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Yamataro Comes Back

山太郎かえる

“A heartwarming tale of friendship between an orphaned bear and a steam locomotive for young children.”

1 episodes24 min

KidsSummer 1986Tezuka ProductionsG - All Ages

6.49 Community score

8,168 rank1,636 viewers1 favorites

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Synopsis

A heartwarming tale of friendship between an orphaned bear and a steam locomotive for young children.

After having lost his parents, Yamatarou, a bear, is raised by a man. Yamatarou's friend is Shi-roku, a steam locomotive, and Yamatarou learns to impersonate the whistle of the locomotive. This is a story for nursery school kids about the friendship between the bear and the steam locomotive. The quality pictures render a sense of warmth to the reader. (Source: ANN)