Fantasy Anime

A festival cut/compilation of the animated segments made by Yamamura Kouji for a TV documentary by NHK, Kojiki Girl Travelogue (古事記ガール 日向路を旅する).

The 4 episodes that compose The Hyuga Episode of Kojiki are:

#1: The Cleansing (禊/ Misogi, 3’17”)
#2: Sun Goddess Amaterasu (天照大御神/ Amaterasu Ookami, 2’11”)
#3: Flowering Tree (木花之佐久夜毘売/ Konohananosakuya-bime, 2’31”)
#4: Umisachi and Yamasachi (海佐知山佐知/ Umisachi Yamasachi, 3’30”)

Komaneko is a female kitten who lives with her grandfather in their mountain home, where Komaneko loves to make handicraft. Komaneko is looking forward to Christmas when she can see her papa and mama, and an early present arrives at her home. The present is a cute doll, but included with the doll is a letter, "We can't be home for Christmas." Despondent but determined, Komaneko and her friend, Rajiboo set off on an adventure together.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Conceptualized opening movie for Nijisanji's Page of Lambda, a "what if" original anime series based around Ange Katrina, Inui Toko and Lize Helesta better known as "Sanbaka".

What if their original story was made into an anime...?

We imagined and created an "if" world for these girls and produced an opening animation alongside production setting materials.

This is a new story for Sanbaka that transcends the boundaries between reality and fiction, let's go on a journey together to imagine and create a new side of them.

(Source: Official Website, edited, translated)

A stop motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's Thumbelina.

In order to cure Hei Ling, a terminal illness, the Kunlun healer, Bai Ze, was banished after accidentally destroying an island. Seven years later, he returns to the island to seek redemption. The Kunlun world composed of thousands of islands is haunted by the Dark Spirits - a form of poisonous essence that would cause irreversible damage to one's mind. Bai Ze, in an attempt to defend the healing island from the Dark Spirits, boldly applied his untested theory to work. Eventually, however, he ended up destroying the whole island and getting expelled by the masters. Seven years later, when Bai Ze is about to prove himself with his research, he has fallen victim to a frame-up. Being forced to flee, he escapes to the now ruined healing island where a qilin named Yi is searching for a cure for his slow-growing horn. The young boy suffers from such frustration and pain that he can no longer withhold the Dark Spirits' erosion. On one hand, Bai Ze needs to reclaim his name; on the other, a patient is in dire need of his help. What will Bai Ze do? Will he be able to banish the Dark Spirits and heal the world?

(Source: IMDb)

The second Season of AOTU Shijie.

The third season of AOTU Shijie.

The fourth season of AOTU Shijie.

This is a pilot for The Star of Cottonland (Wata no Kuni Hoshi) which was later made into a feature film in 1984 by Mushi Production. Both are based off a manga created by Yumiko Oshima from the 1970s.

(Source: Bowl of Lentils)

A stop-motion adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Nightingale.

A young hero from a close-knit town receives a brush that makes whatever he paints come alive! But it unfortunately garners the attention of a power-hungry general.

(Source: tubitv.com)

A music video for Migimimi sleep tight's song "Escape from Tsuki no Uragawa Zoo."

The character Korosho, a spirit of a randsell backpack, is from Benesse's "Shinken Zemi Shogaku Kouza" correspondence course for early elementary schoolers. The film is a collaboration with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and Team Kuroshio, a team of researchers and engineers dedicated to studying the ocean floor.

(Source: Anime News Network)

Schoolgirl Mami Sakura discovers that she has superpowers. She can sense other people in trouble and teleport to help them, but she keeps her secret double-life hidden from her parents with the help of her schoolfriend, Kazuo Takahata. In this short film, Mami uses her powers to make a puppet show for deprived children.

(Source: Anime Encyclopedia)

Third-grader Himeno moves to a huge mansion in the country. But she soon finds out it's a ninja house! The ninjas Akamaki—who tends to the fires, Aomaki—who sees to the water, and Kiiromaki—who sees to the carpentry, mistake Himeno for a princess, and begin solving problems for her with their own unique skills. But that is not the full extent of their powers! When Aomaki and Kiiromaki combine, they from Midorimaki. Similarly, when Akamaki and Aomaki combine, they form Murasakimaki; and when Akamaki and Kiiromaki combine, they form Tōmaki. Life with these colorful ninjas has only begun, when they discover a large tornado heading for the mansion. What will happen to the Himeno family? Can the colorful ninja protect Himeno?

(Source: Anime News Network)

Su Yu has a secret. For more than ten years, he's been having nightmares of being pursued by murderous monsters. When he became 18, he saw his own father die in battle with those monsters from his dreams. A few years later, he will become the killer of those monsters.

(Source: Tencent, translated)

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The Inuyama Family, along with their pet dog Tetsunoshin moves to the famous Hoppongi Hills (modeled after Roppongi Hills) from Kyushu. Rumi Inuyama's father owns an IT Company in Japan and is a step further to becoming number one. However, Tetsunoshin learned that his master's family loaned a lot of money renting their home in Hoppongi Hills, almost to the point of the whole company becoming Bankrupt. To make things even worse, the whole family spends a lot of money on everything, making Tetsunoshin's problems worse. To solve this problem, Tetsunoshin teamed up with the Hills Dogs and will do anything to pay all the Inuyama Family's expenses.

(Source: Wikipedia)