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“Historical tale of Japanese businessman who built fortune shipping oranges from farmlands to Edo.”
A Ship of Oranges
みかん船
4.68
14,505 rank · 1,658 viewers · 1 favorites
Historical
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Synopsis
Historical tale of Japanese businessman who built fortune shipping oranges from farmlands to Edo.
A somewhat historical tale about a famous Japanese businessman who made his fortune by shipping oranges from the farmlands to the capital city of Edo.
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Jun 2017 → Dec 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “English version: Youth animation by Noburo Ofuji. He is an author who obsesses me, above all, with his silhouette animations. Ghost Ship (Yuureisen) still seems to me to be his best work. However,...”
- 3 “Rate a 3 English subbed Special note: Time is wrong. Indicated presently is 9 minutes. The actual film's time according to NFC is 6 minutes. Story Rather simple and fast paced. Interesting possibly...”
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Short · 0%
Medium · 100%
Long · 0%
Watch Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — A Ship of Oranges begins and ends here.
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- Format 1 × 6′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 06m all episodes
- Aired Feb 1927 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-5019 catalog