Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (series)
青春アニメ全集- User score: 7
- Production country: Japan
- Production companies: Nippon Television Network Corporation
- Genre: Animation, Drama
- Release date: 4/25/1986
- Release date of last episode: 12/26/1986
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 32
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
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).