TV Short Anime
Kagee Grimm Douwa
The 3rd arc of the Chiyotarou Kodomo Gekijou program that aired on TBS. Every episode is a different Brothers Grimm fairy tale told with shadow puppet animation.
Futago no Monchhichi
Monchichi-chan, the twin sister, loves her twin brother very much. She is a crybaby and always follows her brother. Monchichi-kun, the twin brother, protects his sister. He is a brave adventurer and a fishing champion but sometimes becomes a hasty boy. They enjoy wonderful and mysterious adventures together everyday.
When they take a space walk, they ride on a swan of the swan constellation and build a small house with aliens in the space. They can do everything children want to do and dream of.
This heartwarming animation series featuring the pretty twins surely gives wonderful dreams, brother-sister love and hopes for the future to all the children in the world.
(Source: Production Reed)
Kaeru no Pickles: Kimochi no Iro
Nakajima Corporation's "Pickles the Frog" character has spawned stuffed toys, picture books, and various other merchandise. The character's fictional biography has him born in "qua mei dou" (a play on Tokyo's Kameido neighborhood) in France on June 1, 1994.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Jagainu-kun
Known in Japan as Jagainu-kun, Dogtato is the heartwarming tale of a dog that`s really a potato...or a potato that`s really a dog. Or something. (Jagaimo = potato, inu = dog, thus the name Jagainu/Dogtato.) Dogtato`s world is full of his lovable half-veggie, half-animal friends who are always getting into wacky hijinks and misadventures.
(Source: AniDB)
Dondon Domeru to Ron
Dommel is a lazy dog who does nothing more than eating and sleeping. His owner, Semafoor, is an inventor of the strangest things you could imagine. Together this becomes a mix for some funny events.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Jam the Housnail
Claymation series about a family of "housnails" (portmanteau of house and snail) focusing on Jam, the elementary school aged housnail. It was part of NHK Educational's Petit Petit Anime corner.
Happyakuya-chou Hyouri no Kewaishi
Set in early 1900s Tokyo, its story is about a makeup artist named Kosannba. All the women desire to have their make up done by Kosannba because he is the best. He also manages to get intertwined into the lives of many women and proceeds to work out their various problems.
(Source: MangaUpdates)
Sakuran Boy DT
The Geisha Tokyo Entertainment company has announced on Wednesday it is producing and airing Sakuran Boy DT, "Japan's first" Flash-animated television series about a local costumed hero character. The name of the character is a wordplay on the Japanese translation for "cherry boy" — the Japanese slang for a male virgin — and the Sakuranbo television station in the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata. The story revolves around Satou-kun, an ordinary high school boy who transforms into Sakuran Boy DT to rescue the mayor's daughter from the nefarious secret society Zaou. Sakuranbo has posted a trailer online, and the 11 five-minute weekly episodes will premiere on this station on January 14.
Sakuretsu! Amabie-hime.
Amabie, a creature of Japanese folklore who is said to protect people from disease, is getting a bold new look in Sakuretsu! Amabie-hime
Happy Kappy
The story revolves around Kinoshita Suguri, a nine-year-old third-grade girl who loves animals and making fashion accessories. One day, while Suguri is out buying materials for accessories, she comes across an unusual rock. Thinking it would look cute on a bracelet, she goes to pick up the rock and discovers a creature named Kappy. Kappy happens to be the three-year-old prince of Kapimeshia.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Happy Bogeys
Totonoe! Sakuma-kun by &sauna
An anime short featuring the mascot for Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting. Talking bear Sakuma-kun and his family visit various hot springs in Japan.
