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Furusato Saisei: Nippon no Mukashi Banashi

Also known as Folktales from Japan.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Tomason , Sony Music Entertainment , Peter Pan Creation
Status: Finished
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Like in any culture, Japanese kids grow up listening to the stories repeatedly told by their parents and grandparents. The boy born from a peach; the princess from the moon who is discovered inside a bamboo; the old man who can make a dead cherry tree blossom, etc. These short stories that teach kids to see both the dark and bright sides of life have passed traditional moral values from generation to generation.

Each half-hour episode of Folktales from Japan consists of three self-contained stories, well-known and unknown, with a special focus on heartwarming stories that originate from Tohoku, the northern region heavily touched by the earthquake of 2011. May this program help cheer up earthquake victims and cast a light of hope for them.



Tags: Historical , Episodic , Educational , Rural , Kids , Animals , Youkai

Fumetsu no Anata e

Also known as To Your Eternity.

Studio: Brain's Base , NHK Enterprises , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

In the beginning, an "orb" is cast unto Earth. "It" can do two things: change into the form of the thing that stimulates "it"; and come back to life after death. "It" morphs from orb to rock, then to wolf, and finally to boy, but roams about like a newborn who knows nothing. As a boy, "it" becomes Fushi.

Through encounters with human kindness, Fushi not only gains survival skills but grows as a "person". But his journey is darkened by the inexplicable and destructive enemy Nokker and cruel partings with the people he loves.



Tags: Shapeshifting , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Philosophy , Rural , Travel , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Agender , Foreign , Shounen , Gore , Time Skip , Animals , Afterlife , Prison , Language Barrier , Primarily Female Cast , Historical , Snowscape , CGI , Memory Manipulation , Orphan , Zombie , Adoption , Demons , Battle Royale , Yandere