Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
61%
TV • 1986
episodes
32
episode-duration
26
status
Completed
start-date
25/4/1986
end-date
26/12/1986
country-origin
JP
popularity
868
studios
synonyms
Youth Anime Complete Collection
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).
(Source: Official Website)