Drama Anime
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Yakusoku (2011)
This is the true love story between mother and a dead child. To come back her cild to life, Mother made a promise with a old man.
Graduate Work 2011, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Negaigoto no Mochigusare
A music video for the song "Negaigoto no Mochigusare" by AKB48. Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Ainone
Yamiyo no Jidaigeki
Tensho 10 (1582) during the Warring States period. Akechi Mitsuhide heads to Saigoku for the reinforcement of Hideyoshi Hashiba at the behest of Nobunaga Oda, and meets the ghost of Shuten-doji, a demon who was once exterminated by his ancestors, at Oenosaka on the way.
Yamiyo no Jidaigeki (OVA)
A direct sequel that was put straight to video. The Ear of Jinsuke, about a wandering swordsman saving a damsel in distress from evil spirits. Prints from the Fall of the Bakufu, features a tomboy from a woodcut works charged with making a print of the young warrior Okita Soji.
(Source: Anime Encyclopedia)
Yankee Reppuu Tai
Impossibly tough and hairsprayed biker boys and girls fight turf wars in the streets, with much revving of motors and "you killed my buddy, prepare to die" dialogue. Based on the Shonen Magazine manga by Masahide Hashimoto, whose hero was so tough that he transferred schools 20 times. Only a Japanese tough guy would continue to go at all!
(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
Nijuushi no Hitomi
Based on the book by Tsuboi Sakae, which drew on her involvement in Japan's anarchist counterculture and opposition to Korean War rearmament.
Combined live action (handled by Akio Jissoji) and animation (handled by Shigetsugu Yoshida).
Released as a TV special.
(Source: AniDB)
Hua Qian Gu: Hua Hun Zhi Lu
A natural disaster, the Purple Magic Orchid grows wantonly in the valley where humans live. It can cause people to sink and even lose their lives. Only Hua Qiangu survived because of the protection of the Flower God Tree, but the baby infected with the Purple Magic Orchid poison brought by the mythical beast Phoenix from outside the valley broke the peace of Hua Qiangu.
The king and queen of Hua Qiangu violated the ancestral precepts of Hua Qiangu not to allow outsiders to enter and took in the baby, named Princess Peony, and raised her to thrive.
The Flower God Tree suddenly withered, and Princess Peony fell ill, which made Hua Qiangu suspicious of all living beings, and they petitioned the king to send Princess Peony away. The queen could not give up the mother-daughter relationship, and sought help from the Flower God Tree. She volunteered to sacrifice herself to go to the black enchantment to experience the calamity and let the flower soul come back, but due to the powerful power of the Purple Magic Orchid, the queen was trapped and never returned.
Ten years later, Peony grew up, the Purple Magic Orchid made a comeback, and Hua Qiangu encountered an unprecedented disaster. Princess Peony remembered the queen's teachings and embarked on an adventure with the flower soul seeds to save Hua Qiangu.
(Source: AniList.co)
Ningen no Uta
For the first time, 18 year old Mitsuko is facing discrimination as she tries to pursue a career.
Ningen no Uta Part 2
An educational film about marriage discrimination; how hard it is for a lower class person to marry into upper class.
Pop Pop City
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)