The Lump
An old man with a huge lump on his face encounters a band of Tengu in the mountains.
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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...
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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 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...
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 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 moreUgly Duckling
An adaptation of the The Ugly Duckling.
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 morePrivate 2nd Class Norakuro: The Training
Private 2nd Class Norakuro is having the training for recruits, but makes so many mistakes.
See moreThe Larks' Moving Day
The Larks' Moving Day. Early Japanese animation.
See moreThe Animal Olympics
A group of animals take part in Olympic sports.
See moreSanko and the Octopus: A Fight Over a Fortune
This early Japanese animation opens with a festival of sorts...
See moreThe 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...
See moreThe 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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