Deko Boko Friends is a collection of 30-second Japanese shorts created by a pair of advertising creators, Momoko Maruyama and Ryotaro Kuwamoto to promote acceptance of people of different personalities…

Parasol Henbee is a Japanese anime series produced and directed by Fujiko Fujio in 1989 which ran for 200 episodes and was translated into many languages – Chinese, English, Hebrew…

Montana Jones is a comedy adventure anime television series which was broadcast in Japan on NHK from April 2, 1994 through April 8, 1995. Studio Junio and REVER created the…

Bumpety Boo is an anime children’s television show produced by the Nippon Animation company from 1985 to 1986. The series consists of 130 10-minute episodes, distributed as 43 half-hour segments.

Robin Hood’s Big Adventure is an anime adaptation of the classic Robin Hood story consisting of 52 episodes. In this version, Robin and his allies are mostly pre-teens.

Cinderella Monogatari is an anime TV series based on the fairytale of the same name. The series comprises 26 episodes.

The Legend of Snow White is a Japanese anime series produced by Tatsunoko Production and based on the European fairy tale. Directed by Tsuneo Ninomiya and using a screenplay written…

The Snow Queen is an anime television series based on the children’s story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. It is directed by Osamu Dezaki and animated by…

When I was 17-years-old, Maria was a college student and worked as a private tutor. Her student was me. She left a last message to me, “when you graduate from…

Soar High! Isami is an anime series made by Group TAC and directed by Gisaburô Sugii. The anime is based on The Hakkenden but is set in the future. The…

Princess Nine, or Princess Nine Kisaragi Girls High Baseball Club, is a 26-episode Japanese anime broadcast in Japan in 1998. The television series was produced by Phoenix Entertainment in Japan,…

Baby Felix is a children’s animated television program that follows the adventures of a young Felix the Cat and infant versions of the characters from Joe Oriolo’s Felix television program…

Hi no Sakana is a Japanese novel by Murō Saisei; it was first published in 1960, and was later adapted into a single episode TV drama that was broadcast on…

Ki Fighter Taerang is a Japanese and Korean anime. It is a product of the major anime broadcaster Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation and NHK, and the animation was done by Production…

Gaiji Keisatsu is a Japanese television drama mini-series that aired on NHK from 14 November 2009 to 19 December 2009. It is based on the novel of the same name…

There was a very turbulent time in the warring period in the history, and Takeda Shingen is consider one of the great warlord among many other.

Two young men looking for a better life enter the royal palace in the midst of a tumultuous political era of the late Qing Dynasty. Chun Er, a poor peasant…

Higepiyo is a four-panel gag manga by Risa Itō about a small yellow bird with a mustache, who ends up as a pet of a boy named Hiroshi. Serialized between…

Minna no Uta, literally Everyone’s Songs, is a five minute NHK TV and radio program broadcasting several times daily since 1961. The program is generally used as filler at the…

Misonoo Nanako is a professor’s daughter looking forward to her first day of school at the prestigious Seiran Academy, a girl’s only school that caters to the rich, or in…

“Half, Blue” is NHK’s 98th asadora.

Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G is an original video animation series produced by Sunrise to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Gundam plastic model kits. It’s directed by Kou…

Misonoo Nanako is a professor’s daughter looking forward to her first day of school at the prestigious Seiran Academy, a girl’s only school that caters to the rich, or in…

Eigo de Shabera Night is a Japanese talk show by NHK. The show began in 2003 and ended in 2009, however is ongoing as a special program. Contrary to the…

Holly the Ghost, also known in Japan as The Ghost Holly, is a Japanese anime series directed by Minoru Okazaki. The series first aired in Japan on the NHK network…

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Special: PV animation aired September 13, 2017.

Kaiketsu Zorro is an Italian/Japanese anime, based on the western character Zorro. 52 episodes were produced, however, only 46 were broadcast in Japan. The series became very popular in European…

Mrs. Pepper Pot, known in Japanese as Spoon Oba-san, is a Japanese anime television series, which premiered on NHK from April 1983 to March 1984, spanning 130 episodes. It is…

Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90…

Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the life of Shin Tanokura during…

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot.

Host Peter Barakan delves into various aspects of Japanese culture; exploring practices, history, and modern innovations in such areas as ramen, rice, sushi, geisha, bonsai, and so much more. Local…

Telepathy Shōjo Ran Jiken Note is a novel series by Atsuko Asano. A manga adaptation by Toshitsugu Iida is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sirius. A twenty-six-episode anime…

The Long Goodbye is a mini series based on “The Long Goodbye” by Raymond Chandler, set in 1950s Tokyo.

Nanami-chan is an anime series that runs in 5 minute segments. As of February 2009, 76 of Nanami-chan’s episodes have been broadcast on NHK since 2004.

Robin Hood’s Big Adventure is an anime adaptation of the classic Robin Hood story consisting of 52 episodes. In this version, Robin and his allies are mostly pre-teens.

Psychic Detective Yakumo is a novel by Manabu Kaminaga published in Nihon Bungeisha with illustrations by Katoh Akatsuki and later in Kadokawa Bunko with cover illustrations by Yasushi Suzuki. The…