The is an
anime
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television series which aired on
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in
Japan
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for 32 episodes from 25 April to 26 December 1986 in the 7–7:30 pm
time slot
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. The series was unusual in that each episode (with only a couple of exceptions) was a stand-alone story based on popular and well known modern Japanese stories. The series was sponsored by
Sumitomo Life Insurance.
The branch offices and agents of
Sumitomo Life Insurance heavily promoted the series with posters in their offices as well as commercials directly after each episode.
Synopsis
The title of the series was derived from the
Nippon Animation
is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City.
Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series based on works of ...
series ''
World Masterpiece Theater
was a Japanese TV anime staple that showcased an animated version of a different classical book or story each year from 19:30 to 20:00 on Sunday on Fuji TV. It originally aired from 1969 to 1997 and from 2007 to 2009. Commonly abbreviated to ...
'', creating a ''Japan Masterpiece Theater'' series. While each story would be told in 1–3 episodes, they shared a common theme of "modern Japanese classics", and were designed to emulate the success of the ''
Princess Sarah
, also spelled as ''Princess Sarah'', is a Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation, based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1905 novel, ''A Little Princess''. Spanning 46 episodes, it originally premiered in 1985 across Japan on Fuji Te ...
'' series.
Each episode (or set of episodes) retells using animation a popular modern Japanese story from the past 100 years or so.
List of episodes
Titles marked with ◎ were released by
Shinchō Bunko in a manga form. Titles marked with ★ were part of the series released by Kin no Hoshi.
Sources:
References
External links
青春アニメ全集(official Nippon Animation site)
(official DVD site)
{{Nippon Animation
1986 anime television series debuts
Central Park Media
Comedy anime and manga
Drama anime and manga
Historical anime and manga
Horror anime and manga
Nippon Animation
Romance anime and manga
Boxing in anime and manga
Supernatural anime and manga
Nippon TV original programming
Sumitomo Life
1986 Japanese television series debuts
1986 Japanese television series endings