The Takazis' only daughter named Keiko was born seriously handicapped, deaf and dumb and mentally handicapped. Her parents tried to accept her handicap but their suffering continued.
Things changed after Keiko entered a deaf and dumb school. Not only Keiko but also her parents grew up with friendship and cooperation of the teachers and friends. They established a group named "Donguri" (acorn) to make a community workshop where the handicapped people could be independent.
(Source: jfkl.org)
An animated music video by Daisuke Hashimoto for the song Toilet no Kamisama by Kana Uemura.
A pilot film for an unmade Gainax anime that was planned to follow their first movie, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise. However, Wings of Honneamise failed at the box office and with the recent collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble, no company was willing to fund it.
When the Frog King announces that the winner of the Froglympics will win the hand of his daughter, Princess Froglegs, in marriage, she runs away. Disguised as a commoner, Princess Froglegs befriends street vendor, Freddie, and begins training with him for the games--determined that she will win and thwart her Father's plans of marriage. Meanwhile, the villainous Serpent has ideas of his own to ruin the Froglympics and take over the kingdom. With a little luck, and a little help from their trusty Sidekick, Freddie and Princess Froglegs must save Frog Kingdom from the evil Serpent.
(Source: Amazon.com)
This story focuses on Duanmu Rong and a time when she was an apprentice doctor.
The night of a family birthday party. The mother is tired from work and wants to drink a beer as soon as possible. The father is fidgety and keeps an eye on the clock. A little girl is excited about the sumptuous meal and runs around the house. The intercom rings. There, a "new family member" is standing there...
(Source: Official site, translated)
The short revolves around a kitten named Ponta and Kenta, a second-grade boy who goes on a school trip.
Based on the real life-story of Pink Lady, a female pop duo that rose to superstardom in the mid-1970's.
(Source: Anime News Network)
An animation documentary describing the tragic consequences of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The flash of the A-bomb, 100 times brighter than the sun, is called "PICA", and the enormous shock wave which came right after the flash is called "DON". At the time this film was completed, it was the very first attempt in the world to deal with such a sensitive subject of Hiroshima using animation media. Because of this short film, the City of Hiroshima decided to establish the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in 1984, appreciating animation art as an effective medium.
(Source: flickerfest.com.au)
A biography of Chiharu Igaya, who won a silver medal in men's slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics in 1956, and became the first Japanese Winter Olympics medalist.
(Source: AniDB)