Special Anime

A video created for Ryou Inoue's friend Kawawada's wedding ceremony.

A follow-up to the same studio's Helen Keller anime, A Little Love Letter kept the handicapped theme but focused on a wholly Japanese story. During the 1970s, actress Mariko Miyagi became heavily involved in the Silk Tree Academy (Nemunoki Gakuen), a rehabilitation center for disabled children. She appeared in several live-action films to promote the project, including The Silk Tree Ballad, Mariko-Mother, and Children Drawing Rainbows. This anime charts the 14-year period of Miyagi's stewardship of the academy and her relationships with several of the children. Divided into four seasonal chapters, the film uses highly realistic character designs based on the actual people involved and features storyboarding from the versatile Star Blazers-director Noboru Ishiguro.

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This is the story of a friendship between a boy named Taro and the mysterious Wonder-kun, using "the first dream of the New Year" as a motif. Guided by Wonder-kun, Taro departs on a space trip searching for adventure. This work combines live-action and animation and was broadcast by NHK for kids staying at home watching TV over the New Year holidays. The program was 20 minutes long but the story portion was roughly 11 minutes, as such MAL will reflect the duration of the anime itself rather than the program it was shown in.

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A new anime short for Nagoya area tonkatsu shop Yabaton. The short on an outdoor screen near the main Yabaton shop and the main voice actor Fukushi Ochiai, who voices Buu-chan, will attend the premiere.The short follows the shy and kind-hearted Buu-chan and his unusual family as they get into both slapstick and heartwarming situations.

Yabaton serves Nagoya's regionally famous street food, misokatsu, a pork cutlet in miso sauce, as well as other fried foods. The chain has many locations but its main shop is located is Yaba-cho in Nagoya city (specifically the Osu Shopping District) where it can be easily spotted thanks to its towering mascot.

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Directed by Atsushi Wada, Silver Bear Winner of 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, the animation to increase the entertainment value and number of new fans for American football in Japan.

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Special episode of Pacusi.

Animated specials bundled with the limited edition DVD of Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3: Owarinaki Unmei featuring 10 character love endings.

The main plot revolves around the Yamata Empire's plan to destroy all the galaxy's negative karma using a massive technological reactor called the Naaga Generator. Unfortunately, negative karma cannot simply be destroyed, it must be atoned for. However the leader of the powerful mystic Buddhist Fuze Clan plans to stop the destruction of the negative karma which will end up creating the nine-headed Naaga and destroy the world if not the whole universe. To help in stopping the creation of the Naaga, the clan summons a Shinto god known as Susano, the Warrior God of Destruction. The powerful, arrogant, and homicidal god faces challenges. These include the Empire and the clan leader's own daughter, the bratty sorceress Seska, who is possessed by the power of the negative Karma and a powerful magic formula.

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Additional episodes from the DVD-BOX.

Pilot episode for King Kong.

A fire safety video meant as a teaching aid for schools. Not much is known about this film except that Yoshikazu Yasuhiko did the character designs as it was mentioned in on page 117 of the "Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Design Notes" booklet published as an add-on to the December issue of Animage no. 56.

Pilot episode included as a bonus on the DVD.

Based on the novel "813" by Maurice Leblanc.

Short Animation by Momen Tatsushi.

The popular Manga "The Three-Eyed Boy Comes Here" was produced as the eighth in an animated series for a special 24-hour broadcast. This time, the movie was produced by Toei Animation Co., Ltd. instead of by Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. Here, Tezuka Osamu was in charge of only the original story and a synopsis for animation.

Based on the original Manga, "Easter Island: Sea voyage," Sharaku and Wato investigate a mysterious old ship, only to find themselves getting involved in a sea voyage around strange islands. More emphasis was placed on entertainment factors than on theme, and this change in the concept line resulted in the withdrawal of Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. from this series.

(Source: tezukaosamu.net)

The fifth film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa" (war story).

A short created for Hendo-san's wedding party. The video was uploaded to YouTube a day after the wedding.

The studio TMS Entertainment collaborated with Seibu Railways on the new original anime Dededen. The anime celebrates both the 50th anniversary of TMS Entertainment and the 100th anniversary of Seibu Railways. TMS Entertainment happens to be located near the Araiyakushimae Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line.

The anime followed the daily life of the main lead Amoru Tokorozawa and the railway. TMS plans to make five episodes, each 75 seconds long. It is running on the train's onboard SmileVision screens, as well as on the Smile StationVision screens around major stations from February 23 to December 31.

(Source: Anime News Network)