Based on Hobberdy Dick (1955) by Katharine Mary Briggs (1898-1980, English).
Tells the story of a 300-year-old hobgoblin who lives in Widford Manor in the Cotswolds.
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Carpenters, painters and silversmiths crafted a piece of fine wood into a beautiful girl, that miraculous turns into a young living woman. Then the quarrel begins ...
The protagonist is with friends but bored with the conversation. His mind often slips away to his own imaginary world and comes back to them. So their conversation doesn’t go along very well. In several trips to his own imagination he gradually feels it void and became interested in chain of conversation and the development of the relationship with other people. Then he decided to com back to the conversation.
1st Year Work 2010 by Naoaki Shibuta, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Pilot movie of Umi no Triton, it was created in October 1971 for the intention of selling the series to international markets and features a more Western-style drawn Triton. The pilot was released to the public on the Umi no Triton: Original Gekijou-ban DVD release nearly 3 decades later.
This anime was made for government agencies and public institutions, such as schools and after-school programs. It was released on three 16mm reels under Chuubu Nihon Kyouei. Not much is known about its original release.