Miyazawa Kenji

The three tales were "The Third Plate" (第三の皿), "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象), and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町).

The story concerns Gauche, a professional cellist. During rehearsals for a performance, he is scolded by the conductor because his playing is not good enough. His timing is off and he seems to have no feel for the music. Gauche returns to his lonely cottage and starts practicing. Enter a cat who tricks him into understanding the inner meaning of the music. The importance of…

Gauche is having trouble perfecting his piece for his performance in 10 days when he hears a knock on his door...

Short stop-motion animation. Note: This was in fact the second anime adaptation of Miyazawa's story, the first being a 19 minute silhouette animation produced by Nichiei in 1949, directed by Tanaka Yoshitsugu. The famous 1982 cel anime version produced by Oh Production, directed by Takahata Isao was the third anime adaptation. Source: Pelleas