Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Apr 25, 1986 (ja) Animation, Drama [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 25, 1986
  • Production
    Nippon Television Network Corporation
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    青春アニメ全集
  • Release
    Apr 25, 1986
  • ja
    -

Overview

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season 1 ( 1986-04-25)

The Izu Dancer

Episode: 1

The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring

Episode: 2

The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer

Episode: 3

The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum

Episode: 4

The wind blows

Episode: 5

The fruit of Olympus

Episode: 6

Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!

Episode: 7

Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!

Episode: 8

From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days

Episode: 9

The Dancing Girl

Episode: 10

Asunaro Story

Episode: 11

A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School

Episode: 12

A Roadside Stone: Hard Times

Episode: 13

Growing Up

Episode: 14

The priest of Mount Kōya

Episode: 15

A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi

Episode: 16

The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb

Episode: 17

A Voice from Heaven

Episode: 18

The Theatre of Life

Episode: 19

Season of the sun: A dangerous youth

Episode: 20

The Tale of Shunkin

Episode: 21

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo

Episode: 22

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder

Episode: 23

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara

Episode: 24

The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home

Episode: 25

The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation

Episode: 26

A Walker in the Attic

Episode: 27

A Psychological Test

Episode: 28

A Red Room

Episode: 29

The New Story of Tōno

Episode: 30

The Martyr

Episode: 31

The Story of Koyasu Dog

Episode: 32
Apr 25, 1986 (ja)
Animation, Drama
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 25, 1986
  • Production
    Nippon Television Network Corporation
  • Rotten tomato 70%
Original Title 青春アニメ全集
ja

Overview

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer