Underplayed Gems

Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1987)

Kiteretsu Daihyakka poster
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Country
Japan
Length
331 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young boy named Kiteretsu has a robot friend he built himself. They have adventures involving invention and time travel.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentleplayfulcozynostalgiclively

What happens

Kiteretsu Daihyakka (キテレツ大百科; "Kiteretsu Large Encyclopedia"; commonly shortened to Kiteretsu) is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko F. Fujio, which ran in the children's magazine Kodomo no Hikari from April 1974 to July 1977. The manga was later made into an animated anthology television special which aired in 1987 on Fuji Television and its affiliates and a 331-episode anime television series that ran on the same channel from March 27, 1988, to June 9, 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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