Anime like Koneko no Rakugaki

Ningyo

Also known as Mermaid.

Studio: Mushi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

In a fictional place where using the imagination is banned, a boy saves a fish, which surprises everyone by turning into a mermaid. The boy is arrested for imagining this "nonsense", and is robbed of his imagination as punishment.



Tags: Mermaid , Memory Manipulation , Satire

Komaneko: Hajime no Ippo

Also known as Komaneko: The First Step.

Studio: TYO Animations
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

One sunny day, female kitten Koma decides to make a stop motion film. She begins to write the storyboards, make the stuffed toys, and draw the background art. Before long, Koma starts making her film — shooting frame by frame with her cute 8mm camera, and carefully checking each frame. But her shooting is interrupted by an obnoxious fly, resulting in an unexpected accident. Will she be able to complete her project?



Tags: Stop Motion , No Dialogue , Animals , Meta

Aru Machi Kado no Monogatari

Also known as Tales of the Street Corner.

Studio: Mushi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Music , Romance

The scene is set with a poster on a street corner, a girl who cherishes her teddy bear, a street lamp and a playful moth that is drawn to the lamp. These creatures and inanimate objects, each with their own dramas, get involved in a war and the story ends in a tragic climax. This is a private animated piece that expresses feelings rather than telling a story. It can be said that Tezuka Osamu, frustrated with working for big companies, made an attempt here to depict what he really wanted in his animation. This work illustrates that even a poster on the wall can have a vivid drama behind it, and brings the magic of animation alive for us.

Tags: No Dialogue , War , Urban , Tragedy , Jazz Music , Historical , Politics , Animals