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Three Tales was one of the first domestic anime ever televised. It comprised of three stories: "The Third Plate" (第三の皿) by Hirosuke Hamada, "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象) by Kenji Miyazawa, and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町) by Mimei Ogawa.

The narrated film describes the adventures and misadventures of a group of tadpoles in search of their mother. It is one of Te Wei's first attempts to break away from Western style animation and aim for a painterly style influenced by Qi Baishi and more in keeping with native Chinese aesthetic sensibilities. (Source: Wikipedia)

One of the first films of Okamoto Tadanari, a silent puppet animated film.

An adaptation of the Kasa Jizou folktale where Jizou statues reward an elderly couple for giving them hats (kasa) to wear during the snowy weather.

A puppet animation adaptation of the Grimm fairy-tale "Town Musicians of Bremen".

A puppet animation adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker."



A little warbler sings well, but she is too shy to sing before others. So her mother thinks out a way to help her to overcome shyness. (Source: IMDb)