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Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari

Also known as In The Beginning: The Bible Stories.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Through the Italian National Broadcasting Network, Tezuka Osamu received an ardent request from the Vatican to make the Bible into animated form. This request was probably made to see how the Bible would be depicted by the non-Christian Tezuka Osamu. Tezuka Osamu accepted the request and spent an entire two years to complete a pilot film. It was about the story of Noah's ark, with the enthusiastic Tezuka Osamu not only writing the scenario but also drawing pictures by himself. During production, however, he unfortunately passed away, so Director Dezaki took over the film and completed it.



Tags: Classic Literature , Historical , Religion , Mythology , Episodic

Time Kyoshitsu: Tondera House no Daiboken

Also known as The Flying House.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi

The series began in the middle of a game of hide and seek, as a young boy named Justin Casey (Gen) finishes counting and begins searching for his friends Angela (usually called "Angie") and Corkey Roberts (Kanna and Tsukubo Natsuyama). As he searched for the brother and sister in the wooded area, a storm occurred all of a sudden. Justin managed to sneak up on the two before the rain started pouring, forcing them to run for cover. They would eventually find a house in the wooded area, previously unseen according to Justin. At first glance it appeared nobody was home after entering the house, until they discovered a robot named Solar Ion Robot (Kadenchin), or the acronym SIR. They would soon meet the owner of the house, Professor Humphrey Bumble (Dr. Tokio Taimu), who introduced the children to his greatest creation, a time machine. Professor Bumble's attempt at recreating Benjamin Franklin's famous lightning experiment with the use of a kite flying outside the house to get the machine working only led up to SIR's temporary change in personality before sending the entire house on course for the past. The children never realized how long the journey back home would be due to Professor Bumble's misguidance and errors in time travel, but in the meantime they witnessed and participated (with little or no consequences) in numerous events in the Bible's New Testament, from John the Baptist's birth to the rise of the Apostle Paul."



Tags: Kids , Time Manipulation , Historical , Classic Literature

Boukensha: THE MAN WAS FROM SPAIN

Also known as Christopher Columbus.

Studio: Nippon Animation , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

An anime commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing to the New World.

Christopher Columbus is a man of strong will. His life is full of drama. Born in Genoa, he realizes his dream of becoming a sailor, dares to search for a new route, and finally reaches his goal, discovering a new land in the process. Sometimes in desperation, sometimes in excitement, his experiences are truly extraordinary.

Note: The series originally broadcasted in Italy on Canale 5 from November 28, 1992 to March 30, 1993. In Japan, it was broadcasted exactly a decade later from November 28, 2002 to March 30, 2003.

Tags: Foreign , Ships , Travel , Historical

Ougon no Hou: El Cantare no Rekishikan

Also known as The Golden Laws.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

In the year 2403 AD a young student named Satoru is visited by a time traveler from the future, a cute girl named Alisa. The two go back in time together to explore the 21st century when a malfunction sends them hurdling through seemingly random episodes of religious and perhaps historic importance.

Japan's answer to Scientology, Kyoufuku no Kagaku (幸福の科学, also known as The Institute for Research in Human Happiness), returns with their third animated feature.

Tags: Historical

BUDDHA 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~Owarinaki Tabi~

Also known as Osamu Tezuka's Buddha Movie 2: Endless Trip.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

The second film in the planned trilogy based on the late Osamu Tezuka's Buddha manga

Tags: Historical , Philosophy , Religion , Foreign , Torture

Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

In ancient India, the lives of the re plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and the injustices of the strict caste system. The intertwining lives of many unhappy souls are drawn together by the birth of the young prince Siddhartha, who embarks on a spiritual journey, becomes Buddha, "the Enlightened One," and attempts to bring about a spiritual rebirth of the people in this desperate age.




Tags: Historical , Slavery , War , Foreign , Religion , Time Skip , Crime , Animals

Sekai Douwa Anime Zenshuu

Studio: MLB
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Originally released in Japan as a tool for learning English. Each episode tells a different story from Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Episodes:
• The Ugly Duckling (みにくいあひるの子)
• Three Little Pigs (三びきのこぶた)
• Snow White (しらゆきひめ)
• Red Riding Hood (赤ずきん)
• Puss in Boots (ながぐつをはいた猫)
• The Little Mermaid (にんぎょひめ)
• Little Black Sambo (ちびくろサンボ)
• The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (おおかみと７ひきのこやぎ)
• Cinderella (シンデレラひめ)
• Alibaba and Forty Thieves (アリババと４０人のとうぞく)

Note: In 1986, Saban Entertainment released a 5 volume set of the OVA series titled My Favorite Fairy Tales including an English redubbing and adding four shorts from Toei's World Famous Fairy Tale Series (The Cobbler and the Elves, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Carpet) to the VHS release.



Tags: Kids , Fairy Tale