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Three Tales (1960)

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Original title
新しい動画 3つのはなし
Directed by
Makoto Wada
Genre
fantasy anime and manga
Country
Japan
Runtime
30 min
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1960 Japanese anime is a collection of three short black and white stories. It was made for television and aimed at a young audience.

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What happens

Three Tales (新しい動画 3つのはなし, Mittsu no Hanashi) was a black and white Japanese anime direct-to-TV short film aired in 1960. It was thought to be the first domestic anime ever televised until the discovery of Mole's Adventure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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