In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

A solemn, hand-drawn retelling of ancient tales that feels like a gentle illustrated sermon, earnest and sometimes slow.

Created by

Osamu Tezuka

Genres

Animation, Action & adventure, Drama

Starring

Mayumi Tanaka, Kinryu Arimoto, Yorie Terauchi

Overview

In the Beginning features episodes devoted to most of the major Bible stories of the Old Testament, including the stories of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses, David, and Solomon, with the final episode featuring the birth of Jesus Christ. As with the second Superbook series, some stories were stretched out over several episodes. Unlike Superbook and The Flying House, however, no contemporary characters from modern times were inserted into the stories, save for the series mascot and viewpoint character, Roco the fox.

How it feels

Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Faith, family, morality, survival

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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