Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
TV Show| Title | 青春アニメ全集 |
| User score | 7 |
| Release date | Apr 25, 1986 |
| Release date of last episode | Dec 26, 1986 |
| Genre | Animation, Drama |
| Production country | Japan |
| Production companies | Nippon Television Network Corporation |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 32 |
| Run time | 30 min. |
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).
Latest episodes
List of episodesS1.E32 ∙ The Story of Koyasu Dog
Dec 26, 1986
S1.E31 ∙ The Martyr
Dec 19, 1986
S1.E30 ∙ The New Story of Tōno
Dec 12, 1986
S1.E29 ∙ A Red Room
Dec 5, 1986
S1.E28 ∙ A Psychological Test
Nov 28, 1986
S1.E27 ∙ A Walker in the Attic
Nov 21, 1986
S1.E26 ∙ The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation
Nov 14, 1986
S1.E25 ∙ The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home
Nov 7, 1986
S1.E24 ∙ Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara
Oct 31, 1986
S1.E23 ∙ Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder
Oct 24, 1986
S1.E22 ∙ Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo
Oct 17, 1986
S1.E21 ∙ The Tale of Shunkin
Oct 3, 1986
S1.E20 ∙ Season of the sun: A dangerous youth
Sep 19, 1986
S1.E19 ∙ The Theatre of Life
Sep 12, 1986
S1.E18 ∙ A Voice from Heaven
Sep 5, 1986
S1.E17 ∙ The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb
Aug 29, 1986
S1.E16 ∙ A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi
Aug 15, 1986
S1.E15 ∙ The priest of Mount Kōya
Aug 8, 1986
S1.E14 ∙ Growing Up
Aug 1, 1986
S1.E13 ∙ A Roadside Stone: Hard Times
Jul 25, 1986
Actors
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Sumi Shimamoto
(voice), Kaoru (voice)
Kazue Komiya
Chiyoko (voice), Geisha (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru
Setsuko (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Mizushima (voice)
Kazuko Imai
Otatsu (voice)
Masane Tsukayama
Eikichi (voice)
Akiko Takamura
Teahouse Lady (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Merchant (voice)
Midori Kiuchi
Narrator (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Tatsuo (voice)
Kei Tomiyama
Ritaro (voice)
Shinichiro Okano
Sasuke (voice)
