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Title (English) Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Title (Japanese) Seishun Anime Zenshu

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Fantasy Novel

Notes OVA series, Nippon Animation, 1986. 15 X 52 min tapes in USA edition.
Central Park Media, 1994/5, $29.95

Classification -

Synopsis Synopses printed in Trish Ledoux's "The Complete Anime Guide", 1995

Review ANIMATED CLASSICS OF JAPANESE LITERATURE (subtitled).
This is a real oddity, a vast series of adaptations of Japanese classic short stories. It consists of three or more sub-series releases, each comprising a dozen or so tapes, each tape having either two or three stories. These were made by Nippon Animation, who also made the World Masterpiece Theater series of anime TV adaptations of famous children's novels, an equally prestige-before-profit enterprise.
However asides from its merits as literature, ACJL has also, from the samples I've seen, some interest because of the epoch of the stories, as they mostly depict a Japan which though already industrialised is not the same Japan we know today. For its merits as animation, see below.

ANIMATED CLASSICS OF JAPANESE LITERATURE (Central Park Media, 50 to 80 mins, unrated, subtitled, $29.95)
Presumably intended as a hook to arouse interest in Japanese classic short stories in Japanese students more accustomed to watching anime, this series is a real oddity. The stories, and the glimpses they afford of prewar Japanese life and attitudes, are interesting, and might induce some to seek out the original texts in translation, but the animation is dull and uninspired. Just why CPM are issuing one of the biggest subtitled animated series ever, and one of the least commercial, with only token publicity, is a mystery. My tapes were reduced to ｣12.95.

Credits See the Trish Ledoux "Complete Anime Guide"

Episodes 35

Release US:VHS, US:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 1986

Production Nippon Animation

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Title (Japanese)	Seishun Anime Zenshu
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	OVA series, Nippon Animation, 1986. 15 X 52 min tapes in USA edition. Central Park Media, 1994/5, $29.95
Classification	-
Synopsis	Synopses printed in Trish Ledoux's "The Complete Anime Guide", 1995
Review	ANIMATED CLASSICS OF JAPANESE LITERATURE (subtitled). This is a real oddity, a vast series of adaptations of Japanese classic short stories. It consists of three or more sub-series releases, each comprising a dozen or so tapes, each tape having either two or three stories. These were made by Nippon Animation, who also made the World Masterpiece Theater series of anime TV adaptations of famous children's novels, an equally prestige-before-profit enterprise. However asides from its merits as literature, ACJL has also, from the samples I've seen, some interest because of the epoch of the stories, as they mostly depict a Japan which though already industrialised is not the same Japan we know today. For its merits as animation, see below. ANIMATED CLASSICS OF JAPANESE LITERATURE (Central Park Media, 50 to 80 mins, unrated, subtitled, $29.95) Presumably intended as a hook to arouse interest in Japanese classic short stories in Japanese students more accustomed to watching anime, this series is a real oddity. The stories, and the glimpses they afford of prewar Japanese life and attitudes, are interesting, and might induce some to seek out the original texts in translation, but the animation is dull and uninspired. Just why CPM are issuing one of the biggest subtitled animated series ever, and one of the least commercial, with only token publicity, is a mystery. My tapes were reduced to ｣12.95.
Credits	See the Trish Ledoux "Complete Anime Guide"
Episodes	35
Release	US:VHS, US:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	1986
Production	Nippon Animation
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.