Winter 1968 Anime

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

A group of young boys (plus a token girl and her little brother, the obligatory brat) form a detective club, pooling their talents for brain, brawn, invention, and driving skills to solve crimes in Tokyo. Much to the consternation of police chief Nakamura, they often succeed where the professionals fail.

(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Anderson.

A short animated film by Furukawa Taku.

Puppet animation by Tadanari Okamoto.

Before producing a TV series, a pilot film was made to let sponsors and television stations grasp the work's pervasive quality. This is the pilot film for "Dororo" in which the characters are closer to those of the original story compared to the characters in the TV series. The faces and personalities of the characters in the TV series are altered from time to time to gain popularity among its viewers. As a result, sometimes viewers really loved it, but at other times it didn't go over as well. The pilot for "Dororo" was made in color, but the TV series was monochrome due to a tighter budget. The story depicts a journey in which the boy thief named Dororo and a cursed man called Hyakkimaru destroy monsters. Hyakkimaru can be a complete "human" only after he destroys 48 devils.

(Source: Official site)

The final nine measures of the first ballet, labelled "Le son de la clochette auquel Circé sortit de son jardin" (the sound of the bell at which Circe leaves her garden), contain a tune that forms the basis of a nineteenth-century arrangement by Henry Ghys, which the latter mistakenly attributed to the air "Amaryllis" composed by Louis XIII. In Japan, this arrangement was given Japanese lyrics and introduced as "Amaryllis" on NHK's Minna no Uta series in 1968. The tune has since become well known as a French folk song there and its melody can be heard today as a chime signaling the hour over the PA systems of some schools and rural municipalities.

(Source: alchetron.com)

Music video for the song Nani ka Ii Koto Arurashii by Fusako Amachi that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.

Music video for the song Papa no Violin by Masanori Tomotake and the Suginami Jidou Gasshoudan that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.

Music video for the song Taanki Poonki by Dark Ducks that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.