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Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

“Two unaired anime specials based on Kume and Mushanokoji's works later broadcast on TV Asahi.”

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

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2 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Nippon Animation · G - All Ages
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Two unaired anime specials based on Kume and Mushanokoji's works later broadcast on TV Asahi.

Two episode, adaptations of Masao Kume's Student Days and Saneatsu Mushanokoji's The Friend Who Didn't Believe in Friendship, were not broadcast in the original run, appearing instead as two "specials" on TV Asahi the following year. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

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A Tv special Production

Nippon Animation.
  • Format 2 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 0h 46m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 1987 – Oct 1997
  • Source Tv special media type
  • Rated G All Ages
  • Ref. BS-11233 catalog

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