Two Ghibli created shorts about the happenings in fictional animation studio, presumably based to some extent on their own. The first was aired during a TV special about Ghibli, the second shown in theatres alongside 'The Cat Returns'. Note that the animation studio in these shorts is not spelled ジブリ (hepburn: 'jiburi'), but ギブリ (hepburn: 'giburi'), so pronounced with the hard…
Spring 2000
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* Based on the a well known story in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan about a real journey of one buddhist monk Genjo Sanzo (AD 629) who travelled from China to India.
The story preludes the chaos that begins in Togenkyo which is the holy land where humans and demons used to live together peacefully and got along well. However after the attempt of someone to use the art of…
It is Tokyo, 1969. Earth is under the attack of the Invaders. Fortunately, though, the public is unaware of this. But to the secret organization, A.E.G.I.S., the threat is very real, and it is up them to stop this invasion. One day on his route to high school, Ukiya Shun observes a battle between a young girl and a group of Invaders. He ends up helping her and discovers that…
A ninja with a bloody past. A princess with a bloody future.
It is the age of Civil War, a time of warlords and violence. Yasaburou is a ninja without a purpose, and the only survivor from his clan. Then he meets Rangiku, whose family was brutally murdered by the henchmen of General Karimata.
Now she fights using her father's advanced puppets, the very creations Karimata was…
* Based on a short story in the Readers' Companion of the Seikai no Monshou sci-fi novel series by Morioka Hiroyuki.
This is the story about how Debeus, Lafiel's father, and Plakia — after an adventure on a mysterious, abandoned spaceship — decided to have a daughter together, and why Debeus gave her the name Lafiel.
Source: ANN
Note: Was aired together with Seikai no…
* Based on the Seikai no Monshou sci-fi novel series by Morioka Hiroyuki.
Linn Jinto's life changes forever when the Humankind Empire Abh takes over his home planet of Martine without firing a single shot. He is soon sent off to study the Abh language and culture and to prepare himself for his future as a nobleman — a future he never dreamed of, asked for, or even wanted.…
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters is about an ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose soul is imprisoned within the sennen puzzle (millennium puzzle). His goal is to regain his memories and cross over to the afterlife with the help of a boy named Yuugi Mutou. Together, he and the pharaoh, along with their other friends, battle their enemies through a card game called Duel Monsters where the…
An evil race of transforming robots known as the Destrons make their appearance known by invading a world exposition in New York and abducting Professor Onishi, a renowned scientist. The professor's son Yuuki befriends Fire Convoy and the heroic Cybertron forces, who will stop at nothing to rescue the professor and protect Earth from the wrath of Gigatron and his Destron…
The world of insects is full of enchantment and amazement. This animation series is inspired by "the Diary of Insects" written by Jean Henri Fabre, an outstanding French entomologist and author in the 19th Century. In his original works, Mr. Fabre vividly described the life of insects. In this series all the insects and bugs have been personified and drawn into marvelous…
A collection of four folk tales from Koshiji (from 2005, part of Nagaoka), Niigata prefecture (Echigo is the old name of Niigata).
Episode 1: The Azuki Mochi and the Frog
A mean old woman tells an azuki mochi to turn into a frog, if her daughter-in-law wants to eat it. The daughter-in-law hears this, and...
Episode 2: Satori
A woodcutter warms himself at the fire of deadwood…