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Folktales from Japan

2012 · 6 seasons

Gentle, simple animated folk tales with a calm narrator, offering a cozy, culturally rich window into traditional Japanese morals.

Created by
Toshio Hirata, Norio Yazawa
Genres
Animation, Drama
Starring
Akira Emoto, Yoneko Matsukane
Overview
Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan is a Japanese anime television series that adapts various traditional stories from Japan. The narration and all character voices are provided by veteran Japanese film actors Akira Emoto and Yoneko Matsukane. An English-subtitled version began "simulcast" availability on the streaming service Crunchyroll March 12, 2012.

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Created by
Toshio Hirata, Norio Yazawa
Genres
Animation, Drama
Starring
Akira Emoto, Yoneko Matsukane
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • family
  • nature
  • faith
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • anthology
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
animation, drama
Created by
Toshio Hirata, Norio Yazawa, Toshiyuki Honda, Masakazu Higuchi, Hiroshi Harada, Mitsuo Kobayashi
Written by
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Starring
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Length
6 seasons, 346 episodes, 24 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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