Taabou is on his space patrol. He arrives on an alien planet and has a run-in with the Scorpio Brothers. Luckily he's saved by Poyo, another alien. Poyo is trying to protect a previous plant from them and Taabou decides to help out. They leave the planet and head towards a black hole to worm hole to an aquatic planet with a palace like that in the folktale Urashima Tarou. The dragon god asks Taabou and Poyo to save a princess and so they fly off the the next planet.
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.
In the summer of 2000 in Hollywood, Spielberg's Dreamworks Film Corp. made the film "Chicken Run" with Nick Park, the great master of clay-figure animation, and it became a big hit. A chicken was the main character, and the story unfolded like the masterpiece "The Great Escape." Thirty-five years ago, Mushi Production created an animated work in which a chicken was the main character and a rebellion between the rulers and the ruled eventually escalated into a great war. Despite the scale of the story, the film ran for only three minutes. The ability to depict the endless repetition of war in human history in just three minutes is a unique feature of short animation, relying on exaggeration and great imagination.
(Source: en.tezuka.co.jp)
“You Can Enjoy!” is a surreal and easy-going comedy cartoon created to introduce Fukushima Prefecture’s wonderful agricultural and marine products to the whole world. The story is set in Farm Academy on Happy Island where the products are studying hard preparing for shipment.
(Source: Official YouTube Description)
Dream Animals biscuits, a long-selling snack beloved by Japanese since its launch in 1978 has been sold in more than 20 countries around the world and features the animal names written in English on the biscuits. The product has enjoyed an explosion in popularity in recent years as merchandise, especially among young people. Now for the first time, the product is given treatment as an animated movie called Dream Animals: The Movie. How will these animal biscuit characters behave and sound as they embark upon a thrilling adventure while tugging at your heartstrings with endearingly rich personalities.
(Source: TBS)
People can show some other personality when eating. Some become like herbivores, chewing so many times. Some become like carps, crowding around bates. Some become like hamsters, with their mouths full, etc.. Everyone is unique and worth observation.
1st year Work 2012, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Surreal cutout (kiri-gami) animation following a young girl's physical journey, which is also an inner voyage through which she will learn all the pain and joy of life. She travels to an anonymous Western city, a bizarre dreamscape cluttered with elements from works by Dali, Magritte, de Chirico and Escher. The journey will change her completely but when she returns she will be the only one who knows how she has changed.
(The poem in the film is by Su Tong-Po, a famous Chinese poet)
(Source: AniDB)
The anime's story centers on Akari (a quiet high schooler who has inherited a love of travel from her older sister, who took care of her in place of often absent parents) and Nagi (Akari's cheerful classmate who willingly jumps into any activity, and becomes interested in Akari due to her mysterious air), who travel throughout Japan.
Akari and Nagi come to Kyoto during their first summer holidays after entering high school for a certain purpose. While Akari wants to get there as quickly as possible, Nagi does as much sightseeing as possible to make many memories of their trip.
Akari urges Nagi to hurry up to their destination but Nagi does otherwise and continues sightseeing leaving Akari no choice but to follow along. While enjoying the sights of Kyoto for the first time, Akari gradually realizes the joys of traveling.
And then the two finally reach their destination…
(Source: Official Website, translated)
(Source: Anime New Network, edited)
Music video for the song Tabibito no You ni by Takao Horiuchi that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Movie based on the Ami series of the Cream Lemon franchise. This movie was co-aired with Project A-Ko movie.
Daru, a cherished handmade stuffed toy, gets lost and separated from its owner one day when at the airport. Determined to find her again, Daru sets out on a journey around the world in search of her. As time passes, the girl begins to forget about Daru. Will Daru be able to find and see his beloved owner again?
(Source: Crunchyroll)