World Masterpiece Theater
- Country
- Japan
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.
How it feels
Each year, this television block adapts a different classic children's book from Europe or North America into an animated series. It was a long-running program in Japan on Sunday evenings.
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What happens
World Masterpiece Theater (世界名作劇場, Sekai Meisaku Gekijō), commonly abbreviated to Meigeki (名劇, Meigeki), was a Japanese prime time television programming block produced by Nippon Animation. The timeslot showcased a different classical book or story from European or North American children's literature each year. It aired at 19:30 to 20:00 on Sunday on Fuji Television and its affiliates. The series ran from 1975 to 1997 with a revival on BS Fuji from 2007 to 2009. Preceding World Masterpiece Theater was Calpis Comic Theater, which ran from 1969 to 1974. The programming block aired as Calpis Children's Theater from its official establishment in 1975 to 1977 and as Calpis Family Theater in 1978. The first series aired under the World Masterpiece Theater title was Anne of Green Gables in 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Pants Pankuro- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.