Anime like Nihiki no Sanma (Color Version)

Hyoutan Suzume

Studio: Toho , Otogi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

A fierce, feisty frog and his son arrive on a peaceful island, creating chaos everywhere they go for all the land’s residents.

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Satsujinkyou Jidai

Also known as Au Fou!.

Studio: Kuri Jikken Manga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Short experimental animation film from 1966 from pioneer Kuri Yoji.

Two versions exist. The original monochrome version that is 13 min. And the edited international colour version that is 9 min.

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Tabako to Hai

Studio: Mushi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

In the summer of 2000 in Hollywood, Spielberg's Dreamworks Film Corp. made the film "Chicken Run" with Nick Park, the great master of clay-figure animation, and it became a big hit. A chicken was the main character, and the story unfolded like the masterpiece "The Great Escape." Thirty-five years ago, Mushi Production created an animated work in which a chicken was the main character and a rebellion between the rulers and the ruled eventually escalated into a great war. Despite the scale of the story, the film ran for only three minutes. The ability to depict the endless repetition of war in human history in just three minutes is a unique feature of short animation, relying on exaggeration and great imagination.



Tags: No Dialogue , Animals , War

Jumping

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

A boy walks down the street and as he goes along his strides increase. Eventually he leaps over towns, forests, and oceans, seeing many things and surprising many people along the way.



Tags: POV , No Dialogue

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