The Lump

The Lump

An old man with a huge lump on his face encounters a band of Tengu in the mountains.

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Corporal Norakuro

Corporal 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...

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Taro's Toy Train

Taro'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...

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Two Worlds

Two 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...

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The Monkey Fleet

The Monkey Fleet

This very brief cartoon from Japan whose title translated means "The Monkey Fleet" and runs little more than a minute has the Asian monkeys...

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Momotaro's Sky Adventure

Momotaro's Sky Adventure

Very early animated short from Japan featuring a cast of anthropomorphic animals.

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Yasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs

Yasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs

A Yasuji Murata version of the classic Japanese story Saru Kani Gassen.

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The Monkey Sword Masamune

The 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...

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Taiiku day

Taiiku day

Sports Day at Animal Village. Japanese animation short.

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Ugly Duckling

Ugly Duckling

An adaptation of the The Ugly Duckling.

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A Wolf is a Wolf

A Wolf is a Wolf

A group of animals want to end the violence of the wolf.

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Our Baseball Game

Our Baseball Game

A baseball game between the rabbits and tanuki (raccoon dogs).

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The Development of the Train

The Development of the Train

Documentary on the development on trains, with animated sequences.

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Momotaro's Underwater Adventure

Momotaro's Underwater Adventure

A early Japanese animation short.

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Private 2nd Class Norakuro: The Training

Private 2nd Class Norakuro: The Training

Private 2nd Class Norakuro is having the training for recruits, but makes so many mistakes.

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The Larks' Moving Day

The Larks' Moving Day

The Larks' Moving Day. Early Japanese animation.

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The Animal Olympics

The Animal Olympics

A group of animals take part in Olympic sports.

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Sanko and the Octopus: A Fight Over a Fortune

Sanko and the Octopus: A Fight Over a Fortune

This early Japanese animation opens with a festival of sorts...

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The Donkey

The Donkey

A man and his young son travel through the countryside to take their donkey to a horse auction. Unfortunately every person they pass has a...

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The Octopus' Bone

The Octopus' Bone

The story is based on the traditional, Japanese myth of Urashima Taro; in which a fisherman is transported from the seashore into a fantastic...

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