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Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished

In a cone-shaped land named Kikyougahara in Shin Province, there lives a girl named Hana. She is a gentle girl, who always thinks of her family, in particular her great-grandmother Chiyo, whom she affectionately calls "Granny." One day, a traveling entertainment troupe named the Natsugawa Genzaemon Troupe happens by, and the villagers welcome them warmly. Upon finishing their performance and receiving their acclaim, the troupe's leader spots Hana with some "oyaki," his favorite food, and transforms into a fox in his excitement. It turns out that the leader Genbanojou, and his companions O-Natsu and Shinzaemon, are all foxes who have taken on human forms. Genbanojou hastily negotiates with Hana, telling her that in exchange for keeping their secret, he will grant her one wish. She answers, "I want to let my Granny see the cherry blossoms."

Part of the 2017 Anime Tamago Projects.

Tags: Youkai , Shapeshifting , Rural , Historical , Family Life , Acting , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

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Ojii-san no Lamp

Studio: Telecom Animation Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

A boy finds a strange object while playing hide-and-seek. His grandfather tells him the story of his own youth, and the important role the old lamp played. This story is about the modernization of Japan and the changes that came with it.

The Agency of Cultural Affairs of Japan invested 214 million yen ($2.26 million) in "Young Animator Training Project" and entrusted the execution of the project to Japan Animation Creators Association (JaniCA). JaniCA produced four original anime (23 min long with OP and ED sequences) in cooperation with four production studios. Ojii-san no Lamp was one of these four projects.

Tags: Historical , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Rural , Agriculture , Family Life , Marriage , Work , Outdoor Activities , Tanned Skin , Economics , Time Skip , Orphan , Heterosexual , Revenge , Youkai

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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 , Shapeshifting , Primarily Animal Cast , War , Anthropomorphism , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Youkai , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Tragedy , Kids , Travel , Transgender

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Netflix

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Wasurenagumo

Also known as Li'l Spider Girl.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Everything started from an old book telling the story of an expert yin-yang master who defeated a giant spider in ancient times. Antique book dealer Amane Suzuri, who is trying to sell the book in order to pay the rent, would have never imagined that after reading this story to Mizuki, the building owner's young granddaughter, he could find himself face-to-face with a scared, twenty-centimeter-tall, eight-legged baby arachnid girl. And she's the sweetest thing in the world... or not?

Tags: Monster Girl , Demons , Mythology , Adoption , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Shapeshifting , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Youkai , Magic

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