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Donyatsu Specials
Akai Inei
A convergence of childhood memories of World War II with the images of western Pop introduced to Japan in the years of reconstruction.
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DONUT HOLE 2024
Music video directed by Yuuki Kamiya for the song Donut Hole by Hachi (Kenshi Yonezu) featuring the vocaloid Gumi.
Donten
Music video directed by Tomoko Ooshima for the single Donten by Japanese idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku. The song was included on their fifth studio album "MUSiC". A short version of the music video was posted on the groups' YouTube channel January 24, 2019. The full version was later uploaded March 13, 2019.
Akai Hoshi Aoi Hoshi: Tenmon Carat no Hoshi kara
Music video for the song Akai Hoshi Aoi Hoshi: Tenmon Carat no Hoshi kara by Saori Yuki that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Donna Donna
A calf goes to a new home while memories of happiness flash by.
This is a 1966 Japanese version of an old 1938 Yiddish folk song that was featured in NHK's Minna no Uta.
Akai Hayate
Japan is secretly controlled by a tyrannical group of ninjas called the Shinogara. Their finest assassin is a man named Hayate Kanuma, whose father leads the Shinogara.
Hayate, however, knows that the secret society's control over Japan is wrong. Sacrificing his own safety, Hayate kills his father. Now he's on the run, safe almost nowhere from his vengeful former comrades except perhaps for the one hiding place he decides upon: his sister. After possibly being fatally wounded, Hayate is able to transfer his soul into his sister's body, temporarily sharing it with her. His sister, Shiori, can awaken Hayate and call upon his ninja abilities when the Shinogara are close at hand but each time she does so, a little more of her true self is lost. This arrangement can't possibly go on forever, so how will Hayate finally defeat the Shinogara?
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Akai Hana Shiroi Hana
Akai Hana Shiroi Hana was a song was originally created in 1970 and has been covered many times such as this minimalist Minna no Uta music video. Other anime notable instances that cover the song include the 12th ED of Sora no Otoshimono and as Mio's folk song in Dororo.
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Akai Boushi
Two playing children see a hat blown away by the breeze and land at the top of a tall tree. They can only look at that bright thing perched snugly up high. Song by Japanese singer Shimonari Satoko on NHK's Minna no Uta show.
Donguri to Yamaneko (1995)
Donguri to Yamaneko
The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out on the screen by a succession of warm and evocative illustrations brought to life by subtle touches of animation. If the film feels somehow familiar yet you can't put your finger on the reason why, it's probably the sumptuously minimalist animation by Yasuhiro Nagura, who was the animation director of Mamoru Oshii's artsy 1986 feature Angel's Egg. That, and Kenji's wildcat is said to have been the inspiration for Miyazaki's Panda/Totoro creature. The idea of reading Kenji's story aloud instead of playing it out as a drama is quite refreshing, and Kenji's magical language and narrative style are entirely sufficient to sustain interest. Combined with the spacey music and breathtaking art, the result is a pleasantly unassuming little gem of a film.
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Donguri no Ie
The Takazis' only daughter named Keiko was born seriously handicapped, deaf and dumb and mentally handicapped. Her parents tried to accept her handicap but their suffering continued.
Things changed after Keiko entered a deaf and dumb school. Not only Keiko but also her parents grew up with friendship and cooperation of the teachers and friends. They established a group named "Donguri" (acorn) to make a community workshop where the handicapped people could be independent.
(Source: jfkl.org)
Dongitsune Season 2
The "second" season of Dongitsune: a series of animated commercials for Nissin’s line of Donbei Kitsune Udon instant noodles.
Episodes:
#1: どんぎつねシーズン2 秋祭 篇 / Dongitsune Season 2: Akimatsuri-hen [September 28, 2022].
#2: どんぎつねシーズン2 耳そこなんですか？ 篇 / Dongitsune Season 2: Mimi Soko Nandesu ka?-hen [October 31, 2022].
#3: 最強のどんぎつね現るッッ / Saikyou no Dongitsune Arawaru [November 21, 2022].
#4: 最強年越し 篇 / Saikyou Toshikoshi-hen [December 1, 2022].
#5: 正直すぎる尻尾 篇 / Shoujiki Sugiru Shippo-hen [February 15, 2023].
#6: カップよりうまい 篇 / Cup Yori Umai-hen [March 30, 2023].
#7: どん兵衛プロ出た 篇 / Donbei PRO Deta-hen [September 7, 2023].
#8: 耳は正直 2023 篇 / Mimi wa Shoujiki 2023-hen [November 15, 2023].
#9: 年越しアイドル 篇 / Toshikoshi Idol-hen [December 9, 2023].
#10: 片翼のどんぎつね 篇 / Henyoku no Dongitsune-hen [February 28, 2024].
Tobe Batta
Music video for the song Tobe Batta by Hitoshi Komuro that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Tobe! Isami
Isami Hanaoka is just a fifth grader who happens to be a descendant of the Shinsengumi. Together with fellow descendants and classmates Soushi Yukimi and Toshi Tsukikage, she discovers in the basement of her home, strange artifacts left behind by their ancestors as well as a message urging them to "Fight the evil Kurotengu organization."
(Source: Anime News Network)