Picture book Anime
Chobitto Zukan
Based on a picture book series launched in 2006 about creatures that are neither insects nor plants.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Boku wa Ou-sama
Boku Wa Ou-sama is a show based on a book series by Teruo Teramura and Shizuko Wakayama. The first book came out in 1959 and 49 more volumes followed, making it one of the most popular children's book in Japan.
The books and the anime follow the misadventures of Ou-sama, a silly, gluttonous, lazy but overall very lovely and cute king as he seeks elephant eggs (they make the biggest omelets, his favorite dish!) hide toys in the forest just to prank his three wise counselors, or ride the bike around the castle.
(Source: MAL)
Ryuu no Me no Namida
A pure hearted boy becomes friends with a dragon that people are afraid of.
Riku ni Agatta Ningyo no Hanashi (Pilot)
Short pilot film for Riku ni Agatta Ningyo no Hanashi, a stop motion animation adaptation of Randall Jarrell's The Animal Family children's novel.
Papa Mama Bye Bye
Based on the "1977 Yokohama F-4 crash" real life incident when a US jet force-landed in Yokohama.
Dungaree-wearing teenage tomboy Kaori lives next door to the brothers Ko and Yasu. One day as Kaori is walking to school, a US jet crashes near the boy's house.
(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
Oshiri Tantei: "Mina to Machi no Tuk-tuk Chase"
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Oshiri Tantei 3
Oshiri Tantei 2
Uchi no Oochopus
The main character is the mysterious lifeform Oochopus. In the series, the Oochopus appears at the house of five-year-old Kantarou and three-year-old An-chan. Kantarou and An-chan accept the cute but somewhat irresponsible Oochopus as family.
(Source: Anime News Network)