Anime like Konohana no Sakuya Mori

Michi

Studio: Tomoyasu Murata Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The My Road series - Scarlet Road (2002), White Road (2003), Indigo Road (2006), and the most recent instalment Lemon Road (2008) - can be read as meditations on loss and mourning. These poetic films tell their story through motif, character expression, music and montage and require repeated viewing for one to absorb the subtly evoked layers of meaning.



Tags: Stop Motion , Philosophy , No Dialogue , Rehabilitation , Puppetry , Male Protagonist , Rural , Episodic , Trains

Matsugae wo Musubi

Studio: Tomoyasu Murata Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

"The Pine's Branches" is the latest work in Murata Tomoyasu's series "Journey through memories of life and death,” which he began following the Tohoku earthquake in 2011.

Tags: Stop Motion , Rural , Family Life , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Twins , Time Skip

Kataku

Studio: Video Market
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Many years ago, a young woman named Unai-Otome lived in the village of Ikuta. As she was beautiful it was no surprise that she had two suitors, both deeply in love with her. The girl was torn apart over which one to choose. In her desperation she chose a third option - taking her own life. Although her intentions were absolutely pure, not even in death did she find the solace she desired. Many decades later, a pilgrim walking by her grave meets a beautiful young woman and her story once again rises from the depths of time.... With a plot based on a classic play of Noh traditional theatre, the film presents the peak of Kawamoto’s mastery thanks to its expert mediation of the absurdity of the human condition.

Source: http://www.kviff.com/en/film-archive-detail/20050895-house-of-flames/

Tags: Afterlife , Historical , Demons , Puppetry , Stop Motion

Bushe zhi She

Also known as To Shoot Without Shooting.

Studio: Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Supernatural

Ji Chang is an excellent archer that strives to be the best in the world. He looks for a certain man that is capable of shooting a leaf from a distance. He decides to make this man his master. He visits his master occasionally over the years for training. He eventually masters the techniques of the bow and decides to head out for the mountains in search of an old man with supernatural abilities.

Tags: Archery , Philosophy , Historical , Swordplay , Puppetry , Stop Motion

Cello Hiki no Gauche

Studio: Gakken
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Music

A Miyazawa Kenji story adapted as a puppet animation.

Tags: Puppetry , Animals

Toshi wo totta Wani

Also known as The Old Crocodile.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

A very old crocodile, so old that he had witnessed the building of the pyramids, was suffering from rheumatism, and no longer able to catch his food. In desperation, he decided to eat his great grand son. Although his thousands of years of longevity entitled him to much respect, the family decided he would have to be put down.

Unable to bear the disrespect of his family, the old crocodile said goodbye to the Nile. One day the old crocodile met an octopus. The octopus treated her new friend to a variety of fish that she caught just for him. When the night fell, he couldn’t restrain himself from eating one of the octopus’s legs. Since then, the old crocodile began to help himself to the octopus’ leg every night…



Tags: Animals , Achromatic , Cannibalism , Rural , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Fairy Tale , Tragedy

Nido to Mezamenu Komori Uta

Also known as The Death Lullaby.

Studio: Mippei Eigeki Kiryuukan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

An animated film describing the bullying of a Japanese child.

Tags: Historical , Bullying , Philosophy , Revenge , Politics , Denpa , Trains , School , Male Protagonist

My Little Goat

Also known as My Little Goat.

Studio: Geidai Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

The mother goat rescues her little goats from the wolf's belly. But, she can't find Toruku, her eldest son! Where is Toruku?!

Tomoki Misato's 2018 Graduation Work at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Tags: Stop Motion , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Gore , Fairy Tale , Female Protagonist , Tragedy

Shanshui Qing

Also known as Feeling from Mountain and Water.

Studio: Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

The only noises you can hear are the sounds of water and wind. The story shows us a young girl and an elderly man. She cares about him and in a return, he gives her guqin lessons.

Tags: No Dialogue , Philosophy , Musical Theater , Foreign , Female Protagonist