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An absurdist sketch-style comedy anime about a cat and his owner.

A Tadanari Okamoto film about the White Elephant story which originated in Southeast Asia.

The 3D CG short film with its unique visual style, which tranquilly depicts Peach Blossom Valley (known to the western culture as Shangri-La), the earthly paradise, in Dong Jin people's mind and their desire to return to happy and harmonic life.CG Animation Short Film "The Legend of Shangri-La" is adapted from the poem of the same title by the famous poet Tao Yuan Ming of Dong Jin Dynasty over 1000 years ago. By applying Chinese traditional painting techniques and papercutting to CG, IDMT created this unique animation film with the style and movement of Shan-Xi shadow puppet show.

(Source: Official site)

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Shinken Seminar Koukou Kouza is Benesse's correspondence course that helps middle school students get into their high schools of choice. The story follows a middle school boy named Shouta as he strives to get in the right high school, despite the appearance of a rival.

Following the popularity of the original omnibus OVA, this release offers 4 more stories but in animation only.

The story centers on Pearl, the prince of the Glitter Kingdom, who is preparing to become king. After he leaves the kingdom to go to Challenge Island, a situation causes the kingdom to lose its precious glitter. Shimajirou and friends set out with Pearl, who lacks self-confidence, on an adventure to find three keys to save the kingdom.

(Source: Anime News Network)

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A re-imagining of Columbo with puppet animation.

A stop-motion music video of bitter melon superhero named Gouyaaman (Bittermelonman). It is originally based on an insert song from the live-action TV series Churasan where Gouyaaman was an in-story yuru-chara a character created to help promote tourism to the dying town. In the TV series, Gouyaaman was a failure and the butt of jokes. Unprecedentedly, the TV series was popular and Gouyaaman became a real-life yuru-chara in Okinawa with merchandising.

Music video animated by Riri Yamashita for the original song Sham'ing by fictional band EROSION.

Young Matsuwakamaru loses his father as an infant. To make matters worse, his beloved mother Kikkou passes away when he's 8 years old. While facing her death, Matsuwakamaru is puzzled at where people go when they die. If there is a cycle of heaven, hell, and rebirth, is there a way to escape this torturous circle, he wonders. With this great determination for the discovery of knowledge in mind, at only 9 years old, he joins a Buddhist monastery on Mt. Hiei, and changes his name to Shinran. This is the story of the man who would someday open the doors to the Joudo Shinshuu sect of Buddhism.

(Source: Anime News Network)

CG Animation featuring the voice actor idol group "GuilDrops" as the voice actors.

This is the story of aqua girls who enjoy their days without worrying about anything else!

(Source: AniList.co)

A TV special animation of the Chinese historical romance that has been passed down through the ages to this day. China was the era of Eastern Han. Under the imperial court that lost power, the security of the world was disturbed, and a large group of bandits, the "Yellow Turban Party," was doing all the violence all over the country. Liu Bei Gentoku, a descendant of the Chinese king who was worried about the world, stands up with his brother-in-law, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who also want peace on the continent. Gentoku who pays victory with secret and strange measures so as to gradually cut down a group of mighty enemies, the Yellow Turban Party. Hero of Time ...

(Source: allcinema)

A music video as a part of the Minna no Uta series featuring a song by Duke Aces.

The central character is a 7 year old girl called Sachiko. She has just lost her immediate family in the firebombing of Tokyo and takes the train to her uncle’s family in Kumagaya in Saitama Prefecture. She is not out of danger yet, for the train gets shot at by a plane along the journey. Her uncle meets her at the station and he and his whole family welcome her with open arms. With her cousins, Sachiko explores the beauty of the natural landscape around Kumagaya.

Sadly, these beautiful days of late summer are not to last. The final movement of the film depicts the final air raid of the war. The city descends into fear and chaos and Sachiko gets separated from her family with tragic results.

(Source: Nishikataeiga)

Mini anime promoting the live action film Ryuuzou to Shichinin no Kobun-tachi created by FROGMAN, well-known at the time as the creator of Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume.

An animated motion picture about a real-life Buddhist monk and renowned poet, Ryoukan who lived in 18th century Japan, during the Edo Period. Though born to a wealthy family in Izumozaki, Ryoukan chooses to abandon the easy life he would have inherited in order to understand the true meaning of life through the teachings of Buddhism. From his early adulthood, he undergoes a series of harsh training that demands a solitary and meager lifestyle. Throughout it all, he remains an extremely modest and humble person, a true humanitarian who accepts every individual for who they are while rejecting all worldly fame and wealth. Ryoukan found true peace in life through nature and spending time with children. His pure mind and affable personality have captivated many, and his legacy and the wisdom of his teachings live on today.

(Source: ATTKC)