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Hana no Ko Lunlun: Konnichiwa Sakura no Sono

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

A sequel to the TV series.

Tags: Shoujo , Foreign , Animals , Female Protagonist , Magic

Chirin no Suzu

Also known as Ringing Bell.

Studio: Sanrio , Discotek , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

A little lamb's life is turned upside down by the wolf that killed his mother. He seeks to avenge his mother, but in order to defeat the wolf, he must become one.



Tags: Revenge , Animals , Time Skip , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Rural , Snowscape , Orphan , Cultivation

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

Kaguya-hime

Studio: Gakken
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

Stop-motion short-film narrating the fairytale of princess kaguya.

Tags: Classic Literature , Stop Motion , Historical , Female Protagonist , Kids

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

Okonjoururi

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon.

The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for she has no use for anything anymore. Okon is delighted and in order to return the favour (the act of ongaeshi), Okon performs a magic jyōruri (a ballad with shamisen accompaniment) that heals Itako so that she is fit enough to walk again. Everyone is surprised by Itako's sudden recovery. She then hears of a hunter who has been badly injured and is near death. Itako hides Okon in the back of her shirt and has the fox sing the song while she plays shamisen in order to heal the man. This act of kindness is repeated for others until Itako's good fortune leads some to be suspicious of her.


Tags: Mythology , Animals , Stop Motion , Witch , Shapeshifting , Rehabilitation , Musical Theater , Anthropomorphism

Mahou no Pen

Studio: Saber Works
Status: Finished
Genres:

A western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war torn world into a happy place resembling western civilization.



Tags: Historical