Happy 100th Anniversary of Japanese Animated Film !

Now showing early Japanese animations from the collection of National Film Center, Tokyo.

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Search for animation works by genre, type of motion, technique, or character. You can see that a wide variety of production styles and expressions were created early on.
List of Works

Animation works can be viewed as a list including images in order of date or title. Alternatively, enter keywords to search for specific works.
List of Authors

Early Japanese animation works were produced by a small team of people like a homemade handicraft business. Here, we introduce the pioneer artists who delivered these works to the world and built the foundation for Japanese animation.
Noburo Ofuji
Memorial Museum

Here you can find documents and production materials preserved by National Film Center (NFC), formerly owned by animation artist Noburo Ofuji, and follow the artist's footsteps. The structure conforms to the NFC's exhibition "Noburo Ofuji: Pioneer of Japanese Animation" held in 2010.

FAQ about the films: You can learn more about the works of Japanese Animation Film Classics.

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