ANIME INFO

Seishun Anime Zenshuu

Other name: Animated Classics of Japanese Literature, Youth Anime Complete Collection, 青春アニメ全集

English name: Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Type: TV

Episodes: 32

Status: Completed

Premiered: Spring 1986

Genre: Drama , Historical , Romance

Released: 1986

Duration: 26 min

Studios: Nippon Animation

Producers: ?

Plot Summary:

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).