with three friends to find the "Dragon of Light".

Tags: Animals , Kids , Anthropomorphism

Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko

Also known as Pom Poko.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Studio Ghibli , Daiei , Walt Disney Studios , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.



Tags: Environmental , Mythology , Ensemble Cast , Animals , Rural , Primarily Animal Cast , Shapeshifting , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Revenge , Youkai , Primarily Male Cast , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Kids , Travel , Transgender , Tragedy

Jungle Taitei

Also known as Kimba the White Lion.

Studio: Mushi Production , The Right Stuf International , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

The series follows the adventures Leo, a young lion cub. Leo becomes king of the jungle when his father, the previous king of the jungle is killed by a human hunter.



Tags: Animals , Kids , Male Protagonist , School

Arashi no Yoru ni

Also known as One Stormy Night.

Studio: Group TAC , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

A story about a goat and a wolf who become friends in a stormy night, and how they overcome differences and hardships.



Tags: Animals , Travel , Male Protagonist , Rural , Boys' Love , Amnesia , Primarily Animal Cast , Anthropomorphism , Memory Manipulation , Snowscape , Fairy Tale , Kids