

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).
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1. The Izu Dancer
2. The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring
3. The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer
4. The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum
5. The wind blows
6. The fruit of Olympus
7. Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!
8. Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!
9. From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days
10. The Dancing Girl
11. Asunaro Story
12. A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School
13. A Roadside Stone: Hard Times
14. Growing Up
15. The priest of Mount Kōya
16. A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi
17. The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb
18. A Voice from Heaven
19. The Theatre of Life
20. Season of the sun: A dangerous youth
21. The Tale of Shunkin
22. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo
23. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder
24. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara
25. The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home
26. The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation
27. A Walker in the Attic
28. A Psychological Test
29. A Red Room
30. The New Story of Tōno
31. The Martyr
32. The Story of Koyasu Dog
33. Student Days
Based on the book by Masao Kume.
34. Friendship
Based on the book by Saneatsu Mushanokōji.