Historical Anime
Fuku-chan no Kishuu
Wartime propaganda film loosely based on the attack on Pearl Harbour in which Fuku-chan assaults a den of thieves who had been terrorizing the town.
Anime Roukyoku Kikou Shimizu no Jirochouden
A story based on Shimizu no Jirochou, an early yakuza who specialized in gambling and maritime transport.
The anime is composed of 10 stories. Each story was told over 3 episodes. The particular tale is based on Hirosawa Torazo II's telling; Hirosawa is a roukyoku/naniwabushi.
(Source: MAL)
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)
Anime-ban Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan
An adaptation of Yotsuya Kaidan, a classic Japanese horror story about a ghost getting revenge.
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.
Manga Nihon Keizai Nyuumon
Depiction of Japan's economy, based on Shoutarou Ishinomori's epynomous manga.
Manga Mitokoumon
Mitokomon is the empror's trusted man with a high sense of justice. He is sent to travel around the country in order to observe the quality of life in each province and run a check on the official's performances and report back to the empror. Along with him are sent two bodyguards, Kaiko (known for his extraordinary power) and Tsuke (known for his amazing swordsmanship). The three men, traveling unknown, face lots of adventure on their journey to bring justice to the citizens and eliminate corruption from the governing system.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Manga Kotowaja Jiten
An educational anime, each episode contains three short stories.
(Source: AniDB)
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)
Xia Lan
When Nian Chi was a young child, his elder sister was kidnapped in front of him, while he could do nothing but watch, a thing that has tormented him for all these years. Now 10 years later, he's dead set on going to rescue his sister, and sets out.