Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

TV Show1986Ended7.5

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Name: Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Genre: Animation, Drama
Released: 1986-04-25
Rating: 7.5

青春アニメ全集

First Air Date

April 25, 1986

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Overview

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).