Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Season 1
S1 · E1 Apr 25, 1986
The Izu Dancer Episode 1
S1 · E2 May 2, 1986
The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring Episode 2
S1 · E3 May 9, 1986
The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer Episode 3
S1 · E4 May 16, 1986
The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum Episode 4
S1 · E5 May 23, 1986
The wind blows Episode 5
S1 · E6 May 30, 1986
The fruit of Olympus Episode 6
S1 · E7 Jun 6, 1986
Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath! Episode 7
S1 · E8 Jun 13, 1986
Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt! Episode 8
S1 · E9 Jun 20, 1986
From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days Episode 9
S1 · E10 Jun 27, 1986
The Dancing Girl Episode 10
S1 · E11 Jul 4, 1986
Asunaro Story Episode 11
S1 · E12 Jul 18, 1986
A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School Episode 12
S1 · E13 Jul 25, 1986
A Roadside Stone: Hard Times Episode 13
S1 · E14 Aug 1, 1986
Growing Up Episode 14
S1 · E15 Aug 8, 1986
The priest of Mount Kōya Episode 15
S1 · E16 Aug 15, 1986
A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi Episode 16
S1 · E17 Aug 29, 1986
The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb Episode 17
S1 · E18 Sep 5, 1986
A Voice from Heaven Episode 18
S1 · E19 Sep 12, 1986
The Theatre of Life Episode 19
S1 · E20 Sep 19, 1986
Season of the sun: A dangerous youth Episode 20
S1 · E21 Oct 3, 1986
The Tale of Shunkin Episode 21
S1 · E22 Oct 17, 1986
Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo Episode 22
S1 · E23 Oct 24, 1986
Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder Episode 23
S1 · E24 Oct 31, 1986
Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara Episode 24
S1 · E25 Nov 7, 1986
The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home Episode 25
S1 · E26 Nov 14, 1986
The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation Episode 26
S1 · E27 Nov 21, 1986
A Walker in the Attic Episode 27
S1 · E28 Nov 28, 1986
A Psychological Test Episode 28
S1 · E29 Dec 5, 1986
A Red Room Episode 29
S1 · E30 Dec 12, 1986
The New Story of Tōno Episode 30
S1 · E31 Dec 19, 1986
The Martyr Episode 31
S1 · E32 Dec 26, 1986
The Story of Koyasu Dog Episode 32
S1 · E33 Oct 8, 1987
Student Days Episode 33
S1 · E34 Oct 15, 1987
Friendship Episode 34
34 episodes in Season 1
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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
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Fumio Kurokawa Director · Eiji Okabe Director Hidehito Ueda Director
Total runtime 17h 0m · Episode length 30 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
April 25, 1986
Final episode
October 15, 1987
Status
Ended
Networks
Nippon News Network · All-Nippon News Network
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
30 min
Total runtime
17h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
青春アニメ全集
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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