Sumi Shimamoto
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986)
Season 1
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).
Released April 24, 1986
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Historical, Drama, History, Romance
Keywords: tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.anthology, tmdb.romance, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.literature, imdb.japanese, imdb.coming-of-age + 2 more, imdb.tragedy, imdb.japan
Production Companies: Nippon Television Network Corporation
Network: All-Nippon News Network
S1E1 - The Izu Dancer
April 25, 1986, midnight
S1E2 - The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring
May 2, 1986, midnight
S1E3 - The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer
May 9, 1986, midnight
S1E4 - The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum
May 16, 1986, midnight
S1E5 - The wind blows
May 23, 1986, midnight
S1E6 - The fruit of Olympus
May 30, 1986, midnight
S1E7 - Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!
June 6, 1986, midnight
S1E8 - Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!
June 13, 1986, midnight
S1E9 - From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days
June 20, 1986, midnight
S1E10 - The Dancing Girl
June 27, 1986, midnight
S1E11 - Asunaro Story
July 4, 1986, midnight
S1E12 - A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School
July 18, 1986, midnight
S1E13 - A Roadside Stone: Hard Times
July 25, 1986, midnight
S1E14 - Growing Up
Aug. 1, 1986, midnight
S1E15 - The priest of Mount Kōya
Aug. 8, 1986, midnight
S1E16 - A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi
Aug. 15, 1986, midnight
S1E17 - The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb
Aug. 29, 1986, midnight
S1E18 - A Voice from Heaven
Sept. 5, 1986, midnight
S1E19 - The Theatre of Life
Sept. 12, 1986, midnight
S1E20 - Season of the sun: A dangerous youth
Sept. 19, 1986, midnight
S1E21 - The Tale of Shunkin
Oct. 3, 1986, midnight
S1E22 - Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo
Oct. 17, 1986, midnight
S1E23 - Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder
Oct. 24, 1986, midnight
S1E24 - Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara
Oct. 31, 1986, midnight
S1E25 - The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home
Nov. 7, 1986, midnight
S1E26 - The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation
Nov. 14, 1986, midnight
S1E27 - A Walker in the Attic
Nov. 21, 1986, midnight
S1E28 - A Psychological Test
Nov. 28, 1986, midnight
S1E29 - A Red Room
Dec. 5, 1986, midnight
S1E30 - The New Story of Tōno
Dec. 12, 1986, midnight
S1E31 - The Martyr
Dec. 19, 1986, midnight
S1E32 - The Story of Koyasu Dog
Dec. 26, 1986, midnight
Network: All-Nippon News Network
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: April 24, 1986
Last Air Date: Dec. 26, 1986, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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