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Zen-chan Tsū-chan

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Japan

How it feels

This is a short anime series from the late 1960s focusing on two characters named Zen-chan and Tsū-chan. It aims to teach traffic safety rules to children through their adventures.

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What happens

Zen-chan Tsū-chan, (Japanese: ゼンちゃんツーちゃん) was a mini-anime series that was broadcast by Nippon Television and produced by Jihō Eigaisha, it was broadcast from October 20, 1969, to January 17, 1970. A 15-minute traffic safety film was made in 1971 as part of a traffic accident prevention campaign program (combining anime and live-action). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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