Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976)
An omnibus anime series adapting Japanese folk tales, this is one of Japan's longest-running TV shows and Group Tac's second series overall. The show's defining gimmick was switching up the creative team for nearly every episode—a concept that influenced later series like Nippon Animation's Famous Works of Japanese Literature, though none managed to sustain it as successfully or for as long. The rotating-staff idea came from director Sugii Gisaburo, a legendary figure who repeatedly reinvented anime throughout his career. He'd already shaken up the medium with Goku's Big Adventure in 1967, stripping away heavy plot focus for a more cartoonish approach, and later created The Belladonna of Sadness, a feature film that broke free from Disney-style full animation by blending still drawings with movement in an entirely novel way. The rotating format worked exactly as intended—each episode looked and felt completely different from the last, giving the series remarkable visual variety. It's genuinely engaging to watch and ranks among the most visually inventive anime ever made. The downside was inconsistent quality, though the creative roster included serious talent: Sugii himself, Shibayama Tsutomu, Furuzawa Hideo, Rin Taro, and Hikone Norio among them. By the late '80s and '90s, the show increasingly recycled old episodes, and production of new ones wound down completely by late 1995. Despite that, it still gets broadcast regularly.
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Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976)
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1976
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An omnibus anime series adapting Japanese folk tales, this is one of Japan's longest-running TV shows and Group Tac's second series overall. The show's defining gimmick was switching up the creative team for nearly every episode—a concept that influenced later series like Nippon Animation's Famous Works of Japanese Literature, though none managed to sustain it as successfully or for as long. The rotating-staff idea came from director Sugii Gisaburo, a legendary figure who repeatedly reinvented anime throughout his career. He'd already shaken up the medium with Goku's Big Adventure in 1967, stripping away heavy plot focus for a more cartoonish approach, and later created The Belladonna of Sadness, a feature film that broke free from Disney-style full animation by blending still drawings with movement in an entirely novel way. The rotating format worked exactly as intended—each episode looked and felt completely different from the last, giving the series remarkable visual variety. It's genuinely engaging to watch and ranks among the most visually inventive anime ever made. The downside was inconsistent quality, though the creative roster included serious talent: Sugii himself, Shibayama Tsutomu, Furuzawa Hideo, Rin Taro, and Hikone Norio among them. By the late '80s and '90s, the show increasingly recycled old episodes, and production of new ones wound down completely by late 1995. Despite that, it still gets broadcast regularly.
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Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976)
An omnibus anime series adapting Japanese folk tales, this is one of Japan's longest-running TV shows and Group Tac's second series overall. The show's defining gimmick was switching up the creative team for nearly every episode—a concept that influenced later series like Nippon Animation's Famous Works of Japanese Literature, though none managed to sustain it as successfully or for as long. The rotating-staff idea came from director Sugii Gisaburo, a legendary figure who repeatedly reinvented anime throughout his career. He'd already shaken up the medium with Goku's Big Adventure in 1967, stripping away heavy plot focus for a more cartoonish approach, and later created The Belladonna of Sadness, a feature film that broke free from Disney-style full animation by blending still drawings with movement in an entirely novel way. The rotating format worked exactly as intended—each episode looked and felt completely different from the last, giving the series remarkable visual variety. It's genuinely engaging to watch and ranks among the most visually inventive anime ever made. The downside was inconsistent quality, though the creative roster included serious talent: Sugii himself, Shibayama Tsutomu, Furuzawa Hideo, Rin Taro, and Hikone Norio among them. By the late '80s and '90s, the show increasingly recycled old episodes, and production of new ones wound down completely by late 1995. Despite that, it still gets broadcast regularly.
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Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976)
まんが日本昔ばなし（第2期）
Japanese Folklore Tales 2