Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986)

Original title

青春アニメ全集

Genre

horror anime and manga, comedy anime and manga, drama anime and manga, romance anime and manga, historical anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 32 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series adapts famous modern Japanese short stories into standalone animated episodes. Each installment presents a different tale from classical literature, focusing on human relationships and historical settings.

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What happens

The Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (Japanese: 住友生命 青春アニメ全集, Hepburn: Sumitomo Seimei Seishun Anime Zenshū; lit. Sumitomo Life Insurance Youth Anime Complete Collection) is an anime television series which aired on Nippon Television in Japan for 34 episodes from 25 April to 26 December 1986 in the 7–7:30 pm time slot. The series was unusual in that each episode (with only a couple of exceptions) was a stand-alone story based on popular and well known modern Japanese stories. The series was sponsored by Sumitomo Life Insurance. The branch offices and agents of Sumitomo Life Insurance heavily promoted the series with posters in their offices as well as commercials directly after each episode. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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