Historical Anime
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)
Niji ni Mukatte
Film by Okamoto Tadanari, winner of the Ōfuji Noburō Award in 1977 for the 32nd Mainichi Film Awards in recognition of animation excellence.
The story of two villages on either side of a river who come together to build a bridge to connect their villages and thereby permit a young couple in love to be joined in marriage.
(Source: AniList.co)
Futari de Hanbunko
Music video for the song Futari de Hanbunko by Mitsuko Horie, Mamoru Ichiba, Titine & Children Chorus, and the Morinoki Jidou Gasshoudan that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The song was featured as the ending for Meiken Jolie. The video features characters from the series, but it is entirely new animation.
Futari Zamurai Homare no Kawakiri
Independent animation by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.
Umigame to Shounen
The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa" (war story).
(Source: AniDB)
Natsufuku No Shoujotachi
In 1945, the second and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations of wartime. On the 7th of August, an American bomber changes their lives forever. Broadcast on the 43rd anniversary of Hiroshima in memory of "the girls who lost their lives to the atom bomb."
(Source: Anime Encyclopedia)
Nanumu no Ie
A documentary anime covering the lives of Korean comfort women used as sexual slaves for Japanese soldiers during WWII.
Nanmu Ichibyou Sokusai
Stop motion cut-outs animation by OKAMOTO Tadanari, song narration by OIKAWA Kouhei.
(Source: AnimeDB)
Video Ehon-kan Nihon Otogibanashi
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.
Gekka Bijin
Music video for the song Gekka Bijin by Wagakki Band that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video was animated by Kousuke Sugimoto.
Gene Diver
Virtual Station is a laboratory with the purpose of gathering and researching DNA. With the information gained through combining old DNA elements, the ancient world was virtually reconstructed. Yui is one of the Gene Divers. She enters the virtual ancient world to collect the DNA of animals that are extinct in reality.
But then an incident happens. Yui tries to leave the virtual world during a maintenance cycle, but instead of being returned to reality she is transferred to a new virtual present. In this new world, generated by the now uncontrollable system, an intelligent species evolved from rodents, called puglaistig exists. They consider the existence of humankind a serious threat and try to stop human evolution by all means.
(Source: Kaninona.org)
GENJI FANTASY: Neko ga Hikaru Genji ni Koi wo Shita
The Tale of Genji Museum in Uji City, Kyoto will be airing a short film blending history and fantasy, the story follows a modern high school girl named Hana who is transformed into a cat and transported back in time. She travels 1,000 years ago to the Heian Era as portrayed in The Tale Of Genji, arguably the most famous novel in Japanese literature. Guided by the novel's titular character Hikaru Genji, Hana experiences firsthand the emotions that the author Murasaki Shikibu depicted in her novel. The short features scenes based on The Diary of Lady Murasaki and other historical materials, such as the real-life noble Fujiwara no Michinaga swiping early drafts of The Tale Of Genji because he could not wait to read chapters as Murasaki wrote them.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Waku Waku Doki Doki Meisaku World
Classic children's literary works told in a chibi art style.
Mizu no Tane
Typically brilliant OKAMOTO Tadanari short film, based on a traditional story retold by MATSUTANI Miyoko, with narration by KISHIDA Kyouko.
(Source: AniDB)
Watashi no na wa Otafukuko
A commercial for the food and seasoning company Otafuku Sauce.
The short portrays the main character Outafukuko, a 1,028-year-old woman, making and sharing Issenyousho in a scene set in Hiroshima after the Second World War. Issenyousho is considered one of the early dishes that would eventually inspire okonomiyaki. October 10, the day the short went live, is "Okinomiyaki Day" in Japan.
The short reunites the staff of the anime film adaptation of Fumiyo Kouno's Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni manga. The short's main character Outafukuko is based on a character from Kouno's other manga titled Hyakuichi.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Mengyou Dunhuang
Due to the dissipation of the power of the heavenly calligraphy, the place of protection "Dunhuang" will be in disaster. Wu Tianji is ordered to go down to repair the heavenly script. In order to perfect the calligraphy of the sky, it is necessary to re-experience the story originally recorded in the sky script. Wu Tianji came to the ancient city of Dunhuang with the beast——Angel Pig. Just as she was at a loss as to how to start repairing the heavenly books, she accidentally strayed into the mural world of Mogao Grottoes... (translated from bilibili)