The Lump
An old man with a huge lump on his face encounters a band of Tengu in the mountains.
See moreCorporal Norakuro
Norakuro is now a corporal. On his day off-duty, he goes to eat chicken on the stick. On his way home, he falls into a slumber and dreams of...
See moreTaro's Toy Train
A train conductor goes about his duty. All the characters are animals in human form. Hippo ladies in dresses try to jam into cars and other...
See moreTwo Worlds
An adaptation of Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper but with a slight change. We have a diligent family ants versus a drunken lazy frog, a...
See moreThe Blossom Man
Adaptation of Japanese fairy tale Hanasaka Jiisan.
See moreAnimated Revue: Spring
Haru is a Japanese word that means spring (season). A lighthearted anime about spring time. It was originally set to an elementary school song. The...
See moreMomotaro's Sky Adventure
Very early animated short from Japan featuring a cast of anthropomorphic animals.
See moreYasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs
A Yasuji Murata version of the classic Japanese story Saru Kani Gassen.
See moreThe Bat
Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds...
See moreThe Monkey Sword Masamune
During the late Kamakura period, there lived a famous swordsmith known as Masamune whose renown as a swordsmith was so great that even long after...
See moreTaiiku day
Sports Day at Animal Village. Japanese animation short.
See moreThe Cat Purr Dance
A family of mice dance to entertain a cat that disrupted their festivities after returning home early. (Source: MyAnimeList.net)
See moreElectrical Telegraphy, Electric Bells and Telephones
When copper wire is wrapped around an iron rod and connected to a battery, it becomes an electromagnet. A science teaching material movie that...
See moreUgly Duckling
An adaptation of the The Ugly Duckling.
See moreKamishibai: The Story of the Tanuki
A picture-story showman is reading a story about a troublemaking tanuki on the street to children. A starving tanuki with nowhere to go plots to...
See moreA Wolf is a Wolf
A group of animals want to end the violence of the wolf.
See moreOur Baseball Game
A baseball game between the rabbits and tanuki (raccoon dogs).
See moreThe Development of the Train
Documentary on the development on trains, with animated sequences.
See moreMomotaro's Underwater Adventure
A early Japanese animation short.
See moreWhy Is the Sea Water Salty?
When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures"...
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