Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986)
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986)
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Plot.
A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature.
The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years.
The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).
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Cast & Crew.
Fumio Kurokawa
Series Director / Storyboard
Shinya Ôtaki
Car owner
Eiji Okabe
Director
Yuzuru Fujimoto
Terukichi Miyata
Kenichi Ono
Student C
Takurou Kitagawa
Examiner
Ryusei Nakao
Yasuo Kawamoto
Naoki Tatsuta
Ryuji Hamada
Kikuko Tada
Art Direction
Shôhei Kawamoto
Art Direction
Hidehito Ueda
Director
Kazuo Hayashi
Isamu Saito
Katsumi Takasuga
Director
Hideo Shimazu
Original Music Composer
Koichi Sakata
Original Music Composer
Yoshio Kabashima
Character Designer / Animation Director
Hayao Nobe
Animation Director
Susumu Shiraume
Character Designer
Shozo Iizuka
Yamaarashi
Kenji Yoshida
Writer
Akira Miyazaki
Writer
Ryuzo Nakanishi
Writer
Tsuneo Tomita
Original Story
Rampo Edogawa
Original Story
Michio Takeyama
Original Story
Yukio Mishima
Original Story
Yuzo Yamamoto
Original Story
Jirô Akagawa
Original Story
Shozo Matsuda
Writer
Natsume Sōseki
Original Story
Hideichi Nagahara
Writer
Masahiro Yamada
Writer
Fumiko Hayashi
Original Story
Hiroshi Kuzuoka
Storyboard
Shintarō Ishihara
Original Story
Chisako Kuki
Writer
Sachio Ito
Original Story
Hidemitsu Tanaka
Original Story
Tatsuo Hori
Original Story
Junichirō Tanizaki
Original Story
Izumi Kyōka
Original Story
Mori Ogai
Original Story
Yasunari Kawabata
Original Story
Mitsuo Wakasugi
Writer
Yasushi Inoue
Original Story
Shiro Ozaki
Original Story
Lafcadio Hearn
Original Story
Ichiyo Higuchi
Original Story
Details.
Release DateApril 25, 1986
Original Name青春アニメ全集
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes32
Running Time30m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
romance
based on novel or book
anthology
Scripted
Wiki.
The Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (Japanese: 住友生命 青春アニメ全集, Hepburn: Sumitomo Seimei Seishun Anime Zenshū, lit. Sumitomo Life Insurance Youth Anime Complete Collection) is an anime television series which aired on NTV in Japan for 32 episodes from 25 April to 26 December 1986 in the 7–7:30 pm time slot. The series was unusual in that each episode (with only a couple of exceptions) was a stand-alone story based on popular and well known modern Japanese stories. The series was sponsored by Sumitomo Life Insurance.
The branch offices and agents of Sumitomo Life Insurance heavily promoted the series with posters in their offices as well as commercials directly after each episode.